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Treacherous Transparencies
Thoughts and observations triggered by a visit to Farnsworth House
Author Jacques Herzog Pierre de Meuron
Publisher Actar Publishers
Herzog and De Meuron vs. Mies
Triggered by a visit to Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, the most important critical work of Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron to date uses transparency as a litmus paper for examining the nature of artistic and architectural modernity, in a journey that goes from Bruno Taut and Ivan Leonidov to Dan Graham and Gerhard Richter via Marcel Duchamp and, of course, Mies himself. This inquisitive voyage to the dark side of transparency, which they find more in art than in architecture, is at the same time an exploration of their own sources and an indecisive bonfire casting flickers on their work. Both Pierre de Meuron's sharp photographs and Jacques Herzog's limpid texts cover their flaming criticism with a dressing of cold precision and stark clarity.
The gist of the book is synthetically presented in the first pages: "In art, transparency opened avenues to radical, critical, and pessimistic social discourse, while in architecture, transparency was propagated as an expression of a new and open society in harmony with nature." At this fork, needless to say, the sympathies of the Basel partners are closer to the distrustful attitude of artists than to the positive and hopeful stance of architects, because the text comes from their experience of disappointment in the Farnsworth House, which they expected to visit with the awe due to one of the canonical works of the 20th century, but which instead sparked a critical reflection and a questioning of the essential elements of modernity. The resulting 'thoughts and observations' center on transparency and its ambivalence; it is associated with full exposure, yet is often just appearance, built with glass, crystal, and mirrors: an enumeration that exceeds the functionalist modernity of glass to include the visionary premodernity of crystal and the scenographic postmodernity of the mirror.
The book's longest section is devoted to the Farnsworth House, and here Jacques Herzog's text and Pierre de Meuron's images harmonize with each other to dismantle the work of Mies severely and painstakingly, their analytical gaze dissecting the building as if with a scalpel in the frozen atmosphere of an autopsy room. Avoiding the postmodern critique that since Charles Jencks has reproached Mies for his platonism, the Swiss find in the Farnsworth House a beauty that offers no shelter, that is oblivious to the psychological aspects of architecture and inferior to examples of primitive or vernacular architecture.
This is an important book, one I believe deserves to be read with the attention given half a century ago to 'Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal' – the article by Colin Rowe and Robert Slutzky whose inclusion in Perspecta in 1963 enriched our perception of modernity – and which brings the voices of the Swiss partners into a critical dialogue that had Rossi and Venturi as exceptional milestones, and that later drew in practicing architects like Eisenman, Moneo, or Koolhaas. In an interview some years ago, Jacques Herzog thought aloud: "Maybe I should write more…" He has started to.
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Jacques Herzog Pierre de Meuron Roger Diener Marcel Meili Christian Schmid Basel 2005
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Txtr, a German ebook company, has come up with an innovative premise to get ebook readers into the hands of cell phone users by offering a really cheap and basic ebook reader subsidized by wireless carriers.
It is called the txtr beagle and is one of the world's smallest, lightest, and feature-deficient ebook readers. The device has a 5-inch E Ink Vizplex screen with a pixel resolution of 800 x 600. It weighs 128 grams (4.5 ounces) with batteries (111 grams without) and measures 140 x 105 x 4.8 mm.
It doesn't have 3G wireless, WiFi, or even a USB port. It does, however, have Bluetooth, which is the primary means for transferring content from a smartphone.
What's interesting about the txtr beagle is that it runs on 2 AAA batteries that the company claims can last for 1 year without needing to be replaced (I'll believe it when I see it).
But this is the real kicker: The txtr beagle can only house 5 ebooks at one time, despite the fact it comes with 4GB of built-in storage space. Not only that but you have to pair the ereader to an Android smartphone with the txtr app installed to transfer ebooks to the device (an iOS app is supposedly coming too).
In fact it doesn't sound like this device even supports any formats natively. Everything has to be routed through an app via a smartphone. So it seems to act more as a secondary display for a cell phone than a separate independent device.
If that doesn't sound very appealing, the price should. Txtr is expected to sell the beagle for just €9.90 ($12.88 USD) or less when offered through mobile carriers, who will also get a cut of ebook sales.
Txtr is in talks with mobile carriers in several countries, including the US, China, Japan, and Europe, in hopes to get the beagle on the market by the end of the year.
That 10 euro price apppears to be the subsidized one on celluar service contract.
They cut costs by making the onboard CPU pretty minimal ( pre-rendered content) but the total costs may not be low enough. The cell service vendor could bundle into phone's contract but phones themselves aren't much cheaper. There is a limit how much can peel out for hardware subsidy.
Not a bad device for parents that want complete control over their children's reading material. Plus, at this price it can be replaced multiple times because of loss or breakage before reaching the price level of the cheapest Kindle. Txtr better stock up on children' s reading material.


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Home Education Coin Overview FTX Exchange: a Guide to FTT
FTX Exchange: a Guide to FTT
Evan Ezquer
A lot of people enter the cryptocurrency space looking for ways to expand the ability of their idle assets to generate further profit. This exact same motivation has moved people to entertain the option of participating in derivatives exchanges today. FTX is one of these projects providing that service.
Right now, FTX shows a promising future with the backing of a lot of crypto and trading personalities and consistently high daily trading volume. FTX is a novel addition to the derivatives exchanges space and is still unavailable to traders in the United States.
Introduction to FTX
Main Features of FTX
FTX's Main Trading Products
MOVE Contracts
Bitcoin Options
Spot Markets
Prediction Markets
FTT Token
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX, founded the team behind the platform back in 2018. Sam had acquired a lot of trading experience from his stint as a trader at the Jane Street Capital's ETF desk. He also founded Alameda Research, a prominent quantitative trading and liquidity provider. Alameda is working with FTX in keeping its order book and 24/7 OTC services running.
The exchange was launched in May 2019, and it was backed by big investors such as Binance, FGB Capital, One Block Capital, and Proof of Capital, among others.
Alameda Research also happens to be behind the new high-throughput decentralized exchange Serum.
FTX is a crypto-derivatives exchange platform offering its users access to popular trading products like leveraged tokens, perpetual swaps, prediction markets and Bitcoin options.
Along these offerings, FTX also links traders to opportunities for spot trading. To promote liquidity and ease of access, the platform also enables transfers from fiat-to-cryptocurrency, such Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a select set of stablecoins.
The target of the platform is pretty inclusive as well. A user does not have to be an above-average or exceptionally-experienced trader to get started. Any retail and institutional trader can access the platform and the range of products and services that are tailored fit for them.
Apart from all these services, FTX has an Over-The-Counter (OTC) service that allows users to buy digital assets listed on the platform conveniently.
FTX has gained a lot of support from the crypto community as well as traders because of its advanced trading offers.
Among its most popular products are leveraged tokens and MOVE contracts. These are all available to any type of trader at low fees with very low spreads.
Cryptocurrency Swaps – The platform can convert supported fiat currencies like USD, EUR, CAD, and others, to cryptocurrencies. For added convenience, the platform can process credit card deposits as well.
High Leverage – Traders can access up to 101x leverage for their transactions, allowing them to generate the best profit from their assets.
Stablecoin Conversion – The platform supports the conversion of fiat or digital currencies, such as stablecoins, using a single margin wallet.
Advanced Trading Services – Traders can enjoy the platform's deep liquidity and orderbook, limitless withdrawal, access to liquidation funds, and its OTC desk.
Customer Service – To support traders throughout their transactions and usage of the platform, FTX established a customer support system designated to assist users for their concerns.
FTX offers a wide range of products and services for all kinds of traders. Users can access futures and leverage trading, as well as spot trading. Most of these products can be customized by traders according to their own risk appetite and desired exposure.
FTX provides a quarterly and perpetual futures product covering the biggest cryptocurrencies in the space today. It also includes Index Futures that lets traders access more markets conveniently.
FTX offers access to 101x leverage to traders. Users can tap more than 45 leveraged tokens, including BULL and BEAR tokens. Traders can easily manage their portfolio through rebalancing and maintaining their target leverage.
MOVE contracts are futures that mature depending on the change in BTC prices within specified time periods. FTX offers the service to those who want to trade based on the volatility of BTC, as the contract's value is primarily determined by the movement of BTC's value.
FTX provides BTC options to users as well. Traders can access this product if they want to long or short positions on BTC with leverage. Users can configure strike prices and expiration times according to their own assessments.
The traditional way of purchasing and trading cryptocurrencies is also available on the platform. Most cryptocurrencies in the space are available in FTX's platform, such as BTC, ETC, USDT, BNB, LINK, and others.
FTX also launched a prediction market pegged on the outcome of the US Presidential Election this coming 2020. Futures contracts tied to the product will mature and start to open for trading as soon as the results are out.
FTT Token is FTX's native, utility token. FTT can be used to pay for trading fees, and they are also given to holders as a reward in the form of fee discounts and redistributed returns from FTX insurance fund.
FTT can also be used to join FTX's Battle Royale (BR) trading competition. It is a month-long competition consisting of five rounds that last one week each. Traders must hold FTT and earn high returns on the platform. Stakers can also just stake their FTT on the most profitable traders if they prefer to.
The competition rewards the biggest traders, stakers, and staked traders with their share in FTT prize pool.
In the crypto space, there are a lot of products that claim to offer huge profit for accessing their services. But what actually separates these exchanges apart from each other is the quality of service they are offering. FTX, founded by a team of traders, belongs to one of the platforms which is actually made for traders.
No one has to be an expert trader to use the FTX platform. And because of it, mass adoption is not a distant objective that the team behind it can reach. Above FTX's liquidity and its wide range of products, its support for customers make it an ideal platform for any trader who just got into the trading space.
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Home Marijuana News Colombia Rebels See Gangs Moving into Drug-Producing Areas
Colombia Rebels See Gangs Moving into Drug-Producing Areas
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Criminal gangs are attempting to take over coca-growing regions in Colombia being abandoned by the leftist rebels to expand cultivation of the plant used to make cocaine, a leader of the country's largest guerrilla movement said.
The threats against communities in the northern Colombia and elsewhere have increased as a peace deal reached last year between the government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia begins to be implemented, the rebel leader known as Pastor Alape said Friday. Sixteen activists have been killed so far this year, Alape said, and authorities acknowledge some of the slayings may be the beginnings of a turf war waged by the powerful Usuga Clan and other groups to prevent a joint FARC-government eradication program from taking hold.
"It's generating a situation of terror," said Alape, adding farmers might be driven off the land because of pressure by the heavily armed militias.
Alape's warning comes as Colombia's government struggles to rein in a booming coca harvest that has caught the Trump administration's attention and could make it it harder to pacify areas the FARC is deserting.
On Friday, the government unveiled plans to wean farmers off the drug trade as part of the peace deal meant to end a half century of fighting.
The goal is to remove 50,000 hectares (123,500 acres) of coca crops within the first year by providing farmers who voluntarily destroy the illegal crops with a monthly stipend of around $350 as well as loans, one-time subsidies and technical assistance to plant legal crops. The rebel-supported campaign initially will focus on 40 municipalities responsible for more than half of Colombia's coca production. The total price this year will be around $350 million, a figure the government says represents a huge savings over what it would cost to forcibly eradicate the same amount of coca without guarantees it won't be replanted.
"This is much more cost-efficient and furthermore ensures that territories are transformed and peoples' lives are changed," said Rafael Pardo, the government's top post-conflict strategist.
After six straight years of declining or steady production, the amount of land under coca cultivation in Colombia began rising in 2014 and jumped 42 percent in 2015 to 159,000 hectares (393,000 acres), the U.S. government says. That's an area twice the size of New York City, and after much production shifted to Peru over the past decade, Colombia is again believed to be the world's largest supplier of the drug.
Secretary of State designee Rex Tillerson said during his confirmation that he plans to hold Colombia to its commitment to rein in drug production amid a surge in cocaine production many critics attribute to President Juan Manuel Santos' 2015 decision to suspend U.S.-backed aerial fumigation of illegal coca crops.
The government hasn't renounced forced manual eradication to bring coca levels down, and in a nod to Washington, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas recently set an ambitious goal of destroying 100,000 hectares of coca this year – more than five times the 17,642 hectares destroyed in 2016.
But the preferred strategy the government committed to during peace talks is to win over the hearts and minds of the estimated 64,000 peasant families dependent on the coca trade.
Coca growers are organizing to ensure the government follows through. A fledgling movement calling itself the National Coordinator of Coca, Marijuana and Poppy Growers of Colombia convened its first national meeting in Popayan this weekend. While not explicitly aligned with the FARC, the movement is comprised of activists living in areas heavily influenced by the insurgency.
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A new dawn has risen, so be prepared to enter the Age of Clipping Masks! There are tons of new and awesome ways to use masking in New PicMonkey and this tutorial will get you all caught up.
Click Create on the PicMonkey.com homepage to open a blank canvas or photo.
Add a graphic (or several!) that has a shape you want another image to peek through.
In the Layers palette select the layer (or layers) with the graphic shapes.
In the Textures tab, click a texture you like (or add your own) to make it appear inside the shape.
If you're ready to dive in deeper, follow our more in-depth steps below.
Head to PicMonkey.com and open up a blank canvas or a photo.
Click the Graphics tab, choose one that has a shape—the outer perimeter—you want to see another image peek through. Click Apply to add it to your design.
To create the shapes for the mask, we applied a whole bunch of triangles from Geometric, in Graphics.
3. Click the layers button in the bottom toolbar, and select the shape layer. Head over to the Textures tab and add one of our snazzy PicMonkey textures or click Add your own. If you click Add your own, you can open an image from your computer or Hub and it'll appear within the confines of the graphic you selected.
4. Adjust the Fade slider to your liking. Boom! Mask achieved. You can click Apply, or keep workin' it to explore more creative options.
You have a kajillion options for customizing your mask to reach design perfection.
Before you apply your mask, you can transform it by rotating it, flipping it, changing its size, and moving it around within the confines of the shape mask. Move the Saturation slider to make your mask more or less colorful.
The Blend Mode drop-down lets you choose how your mask and the bottom layer blend together together. Click Apply when you like the way it looks.
Once your mask layer is applied, you can continue to edit the text or graphic object just like you normally would, including cropping, resizing the thang, or erasing parts off.
Like we mentioned earlier, this works on all the objects in your image, including text.
Plus, thanks to our fancy new layering capabilities, you can also grab multiple objects and apply the same mask to all of them. To select multiple layers for masking, click the objects you want while holding the Shift key on your keyboard.
One image, masked across multiple shape graphics.
Text masking with PicMonkey's own glitter texture.
Text masking plus erasing creates a nice multi-dimensional look. Learn more about text erasing in this tutorial.
What are you waiting for? Try clipping masks for yourself.


Drawing on his own long-standing battle with anxiety, Stossel presents an astonishing history, at once intimate and authoritative, of the efforts to understand the condition from medical, cultural, philosophical, and experiential perspectives. He ranges from the earliest medical reports of Galen and Hippocrates, through later observations by Robert Burton and Søren Kierkegaard, to the investigations by great nineteenth-century scientists, such as Charles Darwin, William James, and Sigmund Freud, as they began to explore its sources and causes, to the latest research by neuroscientists and geneticists.
Stossel reports on famous individuals who struggled with anxiety, as well as on the afflicted generations of his own family. His portrait of anxiety reveals not only the emotion's myriad manifestations and the anguish anxiety produces but also the countless psychotherapies, medications, and other (often outlandish) treatments that have been developed to counteract it. Stossel vividly depicts anxiety's human toll - its crippling impact, its devastating power to paralyze - while at the same time exploring how those who suffer from it find ways to manage and control it.
Some eighty years ago, Freud proposed that anxiety was "a riddle whose solution would be bound to throw a flood of light on our whole mental existence." Unlocking the mysteries of anxiety, he believed, would go far in helping us to unravel the mysteries of the mind: consciousness, the self, identity, intellect, imagination, creativity — not to mention pain, suffering, hope, and regret. To grapple with and understand anxiety is, in some sense, to grapple with and understand the human condition.
[Stossel's] writing is personal and extraordinarily brave. He exposes his struggle to function in daily life, recounts difficult therapy sessions, admits to gut-wrenching anxiety that caused him to soil himself, remembers walking out in the middle of his own speeches, and quietly mentions moments of stress and abuse he suffered as a child. Stossel's ability to unabashedly share his experiences creates a strong sense of humanity in his book, and his first-person narrative is very effective in de-stigmatizing neurotic fear. (Reviewed by Elena Spagnolie).
In dissecting his own acute case, along with the disorder that afflicts him, he offers a degree of understanding to the rest of us—along with a modicum of comfort and even hope to those who must trudge through life chronically anxious despite their seeming good fortune.
A carefully reported, wryly funny, and admirably honest historical and personal investigation.
Ambitious and bravely intimate…A thrilling intellectual chase.
[Stossel], brings his dogged fact-digging skills to this work, which is peppered with humor and humility, remarkably balanced—and generous to the point of philanthropy with his deeply personal, hard-won knowledge. Plus, the man is a lovely writer.
The book is astonishingly thorough and lucidly written. It's a fascinating look at that linchpin of the human condition—the primitive fight-or-flight response—and how it resides in our psyches in a time of IEDs and SSRIs. Rare will be the reader who doesn't spot him or herself somewhere in Stossel's sweeping analysis, as he digs into parenting styles, performance stress, talk therapy, medication, depression, fear of flying, blushing, you name it.
Scott Stossel's erudite, heartfelt, and occasionally darkly funny meld of memoir, cultural history, and science, feels excruciatingly relevant.
Stossel's journey through his own life is unsparing, darkly funny (a nervous stomach tends to flare up at the worst times, like in front of JFK Jr.), but above all, hopeful.
Starred Review. His deft handling of a delicate topic and frustrating illness highlights the existential dread, embarrassment, and desperation associated with severe anxiety yet allows room for resiliency, hope, transcendence. Absolutely fearless writing.
Starred Review. Powerful, eye-opening and funny. Pitch-perfect in his storytelling, Stossel reminds us that, in many important ways, to be anxious is to be human.


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> many systems, /etc contains files that don't seem to fit elsewhere."
> have, and its purpose may well have evolved?
Before linux came along, /etc was just a dumping ground for random crud.
that /etc would just have configuration files in it.


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What went wrong with the Walkie talkie building?
Walkie Talkie aka Sky Garden
The Walkie Talkie building also known as Sky Garden opened in 2015 and it is a great place to visit at any time of the year. Suitable for solo travellers, couples as well as for families, a visit to this iconic building should be one of London's "must do" items.
The building's unique design has not always been a popular one and had drawn many glances, as well as comments which continues to do so to this day. Here is a brief look at what makes the walkie talkie the talk of town.
What went wrong with the walkie talkie building aka Sky Garden
Sky Garden: London's landmark walkie-talkie building at 20 Fenchurch Street | Image: georgina_daniel
The Sky Garden which stands at 20 Fenchurch Street is a uniquely designed building in the heart of London's financial district. It is also known as the Walkie-talkie building because of its distinctive curvy shape which has a heavier top to maximise floor space towards the top of the building. It is an open and vibrant place of leisure offering visitors a different kind of experience of London.
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The design of the walkie talkie building
Walkie Talkie building London – "The heavy top sticks out like a sore thumb…"
This distinctive building, designed by Uruguayan architect, Rafael Vinoly, was not always a popular building. It was once described as "inelegant, bloated, thuggish" and in 2015, it won the Carbuncle Cup, for being the worst building in London. Referred to as "The heavy top sticks out like a sore thumb and does not fit into the rest of the buildings in London's skyline".
Moreover, the sun reflecting off the glass façade was said to have blistered paintwork on cars and shop fronts. The temperature was said to be so high that it could fry an egg on the pavement.
In addition, the shape of the building was said to create a wind tunnel at the base so strong that it started to blow-off food trolleys and people!
The "death ray" situation was fixed by attaching sunshades to the glass panels to prevent the sun reflecting off it and wind-turbines to help reduce the wind issues associated with the downdraught.
However, to a great extent, it is still true, I think, that it does stick out and does not fit into the rest of London's skyline and the surrounding area that has low-rise buildings.
Recommended read: 5 Reasons Why you will enjoy a visit to the Sky Garden London
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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples (COM(2016)0551 - C8-0345/2016 - 2016/0264(COD)) Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Rapporteur: Tamás Meszerics
Subject: data collection, data protection, delegated legislation, derogation from EU law, EU statistics, exchange of information, household, personal data, sampling, social indicator, social statistics, social survey, statistical method
Corporate Author(s): Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EP Committee) ; European Parliament
Assessment of changes in topsoil properties in LUCAS samples between 2009/2012 and 2015 surveys
Soil delivers fundamental ecosystem services that support human well-being. These include the provision of food, feed, fuel, fibre and genetic resources, the regulation of storage, filtration and cycling of nutrients and water, cultural (aesthetic, spiritual and recreational) values and supporti...
Subject: animal feedingstuffs, arable land, climate change, environmental impact, environmental monitoring, EU Member State, food supplement, foodstuff, research report, sampling, soil analysis, sustainable development, use of water
Personal Author(s): Fernández-Ugalde, O ; Ballabio, C ; Lugato, E ; Scarpa, S ; Jones, A
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2240 of 16 December 2019 specifying the technical items of the data set, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying the detailed arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the labour force domain in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
Subject: data collection, disclosure of information, EU statistics, exchange of information, labour force, sampling, social statistics, statistical method, technical specification
Corporate Author(s): European Commission ; Eurostat (European Commission)
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on implementation and compliance with the sulphur standards for marine fuels set out in Directive (EU) 2016/802 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels
Subject: anhydride, atmospheric pollution, European Maritime Safety Agency, information system, marine fuel, maritime shipping, pollution from ships, sampling, standard, sulphur
Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Environment (European Commission) ; European Commission
Case C-141/15: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 March 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the tribunal administratif de Rennes — France) — Doux SA, in administration v Établissement national des produits de l'agriculture et de la mer (FranceAgriMer) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 — Article 15(1) — Article 16 — Frozen or quick-frozen chickens — Maximum limit for water content — Obsolescence of that limit — Practical measures for checks — Counter-analysis — Regulation No 612/2009 — Article 28 — Export refunds on agricultural products — Conditions for granting — Sound and fair marketable quality — Products marketable in normal conditions)
Subject: customs formalities, customs inspection, export refund, food inspection, frozen product, health certificate, poultrymeat, product quality, sampling, veterinary inspection
Case C-476/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 July 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Pelham GmbH, Moses Pelham, Martin Haas v Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider-Esleben (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Copyright and related rights — Directive 2001/29/EC — Information Society — Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights — Sampling — Article 2(c) — Phonogram producer — Reproduction right — Reproduction 'in part' — Article 5(2) and (3) — Exceptions and limitations — Scope — Article 5(3)(d) — Quotations — Directive 2006/115/EC — Article 9(1)(b) — Distribution right — Fundamental rights — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 13 — Freedom of the arts)
Subject: approximation of laws, audiovisual piracy, copyright, information society, literary and artistic property, recording, sampling
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/595 of 15 April 2015 concerning a coordinated multiannual control programme of the Union for 2016, 2017 and 2018 to ensure compliance with maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin Text with EEA relevance
Subject: EU programme, food inspection, food safety, foodstuff, pesticide, sampling
BBMRI-LPC
BBMRI : large prospective cohorts
Europe's large prospective cohort studies cover more than a million volunteers, documenting their health status as time goes by. These vast collections of biospecimens and exposure data are an abundant source of information about potential drivers of disease. BBMRI-LPC has set out to make them a...
Subject: data collection, disease prevention, health control, health risk, medical research, research project, sampling, scientific cooperation, scientific research
Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (European Commission)
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Quality of petrol and diesel fuel used for road transport in the European Union (Reporting year 2014 and 2015)
Subject: atmospheric pollution, diesel fuel, environmental standard, EU Member State, marketing standard, petrol, product quality, road transport, sampling
Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Climate Action (European Commission) ; European Commission
Case C-345/18 P: Appeal brought on 25 May 2018 by Caviro Distillerie Srl, Distillerie Bonollo SpA, Distillerie Mazzari SpA and Industria Chimica Valenzana (ICV) SpA against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) delivered on 15 March 2018 in Case T-211/16: Caviro Distillerie and Others v Commission
Subject: anti-dumping duty, China, damage, dumping, EU production, import (EU), organic acid, originating product, sampling


EDMONTON — The Edmonton Eskimos have extended national defensive lineman Kwaku Boateng through the 2020 season, the team announced Friday.
Boateng appeared in and started 16 games this past season for the Green and Gold, recording 26 tackles and nine quarterback sacks. In two seasons, the Wilfrid Laurier alum has appeared in 34 games where he has recorded 48 total tackles, 13 quarterback sacks and one forced fumble.
After falling to the 41st pick in the 2017 CFL Draft, Boateng has easily outperformed his draft position in two seasons with the Esks, emerging as one of the league's top ratio-breakers at the defensive end position.
The 23-year-old was the 11th-ranked free agent on the CFL.ca top 30 list and the top-ranked national free agent.


I recently acquired a Verizon Sony Xperia Z4V. i would very much like to experiment with this now discontinued and cancelled platform. I have a valid IMEI and an unlock code.
I have no need for warranty service.
However the Bootloader unlock shows as not allowed.
How can I obtain access to work in AOSP?
Mainly I would need to backup my existing firmaware (or if i can download the stock ftf that would be fine) and pull out files for the CDMA radio and the UHD screen. Other than that it appears to be a Z3+.
It's not going to work, even if you unlock the tablet from Verizon, the bootloader can never be unlocked, this was requested by them, the carrier network.
This is NOT a tablet.
It's a cancelled, discontinued cell phone platform. Verizon told me to go to Sony for assistance. They have no issues with allowing me to experiment with it academically.
My bad, Phone not tablet, but the information it's correct, of course Verizon won't tell you the truth they don't want to upset a customer and potentially lose you.
If a phone/tablet is or was network branded, you won't be able to unlock the bootloader, this will only be possible if you replace the motherboard, and that's the most expensive part of a phone/tablet, it will cost you almost as much as a new device, again, this was requested by your carrier network not imposed by the phone/tablet manufacturer, in this case Sony.
So,is there a methodology for a remote or keybad code unlock by VERIZON?
If not, all hope is not lost. If I had the stock FTF for this device, I could pull the CDMA and UHD display device drivers and combine them with others from a Z3+ (or worldwide Z4 PHONE) kernel/other partitions and tinker. I may need some kind of root access to be able to begin this process, yet do not see any existing exploits for this build.
Anyone have an FTF from when it was on the Dev FTP?
There are two ways to get the code, either through Verizon or perhaps to buy it online.
You can check the XDA forum but it doesn't seemed that you can use xperifirm or flashtool with verizon's Xperias.
I'd be happy to get the two device drivers as standalones. The github repository for sony dev has everything else (Kitakami) that I would need. Just not the CDMA device driver (But maybe the one from the Z3V could be used) and the UHD screen driver.
If I cannot unlock the bootloader I would definitely need root to experiment.
I wish i could locate the proper folks at Verizon and/or Sony to assist. After all, it's a dead device with ZERO future. I expect no warranty service nor ongoing support.


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Success for entrepreneurs in Scotland
The 40 businesses participating in the First Minister's flagship entrepreneurial development programme Unlocking Ambition have raised a total of £6.5m since its launch, new figures have revealed – with the majority gained from external funding.
Harnessing Scotland's entrepreneurial spirit
This week is Global Entrepreneurship Week, which sees over 10 million people in more than 170 countries connecting, learning from and inspiring each other to make a difference to society through enterprising thought and action. In a global context, Scotland's reputation for fostering entrepreneurship is renowned, and we're very fortunate to have an extensive and diverse network of support in Scotland that is driving this forward.
Nearly half of Scots adults have considered starting their own business
A survey commissioned by Unlocking Ambition to coincide with Global Entrepreneurship Week (18-24 November) found that the majority of people (57%) think that Scotland is an entrepreneurial nation, with 49% of adults having considered starting their own business.
Young Enterprise Scotland and Unlocking Ambition team up to create entrepreneurship experience for students
Unlocking Ambition and Young Enterprise Scotland's Bridge 2 Business programme have teamed up to launch 'Unlocking Young Ambition' that will give more than 30 college students the opportunity to meet and be personally mentored by a successful Scottish entrepreneur.
My week at the World's #1 School for Entrepreneurship – Babson College in Boston – and the lifetime of learning that followed
Lynne Jhangeer of LINIAN, which supplies a patented, fire-safe clip for installing cabling in buildings, recently travelled to Babson College in Boston to take part in an intensive course aimed at developing entrepreneurial leadership skills. Part of a sixteen-strong cohort of Scotland-based entrepreneurs, including eight fellow Unlocking Ambition ambassadors, she reflects on her trip here.
Three things I learned in seven days at Babson College
Tadas Labudis is founder of Prodsight an AI-powered customer insight platform that helps companies improve their product and customer experience. He was among a cohort of Unlocking Ambition ambassadors who visited world-leading entrepreneurship school Babson College in Boston last month to develop new skills and build international connections. Here, he shares his key takeaways from the trip.
Scotland's next generation of business leaders head stateside
A cohort of 16 Scotland-based entrepreneurial leaders will travel to the States next week (1-8 October) to take part in a programme at Boston's Babson College, the world's number-one ranked school of entrepreneurship.
It's Time To Unlock Young Ambition!
Bridge 2 Business has teamed up with the entrepreneurial Unlocking Ambition Challenge programme, delivered by Scottish Enterprise & Scotland CANDO, to create a new partnership that will focus on developing entrepreneurial skills in young people.
Business for Good – what does that actually mean?
What actually defines a business for good and how can we tell if a company claiming this really is doing what it says on the tin?
Back To Babson: A Fellow's Reflections
After having embarked on the start of her entrepreneurial executive education journey at Babson College in 2014 as a Saltire Fellow with Entrepreneurial Scotland, Lisa Thomson, Founder and CEO of Purpose HR returned with Unlocking Ambition in May 2019 for some fresh learning to apply to the new challenges as her business scales.
Celebrating a Year of Unlocking Ambition
This month marks the completion of the first year of the Scotland CAN DO Unlocking Ambition Challenge so we thought it would be interesting to reflect on what's been achieved during that time.
Britain's Youngest CEO – Molly Rose
Hear how one of the Unlocking Ambition companies, The Start Up Drinks Lab, have been involved in supporting the UK's youngest CEO – 9-year old Molly Rose to start to scale her lemonade business.
Lessons From Babson, Boston – No.1 For Entrepreneurship!
As a passionate learner, Paul Blackler of Drink Baotic was very keen to get out to Babson for the pure quality of the educational experience.
An Hour with Obama
In April 2019 Alan Mahon from Brewgooder was invited to represent Scotland at the Obama Foundation's Town Hall in Europe for leaders of the future. Here are his reflections on an hour spent with Barack Obama and the need to keep Scotland's voice being heard on the global stage.
Scottish Enterprise Unlocking Ambition 2018-19 Cohort Graduation
The 18th March saw the graduation of the inaugural Scottish Enterprise Unlocking Ambition cohort of 20 purpose-driven entrepreneurs at a hugely inspirational graduation celebration event with over 100 ecosystem friends and partners there to celebrate their success.
Hey Dads!
Hey Girls launch #Pads4Dads campaign with Hollywood actor and activist Michael Sheen.
MyWay Digital Health Win 2019 Women in Innovation Award
Nine pioneering female inventors, including the fantastic Debbie Wake from MyWay Digital Health, currently taking part on the Scottish Enterprise Unlocking Ambition programme have been recognised for innovations including responsive wheelchair seating and a new digital app for diabetes as part of the 2019 Women in Innovation Awards.
Making an Impact - IWD 2019
A focus on impact is coming to the fore of general consciousness and rather than just being a buzz word, a nice to do or something purely associated with social enterprises, it's becoming clear that purpose and impact is everybody's business.
CAN DO Fest 2019 is coming!
Running from 24th April – May 2019, CAN DO Fest is an opportunity to come together and celebrate the best of Scottish entrepreneurship showcased in a series of entrepreneurial events across the country.
New Convenor of CAN DO Ecosystem Forum announced
The Scotland CAN DO vision is based on the clear recognition that if we are to achieve sustainable economic growth, and create opportunities for everyone in Scotland to flourish, then we must work to accelerate entrepreneurship and innovation together.
SE UA Account Team - Transforming the way we engage
How much do you know about the UA account team who have been working intensely behind the scenes to help make it happen and help these ambitious entrepreneurs access the very best of SE's service delivery?
Top Takeaways from UA Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurship Masterclass
The Scottish Enterprise Unlocking Ambition cohort have undertaken four Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurship masterclasses throughout the UA programme, taking place in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, each showcasing how values-based business is good for business and how a human driven approach and focus on positive impact can drive scale and success.
SE Unlocking Ambition Programme 6 Month Review
The Unlocking Ambition programme is breaking new ground in the way entrepreneurial support is delivered in Scotland. The innovative programme, as announced by FM Nicola Sturgeon at the Start Up Summit in November 2017, is supporting 40 highly ambitious entrepreneurs over a 12 month intensive programme.
Unlocking Ambition Companies have the EDGE!
The nail biting Scottish EDGE Round 13 Final saw the biggest amount of growth funding awarded to innovative Scottish companies through the competition to date.
Unlocking Ambition Meets Deputy Mayor of London
Back in July #TeamBaotic announced that Paul was fortunate enough to be accepted onto a highly recognised program for high growth entrepreneurs direct from the First Ministers office, called Unlocking Ambition. What a name!
GlobalScots help Unlock Ambition
The SE Unlocking Ambition companies were lucky enough to meet with three GlobalScots for a GlobalScot Panel & Q&A as part of their Values-Based business international connections visit to London in November.
The Scottish Enterprise UA group recently spent a couple of days in London on an international connections visit and met with London & Partners, the Deputy Mayor for Business, Scotland House, a number of GlobalScots and more.
Are our Enterprise Agencies enterprising too?
Throughout my life I have always enjoyed taking on new challenges, whether it was setting up and running my own businesses or developing and implementing complex projects. I enjoy the newness of projects, businesses, learning new skills and doing things differently, with the goal of making a difference.
Two days with the Don of Doing Entrepreneurship – the Disciplined way
Last week, our Unlocking Ambition cohort spent two days with Bill Aulet, the Managing Director of MIT's Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship and an all-round Don of business. Bill came over from Massachusetts to run his 'Disciplined Entrepreneurship' workshop with us in Inverness.
A Masterclass in Disciplined Entrepreneurship
As part of the Unlocking Ambition Account Team for the Scottish Enterprise UA programme, I was lucky enough to participate alongside the companies on the in Disciplined Entrepreneurship masterclass led by MIT's Bill Aulet in Inverness on the 3-4th October 2018.


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Pensioner to fight council notice to stop her feeding birds
Published: 9:04 AM August 17, 2015
- Credit: Country Smallholding
A Sidmouth pensioner, who was served with a council notice to stop her feeding birds, has launched a landmark legal challenge to have the order revoked.
Rose Rodell, 70, appeared at Exeter Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, August 11, for the first step of an appeal against the community protection notice issued by East Devon District Council.
The notice, which was served in March this year, refers to the 'feeding of birds with grain, peanuts and other food within the area of Sidmouth'.
The council says that the food attracts 'a high number of large birds, including pigeons', and is 'affecting the properties and wellbeing of residents of Sidmouth' – specifically in the area around Mrs Rodell's York Street home.
Giles Salter, representing East Devon District Council, told the court he believed this was the first appeal against such a notice in the country.
The matter will come before the court again in October after both parties have had chance to put their cases together.


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NCIS: New Orleans return date for winter 2020 revealed
Sat Nov 30, 2019 at 1:42pm ET
By Ryan DeVault
NCIS: New Orleans cast during Season 6 of show. Pic credit: CBS
The NCIS: New Orleans return date has been announced by CBS. It will mark the first new episode that will take place for the show this winter. And it is going to take place in the brand new time slot as well.
Following the fall finale that is going to take place on Tuesday, December 17, NCIS: NOLA fans have a long wait until the next new episode. That's an unfortunate piece of news, especially with some changes coming to the show.
The exit of Lucas Black as character Christopher Lasalle has been difficult for fans of the show, so it is going to be interesting to see if all viewers follow the show to its new spot on the CBS schedule. Beginning with the winter premiere, the NCIS spin-off is going to air on Sunday nights.
NCIS: New Orleans return date
The first new winter 2020 episode of NCIS: New Orleans will debut on Sunday, February 16. It's also the same night that NCIS: Los Angeles will return from its own winter break, so fans will definitely be clamoring for new episodes.
It's like that? #NCISNOLA pic.twitter.com/dAYWHPSHwa
— NCIS: New Orleans (@NCISNewOrleans) November 27, 2019
Having NOLA and LA on the same night is an experiment by CBS to see if viewers will stay tuned late on Sunday evenings. Having the shows sandwiched like that could also lead to more crossover opportunities in the near future.
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The writers may need a strong episode for the fall finale and a good addition to the NCIS: New Orleans cast in order to spur interest. Sunday nights at 10/9c isn't exactly the best time slot for a show to succeed.
You Might Also Like: NCIS: New Orleans fans still miss the show, hope for it to come back
As for what is happening on Tuesday nights, CBS wants to put the FBI spin-off right behind its parent show. The new show, called FBI: Most Wanted, has a season premiere date of January 7.
Can the show continue the success that the network has been having on Tuesday nights? Recent ratings have CBS still leading the way.
NCIS: New Orleans currently airs Tuesday nights at 10/9c on CBS.
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This course has been developed to satisfy an ever increasing demand for the services of good quality musculoskeletal and sports injury therapists. With NHS waiting lists increasing daily and referrals for effective treatment scarce, our graduates are in high demand. We have built on our highly successful Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Clinical Sports Therapy to expand the scope of practice within the field of rehabilitation.
This is a highly practical course and we guarantee you will not find the same content on any other course in the UK.
Level 3 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy or an Active Health Group Course.
13th-14th October, 10th-11th November, 1st-2nd December, 12th-13th January, 9th-10th February, 9th-10th March, 13th-14th April, 18th-19th May, 8th-9th June, 13th-14th July, 10th-11th August, 14th-15th September, 12th-13th October, 9th-10th November, 7th-8th December.
This is open to the Student or Graduate that has done, or currently doing, the Active Health Groups Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
You will have 2 years to complete the qualification, however, all taught modules must be completed within the first year, with the second year being used for the research assignment and dissertation.
You will have a designated Level 6 Lead Tutor and a Mentor to support you throughout your Level 6.
The top up fee for the Level 6 is £2,000 and can be payable over 10 months (instalments of £200 in regular monthly payments).
We will only be accepting 10 Students on our Level 6 programme and we will not be offering Level 6 again until 2020.
Dates for the MFR Dip are 13th to 16th May 3rd to 6th June 2019. The rest of the dates are run throughout the year and for the student to book on the most convenient date.
Pay in instalments: £600 deposit plus monthly payments for up to 12 months. Total Payment: £3895.00.
2019 dates: 2nd/3rd February; 2nd/3rd March; 6th/7th April; 11th/12th May; 1st/2nd June; 6th/7th July; 3rd/4th August; 31st August/1st September; 5th/6th October; 2nd/3rd November; 30th November/1st December; 11th/12th January; 8th/9th February; 7th/8th March; 11th/12th April.
This 2 day workshop is open to anyone wanting to learn basic hands-on skills in sports massage. The workshop is very hands-on and you will learn how to apply good, safe and effective sports massage techniques.
Ideal for personal trainers, massage therapists, physiotherapists, and anyone with an interest in sports massage. Whilst it is not a practitioner level workshop, it can be used for those going on to take the AHG diploma level courses. It is also useful for massage therapists looking to gain additional skills, but who do not require a full qualification.
Sports Massage techniques applied to the legs, back, arms and shoulders.
No pre-requisites required, beginners welcome.
Loose comfortable clothing. Sports gear is preferred and shorts should be brought to every session. For ladies please bring a normal bra and NOT a sports bra.
Deposit is non refundable. Contact the office as we allow the deposit money to be used on another course up to 6 months after.
For cancellations till 48 hrs before (2 days) contact the office for a transfer to another course or date.
This workshop is suitable for massage therapists, sports therapists and other bodyworkers.
For all students booking this date as their final practical exam please make sure you bring your portfolio COMPLETE on this day. Without this you won't be considered for exam.
Active Health Group were the first training company to develop fully accredited Myofascial Release courses. Since 2000 we have been leading the way in Myofascial Release training.
We have re-developed our series of advanced Myofascial Release training courses which when used independently are an excellent addition to any manual therapist`s work, or when combined will help the therapist reach their MAXIMUM potential when treating a wide range of injuries and postural problems.
Learn the foundations of this ground breaking technique. Upon completion of the Myofascial Release Diploma you will be able to begin adapting posture and have an influence on correcting balance of the body's joints.
This technique will change the way you think about treatments and create more understanding of how and why your current techniques work and also when your current techniques don't work. Find out how to make them.
– Learn about areas of caution and contraindications; discover how to use proper biomechanics, palpation and the proper use of fingers, knuckles, fist and elbow safely and effectively.
– Learn comprehensive strategies for working on the body to restore balance using both superficial and deep techniques.
– Learn about troubleshooting and treatments of specific chronic complaints and blocks of pain.
– Read your clients postural and movement patterns with greater accuracy and integration.
– Give you access to effective treatment strategies that may occur some distance from the site of pain or limitation.
– Learn simple tools to assess and offer ways to treat dehydrated soft tissue that may be at the route of the dysfunction.
– Confidently work on all the joints of the body with the aim of neutralising their positioning in the body.
– Relieve tension, trauma and poor posture for long-lasting massage pain management.
– Perform a 5 minute neck, low back, shoulder and hand evaluation.
– Lengthen only tight muscles.
– Tonify weak, inhibited muscles using fast-paced spindle stimulating techniques.
– Receive, on average, 10 hours of treatments from fellow students to restore your own postural balance.
The final segment of the Diploma is split into 3 sections of focus and incorporates hands-on muscle balancing manual therapy with joint mobilisation manoeuvres. Learn dynamic tools to identify and correct conditions such as sciatica, lumbago, scoliosis, rotator cuff injuries, forward head postures, dowagers hump, etc.
– Learn about this influential Muscle and its relationship with the pelvis and overall posture.
– Learn hands-on treatments to re-balance the tone and length of the muscle.
– Learn how to treat the muscle through relaxation techniques and stretches.
– Assess the positioning of the ribcage, its influence on the spine and how it determines where the centre of gravity transmits weight throughout the body.
– Learn breathing techniques and stretches to influence the shape and 'fullness' of the ribcage.
– Identify and remove fibrosis in deep spinal muscles that lock facet joints open or closed.
– Realign the vertebrae. Troubleshoot the body with the aim to restore balance and alleviate scoliosis, lordosis and kyphosis. Restore nerve pathways from the spine that could be influencing conditions throughout the body.
– Learn how to aim to rehydrate the spine.
– Learn how to restore clients body height once the body is in balance.
– Health promotion, supplements, organ cleanses, exercise, stretching, stress management and relaxation.
– Body mind link discussed. Learn how the mind could be causing ailments and how to restore these negative programmes.
Pay in installments: £350 deposit and equal monthly payments.
Total: £1,594.00. Fees must be paid in full prior to the start of the practical training.
The Myofascial Release course runs over 3 units.
Unit 1: introduction – 2 days (those who have completed the level AHG 4 and 5 sports massage/sports therapy will have covered this if you wish to recap please call Karen 0161 2355307 for dates).
This 2 day course is suitable for anyone working at sports clubs, sporting events and tournaments. On this course we will look at the treatment of head injuries, spinal injuries and include the roles and responsibilities working at a sporting event. We also include the use of AED defibrillators which are widely available at sporting clubs and events.
No entry requirements. Accessible to anyone that wants to learn about First Aid and apply it to Sports.
Pay in instalments: £600 deposit plus monthly payments for up to 12 months. Total Payment: £3,895.00.
Course Code MON0519; 20th to 24th May; 17th to 21st June; 22nd to 26th July; 19th to 23rd August; 23rd to 27th September and 21st to 25th October.
On this 1 day workshop we will teach you how to locate and treat one of the most common musculatory problems that you, as a therapist, will encounter.
This workshop is suitable for all manual therapists (massge, remedial, sports) and bodyworkers and therapists who regularly face 'clients in pain'!
The main aim of this Taping and Strapping workshop is to enable learners to gain the practical and theoretical skills necessary to provide taping and strapping for the Sport and Active Leisure Industry.
Purpose of this workshop is to enrich practitioners' understanding of taping and strapping techniques relevant to general support and to limit specific movement. It will provide learners with techniques to facilitate taping and strapping techniques.
This course is suitable for candidates with level 3 or above sports massage/therapy qualifications.
The main aim of the VTCT Level 3 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy is to enable Learners to gain the necessary practical skills and knowledge to provide Sports Massage Therapy to the general public and to gain employment within the sport and fitness industry.
This is an entry level qualification, so no prerequisites are required.
This qualification is for Learners who want to work in the sport and fitness industry as a Sports Massage Therapist either in a sports club, gym or health club setting and is comprised of 5 core units which are mandatory.
– Applying Sports Massage Treatments – to include preparing a safe and hygienic working environment, performing pre-event, Inter/intra-event and post-event massage techniques, maintenance, massage mediums, posture, methods of evaluating the effectiveness of the treatment and giving aftercare advice You will also learn about client care and communication, health, safety and hygiene, relevant legislation and professional standards which are essential to work and be successful in the industry.
– opportunities for Learners to develop a range of skills, techniques, personal qualities and attitudes essential for successful performance in employment as a Sports Massage Therapist.
This course consists of 8 days attendance plus home study, plus 50 hours of case studies.
Full Price – £895.00 (Interest free instalment payments available).
The course consists of 8 days, with time for the candidate to practice. This is in line with the requirements of the Sports Massage Association (SMA) to allow for membership of their organisation which is the lead association for Sports Massage Practitioners.
All dates are plus 1 additional consolidation and assessment day, taken upon completion of home study and case studies.
Date Changes: Whilst the exam days are fixed in advance, there are occasions when dates have to be changed. This will always be communicated in advance.
Location Changes: Whilst we endeavour to keep our exams at the designated location, there may be times when we have to change the venue. This will always be communicated in advance, whenever possible.
Practical and Theory Groups: Students are grouped in Practical and Theory groups which are scheduled throughout the exam day at various intervals. The timings of these groups are published 1 to 2 weeks before the exam date, once confirmed by the ITEC examiner.
Group Schedules: Whilst we always endeavour to keep student in the same allocated group, it is an ITEC requirement that each student should be prepared to join an earlier group should a space become available. The bonus with this is you will finish earlier!
We would ask that all students be available on their mobiles for the duration of the exam day.
What to bring and wear: Please wear polo shirt and track pants with sports shoes. Colours should be plain and muted. No jeans, vests, bright shirts or shorts. The ITEC examiners retain the right to refuse to examine anyone not adhering to the dress code. A fee will be charged for reassessment.
Models [Saturday only]: You will be required to provide a person on which to undertake your treatment. Please ensure that they do not have any contraindications. If you are unable to bring a model with you, we MAY be able to provide one, for which a charge of £50 will be made. We will need at least 4 weeks notice for this service.
Rescheduling/Postponing: Once a student is enrolled on an exam and then wishes to postpone or reschedule this exam, there will be an associated cost. For costs, see the Additional Payments below.
Sickness: Should a student be unable to take the exam due to illness, the exam can be rescheduled. If the student provides a formal Doctors/Specialist or Discharge note then the fees to re-enrol are reduced. Without a formal note, the full re-enrolment fees will be charged. For costs see the Additional payments below.
Case studies/Assignment/Treatment Evidence: It is required that all mandatory coursework and case studies associated with the students course, is approved and submitted 3 weeks before the exam date (20 May). Students should refer to their coursework folders or course introduction pages for more information on the coursework submission guidelines. Late submissions may incur additional fees. For costs, see the Additional Payments below.
ITEC Coursework Late Submission Code: Choose this option if you are unable to submit your coursework/case studies three weeks prior to your booked assessment date. Amount payable £50.00 per unit for the first month, £100 per unit from month 2 until the next booked ITEC exam date. Please see below for conditions.
For additional payments, we will invoice you for payment by Paypal or BACS. Payment is required within 48 hours of issue. In the event of non receipt of payment, we reserve the right to withdraw you from your course, as per terms and conditions. There will be no refund of course fees.
Please note: All courses come with a course expiry, which is contained within your agreed terms and conditions. If any missed exams or coursework extensions take you beyond your course expiry date, in addition to the above fees, you will be charged £100 per level, per month, for a maximum of 3 months, after which period you will forfeit your course, as per our agreed terms and conditions. There will be no refund of course fees.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you allocate enough time to complete your coursework and exams within your course time frame.
This workshop will give massage therapists additional soft tissue skills in Soft Tissue Release and Soft Tissue Mobilisation.
Soft tissue release (or STR) is a technique of assisted stretching of muscle fibres, tendon and fascia. STR involves repeatedly and quickly stretching small areas of the soft tissue using static pressure and either active or passive movements from your client.
Soft Tissue Mobilisation is used to relax muscles, promote healing and breakdown scar tissue, and works by mobilising muscles and therefore breaking up scar tissue. The mobilisations also help to remove waste products from the damaged area which increases the speed of the healing process. Soft tissue mobilisation also helps to release the tension in the muscle which increases flexibility and range of movement.
This workshop is suitable for all massage/manual therapists and bodyworkers.
Our Electrotherapy workshop is ideal for therapists wishing to add alternative treatment modalities to their current hands-on skills.
Electrotherapy has been used for many decades to treat many soft tissue conditions, and with most of it evidence based, it has become even more popular with Sports Therapists.
Due to the nature of this course, early booking is advised as there will be pre-course reading materials sent, to enable you get a basic understanding of the principles of the modalities, before attending. Please allow at least two weeks prior to the workshop date.
Reading material will be sent a few days before the course.
This course is suitable for candidates with level 4 or above sports massage/therapy qualifications.
This two day workshop is open to Sports Therapists, Health Professionals or Advanced Level Manual Therapists at Level 5 or above, who have prior certification and experience in Medical Acupuncture, and wish to advance their knowledge and skill level in this area. On this 2-day intensive course you will learn the art of Cun or 'body relative measurement' for precise location of traditional acupuncture points and you will learn to locate and needle over 30 of the most effective acupuncture points for the treatment of pain conditions. You will also learn 11 tried and tested protocols for the treatment of the most common neurological and psychosomatic conditions seen in clinical settings. Finally, you will learn basic Cupping Therapy for use in combination for Medical Acupuncture treatments.
Learning to use this form of acupuncture will give you the tools required to effectively treat a range of pain conditions that other therapies cannot touch, and often in a surprisingly short period of time.
Alexander has an honours degree in Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture from Salford University and is a member of the British Acupuncture Council. He has been practicing as a professional acupuncturist since 2005 and runs a busy clinic in Manchester city centre, working with professional, Olympic & Commonwealth athletes and members of the public. His pursuit of clinical excellence has taken him to further his education with some of the best tutors the UK and the United States have to offer, including studying Classical Acupuncture with Master Jeffrey Yuen and the highly effective Tung Style Acupuncture with Dr. Henry McCann.
A truly integrated therapist, Alexander is trained and experienced in using Myofascial Release, Neuro-muscular therapy, Acupuncture, Deep-tissue Massage, Be Activated movement therapy, NLP and Strategic Intervention. He specialises in working with musculo-skeletal pain & dysfunction, neurological pain, and uses his unique blend of skills to help his clients overcome both acute and chronic long-standing conditions.
Alexander's energy, enthusiasm and commitment to giving his clients the best possible service has built a reputation as a Therapist which is second to none, and now he is both delighted and excited to be bringing all these attributes to teaching and sharing his knowledge with the students of Active Health Groups.
The main aim of the ITEC/VTCT Level 4 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy is to enable Learners to gain the necessary practical skills and knowledge to provide Sports Massage Therapy to the general public, gain employment within the sport and fitness industry and to enrich Practitioners' understanding of advanced anatomical, physiological and pathological principles relevant to the application of Sports Massage. It includes roles such as restorative and corrective massage using a range of basic and advanced techniques. Practitioners will also learn how to plan and evaluate Sports Massage treatments to inform the provision of future treatments.
Level 3 Sports Massage qualification or if you do not have a level 3 Sports Massage qualification, you can book both of these together to save £50!
– Conducting Subjective and Objective Assessment – to include identifying bony structures associated with major joints, identifying soft tissue structures located at the major joints, joint end feels, predispositions to injury and dysfunctions, factors that influence recovery from injury, treatment planning, postural types and deviations, pathophysiology of common injuries, methods and purpose of a range of objective assessment techniques and carrying out Subjective and Objective Assessments.
– Treatment Modalities to Support Soft Tissue Repair – to include the aims of treatment and treatment options during acute, sub-acute and chronic stages of injury, treatment protocol, use of and adverse reactions to cryotherapy and thermotherapy.
– Sports Massage Techniques to Prevent and Manage Injury – to include a range of soft tissue techniques, protocols to follow for each technique, evaluating the effects of each technique, preparing clients, monitoring tissue response throughout treatments, adapting the techniques and treatment plan to meet the needs of each client, adapting own posture throughout the application to ensure safe and effective application and presenting aftercare advice to the client You will also learn about client care and communication and health, safety, and hygiene which is essential to work and be successful in the industry.
– the related knowledge and understanding required to perform the Sports Massage Therapy listed above effectively, in particular, advanced knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathologies of the body that may influence the massage methods used to prevent and manage the injury.
– opportunities for Learners to focus on the development of their wider skills in a Sports Massage setting such as communicating with clients, working with others and problem-solving opportunities for Learners to develop a range of skills, techniques, personal qualities and attitudes essential for successful performance in employment as a Sports Massage Therapist.
8 days, plus home study, plus 100 hours case studies at Level 4. (You can use your case studies from Level 3 towards your Level 4 case studies).
SM40819 (weekends) August 3rd/4th and August 17th/18th; September 14th/15th and September 28th/29th.
This is in line with the requirements of the Sports Massage Association (SMA) to allow for membership of their organisation which is the lead association for Sports Massage Practitioners.
Level 3 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy or an Active Health Group Course or and AHG Introduction to Sports Massage.
21/22 September; 12/13 October; 16/17 November; 7/8 December; 18/19 January; 15/16 February; 21/22 March; 18/19 April; 16/17 May; 20/21 June; 18/19 July; 15/16 August; 19/20 September: 17/18 October; 21/22 November.
Our Oncology (Cancer Care) Massage workshop is open to practitioners with a recognised massage qualification (Level 3 upwards).
The course is structured as a three-day practical event, with home study. We will supply you with the Medicinal Hands Text Book, plus accompanying Workbook which will give you an excellent foundation in the theoretical knowledge that is essential if you are going to embark on a career in Oncology Massage.
You will learn all about the legal aspects of working within cancer care, as well as on a practical level, learning how to provide a safe and effective massage, which includes manual lymphatic drainage.
This workshop includes resources and workbook.
Written Exam is taken in a normal class setting and starts prompt 10am.
order to complete the dissertation module of level 6.


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