Electronics textbooks will tell you that a non-inverting opamp normally cannot be regulated down to 0 dB gain. If zero output is needed then it is usual to employ an inverting amplifier and a buffer amp in front of it, the buffer acting as an impedance step-up device. The circuit shown here is a trick to make a non-inverting amplifier go down all the way to zero output. The secret is a linear-law stereo potentiometer connected such that when the spindle is turned clockwise the resistance in P1a increases (gain goes up), while the wiper of P1b moves towards the opamp output (more signal). When the wiper is turned anti-clockwise, the resistance of P1a drops, lowering the gain, while P1b also supplies a smaller signal to the load. In this way, the output signal can be made to go down to zero.


Once the file copy completes all of your iDevice apps will be within your Mac's iTunes installation. You should be able to update and use them in the same manner you did when they were on your PC previously.
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3.000-year-old culture…
Halkidiki appears in many Greek myths; it is said that the Giant Enceladus was buried in Kassandra. It is also said that Giant Olympus threw a rock forming the peninsula of Mount Athos and Sithonia took its name from Sithon, the son of Poseidon, the ancient Greek god.
Ancient Olynthos
The remains of ancient extinct animal species found at Nikiti, Vrasta and Triglia, bear witness to Halkidiki's past. The findings at Petralona cave prove man's presence in the region, 700,000 years ago – the findings include a human skull, dating back 200,000 years.
The first traces of a civilized human community appear in 4,000 BC. The first inhabitants were Thracians and Pelasgians. During the 8th century BC, new inhabitants arrived from Eretria and Halkida (hence the name Halkidiki). By the 5th century new city states were formed such as Aineia, Gigonos, Lipaxos, Potidea, Sani, Mendi, Skioni, Aiyai, Neapoli, Aphytis, Olynthos, Sermyli, Galipsos, Toroni, Sarti, Pyloros, Dion, Kleonai, Olofyxos, Akanthos, Stagira, Apollonia, Arnea and Anthemous. By the end of the 5th century, the 32 most powerful cities founded the "federation of the Chalkideans" under the leadership of Olynthos. The federation was later dissolved in 379BC by the Spartans.
Ancient Stagira, the birthplace of the philosopher Aristotle
In 348 BC, the area was incorporated to the kingdom of Macedonians, leading to the formation of three major cities: Kassandria and Ouranoupolis in 325 BC, and Antigoneia in 280 BC. In 168BC the Romans conquered the area leading to its decay.
In 1430, the region was conquered again, this time by the Ottomans, incorporating Halkidiki into the administrative district of Thessaloniki. Halkidiki was divided into three areas in order to fulfil certain tax-collecting demands: 1) Kassandra, the first peninsula, 2) Hasikohoria which extended to the bay of Toroni and the Thermaic Gulf and 3) Mademohoria, while Mount Athos remained a separate area. The 18th century is a period of prosperity for Halkidiki, an element that explains why the coastal villages became a common target of pirate raids.
In May 1821, under the leadership of Emmanuel Pappas, Halkidiki joined the unsuccessful revolution against the Ottoman Empire, leading to a second strike of the resistance in 1854 under the leadership of Tsiamis Karatasos.
During the early 20th century, the people of Halkidiki joined the fight for the liberation of Macedonia. The long-awaited liberation arrived in October 1912. Ten years later, the arrival of thousands of refugees from Asia Minor led to the formation of 27 new villages that contributed enormously to the region's cultural and economic growth.

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Regulation necessarily imposes costs as well as restraints on individual freedoms. In a democratic society that values individual freedom, regulation that limits the circumstances under which people are free to engage in different commercial activities must be justified. Consumer protection regulation prescribing particular standards or qualities can be justified where the goods or services in question carry risks. It may also be justified in markets for complex services to ensure that they work fairly and efficiently and to address information asymmetries.
Regulation can prescribe particular standards or qualities of service. Where the consumption of goods and services carry risk, more intensive regulation may be justified. In some industries, such as those manufacturing medicines or preparing food for sale, regulation aims at eliminating risk. In others, including most service markets, consumer protection regulation seeks to moderate rather than eliminate risk, or seeks to achieve the appropriate balance of risks between different parties to a transaction.
Consumer protection regulation is aimed at ensuring that consumers of services have adequate information, are treated fairly, and have adequate avenues for redress. The main regulatory tools used in consumer protection are disclosure requirements and conduct regulation. Disclosure regulation includes a general prohibition on false and misleading statements. Conduct regulation specifies standards of conduct as well as sanctions for breaches of regulatory standards.
For a market to function competitively, consumers and service providers both need to be well informed. However, the problem of information asymmetry will arise when one party to a transaction has relevant information that the other does not. When accessing some types of complex advisory services consumers can lack (and cannot efficiently obtain) the knowledge, experience or judgement required to make well informed decisions. Information asymmetry exists when disclosure alone (consumer protection) is not sufficient to address the imbalance. No matter how much information the consumer is given by the service provider they will not be able to make an effective choice.
Regulation addresses this problem by substituting the judgement of a third party for that of the consumers. This is effectively what registration and licensing regimes purport to do. The competence of doctors, lawyers, financial advisers and many other occupational groups providing services to the public is assessed and monitored for the benefit of consumers by an occupational authority or a publically funded regulator. The authority or regulator has the necessary knowledge, experience and judgement to assess the specialist services. Only providers who can meet an appropriate qualification and practice standard are registered or licenced. Consumers are then able to choose between service providers who have been assessed and licensed.
by ensuring that all providers of services met a certain standard.
Regulation that improved the quality of services and reduced the risks and costs of substandard services would also enhance confidence in the trust sector.


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We are always looking for enthusiastic, self motivated people who are tired of the punch-in, punch-out rat race. If that sounds like you, and you have experience in selling, we have an opportunity for you to consider. Every town, city, or county around you is a potential map project. There are thousands of dollars waiting to be "mined" all around you. I should know…I've done it here in the Northwest for many years. We have produced literally dozens of cartoon maps of towns, cities, counties, coastlines, and islands in the Pacific Northwest. But now we're looking toward expansion. And that's where YOU might come in.
There are a lot of advantages to working with us. First of all, you can live almost anywhere and work with us on a cartoon map project. If you like running your own schedule, selling ads on our maps allows you the freedom to pick and choose the hours that suit you best. We know of one sales rep that sells in the morning, and plays golf in the afternoon. Does that sound like a great way to make a living?
A typical cartoon map requires one to four weeks to sell. During that time you can earn between $8,000 and $15,000. Some people sell a map or two a year, others sell full-time. It's your schedule, and your decision. Some people even hit the road in their RV and earn money while they travel.
Fun map ads sell easily in the biggest cities and smallest towns. Every map project that I've started, I've finished. The evidence is on the maps page. You won't see a single public service filler ad on the page. That's because our map ad spaces have always sold out. They're as close to "bomb proof" as any product that I've seen. On almost every map that I've sold, merchants will invariably say: "What a fun job you have!" I agree. It IS fun, and I could go on for hours telling you all the people I've met and exciting experiences I've had in Mapland.
One ranch family in the Oregon high desert asked me to stay overnight with them. I had dinner with them that night, and I was out in the barn with Jim until after midnight that night helping him feed the calves and listening to stories about ranch life. The next morning I took the day off and went on a cattle drive with them. What a memory that was! That's just one of many Mapland memories that I cherish. Every map has produced similar memories for me. You'll see some of them on my Adventures in Mapland page.
If this looks like a business that could work for you, feel free to contact me.


Abstract: The AquaBrowser implementation for the Carabinieri Force in Turin, Italy, including five libraries and an historical archive and documentation centre, has gone live.
April 26, 2007 -- Rome, Italy. The AquaBrowser implementation for the Carabinieri Force in Turin, Italy has gone live. The network, including five libraries and an historical archive and documentation centre, is now making use of AquaBrowser for searching and discovering information. The entire Carabinieri Force will benefit internally from the visual faceted search power of AquaBrowser for police units in Italy.
Since the middle of the nineteenth century the Carabinieri Force has acquired an international dimension. This has been achieved by its traditional professionalism and its role as a military organization with civil policing functions for immediate response in protection in states of emergency. In particular, it has been involved in overseas peacekeeping operations in contingents of Italians as well as in alliance with other nations, autonomously assisting in the reconstruction of the forces of law and order and in associated training programs.
AquaBrowser Library is distributed in Italy by Medialab Solutions' exclusive partner, Prime Source. This live implementation marks yet another significant achievement for Prime Source, which has a diversified collection of Italian AquaBrowser customers, proving the flexibility and agility of the search tool.
Medialab and Prime Source look forward to announcing more Italian AquaBrowser customers joining over 200 libraries worldwide this spring.


Brittany Murphy and her husband died in the mansion from pneumonia and anaemia.
The home where Brittany Murphy and her husband Simon Monjaack died in is up for sale. TMZ reports that the house was revamped, and now has now been relisted for £13.5m ($18.4m), one million dollars less than before.
The house has five bedrooms and six bathrooms, along with a home theatre, a massage room, wine cellar, a huge pool and an elevator to navigate the three-storey high, 9,400ft sq property.
The Just Married star, who purchased the house from Britney Spears in 2003 for £2.85m ($3.85m), died of pneumonia and anaemia on 20 December 2009. Her husband died from the same illnesses six months later on 23 May.
Los Angeles County Department of Health services considered toxic mould in their home was a possible cause for their deaths, but this was dismissed by the coroner's officer.
Author Bryn Curt James Hammond has released a new tell-all book called A Case For Murder: Brittany Murphy File. In the book, Hammond examined the possible causes of Murphy's death which were overlooked, exposing new secrets about her final days. The author claims that Murphy was living in "virtual squalor" in the days before her death.
According to Hollywood Gossip, Hammond writes that the actress passed away on a bed surrounded by "mountain of clothes, make-up, perfumes, an oxygen machine and medical supplies… It was a ready-made drug store.
"The large bed was stained and the sheets twisted and drenched in sweat," James adds. "Flanking each side of the bed were nightstands covered in… half-drunk bottles of water, prescription medication bottles, some open and some empty, and used tissues."
It's unclear why exactly James is arguing that Murphy was murdered, as his book title indicates, but other sources who were close to the actress in her final days argue that she appeared to be in very poor health.
"Not once did I see her eat!" says a film producer who worked with Murphy on one of her final projects. "She would drink coffee all day. She looked sickly."
"Her hands were a purple-blue color," says another insider from the book. "It was sad and worrying to see how unhealthy she looked and to be honest if it wasn't for her name I don't believe she would have been hired."
Murphy's father, Angelo Bertolotti, says that just before her death Murphy revealed to him that she was determined to leave harmful influences behind her and start a new life on the East Coast.
"Brittany wanted a different kind of life and she was going to move to New York before her death," Betrtolotti revealed to Hollywood Life. "She was so excited to start a new life and have a baby."
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Two Queenslanders share in $80million Oz Lotto prize
June 26, 2019 6:33 am in Gold Coast, The Loop List 2 by Monique StClair
Two Queenslanders have shared in last night's $80 million Oz Lotto draw.
It was the second biggest prize pool in Australian lotto history, after jackpotting from $70 million last week.
Two division one entries were held by Queenslanders, including a man from the Sunshine Coast – who bought his ticket on the Gold Coast.
His System-8 QuickPick entry also won division three seven times, bolstering his total prize to $40,028,726.60.
"I think I know what you're calling about," the man admitted when he answered the phone to a Lott official.
"It's just fantastic! That's very exciting.
He said he'll use some of the winnings to go to the Italian Grand Prix, and follow some different career goals.
"It's in September and by the looks of things I'll be able to do that now. I'll definitely be able to do that in style!"
"I'll keep working but I think I'll have a change of career and do something I am passionate about."
An Ipswich mother was the other lucky winner, who bought her 6-game QuickPick entry online at theLott.com.
"No way! No way! That can't be true! It must be a mistake!
"I logged onto the Lott app and saw that I had all the numbers and thought I must have won something. I was thinking I would have won a couple of thousand.
"I just kept thinking 'That can't be real. That must be a mistake!'
"It's just so weird to think I am a multi-millionaire," the woman told a Lott official.
The woman – who wishes to remain anonymous – says she'll be taking her family to Canada with her winnings.
There were also over 1.4 million prizes worth more than $32.92 million won in divisions two to seven.
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Monique StClair
Monique started with 1029 Hot Tomato as part of the 1029er street team back in 2016. While she still performs a live cross or two, she now runs with Hot Tomato's pack of newshounds a couple desks down. She'll be bringing you the latest in Gold Coast news, weather, traffic and more every day. The news doesn't sleep, and neither does Mon! If she's not at the desk, in the booth or on the streets reporting – she's enjoying all the Gold Coast lifestyle has to offer, and loving every minute of it.
Mayor's dog involved in attack on Gold Coast street
Nursing home shutdown referred to Aged Care Royal Commission
Trio arrested after police bust alleged drug lab in Helensvale
Funds raised in online auction to go to Titans Community Kick-In
Missing 12yo boy could be on the Gold Coast Emergency exercise happening today at Sydney Olympic Park


I have been reading the Bendis run of Daredevil and noticed something that is apparent – though not so openly addressed in many forms of fiction: that the hero and the villain need each other. In the comic, Daredevil notes that Fisk (aka Kingpin) has never actually done away with him, despite several opportunities presenting themselves (comparatively for Daredevil, his non-lethal principle means he has actively chosen to not kill Fisk). Soon after, Fisk even asks Daredevil for help in removing a potentially worse threat from Hell's Kitchen. All of which begs the question, are they really as good and/or evil as we are led to believe?
But this isn't really the question at all. While heroes and villains represent polar opposites, often an embattled dichotomy, they require one another to propel story. Smaller monster of the week type villains are all well and good but eventually any audience will realize they are not enough of a threat to our hero. The hero, to be truly great, needs a counterpart of equal ability on the opposing side. If the villains aren't enough to provide credible threat, the story fails to hold our interest. And who really wants the hero to finally overcome ALL odds so there's no more need of their skills and heroism?
All stories have some kind of protagonist and antagonist, be they films, novels, comics, TV shows, and so on. While in a completely stand alone, self-contained story, the battle between good and evil, hero and villain, protagonist and antagonist, can be a final one, but how many stories these days are entirely self-contained?
If, at the end of Return of the Jedi, the Empire were truly destroyed and balance restored to the Galaxy, there could never be further stories in that universe that would be remotely interesting (though depending on how The Force Awakens turns out, perhaps we would have wished for that). For TV shows, this is a particular problem – the main hero needs something big enough to always battle against, and there are only so many new villains/problems that can come up. Think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with a new 'big bad' with each season culminating in the very 'first' evil that creates all other evil (where on earth could they have gone from there?!).
Some of our most iconic fictional characters are rivaled by equally magnanimous baddies. Take Sherlock Holmes. His mind is brilliant in solving puzzles, so of course his nemesis should be a man capable of the most devious thinking, Professor Moriarty. The threat of that great villain, hanging in the air above the hero at all times, is what keeps tensions high and an interest in the hero's longer term story always fanned. Were Mortiarty – or any other kind of potentially taxing villain – to be removed from Sherlock's world, what fun would that be?
What would happen should either side prevail?
We always assume that good will triumph over evil (in fiction, at least). There is another assumption that evil will always rear its ugly head, where one villain falls another will rise (and the other way around – we hope that should a hero fall, another will step up to take his place). But what if they didn't? What if Daredevil locked up all the criminals in Hell's Kitchen and no more turned up (afraid of the prison time or the beatings)? That would not only be boring for the reader (or viewer), but for Matt Murdoch himself. Same goes for many of our favourite characters. What would the world be like if they really did overcome all their obstacles, made their goals a reality?
In some ways, this is what makes the self-contained story so much more effective. Think of a Jane Austen novel – the characters all overcome their obstacles and have their happily ever afters… but it ends. As soon as the obstacles are overcome. Austen understood that once the characters have what they want, the story is no longer remotely interesting (no matter how much we'd love to see more of Darcy or Mr Nightly). But of course, so much of the media we consume these days involves a wider story – franchise films, TV series, books in a series, so on – that the writers have backed themselves into a corner. We need threat and tension, so the hero needs a villain, but how do we create a believable baddie that's both a big enough threat but also remains a threat throughout?
This is why, when all is said and done, hero and villain are more essential to each other than they would care to admit, and from this develop a kind of intimacy (though not all can be as good natured as Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb). If we think back to Star Wars, both the Empire and the Rebellion (soon to be New Republic) are very similar in that they are two groups very passionate about the politics of the Galaxy, convinced that they are in the right and willing to employ violence for their ends. In some ways, all that stands between them is the ideology they cling to (oh sure, and the amount of torture etc – but the Rebels did kill all those innocent Stormtroopers, just trying to make a living wage!). More often than not, before the end of our hero and villain's tale, they will team up at least once. These characters will usually have a mutual respect for one another, and an attachment to their opposite that prevents them from cutting the other down entirely.
Ultimately, our villain and hero must remain at loggerheads. When it comes down to it, what would you do if you had the chance to cut down your nemesis? Wouldn't your life be dull without them?


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Published: 12.08.2015 | Author: Inge Aarseth, Nils Georg Brekke
PlaceLandscapeAvalanches and rock falls
The mighty scree by Langeland Farm. (Svein Nord)
TROLLURI ("TROLL'S SCREE")
It is not surprising that there are several folk tales connected to the large and unusual scree deposit that is found at Langeland, uppermost in Teigdalen. It is said that folk have been taken into the mountains by these stone blocks and have come back and told about how the wood nymphs live. It is also said that packs of thieves hid here in the old days, both themselves and the treasures they had stolen.
North of Evanger a north-south trending opening in the mountain, Teigdalen, appears in the mountains. The Vossa valley with Vosso at the mouth of Teigdalen carved almost all the way down to sea level; Lake Evangervatnet lies only 10 metres above sea level. This has given Teigdalselvi energy enough to dig down almost as deep. The glaciers at the end of the last ice age moved mainly westward, that is, right across the valley. Therefore it must be the river that has done most of the carving work. The steep valley sides in the deep V-shaped valley are also the reason why there are both larger and smaller avalanches.
The bedrock in Trolluri is granite, which also occurs in the mountains on the west side of the valley. On the east side, however, there is micaceous gneiss. The form of the scree also suggests that they have come from the west. It must have set off as one big avalanche, as in the Hellandsura scree in Modalen.
The avalanche at Langeland released enough energy to send gigantic blocks several hundred cubic metres large all the way out over the flat valley floor. The avalanche deposits are 70 metres high and have a volume of 2-3 million m3. Most of the very big avalanches were probably set off right after the ice age, which ended roughly 11,000 years ago. The steep mountainsides that emerged as the glaciers disappeared were exposed to water, wind and frost. The mountains were thus unstable, with avalanches and rock falls as a consequence.
Trolluri functions as a dam for the Teigdalselvi river, and has forced her over toward the eastern side of the valley. On the upper side of the scree the river has therefore branched and has created islands between gently flowing fishing holes. On the lower side of the scree the river runs back to the west and makes a place for the Langeland farms, with flat grasslands on river plains far down the valley. It should be possible to wander around in the scree deposit. Walking here is like walking in a labyrinth, without seeing daylight.
One of the first passable roads that were built in Hordaland was the road that the farmers participated in building to Evanger, in order to be able to transport fresh milk to Bergen with the new Voss railway in 1883. The driveable road across the mountain to Eksingedalen is of a newer date, but the connection is old. On the summit you get a beautiful view over Teigdalen.
Reusch, H. Årbok for 1905. Norges geologiske Undersøgelse 43, Kristiania 1905.
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As Split Rumors Grow, Investor Says Tesla is Being 'Misanalyzed'
Ivan Castano, NASDAQ
"They [analysts] are using traditional metrics to compare a company like Tesla to the original car manufacturers and that is just wrong," he says. "If you apply a different valuation test and look at Tesla's intangibles like its brand, patents and goodwill, these are huge and not factored into any of the [bear] price predictions." Barse, who says Tesla is a "technology company masquerading as an auto company," says the value of Tesla's data (as collected form its cars to power its autonomous driving software) holds tremendous potential. "The future of its data applications could include Artificial Intelligence (AI), software services and myriad other applications," he says. "The market is misanalyzing Tesla."


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Q: Symmetry of the Petersen graph and cycle index A symmetry  of a graph X is a permutation of the vertices that also happens to be a permutation of the induced edges. In particular, the distances between vertices are preserved by a symmetry. Show that the set of symmetries of X is a permutation group of V(X).  Compute the cycle index of the group for the Petersen graph.
Please help. How do you show that something is a permutation group? I have never calculated the cycle index for a graph before and we don't have any examples like this in our notes. How do I do it for a graph?

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Q: Why is it that when I log a variable to the console I get ouput but when I return it, I recieve "Undefined" I am creating a pure JavaScript module and I'm trying to call some data from an API, this completes successfully and if I assign the response to a variable and then log it to the console then I see the expected results. However if I return it then I receive undefined. Apologies if this has been answered already but I was unable to find the answer to my question after browsing for some time.
My code is as follows:
                httpRequest.onload = function() {
                    if(httpRequest.readyState === 4) {
                        if (httpRequest.status === 200) {
                            response = JSON.parse(httpRequest.responseText);
                            console.log(response) // Returns data correctly
                            return response;
                        } else {
                        console.log("API call error");
                        }
                    }
                }

The above code returns to another function outside the module as follows:
console.log(module.callAPI(query)); //returns undefined

Any insignt would be appreciated.
Thanks!

A: You return the value from onload() method but you're trying to log result of callAPI() method.
The onload() is a callback which will be called "sometimes in the future" - once the request completes. Returning anything from it doesn't make much sense. If you share what you're trying to achieve we can give you some tips. Logging to console from the onload() as shown in your question is 100% appropriate.


A trip to Hong Kong would not be complete without going to Macau according to Mummy. She had booked us on the helicopter and needless to say there was a slight and I use that term loosely, baggage fee charge since we were over the fifteen pounds allotted each passenger. But that being said, Mummy did not want to travel by Turbo Jet Catamaran. As Clarissa said, "I'm too old for that; it was great fun when Cleland and I were younger but now time is of the essence."
At Jimmy's she had reminiscence about going to Macau in the 70's. So let us go back in time now. Our British darling always had the knack of meeting the movers and shakers. She was traveling on a Boeing 747 First Class with an upstairs lounge. Of course you know our Clarissa will chat up anyone and the next thing you know she was in heavy conversation with a group of four Chinese gentlemen in the lounge. The younger in the group was telling her that they owned the Casino Lisboa and Hotel and asked her if she had ever been there. Our ever so coy Clarissa said, "yes, but only for the day." And then went on to explain how she loved that "round" hotel and the gaming rooms were ever so lovely. "One would think you were on a movie set," she said batting her eye lashes.
Well, the business card appears and one of the gentlemen says, "I would be honored if you and your husband would be my guests when you are in Macau." And then Clarissa said, "He smiled and said, of course if you gamble I will not be able to give you your money back." Now seated across from them were his other three traveling companions. At this time one of them gets up and extends his card to her and says, "I own the Dog Track and would like you to be my guest there. Of course any money that you win will be yours and if you should lose any money of course I will make sure that you get it back." Ah nothing like one upmanship and he was definitely the owner!
It wasn't until years later that Mummy put together that she was dealing with the "real" movers and shakers in the gambling world in Hong Kong. Teddy Yip was a darling to her and she still says she misses him. He passed in 2003 at the age of 96. Obviously gambling didn't hurt his health.
But I digress. Mummy had made a reservation for us to stay at the Wynn Macau which is located right next to the original Casino Lisboa. The Casino Lisboa as I said is a round building and screams old Las Vegas. As Mummy said, "What would a visit to Macau be without going to the Lisboa?" So The Eight Restaurant there was on our list of things to do. Why? Because they serve 50 different Dim Sum items and Mummy said, "We need to have at least one Chinese Dumpling but actually the more we eat of them the more money we should make for the New Year!" Mummy giggled and went on, "Remember girls 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit and it will bring us peace, harmony and "positive" family relations." I could see Cate trying "not" to laugh at that statement. Positive in her relations would be a good thing. Our little Liz Taylor wannabe.
As for Cate and I, we needed to walk off the calories from lunch and wanted to see some of old Macua. For those of you who don't' know this, Macau is a little peninsula that juts out from Mainland China. The Portuguese settled in this area hence its old world charm. So much history, with beautiful churches, Monte Fort and Senate Square. As Mummy said, "the first time we went to Macau I was taken back at its charm. And seeing all of those young Chinese children in their Catholic school uniforms, oh they were darling."
So after much hiking we returned to the hotel to find Mummy rested and relaxed and ready to go again. I really wanted to beg for mercy and plead exhaustion but let's face facts here, to have a 80 year old woman out last you is a bit humiliating! What's a girl to do? Cate and I changed our clothes and proceeded to follow her down the hall and to the casino. I was hoping that that the ghosts of Casino Lisboa would appear and make sure we got our money back but unfortunately that did not happen!
I have to admit we did have a good time though and Cate and I finished the evening with room service, in our "new" silk night gowns! Of course mine was red and had some beautiful gold embroiderer Rabbits on it.
Mummy won the endurance contest and stayed up half the night gambling with some Brits that she had chatted with. It was probably the Shandies that helped them all stay up so late! Better for endurance than Boodles! Obviously they will be her new best friends as Cate laughingly said.
Good night Macau! We love you and will be back!
P.S. Cate's and my mother really were the founders of the School of Flaunt. We did learn everything we know about "flaunt" from them. Thank you Ladies!


With a guitar, a harmonica and a sweet croon, Jesus "Chuy" Negrete brings to life the history, culture and political movements of Mexico with folk music. He'll explore Mexican labor songs in a free presentation at the Madison Labor Temple on Nov. 21.
Oral historian Studs Terkel dubbed Negrete "the Chicano Woody Guthrie" because of his performance style and his focus on social justice. Negrete uses the corrido, a type of poetic Mexican ballad, to appropriate traditional songs for modern social movements, much like Bob Dylan and Joan Baez have done with American folk standards. He also creates original music that tells stories about human rights in the Americas and the immigrant experience in the U.S.
Negrete was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, but grew up on Chicago's South Side in the 1950s, where his parents worked in the steel mills. This experience fostered his interest in the labor movement, as did working in Midwestern tomato fields as a child.
While studying at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Chicago State University, he became involved with student activist groups and Mexican farm workers. He also explored his love of performing through the Chicago theater scene. Soon he began to merge his interests in activism and the arts, composing the soundtrack for Si, Se Puede ("Yes, It Can Be Done"), a documentary about Cesar Chavez's 1972 hunger strike on behalf of the United Farm Workers.
While getting his start as a musician, Negrete built a second career as an academic. He earned a doctoral degree in educational anthropology and ethnomusicology from the University of California at Berkeley and researched indigenous immigrant populations in Mexico as a Bannerman fellow. As a Smithsonian fellow, he developed multimedia programs on the Mexican labor movement. Later, he founded and directed the Mexican Cultural Institute in Chicago.
For lack of any other means, I crossed illegally.
How they are making me want to go on back.
Negrete goes on to describe how Texas police arrested him because he had no immigration papers, and how they took all of his money. It was ironic, he notes, because he came to the U.S. hoping to make money, not lose it, and to find more freedom, not more hardships. These themes are particularly resonant right now, as Wisconsin workers' rights are being stripped away here in Madison.


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Ira Thiessen, Photographer, Neukölln
Introducing Ira Thiessen. Ira is an incredibly talented photographer who recently graduated from the renowned Berlin photography school, Ostkreuzschule. Thiessen's work is making appearances across many of the major newspapers at the moment, from the German Süddeutsche Zeitung to the British Guardian – her work is now gaining recognition all over Europe. In her work 'Privet Germania' (Hello Germany) she has staged portraits of Russian-German emigrant families who left Russia in the nineties in order to move back to Germany. The works portray Russian-German families in a lovable way though with a hint of irony.
Ira herself came to Germany from Bishek, Kyrgyzstan at age seven. Her family settled down in a small town close to Bielefeld in the west German state of North-Rhine Westphalia. Ira remained there as a teenager until moving to Bielefeld for work. There she completed a vocational training as a hairdresser and continued to work for the next ten years.
"One day I went to an exhibition of Michel Comte and it changed my life," Ira tells me of her encounter with the work of one of the world's most hailed fashion photographers. The exhibition contained a small section of war photography, and one particular picture especially moved her. "I had tears in my eyes," Ira remembers, "I was so touched." Ira recounts that she knew by then that she wanted to be a photographer. "My passion and love for photography has always been there although my family and friends tried to convince me that I shouldn't give up my job."
At the age of 27, she gave everybody the proverbial 'fuck off' and decided to do her thing. Ira laughs out loud. She quit her job, bought herself a camera and went traveling through Poland, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan. "Everything went by so fast," Ira remembers. With pictures from her trip Ira got accepted to Ostkreuzschule right away. "Berlin was never really my city but Ostkreuzschule really did it for me," the young photographer says. So in 2012 she made the move to the German capital in order to study photography.
'Privet Germania' was Ira's graduation work from Ostkreuzschule. She completed her degree in artistic photography and was among the best students in her class. "I simply love to work with my own ideas," the young photographer says. "I want to stage history how it actually happened. In addition to that, I like to transport my idea of identity." Being Russian-German herself, the topic of identity is very near to her heart. When I ask her what she thinks about Berlin? She states simply "I arrived.". The reflection of the quest to find identity in her work is perhaps as simple as that.
Ira Thiessen is a photographer who lives and works in Berlin. Check out her website www.irathiessen.com for a glimpse at her amazing artwork and for more information about the artist.
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From the FWA – todays S.O.T.D award goes to Diplomatic Cover. One of the greatest I have seen in a while. Video, music, interaction, design… And their tag line: Feel – Act – Seduce. Wish i thought of that… and yes their work is on par.
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Many congratulations to Arctic One founder, Matt Kirby, who has completed his bike ride from London to the top of Alpe d'Huez. Matt cycled 962 km in seven days to raise funds for the Arctic One Foundation and the Douglas Bader Foundation. If you would like to make a donation and congratulate Matt on his...
On 7th June, Arctic One founder and trustee Matt Kirby and friend, Fred Baxter started cycling from Central London to the top of the famous French climb, Alpe d' Heuz, which will be a total of 808km. They left the Tower of London and rode to Newhaven to catch the ferry to Dieppe. From there...
Arctic One successfully hosted the first ITU Paratriathlon World Cup event to be held in the UK on 28th May 2018, alongside its established Tri and Paratri Festival at Eton Dorney. We welcomed world class athletes from all over the world including the USA, Japan, South Africa and Australia, as well as a very strong...
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The Arctic One Foundation has been presented with a grant of £2,500 from MAXIMUS Foundation UK to fund our 'Forward Motion' grant system and annual Junior Para Triathlon which takes place in September in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Matt Kirby received the cheque from Joanna Rebow, Trustee of MAXIMUS Foundation UK and our sports ambassador, Sarah Pearson,...
Dorset Destroyers Wheelchair Rugby Club going from strength to strength
Last year we provided a Forward Motion Grant to the Dorset Destroyers Wheelchair Rugby Club based in Poole, Dorset to enable them to buy rugby wheelchairs for the team. We are thrilled to hear that the club now has 20 rugby wheelchairs and are competing in the new version of Wheelchair Rugby called Wheelchair Rugby...


On this episode of AirSpace we're talking about the most exclusive form of public transportation – presidential flight.
In 1917, the United States Army Air Service established an aviation engineering section at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio. In 1927, the Engineering Division, as it was then known, moved to nearby Wilbur Wright Field and there remained as the Air Force Material Division (AFMD) and Air Material Command (AMC). Throughout the years, those stationed at Wright Field celebrated the holidays.
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center was a special stop on the "Journey of Heroes" program, bringing veterans and Holocaust survivors to Washington, DC.
Featured in the new film Mission: Impossible — Fallout, the HALO jump is a real—and dangerous—military maneuver that's been used by special forces teams for decades.
On July 14, 1918, Quentin Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, died outside of Chamery, France, his Nieuport 28 shot down by a German pilot. To American aviators and soldiers, the grave of Quentin Roosevelt became a shrine, his death a touchstone for service and sacrifice, appearing in many World War I era scrapbooks and collections held by the National Air and Space Museum Archives.
Is the American flag backwards on the side of Space Shuttle Discovery? No, the "backwards" flag is actually part of the US Flag Code.
Over the years I've spent curating the National Air and Space Museum's uniform and flight clothing collection, I have received many inquiries. One of the most frequently ask questions concerns the placement of Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle's Medal of Honor ribbon on his wartime uniform.
Two women of the Royal Air Force share their experiences in the military.
A look at the history and impact of the Predator UAV on military aerial combat.
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, many members of the United States military are stationed overseas, far from home. In November 1956, Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. and his wife Agatha sat down to a Thanksgiving turkey in Taipei, Taiwan, provided by an unusual source—the Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
While the National Air and Space Museum Archives collections feature many WWI materials, the Paul R. Stockton Scrapbook is available to view online in its entirety in slideshow mode. Stockton documented his experiences from training at Mineola, New York, and the Third Aviation Instruction Center, Issoudun, France, to life at the front in France, to the post-war occupation of Germany.


St Thomas More recently attended a swimming gala in Sunderland. Many other schools competed, including many with competitive swimmers and some private schools with their own swimming pools for training. Despite all of this, St Thomas More came out with four bronze medals. It was a great accomplishment to achieve what we did, setting school records and personal bests. Congratulations to everyone who competed, you were all fantastic.


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balletLORENT's Rumplestiltskin is "glittering and golden"
by Natalie Russett
Rumpelstiltskin is a classic fairytale that every household has in their conscious, and balletLORENT has successfully adapted the childhood favourite into an acrobatic and exciting physical-theatre production.
The stage is restlessly alive, glittering and golden, and the show excels in its imaginative use of staging and props, which helps to keep the magic of a fairytale present on stage. The set acts as a sort of climbing frame for the dancers to hang, leap, handstand and spin off, which gives the stage the feeling of a toy kingdom; existing only in the imaginary.
Scattered straw, lanterns, threads of yarn and golden streamers are details bound to excite the eyes of the younger audience. Endless props are brought on to assist acrobatic tricks with hoops and on poles, or for tamer story-telling purposes. Altogether making for a visually stimulating production which keeps the eye busy and brings the story to life.
balletLORENT- Rumpelstiltskin. Photo by Bill Cooper
In the first half, we have the setting of a bucolic Kingdom, presided over by the King and Queen of the castle. Hessian sacks, straw and wooden furniture form the scenery, all shaped in silhouette like rolling-hills, filled with a cast of the very young to the elderly, who play country folk and lambs. The diverse age range of the entire cast gave the production a warming community feel, which lent itself nicely to the storyline.
Through fast-track storytelling, we are introduced to Rumpelstiltskin and his solitary, outcast life. The staging then shifts in the second half to a more intimate scene, drawing attention to the Shepherd's Daughter and Rumpelstiltskin locked in a room, desperately spinning straw into gold.
Parents be ready to coo at the sight of children skipping excitedly around the stage. Especially when those children are dressed up as sheep and crawling on their hands and knees, or being picked up by their torso, with their black-sheep limbs dangling down quite convincingly like a little lamb. The elderly women too, knitting and chatting away, provide a very warming presence, completing the idyllic, rustic scene.
Both the young and old Shepherd's Daughter arrested my eye from the start. The young girl has a stage-presence and ability way beyond her years, and the duet between her and the young Rumpelstiltskin is adorable, as they play and chase each other round a hay-bale in rhythmic synchronicity.
Natalie Trewinnard, as the adult Shepherd's Daughter, displayed an incredible strength and agility. Tirelessly lifting her own body weight – balancing on her hands, a hoop or a precarious edge of the stage and all done with a child-like, innocent presence.
As was intended by Artistic Director Liv Lorent, the production provides a clear and structured adaptation of the story, retold through a combination of voice-over narration (Ben Crompton) and physical theatre, with the scenarios written by Poet Laureate, Carol Anne Duffy.
listen to our podcast interview with Liv Lorent or read our Q&A.
Reviewed on 21 April at The Lowry
Tags: balletLORENT, Rumpelstiltskin, The Lowry
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'Competing With Asisat Oshoala For Award, Great Honour'
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Team Lagos Taekwondo Poomsae gold medallist at the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival, Aminat Idrees, said she felt honoured to be competing with Super Falcons captain, Asisat Oshoala, for the Most outstanding young person in sports award.
Idrees turned poster girl of the festival after pictures and videos showing her competing with pregnancy and winning gold in the taekwondo event went viral online.
Tidesports source reports that the organisers of the Lagos Youth Awards unveiled the nominations list for the debut edition of the event with Idrees making the nomintion.
In a chat with newsmen, Idrees said being nominated alongside the Barcelona Femini forward is an honour but also expressed the desire to beat the Falcons captain to the award.
"It is an honour to be nominated for a state award, especially being placed alongside Barcelona footballer Asisat Oshoala," she said.
"I hope for the best."
When asked if she stands a chance of beating Oshoala, she said, "There's nothing impossible with God."
Other nominees in the most outstanding young person in sports categories are Anuoluwapo Opeyori (Olympian, Badmington) and Seun Nariwo (Former Table Tennis champ, Sports Administrator).
Nigerian skit maker and activist, Debo Adedayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni tops the list with three nominations while football star and Oshoala have two nominations.
According to the organisers, the event will come up on Boxing Day, December 26 at Sheraton Hotel, Lagos.
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Motorists Fault Persistent Fuel Scarcity …Task NNPC, Others On Supply
Many Motorists in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have frowned at the current fuel scarcity being experienced in the territory and environs.
Speaking with The Tide source in Abuja, the motorists expressed displeasure over the reoccurrence of long queues at most fuelling stations.
They urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and other regulatory bodies to aggressively monitor fueling stations that appear to be hoardingpetroleum products.
According to the motorists, such fuelling stations should be sanctioned.
The source reports that most of them were not selling petroleum products, while only few were seen selling.
The long queues had caused heavy gridlocks around the areas where the fueling stations selling fuel were located.
The development had caused hardship on commuters as transportation was difficult to get.
The motorists also have the perception that some marketers and fueling stations were hoarding the products.
The source reports that some of the fueling stations dispensing the products include the Conoil and Total fueling stations opposite the NNPC Towers, which had long queues.
At Karshi Road, only three stations including Forte Oil, Conoil and Best Albino (Black Market) were selling fuel at between N180 and N285, while NNPC Limited Outlet in Karu was selling at N179.
NNPCL Retail station and SALBAS fueling station close to Gwarimpa-Kado Fly-over along Kubwa expressway had fuel but with long queues.
The motorists urged the authorities to revoke the licences of fueling stations that have not dispensed products for months.
A motorist, Mr Godfrey Aremosele who decried the current scarcity said motorists were suspecting that those stations not selling fuel were lifting products to sell at higher prices in other states and outskirts, thereby causing shortage in Abuja.
Mr Donald Ugwu, another motorist, said the situation was not predictable, adding that the suspicion was that marketers were trying to create artificial scarcity to hike the pump price from N180 being sold by some of their members.
According to him, it has not been easy for us during and after the yuletide as fuel price has been high in some areas and states which contributed to the high transportation fare experienced by travellers.
"In Enugu, I bought fuel last week at N340 per litre. I just bought today at N280 per litre at Haris fueling station Maraba, Nasarawa State.
"The government needs to address issues bordering on fuel crisis," he said.
Another motorist who claimed anonomity expressed displeasure at the situation, adding that there were a lot of things being hidden in the oil and gas sector especially in the subsidy regime.
"It is better to remove the subsidy completely for Nigerians to know the real price of petrol and face it squarely," the motorist said.
The motorists, however, called on the NNPC Limited and other oil regulatory bodies to swing into action and enforce surveillance to fish out marketers and fuelling stations that were hoarding fuel.
Primate Ndukuba Lauds Knights Of The Anglican Church
The Primate, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, the Most Rev. Henry Chukwudum Ndukuba, has lauded the Knights of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, for all their efforts in developing and promoting the work of God in the Anglican Church in Nigeria.
He made this commendation at the 23rd edition of the Joint Council of Knights Conference, hosted by the Diocese of Evo, at St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Rumuobiokani Deanery in Port Harcourt.
Ndukuba extolled the Knights as Pillars of the Church in all positive ramifications, while encouraging them to follow the path of service in leadership.
Delivering his goodwill message, the Primate, who doubles as the Chairman of Conference, urged the Knights to participate actively in the electoral process as the country runs fast into another season of general elections.
"Knights as leaders of the Church should participate actively in the electoral processes to effect the overwhelming desire for the birth of a new Nigeria, that would impact positively on our nation", he said.
The Primate who was represented by the Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Niger Delta, the Most Rev. Blessing Enyidah, concluded by charging the delegates at the conference to use their positions to pray and preach peace in the Church and society.
Earlier in their welcome addresses, the Most Rev. Enyidah and the Bishop of the Diocese of Evo and Knight Superior, Rt. Rev. Innocent Uchechukwu Ordu, extolled the delegates and the entire Council of Knights in the Church of Nigeria for their various demonstrations of leadership in the Church, sacrifices and committments to the work of God.
Other Bishops present took their turns in commending the Knights for their untiring zeal in doing God's work, while charging them to always lead by service and not to be served, "as illustrated by our Lord Jesus Christ in the holy scriptures".
A key business of the day's session was an exposition on the theme, "Not to be served, but to serve" (Luke 22:24-27), by the Rt. Rev. Manasses Okere, Bishop of the Diocese of Ukwa.
The Conference theme Expositor, stated that Man was created to be a relational being and as such originally designed to have a fellowship of equal being and friendship with God.
Rt. Rev. Manasses Okere enjoined the Knights to see true greatness in service and not the benefactor system which is rested on lordship, domination, oppression and other inhuman characteristics displayed by Man.
He opined that greatness in God's kingdom does not rest on the mindset of status and authority but in manifesting Christlike attributes.
In his goodwill address at the conference, the Executive Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Barr. George Ariolu, appreciated the Church of Nigeria for the opportunity of hosting in one year, three major programmes of the Church in the area, while assuring them of a peaceful stay in the area.
He further assured them of his readiness to always support the work of God and wished them a fruitful and successful session.
Highlight of the day was the valedictory speech of the out-going President General of the Council, Sir Vincent Eta Orhiunu, and presentation of the paraphernalia of office to the new President General of the Joint Council of Knights, Dr Emenike Amobi.
1.6m Nigerians With HIV On Treatment, NACA Confirms
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has said that 1,619,133 out of the 1.9million Nigerians living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are now on treatment.
The Director General of NACA, Dr Gambo Aliyu, made this known at a press briefing, yesterday, in Abuja in commemoration of the World AIDS Day themed 'Equalise to end AIDS: Equal access to treatment and prevention services.'
Aliyu said this year's WAD seeks to promote equal access across the population that is marginalised among vulnerable and key affected population groups by removing economic, social, cultural, and legal barriers to HIV prevention services across population groups that are vulnerable to HIV.
HIV is a virus that attacks the body's immune system and if left untreated, it can lead to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
The WAD is celebrated every December 1 annually to raise awareness, commemorate those who have passed on, and celebrate victories, such as increased access to treatment and prevention services.
Aliyu said, "Nigeria's success story is evident from the significant dip in the HIV prevalence of 3.4per cent in 2017 to a population-based prevalence of 1.3per cent in 2018.
"As of the end of September, 2022, we have 1,619,133 persons on treatment, which represents a significant leap when compared to 838,020 persons in 2017. Our treatment sites have increased from 251 in 2007 to 2,262 in 2020.
"New HIV infections gradually declined from 103,404 in 2019 to 92,323 in 2021. There has also been significant growth in key population treatment centres from 10 sites in 2017 with coverage of 16,147 to 118 in 2021 with coverage of over 221,010 individuals."
He added that the pre-COVID-19 molecular laboratory testing sites were 27 but it is now done in over 100 molecular testing sites where the virus can be monitored for prevention and treatment purposes.
"Through our Alignment 2.0, HIV prevention and treatment is shifting ownership to states while guaranteeing continued partnership and support from donors.
"The launch of the N62billion Trust Fund of Nigeria constitutes a further step towards sustained country-level funding and ownership of the national response.
"As we sustain the epidemic control achieved thus far, more focus will be directed at ensuring increased availability, quality, and suitability of services, for HIV treatment, testing, and prevention, so that everyone is well-served.
"Access to prevention, treatment, care, and support services will be intensified for hard-to-reach populations especially those communities circumscribed by conflict," he noted.
On her part, the National Coordinator of the National AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections Control and Hepatitis Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Akudo Ikpeazu, said there is a need to address inequalities that pose a barrier to ending the epidemic.
She said, "Today, we have 90per cent of people living with HIV who know their status, we also have 98per cent of those who know their status on HIV treatment and 95per cent of those on treatment who have achieved viral suppression.
"Despite the availability of free treatment services as of today, we still have an unacceptable number of children less than 15 years living with HIV who are difficult to find and place on treatment. For children, unlike what we have for adults, we have the same statistics, 34per cent (of people living with HIV who know their status), 100per cent of those who know who are on treatment, and 81per cent of those who have achieved viral suppression.
"We need to equalize access to essential services, particularly for children, pregnant women, key population, and their partners. To do this, we must in a consistent manner, address and remove all structural barriers that impact negatively on access to services.
"Some of the specific strides we have made this year in addressing these issues around access include prevention of mother-to-child transmission mapping to identify all places where pregnant women get delivery services to find the HIV pregnant positive women.
"Based on the findings, we are working towards expanding the point of service from the current 6,000 to about 40,000 locations across the 36 states and the FCT. Our aim is to find all pregnant women to test all of them to ensure that all who are positive are placed on treatment and ensure that we can report on every mother who has been tested and placed on treatment."
Also, the Country Director of UNAIDS, Dr Leo Zekeng, said globally, new HIV infections have declined by about 32per cent and AIDS-related mortality has decreased by about 52per cent because they are tested and put on treatment and can live a normal life.
"We are here today to remind ourselves that AIDS is still an unfinished business. As of last year, 36million people died because of AIDS and we still have 38million adults and children living with HIV/AIDS. So, it is unfinished business," Zekeng noted.
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I went to ARMANI/RISTORANTE GINZA for my (late) birthday lunch.
The first plate, carpaccio of the Seriola purpurascens which did marinade in beetroot was so beautiful and good.
And I didn't expect my dessert came with "happy Birthday" crispy langue de chat cookie! It was fun and really happy surprising gift for me!


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Stalisfield Village Hall
Book the Hall
Covid-19 Special Hiring Conditions
Village Hall Covid 19 Risk Assessment
Rates and Terms and Conditions
What's On in the Village Hall
Stalisfield Village Hall Policies
Support Stalisfield Village Hall
Finance Policy
Conflict of Interests Policy
Hiring of Premises Policy
Volunteer Policy
Diversity/Equal Opportunities Policy
Risk Assessment Policy
The Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT) Environmental Policy
Stalisfield Village Hall Trust recognises that our activities, and those of our users, may impact the environment. We aim to comply with environmental laws, and seek to promote sound environmental practice in our activities.
Our aim is to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, promote awareness of our environmental policy to users, minimise waste through reuse and recycling and to minimise energy and water consumption and promote the efficient use of resources.
Minimise and Conserve
We aim to reduce the resources we consume, such as energy and water, and minimise the amount of waste we produce.
We will inform all users that it is incumbent on them to ensure noise is kept to a reasonable level.
We are mindful that the hall is in a residential area, and users must be considerate to our neighbours.
Recycle and Reuse
Where practicable and affordable, we aim to reuse materials, recycle waste, and encourage users of Stalisfield Village Hall to do likewise.
Measure and Monitor
Stalisfield Village Hall Trust will review this policy annually
Inform and Communicate
We will make our environmental policy publicly available, and promote recycling and reuse via our
Terms and Conditions of hall hire. Copies of this statement will be made available on request
Version 2. Reviewed March 2021
The Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT) Safeguarding Policy – March 2021
This policy defines how Stalisfield Village Hall operates in the safeguarding of children & young Persons and adults at risk in relation to the use of the hall
Children & Young persons are those persons aged under 18 years. The law requires:
Protection from maltreatment in any form which may impair health and development
Provision of safe and effective care
Taking any necessary action to enable children to have the best outcomes
Adults at risk relates to those over 18 years who have:
Care and support needs
Experience of, or risk of, abuse or neglect
An inability to protect themselves against any of the above factors
Enactment of policy:
Any person having a management function has a duty of care, under the relevant legislation, to any persons specified above, who in whatever capacity, use the hall. They must:
Be aware of legal responsibilities in relation to safeguarding
Be aware of Charity Commission expectations regarding safeguarding
Know their responsibility in the reporting of any incident.
Have clear guidelines on reporting any suspected incident
Trustees to have completed the 'Trustee eligibility declaration' form stating fitness
Ensure that the hall hiring agreement is in line with safeguarding policy
Ensure all hirers catering for children or adults at risk, , produce a copy of safeguarding policy.
Appointment of a 'safeguarding lead' person
The safeguarding lead responsible for ensuring implementation and practice of this policy is Bob Cameron (Trustee) contactable on 07922 577161.
This duty includes checking any relevant hall hiring agreements, and taking appropriate action.This will be determined by the nature of the hiring function.
Relevant legislation: The Safeguarding Vulnerable groups Act 2006. The Children Act 1989 & 2004. The Care Act 2014 & 2015
Relevant documents: Charity Commission www.gov.uk/guidance/safeguarding. ACRE information Sheet November 2020. Stronger Kent Communities advisory doc. 25/02/2021
The Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT) Finance Policy
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance to the Trustees who are involved with managing the The Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT) funds and to ensure that there are adequate internal financial controls over the charity's assets and their use.
This policy covers all financial activities associated with SVHT, including financial controls, monitoring activities, internal audits, financial information and communication, Trustee responsibilities, receipt of income, banking procedures, purchases and expenses. The individuals falling within the scope of this policy include Trustees, Committee Members, Volunteers and employees. This policy particularly applies to Trustees.
Trustees responsibilities
The Treasurer shall present to the Board of Trustees each annual general meeting the
report and accounts of the charity for the preceding year.
SVHT accepts and implements the guidance provided by the Charity Commissioners in the management of its operations, as follows:
1. The trustees of SVHT are under a duty to ensure that the charity keeps proper books and records, and that annual accounts are prepared. The trustees must also prepare an Annual Report. The Annual Report and accounts should conform to any relevant requirements and recommendations.
2. Trustees must ensure that the accounts are subjected to scrutiny, as required by legislation or by the charity's governing document.
3. Trustees need to formally approve the charity's Annual Report and accounts.
4. All trustees are provided with copies of the charity's report and accounts each year. New trustees ought to be given a copy of the latest accounts on appointment, together with other essential documents such as the governing document, and information about the charity's history.
Controls over expenditure
It is important for trustees to bear in mind that they are responsible for all expenditure of charitable funds and have to account for how the charity's funds have been applied. A minimum of two trustees are required to authorise any payment out from the charity funds. Where expenses are being reimbursed to a Trustee, they cannot be one of these authorised signatories.
Controls over purchases
Trustees have a responsibility to ensure that adequate checks are made to both confirm that purchases have been properly authorised by a minimum of 2 trustees and that goods or services ordered have actually been received.
Controls over Public Donations and Legacies
The Trustees are responsible for ensuring that when a public donation or legacy is offered to SVHT that the treasurer confirms to the trustees that the party donating are personally known to SVHT and that any attached conditions are acceptable if they support the purposes of the charity and do not introduce any conflict of interest. If the donating party is not known to SVHT then it is necessary to carry out a Know Your Client Procedure. Donations and Legacies that do not support the charitable purposes for SVHT will not be accepted.
Trustees' liabilities
If funds are lost through trustees neglecting their duty of care they could be held personally liable to repay to the charity the funds lost. However, if reasonable controls are in place and have been adhered to, then trustees are unlikely to find themselves in the position of having to make good any such loss.
The Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT) Conflict of Interests Policy
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance to relevant individuals who are involved with managing The Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT) and its associated activities to ensure that all such individuals act in the best interests of the charity and its beneficiaries.
This policy covers all activities associated with The Stalisfield Village Hall. The individuals falling within scope of this policy include Trustees, Committee Members, Volunteers and employees. This policy particularly applies to Trustees and Committee members or volunteers and employees who are involved with the work of awarding contracts or payments to organisations or individuals providing services to Stalisfield Village Hall.
If an individual working with or representing SVHT makes a decision or takes an action influenced by their personal circumstances or their involvement with another organisation, then they are in conflict of interest.
All relevant individuals have a responsibility to be aware of the potential for a conflict of interest.
The ultimate responsibility for the management of potential and actual conflicts of interest rests with the trustees.
The Village Hall Committee and Trustees are responsible for communicating the Conflict of Interest Policy to all relevant individuals.
A register of any potential conflicts of interest will be maintained and reviewed regularly by the Trustees.
All individuals associated with Stalisfield Village Hall management or activities have a responsibility to report any known conflict of interest to The Board of Trustees.
If a trustee, committee member, volunteer or employee has a conflict of interest, they must declare this to the other trustees and not be part of any meetings or discussions on that subject.
If an individual's actions have been identified as a conflict of interest then the Board of Trustees must take appropriate action which after due consultation with the individual involved can include exclusion from certain activities and if appropriate resignation.
Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT) Health and Safety Policy
The purpose of this policy is to support the trustees and management committee in their aim to take all reasonable measures to ensure that the hall, and any equipment provided there, are safe for the purposes of all the users.
This policy relates to the village hall building and all activities taking place within the hall. The individuals falling within the scope of this policy include Trustees, Committee Members, Volunteers and employees and where appropriate contractors or individuals providing services to the village hall.
Trustee and Committee Responsibilities
SVHT recognise their duty to ensure that measures are in place to protect all users as identified in the scope of this policy from risks to their health and safety as far as is reasonably practicable. The Trustees will support the Committee through the formation of policy and risk assessment procedures.
SVHT and Committee recognises its duty to all individuals as identified in the scope of this policy who may be affected by the use of the hall and aims to protect them from risks to their health and safety as far as is reasonably practicable.
The above will be achieved by advising all users to:
Identify and assess risks to which people in their activity are likely to be exposed
Introduce specific measures as appropriate to minimise these risks
Adopt safe working practices
Maintain procedures to effectively implement, monitor, review and improve health and safety policies on an on-going basis
Where appropriate receive instruction and training to enable them to perform their work/ activities safely and effectively
Ensure that appropriate Employers and Public Liability insurance cover is in place
Volunteers Staff and User Responsibilities
Every village hall user has a responsibility to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and any other person who may be affected by his/her acts or omissions. Users should co-operate with SVHT in efforts to comply with statutory requirements and the health and safety policy, in particular all users should:
Conduct all activities in a safe and considerate manner
Use any equipment provided according to instructions
Report and record all incidents on the premises that have or may lead to injury or damage
Make suggestions to improve health and safety for users of the hall
Ensure agreed measure are introduced to reduce or manage identified health and safety risks
General Arrangements
The first aid box is outside the Disabled/Accessible Toilet in a visible and easily accessible position.
The delegated Health and Safety person is responsible for maintaining the first aid box and for checking the accident/ incident book reporting all entries to the committee. A notice will be in place in the hall asking users to contact the health and safety person or a committee member in their absence in the event of urgent health and safety issues which require immediate attention.
Smoke detectors will be in place and regularly checked.
Fire exit signs will be clearly displayed.
There is a no smoking policy for all rooms on the premises and signs will be in place.
On discovery of a fire the person concerned must raise the alarm and ensure that everyone evacuates the premises.
A reporting schedule for the maintenance of portable electrical appliances will be undertaken by the delegated health and safety person. The schedule will be annually reviewed by committee.
House-Keeping and premises
The annual risk assessment will include reference to potential hazards such as trailing cables, loose carpeting, lighting, use of equipment and hand-tools, storage and waste disposal. When users book the hall they will be instructed to adhere to all health and safety guidelines for the benefit of all users.
The hall committee will ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, people who enter the premises will not be exposed to any health or safety hazard. Users will be instructed on the procedure for locking the premises and ensuring that all appliances are switched off. Signs are in place.
A risk assessment will be conducted on an annual basis with a user , a committee member and a trustee. Potential hazards will be identified listing what is currently in place to address the risk, stating where improvement can be made and assigning a person to carry out the task within an agreed timeline.
The Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT) Hiring of Premises Policy
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines to ensure that all individuals and groups associated with the management and use of the hall are aware of The Stalisfield Village Hall Trust's (SVHT) aim to support a provision through the hiring of the hall, to promote the best interests of the charity and its beneficiaries.
Our aim is to make the Village Hall the social hub of our community. The individuals falling within the scope of this policy include, the committee and Trustees who are promoting and managing the hall on behalf of the community and charity and all users of the hall.
Guide lines
The Stalisfield Village Hall is available to all members of the community and to organisations outside of that community providing that the trustees are of the opinion that such an activity does not conflict with the Trust's Governing Document.
The Hall is maintained both for:
1. The staging of activities by the Village Hall Committee for the general good of the community of Stalisfield and neighbouring districts.
2. The hiring of the hall by local user groups and the general public.
Use of the hall for a function where the primary objective is deemed to support the best interests of SVHT beneficiaries will take precedence over other uses. Every attempt will be made to accommodate other prospective users.
As a general principal when two or more prospective hirers apply for the same date and their requirements do not allow for compromise, the earliest application will take preference.
Hirers will agree to recompense the Hall for damage and breakages occurring as a result of their activities.
Hirers wishing to serve alcoholic drink must ensure that they are complying with Licensing Laws.
Any individual or group wishing to hire the hall where children will be present must acknowledge that they are aware of and agree to SVHT child protection policy.
Hirers will be given a written agreement with the above requirements and will be expected to sign their assent.
Charging Structure
The hourly charge for the Stalisfield Village Hall will be reviewed and set by the Trustees annually, bearing in mind the costs incurred in maintaining the Hall and in line with the charges common among similar village halls.
Charges for hiring out furniture and other equipment will similarly be set.
At the discretion of the trustees, activities deemed to be of outstanding service to the community may be offered discounted charges for both Hall and equipment.
The Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT) Volunteer Policy
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance to individuals wishing to volunteer to help Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT). SVHT believes in equal opportunities and diversity. We aim to deliver a varied range of activities within the Hall, which promote a cohesive community.
Our aim is to make the Village Hall the social hub of our community. We involve volunteers to ensure that our events meet the requirements of our community and increase our contact with villagers. The individuals falling within the scope of this policy include Trustees, Committee Members and other Volunteers.
Villagers are encouraged to volunteer and every effort is made to match their skills to tasks to ensure their full potential is realised.
All volunteers will have any monies relating to village hall expenditure reimbursed when a receipt is provided.
Training will be provided as appropriate. Volunteers can also contact any member of the Trustees.
No volunteer will have unsupervised access to children unless appropriately vetted. Should checks become necessary they will be undertaken in compliance appropriate legislation.
All volunteers are covered by SVHT's insurance policy whilst they are on the premises or engaged in any work on SVHT's behalf.
Other Hall Policies
Volunteers will have access to all SVHT's policies and must have an understanding and commitment to them.
Volunteers are covered by SVHT's Health and Safety Policy and also should make every effort to operate in a safe manner.
All volunteers are required to observe confidentially where appropriate.
The Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT) Diversity/Equal Opportunities Policy
To state the policy of SVHT on Diversity and Equality of Opportunity issues in relation to the use of Stalisfield Village Hall.
The aim of SVHT is to make the Village Hall the social hub of the community. The hall will be used by local people – but also on an ad-hoc basis by others as a venue for various events including weddings and celebrations. The individuals falling within the scope of the policy include Trustees, Committee members, employees, job applicants, volunteers and users of the hall. SVHT recognises that everyone has a contribution to make to society, and a respect for diversity and equality issues is essential to make this work.
No job applicant or employee, member of committee, volunteer, or organisation/individual to which we provide services will be discriminated against by SVHT on the grounds of:
Gender (including sex, marital status, gender re-assignment)
Race (including ethnic origin, colour, nationality or national origin)
Promotion of respect for diversity and Equality of Opportunity will be achieved by the following;
Opposing all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination
Treating all users of the hall, in whatever capacity, fairly and with respect
Ensuring the hire of the hall is open to all potential users, subject to availability, agreement to the Terms & Conditions of use of the hall, and compliance with those Terms & conditions.These state a specific requirement to adhere to policies
Any employment vacancies will be advertised fairly, and will include a copy of this policy
Selection for employment, volunteering, any form of training or other benefit will be made on the basis of aptitude and ability.All selection/rejection decisions will be recorded
Employees, volunteers, and users of the hall have a legal and moral obligation not to discriminate on the grounds stated in the definition - against individuals or groups, and must report any such incident to a Trustee of SVHT.All responsible parties will be made aware of policies and required to read same
To create an environment in which individual difference, and the contributions of all employees, volunteers and users of the hall are respected, recognised and valued
To create an environment where all users, in whatever capacity, understand that they are part of an environment that promotes dignity and respect for all, and where intimidation, bullying, and harassment will not be tolerated
This policy will be monitored, and subject to annual review.
The Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT) – Data Protection Policy
Personal data is information about a person which is identifiable as being about them. It can be stored electronically or on paper and includes images and audio recordings as well as written information.
Data protection is about how we, as an organisation, ensure we protect the rights and privacy of individuals, and comply with the law, when collecting, storing, using, amending, sharing, destroying or deleting personal data.
Overall and final responsibility for data protection lies with the Stalisfield Village Hall Trustees, who are responsible for overseeing activities and ensuring this policy is upheld.
All volunteers are responsible for observing this policy, and related procedures, in all areas of their work for the group.
Overall policy statement
Stalisfield Village Hall Trust needs to keep personal data about its committee, members, volunteers and supporters in order to carry out group activities.
We will collect, store, use, amend, share, destroy or delete personal data only in ways which protect people's privacy and comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other relevant legislation.
We will only collect, store and use the minimum amount of data that we need for clear purposes, and will not collect, store or use data we do not need.
We will only collect, store and use data for:
purposes for which the individual has given explicit consent, or
purposes that are in our group's legitimate interests, or
contracts with the individual whose data it is, or
to comply with legal obligations, or
to protect someone's life, or
to perform public tasks.
We will provide individuals with details of the data we have about them when requested by the relevant individual.
We will delete data if requested by the relevant individual, unless we need to keep it for legal reasons.
We will endeavour to keep personal data up-to-date and accurate.
We will store personal data securely.
We will keep clear records of the purposes of collecting and holding specific data, to ensure it is only used for these purposes.
We will not share personal data with third parties without the explicit consent of the relevant individual, unless legally required to do so.
We will endeavour not to have data breaches. In the event of a data breach, we will endeavour to rectify the breach by getting any lost or shared data back. We will evaluate our processes and understand how to avoid it happening again. Serious data breaches which may risk someone's personal rights or freedoms will be reported to the Information Commissioner's Office within 72 hours, and to the individual concerned.
To uphold this policy, we will maintain a set of data protection procedures for our committee and volunteers to follow.
Version 2 reviewed March 2021
The Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT) Risk Assessment Policy
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance to relevant individuals who are involved with managing the The Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (SVHT) and its associated activities to ensure that a risk assessment is carried out and maintained.
This policy outlines the process for the carrying out of risk assessments. The risk assessments relate to activities conducted within The Stalisfield Village Hall. The individuals falling within scope of this policy include Trustees, Committee Members, Volunteers and employees.
A Health and Safety and Fire risk assessment to be carried out in accordance with Health and Safety and Fire requirements for activities conducted within The Stalisfield Village Hall.
A Health and Safety policy which will include Fire Safety will be maintained and reviewed regularly by the Trustees.
A Heatlth and Safety and Fire risk assessment procedure template will be maintained and reviewed regularly by the Trustees.
The Trustee responsible for Health and Safety will carry out such risk assessments with representative(s) from Trustees, Committee Members, Volunteers, employees and or users, as appropriate.
The Stalisfield Village Trust is a registered charity - our charity number is 1144014
©2019 by Stalisfield Village Hall


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Getting Help After Infidelity
I often say that the same thing can happen to 5 different people and those five people will have 5 different responses. Your response to infidelity may be similar or very different from your neighbor's. Why? Because we all have different past experiences, histories, beliefs about the world and people, values etc. An affair may devastate one person's world while another may be hurt, but the pain is doable.
What is An Attachment Injury?
An attachment injury is a pain experienced by someone in a significant relationship. The event and the interpretation of this event feels so devastating that it actually effects the bond itself. Not all affairs experience this level of emotional trauma, and sometimes what appears to be a small insignificant event can be felt at an attachment injury level. Assessing how deep the pain goes and what it has effected is part of healing from an affair.
Levels of Forgiveness
I went to a training that looked at forgiveness from a levels perspective. The theory is that in order to get true forgiveness that heals and strengthens the relationship, both parties have to be involved in the process.
Hurtee: "I felt humiliated when...." Hurter: "I don't want you to feel....I love you and want you to ..."
To obtain true forgiveness, honesty, openness and vulnerability are all a part of the process; from both sides.
Hurter: "I felt so alone back then. I don't think you really understand what it was like for me..." Hurtee "This is really hard to hear, but I need to understand all of it..."
Sometimes we forgive too quickly...before the relationship has had a chance to really heal and strengthen. When we forgive too quickly, resentment and bitterness can take root and create secondary problems.
"I thought you said we were over this. Why are you always still SO angry?!"
Allowing a painful situation to shape us and mold us is not easy, but can be doable. Allowing couples therapy to help after infidelity can be a helpful first step in unravelling WHY IT HAPPENED in the first place. If you do not know why, how can you protect it from happening again? Relationship counseling can help teach the steps of forgiveness and can help you both walk through them together.


Bantu migration saw me south of the Sahara.
They gave me a language, Shangani!
Nguni incursion saw me retreating to North.
I settled with the Manica.
They gave me a language, Ndau!
Circumstances saw me following the sun.
I settled in Masvingo south of Zimbabwe.
They gave me a language, Karanga!
I went to South Africa for work.
They gave me a name, mukwerekwere!
A good for nothing person.
Am I not a relative?
Emma Kemp is a writer and artist based in Los Angeles where she teaches at Otis College of Art & Design. Emma is one half of artist-duo Earl Gravy, as well as a co-founder of the publishing platform WhichWitchLA. She is currently at work on a book of biographical cultural criticism that traces the life and work of musician Conor Oberst. Follow her @e_e_kemp.