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Disabled Artist Creates Detailed Artworks Using Only His Mouth and Right Foot
By Spooky onApril 29th, 2011 Category: Art, Pics
41-year-old Huang Guofu, from Chongqing, China, has learned to master the paintbrush with his mouth and right foot, after he lost both his hands in a childhood accident.
Huang Guofu lost his arms in terrible electric shock accident, at the tender age of four, but that didn't stop him from following his dreams, and at age 12 he began painting with his feet. The talented artist remembers that in the beginning, his artworks didn't look at all like what he intended to paint, but as the years went by his skills improved considerably. Huang quit his studies when he was 18, as his father was very ill and he needed to make money for his treatments. He started travelling to other Chinese cities, creating beautiful paintings on the side of streets and selling them to passers-by.
It was during his art travels that he began using his mouth to paint, after hearing some comments that painting with one's leg isn't very elegant. He put a brush in his mouth and started painting. During a trip to a city in China's Sichuan Province, Huang Guofu met Hu Guoui, a woman who quickly fell in love with his strong will and artistic talents, and the two got married in 2000. Since then, she has become his assistant, carrying his canvas and tools, whenever he needs to paint a scene on location.
Disabled Artist Paints with His Foot
By Spooky onNovember 25th, 2009 Category: Art, Pics
48-year-old Peter Longstaff is living proof that ambition and hope can overcome pretty much anything. Although he is armless, he manages to create artworks most of us couldn't paint with three hands.
Ever since he can remember has had get around using only his feet. He had the misfortune of being born in a time when mothers were given thalidomide, a drug that alleviated morning sickness. But it also caused serious deformities in newborns and Peter was seriously affected by it.
Fortunately, this serious handicap didn't affect the artist's ambition and, starting from an early age, he figured out how to get things done with his feet. Now he says his right foot is like a normal person's right hand. He can operate switches, open doors, all while gracefully balancing on just one leg.
Before embracing art, Peter Longstaff worked on a pig farm where he had to drive tractors, stack hay and handle the animals. He didn't leave because work got too much for him, but because the market was getting to crowded. He retired and turned to art. He quickly enlisted in a movement called "Mouth and Foot Painting Artists", as a student, and now his works are displayed all over the world.
Peter specializes in landscape paintings and also makes Christmas cards. His works are on display at the Picturecraft Gallery in Holt, Britain, from Friday till Christmas Eve.


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Race Ready! The Umarex Race Gun Kit
JRW_Claire Uncategorised	Co2 Pistol, Race Gun Kit, Umarex	1
The following review was featured in Air Gunner Magazine, March 2018:
A couple of years ago, I was competing in a superb adrenalin-fuelled sport – IPAS or Iron Plate Action Shooting, where competitors shot steel plates as fast as they could against the clock. The maxim was 'shoot fast … but don't miss' and I loved it. Most people chose to shoot the ubiquitous CO2 8-shot rotary magazine pistols because lead pellets were mandatory; steel BBs will bounce back with ferocious velocity, which is downright dangerous. Like a few others, I experimented with 6mm airsoft guns, but they lacked the accuracy and power to clang the steel plates loudly enough for the range office to score you properly.
The 6mm pistol I was using was the dreamy UX Race Gun that copies full-bore action competition pistols in that the ergonomics are fully developed to help us to shoot quickly with full control. All the levers and buttons are extended so that they can be reached from the shooting hold, and the shape of the grip fills the hand perfectly, adding control during fast-fire sequences. It really does fit like a glove. Further, it comes drilled and tapped to accept a bridge-style Weaver rail that will carry any type of red-dot or holographic sight you might choose.
The lightweight 6mm ammo never did find acceptance during my time in the sport, and most people stuck with pellet-firing Umarex pistols, but a recent innovation that I've been enjoying has encouraged me to try this delicious pistol again. Alongside the 6mm airsoft ammo version, Umarex always offered a 4.5mm BB-firing model. There is now a good supply of 4.5mm copper-coated lead BBs, manufactured to a very high standard, that work flawlessly in place of the steel and I wanted to know if my dream gun would digest them as well as all the other guns I've tried.
The great advantage of these pellets is that they flatten and disperse their energy just like a traditional lead pellet, hugely reducing the chance of ricochets and rebounds. I've shot enough to have confidence in them, so now was the time to try. I filled the magazine that holds both the pellets and the 12 gramme CO2 capsule and pressed it firmly into the magazine well. Like every detail of this pistol, the mag' well has been modified for speed. At its base it has wide flares that help to guide the mag' in, reducing the chance of snagging and losing time during a reload.
Superb control
Once loaded, I racked the slide and then pressed down on the huge, ambidextrous safety lever, so that the gun was now cocked and loaded. This is just like handling a firearm, which adds greatly to the experience for me. Because the slide is covered in part by the sight bridge, Umarex added an extension bar that allows you to engage the slide in an instant.
On top of the bridge, I fitted the Competition II holographic sight included in the set, that I know very well. The dot you see is green and has two levels of brightness, which is very important. On a bright, sunny day some dots are too dim to acquire, but this one served me well in all weathers, so I know it will do the same for you.
Because the slide cocks the hammer on each shot, you have a true, single-action trigger that's short and light in its action. This makes a huge difference for fast-fire sequences because the less you need to move your trigger finger, the less you move off target, making accurate shooting that much easier.
Many competitors simply shot the Umarex pistols straight from the box, or employed gunsmiths to make the modifications you see already done on the Racegun, but even modified to the maximum, they were still eight-shot guns. The Racegun holds 21 BBs which is a huge advantage and I'll explain why.
All about the shot count
Most courses of fire involve five plates, and if you shoot accurately, eight-shots are plenty. However, once you miss a plate 'topping up' can get messy and I saw many competitors miss again and again, so their three spare shots were soon gone. A reload takes just too long and you're pretty much out of the competition. That's not going to happen with the Racegun – 16 top-up shots
must be enough for anybody.
For me, these pellets add a new lease of life to this already superb gun, which makes me think of competing again. With no modifications at all, this pistol would be competitive and perhaps have an advantage over modified eight-shot guns. For non-competitors it's simply a lovely thing to shoot, either as a simple plinker or rapid-fire can blaster, and the icing on the cake is that despite all its advanced features it's not expensive either. There's nothing else like this on the market and if speed is your thing, you need a good look at this superb pistol.
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JRW_Claire Uncategorised	Airguns, C96, Co2 Pistol, Umarex	0
The Mauser C.96 (Construction 1896) was the first successful semi-automatic pistol to see serial production. Whilst it might look archaic to modern eyes, features such as a 10-round magazine and mechanical action were considered the future of arms design as the nineteenth century turned into the twentieth.
The German C.96 was never adopted by their forces, but 150,000 were ordered during WW1 to supplement the service P-08 or Luger pistols. Production briefly stopped after the war before the allies allowed Germany to continue making the C.96 and before long, the pistol became popular with Chinese warlords and Bolshevik revolutionaries.
The Chinese imported the pistol in huge numbers from Mauser, and from Spanish gunmakers such as Astra, who made copies of the pistol, some of which were capable of full automatic fire.
When Mauser saw they were losing sales to foreign copies, they introduced the 'Schnellfeur' (rapid fire) in 1932 and exported around 50% to the Chinese market.
Realistic copy
Umarex has made a number of very realistic copies of historical firearms, including the Schnellfeur, which originally came with a 20- or 10-round detachable magazine. Although the standard
10-shot Mauser looks better on the eye, the 20-round detachable magazine was chosen because it was the only real option for storing a standard CO2 Powerlet.
Early versions of the Umarex Legends Mauser were blow-back, semi-auto pistols, but were made mainly of plastic externally. This resulted in a lighter than natural weight and although realistic from a distance, as soon as you picked up one of these pistols, it felt as light as a hollow toy. Thankfully, current versions of the Umarex Legends pistol are still blow-back, but made of metal and weigh in at 2¼lbs without the magazine. The mag' weighs an extra 14oz without CO2 or ball, bringing the all-up unloaded weight to just over 3lbs.
Copper coated option
Although advertised as a 'steel BB shooter', this pistol feeds on copper-coated, lead balls without jamming, and these projectiles flatten against a target so they are less likely to bounce. The copper
coating adds a little strength, which helps the balls to cycle through the blow-back action without deforming. I also tried uncoated lead balls but these did jam, so stick with the copper-coated lead.
Loading balls into the magazine can be a little fiddly and I used a soft toothpick from a Swiss Army knife to help some of the balls enter the stick mag'. The CO2 cylinder also lives in the magazine,
and a large Allen key is required to tighten the cylinder in order to pierce the neck in preparation for firing. Early variants used a fixed key and had a plastic cover.
You cock the pistol by retracting the 'ears' of the bolt just in front of the hammer, and this cocks the hammer for the first shot. Each subsequent shot blows back the bolt to cock the hammer
automatically. The returning bolt also feeds a fresh ball into the breech upon its return, and the pistol recoils with a realistic punch.
There is a Fire Selector on the left side of the frame, which can be set at single-shot (N) or full auto (R). This is simply a moving realistic feature on the pistol because we are not allowed full-auto airguns in the UK, but US versions of this pistol can be fired on full auto. Reviews of original Schnellfeur pistols and the full-auto US Umarex versions apparently shoot high and waste ammo, but I'd love to try one all the same!
American importer, A.F. Stoeger, sold the 20-shot Scnellfeur as the Model 712 during the 1930s and claimed that the Mauser was the strongest hitting and furthest-shooting pistol in the world. The rear sight was graduated up to 1000 yards! The Umarex model has a tangent rear sight, which is adjustable for elevation only, and shot high on the sight's lowest setting. A higher foresight would have helped to bring groups down.
The pistol performed well enough on the range though, and initially dropped all of the fairground finger targets on my indoor range as quickly as I could pull the trigger. Moving outdoors, soft-drink cans were mangled in no time at all and skittles fell with a satisfying clunk when I extended the range to 10 yards outdoors.
Right feel
Despite the front-heavy appearance, I found the Mauser comfortable on aim and the heavy construction made the pistol feel 'right' in my hands. The trigger broke crisply, although it was placed a little closer to the grip than I am used to, which is a feature of the original.
The Mauser pistol can be seen in numerous films, including 'Joe Kidd' and 'The Great Silence', one of the best Spaghetti Westerns made, in my view. Whenever the Mauser appears in a film, it is shot very rapidly to accentuate the automatic feature when compared with revolvers, and I counted over 20 shots from a 10-round magazine being fired by Clint Eastwood in one Joe Kidd scene!
Nevertheless, the pistol adds class to a film, just as the Umarex adds class to a collection of CO2 pistol clones.
Review originally featured in Airgun World magazine.
Smooth Operator!
JRW_Claire Air Gun Shooting, Pistols	BB Gun, BB Pistol, Co2 Pistol, Operator Edition, SA9, Umarex, UX	0
Taken from Air Gunner Magazine:
Just when I thought that I'd shot all the pistols in the Umarex catalogue, I noticed the SA9 Operator. It looks like a very modern 9mm service arm with some tasty upgrades to make it stand out from the crowd. It's fed power from the ubiquitous 12-gramme CO2 capsule, which lives inside the grip, and a 20-shot magazine to carry 4.5mm steel BBs, just like loads of other CO2
pistols out there.
This one differs in the 'ports' machined into the slide that show gold plating on the barrel sleeve. This 'porting' idea began life in the world of competition semi-automatic handguns where speed is everything, and lightening the slide made it cycle faster. This model is a blow-back, which means that the metal slide cycles back and forth throwing the weight around as the pistol fires. This simulates the recoil of a firearm very well and adds realism to the CO2 experience.
The action is what Umarex calls a 'DAO', which stands for 'double-action only'. There is no exposed hammer so you cannot cock it manually to offer a single-action option for ultimate accuracy. This gun is based on the kind of pistol that special forces soldiers use in the most extreme conditions when speed and reliability of fire outweigh accuracy.
The synthetic blade simulates the trigger of the superb Glock service pistol with its innovative safety. On the Glock, there's a slim metal blade that must be depressed before the trigger can be pulled. This adds an extra level of safety so that the pistol can only fire when correctly handled and cannot go off in an accident, such as being dropped. The one on the Operator is only there for looks and has no function, but I liked it all the same.
Fake safety
The safety of the Operator is mounted on the right side of the frame above the trigger and can be operated by the right-handed shooter whilst on aim. When engaged, it disengages the trigger making it very good indeed. I particularly like the 'last shot slide lock' feature, which is just the same as a real firearm. As you fire the last shot, the follower in the magazine interrupts the slide
from going forward, clearly signalling to you that you need to reload.
The fixed sights were spot on for me at 6 yards and I got good accuracy straight from the box, both with slow, deliberate shots and rapid fire. I found the trigger a little heavy, but I have some tendon damage in my right arm at the moment, so I might not be best placed to judge.
If you're looking at something a little different to the rest, or would like to add a little style to your range time, then the SA9 Operator is well worth a look.
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George A. Terezakis
George A. Terezakis is the founder and principal attorney at the Terezakis Law Firm, located in Mineola, New York. He is a co-founder of the Association of Deportation Defense Attorneys, and currently serves as its Co-Chair. His practice is concentrated in the areas of criminal and removal defense, including the interplay between criminal and immigration law; family-based immigration; asylum; and appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Mr. Terezakis is presently the Chair of the Immigration Law Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association. He has served on the Board of Directors of both the Immigration Law Section of the Federal Bar Association and the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NYSACDL). He is also a past President of the Nassau County Criminal Courts Bar Association and has served on its Board of Directors. He is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and regularly lectures at C.L.E. programs sponsored by these organizations, as well as the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations.
He is the recipient of the Nassau County Criminal Courts Bar Association Practitioner of the Year Award for 2013; the Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's 2011 Community Advocate of the Year award; he is an honorary member of the Board of Directors of the Central American Refugee Center, and has been recognized by that organization for his pro bono work on behalf of Long Island's immigrant community.
During the 1980's, Mr. Terezakis was active in the Central American human rights movement, and volunteered with the Non-Governmental Human Rights Commission of El Salvador (CDH-NG). He is fluent in Spanish.
Linda Kenepaske
Linda Kenepaske has been representing private and corporate clients in all aspects of immigration law in her New York City based practice for more than 25 years. Linda has served as chair and member of many local and national AILA committees, was previously Chair of the Immigration and Nationality Law Committee of the New York City Bar is currently Co-Chair of the Association of Deportation Defense Attorneys (ADDA) in New York City and serves on the Federal Bar Association Immigration Law Section Advisory Board. She lectures frequently on a variety of immigration topics. She is AV rated and has been selected as a "Super Lawyer" since 2009.
Steven Klapisch
Steven Klapisch was admitted to the bar in 1974. He received his bachelor's degree from Stony Brook University (magna cum laude) and his law degree from the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Klapisch worked as a trial attorney for the Immigration and Naturalization Service for over ten years. Upon leaving government service he joined the firm of Weisberg and Friedman and became a partner in 1990 when the firm was renamed Weisberg, Friedman & Klapisch, LLP. Mr. Klapisch is active in the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Mr. Klapisch has been very active in gay civil rights immigration work. He was the first attorney to get waivers for people with HIV during the legalization program. Mr. Klapisch has been an active member of Immigration Equality and was previously the Vice-President of the organization and was also on the Board of Directors.
Michael DiRaimondo
After receiving his Juris Doctor from Antioch University School of Law, Michael P. DiRaimondo served as a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Services (INS), where he was awarded the Special Achievement Award from the Department of Justice. He also was a Special Assistant at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Brooklyn, New York. Currently, Michael is the President of DiRaimondo & Masi PC in Bohemia, New York. New York Magazine named his firm as one of the top 100 immigration firms in the country for the past 15 years. He has bar admissions to all New York State Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Third Circuit, Fourth Circuit, Fifth Circuit, Sixth Circuit, Seventh Circuit, Ninth Circuit, Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S District Courts, including EDNY, SDNY, MDPA, and NDNY. Michael serves as a Guest Speaker on numerous Bar Association Panels, such as the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) CLE Panels, and is one of the Directors of the Association of Deportation Defense Attorneys (ADDA).
Dawn Pipek Guidone
Dawn Pipek Guidone is the founding attorney of Dawn Pipek Guidone & Associates. The firm practices solely in the area of immigration and Ms. Pipek Guidone has represented numerous clients from around the globe in various aspects of immigration, most recently with a concentration on refugee and asylum work from Central America. She received her Juris Doctorate from Touro College – Jacob D. Fuchsburg Law Center in 1997 and took her first case with the then Lawyer's Committee for Human Rights, now known as Human Rights First, in which she represented a student activist from Belarus.
Ms. Pipek Guidone regularly represents clients before the Immigration Courts in various jurisdictions around the country. She has also represented clients in the U.S. District Court, both in the Eastern District and the Southern District of New York, as well as the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. She is also admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States. Ms. Pipek Guidone is a member of the Federal Bar Association and has served as the Vice Chair on the Board of the OPening Word, a literacy program for immigrant women. She participated in the Documentary "The Gang Crackdown" which aired on PBS Frontline and is cited in various publications for her work with Central American refugees.
Jeffrey S. Chase
Jeffrey S. Chase is an immigration lawyer in New York City. He is of counsel to the law firm of DiRaimondo & Masi, PC. Jeff is a former Immigration Judge and Senior Legal Advisor at the Board of Immigration Appeals. He is a past recipient of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) annual Pro Bono Award and is a member of AILA's Asylum Litigation Working Group. Jeff organized a group of former immigration judges and BIA Members, the Round Table of Former Immigration Judges, in filing amicus briefs, issuing press statements, and submitting written testimony to Congress. The group was the recipient of AILA's 2019 Advocacy Award. Jeff lectures frequently on immigration law topics and volunteers with the New Sanctuary Coalition in NYC. His immigration law blog can be found at jeffreyschase.com.
H. Raymond Fasano
H. Raymond Fasano is a member of the Law Offices of Youman, Madeo & Fasano, LLP that is dedicated to immigration litigation. He is the counsel of record in several published Circuit Court and BIA decisions. He is the author of several published articles in the area of immigration litigation that have appeared in Interpreter Releases and other publications. Mr. Fasano speaks nationally on the topic of immigration litigation. He is a past Chair of the Federal Bar Association's Immigration Law Section.
Paul O'Dwyer
Paul O'Dwyer has been practicing immigration law in New York for over twenty years, with a strong emphasis on deportation defense and asylum law. Mr. O'Dwyer is a graduate of the National University of Ireland and the Honorable Society of Kings' Inns, Dublin. He was admitted to practice in New York State in 1990, and since then to numerous federal Courts of Appeals and District Courts nationwide. He writes and speaks regularly on immigration law, and is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers' Association, and is a former Special Counsel on immigration matters to the Disciplinary Committee of the Appellate Division, Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.
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Cheryl Ladd is best known from her many years on television, starring in Charlie's Angels and currently appearing in the hit NBC-TV show Las Vegas. But what many people don't know is that she's an avid golfer who regularly plays on the celebrity pro-am circuit. In fact, she is one of the most sought-after players worldwide, and for over twenty years has partnered with many of the world's best golfers from the PGA and LPGA tours. When playing side by side with these top golfers, Cheryl feels like the 'ultimate hacker in heaven.' Golf has become her passion.


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Federal Route 125, or Jalan Rasau Kerteh Utara and Jalan Jerangau-Jabor (Penghantar 3), is a federal road in Terengganu, Malaysia.

Features
At most sections, the Federal Route 125 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

List of junctions and towns

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Malaysian Federal Roads


Is it possible to create a sense of privacy living on a busy San Francisco street? How can you successfully grow plants amidst a daily afternoon windstorm? What if you love the look of a Marin County meadow but are committed to City living? The answer is found in just a few planter boxes.
Separation between home and outside is achieved with a few clumps of juncus, a grass-like plant known as a "rush". With its rounded blades, juncus also offers an organic and pretty windbreak, bending with the fog rather than getting tattered as would a more fragile species. Between natives like blue fescue and Pacific iris, and culinary favorites such as rosemary and lavender, the look is natural and subtle. It conjures visions of a wildflower-studded meadow, and causes the owner, who travels up north for the good surf, to dub the design a "Bolinas-themed garden". Add the happy faces of orange pansies and the crepe-paper petals of Iceland poppies (plus some California poppy seeds in the soil, awaiting summer) for fun splashes of color.
Holding the entire Bolinas-themed garden together are planter boxes made by Small Spot Gardens from reclaimed redwood and cedar from Building Resources, a non-profit organization located in Bayview that's dedicated to reusing materials in the built environment.


What are we doing on the 28th June 2019?
Come and join us to celebrate Her Majesty and the best of British. All three of our care homes, Amesbury Abbey, Winton House and Sutton Manor will be delighted to welcome one and all, throughout the day. Let us show you around and see for yourself what makes our family run care homes so special. And don't forget to stay for a spot of High Tea; our cakes are pretty good too.
So why is our care home such a great place?
We've been running for over 40 years. Many of our staff have been with us over 10 years, some 20, some 30, so we know how to look after people, but most especially our residents. Forget the newcomers with their purpose built, characterless blocks and come and see how we do things. Think fresh flowers everywhere, home cooked, locally sourced food, beautiful grounds, smiling familiar faces who take real pride in their work and who will treat your family as an extended part of theirs. Just read our testimonials. We know how to care.
We have a fantastic house-keeping, kitchen and care team, lead by our brillaint Home Manager, Gener. We have an accalimed physio on site, links with wonderful masseuses, chiropodists and other complimentry services readily available. Jenny our hairdresser is the best, she used to be on the care team and has been with us for 20 plus years, she'll make sure you look your best. Nona leads the activities, just let her know what you'd like to do and we'll add your preferences to the talks, visiting animals, films, gardening and art afternoons we already run. Have we mentioned our grounds are beautiful, not to mention our conservatory dining room and stunning drawing room which often hosts a roaring log fire in the winter.


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This project is a part of the Atlantic Gateway initiative to improve travel along the 95 Corridor. With this announcement, the initiative has been expanded to include the Northbound Rappahannock River Crossing, which is a major priority of the Fredericksburg region. In 2022, the 95 corridor from the Potomac River to Fredericksburg will be upgraded. The initiative was made possible through partnerships with the private sector and a grant from the federal government.
The 95 Express Lanes, together with the 395 Express Lanes will provide travel choices and reliable, uninterrupted travel for 50 miles in one of the most congested corridors in the nation. They will also link into the larger regional network of Express Lanes in Northern Virginia on the 495 and 66 corridors.
Construction is expected to begin in the Spring of 2019 with the facility slated to open in fall 2022.
For more information, visit http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/fredericksburg/i-95_express_lanes_fredericksburg_extension.asp.


With that in mind, Service Desk Institute (SDI) has developed a one day workshop based on the 'Global Best Practice Standard for Service Desk,' concept 8 of 'Management Information and Performance Results' to help you refocus on what is best to measure as well as how to efficiently report on and utilise results.
This workshop is for managers, team leaders or individuals responsible for reporting on service desk and support operational effectiveness and performance. It will also benefit those considering or undertaking Service Desk Certification (SDC) accreditation.
This one day workshop based on the SDI Service Desk Certification (SDC) standards for management information and reporting, with a focus on understanding key service desk metrics and their value in the support environment.
Bundling Metrics – identify and cross-analyse related metrics to gain a deeper insight into what is really going on.


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SEND Review Guide
The SEND Review
The SEND Review Guide, part funded by the Department for Education and produced by teachers and school leaders, is now available to download. The SEND Review Guide was created in partnership with over forty outstanding special and mainstream schools, as well as organisations such as Contact a Family, Ofsted, Council for Disabled Children, the Institute of Education and Teaching Schools Council. It is powered by the London Leadership Strategy (LLS), a not for profit organisation created by school leaders for school leaders to transform schools and improve outcomes for children and young people.
The Review Guide is based on the Pupil Premium Review and can be used by all schools to audit their own SEND provision. It is, however, most powerful when used as part of a programme of school to school support. A direct response to the increasing gap in outcomes between students with SEND and their peers, the Review Guide was created with the purpose of empowering schools to improve their SEND provision. It is made up of a paper-based audit, examples of good practice, guidance on how to carry out a review of SEND provision and self-evaluation templates. The aim of the Review Guide is to ensure that children and young people with SEND are visible in their school, supported in their learning and included in the decisions about the teaching they receive.
Based on a school-to-school support model and with a focus on improving outcomes for all pupils, we hope that the Review Guide will continue to embed a culture of inclusion, collaboration and support within education.
The SEND Review Guide is free to download here.
Shared Curriculum Opportunities for Pupils
2016 Safeguarding Audit for School – November 2016


These are the valances hanging in my breakfast nook.
I bought them from a local department store. I chose them because I really liked the fabric although I couldn't find anything else to match. So, I went to Joann's Fabrics and ordered the same fabric to make a matching table runner. I used Simplicity pattern 5068.
But after I got the fabric home, I realized I ordered the striped fabric backwards. On the valance the large stripe is green and the small stripe is gold. The striped fabric on my table runner, the large stripe is gold and the small is green. Doh!
So I can put forward whichever side strikes my fancy. Although I don't use the backwards striped side as often as the patterned side.


Hard to believe we're heading into the second half of the season but it, in fact, begins on Friday night.
In this edition, some news about the QCUSD high school opening in 2019, Queen Creek enjoying home support, ALA-Queen Creek quarterback update, and a Bucket List member is out for the season.
Eastmark HS – The second Queen Creek Unified School District high school, which was recently named Eastmark High School is opening in 2019. Paul Gagnon will be the school's new principal when it opens. I was fortunate to get to know and work with Mr. Gagnon during his stint as Queen Creek's principal.
I'm looking forward to covering the athletics' programs at the new high school, which is appropriately located in the Eastmark Community in Mesa. The school is currently under construction, but as you can see in the photo, the goalposts on the football field are already in place. The new school will open with only freshmen and sophomores in 2019.
Eastmark High School recently announced its mascot choice, which was determined by a vote. We're happy to include the Firebirds in our coverage at County Line Preps.
Home Sweet Home – In my recap of Queen Creek's win over Skyline last Friday night, I wrote about the Bulldogs' dominance at home, where they've outscored three opponents, 169 – 47.
I asked head coach Travis Schureman about the Bulldogs' consistency so far this season at Ralph Pomeroy Field.
Patriots Name New Starting QB – This week marks the first game of the season that transfers across the state are eligible to play, and that includes Rand Jensen and Bo Winfield, who transferred to ALA-Queen Creek from Basha and Red Mountain, respectively.
Both will play on Friday night, as head coach Rich Edwards told me in a text. Jensen, a junior, will be the starting quarterback when the Patriots visit their sister school to the north – ALA-Gilbert. Winfield will play on defense and "get No. 2 reps at QB," according to Edwards.
Prayers Up for Tucker – For the second time in as many seasons, Poston Butte senior Tucker Usher, who made our 2018 Bucket List, will miss more than half the season due to an injury. He's played in just eight of a possible 20 regular-season games over the last two years.
Just over a year ago, Usher broke his collarbone on the first day of summer workouts, during a 7 v 7 event. Last week at Desert Edge, he suffered a dislocated ankle and a fractured fibula, requiring the Broncos' three-way threat to undergo surgery on Friday morning.
This is not the first time Thompson has seen one of his players experience multiple injuries during their varsity career at Poston Butte. His son Tyler had two separate knee injuries while a Bronco.
"(It's) been a lot of fun and joy with football in my life, (but) these moments are the opposite." Dain Thompson said.
I asked Usher about the injury and what he said to his teammates, to whom he is a leader.
Prior to Thompson taking over the Broncos' program before last season, there was little stability with turnover at the head coach position. It's been well-documented that time was difficult for the players.
Usher said he wouldn't change a thing. He's learned more than football at Poston Butte.
"People often (overlook) Poston Butte football because of past records and a long history of different head coaches, but I am proud to say that I would not have wanted to go anywhere else for my high school football career," he told me. "Our coaching staff is very humble, and I think they deserve a lot more credit than what they get.
It's that type of outlook that will get Tucker through this temporary setback and he'll likely be better off for it on the other side.


Opportunistic wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have recently been proposed as solutions for many remote monitoring problems. Many such problems, including environmental monitoring, involve large deployment scenarios with lower-than-average node density, as well as a long time scale and limited budgets. Traditional approaches designed for conventional situations, and thus not optimized for these scenarios, entail unnecessary complexity and larger costs. This paper discusses the issues related with the design and test of opportunistic architectures, and presents one possible solution—CHARON (Convergent Hybrid-replication Approach to Routing in Opportunistic Networks). Both algorithm-specific and comparative simulation results are presented, as well as real-world tests using a reference implementation. A comprehensive experimental setup was also used to seek a full characterization of the devised opportunistic approach including the derivation of a simple analytical model that is able to accurately predict the opportunistic message delivery performance in the used test bed.


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Dec 10, 2021 I Brent Swancer
The Mysterious Black Monolith That Will Record Our Extinction
There can be little doubt that our civilization, which has accounted for only an insignificant speck of geological time, is facing a bleak future. We as a species have proven to be self-destructive in many ways, from war, to atrocities, to using up our resources unfettered and contributing to the deterioration of our environment through our rampant destructive activities. Looking at the way things are on our planet now and the direction we are headed in, it is not hard to imagine that our days might be numbered, the lifespan of our ever evolving domination of this planet finite. It seems that there will likely come a day when it has all crumbled, once great cities lying in ruin or submerged by the sea, perhaps only a few scattered pockets of humanity left, or maybe no one at all, just a vast wasteland full of ruins, ghosts of the past, and the few species able to adapt and survive in the harsh new conditions brought on by climate change and pollution. There may come a day when all that we take for granted around us now will be long gone and forgotten, with no one left to even tell what has happened. However, one team of scientists aims to record the world's trajectory towards chaos and oblivion for whoever might find it in some apocalyptic future, with a vast and mysterious steel structure called "Earth's Black Box."
Earth's Black Box is a project led by marketing firm Clemenger BBDO, in collaboration with creative agency The Glue Society and researchers at the University of Tasmania, who plan to construct an indestructible steel structure that will essentially act very much like an airplane's black box and give what they say is an "unbiased account of the events that lead to the demise of the planet" for anyone who is still alive to see it. To this end, it is meant to document and chronicle the many calamities facing us, including climate change, species extinction, environmental pollution, wars, and other cataclysmic events, through preserving a meticulous recording of various real-time scientific updates and analyses on data on temperature, ocean acidification, sea levels and atmospheric CO2, human population, military spending, and energy consumption. It will also use algorithms designed to scour the web for tweets, posts, news and headlines, social media posts, and every other possible source of information that can record our spiral into darkness right up to our extinction.
The structure itself is planned to be a 32-foot-long steel monolith (photo here), about the size of a city bus and covered with 3-inch thick hardened steel and an array of solar panels and backup batteries to help power the array of hard drives ensconced within it. Its location will be somewhere on a geologically stable granite plain on the west coast of Tasmania, about 4 hours from Hobart, where it is thought that it will be safe from most cataclysms and can remain relatively undisturbed at the end of times. All of this is to provide critical insights and a chronicle of how the Earth came to its end to anyone who may stumble across it far in the future, as well as to hold accountability towards those who caused it and give hints towards how any future society might be able to avoid the mistakes of the past. The Earth's Black Box website says of the ambitious project:
Unless we dramatically transform our way of life, climate change and other man-made perils will cause our civilization to crash. Earth's Black Box will record every step we take towards this catastrophe. Hundreds of data sets, measurements and interactions relating to the health of our planet will be continuously collected and safely stored for future generations, to provide an unbiased account of the events that lead to the demise of the planet, hold accountability for future generations and inspire urgent action. How the story ends is completely up to us.
The project is still in the design stages, but they plan to build it in 2022 and are already live recording environmental updates in a beta test. While it all seems like an intriguing plan, there are some hurdles the team behind the project have had to face. For one, the hard drives only have a finite amount of storage, only enough to last for perhaps 30 to 50 years of continuous recording before they are spent, so they are trying to figure out a way to increase this beyond that. Another issue is the maintenance of the solar panels and the hard drives, especially if we enter an age in which the end of civilization has come and no one will be around to do it or will be too busy trying to survive in an extreme, inhospitable new world. There is also the question of whether anyone who finds the Black Box will have the knowledge or the equipment needed to access the data stored there. They say if you want to record something permanently carve it into rock, and this could be a serious issue moving forward, with the medium itself being too ancient and alien to anyone who might find it hundreds or even thousands of years in the future. The team has remained hopeful that this will never have to become an issue, that it won't have to outlive human civilization and that its very presence might inspire change. The Glue Society's Jonathan Kneebone has said of this:
Only one thing is certain, your actions, inactions and interactions are now being recorded. When people know they're being recorded, it does have an influence on what they do and say. That's our role if anything, to be something in the back of everyone's mind.
Of course, the whole project has been criticized as being nothing more than a PR stunt, but it seems to be a very real thing that its creators insist they are taking very seriously. It is a rather eerie to imagine that one day in the far future the last remnants of humanity or even aliens from another star coming to this desolate, lifeless world and sifting through the dust and ruins of what once was to uncover this monument of our demise. Would whoever or whatever found it be able to decipher what is within, or would our last days and the end of all we have accomplished as a a species remain forever forgotten by the universe, relegated to an oblivion as if it had never existed at all? Would there be anyone left to find it, from here or somewhere else beyond our world, or would explorers from other worlds have doomed themselves to the same fate, leaving this rock to keep spinning with its little black monolith existing alone and with no sentient being to ever know, their own black boxes equally forgotten? Whatever the case may be, it surely seems as though this will all end one, and at least we will have this monument to what we were, regardless of whether anyone ever actually sees it or not.
When Monsters Need to be Invited: Avoid Them!
Jan 26, 2023 I Paul Seaburn
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New iPhone App Let's You Talk to Famous Dead People


Israel-based Sirin Labs, the manufacturer of the Finney blockchain mobile, has set off a quarter of its workforce.
Talking to local fiscal news source Globes, the company said it'd let go of 15 of its 60 employees — significantly less than was speculated in the media.
The layoffs come amid a disappointing consumer response to the company's recently established blockchain phone. "Sales aren't what we anticipated," Sirin informed Globes.
The apparatus began sending in November 2018, also especially comes with a chilly (offline) crypto wallet that's effectively another device in precisely the exact same home as the telephone. The company advised CoinDesk in November the wallet also it's another chip and consumers will interact with it on another LCD display for safety.
From the Globes report, Sirin Labs also refuted media reports that it hasn't been paying its employees in recent months. Employees have only been paid for March and will probably likely be paid Tuesday for April, it said.
The issues at the company, run by controversial entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg, come as lots of blockchain- and – crypto-focused mobiles are hitting the marketplace.
HTC established its EXODUS 1 late last year. Originally available for buy just with cryptocurrencies, the telephone was made accessible for money buyers in February.
Samsung has also moved to exploit the appeal of blockchain attributes with its most recent flagship phone, the Galaxy S10. Available from early March, the telephone includes a crypto wallet, dispersed program (dapp) partners along with an electronic signing program.
In January, Sirin's Moshe Hogeg and yet another company that he set, blockchain prediction marketplace platform Stox, were allegedly being sued with a Chinese investor to get more than $4.6 million for allegedly misappropriating a number of those cryptos countless invested in the company.
The stage stopped its activity in Israel late last year and laid off all workers, based on Globes.
Quite a few blockchain startups are putting off workers during the past couple of months, with many mentioning because of the impacts of the crypto keep market on business holdings and earnings.
Most recently, Indian market Unocoin has decreased its employee amounts to only 14 from over 100 early last year. According to The Economic Times, the company had attempted unsuccessfully to raise additional funds and needed to cut prices consequently.
Unocoin plans to soldier with nominal employees while it expects a verdict against the nation's Supreme Court within a decision by the central bank to obstruct banking solutions to cryptocurrency platforms, the item says.


He doesn't look real happy, does he? Maybe if you take this Looney Tunes Taz the Tasmanian Devil Acrylic 18 oz. Mason-Style Jar with Lid home with you, he'll settle down. Or not. BPA free, the mini Mason jar stands 5 1/4-inches tall and includes a twist-off lid with an acrylic straw. Hand wash only. Not dishwasher safe. Do not microwave.


Fox is swinging the comedy format pendulum heading into next season, adding three new multi-camera series while cancelling at least three single-camera ones, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Mick and The Last Man On Earth, which all got the ax earlier today.
The latest new multi-camera addition to Fox's schedule for next season is the Lil Rel Howery starrer Rel, from Jerrod Carmichael, Mike Scully and 20th Century Fox TV. It joins recently picked up pilot-to-series multi-camera comedy The Cool Kids as well as the Last Man Standing revival, which is still being finalized. The retirement home-set The Cool Kids had been rumored as a potential companion for LMS on the fall schedule, so Rel could be for a midseason.
Returning to multi-camera comedies, which Fox abandoned a couple of years ago, was a priority for the network's new entertainment president Michael Thorn. "I believe in them, we all believe in them, and to find one that has a signature Fox bold character at the center would be great," he told Deadline in January.
Rel, starring Howrey and co-starring Sinbad as his dad, was the frontrunner among the Fox comedy pilots this season before a late surge by the off-cycle The Cool Kids, boosted by the network's decision to bring back Last Man Standing.
Written/executive produced by Josh Rabinowitz & Kevin Barnett and Howrey and directed by Gerry Cohen, Rel was inspired by Howrey's life. It centers on Lil Rel, a prideful, self-made success who lives by the code to "always believe in yourself and great things will come," finds that attitude put to the test when he learns his wife is having an affair with his own barber. He tries to rebuild his life post-divorce as a long-distance single father on the West Side of Chicago on a quest for love, respect, and a new barber.
Jess "Hilarious" Moore and Jordan L. Jones also co-star in the series. Scully serves as showrunner and executive produces alongside Carmichael.


We don't add any nasty surprises, you won't pay a cent extra booking through us. We find you all the options based on your search at no extra cost! Southwest planned to initially operate Frontier as a stand-alone carrier, eventually absorbing the airline and replacing Frontier's aircraft with Boeing 737s. Before you book your ticket to Miami, keep in mind that the airline that you fly with may charge differently than others.
Flight Tracker is a software tool that provides the immediate status of an airline flight. On November 18, 2009, Delta Air Lines, with help from TPG, made a bid of $1 billion for JAL to partner with them. Outside the U.S.: This varies by country and region but midweek flights are usually cheaper than flying on weekends.
But there's no need to spend hours checking for flights on lots of different websites. Southwest was not physically relocating any assets, but Texas state law allowed the airline to choose either Dallas or Houston as the city of registry of its aircraft. Airline flight tracking has been made simple and is reasonably priced, for people, whether professionals or home users, with a keen interest in aircraft.
Texas A&M University, however, crunched the numbers and found that weekends are actually the best time to book airline tickets. Fare Validity Fares are valid in Main cabin on Delta/Delta Connection carrier and certain codeshare partner flights only. The airline ticket agents' employment rate is expected to grow considerably by 2014.
Want to explore iconic Dubai or rich culture and food cuisines of Pakistan, Find most affordable airline tickets to Middle East's bustling hubs such as Dubai, Abu dhabi, and Pakistan's major hubs of Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. In other words, an airline may put an economy fare on sale for $300 for a flight leaving New York for Austin at 5 p.m. but if South by Southwest starts that Friday, the airline might hike prices.


The Beggarstown School is on the National Register of Historic Places, in Beggarstown.
Beggarstown or Bettelhausen was a small community that was located in the present day neighborhood of Mount Airy in Northwest Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It centered primarily along a stretch of relatively flat land along Germantown Avenue roughly between Upsal Street and Gorgas Lane.
Beggarstown (also Beggars-town or Beggar Town) or Bettelhausen was formed out of the so-called "Sidelands" of Germantown. The Sidelands were a section of Germantown Township that had been set aside so that the owners of lots in the center of Germantown could have access to an equal share of land in the entire village of Germantown section of Germantown Township. It covered the area from Washington Lane to roughly Sedgwick Street and Stenton and Wissahickon Avenues. As the Germantown village, founded in 1683, filled up, settlers began to move northwest along Germantown Avenue. By the 1730s and 1740s, the Sidelands area was subdivided into smaller house lots.
[The Beggarstown meeting] takes its distinction from a little village of ... [this] name, in the township of Germantown, eight miles NW from the city.... On the same lot [of their meeting house] stands their old building erected by one John Pettikoffer for his dwelling house in 1731; and because it was the first house in the place, and erected by a beggar, the village assumed the name of Beggarstown.
The German form of the name, which is probably the original form, is Bettelhausen — coming from the German word betteln, which means to beg, and hausen, which is a common suffix added to place names (like Schaffhausen) which roughly means town or village (derived from the German word Haus — house). One of the earliest uses of the name Bettelhausen appears in a newspaper ad in Christopher Sower's newspaper. One reference from 1757 appears in the church records of Saint Michael's Lutheran Church, Germantown, where the burial register entry for Nicolaus Rausch notes that he was a resident "hier in Bettelhausen." Though some late 19th century Philadelphia histories claim that the name is a corruption of Bebberstown, named for Rev. Mathias van Bebber, this is incorrect. Mathias van Bebber was not a minister and he had no direct connection with this area of Germantown Township. van Bebber was an immigrant from Krefeld, Germany and lived for a brief time in Germantown before moving to Bohemia Manor in Maryland around 1710.
In the 18th century Beggarstown was the home of two important congregations. The mother church of the Church of the Brethren denomination moved to its present location at Germantown Avenue and Hortter Street in 1760 and worshiped for a while in the Pettikoffer house until 1770 when they built a meeting house which is still in use by the congregation today. The other church which was formed very early in this village was Saint Michael's Lutheran Church. The earliest documentation for a Lutheran congregation in Germantown is found in 1738 when four men (Georg Wensell, Jacob Behlert, Georg Rieger/Rüger [later known as Rex], and Johann Groethausen) purchased a lot on Germantown Avenue which became the core of the property the congregation still owns today. St. Michael's soon became an important regional focal point for the growing number of 18th century churched (i.e. Lutheran or Reformed) German immigrants who quickly outnumbered the older German Quaker, Mennonite and Brethren families. At this time the congregation served almost all Lutherans living between the colonial city of Philadelphia and the church at Trappe, Pennsylvania.
In the 19th century, there was an effort of some of the residents of the area to change the name to Franklinville. Though they succeeded in naming a literary club and volunteer fire company with the new name, Beggarstown continued to be used by the local residents until the late nineteenth century when the spread of suburbanization eradicated the small village atmosphere along this section of Germantown Avenue.
^ Edwards, Morgan (1770). Materials Toward a History of the Baptists in Pennsylvania both British and German, Distinguished into Firstday Baptists, Keithian Baptists, Seventhday Baptists, Tuncker Baptists, Mennonist Baptists, vol. 1. Philadelphia. Quoted directly on p. 175 of Durnbaugh, Donald F. (1967). The Brethren in Colonial America: A Source Book on the Transplantation and Development of the Church of the Brethren in the Eighteenth Century. Elgin, Illinois.
^ "Christophel Jacobi, in Bettelhausen bey Germanton macht bekant, daß bey ihm zu haben sind Albanier Erbsen beym Buschel oder beym Faß. Auch Schein-Fett beym Fäßgen oder einteylen Pfund, auch französichen Indigo". Pensylvanische Berichte, oder, Sammlung wichtiger Nachrichten aus dem Natur-und Kirchen-Reich. 1755-03-01.
^ "Philadelphia Neighborhoods and Place Names, A-K". Retrieved 2006-11-06.
^ Faris, John. "Old Churches and Meeting Houses In and Around Philadelphia: Three Old Churches in Germantown - How Beggarstown Received Its Name" (PDF). Retrieved 2006-11-06. Faris' reference to the area being part of Bebber's Township is incorrect. Bebber's Township was located in what is now Skippack Township, Montgomery County Pennypacker, Samuel Whittaker (1899). The Settlement of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the Beginning of German Emigration to North America. Philadelphia: W. J. Campbell. Retrieved 2007-10-01. p. 141-42.
^ "Brethren in American, Germantown: Mother Congregation". Retrieved 2007-10-01.
^ Hotchkin, Samuel Fitch (1889). Ancient and Modern Germantown, Mount Airy, and Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia: W. J. Campbell. Retrieved 2007-09-28. , p. 331.
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Updates to Revenue guidance on Irish VAT groups
AUTHORs: Matthew Broadstock co-author(s): Dara Higgins Services: Tax DATE: 11/03/2022
The Irish Revenue Commissioners ("Revenue") have recently made some important updates to their guidance material in respect of Irish VAT groups (the "Guidance"). These updates were announced in Revenue eBrief No. 046/22 published on 25 February 2022 and flow from amendments to Irish VAT legislation brought about by the Finance Act 2021.
We have set out below our summary overview of the recent updates.
Effective date of VAT group registration
Where two or more persons apply to Revenue for the creation of a VAT group, such VAT group comes into existence only upon the issuance by Revenue of a written notification to each member of the VAT group. The notification will specify the date that the VAT group registration becomes effective, which shall be no earlier than the beginning of the bi-monthly VAT period in which the application is made. This represents a change to the previous position whereby VAT groups could be registered with retrospective effect.
'Accountable person' requirement
When forming a VAT group, it is now a requirement that at least one member of the group be an 'accountable person' for Irish VAT purposes. This effectively means that at least one of the prospective VAT group members should be registered for Irish VAT. Prior to the legislative amendment, the rules simply required that at least one group member be a 'taxable person' ie, a business.
Moreover, the VAT group when formed is deemed to act as a single 'accountable person' in the context of all transactions carried out by the individual VAT group members. Previously, a VAT group was treated as acting as a single taxable person from an Irish VAT perspective.
Revenue notification requirements
There is now a specific obligation for the VAT group remitter to notify Revenue in the following eventualities:
(i) where there has been a significant change in the "financial, organisational or economic links" between the persons in the group;
(ii) where any person in the VAT group ceases to be established in Ireland (for VAT purposes); or
(iii) where the requirement that at least one member of the group is an accountable person is no longer met.
Where any of the above events occur, the notification must be made by the group remitter within thirty days.
With respect the 'establishment' requirement, the Guidance helpfully confirms that if a person has an establishment in Ireland and applies to join an Irish VAT group, it is the entire person, including any overseas Head Office or Branches, that joins the Irish VAT group. This aligns with the CJEU decision in FCE Bank (C-210/04) which confirmed that a head office and foreign branch are a single person for VAT purposes.
If you would like to discuss how to ensure your business can navigate the changes that will arise from the recent updates to the VAT grouping provisions, or indeed discuss any other matters, please contact Matthew Broadstock or your usual Matheson contact.


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Veteran painter aged 67 died in 'tragic accident' when he fell from ladders
John Bradley, from Barnetby, sadly died from head injuries after tumbling from the top of a set of ladders on August 24, 2016
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Paul Kelly, Grimsby and North Lincolnshire district coroner, pictured in Cleethorpes Town Hall.
A 67-year-old retired decorator died in a tragic accident when he fell from ladders as he painted windows at his friend's home, an inquest has heard.
John Bradley sadly died as a result head injuries he suffered after tumbling from the top of a set of ladders on August 24, 2016.
The popular and "well liked" former painter and decorator known as "cherry" by friends, often carried out work for friends to supplement his pension during retirement, and had been painting window frames at the home of Nigel Allison, in Sycamore Way, Barnetby, when he sadly fell to his death.
Mr Bradley, who never married, had no children and lived alone in Old Post Office Lane, died from traumatic head injuries at Hull Royal Infirmary just hours after the fall.
An inquest held at Cleethorpes Town Hall yesterday, heard how a neighbour discovered the handyman at the foot of the ladder, before rushing to his aid and dialing 999.
Hospital whistle-blower's letter is 'damning reading littered with personal plight'
Coroner Paul Kelly was told that Carol Winnall, Mr Allison's next door neighbour, went to check on John after she could no longer hear him making a noise as he carried out his work, only to find the veteran painter on the patio, but still concious.
The ladder he had been using was still propped up against the two-storey house, and Ms Winnall's evidence statement, as read out in court, described how Mr Bradley could not remember the fall and said he had been laying on the floor unable to move for around 30 minutes.
Ms Winnall called the emergency services, and the air ambulance attended along with an ambulance, which he was taken to hospital in. He was pronounced dead shortly after 12pm - three hours after his fall.
A post mortem examination carried out shortly after his death revealed how he suffered multiple fractured ribs, a fractured skull and a fractured spine in addition to the injuries sustained to his head.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) were drafted in by Humberside Police to investigate Mr Bradley's death as it happened in a workplace environment.
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HSE investigator, Ms Elsegood, told the court that an inspection of the ladder showed it was in "fairly good" condition, and that because no one witnessed the fall, it was not possible to reconstruct exactly what happened.
She referred to HSE guidance on the safe usage of ladders, available to view online, which suggests that a set of ladders were appropriate for the job that Mr Bradley was carrying out.
Mrs Elsegood went on to say that although the ladder was not secured firmly in place at the top or bottom, it is impossible to speculate if the ladder wobbled, leading to John's sadly fatal fall.
Mr Kelly, urged all members of the public to "familiarise themselves" with the HSE's guidance on ladder safety, which can be found by visiting www.hse.gov.uk/work-at-height/using-ladders-safely.
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Cherry, as many referred to him as, was a beloved son of the late Ellen and Fred, and the much loved sister of Margaret Scott, who described him as a man who enjoyed the "social side of work" and carried on working after retirement out of enjoyment.
Mrs Scott referred to her only brother as a "very well known" man who "loved sport", who lived a happy, eventful and enjoyable life.
Concluding, Mr Kelly announced Mr Bradley's sad death as an accident.
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123Skins made a business of enabling users to design and print personalised protective "skins" for laptops, mp3 players, mobile phones and other devices. But now the company's founders are in court hoping to prevent their own devices from being skinned by the bailiffs. On 13 August, 123Skins filed to begin insolvency proceedings.
It was probably the curse of over-financing which ultimately led 123Skins founders Fabian Deschler, Simon Lee and Gregory Moss into the bankruptcy courts. According to the Deutsche Startups blog, the Investment Bank Berlin, Estag Capital (a private investment company) and business angel Holger Czesnat were all early round investors, giving the young startup – at that time still known as Tortoise Design – a financial cushion of around €450,000.
A promising beginning, which got even better when 123Skins was one of the annual winners of the Financial Times Deutschland's enable2start competition in 2008, which brought the startup invaluable publicity plus an additional €50,000. In September 2009, 123Skins wrote in its FT 'founder's diary' of breaking even for the first time. This was probably the high point of its financial performance and things went downhill from there. German startups reported layoffs in the summer of 2009 and "nervous investors staying away" because of poor turnover figures. According to boocompany, which covers announcements from exit-oriented companies,123Skins ran into difficulties with business partners, shedding some suppliers in January because it lacked the necessary liquidity.
Above all, there is the question of whether the startup was simply mismanaged. Co-founder Simon Lee has admitted a common error of new startups – an inflated marketing budget. "We thought we'd simply put money into marketing, and everything else would follow," he wrote in his 'founder's diary'. Besides the lack of strategic direction, there were also operational blunders (such as failing to adequately control costs for a TV advertising campaign which showed no significant success) and little appetite for innovation in the product offering.
One of the chief beneficiaries of the demise of 123Skins is likely to be its main competitor DeinDesign (designskins.com), which it has been in open war with over use of the words "Design-Skin" to describe the custom-made device covers that both companies make, a term which DeinDesign was the first to register as a trademark. It will be interesting to see whether DeinDesign now swoops in to pick over the bones of its fallen adversary. It could end up picking up some of 123Skins's printing equipment – perhaps even the 123Skins domain – on the cheap.
Internationally, the US competitor Skinit may come in with a surprise offer for the entire company. But the most likely scenario for 123Skins is a straightforward break up and liquidation of assets.


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Zimbabweans Blocked From Social Media, Public Internet
Wei Shi, Intelligence Content Manager, Telecoms.com & Site Editor, Connecting Africa, 1/16/2019
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Access to social media platforms and the public Internet was blocked for at least 24 hours in Zimbabwe this week as the country's government looked to quell protests and riots that followed fuel price rises.
Internet and social media services were rendered unavailable on Tuesday, the second day of protests against the Zimbabwean government's decision to more than double the fuel prices that, in some areas, lead to reported rioting and looting. WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter were all blocked at the request of the authorities as the government made efforts to quash further protester mobilisation.
But network operators TelOne and Econet went a step further by cutting Internet connectivity completely, taking the majority of the population offline, reported ZWNews.
Econet reportedly issued a statement to some customers saying: "Further to a warrant issued by the Minister of State in the President's Office for National Security, through the director general of the president's department, in terms of the Interception of Communication Act, internet services are currently suspended across all networks... The matter is beyond our control."
That the Act could be used to force ISPs and telcos to shut off access to the Internet was, though, disputed by the team at Techzim.
The Internet blackout had a significant impact on the lives of many Zimbabweans. Bloomberg reported that since most Zimbabweans use Econet's mobile payment service, Ecocash, for daily transactions, they were not able to pay utility bills, including electricity, which many pre-pay in a series of small transactions. "Tonight will be spent in darkness," as John Pedzesai, a 42-year-old Harare street vendor, told Bloomberg.
The mass protest was triggered by a televised speech by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday evening. "Following the persistent shortfall in the fuel market attributable to increased fuel usage in the economy, and compounded by rampant illegal currency and fuel trading activities, government has today decided on the following corrective measures," he proclaimed. He announced that from midnight on Sunday, the new prices would come into effect, lifting petrol from $1.24 to $3.31 per litre and diesel from $1.36 to $3.11, reported News24.
Mass protests shortly ensued on Monday, and the government, led by Acting President Constantino Chiwenga -- while President Mnangagwa is in Moscow seeking military help -- used force against the protestors, which resulted in five deaths and more than 200 arrests. When protests resumed on Tuesday, social networks, and the Internet in general, were unplugged.
Internet access services were restored on Wednesday, reported Times Live, but eNCA reported that social media platforms were still inaccessible.
This is not the first time Zimbabwe has cut access to social networks. The former president Robert Mugabe repeatedly used the measure in different degrees of severity until as late as 2016, a year before he was toppled by a coup.
— Wei Shi, Site Editor, Connecting Africa
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K. Pate flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI; E. Gardner scored, unearned.
M. Smallwood singled to center field.
M. Frantz reached first on an error by 3b.
B. Bonno doubled to right center, RBI; E. Gardner scored.
K. Pate singled to center field, RBI; B. Bonno scored.
M. Smallwood singled to left field; K. Pate advanced to second.
M. Bryant tripled to center field, 2 RBI; M. Smallwood scored; K. Pate scored.
M. Frantz reached on a fielder's choice.
M. Kesel singled to center field, RBI; M. Frantz advanced to second; M. Bryant scored.
J. VanHoose reached first on an error by ss; M. Kesel advanced to second; M. Frantz scored, unearned.
K. Loughman reached first on an error by 3b.
A. Depue singled to left field; K. Loughman advanced to second.
M. Bryant advanced to second on a passed ball.
B. Six walked; Y. Rivera advanced to second.
T. Yoder singled to center field; B. Six advanced to second; Y. Rivera advanced to third.
K. Kennedy flied out to cf, RBI; Y. Rivera scored.
J. VanHoose singled, bunt; M. Kesel advanced to second.
E. Gardner singled, bunt; J. VanHoose advanced to second; M. Kesel advanced to third.
B. Bonno singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; E. Gardner advanced to third; J. VanHoose out at third cf to c; M. Kesel scored.
K. Pate singled to left field, RBI; B. Bonno advanced to third; E. Gardner scored.
M. Smallwood singled to center field, RBI; K. Pate advanced to second; B. Bonno scored.
M. Bryant singled to left center, RBI; M. Smallwood advanced to second; K. Pate scored.
M. Frantz singled to center field; M. Bryant advanced to second; M. Smallwood advanced to third.
A. Depue singled to second base; K. Loughman advanced to second.
J. Rock reached first on an error by rf; A. Depue advanced to third; K. Loughman scored.
R. Bobo pinch ran for J. Rock.
E. Bobey singled to left field, RBI; R. Bobo advanced to third; A. Depue scored.
B. Six tripled to left field, 2 RBI; E. Bobey scored; R. Bobo scored, unearned.
T. Yoder reached first on an error by 2b, RBI; B. Six scored.
K. Gray pinch ran for T. Yoder.
K. Reed singled to second base; H. Warren advanced to third.
K. Loughman singled to right field, RBI; K. Reed advanced to second; H. Warren scored, unearned.
J. Rock to ss for R. Bobo.
T. Yoder to 2b for K. Gray.
E. Gardner singled to left field.
E. Gardner advanced to second on a wild pitch.
M. Smallwood advanced to second on a passed ball.


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Q: Powershell: -match seem to work wrong I am experimenting with powershell and xml. Unfortunately, I have a problem I don't understand. I try to test the value of node againt $Null. But it seems to give the wrong answer.
Here is what I do: file xml.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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Then I am trying this:
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The result is then "True". But it looks not empty.
I am pretty new at powershell and it seems there is magic I haven't understood... What am I doing wrong?

A: To read the contents of an XML file such as xml.xml into an XML DOM you must use Get-Content:
[xml] $x = Get-Content -Raw .\xml.xml

You can then use . notation to drill down into the document, as you've attempted.
However, PowerShell's -match operator is designed to work with regular expressions passed as strings.
If you pass $null, Powershell stringifies that to '', the empty string, which amounts to a regular expression that matches anything.
Therefore, ... -match $null matches anything - and is therefore pointless.
Generally, -match - unless explicitly anchored with ^ and $ - matches substrings of the LHS.
To test if an element's content is empty or doesn't exist, simply use -eq '':
 $x.report.row.pProductNr -eq ''

Caveat: If Set-StrictMode -Version 2 or higher is in effect, an attempt to reference a nonexistent property will cause an error.


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WHAT: Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (ABI) will hold a public meeting for the Southeast and Southwest Study Groups to update the community on the short-term future of the Southside Corridor, as well as an introduction to ABI's EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant proposal.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This meeting is open to all of the public but is focused on the Southwest and Southeast Study Group areas. The Southeast Study Group includes parts of Grant Park, Cabbagetown, Reynoldstown, Edgewood, Glenwood Park, Ormewood Park, Boulevard Heights, Chosewood Park, South Atlanta, and Peoplestown. The Southwest Study Group includes residents of the Westview, West End, Adair Park, Pittsburgh, Mechanicsville, Oakland City, Bush Mountain, Capitol View, Capitol View Manor and Sylvan Hills neighborhoods along the Atlanta BeltLine.
WHERE: The Georgia Hill Neighborhood Center – 250 Georgia Ave, SE, Atlanta, GA 30312. This location is accessible via the MARTA Inman Park/Reynoldstown Station and MARTA bus #832. See itsmarta.com for complete map and schedule. Please consider biking or walking, if you are able. Free parking is available on site.
ABOUT THE PROJECT: In March of 2018, the City of Atlanta acquired the Southside Trail corridor. The Southside Corridor connects the Westside and Eastside Trails at the southernmost part of the Atlanta BeltLine loop. In 2019, the trail will open in interim conditions for public use. Please join us to learn more about what to expect in the coming months.
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We as the Youth Ministry at Edgewood Community Church exist to nurture fully devoted followers of Jesus of the 6th-12th grade students who attend BURST or HighLife (Matthew 28:19-20). We seek to accomplish this mission by focusing on the Gospel, Community, and Mission. We do this for the good of the students and for the glory of God!
When you come to BURST or HighLife for a first time on a Wednesday night during the school year, there will be someone to greet you at the door and welcome you. We will have you put your name and some basic contact information on a card and then give you a brief tour of what Edgewood looks like on a Youth Ministry night. There will be group games for you to join, delicious snacks to eat, and plenty of friends to connect with and get to know! Most importantly, we won't embarrass you or make you share your life story in front of the group when you come. We will, however, make sure you feel welcome and that you have a place to belong!
The heart of the Youth Ministry at Edgewood centers around our Wednesday evening gatherings called BURST (6-8th grade, 6-7:30 pm) and HighLife (9-12th grade, 8-9:30 pm), as well as special retreats, conferences, and mission trips. On Wednesday nights, we gather as a large group for games, snacks, building relationships, worship, prayer, and teaching. We also break into small groups (broken up by grade and gender) for deeper discussion, encouragement, prayer, study of the Word, and accountability. Through all of it, we have tons of fun!
Matt Hoaglund joined the Edgewood Community Church leadership staff in the Summer of 2016 as the Youth Pastor.
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Special thanks to Brian Murphy for his valuable assistance with the Beatles memorabilia, Otto Rothschild and to Ken Veeder for concert photos.
Over twelve years ago the Beatles appeared for the first time at The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. It was not long after they had made their first impact on the United States, but already two years after I had signed them to a recording contract for EMI. Frankly, I was not in favor of taping their performance. I knew the quality of recording could not equal what we could do in the studio, but we thought we would try anyhow. Technically, the results were disappointing; the conditions for the engineers were arduous in the extreme. The chaos, I might almost say panic, that reigned at these concerts was unbelievable unless you were there. Only three track recording was possible; the Beatles had no "fold back" speakers, so they could not hear what they were singing, and the eternal shriek from 17,000 healthy, young lungs made even a jet plane inaudible.
A year later, in 1965, John, Paul, George and Ringo appeared again at The Hollywood Bowl and again Capitol taped the show for posterity, and there the tapes remained for over a decade. Neither the boys nor I considered they should be used because they consisted of titles that had already been issued as studio recordings, we often spoke of making a live recording, and in fact the ill-fated "Let It Be" album began as an attempt to make a live record of new material.
It was with some misgivings therefore that I agreed to listen to those early tapes at the request of Bhaskar Menon, Capitol's president. The fact that they were the only live recordings of the Beatles in existence (if you discount inferior bootlegs) did not impress me. What did impress me, however, was the electric atmosphere and raw energy that came over.
And so, together with my recording engineer, Geoff Emerick, I set to work to bring the performance back to life. It was a labor of love, for we did not know if we could make them good enough for the world to hear – let alone John, Paul, George and Ringo.
We transferred the vintage three track tapes to modern multi-track, remixed, filtered, equalized and generally polished the tapes. Then, by careful editing from the two performances, we produced the performance that you hear now, obviously there has been no overdubbing. All the voices and instruments are the original performance (some of the vocal balances, with three singers on one track are evidence enough). But it is a piece of history that will not occur again.
Those of us who were lucky enough to be present at a live Beatle concert – be it in Liverpool, London, New York, Washigton, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney or wherever – will know how amazing, how unique those performances were. It was not just the voice of the Beatles: it was expression of the young people of the world.
And for the others who wondered what on Earth all the fuss was about, this album may give a little clue. It may be a poor substitute for the reality of those times, but it is now all there is.
In the multiplatinum, sophisticated world we live in today, it is difficult to appreciate the excitement of the Beatles breakthrough. My youngest daughter, Lucy, now nine years old, once asked me about them, "You used to record them, didn't you, Daddy?" she asked, "Were they as great as the Bay City Rollers?" "Probably not," I replied. Some day she will find out.
Those who clamour for a Beatle reunion cannot see that it can never be the same again. The boys in their own way gave a great deal of their lives to us by being Beatles. And now they have found their own individual selves. Good luck to them. I am very proud to have been part of their story.
Thank you John, Paul, George and Ringo.


In a video selected as the winner of a contest sponsored by The High Calling, Dylan Weston, a ranch hand and wrangler from Pennsylvania, shares how his work glorifies God and adds value to others.
This is a great example of how we as Christians might begin to view our role in the bigger picture, particularly as it applies to the economies of creative service and wonder. Dylan does not view his service as a mere means to personal fulfillment or material ends, and neither does he view it in conflict with his efforts to make time and space to simply behold God's creation.
For more on how we ought to view our stewardship in these areas, see the Acton Institute's new series, For the Life of the World.