Class 3 Year 4 & 5 Autumn 1 2018.
Welcome to Class 3! I hope you have all had a fabulous holiday and are ready to start our Class 3 adventure together! I am really looking forward to beginning a fantastic year of learning and fun with you. I am sure we will have a fantastic year. I am keen to foster a supportive, open and caring class environment, where qualities such as respect, empathy and resilience play a key role.
This half term, in Literacy we will be basing our Literacy around the Aztec topic work; looking at newspaper reports, letter writing, diary entries, instructional writing and persuasive texts. We will explore many books together to help us improve our writing, grammar and punctuation and our reading skills including prediction and deduction. We will put a lot of emphasis on spellings and handwriting, as they are key for success in Year 6.
I expect children in Class 3 to be reading on a daily basis and their Reading Records to be kept up to date. Weekly spellings will be given on a Friday, and will be tested the following Friday. Please make sure you take the time to learn these.
Areas of maths we will be covering in Class 3 this Autumn half term include; place value, decimals and perfecting our skills in mental and written strategies for the four operations. We will focus on developing resilience and confidence towards learning and teaching a mastery approach, promoting mathematical understanding and problem solving rather than rote learning for tests. We will develop skills such as visualisation, mental strategies and pattern recognition.
This half term we will be learning all about the amazing Aztecs! We will continue to build our understanding of putting historical civilisations into a timeline and learning all about the daily life – even the gory bits! We will be making Aztec calendars and masks and finding out what life was like in Aztec times.
Science will be very exciting, this half term. We will be looking at 'living things including humans'. Children will learn to; describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans, identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions, construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.
We are really lucky this year to be able to take Class 3 swimming for the Autumn term. This means that children will need their swimming kits with them every Wednesday. Children also need to have a P.E kit in school at all times – both indoors and outdoors.
Homework will be set weekly and sent home in the child's homework book on a Friday. It is due back in the following Wednesday. Please ensure homework is completed as it supports the learning we do in class. Homework may be in the form of a sheet which supports class learning, recapping something, trying something new, or it may be a research project, where a child is asked to work independently to produce a piece of work. Spellings will also be stuck in their homework books and should be regularly practised at home, using a variety of strategies. If you would like help on various strategies you can use to support this then please see either myself or Mr Barnes.
Finally, if you have any concerns at all or would like to talk to me, please feel free to arrange a meeting or drop in after school.


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Bibles & Sacred Texts
[Bible, Fore-edge Painting].
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out Of the Original Tongues...
1826. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Samuel Collingwood and Co. Printers to the University, 1826. 12mo (3.5 x 5.5 inches), 805, [1], 251, [1], pp. Text in double columns. Finely bound in green straight-grain morocco with elaborate gilt borders, backstrip pannelled in gilt, all edges gilt, brown coated.....	More
[Bible].
[A leaf from...] The Holy Bible: Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated...
1613. London: Robert Barker, 1613. Single leaf 15 1/2 x 11", printed on both recto and verso in two columns, with woodcut initials. Mounted; very good. § From the second edition, with 72 lines as opposed to 52 for the first edition. "John: 11:1, Christ raiseth Lazarus..." One of the.....	More
Abraham and the Three Angels (in) The Protestant's Family Bible. Containing the Old and New Testament, with the Apocrypha, illustrated by explanatory Notes. With a compleat Concordance, and general Index. By a Society of Protestant Divines.
1780. London: Harrison and co., [1780-81]. Single plate, 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges, very good. § First edition thus, issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has.....	More
Joseph sold to the Ishmeelites (in) The Protestant's Family Bible. Containing the Old and New Testament, with the Apocrypha, illustrated by explanatory Notes. With a compleat Concordance, and general Index. By a Society of Protestant Divines.
Joshua passing over Jordan (in) The Protestant's Family Bible. Containing the Old and New Testament, with the Apocrypha, illustrated by explanatory Notes. With a compleat Concordance, and general Index. By a Society of Protestant Divines.
Lots Escape (in) The Protestant's Family Bible. Containing the Old and New Testament, with the Apocrypha, illustrated by explanatory Notes. With a compleat Concordance, and general Index. By a Society of Protestant Divines.
Blake, William. Keynes, Geoffrey. Trianon Press.
Illustrations to the Bible.
1957. London: Trianon Press, 1957. Folio, with 9 color plates and 156 illustrations. Original quarter morocco, covers scuffed lightly, a little worn but good, internally fine (issued without a slipcase). § Limited to 460 copies, this is #228. This was the first time that Blake's Biblical illustrations had been.....	More
Hutton, Clarke.
The Tale of Noah and the Flood.
1945. London: Puffin Picture Books, [1945?] Oblong 8vo, 32 pages including wrappers. 8 double-page original color lithographs, b/w illustrations. §.	More
[Illuminated manuscript facsimile]
[The Lorsch Gospels]
1967. New York: George Braziller, 1967. Large heavy folio, 478pp, including 54 color plates. Original quarter-vellum over red cloth boards, in fine condition in slightly worn publisher's slipcase. § Limited to 1000 copies, this copy with the separate pamphlet of commentary often missing. "This complete facsimile of the Lorsch.....	More
Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum.
Christ before Caiaphas.
1450. Dutch school: c. 1450 or later. 138 x 98mm. Miniature, without text, image of Christ before Caiaphas being held by a soldier with a jester dancing behind Him, disciples (?) behind Him with a cock sitting above the, three-sided border of simple flowers. In good condition. § Origin and.....	More
Illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours with St. Nicholas and St. Sebastian.
1430. Britanny: c. 1430. 7.8" x 5.6". Illuminated leaf on vellum, from a Book of Hours with two large miniatures of St. Nicholas blessing the three children in the pickling tub, and of St. Sebastian tied to a pillar in a mountainous landscape while two archers shoot arrows at him.....	More
Illuminated Leaf with An Especially Fine Miniature Painting of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, on Vellum, from a Book of Hours in Latin.
1430. Northern France or Flanders: ca. 1430. 7.5" x 5.75". Text from the opening of Terce. Beautifully embellished and illuminated manuscript on vellum, with a miniature painting of the Annunciation to the Shepherds. Right border just slightly trimmed, border with a hint of soiling, otherwise in fine condition, the miniature.....	More
Job on his dungheap.
1475. Paris: c. 1475. 159 x 108mm. Single column, four lines of text (r), 15 lines (v). Three-line initial 'D', richly illuminated border of floral design heightened in gold. The miniature painted within an arch-top border. Trimmed right to the border, small split in the vellum margin, otherwise in fine.....	More
A leaf from a liturgical Psalter, in Latin.
1260. Rhineland (or possibly Flanders or England): c. 1260-1280. Single leaf, 177 x 131mm. 20 lines of text in gothic script., 4-line historiated initial of a knight in armor, 4 initials in gold, gold highlighting in text. Small drawing of a dragon in red ink, drawing of a bird in.....	More
Mass for the dead.
1475. French (probably Paris): c. 1475. Single leaf on vellum, 4 x 3 1/4 ins. with good margins. 20 lines written in black/brown ink, simple floriate border heightened in gold on both sides. § A sweet little leaf from the end of the Mass for the dead.	More
Two miniatures, depicting St. Dominic holding a book, and a richly attired Bishop holding a book with a model of a church on top of it.
1525. South German (?): c. 1525. 2 cuttings on vellum, each approx. 58 x 71 mm. Beautifully painted in gold and colors, on a brown background. In fine condition. § Two lovely miniatures from the same hand, once part of a group of four all cut from the same book.....	More
Keynes, Geoffrey. Trianon Press. Blake, William.
(Leaf book).
A Leaf from the 1611 King James Bible. With "The Noblest Monument of English Prose" by John Livingston Lowes & "The Printing of the King James Bible" by Louis I. Newman.
1937. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1937. Folio, [2], xxi, [2] pp., single leaf inserted, printed in red, blue, gold and black. Original quarter cloth, paper boards printed to look like cloth, label affixed to backstrip. Minor foxing to paper boards, corners bumped, internally bright; very good. §.....	More
Shahn, Ben (illustrator).
Haggadah for Passover, Copied and Illustrated by Ben Shahn.
1966. Paris: The Trianon Press, 1966. 80 leaves. Large, unbound folio in stiff, glassine covered wrappers, housed in large, vellum box, stamped with gilt lettering on front, back, and spine, with double clasp closure. Loosely inserted foam cushions at front and back of box. Includes a full set of the.....	More
1966. Paris: The Trianon Press, 1966. 80 leaves. Large, unbound folio in stiff, glassine covered wrappers, housed in large, vellum box, stamped with gilt lettering on front, back, and spine,with double clasp closure. Loosely inserted foam cushions at back of box. Spotting and scuffs on box with some tip wear.....	More
1966. Paris: The Trianon Press, 1966. 80 leaves. Large, unbound folio in stiff, glassine covered wrappers, housed in large, vellum box, stamped with gilt lettering on front, back, and spine, with double clasp closure, but one clasp is missing the hook. Some spotting on box. Includes an extra set of.....	More
1966. Paris: The Trianon Press, 1966. 80 leaves. Large, unbound folio in stiff, glassine covered wrappers, housed in large, vellum box, stamped with gilt lettering on front, back, and spine, with double clasp closure. Includes two extra sets of colored plates, one on Japanese Nacre hand-made paper, and one on.....	More
Smith, Elizabeth.
The Book of Job translated from the Hebrew, by the Late Miss Elizabeth Smith; WITH: Fragments, in Prose and Verse: by Miss Elizabeth Smith Lately Deceased, with Some Account of Her Life and Character by H.M. Bowdler.
1810. Bath: Printed by Richard Cruttwell, St. James's-Street, Bath; and Sold by Cadell and Davies, Strand, Hatchard, Piccadilly, London; and S. Cheyne, Edinburgh, 1810. 2 vols., 8vo, xv, 208, (1); xii, 274, (1)pp. With a portrait frontispiece in "Fragments". Original tree calf, backstrips stamped in gilt, slightest wear but a......	More
[Writing Blanks, John Fairburn].
Writing blanks depicting "The Lord's Supper" [and] "Paul Preaching at Athens', inscribed with handwriting exercises by the same person a year apart.
1839. [London]: Printed and Published by J. Fairburn, Featherstone, Street City Road [and] Published Oct[obe]r 1st, 1839 by J. Fairburn, 110 Minories. Two handcoloured prints, each bordering calligraphed bible verses, name and date. The first (384 x 486 mm) shows "Paul Preaching at Athens", six smaller scenes from the Book.....	More

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This hospital managed to bring down C-section in expectant mothers
By Younus On September 09, 2018, 5:33 PM IST Health News Womens Health
Caesarean deliveries have nowadays become a mode of profit in various hospitals over the past few years with private/corporate hospitals deciding on the method based on profits rather than opting for the natural way.
According to statistics released by National Family Health Survey 2014-15 (NFHS-4) shows C-Sections have doubled to 20.1% in the last decade while the WHO says the ideal percentage of C –sections in a country should stay between 10-15% of the total number of deliveries in a country, TOI reported.
But there are still some doctors who care about a patients life more than the money they could earn misguiding a patient.
Delhi's Sitaram Bhartia hospital is one such to make a difference to the patients life. This private hospital managed to bring down its overall C-section rate from 78% in 2002 to 18% last year relying on various different steps.
"In vaginal births, labour can extend up to 18 hours. But consultants, who work at multiple hospitals devoting just a few hours to each, prefer C-sections as they are faster," says Dr Rinku Sengupta, head of maternity unit at Sitaram Bhartia.
And to fix this issue, the hospital decided to employ a team of dedicated consultants who dedicate their whole time to this hospital only which ensures the patients no longer have to rely on one time-strapped senior doctor.
The hospital taking its second step brought in a group of nurses trained in midwifery were each patient would be assigned trained nurse.
The third step was to counsel expectant mothers who thought C section was the simpler and safest solution.
"This is a myth and we set up counselling sessions and ante-natal classes to educate women about natural vaginal birth. After counselling, most opted for a natural birth," says Dr Sengupta.
Now doctors are concerned over the growing number of C-Sections which lead to complications in subsequent pregnancies.
Dr Anuradha Kapoor, Obstetrics and gynaecology Head at Max Saket, Delhi, confirms the natural deliveries rate has gone up in recent years.
"Currently, 35 to 40% of all deliveries at our hospital are through C-section and the rest are normal," says Dr Kapoor.
To keep a check on hospitals the Health Ministry of India had instructed private hospitals listed under the Central Government Health Scheme in 2017 to publicly display data of all caesarean deliveries.
But according to Dr Duru Shah, a senior gynaecologist in Mumbai, such reviews on C Sections don't exist in private hospitals, unlike the government hospitals.
Topics:C-section mothers


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The new year is scarcely a month old. Yet we have seen enough to know that the fires raging in different parts of the Middle East and North Africa will not easily abate – and that the firefighting efforts of Western governments may prove no more successful than in the past.
From Algeria to Afghanistan, we see governments whose survival depends on authoritarian rule or the continued support of external powers, or some mixture of the two. In a few places, in particular in Tunisia and Egypt, there has been talk of a transition to democratic institutions, but the path is strewn with obstacles. In many more places, Libya, Algeria, Syria, Iraq and Yemen to name a few, terrorist cells operating under different guises and names are fanning the flames, moving elusively from one flash point to another.
Attacks by Islamist insurgents on US outposts in Benghazi, Libya, at a gas plant in Algeria, and in Mali over the past 12 months may at first sight appear to be unconnected. A closer look suggests they are the interconnected symptoms of a deeper ailment.
In Algeria, on January 16, a group linked with al Qaeda took more than 800 people hostage at the Tigantourine gas facility near In Aménas. The raid mounted by the Algerian special forces managed to free nearly 700 Algerian workers and more than 100 foreigners, but at a high cost: 39 hostages were killed along with an Algerian security guard and 29 militants.
In Mali, the steady collapse of state control over the north of the country was followed by an inconclusive military coup in March 2012, which did little to stem the steady advance of the Saharan branch of al Qaeda. The insurgents were soon in control of the Tuareg north, effectively seceding from the rest of Mali and establishing a harsh form of Islamic law. This is the backdrop to French military intervention which has, for the time being, driven Islamists from the major cities they had occupied across northern Mali.
There is reason to think that in each case the terrorists received both weapons and training from militia camps in Libya.
There is no doubt that the Algerian terrorists had weapons from Libya. There is no doubt that the Malian remnants of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb have weapons from Libya.
He may well have added that the Taliban, which the United States has been fighting in Afghanistan for more than 11 years, is in part "the monster" the US helped to create when it decided to support and arm Islamist groups during the 1980s.
We are also seeing the revolving door of Islamist violence and Western intervention at work in Syria's tragic devastation. In recent months, well armed Jihadist groups appear to be gaining the upper hand among the rebel groups fighting the Assad regime.
In this confused picture, one thing is becoming clearer by the day. US military interventions in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003 have turned out to be costly operations, greatly sapping the strength of the American state, and if anything widening the spread of terror. The Western intervention in Libya suggests more of the same.
Despite hundreds of US drone strikes, the death of Osama bin Laden and the fracturing of al Qaeda, the jihadist movement is organisationally more flexible and geographically more widespread than ever. With US and allied forces to end their combat mission in Afghanistan next year, the Taliban threat remains potent. Some 1100 members of the Afghan security forces have been killed in the past six months, while army personnel have been deserting in growing numbers. The number of al Qaeda fighters may have fallen in Afghanistan, but many have regrouped in Pakistan or shifted their focus to Syria, Libya, Iraq or Mali, Somalia and Yemen.
France's intervention in Mali may have temporarily disrupted the plans of Islamist groups, but for how long? François Hollande may have received a hero's welcome in Timbuktu and Bamako, but French forces can't remain forever. And, once they leave, will Malian forces, even with the support of neighbouring African states, succeed where they have failed in the past?
The political reality is that relations between the north and south of the country have been historically fraught. The Tuareg nomadic communities of the north have launched major rebellions over the years against what they see as exploitative southern rule. This perception is repeatedly reinforced by stories of massacres, the poisoning of wells and score-settling by pro-government militias against Tuareg civilians. Reports of mob lynchings and other reprisal killings of Tuaregs and Arabs by the Malian army as it retakes control of the north of the country can only fan the flames of grievance and mistrust.
The question, then, is not should international forces intervene to protect communities in need of protection? The "responsibility to protect" has rightly become a universally accepted principle.
Instead, the questions are: what form should protection take? Who should do the protecting? What can be done to prevent, rather than simply react to, mass atrocity crimes? What are appropriate strategies for dealing with rampant corruption and deep-seated ethnic, religious and economic divisions? And importantly, who may decide on these questions?
Military intervention conducted or orchestrated by the United States and its allies, however well intentioned, seems increasingly the wrong answer.


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Исмаил Хуссейн (; 30 января 1932, Сунгай-Лимау-Далам, Ян, Кедах — 20 октября 2014, Куала-Лумпур) — малайзийский литературовед, эссеист, . Младший брат Абдуллаха Хуссейна и старший брат Ибрагима Хуссейна.

Краткая биография
Родился в семье мелкого торговца — выходца из Аче. Мать происходила из Южной Бирмы.

Окончил малайскую школу и колледж султана Абдул Хамида в Алор-Сетаре. В 1959 году окончил Университет Малайя, в 1961 году там же магистратуру. В 1964 году защитил докторскую диссертацию в Лейденском университете.С 1960 года преподаватель Университета Малайя, с 1971 года в должности профессора. В 1978—1984 годах — заведующий кафедрой малайских исследований. В 1987—1993 годах — директор Института малайского языка, литературы и культуры при Национальном университете Малайзии.

Первый председатель Федерации национальных объединений писателей (ГАПЕНА) со времени её основания в 1970 году до 2012 года, вице-президент малайского отделения Королевского азиатского общества. В 1965—1995 годах — член, а затем заместитель председателя Правления Совета по языку и литературе Малайзии, член жюри по присуждению Государственных литературных премий. Инициатор проведения ряда международных конгрессов малайского языка (1985, 1996, 2001) и создания Международного секретариата малайцев. В 1996 году принял участие в международном семинаре «Национальное строительство и культурный/литературный процесс в Юго-Восточной Азии» в МГУ, организованном Обществом «Нусантара».

Публикации
Автор многочисленных исследований по классической и современной малайской литературе.
 The study of traditional Malay literature with a selected biliography (1974)
 Kepimpinan dalam Kebudayaan (Власть и культура; 1984)
 Sastera dan agama. (Литература и религия) Diselenggarakan oleh Ismail Hussein (1984)
 Sejarah pertumbuhan bahasa Kebangsaan kita (История развития нашего национального языка; 1984)
 Titian laut: antologi cerpen dan puisi pengarang Utara Malaysia dan Sumatera Utara. (Мост через море II: антология короткого рассказа и поэзии писателей Северной Малайзии и Северной Суматры). Diselenggarakan oleh Jihaty Abadi, Ismail Hussein (1984)
 Titian laut II: kumpulan karya penulis-penulis Malaysia Utara dan Sumatera Utara. (Мост через море II: сборник произведений писателей Северной Малайзии и Северной Суматры). Diselenggarakan oleh Ismail Hussein, Rejab F.I. (1986)
 Cita-Cita dan Perjuangan (Чаяния и борьба; 1987)
 Segugus Pandangan dan Harapan (Мнения и надежды; 1988)
 Antara Politik dan Sastera (Между политикой и литературой; 1989)
 Statements on Malay Language and Literature (Заявления по вопросам малайского языка и литературы; 1989)
 Melayu Akhbar (Величие малайцев; 1989)
 Tamadun Melayu (Малайская цивилизация). Penyelenggara, Datuk Ismail Hussein, Aziz Deraman, Abd. Rahman al-Ahmadi (1989)
 Antara Dunia Melayu dan Dunia Kebangsaan (Между миром малайским и национальным; 1990)
 Pengajian Melayu di Dunia Melayu (Малайские исследования в малайском мире; 1994)
 Dunia Melayu dan Dunia Indonesia (Мир малайский и индонезийский; 1995)
 Bahasa Melayu di Dunia Melayu (Малайский язык в малайском мире; 1995).

Награды
 Орден за верность правителю от султана Кедаха и титул датук (1980)
 Звание почётного доктора Университета Индонезия (1984)
 Орден командора-защитника короны от Верховного правителя Малайзии и титул Тан Сри (1993)
 Звание почётного доктора Университета Мадагаскара (1997)
 Звание почётного профессора Университета Малайя (1997)
 Звание героя-деятеля культуры Кедаха (2002)
 Литературная премия Мастра (2006)

Библиография
 Jejak Langkah Ismail Hussein (Деятельность Исмаила Хуссейна). Bangu: UKM, 1993.
 Busi Kencana. Kumpulan Makalah Memperingati Persaraan Ismail Hussein (Золотая душа. Сборник статей в связи с уходом Исмаила Хуссейна на пенсию). Kuala Lumpur: Akademi Pengajian Melayu, Universiti Malaya, 1994.

Примечания

Писатели Малайзии

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So you found your perfect business idea. You niched down to a specialty. And you felt good about the decision. Now it's time to focus on the success factor: your target market.
A small business will not go far if it did not go through the process of target market research. If you don't know your customer for this product, you will not be successful in the long run.
Sometimes businesses take off without any business plan. They see spikes of traffic or sales, and then it all plummets down. That's from lack of planning.
You may get lucky and have a lot of sales without this step. However, the people who managed to do this have eventually stepped up their planning. That's after realizing their businesses won't last if they didn't!
To avoid the panic, do this before you start your business or launch a product.
If you've already gone into business and discovered this important missed step, it's okay. Because now you're able to pivot your business the right way.
As an entrepreneur, you'll be meeting a lot of people. Whether online or in person, you'll find yourself in many introductions. Treat every connection as an opportunity to build a relationship. You could be taking to your ideal customer, a partner, or someone who will refer you.
If you only say "I'm a designer" then you've lost any chance to see where that relationship can go.
If you say you're a visual designer who helps jewelry shop owners with beautiful e-commerce websites, then there's a better pitch!
If you're making whatever you want to make and then closing your eyes to pull the trigger, you're gambling. Knowing who you serve helps you figure out what to do next.
How will you know if your product is amazing but needs one small tweak?
How will you know if your product is terrible and need to throw out that idea for something simpler?
Let's say you have an amazing online video course to teach parents how to get organized. Your content is great but you notice that the engagement is very low. You find out later that your target market consists of busy homeschooling parents with hectic schedules. They bought the course but forgot about it halfway through.
You then find out that an email course is better for them so that they get daily reminders of the curriculum. Suddenly, engagement skyrockets and people are finishing your course with great success. A small change can make all the difference. But only if you know who they are.
People don't buy from you if they don't trust you. It's as simple as that. If you have a generic email, with generic website copy that targets to everyone, it won't get you anywhere. You will look like you don't know what you're talking about.
If you know what their struggles are, you'll get amazing feedback.
Knowing what they want before they even say anything looks magical. You will become an authority in your space and people will remember you.
1. Where do they hang out?
When you're starting from scratch and don't have an audience, you'll have to find them. Different groups of people rely on different media to get their information.
An older audience who is not tech-savvy will not be hanging out in online forums to get information.
Young millennials and teens will not be utilizing LinkedIn for the latest fashion trends.
Health enthusiasts will not be subscribed to the Walmart newsletter to find the latest paleo snacks.
Usually, if you've chosen a niche, you're interested in the topic and have knowledge of trends. If you know nothing about it, it's time to immerse yourself in that culture. Study it better before you make this your business!
2. What kind of places do they go to?
Again, if you don't have too much information on your industry, you need to take a step back and learn for a few months or more. Here's the thing. If you know your audience well, you can even predict how they'll react in certain situations!
This is a fun way of honing down on a customer. These profiles are not set in stone. They can develop to different people over time. This doesn't have to be perfect, it's just a guide. The main purpose of this is to help you feel like you're speaking to only one person. It's the secret weapon to humanizing your brand!
Extra credit: find a photo of this fictional person!
2. Why is a profile necessary?
Now you can talk to someone when you're thinking of writing an article, website copy or an email. If you know what they're like and what goes on in their everyday lives, then you can speak their language.
For example, experienced graphic designers have a certain lingo. You can mention mood boards, color palettes, vectors, kerning, typography, and so on, without having to explain yourself.
It would be different if you were targeting people who want to learn about graphic design. Then you would have to use a different vocabulary as an introduction. The words mentioned above may have to be explained in articles, courses or emails.
This isn't very fun for people who tend to compare and feel insecure. But this is not the time to feel bad that your business doesn't look like someone else's! It won't and it shouldn't.
Competitive research is for knowing who you serve.
Start easy and choose only one or two businesses. Take note of what it is they're doing.
They have a specialty and a pitch. What is that?
They have a target market. Who are they?
The easiest way to find this is the headline of their website. They're talking to someone and then giving a solution. Now, find out how you can do this better!
For example, if they actually don't have a clear headline and purpose on their website, write that down. You'll have one advantage over them already if you implement that on your site.
Are there features you don't see them offering? Maybe the quality is a little off?
If you have a product or information business, the fastest place to look is on Amazon. Look for the 1, 2, or 3 star reviews and see why they didn't give it a good rating. Is there a way you can improve on that?
The point is to find what the target market wants. Always keep it customer-focused and don't let the competition tell you what to do next. It's easy to offer what others are offering. But maybe they're not listening to the needs of the people.
Remember, let your customers choose, not your competitors!
Ask: As if you're speaking to a friend, ask them what they're struggling with, what they want, or any requests they have. Tell them to reply to the email and that you will read, or better yet, respond to all the emails!
Survey: Send them to a survey. Make one through a form or site like SurveyMonkey. Most people are willing to take this, but you can always give them an incentive. Don't give them any free stuff. Your ideal customer will be buying from you. So your incentive can be a discount. But if you offer something for free, they have the wrong motive.
Segment: With Convertkit*, you can segment your list. For example, you can ask them what they want to know more about. You might list something like: more free stock photos, how to take stock photos, how to edit photos. When they click on one of those links, you can "tag" them to figure out what they want. Now you'll be able to tailor the content according to that.
Track: In the subject, say you have something they might be interested in. Talk about whatever it is you offer in a broad sense. Then give them a few links to blog posts, landing pages, products, etc. Track what they click on to see what they like.
If you don't have an audience, no problem. Do some research online to find out what they're talking about.
Go to popular sites on your niche with an active community. See what kind of questions they're asking the authors.
Don't just look. Write them down in a document. You can turn these into product ideas and content. Use their vocabulary when they asked those questions.
Find out which of these are worth pursuing. Now that you've gathered information on your target market, make sure it's not limited to one or two people only. To make sure this audience is going to make your business successful, you can look up the keywords they were talking about.
This is one of the best tools to make sure a topic is relevant today. Let's say you're selling minimalist jewelry. You heard someone in your market talking about affordable gold-plated necklaces.
Look that up in Google Trends and see if the search volume is high. If it is, then that's the green light to pursue it!
This is another great marketing tool to see the social buzz around a topic. Buzzsumo is free with a limit to how many topics you can search a day. If you need to search a large volume, then they have a paid account.
When you search a keyword, it will make a list of relevant websites and a number of social shares. If gold-plated necklaces are shared a lot on Pinterest and that's where you know your target market hangs out, it's another green light!
Now that you've gone through all that research, it's time to make a solid plan around your audience.
Ask yourself why they should choose you.
How is it better from others out there?
Be strong in your words. Tell yourself that you know them so well, they will need this. What you gain from all this time spent looking for your ideal customers is the confidence to sell.
From this, you will have a good idea what to write on your homepage. If you were paying attention, this would be a headline that is speaking to your readers and giving them a solution. You will also craft your perfect elevator pitch. You know what you do, and now you know who you serve.
Lastly, don't get too hesitant on making it a specific group of people. Remember that it's just a guide. However, if you have a spectacular product or service, there will be plenty outside your target market who will buy from you.
This is a good exercise to do annually as you gain more trust from people.
I wrote an in-depth guide on how to brand your business as a newbie entrepreneur. We go over your how you can define a voice, mission, style, and more. Check out my DIY Branding ebook now!


Imagine a country whose inhabitants work fewer hours than almost any others, whose workforce is not particularly productive and whose children spend less time at school than most of its neighbours.
Hardly a recipe for economic success, you might think.
But the country described above is none other than Germany, Europe's industrial powerhouse and the world's second largest exporter; a country whose economy has single-handedly stopped the eurozone falling back into recession and the only nation rich enough to save the euro.
When you consider that only the Dutch work fewer hours among the 34 members of the OECD, that German children spend 25% less time in the classroom than their Italian counterparts, and that there are six more productive economies in Europe alone, these facts appear all the more remarkable.
So why is the German economy so powerful, and what lessons can the rest of us learn from it?
There is no doubt that Germany has benefited greatly from the euro.
By getting into bed with more sluggish economies in southern Europe, Germany adopted a much weaker currency than would otherwise have been the case - as one of the very few countries in the world running a balance of payments surplus, the deutschmark would have been a great deal stronger than the euro.
This has provided a terrific boost to German exports, which are cheaper to overseas consumers as a result.
But this goes only some way to explaining Germany's current economic might.
Just as important are the relatively low levels of private debt. While the rest of Europe gorged on cheap credit throughout the 1990s and 2000s, German companies and individuals refused to spend beyond their means.
One reason for this, says David Kohl, deputy chief economist at Frankfurt-based Julius Baer bank, is that real interest rates in Germany remained stable, unlike those in other European economies.
"In the UK, Italy, Spain and Portugal, for example, higher inflation meant real rates moved down, so there was a huge incentive to borrow money," he says.
But cultural differences are just as significant - quite simply, Germans are uncomfortable with the concept of borrowing money and prefer to live within their own means.
"In German, borrowing is 'schulden', [the same word for] guilt. There is an attitude that if you have to borrow, there is something wrong with you," says Mr Kohl.
This has been particularly beneficial to Germany in recent years - unlike its European counterparts, consumers and businesses did not need to slash spending to cut their debt levels when banks stopped lending during the recession.
But there are other, deep-rooted reasons behind Germany's current economic pre-eminence in Europe, not least in fact the relatively low number of hours spent at work and in the classroom.
Germany embarked upon a programme of fundamental labour market reform in 2003, sparked by the excesses of post-unification wage increases.
Strong employment protection legislation and a degree of trust on behalf of the workforce in well-capitalised companies that had not over-borrowed, meant the Social Democratic government was able to use its close ties with labour unions to push for moderation in wage inflation.
The reforms laid the foundation for a stable and flexible labour market. While unemployment across Europe and the US soared during the global downturn, remarkably the jobless number in Germany barely flickered.
German workers were simply willing to work fewer hours, knowing that they would keep their jobs because of it.
They were all the more willing to do so due to the stronger bond that exists between workers and employers compared with many other countries.
"There is a culture of business owners acknowledging and rewarding the efforts of the workforce," says Andreas Woergoetter, head of country studies at the OECD's economics department.
No wonder, then, that Germans work fewer hours than most.
More important still to Germany's industrial strength is the country's education system.
School finishes at lunchtime across much of Germany due to what Mr Woergoetter calls a "societal preference", designed to allow children to spend more time with their families.
But it's in the later years of schooling that the German model really stands apart.
"Half of all youngsters in upper secondary school are in vocational training, and half of these are in apprenticeships," says Mr Woergoetter.
Apprentices aged 15 to 16 spend more time in the workplace receiving on-the-job training than they do in school, and after three to four years are almost guaranteed a full-time job.
And in Germany, there is less stigma attached to vocational training and technical colleges than in many countries.
"They are not considered a dead end," says Mr Woergoetter. "In some countries, company management come from those who attended business school, but in Germany, if you're ambitious and talented, you can make it to the top of even the very biggest companies."
The German education system, therefore, provides a conveyor belt of highly skilled workers to meet the specific needs of the country's long-established and powerful manufacturing base, which is rooted in the stable, small-scale family businesses that have long provided the backbone of the economy.
There is clearly much to learn from the German model, but blind replication may not be the answer.
Many economies jealously covet Germany's manufacturing prowess, particularly while demand for its industrial products in emerging markets such as China continues to boom.
And yet, not so long ago, the roles were reversed.


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We are currently working on material for a new Deville album and hope to enter the studio later in the spring for a release this fall.That´s the plan at least. But we will play live also and are heading out with the nice desert/psych rockers Iguana for some shows in Germany in May. Prost!
Reissue of "Come Heavy Sleep" on Spotify.
The special reissue of the album "Come Heavy Sleep" is out on the digital platforms now. Released on limited vinyl on Heavy Psych Sounds in 2013 with a re-recorded version of the song "Rise Above". Listen to it here on Spotify.
Nordic music scene documentary this fall.
New live video recorded in Malmoe, August 2014 as a part of the music documentary Midnight Sun by Javier Sobremazas and Burbuja Films about the nordic music scene. The movie will be out later this year. This is a live recording of the classic Deville song "Deserter".
Brooklyn, New York, USA Tour 2014.
Deville is about to embark their first US tour. It will start next week so be sure to check out the dates americans!
Jun 17, 2014 Columbus, OH – Cafe Bourbon St.
"Come Heavy Sleep" on Vinyl is here!
The 2007 Deville debut album "Come Heavy Sleep" on vinyl is here!
With a new version of "Rise Above" re-recorded during the "Hydra" sessions 2012.
Available in the best record stores and mail orders in Europe and US!
Since a couple of weeks we are joined by our new guitarist Andreas Wulkan who is known from bands like Death Ray Boot etc. A rock n´roller who we believe and hope can be a great force in Deville because of his great taste in music and good experience in the rock n´roll game. Janne unfortunately decided to leave due to the heavy touring last months. So please welcome this new axeman of ours!
"Hydra" on vinyl is here!
The festival season is getting closer for Deville and will start off in a couple of weeks at the Stoned from the Underground festival outside Erfurt in Germany. Great line-up and you can check out the rest of the details here http://www.caligula666.de/. Later in august the festivals continues in Germany and Austria with attached club shows. Be sure to check out the dates!
Check also out our new merch at the shop section!!


BMW Motorrad USA has introduced a totally new concept in on-board luggage and personal storage for the growing number of adventure riders exploring roads less traveled. Intended primarily for use when riding BMW GS-model motorcycles off-road, the Atacama Adventure Luggage System provides more flexibility when piloting expert-level, back-country trails as well as continuing the expedition off the bike at remote camping locations. The luggage system, which utilizes the same case carrier system developed for the original BMW aluminum cases, gives riders an extra level of flexibility and security when navigating more challenging riding conditions and further enhances the capabilities of the GS. Currently, the Atacama Adventure Luggage System is only available through authorized BMW Motorrad USA dealers.
The Atacama Adventure luggage can be installed easily if the motorcycle has the original/stock aluminum case mounts, and can be fit to the following motorcycles: 2004-present R 1200 GS/GS Adventure; 2008-present F 650/700/800 GS; 2014-present F 800 GS Adventure. There are four different fittings depending on which motorcycle the bags will go on, and the bags require adapters to properly fit on the stock BMW case mounts.
Retail cost of the Atacama side case kit is $861.50; the Duffel (top case) is $326.99. Adapter kits range from $126.99 to $243.99 depending on the application.
It's somewhat surprising to see BMW responding so quickly to the release of other soft luggage for adventure bikes like kits from Giant Loop and Mosko Moto. Mosko makes some bags that evoke Giant Loop, and these BMW bags certainly evoke Mosko Moto; in fact, word on the street is that Mosko is making them for BMW Motorrad, but we can only consider that rumor at this point and it has not been confirmed. You can download the entire press release from BMW Motorrad.


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New Faces/New places
Damian Lillard: A new career?
[dropcap font="" size="1″ background="" color="" circle="0″ transparent="0″]T[/dropcap]he first games in the DBL, the Dutch Basketball League, have been played; games have been won, teams have lost, and most of all players and the fans are getting used to the new teams. Like in every league, there were a lot of off-season moves with the players in the DBL.
But who are the new faces (or old faces in new places) in every team? We have selected two players per club, who joined a new team.
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Kevin Bleeker
Photo: New Heroes Den Bosch
Bleeker played in the Spanish competition last season with the club Basket Navarra Club. Before that he played at college level for Canisius College. This will be the first time in six years that Bleeker will play in the Netherlands.
Mike Miklusak
Miklusak was the first foreign player to sign with Den Bosch this year. The American played for the Western Illinois University the last few years. He is known as a great shooter, and averaged 42% on his three point attempts in his last year in college.
Ralf de Pagter
Photo: Landstede
De Pagter joined Landstede this summer, after playing for Den Bosch the last few years.
Franko House
House was the last addition on the roster for the 2017/2018 season. He is a 22-year-old, who played for Ball State in college. In his last year, he was voted the defensive player of the year.
Deividas Kumelis
Kumelis joined the team after Aris parted ways with Earl Brown Jr. Aris had too many options on the forward position, and too little options on the guard position. Kumelis was a good replacement, as he is a talented Lithuanian point guard.
Stefan Mladenovic
Photo: Aris Leeuwarden
Mladenovic played for Groningen last year, and made the step to join Aris in the off-season. In the previous years he played for Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Den Helder and Groningen.
Sergio de Randamie
Photo: ZZ Leiden
De Randamie is a 33-year-old forward/center. He has played for several DBL teams, among which are Groningen, Landstede, Apollo and Rotterdam.
Worthy de Jong
De Jong rejoins Leiden after a one-year absence, where he played for Stade Olympique Maritime Boulonnais. He decided to go back to the Netherlands to be closer to his family.
Jeroen de Baat
Photo: Carla Vos
The best way to introduce this player, is the way Rotterdam did it themselves: "De Baat is back in town". He transferred to the Rochester College Warriors from Rotterdam Basketball back in 2012, and he decided to return to Rotterdam for this season.
Ordane Kanda Kanyinda
Rotterdam also signed a promising Belgian player called Ordane Kanda Kanyinda, who in 20-years-old. He is still under contract with the Telenet Giants Antwerp, but they lent him to Rotterdam for this season. This way, the young point guard will get some experience 'abroad'.
Thomas Koenis
Photo: Donar Groningen
Koenis signed a three year contract with Groningen this summer. This will be his second time for the team in the North, as he already played for Groningen from 2011 to 2015.
Aron Royé
Royé also rejoins Groningen after an absence of 6 years. He previously played in Groningen from 2008 until 2011. In his absence, he played for Apollo and Den Helder.
Basketball Academie Limburg
Jeroen van der List
Photo: SV The Titans
Van der List was a very late addition to the team, as he was only added to the team about two weeks ago. Last season, he played for the Shinsu Brave Warriors in Japan.
Nino Gorissen
Photo: Landslake Lions
Gorissen made his debut this year, as he had not played in the DBL before. Last season, he became champion with his team, Landslake Lions in the promotion division, which is one level below the DBL. This was the right time for him to make the step up.
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Michael Madanly
Madanly is a Syrian basketball player, who made the step up from the Landslake Lions, as well as BAL's Nino Gorissen. In 2007, he was the leading scores in the FIBA Asia Championship, averaging 33.1 points per game.
Benjamin Janssens
Janssens is a 17-year-old, Belgian, guard that joined Apollo over the summer. Last season he played for Okapi Aalstar in Belgium.
The entire Den Helder Suns team can be seen as a new face, as the team rejoins the DBL after an absence of a couple of years.
Neill Lugtenburg
Photo: Den Helder Suns
Lugtenburg is a 17-year-old, Den Helder native, and joins the Suns' team as one of the talents.
Boyd van der Vuurst de Vries
Though the entire Suns team is new, van der Vuurst de Vries will made his debut in the DBL at age 18 in the DBL, after playing for all the youth team in Rijswijk.
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Review: Mumburger at Old Red Lion Theatre
Published on July 1, 2017 January 6, 2018 by Liz
First, a word of warning: don't go and see Mumburger on an empty stomach. It's all kinds of confusing.
Now that we've got that out the way, let's discuss Sarah Kosar's play. Andrea just died in a horrific car accident on the M25, leaving behind her devastated daughter Tiffany (Rosie Wyatt, reprising her Offie-nominated role) and husband Hugh (Andrew Frame). What begins as a seemingly straightforward story of two people struggling to process their grief in very different ways (she's made a Google spreadsheet and is looking at urns on Amazon; he just wants to read the messages of condolence on Facebook and watch his wife's favourite movie) takes a surreal and grisly turn when a mysterious delivery arrives. Inside the greasy bag are burgers – an odd enough sight in a house of committed vegans, even before we learn that they're in fact a "Digestive Memorial" arranged by Andrea as a way to sustain her family after she's gone.
Photo credit: Lidia Crisafulli
If it's visceral theatre you're after, you've come to the right place; it's impossible to watch Mumburger – which follows Tiffany and Hugh's horrified attempts to abide by Andrea's final wish – without feeling some kind of physical reaction. Director Tommo Fowler has obeyed to the letter the writer's instruction that "the actors should consume food when it says they eat", so there's no getting away from either the consumption or the various bodily functions that accompany it. (Or indeed the smell of cooking burgers, which explains the confusion I mentioned earlier.) It's disgusting and messy and uncomfortable to watch, particularly when you add into the mix a series of video projections against the curtain at the back of the set, which verge at times on motion sickness inducing.
But let's put the meat to one side for a second. At its heart, Mumburger is a story about a family coping with the loss of the person that held them together. Though we never meet Andrea, Kosar's script paints a detailed picture of her; it's clear from listening to Tiffany and Hugh argue and reminisce that she was the common link between them, and that without her they're almost strangers who have no idea how to communicate. Both are also pretty annoying in their own ways; Tiffany, played by Rosie Wyatt, is shrill, domineering and self-involved, while Andrew Frame's Hugh would rather play Candy Crush on his iPad than deal with anything even remotely difficult. Each believes that they knew Andrea better and therefore has more right to grieve, and the mumburgers become a physical manifestation of that competition. All of which begs the question: was Andrea's intention really a noble wish to help her bereaved daughter and husband go on, or was it prompted by her own selfish need to maintain her position at the centre of the family for as long as possible?
Many plays about bereavement go for the emotional jugular, encouraging us to feel sympathy for the characters and move us to tears as we watch them bond over memories of their loved one. Mumburger is not one of these plays. You're more likely to come out feeling slightly sick than overwhelmed with emotion (though the play certainly has its moments) but that doesn't make it any less real, and in this regard it's actually oddly refreshing. Death – particularly of the sudden, violent kind – is not romantic or glamorous, but messy and painful. Not everyone who dies is perfect; nor are the people they leave behind. Grief can drive us apart just as much as it brings us together. These may not be truths we want to hear – or see, or smell – but they're truths all the same. Not one for the faint-hearted (or vegetarians), maybe, but Mumburger certainly makes a lasting and powerful impression.
Categories London theatre, Reviews•Tags family, grief, London, Mumburger, Old Red Lion Theatre, review, Sarah Kosar, theatre
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Society Rules and Regulations
White Park Breed
Owning White Parks
History of the breed
White Park Beef
List of WPCS Prefixes
Bull Evaluations
Forms for download
Al Straws
2018 – Centenary of the White Park Cattle Society
May 21, 2018 by Jane Hampson
2018 is a special year for our Society, as it is our centenary.
The 'Park Cattle Society' was formed in January 1918 with the Earl of Tankerville (Chillingham) as Patron, the Duke of Bedford (Woburn) as President, and the Duke of Hamilton (Cadzow) as Vice-President. The first herd book was published in 1919. At that time the herd book included both horned and polled cattle as polled cattle with the White Park colour pattern were incorrectly deemed to be closely related.
By the 1940s the name of the Society had changed to the 'British White Cattle Society' which added further confusion with polled British White cattle. The President was the Duke of Hamilton and the Vice-President was Lord Dynevor, and the heritage horned herds (Dynevor, Cadzow and Woburn/Chartley) provided the senior office holders throughout the life of the herd book.
Following a lapse of thirty years or so registrations resumed in 1974, the first volume of a new herd book was published in 1975, and the White Park Cattle Society was (re)formed in 1983 when the Duchess of Hamilton (Cadzow) was President and the Chairman was G L H Alderson CBE (Dynevor). Lawrence Alderson became President in 1988.
Three donated White Park females move to Herefordshire
April 12, 2018 by Jane Hampson
At the end of 2017 we were contacted by a non-member who had owned three White Park cows for several years, using them for conservation grazing only. The owner was retiring and had decided to re-home his White Parks. But he wanted them to live out their natural lives, as close as possible to his home, and had specified that they could not be used for breeding. If we could find a new owner that met these criteria, the White Parks would be transferred free of charge.
Luckily Dr Greenall of Herefordshire was only too willing to give the three females a new home. Following the necessary movement tests Stoneleigh Ashow, Stoneleigh Grandborough and Pepperbox Alderbury moved to Ledbury and are now living with five other White Parks in the beautiful surroundings Bromesberrow Place.
Ribblesdale Muskateer is Interbreed Champion at Melton Mowbray show
September 12, 2017 by Jane Hampson
Congratulations to members David and Sue Graveston of Bolton by Bowland, Lancashire, whose White Park bull Ribblesdale Muskateer triumphed as the Interbreed Champion at the Melton Mowbray Rare Breeds show and sale held on 9 September 2017.
Claycappagh Lilly blooms at her first show!
September 8, 2017 by Jane Hampson
The Donald family of County Armagh were excited to take their White Park heifer Claycappagh Lilly to her first show, the Gosford Rare Breed show in Northern Ireland. After winning her breed class Lilly and her half sister Louisa Jane went on to win the beef pairs, before Lilly triumphed in the overall championship. Congratulations to Claycappagh Lilly, beautifully shown by the two youngest members of the Donald family, seen below holding their trophy.
2017 – a year of anniversaries for White Park cattle
August 10, 2017 August 10, 2017 by Jane Hampson
For one cattle breed 2017 holds an extra special significance. The White Park Society held a celebratory dinner on 21 July to celebrate several significant historic events. The dinner was hosted by the President of the Society, Lawrence Alderson CBE, and was master-minded by celebratory chef, Mark Hix, with beef from the Bickleigh herd of White Park cattle owned by Society Vice-Chairman, John Lean.
Beef-on-the-bone
It was twenty years since the Society hosted a banquet in 1997 in Butchers Hall, headquarters of The Worshipful Company of Butchers in the historic Smithfield area. The White Park beef-on-the-bone piped around the Great Hall marked the last occasion before the ban on beef-on-the-bone came into effect. However, that anniversary was somewhat fortuitous.
Dynevor
The original purpose of the banquet was to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Rhys ap Gruffydd, the famous ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth in southern Wales who died in 1197. Rhys owned the colour-pointed white cattle which we now know as White Park, and he was a ninth-generation descendant of Rhodri Mawr, who built Dynevor castle as a defence against the Vikings and first brought the white cattle to our attention in 856 AD. His grandson, Hywel Dda, formulated the Welsh Laws in the Venedotian and Dimetian codes in which the cattle appeared as payment of fines for infringement of the ruler's prerogative.
Tawe cows
Therefore, Dynevor cattle, which now are kept on Salisbury Plain, demonstrate a provenance tracing back more than 1,000 years which other British breeds of cattle have not been able to record. But one family in the Dynevor herd can claim an even more remarkably ancient provenance. A paper by Ludwig, Alderson et al has added a new dimension to the history of the breed. It shows that those cows belonging to the Tawe family possess a mitochondrial haplotype which has been passed down the female line from a cow that lived ten thousand years ago.
Sir-Loin
The main purpose of the dinner in July 2017 was an important anniversary celebration for another reason. Although history was an integral factor, it was concerned more with meat quality. In 1617 James I was travelling through Lancashire and in early August was hosted by Sir Richard Hoghton at Hoghton Tower, which was home to a herd of White Park cattle. The obligatory banquet after a day of hunting included beef from the resident herd. The king declared "Finer beef nae man ever put his teeth into. What joint do ye ca' it, Sir Richard?". "The dish, sire, is a loin of beef" replied his host. "A loin! By my faith that is not a title honourable enough for a joint sae worthy. It wants a dignity, and it shall hae it. Henceforth it shall be Sir-Loin, an' see ye ca' it sae". Thereby the excellence of White Park meat was written into the history of quality beef.
The quality of White Park beef remains notable in the twenty-first century for its marbling and flavour. It is marketed as a speciality product which commands a premium with outlets in London and in several provincial centres.
Lawrence Alderson CBE
White Park cattle in front of Dynevor Castle
Maximus is the overall rare breed champion at the Leek Show
July 31, 2017 by Jane Hampson
Council member Amy Cope and her White Park bull Beaudesert Maximus were placed First in the Rare Breed bull class at the Leek Show on 29 July and were then awarded the overall Rare Breed champion. Congratulations Amy and Maximus!
Dinner to celebrate 400th anniversary of "Sir Loin"
August 10, 2017 July 24, 2017 by Jane Hampson
Our dinner to celebrate the 400th anniversary of 'Sir Loin' was held at Hanford in Dorset on Friday 21 July. Members and guests dined on a meal of White Park beef cooked by renowned chef and restaurateur Mark Hix MBE and supplied by farmer John Lean of Tiverton, Devon. The meal was supported by the fine food department store Fortnum and Mason.
In 1617 King James I enjoyed a loin of White Park beef so much at a banquet at Hoghton Tower in Lancashire that he conferred the title of 'Sir Loin' on it. The qualities of marbling and flavour that so impressed him remain the trademarks of White Park beef today.
President of the White Park Cattle Society, Lawrence Alderson CBE, who hosted the dinner, said: "The White Park is an ancient type of cattle kept in Britain for more than 2,000 years. The first written records appeared in the mid-ninth century in Wales and more herds were enclosed by the nobility in parks in other parts of Britain in the thirteenth century. They now are noteworthy not only for their distinctive appearance and beef quality, but also for their ease of calving and thrifty hardiness." The White Park breed is classified as a rare breed by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.
After the dinner had concluded the rare breeds auctioneer Clive Roads of Worcester Livestock Market hosted an auction of items donated to the White Park Cattle Society.
2017 AGM and Open Day
July 25, 2017 July 24, 2017 by Jane Hampson
Our 2017 AGM and open day was held at Hanford Estate in Dorset on 22 July, by kind permission of the Pearson family.
After the formal meeting had concluded we held an open forum. Following lunch the members present were then taken on a tour of the 1800 acre Hanford Estate which, as well as including a herd of White Park cattle, had a state of the art dairy facility, Aberdeen Angus cattle and sheep. There are also some beautiful wildflower meadows and scheduled monuments on the estate. We finished the day with afternoon tea in the farmyard.
We would like to thank Mark, Charlotte and Lucy Pearson for helping us with arrangements and for being such fantastic hosts.
East Farm hosts successful Open Farm Sunday
June 26, 2017 June 26, 2017 by Jane Hampson
Over 1600 visitors attended the Open Farm Sunday event hosted by our members Laura and Robert Cooper who live at East Farm near Avebury in Wiltshire.
As well as the herd of White Park cattle that were on show, visitors were also able to meet pigs, sheep and horses. Children were able to ride on mini self propelled tractors and play in the grain pit, whilst a fake udder was available for anyone who wanted to have a go at milking. Locally sourced food was on sale and the Co-op had brought along an educational game to see if visitors knew where their food came from. And the Wiltshire Museum had brought along some old farming implements to give a flavour of a bygone age.
East Farm has undertaken a great deal of conservation work and together with its neighbouring farm has 5 miles of hedgerows, 7 miles of grass margins and 3 miles of wildflower margins, all of which provide superb cover for birds.
Our thanks go to the Cooper family for their hard work in promoting White Park cattle during the event, and also to members John Barker and Adrian Crocker who went along to East Farm to help them.
New bull Bickleigh Quattro arrives at Dinefrw
June 5, 2017 by Jane Hampson
White Park bull Bickleigh Quattro has arrived at National Trust Dinefrw in order to serve the 30 females in the Dinefrw herd.
Rhodri Thomas, who will shortly take over the reins as head stockman from Wyn Davies, said: "The arrival of a new bull has been highly anticipated.
"To sustain the Dinefwr line, we were searching for a pedigree White Park bull and we are pleased to say we have found that in Quattro.
"It will take him up to four months to serve the whole herd and we'll find out how successful he's been next spring."
The young bull is from a herd of White Park cattle bred in Devon by John Lean, but his family history lies in Dinefwr.
The breed helps to manage the estate at Dinefwr, providing a natural and effective method of keeping wildflower hay meadows at bay.
Retiring Head Stockman, Wyn Davies, is seen below with some of the females in the Dinefrw herd.
Dispersal of White Park herd at Melton Native Breeds Sale on 14 September
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Workday (WDAY) Earnings & Revenues Surpass Estimates in Q3
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Workday Inc. WDAY reported third-quarter fiscal 2020 non-GAAP earnings of 53 cents per share, which soared approximately 71% year over year and beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 39.5%.
Robust growth can primarily be attributed to an improvement of 26.2% in revenues, which totaled $938.1 million. The figure outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues by 1.9%. The upside was driven by solid growth in subscription and professional services revenues.
Quarter in Detail
Subscription services revenues (85.1% of total revenues) rallied 27.9% year over year to $798.5 million on the back of expanding customer base. The figure surpassed management's guidance of $783-$785 million.
Workday ended the fiscal third quarter with more than 42 million users and 3,000 customers.
Further, synergies from Adaptive Insights acquisition and strength in product suite drove revenues in the reported quarter. Management is optimistic regarding the growing clout of Workday Financial Management, Business Planning Cloud, and Workday Prism Analytics offerings.
Backlogs from Subscription revenues came in at $7.19 billion, up 21.8% year over year, primarily on the back of growth in net new bookings and "add-on business and net retention."
Professional services revenues (14.9% of total revenues) grew 17.5% from the year-ago quarter's tally to $139.6 million and surpassed management's guidance of $135 million.
Revenues outside the United States improved 38% to $234 million and contributed 25% to total revenues.
The company witnessed rapid deployment of HCM solution in the fiscal third quarter. The company added 11 Global 2000 and six Fortune 500 companies in the reported quarter.
Key deal wins include Royal Bank of Canada, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Magna International, and Sutter Health. Moreover, companies like the Dow Chemical Company, Glencore National AG, and Telstra Corporation, went live with Workday's solutions during the fiscal third quarter.
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Operating Margin Details
Non-GAAP expenses pertaining to Product development, Sales and marketing, and General and administrative climbed 11.8% year over year to $568.6 million.
The company generated non-GAAP operating income of $142.6 million, up 186.9% year over year.
Non-GAAP operating margin expanded 850 bps on a year-over-year basis to 15.2% on higher revenue base and expense control measures. The company had anticipated non-GAAP operating margin of approximately 10.5%. Notably, the company had anticipated expenses pertaining to marketing initiatives and hiring, which have moved into the fiscal fourth quarter.
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were $2.10 billion as of Oct 31, 2019 compared with $1.93 billion in the previous quarter.
Workday generated operating cash flow of $258 million compared with prior-quarter figure of $100.3 million.
Current unearned revenues came in at $1.795 billion, reflecting annual growth of 23%. Total unearned revenues (including non-current portion) were $1.881 billion, up 19.8% from the year-ago quarter's level.
For fourth-quarter fiscal 2020, Workday expects subscription revenues in the range of $828-$830 million (indicating year-over-year growth of 23%). Professional services revenues are projected at $134 million.
The company raised fiscal 2020 guidance for subscription services revenues. It now expects subscription services revenues in the range of $3.085-$3.087 billion (previously $3.06-$3.07 billion). Professional services revenues are now projected to be around $529 million (previously $520 million).
The company continues to expect non-GAAP operating margin to be approximately 13%, up from the prior guidance of 12.3%. The guidance takes recently announced acquisition of Scout RFP for approximately $540 million in cash into account. The company expects the buyout to close in fourth-quarter fiscal 2020.
For fiscal 2021, management expects subscription services revenue of approximately $3.73 billion, indicating growth of approximately 21% year over year. Scout RFP is anticipated to contribute less than 1% to subscription services revenue growth.
For fiscal 2021, non-GAAP operating margin is anticipated at 14%. Excluding the Scout acquisition, non-GAAP operating margin is envisioned at approximately 15.5%. Over the long-term, Workday is committed to achieve non-GAAP operating margin of more than 25%.
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Reviews | Yael Shavitt's 'Split' is available to stream on Amazon Prime
Two worlds of what if
Yael Shavitt's 'Split' is available to stream on Amazon Prime
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How often do you wonder, what if? Yael Shavitt as Sam in 'Split.' (Image courtesy of Split the Series.)
As I continue to consume copious amounts of TV and movies in quarantine, I am always on the lookout for content that stands out among the unquantifiable array of options. Split, a new TV series created by and starring Israeli-born filmmaker Yael Shavitt, distinguishes itself from many others by offering six 10-minute episodes. The multifaceted Shavitt also wrote and edited the series, as well as spearheading an all-woman and gender-nonconforming production team and on-set crew. While the wholesome and comforting messages of the series leave you with the feeling of a warm hug, it is not enough to forgive the generic script or cast of caricaturelike characters, in a format that potentially hinders the story.
After the audition
The series follows two different paths for Sammy, an aspiring actor, 12 years after a pivotal audition for an arts high school. In one life she is Sam, an actor with a promising career who is in a rocky relationship with her girlfriend Emma; and in the other life, she is Samantha, a timid assistant director stuck in a stale relationship with aloof boyfriend Matthew.
These intriguing bite-sized episodes reminded me of the French theater concept known as tréteau or "trestle." Developed by prominent stage actor and educator Jacques Lecoq, it is the idea of telling big stories in a small space. Ideally, this constrained structure facilitates imaginative and economic ways of storytelling. Split efficiently uses scoring, a small ensemble, and the focus on key themes to fit a short timeframe. As is the case with sci-fi subgenres, the series is left to audience interpretation. However, here, this Butterfly Effect-inspired concept ultimately feels squeezed into 50 minutes, leaving the narrative, character objectives, and elements of the world reduced to a series of trite moments.
An essential reminder
Shavitt is charming and endearing as two versions of the same person, with a subtle and convincing performance. However, the supporting characters are carbon copies of those we have seen before: the gay best friend, the cute bookstore girl, the airheaded boyfriend, and the uplifting teacher make nearly every moment formulaic.
These wholesome themes of Split offer comfort as we continue living in a global pandemic. With abundant uncertainty ahead of us, I often find my mind wandering through what if and what could have been, my brain's desperate attempt to feel control in an uncontrollable situation. Split is a gentle reminder that there will be roadblocks and complications no matter the route you take; what is essential to remember is that you are enough just as you are, and that is a mantra worth repeating.
Image description: A still from the TV series Split. Actor Yael Shavitt is standing in a store with two large bottles of beer cradled in her arm. She pauses at a refrigerated case with a thoughtful expression, her hand on the handle. The glass of the case has her reflection. She has long black hair and wears a blue shirt.
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Split is available to watch on Amazon Prime.
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Star Wars Sets Location in Tunisia
Star Wars was truly a classic movie series. It is rare to find someone over the age of 20 who has not seen the original Star Wars movies. It was one of the most successful series ever, and viewers enjoyed being taken to a galaxy far, far away, where everything was different. But in order to film Star Wars, the producers had to work with what they were given in this particular galaxy, as space travel for the purpose of filming a movie was not a financially viable option at the time.
As a result, several locations around the world look just a little too familiar to hardcore Star Wars fans. Though many different areas and landscapes were used to film Star Wars, much of the filming took place in Tunisia. Tunisia's climate is dry and warm, which made it a perfect setting for the fictional planet Tatooine.
Star Wars fans will be happy to learn that they can visit the filming locations of Star Wars, scattered throughout the nation of Tunisia. If you allow yourself to get lost in the ambience of the area, it's not too difficult to imagine that you are really on Tatooine.
One of the most popular filming locations in Tunisia is the site of Luke Skywalker's home. Today, the building operates as a hotel. In order to attract tourism and ultimately bring in more foreign money, many Tunisian people have decorated the film sites with Star Wars memorabilia. If you are a Star Wars fan, and are willing to take a trip to Tatooine – oops – Tunisia, then read the rest of this article.
Hint: you can use the information in this article on Google Maps to see the Star Wars locations without having to travel there. Plus you can map it to see how to get there.
Matmata
Lars homestead interior
Lat/Long coordinates 33.54253,9.967341
For true Star Wars fans, this is the main attraction. Any fan would absolutely love to see the interior of the Lar's homestead, but when they find out they can actually sleep there, they are happy as can be. The hotel, Sidi Driss, caters to fans by offering a Star Wars inspired menu, as well as a good selection of memorabilia from the movies.
Lars homestead interior – Matmata (Photo by Jean-Marc Matthey)
Medenine
Anakin Skywalker's home
Lat/Long coordinates 33.347272,10.492051
Tunisia is not a densly populated place, and there are only a few large cities. One of these cities is Medenine, which is considered the largest town in the southeastern region of Tunisia. Another granary, Ksar Madenine, was used in the Star Was films as Anakin Skywalker's home.
Skywalker Alley – Medenine (Photo by Bernard Gagnon)
Ksar ouled soltane
If you're wondering why the name Tataouine sounds so familiar, it's because that's where the fictional planet Tatooine got its namesake from! Although the town name played a key role in the movie, no shots were actually filmed there. Several shots were filmed in the surrounding areas/outskirts of the town, however. The main scene was from Episode I and featured a background shot of the local Ghorfa (grain storage building) located in Ksar Ouled Soltane, used in the movie as the Slave Quarters.
Ksar Ouled Soltane – Tataouine (Photo by Michael)
Located north west of Chott el-Djerid, Tozeur is a Tunisian oasis. This beautiful city is well shaded with thousands of palm trees, and is a popular tourist attraction. Within walking distance from the Sahara desert, Toezeur was the perfect place to film many Star Wars movie scenes.
Lars Homestead Exterior
Lat/Long coordinates 33.842823, 7.779038
While not located directly in Toezeur, the site of the Lar's Homestead is close enough to the city to make a day trip to. Specifically, the site is located at Chott El Jerid, which is part of the salt lake flats, that stretch 5,000 km through Tunisia and parts of Algeria. In this environment, Luke's home sticks out like a sore thumb – an igloo in the middle of a salt flat. This location of Luke's house was only used for the exterior shots. There is no underground house here, although the crew dug craters near the house, to give the impression that there is more to the site than meets the eye.
This site should ideally be visited in the evening. As the sun sets, you can view an unbelievable sunset, with the profile of the little igloo the only building in site. This igloo has a lot of meaning for Star Wars fans. It was used a lot in the original trilogy, and was then destroyed. However, the producers realized that they needed it to film the newer movies, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. In Attack of the Clones, the funeral for Shmi Skywalker was held at the little igloo near Toezeur, and in Revenge of the Sith, the igloo made an appearance in the very last scene of the film.
Lars Homestead exterior – Tozeur (Photo by Hoylen Sue)
Mos Espa
Lat/Long coordinates 33.994296,7.842677
Standing out like a sore thumb in the middle of the dessert is the set of Mos Espa. Many scenes in the Star Wars series were filmed at this location. The cool thing about this location is that almost everything has been left intact over the years. Most settings, like the Pod Racing area, the gates of Mos Espa, Watto's shop, and many others, still contain many of the original props used in the movies. The Tunisian people have, for the most part, no knowledge of Star Wars, but they know that these locations keep the tourism money flowing, so they leave the sets intact.
If you remember the epic Jedi duel in episode I between Darth Maul and Qui-Gon Jin, you might recognize the mountains of sandstone located a few hundred meters from the set of Mos Espa. These protruding pieces of sandstone are called Yardangs, and are easily visible from most of the Mos Espa set.
The Mos Espa set – Tozeur (Photo by Srdjan Djordjevic)
Sith infiltrator landing site (Oung Jmel)
Oung Jmel, better known to most as the Camel Head Rock, is located about 6km east of the set of Mos Espa. In the newer Star Wars movies, this setting was used to film Darth Maul arriving on Tatooine. This is where the Sith Probes were released, and it is also where the shot of Darth Maul flying over the cliffs in pursuit of Anakin and Qui-Gonn was filmed.
Sith infiltrator landing site – Tozeur (Photo by Jennifer)
Juntland Wastes
Sidi Bouhel, otherwise known as the Juntland Wastes, is located 23km north-east of Tozeur. Amazingly, this canyon was used in 9 shots in the Star Wars movies. The same canyon has been used to film The English Patient and Raiders of the Lost Ark, as well, but Lucasfilm used it the most, unnofficially dubbing it "Star Wars Canyon".
The canyon itself is beautiful, even if you're not a Star Wars fan. It is a narrow gorge with 200 foot cliffs, and a dry river bed running down the middle, all the way from Jebel Krefane. The gorge is significant in the movies, as this is the location that Luke is attacked by Tusken Raiders, and is then saved by Obi-Wan, and introduced to him for the first time. At the front canyon entrance, you might notice a familiar setting: the Sandcrawler parking lot. And just a bit further outside the mouth of the canyon, you'll recognize the location of the Jawa massacre, committed by Imperial Stormtroopers.
Star Wars Canyon – Tozeur (Photo by Roger Noguera Arnau)
Djerba is an island in the Gulf of Gabes, off the coast of Tunisia. It is a popular tourist destination because of its sandy beaches, resorts, and beautiful hotels. It also boasts 2 Star Wars filming locations, both on the western side of Djerba.
Ben's Hermitage
Making its first and only appearance in Episode IV, Ben's Hermitage (the house of Obi-Wan Kenobi) is one of the attractions on Djerba. Today, the building is used as a storage facility for local fishermen.
Ben's hermitage – Djerba (Photo by Hoylen Sue)
Toshi Station
Located a few miles north of Ben's Hermitage is the Tunisian temple, Sidi Jemour. In the Star Wars movies, this buildingwas seen as Toshi Station in Anchorhead. The only shot of this building happens when a Landspeeder heads into Anchorhead, en route for Mos Eisley.
Toshi Station in Anchorhead – Djerba (Photo by eckart1)
As a nation, Tunisia is a beautiful place. Though it appeals to Star Wars fans in a special way, there is plenty to see here for anyone, even if you don't like the movies. One of the best ways to explore Tunisia is to simply rent a car and start driving in a chosen direction. If you're looking for an affordable, fun vacation, consider Tunisia today!
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Will Schweller '17 on "My Favorite Piece in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art" Archives
March 27, 2017 by Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Will Schweller, class of 2017
The Museum contains too many incredible works spanning enumerable schools and media to truly have a favorite piece. That being said, I really enjoy Abraham Bloemaert's Studies of Running Figures. The drawing likely dates from 1590–1650, and was given to the College by James Bowdoin III upon his death in 1811. It shows several studies of running figures and two red chalk studies of muscled arms. Bloemaert no doubt used this drawing to help hone his skills in rendering an individual in motion. The figures drawn are likely Niobids, a family slain by the Greek gods for their hubris. The figures in this drawing strongly resemble running figures in Death of the Niobids, a Bloemaert painting that is currently in the collection of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.
"Studies of Running Figures," 1590–1650
, pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, by Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch, 1566–1651. Bequest of the Honorable James Bowdoin III.
I'm drawn to this work for a number of reasons. As an art history major who can't draw something to save his life, I love how Bloemaert uses this drawing to experiment and practice. Visually, I like the effect created by the contrast of the two arm studies, done in red chalk, and the figure studies in black ink. The arms are almost the same size as the figures, which looks surreal and makes the drawing all that more interesting. I wrote about this drawing for the catalogue of the upcoming exhibition Why Draw? 500 Years of Drawings and Watercolors at Bowdoin College. Lastly, this particular drawing, and all the drawings from the James Bowdoin III bequest, fascinate me because of their provenance. Last semester I undertook an independent study in which I researched the provenance of several paintings given to the College by Bowdoin. His bequest is the foundation upon which the Museum's collection is built, and I think it is awesome to imagine that these works have been a part of the College's history for most of its lifespan.
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Subhash Chand | Scientist-III & Head, Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Laboratory,
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Almost 10 years of Experience in Quality Control & Regulations of Biologicals (Viral Vaccines & Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies) and Pharmaceuticals. Worked previously in Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Baddi, H.P. from 2008 to 2010. Joined NIB in March 2010 and presently working as Scientist –III & Head of Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody laboratory at NIB. Done M.Sc. (Microbiology) from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla (India) and MBA in 'Human Resource Management' from Symbiosis University, Pune (India). Have 05 publications in his credit and attended more than 15 conferences. Participated in more than 05 Regulatory Inspections with CDSCO as a Subject Expert including GMP inspections, CMC data verification and Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) inspection.
Brief about the Institute Presently Working
National Institute of Biologicals (NIB) is an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, with the mandate to test Biological products, both imported and manufactured indigenously. It has been notified under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act to function as Central Drugs Laboratory i.e. National Control Laboratory and has been accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) as per ISO 17025.
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Countries across the globe are concerned about the safety and efficacy of the drugs supplied. As India expands its biologics supply globally, there is an increased emphasis in ensuring uniformity in inspection requirements for drugs manufactured in India. This panel discusses how global regulators such as US FDA, EMA can work closer together with CDSCO in ensuring uniformity in GMP inspections.
Overview of India's inspection landscape and updates
Understanding the differences and overlaps in current standards
Exploring ways for various regulators to work closer together, including more combined inspections for newly recruited CDSCO inspectors
Moderator: Lakshmi Achuta, Assistant General Manager – Quality and Regulatory Compliance, Syngene International Ltd
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Mr. Mayur Parmar is working as Drugs Inspector in Food and Drugs Control Administration, Ministry of health and family welfare, Govt. Of Gujarat. He is carrying five years of rich experience and during his tenure he has inspected various Drug manufacturing sites, drugs Distribution...
Subhash Chand, Scientist-III & Head, Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Laboratory,, National Institute of Biologicals, (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India)
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Subhash Chand, Scientist-III & Head, Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Laboratory,,
National Institute of Biologicals, (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India)
Almost 10 years of Experience in Quality Control & Regulations of Biologicals (Viral Vaccines & Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies) and Pharmaceuticals. Worked previously in Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Baddi, H.P. from 2008 to 2010. Joined NIB in March 2010 and presently working as...
Chandra Sekhar, Vice President of Quality Pharma, Reliance Life Sciences
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Chandra Sekhar, Vice President of Quality Pharma,
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Chandra Sekhar is currently Vice President-Quality-Pharma at Reliance Life Sciences based in Navi Mumbai. Prior to that, he was looking after the Data Integrity function at Ranbaxy. He is a Certified Quality Auditor from American Society for Quality (ASQ). He has Pharma QC, QA, Compliance...
K Bangarurajan, Deputy Drugs Controller West Zone, CDSCO
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UB moved up five spots on Sierra Club magazine's "Cool Schools" ranking for 2017. The university landed at No. 52, up from 57 last fall, on the environmental group's annual list of schools that are ahead of the curve when it comes to sustainability.
More than 220 four-year undergraduate colleges and universities from the U.S. and Canada were eligible for the rankings after completing detailed questionnaires.
Each school received a score based on performance across a range of categories, including energy usage, innovation, purchasing and transportation. Sierra Club collaborated with the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education to gather the raw data for its rankings.
UB, which scored 607.60 points out of a possible 1,000, was one of only two SUNY schools among the top 55. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry was No. 4 on the list. College of the Atlantic came in at No. 1.
The scoring system used reflects the broader priorities of the Sierra Club. For example, the organization awarded a significant percentage of points in the areas of campus energy use, transportation and fossil fuel divestment because it believes that progress in these sectors is essential for addressing the climate crisis, according to an FAQ on the Cool Schools website.
The rankings are compiled to serve as a guide for prospective students, current students, administrators and alumni to compare colleges' commitments to environmentalism.
The full list is available on the Sierra Club's website.


The Imperial has great flavour because of its balance of sugar and acid.
The skin of the fruit is soft, thin and easy to peel. Juice levels vary from 35% upwards and the fruit is firm once peeled.
Externally the fruit is a yellow-orange, medium to small in size and oblate in shape. The skin has a distinctive glossy appearance which can look slightly lumpy. The fruit radiates a strong pleasant aroma.
Fruit size and seed number may be reduced in large solid plantings.
Fruit must be clipped from the tree. This variety has a short postharvest life of 2 to 4 weeks depending on maturity at harvest.


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