Ten innovative IT projects were crowned winners of the Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015 at a ceremony during Cloud World Forum.
The Computer Weekly European User Awards honours IT professionals across Europe that have excelled in their approach to using technology. Some 130 entries were narrowed down to a shortlist of 50 finalists.
Brian McKenna, business applications editor at Computer Weekly, presented the winners with their trophies at the conference, which took place at the Olympia National in London on 24 June 2015.
The Computer Weekly European User Awards announcement was part of a joint ceremony in which McKenna also announced the winners of the Cloud World Series Awards and Navispace awards.
MTGx, entered by Load Impact.
European Bioinformatics Institute, entered by Delphix.
Home Office, entered by Equal Experts.
Amatis Networks, entered by Tintri.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, entered by Nexthink.
British Gas Smart Metering (BGSM), entered by Qlik.
In 2013, MTGx acquired the rights to broadcast the 2014 Winter Olympics throughout Sweden. As Sweden is quite competitive in winter sports, MTGx expected a significant amount of traffic accessing their various sites, as well as the live stream offered on os.viaplay.se.
Load Impact was commissioned to help execute a series of load and performance tests prior to the start of the Olympics.
Judges said: "MTGx tested several worst-case scenarios for the Winter Olympics, including massive usage spikes, and identified bugs that could have severely impacted the performance of the site. The entry demonstrates the importance of testing way beyond normal thresholds.
Genomic research is one of the most exciting areas in science, and the UK is proudly playing a leading role with the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) in Cambridge.
Set to improve efficiency of treatments and cut costs, genomics will usher in a new age of personalised medicine that focuses on treating patients not just by their current illness, but their specific genetic makeup. However, the technological implications of this data-intensive research on datacentre infrastructures are only just being understood.
When the first human genome was sequenced, it took 10 years and cost almost £10bn. Now it can be done in days, if not hours, and costs under £650. However, as this area of life science develops, the amount of data it generates and demands is growing exponentially.
The EBI is part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and operates as a non-profit organisation providing freely available data from life science experiments to support researchers in academia and industry.
EBI already holds over 50 petabytes of data in three datacentres in the UK, and this is doubling every year. This means in just five years time they could have well over 1.5 exabytes of data – or 1.5 million terabytes.
To take control of this explosion in data and the accompanying infrastructure, EBI employed Delphix's data-as-a-service (DaaS) platform. Having already modernised its computing through server virtualisation, revolutionising the data architecture in its datacentres was the next step to cope with the data onslaught.
Using the Delphix DaaS platform, EBI began a project to virtualise the 500 databases that hold the metadata for genome datasets. This data can be provided as a service to its various teams, enabling each developer to create their own environment on demand without affecting the datacentre processing power or increasing storage requirements.
The Natural Resources Wales (NRW) ICT team has delivered a complex programme of change and unification of IT systems, merging three government bodies into a single entity, consolidating the functions of Countryside Council for Wales, Environment Agency for Wales, Forestry Commission for Wales, along with certain Welsh Government functions.
Equal Exerts supports the Home Office in delivering the Visa exemplar system called the UKVI Online Application Service.
UKVI Online Application Service: A single online application process for all visa and immigration services.
Case-working Tool: A modern, resilient case-working tool for the Home Office.
Immigration Identity Assurance System: An integrated platform providing a single view of customers and their history.
With an annual turnover in excess of £320mn, Osborne employs around 1,000 staff and several thousand sub-contractors working on up to 90 sites across the UK. Osborne clients span both private and public sector, including critical national infrastructure such as rail, road, health and education projects. The company has been an early adopter of technologies such as building information modelling (BIM), thin client and virtualisation to help streamline the construction process.
IT access for construction sites offers many benefits, but has in the past proved problematic to deliver. Osborne originally covered the site connectivity gap by providing 3G dongles, 3G routers or wired broadband. Osborne found a great deal of inconsistency in this approach and turned to Onwave.
Onwave's managed service takes advantage of any available access method to improve the performance, reliability and flexibility of IP connectivity. As an internet service provider, Onwave delivers a complete managed service comprising hardware, software and maintenance, and will deliver traffic from each site through its own network, directly into the clients' datacentre.
Amatis Networks, a UK-based end-to-end network systems provider was in need of more suitable storage technology. It was determined that a scalable private cloud deployment was the best approach for its customers' environment.
One of its customers' experienced operational problems on a daily basis in its environment. The customers' virtual machines (VMs) were crashing during peak times, and the existing infrastructure was unable to support the availability needed.
Amatis wanted the ability to easily deploy virtual applications and VMs through a web interface and provide continuity of configuration across all sites. Customers were also asking Amatis to take responsibility of the day-to-day management, security and alerting for new environments.
By taking a simple, appliance-based approach the Tintri system emerged as the best choice for the customer's environment. The system would enable Amatis to gain an exceeding level of support and engagement from the smart storage.
Nexthink's user IT analytics helped deliver tactical and strategic benefits to University College London Hospitals (UCLH) in the first year. UCLH was looking for greater intelligence on the performance and utilisation of IT assets across its managed technical estate to help improve efficiency and plan for longer-term strategic investments.
In its first year, Nexthink helped the ICT department become more proactive in its approach to the management of incidents, security and rationalisation of the estate, and enabled it to become a more intelligent customer.
Judges said: "This security project is an excellent example of security supporting the business through providing strategic and tactical benefits at the same time as improving information security.
The Open University Production Portal is a Microsoft Azure cloud-based application used to manage the production of the thousands of hours of audio/video (AV) content the Open University (OU) creates each year for its students and the general public. Every year, more than 10,000 pieces of AV content are commissioned and produced for the university by a large number of external production companies.
Prior to the project, the production process in the OU was ineffective. It promoted duplication of effort resulting in lost man-hours and could not adequately track what third-party assets were used in the AV content.
The answer to these problems was the brainchild of the OU's Licensing and Acquisitions department. The Production Portal project was launched in late 2013, with the aim of running in time to manage the production of the 2014-2015 academic years' content.
British Gas Smart Metering (BGSM) was founded in 2010 to roll out smart meters to British Gas customers across the UK. So far, the company has installed more than one million meters in homes across Britain, but will install 16 million by 2020.
The logistics behind scheduling engineers to travel and access customer homes and fit the smart metering equipment is a complex process, especially with so many customers to serve. The company decided to invest in its business intelligence and data to help streamline the process and deploy meters more effectively. Smart meters are designed to help consumers monitor and use energy more efficiently and will revolutionise this industry.
Following three months' proof of concept activity, QlikView was chosen as the platform to deliver the performance view and an element of self-service analysis, while Hadoop Data Lake Platform was used for data storage and consolidation.
As part of the delivery, the Data Lake now has more than nine billion records available to the customers of the QlikView dashboards delivered by the project and it consumes data from multiple data sources, including more than 150 SAP tables from that source system alone. On average the Qlikview dashboards process files with more than four billion records and fetch 45 million records daily. Using QlikView, British Gas can quickly pull data together into a single application.
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is the fourth largest company in Wales. The company is responsible for providing more than three million people with a continuous, high-quality supply of drinking water and for taking away, treating and properly disposing of wastewater.
The billing system is vital to the smooth running of the business, as it issues bills to the value of over £800m to its customers each year. It holds the key data to enable it to successfully respond to nearly 800,000 customer calls per year and processes more than 1.1 million meter reads per year.
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water took the decision to act as the system integrator. After an intense procurement process, the product RapidXtra (from Echo Managed Services) was selected as the core billing engine.
Judges said: "Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is responsible for providing more than three million people with clean water. Its Billing Replacement Programme (Newid), beginning in 2012 and going live in January 2015, was a large, complex change management programme. Welsh Water was its own systems integrator.


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Our Anti-Corruption Policy
Key Risk Consulting Asia ("KRCA" or "the Company") policy prohibits bribery in any form. It is KRCA's policy to comply with the letter and the spirit of anti-corruption laws in every jurisdiction in which we do business. KRCA's Anti-Corruption Policy demonstrates and reflects our commitment to the highest prevailing international anti-corruption standards.
Being domiciled in Malaysia, the Company is subject to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009. In so far as we do business with, and on behalf of, companies subject to their home domiciled anti-corruption laws, such as the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the "FCPA") and the UK's Bribery Act 2010, these have broad extra-territorial effect with which we also seek to comply.
In addition, laws implementing the OECD Convention Against Corruption, the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, and additional laws in countries in which the Company operates, governs the conduct of KRCA members in these jurisdictions. Virtually all of these laws prohibit the bribing of "Government Officials". The UK Bribery Act, and various laws in many jurisdictions (including some U.S. states) also criminalize the bribing of private persons.
This Policy is applicable to the Company and its affiliates worldwide. Where specific conduct may be permitted under this Policy but is prohibited by local law, KRCA members must comply with local law, and KRCA's Agents are responsible for ensuring that their teams, working under the Company's direction, or under an engagement agreement comply with this Policy. Where additional guidance is needed, please contact KRCA's Executive Director ("the Executive Director").
All members of the Company, and its Agents, are subject to this Policy. It also applies to any third parties acting on the Company's behalf and for its benefit. All members of the Company are expected to become familiar with and comply with this Policy, to participate in training on an annual basis, and to communicate its tenets when engaging with colleagues, Agents, and third parties
KCRA prohibits engaging in, or tolerating, bribery or any other form of corruption.
This includes the giving or receiving of bribes, kickbacks, or any other kind of improper benefits, and stipulates on conflicts of interest, whether involved in dealings with government officials or private entities.
No employee will be penalized for failing to take a bribe.
If members have any doubts or questions as to whether their conduct is permissible under governing law or this Policy, they should contact the Executive Director.
KCRA Anti-corruption Policy
Anything of Value
For the purpose of this Policy, the term Anything of Value is defined to include both financial and other non-financial advantages. Things of value include, for example, gifts, entertainment, favors, services, loans and loan guarantees, the use of property or equipment, job offers, transportation, the payment of expenses or debts, and any gratification as defined under Malaysian Law and applicable international statutes.
The Policy makes no exception with regard the value of an advantage, sought or given, made with intent to bribe.
While not specifically recognized as bribery in some jurisdictions, this Policy prohibits facilitating payments (sometimes referred to as speed or grease payments) made solely to expedite or secure the performance of routine actions such as:
Obtaining licenses, permits and other official documents to qualify to do business in a foreign country;
Processing governmental papers
Obtaining police or other government enforcement agency; and assistance
Actions of a similar nature.
It may be permissible, in relation to Company business with a Government Official, to incur expenses in connection with the legitimate promotion or demonstration of the Company's services and products. Such expenses are discussed more fully below.
Associates and Agents
KCRA will use third parties to conduct work in specific locations or requiring specific expertise. When such third parties are operating under direct tasking (whether under contract or not) from the Company, they are regarded as being Associates and Agents ("Agents") and, as such, subject to the contents of this Policy, as described from here on. These may include: consultants, Agents, representatives, sub-contractors, or other third parties.
The term Government Official is broadly defined to include any individual who holds a legislative, administrative, or judicial position of any kind, whether appointed or elected; who exercises a public function; or who is a member, official or Agent of a public body, or public international organization (such as the United Nations, the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund). Government Official also includes any official of a political party, and any candidate for political office.
Our Policy also extends the definition of Government Official to any executive, officer, Agent, or employee of a government-owned, or government-controlled business (such as state-owned bank or utility, a sovereign wealth fund, or a public university).
Under this Policy, Government Official includes any person who is acting in an official capacity for the entities described above, including a private consultant who also holds a position with, or acts in behalf of, a government, or with a public international organization, or with and enterprise owned or controlled by a government.
Improper Advantage
A violation of this Policy, through the giving or agreeing to give a Government Official a thing of value, may arise in many ways, not just solely in the context of trying to win a contract or business.
Governing laws and our Policy prohibit a payment made with the intent (whether expressed or implied) to secure any business advantage. For example, improper payments or benefits may not be offered or given to a Government Official:
To influence the award of a government contract;
To prevent some governmental action, such as imposition of a fine;
To obtain confidential information about opportunities for business, bidding, or competitors' actions;
To obtain a permit or license, other than to cover appropriate fees;
To obtain relief or exemption from government controls or regulations of any kind; or
To affect the nature of regulations or the application of regulatory provisions.
Bribery of Government Officials
The Company, its partners, members and Agents are prohibited from offering, promising or giving anything of value to a Government Official, directly or indirectly, with the intention of influencing him or her in his capacity as a Government Official to obtain or retain business, or obtain or retain a business advantage.
This Policy prohibits an offer or promise of a bribe, even if the Government Official rejects the offer, or it fails to bring about the desired outcome.
In relation to Company business with Government Officials, in certain circumstances it may permissible to incur reasonable and proportionate expenses, in good faith, to further the promotion of the Company's services and products, including the provision of hospitality.
Expenses in such circumstances are specifically discussed further on in the Policy under 'Meals, Entertainments, Travel, and Gifts'.
The term Government Official is broadly defined to include any individual who holds a legislative, administrative, or judicial position of any kind, whether appointed or elected; who exercises a public function; or who is an official or Agent of a public international organization (such as the United Nations, the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund). Government Official also includes any official of a political party, and any candidate for political office.
In addition, under our Policy, Government Official also includes any executive, officer, Agent, or employee of a government-owned, or government-controlled business (such as state-owned bank or utility).
Private Sector Bribery
The Company, its partners, members and Agents are prohibited from offering, promising or giving anything of value to a private person, directly or indirectly, with the intention to induce a person to improperly perform, or abstain from performing, a function or activity, such as required by his or her work or other quasi-official dealings (such as holding a position on the board or management committee of a private society, building, or social club), or to reward a person for having improperly performed, or abstained from performing, a function or activity required in the course of his or her work, or other quasi-official dealings.
An offer or promise of a bribe, even if rejected by the private person, or it fails to bring about the desired outcome, is also prohibited under the Policy.
In relation to Company business with private persons, it may be permissible to incur reasonable and proportionate expenses, in good faith, to further the promotion of the Company's services and products, including the provision of hospitality.
Solicitation, Extortion, Health and Safety
Payments are prohibited, even if requested or demanded by a Government Official, or where threatened by the Government Official with adverse action against the individual or Company unless a payment is made.
On an occasion when it may be necessary to protect an individual's health and safety, any payment demanded or requested must be reported at the first possible opportunity to the Executive Director, who will consider what action to take, whether to acquiesce for the purposes of health and safety of the individual, or to notify local law enforcement authorities. The payment amount, purpose, circumstances surrounding it, notification, and action taken by the Executive Director, must be accurately recorded in the Company's records.
First consideration should be to notify local law enforcement authorities in such circumstances unless there are obvious and immediate extenuating circumstances, in the judgment of the Executive Director, guided by both Senior Partners.
If it is not possible to notify the Executive Director before such a payment is made, he should be notified at the first practicable opportunity after, of the full circumstances and fact and amount of the payment. Similarly, all such information will be fully and accurately recorded in the Company records.
A conflict of interest may arise when an individual's personal interest interferes, or even appears to interfere, with the best interests of the Company. All members must act in the best interests of the Company at all times and are required to familiarize themselves with the Company's policies on conflicts of interest (see the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct).
Conflicts of interest may fall under Company policy on bribery when an employee requests, agrees to receive, or receives anything of value, in a way that interferes, is intended to interfere, or could be viewed as interfering, with the employee's judgment and exercise of his or her responsibilities on behalf of the Company.
Books, Records and Accounting
The Company is required to maintain books and accounting records that accurately reflect all transactions in reasonable detail. These record-keeping requirements apply to all payments made in the name of the Company, and not solely those made in the traditional financial sense.
Company officers, directors, members and Agents are prohibited from manipulating books or records in order to hide or obscure, or deflect scrutiny from, transactions, whether by recording them in an oblique manner, or by omitting them entirely. Similarly, undisclosed, unrecorded, or shadow records will not be maintained.
Any employee who is found to have violated the law may face harsh penalties, including significant fines as well as incarceration. In addition, the Company may be precluded from doing business with government entities in Malaysia, the U.S., Europe and elsewhere.
Violation of this Policy and/or relevant laws will result in discipline by the Company, up to and including termination of partnership, contract, or association with the Company.
Meals, Entertainment, Travel, and Gifts
Under this Policy, incurring certain expenses for a Government Official directly related to the promotion or demonstration of the Company's services and products is permissible. In addition, the Policy permits expenditure for reasonable meals and entertainment for private persons, in the context of establishing and maintaining open business relationships. All such expenses must be reasonable and appropriate, as outlined below.
Whether in the course of interactions with the public or private sector, hospitality and promotional expenses may not be used to exert improper influence.
Accordingly, even reasonable expenses are prohibited when they are intended to improperly influence a business or regulatory decision, or if they are meant to reward a person for having improperly performed, or abstained from performing, a relevant responsibility.
Even if a benefit is considered reasonable under this Policy, it may not be offered or conveyed if the recipient is not permitted to accept it; perhaps because the recipient's company policy forbids it, or it is prohibited under local laws or regulations.
All such proportional expenses must be fully documented, supported by original receipts, correctly approved by the Company, and submitted in line with the following procedures, and any other procedures governing expense authorization and approval policies and procedures.
Meals, Gifts, and Entertainment of Government Officials
Meals, entertainment, and gifts are considered things of value under the Policy and may never be offered or provided to a Government Official with the intention of influencing that official to obtain or retain business, or to secure a business advantage.
Lavish meals, expensive gifts, extravagant entertainment, cash gifts, or travel unrelated to Company business (as explained further below) are never appropriate.
The terms lavish, expensive, and extravagant are to be interpreted from their common dictionary meanings.
All meal and related entertainment expenses paid by the Company for a Government Official must have the prior approval of the Executive Director[1]. Meal and related entertainment expenses for a Government Official may be incurred without the prior approval of the Executive Director, only if the following conditions are met:
a) The meal or entertainment is provided in connection with substantive business meetings, occurs in the same general location as such meetings, and is attended by appropriate Company representatives
b) The value of the meal or entertainment expenses are consistent with entertainment or expense policy stated in this Policy;
c) The entertainment or meals are permitted under applicable Malaysian, U.S. U.K and local written laws, as well as any rules or regulations of the recipient's employer; and
d) The expenses are properly recorded and approved in accordance with Company policies.
The Executive Director should be informed of any such expenditure as soon as possible after being incurred.
Gifts (as outlined below) made to a Government Official may only be given as a goodwill gesture, and gifts may never be offered or given for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or any improper advantage. Cash gifts are never permitted.
Permissible gifts to be provided to a Government Official should be limited to Company logo gifts and may be provided only if the following conditions are met:
a) The item is of nominal value bearing the Company's logo;
b) The gift is permitted under applicable Malaysian, U.S. U.K and local laws, as well as any rules or regulations of the recipient's employer; and
c) The expenses involved are properly recorded and approved in accordance with Company policies.
[1] The Executive Director may waive this requirement for individuals or groups who have demonstrated clear understanding and restraint in respect of government gift rules.
Travel for Government Officials
Occasionally, a Government Official may request the Company to pay for his or her travel and lodging expenses in connection with trips to meet with Company representatives, or to attend seminars sponsored by the Company. Reimbursement of such expenses by the Company, for and on behalf of a Government Official, require the prior written approval of the Executive Director.
It is generally acceptable to make reimbursement for reasonable and bona fide travel, accommodation and meal expenses in connection with a contract between the Company and a government or required to allow for a demonstration of the Company's capabilities relating to proposed business with a government. In all cases, the Company should arrange to reimburse expenses to the government entity direct, rather than to the Government Official personally. Reimbursements are not to be made:
a) By cash payment directly to a Government Official;
b) For expenses relating to family members or other persons accompanying the Government Official;
c) For expenses relating to destinations not directly related to the Company's facilities, products, or services; or
d) For travel expenses greater than those likely to have been incurred by a Company employee of equivalent status as the Government Official if such employee were to travel to the same destination.
Private Hospitality
KCRA may, occasionally, engage in sponsoring promotional and educational events. Members of the Company must exercise care should they see the need to invite a business person to attend any such events if there is a business decision expected or pending with that person's employer, and which could benefit the Company. If in any doubt regarding the appropriateness of extending an invitation to a promotional or educational event, you should contact the Executive Director.
No Company funds, assets, services, or facilities shall be contributed to any politician, candidate for political office, political party, or political action committee without the prior written approval of the Executive Director, supported by both Senior Partners, whether or not the written laws of the relevant country allow such payments.
A political contribution does not only include monetary donations, but also payments for fundraising dinners or other financial or material support.
The following criteria must all be met when the Company makes a political contribution to a political candidate for political office, political party, or political action committee in a foreign country:
a) Compliance with Local Law: Local legal counsel must be consulted and provide confirmation that such a payment is legal under the applicable country's law.
b) Approval: The Executive Director, supported by both Senior Partners in writing, must approve any political contribution before any payment is made. The request for approval must be written and include information sufficient to prove that it is bona fide.
c) Record Retention: All documents pertaining to the contribution, including documents described in paragraphs (a) and (b), shall be kept by the Executive Director for the Company's compliance files.
Donations to Charities and Event Sponsorship
Charitable donations and event sponsorships are often used as a means to conceal a bribe. Even bona fide donations could be construed as an attempt to influence a Government Official or another person or might give rise to a conflict of interest.
Donations to charities and event sponsorships must not be made in an effort to obtain or retain business or a business advantage for the Company with a Government Official, any other private person, or company; or if a conflict of interest is likely to arise, or be construed, by a third party.
The following procedures apply to any donation of Company funds, assets, services, or facilities, or use of Company assets (such as name or reputation) for a charitable entity or in connection with an event sponsorship (these are in addition to, not in lieu of, any other applicable expense or authorization policy or procedure:
If the donation involves a Government Official (including an event honoring a Government Official, or an organization established or controlled by or named after a Government Official), written approval must be obtained from the Executive Director. This notice should describe the charity, the identity of the party requesting the donation, the names of persons contacted at the charity, the amount of the proposed contribution and any supporting documentation, which should be submitted. The Executive Director, in consultation with local legal counsel, must first determine that the contribution fully complies with local laws before any donation is considered for approval. All documents relating to the donation should be forwarded to the Accounting Department (?) and to the Executive Director for the Company's compliance files.
Where donations do not involve Government Officials, sufficient due diligence must be performed to ensure that the recipient is a bona fide and legitimate organization (the organization must be a legitimate charitable organization, according to applicable local laws, in the case of a charitable contribution). Unless the recipient entity is both known to the Company and to the general business community, this diligence should include documented research to confirm that the recipient is a legitimate charitable entity.
Note that any member of the Company or Agent, acting on his or her own behalf, is not prohibited from making private donations, sponsorships, or providing personal assistance to events or charities, so long as there is no express or implied reference to involvement of the Company, and any actual or potential conflict of interest is avoided. However, it is prudent, though not a requirement, that such member inform the Executive Director of any such activity as soon as practical, and such is recorded in Company records.
Relationships with Agents and Business Partners
This Policy strictly prohibits using an Agent, consultant, intermediary, or other third party to pay or give a bribe.
The actions of third parties present particular risks, because in certain circumstances the Company and its members can be held liable for improper payments made by a third party even if the Company did not have knowledge of the actual payment or circumstances leading to the improper payment.
This Policy requires strict due diligence, and controls, to be conducted when dealing with third parties who may interact with Government Officials or who may interact with private parties for or on behalf of the Company. Whenever the Company seeks to engage an Agent in a context in which they may interact with a Government Official, or act for or on behalf of the Company in private matters, the following guidelines must be followed.
Due diligence must be performed to ensure that –
The Agent is a bona fide and legitimate entity;
Is qualified to perform services for which it will be retained; and
Maintains standards consistent with the ethical and reputational standards of the Company.
The level of diligence to be conducted should reflect the particular corruption risks from the engagement and be undertaken in accordance with applicable policies. The diligence exercise may include –
External research and confirmation of the Agent's qualifications;
An in-person meeting or interview with the principals of the Agent;
Scrutiny of public profile information; and
Written response from the Agent to written questions regarding its structure, history, connections to Government Officials, and references.
All documents relating to the diligence should be retained for five years following the end of the Agent's work on the project.
Diligence should be enhanced if there are suggestions of impropriety, such as the following:
Unusual or excessive payment requests for over-invoicing, up-front payments, unusual commissions, or mid-stream compensation payments;
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Pictured: Terri McMahon. Photo by Liz Lauren.
By Josh Flanders
"All theater is an act of ego"- Sarah Bernhardt in Bernhardt/Hamlet
The stories of the legendary French actress Sarah Bernhardt are mythical. Lover of rich and powerful men. Diva. The original celebrity. More popular than presidents and popes. Her decision to play Hamlet in the late 1890s takes the theater world by storm and is met with criticism and derision. Shakespeare is sacred. Yet what could be more perfect for the greatest actress of modern history than the greatest role?
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The themes of Hamlet and Bernhardt's own struggle intertwine on many levels. When her son returns from college, the echoes of the bard are directly stated. Despite the power and importance of the woman-playing-Hamlet debate, Bernhardt/Hamlet never seems to get beyond it or come to a cogent conclusion. The play seems to carry on, hitting the same point again and again. It ends with a performance of Cyrano (actually written by Rostand) that Bernhardt had ingeniously berated for the flat lead female character, calling Roxanne "an empty vessel" but later unexplainedly lauds. Despite the eminently interesting subject matter, Rebeck's script does not quite live up to Bernhardt's reputation, leaving a wanting for more in-depth exploration.
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Synonyms: Andromeda japonica Thunb.
An evergreen shrub, ultimately 9 or 10 ft high, of bushy habit, and clothed to the ground with branches; young shoots usually glabrous. Leaves leathery, oblanceolate or narrowly oval, usually widest above the middle, tapering towards both ends, 11⁄4 to 31⁄2 in. long, 1⁄3 to 3⁄4 in. wide, shallowly toothed, dark glossy green above, paler beneath, glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers in a terminal cluster of slender pendulous racemes each 3 to 6 in. long; corolla white, pitcher-shaped, 1⁄4 to 3⁄8 in. long, narrowed towards the mouth, where are five shallow, rounded teeth; calyx-lobes lanceolate, scarcely half as long as the corolla; flower-stalk 1⁄8 in. long, glabrous.
Native of Japan. This shrub is not so hardy as P. floribunda, from which it is easily distinguished by the leaves being narrower and more tapering at the base, by the pendulous inflorescence, and by the absence of hairs on the young wood and flower-stalks. It flowers in March and April, and is often injured by frost. At its best it is a very beautiful shrub. It should be given a sheltered spot, with a western exposure.
cv. 'Bert Chandler' ('Chandleri'). – Young leaves at first bright salmon-pink, paling through cream to white and becoming the normal green by midsummer. A seedling raised by the Australian nurseryman Bert Chandler around 1936 (Gard. Chron., Vol. 167 (1970), p. 4).
cv. 'Daisen'. – Flowers deep pink in the bud, paling as they open. The original plant was found on Mount Daisen in Japan and put into commerce by Mr K. Wada (see his article 'Pieris japonica and its Future' in Journ. R.H.S., Vol. 92 (1967), pp. 26-8). According to him, the colour is best developed in shade. 'Christmas Cheer' is a seedling of this and of the same character, but it opens some of its flowers in winter, whence the name. Raised by Mr Wada.
cv. 'Purity'. – Flowers pure white, unusually large. A Japanese variety reputed to have come from Yakushima, and originally distributed as P. yakusimana, though Mr Wada suggests that it may be a 'natural sport' (loc, cit.). It appears to be intermediate in foliage between P. japonica and P. taiwanensis, but according to Mr Wada, no plant known to have come from Yakushima resembles 'Purity'.
f. pygmaea (Maxim.) Yatabe Andromeda japonica lusus pygmaea Maxim. – This was described by Maximowicz from a plant of Japanese gardens, about 1 ft high, with linear-lanceolate leaves about one-third of the usual size, and with more sparsely flowered, sometimes unbranched, inflorescences. A similar plant has been found growing wild on Mount Daisen in Japan (Wada, loc. cit.).
It may be mentioned here that prostrate plants only 10 in. high and a yard across were found by M. Robert de Belder on Mt Miyanoura, Yakushima, in November 1970, from which seeds were collected (Int. Dendr. Soc. Ybk (1972), p. 29).
cv. 'Variegata'. – This has narrower leaves than the type, edged, especially towards the apex, with yellowish white. Well grown, it is one of the most attractive of variegated evergreens. It is slow-growing at first, but has reached a height of 12 ft at Grayswood Hill, Haslemere, and is almost as tall at Nymans in Sussex and at the Sunningdale Nurseries, Berks.
From the Supplement (Vol. V)
New synonyms: P. taiwanensis Hayata; P. japonica subsp. taiwanensis (Hayata) Hatushima; P. yakushimensis Hort.
For the inclusion of P. taiwanensis in P. japonica see below, under P. taiwanensis. Recent introductions from the island of Yakushima are of low-growing habit but are not botanically distinct from P. japonica.
P. japonica also occurs in China (Anhwei, Chekiang and Fukien), but does not overlap there with P. formosa.
Since the third volume of the present edition was published in 1976, a number of selections of P. japonica have come into commerce, mostly raised in the USA and Canada, which are likely to supersede the few that were available at that time. Trials that included many of the newcomers were held at Boskoop in the late 1970s and are reported on by D. M. van Gelderen in Dendroflora, No. 15/16, pp. 36-44 (1979). In Britain most of the new cultivars are grown in the National Collection at Windsor (Valley Gardens and Savill Garden). Some of these are mentioned by John Bond in the article cited above and we are grateful to him for additional information.
cv. 'Bert Chandler'. – Mentioned on page 205, this is not of much value, as the flowers are small and not freely produced though the young foliage is striking. Mr van Gelderen suggests that it is a hybrid between P. japonica and P. formosa.
† cv. 'Blush'. – Of open, elegant habit to about 5 ft high and wide. Flowers rosy pink, paling as they age. This was put into commerce by Messrs Hillier and first exhibited by them in 1967. They did not, however, raise it and there is a possibility that it came from a German nursery as an unnamed seedling. It is portrayed in colour by Ann Farrer in The Plantsman, Vol. 4 (2), frontispiece.
cv. 'Daisen'. – Neither this nor its seedling 'Christmas Cheer' has proved to be of much value. The latter has also been distributed as 'Wada's Pink'.
† cv. 'Dorothy Wyckoff'. – As grown in this country and in Holland, this makes a tall, slender shrub, to about 6 ft, its flowers brownish red in bud, opening white, in short trusses. 'Dorothy Wyckoff' was raised in the USA and put into commerce in 1960, but according to early descriptions in American publications, the flowers should be uniform pink when open.
† cv. 'Flamingo'. – A tall shrub of rather narrow habit, to about 10 ft high. Leaves dark green, yellowish brown when young. Flowers pink, shading to white at the base, more deeply coloured than in other pink-flowered clones now available. Its only defect is that it is inclined to drop its flower-buds in severe weather. It received an Award of Merit when shown by Messrs Trehane in 1981. Raised in the USA and put into commerce in 1961.
† cv. 'Grayswood'. – A dome-shaped shrub eventually 4 to 5 ft high. Leaves dark green and slightly glossy, bronze when young. Flowers white, in long drooping racemes, very freely borne. Now extensively grown in the Valley Gardens, Windsor Great Park, it came originally from the garden of the late Geoffrey Pilkington at Grayswood Hill, Haslemere. It is one of the best of the group, standing full sun. Award of Merit 1981, when shown by the Crown Estate Commissioners. In the Windsor collection this was the only pieris to give a good display of flower in the spring of 1986.
† cv. 'Little Heath'. – Slow-growing and compact, to about 3 ft high and wide, with yellowish green variegation. A promising new introduction, inclined to revert. The normal green form is also attractive and has been named 'Little Heath Green'.
† cv. 'Mountain Fire'. – This cultivar is remarkable only for its bright brownish red young growths, which retain their colour for a long time before turning dark green. Raised in British Columbia and put into commerce in 1976.
† cv. 'Pink Delight '. – Of recent introduction, this has pink flowers fading to blush, freely borne.
cv. 'Purity'. – Mentioned on page 205, this is proving to be one of the best cultivars. Although eventually attaining a height of 3 or 4 ft, it flowers abundantly when only a foot high. Another point in its favour is that it flowers and comes into growth late in spring. The foliage is light green.
† cv. 'Rosalinda'. – Of compact habit, to about 4 ft high and wide. Leaves dark green, glossy, brownish red when young. Flowers brown in the bud owing to the coloured calyces, in short trusses, pink when open and holding their colour well. Put into commerce by Messrs Grootendorst and Sons in 1976 (Dendroflora, loc. cit., pp. 41, 43). This received two stars in the Boskoop trials and is also rated highly by Mr Bond.
† cv. 'Scarlett O'Hara'. – A very pretty white-flowered cultivar, of tall, slender habit.
† cv. 'Valley Rose'. – A tall shrub of open habit; flowers silvery rose passing to almost white. Raised by Dr R. L. Ticknor at the North Willamotte Research Station of the University of Oregon, by crossing two locally grown pink-flowered clones. It was awarded three stars in the Boskoop trials but is unassessed at Windsor, where there is only a small plant (1986).
† cv. 'White Cascade'. – A promising cultivar of recent introduction to Britain, with large, dark green, glossy leaves, yellowish brown when young, bearing unusually long trusses of pure white flowers. Raised in the USA. It was awarded three stars in the Boskoop trials and is one of the finest in the Windsor collection.
'Pieris japonica' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/pieris/pieris-japonica/). Accessed 2020-01-22.
Andromeda japonica Thunb.
Infraspecifics
Pieris japonica 'Bert Chandler' ('Chandleri')
Pieris japonica 'Daisen'
Pieris japonica f. pygmaea
Pieris japonica 'Purity'
Pieris japonica 'Variegata'
Other species in genus
Pieris floribunda
Pieris formosa
Pieris nana
Pieris taiwanensis
(in Casuarinaceae) Portion of branchlet between each whorl of leaves.
Immature shoot protected by scales that develops into leaves and/or flowers.
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
Plant originating from the cross-fertilisation of genetically distinct individuals (e.g. two species or two subspecies).
(botanical) Contained within another part or organ.
Flower-bearing part of a plant; arrangement of flowers on the floral axis.
lanceolate
Lance-shaped; broadest in middle tapering to point.
oblanceolate
Inversely lanceolate; broadest towards apex.
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Pieris japonica
'Bert Chandler' ('Chandleri')
Young leaves at first bright salmon-pink, paling through cream to white and becoming the normal green by midsummer. A seedling raised by the Australian nurseryman Bert Chandler around 1936 (Gard. Chron., Vol. 167 (1970), p. 4).
'Daisen'
Flowers deep pink in the bud, paling as they open. The original plant was found on Mount Daisen in Japan and put into commerce by Mr K. Wada (see his article 'Pieris japonica and its Future' in Journ. R.H.S., Vol. 92 (1967), pp. 26-8). According to him, the colour is best developed in shade. 'Christmas Cheer' is a seedling of this and of the same character, but it opens some of its flowers in winter, whence the name. Raised by Mr Wada.
f. pygmaea (Maxim.) Yatabe
Andromeda japonica lusus pygmaea Maxim
This was described by Maximowicz from a plant of Japanese gardens, about 1 ft high, with linear-lanceolate leaves about one-third of the usual size, and with more sparsely flowered, sometimes unbranched, inflorescences. A similar plant has been found growing wild on Mount Daisen in Japan (Wada, loc. cit.).It may be mentioned here that prostrate plants only 10 in. high and a yard across were found by M. Robert de Belder on Mt Miyanoura, Yakushima, in November 1970, from which seeds were collected (Int. Dendr. Soc. Ybk (1972), p. 29).
'Purity'
Flowers pure white, unusually large. A Japanese variety reputed to have come from Yakushima, and originally distributed as P. yakusimana, though Mr Wada suggests that it may be a 'natural sport' (loc, cit.). It appears to be intermediate in foliage between P. japonica and P. taiwanensis, but according to Mr Wada, no plant known to have come from Yakushima resembles 'Purity'.
'Variegata'
This has narrower leaves than the type, edged, especially towards the apex, with yellowish white. Well grown, it is one of the most attractive of variegated evergreens. It is slow-growing at first, but has reached a height of 12 ft at Grayswood Hill, Haslemere, and is almost as tall at Nymans in Sussex and at the Sunningdale Nurseries, Berks.
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Wvrst, the new King West version of a Munich-style beer hall, takes a simple concept and provides enormous variety, with 18 different sausages and 31 beers. The pale guinea fowl ($9), made with aged cheddar and minced asparagus, proves to be a well rewarded risk. The savoury, full-bodied sausage comes piled with sweet sautéed onions and spicy jalapeños and encased in a pillowy whole wheat roll from Golden Wheat Bakery. A small order of Belgian-style fries ($4.50), fried twice in duck fat, rounds out our meal, each crispy, dark morsel picking up the addictive and spicy Wvrst dipping sauce.
The cost: $27, including tax, tip and a bottle of Brooklyn lager ($7).
The time: Nine minutes from when we place our order at the counter to when the aluminum trays of goods are delivered to our table.


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Join Games portfolio
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This innovative slot provider also has a good collection of 'premium slots', which are all 3D action slots that are beautifully designed, with big surprises in store! There are also 6 simple slots which are also of high quality and inspired by different themes.
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Looks nice and 17k miles! Interesting to see what it makes.
other than the overfinch logos on the rear and steering wheel; do you think there are any overfinch engine upgrades?
£39,000 hammer price, £41,340 total.
I was very tempted myself at the 17K machine but £39K would have been too steep without viewing.


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April 10, 2018 at 10:20 AM EDT
Holland Driver Herschel Evans Chosen as CVSA 2018 International Driver Excellence Award Winner
Holland Driver Herschel Evans Chosen as CVSA 2018 International Driver Excellence Award Winner 21 KB
HOLLAND, Mich., April 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) presented Holland City Driver and American Trucking Associations (ATA) Road Team Captain Herschel Evans with their 2018 International Driver Excellence Award (IDEA) on April 9, 2018 at the CVSA Workshop in Portland, Oregon.
As the leading organization overseeing the coordination of uniformity of commercial motor vehicle safety enforcement and regulatory compliance across Canada, the United States and Mexico, CVSA established IDEA to recognize and officially acknowledge the exceptional careers of professional commercial motor vehicle drivers and their commitment to safety. The annual IDEA award was launched in 2015 to acknowledge commercial motor vehicle drivers who go beyond the normal call of duty and safe operation with clear distinction for an extended period of time.
"Greatness can only be reached by those who strive for excellence and continuous improvement. I'm proud to say Holland driver Herschel Evans embodies that greatness," stated Scott Ware, president of Holland.
"Herschel is an exceptional role model of what a professional driver should be. He was the first Holland driver to be chosen as an ATA America's Road Team Captain. Herschel has an avid desire for safety and sharing the road safely. He has frequently donated his time and service to relief efforts (such as the Convoy of Care), delivering critical supplies to families affected by major natural disasters. Herschel is a 'do-it-all' champion of safety--training trainers and dedicating most of his business and personal time in tireless efforts to make our roads safer and save lives," noted Ware.
Evans has driven more than three million miles over 31 years; 24 of those years with Holland as a city driver in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a two-time 5-Axle national driving champion (2011, 2008), a professional Holland driver/trainer/mentor and an ATA America's Road Team Captain who spends time each month speaking with community groups, to news media, legislators, industry and government officials about highway safety and the essentialness of the trucking industry. He was named 2012 Georgia Driver of the Year; placed first in the Georgia Truck Driving Championships (TDC) Sleeper category in 2017; first in the 5-Axle category in the 2012, 2011, 2008 and 2006 Georgia TDCs. He was Georgia's "Rookie of the Year" in 2006. He has been the driving force behind the Safety Drive for a Cure for over the past six years.
The American Trucking Associations presented Evans with the Mike Russell Trucking Image Award in October 2017 for creatively generating positive awareness of the trucking industry by "representing the industry through his role as an America's Road Team Captain, his lifetime commitment to safe driving, and his establishment of the Safety Drive for a Cure truck driving competition in support of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation which has grown to attract attention and tens of thousands of dollars in donations."
"Hundreds of drivers have travelled from across the U.S.A. for the past six years to compete in the Safety Drive for a Cure--improving their safety skills--focusing on safety, advocacy, service and contributing to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. Safety leaders such as Herschel help to make our nation's highways safer for all of us," said Ware.
Evans truly loves what he does: "I love what I do for a living. It is never the same day twice. There is nothing boring about driving for a living. You get to see the inner workings of many different places. These are some of the businesses and organizations that make your community run. And these places are kept running by drivers like me--delivering what is needed. Every day I have a sense of doing something that is necessary."
"After my company nominated me, I read the impressive bios of the previous winners, and I did not think I belonged in that group," said Evans. "I feel extremely honored to be selected."
Safety tips from Herschel Evans: "One day at a time. One mile at a time. You can never be in such a hurry that you take chances. It simply just isn't worth it. Taking chances provides such a small benefit for such an enormous risk. Space and time are your two best friends on the road. You need space to maneuver and time to decide and react. You can help to prevent accidents by giving yourself more space and time."
About Holland
Holland has long been recognized for delivering the most next-day service lanes in its territory and annually records one of the lowest claim ratios in the industry. Founded in Holland, Mich., in 1929, Holland provides industry-leading, on-time reliability for less-than-truckload shipments in the Central and Southeastern United States and in Eastern Canada. Holland has been recognized by Logistics Management magazine with its Quest for Quality award for 32 consecutive years. In 2017, Holland was honored with Quest for Quality awards in these three categories: South/South Central Regional LTL Carriers, Midwest/North Central Regional LTL Carriers and Expedited Motor Carriers. For more information, visit hollandregional.com. Holland is a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ:YRCW).
Website: hollandregional.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hollandregional
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hollandregional
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/holland
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/hollandregional
GooglePlus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Hollandregional/posts
SOURCE YRC Worldwide, Holland
Source: Holland


Oliver Whitehead was born in Oxford, England, and now lives in London, Ontario, Canada, where he has taught at the University of Western Ontario since 1978 as well as composing and performing as a guitarist.
His compositions include an Oratorio, We Shall Be Changed; a world-music Mass, The Mass for All Creatures, Concertos for Oboe and Cello; a Suite for wind quintet; and extensive music for TV, Ballet and Theatre. Most of his compositions have been recorded (Pissarro Landscapes was recorded in 2007 and is on the CD The Nightingale's Rhapsody, Cambria, LC 5882).
French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro was born on July 10, 1830 in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies and died on November 13, 1903 in Paris, France. Of his more than 1600 works, the overwhelming majority are landscapes.
Whitehead was initially inspired by two of Pissarro's works at the Art Gallery of Ontario, being particularly attracted to a quality of atmosphere in these landscapes which seemed possible also to convey in musical terms. Pissarro Landscapes was composed in 2000 as a combined commission from two amateur orchestras, one Canadian and one international (Canada and United States), which shared the same conductor, who also happened to be a Clarinetist and professor at the Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario.


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