The Rotary Clubs of Melton Mowbray and Melton Belvoir were pleased to sponsor Dylan, a young man attending The Hub, on a 3-day Young RYLA course at the Whitehall Outdoor Education Centre, which is run by the Derbyshire County Council, during the spring half-term break.
The course is individually tailored to meet the needs of the group and includes a range of both outdoor and indoor activities including a climbing wall.
Dylan had a very good time and reported back on his experiences to a meeting of the Melton Belvoir club in March.
The Enterprise group, the satellite of the Melton club, has held two very successful forums recently, both targeted at local businesses and business leaders.
The club's 91st anniversary was celebrated in style in the magnificent setting of St Mary's church, Melton Mowbray on 18th March. Led by President Alison and organised by President-elect Adrienne Holland and her super club service team, the event was one of good company and good food, all with a great ambiance. 129 Rotarians, friends, family and guests attended, from 23 clubs.
After the meal, Squadron Leader James McMillan gave a fascinating talk packed with anecdotes about his flying career. He started flying in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, having moved to NZ with his parents when he was 10. In 2002 he returned to the UK to join the RAF. After a varied career across several squadrons, aircraft types and theatres of operation, he "retired" in 2011,only to join the Red Arrows as a display pilot. After three years with the Reds, James retired (again) and now flies for the professional, civilian air display team, The Blades, based at Northampton Sywell. The intricacies of training and displaying at as high a standard as both the Red Arrows and The Blades were well illustrated by James' talk and the pictures he showed.
Many thanks to the organisers and our speaker for an excellent evening.
Club members Eric Hall and David Ward joined 30 other UK Rotarians planning to participate in India's National Polio Immunisation programme, NID, organised for early February 2019 in two locations, Bhiwadi and Amritsar. Owing to organisational issues within the Indian Government the teams were informed at short notice that an adequate supply of suitable Polio vaccine would not be available. However as the organisation for hosting by the two local Rotary Clubs was already in place the visits took place.
Eric and David joined 14 other UK Rotary members including our past member Richard Fisher and his wife Anne in what turned out to be the most exceptional programme of hospitality, hosting and visits to great projects organised and sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bhiwadi and their Inner Wheel Club. The overall experience and commitment of the Indian Rotarians was quite humbling.
• Welcome by Rotary Club of Bhiwadi and their Inner Wheel members, with later presentation involving the wearing of turbans.
• School for 600 girls from 'Below the Poverty Line' families, dancing and singing presentations given.
• School for Disadvantaged children, both Physically and Mentally, again short play presentation by children.
• Presentation of an Ambulance by Rotary Club.
• Visit to a crematorium which we had visited two years earlier where the six manual cremating areas were being supplemented by a gas fired automated unit, provided by Rotary. Cremation is expensive in India.
• Local hospital were the maternity area is to be refurbished by Rotary Club – greeted by an old friend, a medic from our previous NID visit two years ago.
• Sewing Machine project, to be extended to additional buildings, here young girls are taught to be seamstresses to a National curriculum. On qualifying each girl is given a sewing machine which 'Singer' provide to Rotary at 50% cost.
• A Pharmaceutical dispensary operated and funded by Rotary.
At this point one of the party discovered through her Rotary contacts that a supply of Polio vaccine was available in the District of Ghaziabad, a city some 2.5 hrs away to the N.E. of Delhi – in an area known as the Haarlem of Delhi. Contact was then made with the District Governor and the area Polio Champion who at very short notice professionally organised an immunisation programme for the 'Bhiwadi' team.
The remaining photographs give an insight into the environment and living conditions of the families, but particularly the children existing in the slum areas of Ghaziabad.
David Ward and Eric Hall.
At the local heats for Rotary's Young Chef competition in November Chloe Young and Annabelle Maddy, students of Long Field Academy, had shown particularly high culinary skills, and are now preparing for the next round. We have been wonderfully supported by Stapleford Park hotel, who gave the two students the chance to rehearse their cooking skills under the experienced eye of the hotel's head chef, Anthony Fitt. This visit's training session should, we hope. prepare them well for the forthcoming East Midlands district final.
Melton Rotary Club and the students are grateful for the excellent support provided by Stapleford Park Hotel and the time invested by Anthony.
On the 19 January 2019, the Rotary club of Melton Mowbray celebrated its 15th Annual Burns Supper at the clubs headquarters, The Sysonby Knoll hotel, Melton Mowbray. 67 guests attended, made up of Rotarians their families and friends. As normal, they had a great time celebrating the life of the Bard. The event is based on a traditional Burns Supper structure as found in Scotland and the world at large. It is a formal night, full of pomp and circumstance, good food and an excellent piper who has become a fixture at our Burns supper over the years.
At this point I would like to explain the clubs agenda for the Burns evening, its running order and why we as a club continue after 15 years to celebrate the life of Robert Burns, using the same format.
A Burns supper might readily conjure up images of revellers washing down alcohol beverages and forkfuls of peppery Haggis with wee drams of malt whisky, but the historical origins are often taken for granted and forgotten.
So who was Robert Burns and why is revered not only in Scotland, but all over the western world? He was a poet and a song writer from humble beginnings, who penned more than 550 poems and songs until his death in 1796. He was also well known for his astute social commentary. One would say he was a revolutionary figure in his homeland and beyond.
Burns Supper running order explained.
The Burns supper is an institution of Scottish life; a night to celebrate the life and works of the National Bard. The running order covers all the key elements you need to plan a Burns Supper.
It is important for large Burns Supper to have an elected Chairman for the evening and a piper to welcome in the guests. It is also important that the audience should stand and applaud their arrival. Once the guests are seated, the Chairman and the Club President welcome everyone to the evening's proceedings.
A short but important prayer which is read to usher in the start of the meal, preferably by any Scot present in the audience.
All guests stand for the piping in and out of the star attraction "the Haggis" which is delivered on a platter by a procession comprising the chef carrying platter, the piper (who will address and slay the haggis), the Club President and anyone who has Scots blood in their body, especially those in formal Scot's dress. Note, a whisky- bearer will ensure that the whisky toast carried out by the guests is well lubricated. During the procession, all guests stand and clap hands in time to the "pipes" until the Haggis reaches its destination. It is then everyone waits in anticipation of the address and mutilation of the Haggis. Once the address is completed the piper will ask everyone to raise their glasses and shout in unison, "The Haggis".
Preferably a Scottish speaker delivers a speech on the life of Robert Burns. The speech must paint a colourful picture of Scotland's beloved Bard, his highs and lows, his human frailty etc.
The humorous highlight of most Burns Supper comes with this toast, which should be designed to praise the role of women in the world today, in particular to those present.
Normally it's revenge by the Lassies on the role of men in the world today – a few home truths are told!
By the Chairman, the Club President and the Piper plus all guests; a hearty farewell to one and all.
The format that is used by the Club has been established over the years; we are comfortable with it, it suits us and we have great fun with it, and we believe it reflects Robert Burns and his life.
This is the first time Harrington Sixth Form College has entered a team in this competition. We wish them well in the next round.
Over 200 people joined the 2018 Melton Santa Fun Run, organised by the Melton Rotary Club. The weather was much kinder to us this year, with the rain staying away and the sun coming out for the run. The event was enjoyed by everyone, from ages 3 to 78.
It was a sea of red and white on 9th December as hundreds of participants took part in the Melton Santa Fun Run and Walk. The event saw 210 runners participate in silly red hats and thick white beards. Entrants had the option to do a brisk 1 mile route or tackle a harder 5km course around Melton Country Park.
Alison Blythe, president of the Rotary Club, said runners raised �2,860 for their own good causes with an additional �1,000 being raised for Rotary charities. "We were really pleased with the turnout considering the snow-induced interruption last year". said Alison. "The weather stayed good and lots of people did it just to have fun. Thank you to Rotarians and friends that helped us on the day". The winner of the 5km distance was 13-year-old Charlie who finished in a time of 19 minutes and 16 seconds. A warm-up with the Healthy Elf proved popular as did the best dressed dog competition.
Thanks to Pres-Elect Kriss for herding the cats.
Great to welcome two new members today. Alan and Martin are here with President Alison.
They're joining at a busy time for Melton Rotary but we're sure they'll enjoy the two sides of the Rotary coin - "fun & friendship" and "service above self".
The local Young Chef Competition was held at Long Field Academy on 26 Nov 2018. I've only included a fraction of the photos taken on the day!
Melton's answer to the Bake Off competition was held at Long Field Academy. Eleven eager competitors confounded the judges with tasty dishes prepared with flare, care and speed. After thoroughly considering all aspects of the skills displayed and after multiple re-tastes by the judges, they eventually chose Annabelle Maddy as the winner closely followed by Ellie Bendall, Isobella Freeman and Chloe Young as worthy runners up.
Dozens of Melton Rotarians from the three Rotary clubs in the town planted over a hundred new trees in Melton Town Estate's Prior Close on Saturday 24 November.
The event kicked off National Tree Week in Melton Mowbray and was also part of a worldwide challenge for Rotarians to plant a tree for every member in 2018. Supported by The Woodland Trust, Rotarians from the three Clubs of Melton Mowbray planted a mix of trees, including oak, hawthorn, rowan, blackthorn, silver birch, hazel, that will encourage birds and wildlife for many years to come.
At 11:00am the Presidents of the Melton Rotary Clubs planted their trees and handed them over to the Senior Town Warden of the Town Estate.
This was a very successful and happy occasion at Burton Lazars village hall. Approximately 36 guests arrived with their volunteer drivers and enjoyed sandwiches, trifle and cakes provided by Rotary members. They were very chatty and enjoyed sharing stories and jokes.
Many thanks to everyone involved from the cake bakers and tea-pourers to the washers-up and table storers!
A big thank you from the Melton Mowbray Club for all the support we received for our 4th Annual Vintage and Classic Vehicle Fun Day in the Market Place last Sunday. We had over 60 Vehicles and crowds enjoyed the wonderful weather entertainments a great selection of vehicles and motorbikes, St Georges Morris Dancers, Tombola, cake stall, Hattie the Clown with the balloon making skills, hook a duck from the Aroura Club and Sponsored Cycle from our Satelite Club.
Best in Show voted by the public was Nigel Green from Melton Mowbray with his Mark 1 Ford Mexico. It's his boy racer car and he loves it! The car was 6 years old when bought it and he has owned it for 40 years. He restored it with a friend 26 years ago. Hhe did the mechanics and his friend did the paintwork. He loves his cars as he also has an X3 convertible, another Mexico and a Fiesta XR2.
Music and commentary was provided by 103 The Eye. All funds will go to our local charities and projects supported by us in 2018. See our website for details of all our events. Interested: check us out on www.meltonrotary.org.uk.
1st prize of �50 in our raffle was David Sharpe, 2nd prize (a meal for two at Sysonby Knoll) was Jean Hamblin, 3rd prize (tea for two at Gates) was Sabina Silcox. Prizes will be in the post. How many ducks in the Triumph Stag? The �10 prize was won by a young lady called Alisha.
Organiser Ian Neale said, "We are delighted the event is growing, so we have set the date of Setember 1st 2019 for next year's event. Note this in your diary. We look forward to welcoming you next year. Please check out our website www.meltonvehiclefestival.org.uk. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to see the vehicles attending this year.
This is a Rotary award which recognises and rewards young people who have demonstrated on - going acts of good citizenship. Those nominated do not necessarily have to be working on a Rotary project, what matters is that they individually, or as part of a group, have made a positive difference which has been recognised as worthy of nomination.
The Melton Rotary clubs' award for 2018 has been made to Zoe Glasgow who is seventeen and lives in Rempstone. She was nominated by her tutors at The Hub where she has been a student, two days each week, studying for BTEC awards in beauty and catering. She has also been a student at East Leake Academy where she has just completed her GCSE course.
What makes Zoe very special is that she was born with Turner Syndrome, a female genetic disorder affecting one in every two thousand baby girls. These girls have only one X chromosome, instead of the usual two, which means that they may have a range of resulting disabilities.
Zoe is very involved in the Turner Syndrome Society (tss.org.uk) and is very active at regional and national level. This year she is the national team representative and gives talks to raise awareness of the condition and is also involved in fundraising. In spite of these commitments Zoe has gained distinctions in all her course work and her tutors describe her as lively and bubbly, possessing a natural empathy and usually the first to help others.
After an enjoyable year full of achivement, joint-Presidents Adrienne Holland and Janet Shortland handed over the presidency to Alison Blythe. Janet had already gone away; the photo shows Adrienne and Alison, both looking very pleased, possibly for different reasons.
Our new secretary Graham Bett monitors proceedings in the background.
During June, members of the club helped out at the Harington School, the post-16 college in Oakham. The school is only 3 years old, but is growing rapidly. They have 112 students in year 12 this year, all of whom are preparing for their next steps in life, be that to university, other colleges, oir direct into employment. An important part of that preparation is developing their skills in interviews and writing CVs.
The school has brought together a team of about 30 adults who conduct mock interviews with each of the students, putting them in the unfamiliar situation of talking about themselves, their achievements and ambitions to people they have not met before. Constructive feedback is given, both orally and in writing.
Over a week in June, members of the Melton Rotary Club helped with this activity. We all found it extremely satisfying. It is great way to support in our community.
The school is growing rapidly and a larger team of interviewers will be needed next year. Talk to one of our members who took part in if you would be willing to help in future.
One of our visitors at the club on 25th June was Greg Scotland, a talented young violinist. Greg is about to go off to San Diego to spend three weeks playing and learning with the prestigious San Diego Youth Orchestra. This is one of a series of "Youth Camps" organised by Rotary International. As well as winning this competitive post to further his musical aspirations, Greg will be hosted by Rotarian families while in San Diego, substantially reducing the cost of such an opportunity.
During his visit Greg played us a piece of Bach's music, for unaccompanied violin, as can be seen in the photo.
Our joint presidents for the year, Janet Shortland and Adrienne Holland, pooled their efforts with several other members of the club on 23rd June to hold a wonderful garden party at Janet's lovely home in Eaton. Over 80 guests enjoyed convivial company, good food, and a talented jazz band, the Groove Merchants.
As well as a pleasant afternoon, the aim was to raise funds for Cancer Research and Homestart. The event raised over �1080, to be split between the two charities. As Janet said afterwards, it was all only made possible the attending, and a lot of hard work. Molly and Megan's pot washing experience at the pub came in very handy. Meg was in charge of the Pimms as she works behind the bar there now.
A big thank you to all the helpers and to the people who donated raffle prizes. Huge thanks to The Groove Merchants band who very kindly gave their services free. And an enormous thank you to Janet for opening her house and gardens to host the event, as well, we suspect, of doing a great deal of the work herself.
This year's Young Designer Competition was held at the Melton MV16 College on 20th June. Students from John Ferneley College, Long Field Academy and Priory Belvoir Academy all contributed to the wide range of products on display. Judging was undertaken by Gavin Howling, Tony Pick and Peter Field. The keen eyed experienced judges were challenged with selecting winners for the junior and senior competitions. Sadly, but common to all competitions, it was necessary to select winners from the impressive array of items submitted by the students. The winners were: Senior - Tom Golland, Junior - Neil Hammond. Runners-up were: Senior - Sarah Brown, Junior - Sam Putnam.
The Rotary Clubs of Melton Mowbray are pleased to acknowledge and are grateful for all the work undertaken by the staff in support of their students.
The club's annual duck race this year moved to the town's park and was watched by a large crowd of local people.
Members sold 'duck tickets' in Melton market place and at the Melton Show over the bank holiday weekend and one thousand (1000)! plastic ducks were launched into the river Eye on Monday afternoon. The ducks swam slowly and majestically to the finish where they were 'rescued' into nets.
Winners have been contacted – Ian and Andy , both from Melton won 1st and 2nd prizes of �75 and �50 and third prize of �25 went to Charles from London.
Organiser Helen Bett thanked everyone who helped to make the event a great success and also everyone who bought tickets. Over �1000 was raised to support the club's Kids Out project.
The Melton Mowbray club has been very active over the past few months, spreading the message about the value of CPR and the use of defibrillators in the case of cardiac arrest.
What would you do if you came across someone collapsed, unresponsive and not breathing?
The members of our club initially spent an evening with the organisation Heartwize learning about how to act to save lives in such a situation last autumn. Since then, several of the club members have spent more time studying the techniques, and have, since the start of the year, been acting as trainers with Heartwize, spreading the skills to others around the Rotary district.
So far we have made 24 visits to other Rotary clubs. We have trained around 500 people, Rotarians, relatives, friends and members of local businesses, in CPR. They are now more confident in how to carry out effective CPR, and more aware of the techniques for using defibrillators. This will maximise the chances of survival of someone they see who has a cardiac arrest. The response has been extremely enthusiastic, and we are delighted to have had such excellent feedback scores.
We will be pleased to come to your club, group, school, etc., to demonstrate CPR and demystify the use of defibrillators.
We bring the training mannequins you can see in the photos, so everyone has ample opportunity to practice CPR - the chest compressions essential to keep someone alive until a defibrillator and the ambulance service can be there. We bring defibrillators so you can see how they are used, see that they are very easy to use, and ask questions about them. Just contact us at the Melton Rotary Club.
This programme is supported by, and run in conjunction with Heartwize, a charitable group set up by two of the consultant cardiologists at the Leicester Hospitals group. They have been teaching CPR in Leicestershire schools since 2012. Together with Rotary in the East Midlands, we are now taking these essential skills to the wider community, contributing to saving some of the 60,000 people in the UK who suffer potentially fatal out-of-hospital cardiac arrests each year.
The Melton Mowbray Rotary Club's Young Chef Shield was presented to Sophie Spokes on 23rd April by club president Adrienne Holland.
The award signifies Sophie's success in being the top competitor in the Melton area as judged at the District Competition.
Sophie is a pupil at Longfield Academy.
One photo also shows Mrs Jane Tait, the food technology teacher at Long Field.
The Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray was delighted to welcome the Chamber Orchestra of Uppingham School to perform the Spring Concert following a year's break due to the refurbishment of St Mary's Church. The audience, some of whom had flown in from Germany and Hong Kong, were treated to a marvellous evening of top class music. The concert opened with the Uppingham Wind Ensemble performing selections from Mozart's Gran Partita Serenade No 10 let by Mr Andrew Webster. The quality of playing set the tone for the evening.
Following the Wind Ensemble, the full orchestra of some 50 players, conducted by Mr Richard Smith, played the Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola. The playing of the soloists, Elizabeth Ludwig and Carlotta Rothenfusser, was superb with the two instruments weaving themes between each other in complete synchronisation throughout, leading some to think the performers were professionals in their fields, rather than 17-year old pupils.
After the interval we had fun with some Romanian Folk Dances and then into a complete performance of Haydn's "London" symphony (No 104).
The acoustics of our wonderful Church have been enhanced (if that were possible) and allowed the orchestra, some people thought, to give perhaps the best performance heard yet from this highly professional orchestra.
Thank you to Alison Blythe for organising such an enjoyable event.
Below are photos and details of the 2018 Youth Speaks Regional Final. This saw two teams from Catmose College provide excellent performances in their respective age categories.
The Intermediate team (11 - 13 years) won their group and now qualify for the National Final to be held in Exmouth on 12 May. A picturesque area and slightly closer to us than Lands End.
The Seniors Team (14 -17 years) gave a faultless performance in the high standard field but just failed to displace the winners.
The club was pleased to welcome a new member to the club, John Hodgson. He was inducted into the club by joint Presidents Adrienne Holland and Janet Shortland. John was a local teacher, and lives in Great Dalby. He has heard good things about Rotary from various friends, and expressed his keenness to join us in many of our activities.
The club's Charter Night - the celebration of the club's 90th birthday, was held on 12th March in the lovely surroundings of St Mary's Parish Church, Melton. The church was looking spendid after its major refurbishment last year. The food and service, provided by Carol Sloan of the Samworth Cafe, were both extremely good. The entertainment from Anthony King was unique and hugely enjoyable. A great evening was had by all.
The Youth Speaks District Final was held at Uppingham Community College on 24th February. The two teams from Catmose College, entered by the Rotary Clubs of Melton Mownbray and Melton Belvoir did extremely well. The internediate age group team won their final. The seniors came second in their age group. They will both go on to the regional final for the east of England on 21st March, again at Uppingham Looking to the future, the National Final of The Rotary in Britain and Ireland Youth Speaks competition is on 12th May, at Exmouth Community College, Exmouth. Based on their perfomances last week, there is every chance one or both teams will be making that rather longer journey.
The Young Chef District Final West was held yesterday (24/02/2018) at the Tudor Grange Samworth Academy in Leicester.
Sophie Spokes (Long Field) sponsored by MMBRC and Jessica Ryder by MMRC excelled in a very tough field but were unable to dislodge the winner and runner up from their leading positions - on this occasion.
The heat was won by Lorena Dawes, sponsored by Ashby de la Zouche Castle RC, with Millie-Jayne Hynard, sponsored by Ashby de la Zouche, runner-up.
The photo shows club president Adrienne Holland and Edd de Coverly, CEO Melton Borough Council, at the club meeting at Sysonby Knoll Hotel where members were given an insight into the workings and objectives of the Council.
Two Club Members, Eric Hall and David Ward travelled to India in February to participate in the 2018 NID, both having previously taken part in earlier Polio immunisations. Their visit started in Delhi to meet the other 90 or so volunteers for a Polio update by PDG Raman Bhatia of District 3011, one of the main drivers of the Rotary initiative.
Rather than give a full description of the visit the following groups of photographs will hopefully give a flavour of the 'Real India'.
5. Sikh Temple (Delhi), food kitchens, cooking for thousands 24 x 7 x 365.
7. Other Scenes of interest, Mother Theresa's Tomb, Black Hole of Calcutta Memorial etc..
We were pleased to have our current District Governor visit the club today, 15th January, to encourage us to continue with all the good work she recognises we are doing. She reminded us of the Rotary Theme for the year, Making a Difference, which no-one doubted is what Rotary is all about. She reminded us of the RI President's environmental request for a tree to be planted for evey Rotarian in the club. The work done over the world, as well as in our club, to eradicate polio continues well, despite the long, drawn out nature of the end-game. And she congratulated us all, awarding at least 4 bottles of (virtual) champagne for the great way our club embraces Rotary ideals.
We look forward to seeing Chris again at our Charter Night celebrations in March.
The club's final "normal" meeting of the yearwas entertained by a fascinating presentation on teas from across the world, given by Anna Stasinska, owner and designer of the Old Brickyard Tea Garden in Scalford. To quote her: "The more I discover, the more I realise there is to learn and love about tea".
The first local round of the national Youth Speaks Competition was held at Quorn Lodge Hotel on 21st November.
The competition has two age groups, 11 to 13 years (Intermediate) and 14 to 17 years (Senior). Three teams from Catmose College qualified for the Semi Final of the District Competition to be held in January 2018; two Intermediate and one Senior team.
The Chair of the adjudicators, Robin Jones, congratulated the teams on their performances and wished them further success in the next round.
This local round of the Youth Speaks competition was organised by the Rotary Clubs of Melton Mowbray Belvior and Melton Mowbray. Andrew Leaver, as a lead organiser, acknowledged the continued high standard achieved by the staff and students at Catmose College and concluded the evening by thanking Quorn Lodge for hosting the competition.
Heat one in the local round in Rotary's Young Chef national competition has been held at Long Field Academy.
It forms part of the four stage national competition aimed at supporting and encouraging the development of cookery skills including presentation, healthy eating and hygiene. At a time of increasing debate on the benefits of healthy eating and personal responsibilities, the competition provides an ideal platform for recognising the skills learnt at home, schools, academies and colleges.
The eight students from Long Field fully demonstrated the high skills existing at the Academy. The excellent work shown by Sophie Spokes as winner and Chloe Young, the runner up, allowed them to nudge ahead.
Rotary is particularly pleased to acknowledge the help and support provided by the staff and management at the Academy.
This was then followed by the second round of the local heats, held at Priory Belvoir Academy on 25th November 2017.
Seven students entered this popular event and impressed the judges, parents and Rotarians with the high standard of their culinary expertise.
• Jessica Ryder was voted the winner after demonstrating a fine judgement in detail, a well balanced menu and attractive presentational skills.
• Such was the high standard of the event that two students, Abigail Snow and Rosie Turnbull, tied for the runner-up position.
Belvoir and Melton Rotary Clubs are pleased acknowledge that without the support provided by the Academy, teaching staff, parents and judges, the event could not be held. What a loss for tomorrow's citizens and parents that would be!
The end of October saw the first joint meeting of the Rotary clubs across Melton for many years. The Club Presidents set up the meeting to discuss how better our Rotary Clubs can work together to ensure we are serving the community in and around Melton. About 60 members from the three clubs, including members from the satellite Enterprise Group, came together at the Melton Bowls Club. As well as sharing activities each club is undertaking this year, thoughts were started on suitable joint projects.
The evening was an enjoyable one, sharing an excellent meal and finishing with a "beetle drive" where we all mixed across the clubs and developed better friendships between us all.
Take 150 sandwiches and add 36 deliciously iced cup cakes. Put out three large trifles together with fruit cake, sponge cake and scones and mix liberally with 36 local pensioners. Add enough tea to keep everyone happy and well lubricated!
This happy mix was the latest Contact Tea Party at Burton Lazars village Hall where the elderly were served by The Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray with what was described as a 'wonderful spread'.
Rotarians Helen Bett and Adrienne Holland said it had been a lovely afternoon and a real pleasure to meet and chat to the guests and to serve the teas.
Below is a picture following the presentation on 15th October by two local teachers who went to the Philipines to continue the ICT training programme started three years ago in the wake of Hurrican Haiyan. The teachers' names are Kuldip Kaur and Valerie Turner. They are from Wigston Academy. We are grateful for their support in this on-going help to this devastated community.
Both our teams in the initial round of the District Quiz performed with their usual skill and tactical know-how on how to come as near as possible to winning without the prospect of long district travel to later rounds. The A team ended a mere half point behind the winners Bradgate, with the B team a half point further behind. The event, including the meal, was enjoyed by all. Many thanks to all who took part.
17 members of the club attended the District 1070 annual conference in Llandudno in September 2017, led by Presidents Janet Shortland and Adrienne Holland. The photo shows most of the attendees, at the Imperial Hotel prior to going out to the gala dinner night. From left to right they are Graham Bett, Michael and Diana Osborne, John Dehnel, Janet Shortland, Gill Mc Cord, Helen Bett, David Ward, Adrienne Holland, Bob McCord, Pam Ward, Teresa and Jim Green. David & Margaret Morris and Bill & Angela Hill stayed in the Llandudno Bay hotel and joined the remainder of the party at the dinner.
Charity was the winner after Melton Rotary Club's spectacular Vintage & Classic Vehicle Fun Day on Sunday 3rd September 2017. Melton Market Place was full with vintage and classic cars, motorcycles, scooters and people as Melton Rotary Club's spectacular Vintage & Classic Vehicle Fun Day proved a huge success.
The event, held from 10am until 2pm, saw a wide range of more than 50 vehicles arrive in a bid to be judged Best in Show as voted for by the public. The award went to a 1955 Standard 8 owned by 71-year-old Harry Brentnall from Derby, who explained that he bought the car when his wife told him to stop going down the pub and to get a hobby! "It cost me �100 and another �100 to have it delivered to me. It was in a real mess when I got it. My wife took one look at it and told me to send it to the scrapyard," he said. He added that he didn't have any knowledge of repairing cars before he bought the Standard 8 but that he had taught himself by referring to some old car manuals he had picked up at jumble sales. Harry said he only heard about the Rotary Club event the week before at another car show and thought he would come along for something to do as his wife had other plans for the weekend. "I love coming along to car shows to hear all the nice comments about the car," he added.
Runner-up was a Jensen Interceptor Mark III owned by Andrew Beeston from Melton Mowbray. He explained that the car, which has a V8 7.2 litre engine, was one that he had wanted since he was a child and that it is rare to see them, so when one came up for sale about seven years ago he had to have it. Andrew went along to the event with his family and car-mad son. Louis,13, said he was delighted that his dad drove the Interceptor and that he is the envy of all his friends.
Between �800-�900 was raised for Cancer Research and Home-Start, Rotary supported charities, from donations and raffle prizes. The result of the raffle was as follows: 1st: Chris Richardson, winner of 24 hours at Launde Abbey dinner bed and breakfast; 2nd: Bob McCord, tea for two at Gates Garden Centre; 3rd: Geoff Goodwin, Dickinson & Morris hamper; 4th: Mr Sharman, meat voucher from Derek Jones.
There were a number of stalls and attractions to keep everyone busy during the event including a children's fancy dress competition, which was won by three-year-old Felix Cuzmiar, dressed as Robin Hood. Second prize went to his twin brother Arlo. Hattie the clown kept the crowds amused with balloon modelling and blowing giant bubbles, there was a cake stall, refreshments and a bouncy castle and local radio station 103 The Eye broadcast live from the event.
Organisers wish to thank everyone who helped in any way to make the event such a big success, including all those who donated prizes and bought raffle tickets and to all those who gave their support on the day.
What would you do if someone collapsed unconscious in the street in front of you?
What would you do if a member of your family complained of a chest pain, then collapsed, not breathing, on the living room floor?
27 members of Melton Rotary Clubs' members and friends are now better able to respond appropriately, possibly saving lives should the collapse be caused by a cardiac arrest.
The Heartwize organisation aims to spread knowledge of how to perform effective cardio-pulmonary resuscitation across the East Midlands, and has teamed up with Rotary District 1070 to assist with this. Clubs in Northampton and now in Melton Mowbray have now been part of a 2-hour session where the principles of CPR have been discussed, and the attendees have had hands-on practice at doing CPR.
The other element of the evening was to demystify the use of defibrillators. These are appearing increasingly on public buildings, in shops, offices and other work places. The machines are completely automated, and give voice instructions on how to work them from the moment the ON button is pressed. The group was able to practice with training defibrillators on the CPR dummies, and will all be more confident in their use should the scenario above occur.
Thank you to Dr Doug Skehan and Julie Young of Heartwize for providing such professional input to the evening's activities.
If you are interested in receiving some training, please contact anyone in the Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray, or talk direct to Heartwize. We'll be pleased to help.
Monday, 3rd July was the occasion of the handover of the presidency of the club from Ian Neale to our joint incoming presidents, Adrienne Holland and Janet Shortland. Ian acknowledged the help and support of the club during his year as president, in whihch we continued to achieve much good in the town and elsewhere.
We all wish Adrienne and Janet the very best in leading the club and continuing its successful programmes.
The Rotary Clubs of Melton Mowbray and Melton Mowbray Belvoir held the Melton heats of the 2017 Young Designer competition, at MV16 College on 8 June 2017 under the guidance and with the generous help of David Wilson. The participating schools were Belvoir High School, Long Field Academy, John Ferneley College and MV16. The entries were unversally imaginative and creative.
As the sun shone and tension mounted at 1pm last Sunday, 1000 ducks were released from their captivity in the middle of the lake at Twin Lakes park. At first they seemed afraid to leave their friends, but soon a few brave souls swam out ahead, making a dash for the far shore and leaving their mates in the main pelaton. After rounding the island and being careful not to disturb a nesting swan, the leaders were soon jostling for pole positions, and even quacking about it.
Coming in first was duck 685, closely followed by 62 and in third place was duck 662.
Careful Rotarians helped the rest back into their nesting boxes and everyone went home happy!
Rotary's District Young Chef (West) final was held at Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, Leicester on Saturday, 25th March 2017.
Lucy Towle (Belvoir High School), Emily Dawson (Long Field Academy) and Harry Hooley (John Fernely College), sponsored respectively by Melton Mowbray Rotary Club, Melton Belvoir Rotary Club and Melton Aurora Rotary Club, excelled in producing tasty delights but narrowly missed progressing to the Regional Final. However, Lucy's achievements over the various rounds were recognised by the sponsoring clubs who were please to acknowledge her skills by awarding her the Melton Rotary Clubs' Young Chef Shield for 2017.
The Youth Speak semi finals for District 1070, Area B, was held on 11th Feb 2017 at Bourne Methodist Church.
The Intermediate Semi-Final comprised teams from St George's Academy (Sleaford), Bourne Grammar School, Catmose College (two teams) and Uppingham Community College.
The Senior Section Semi Final comprised teams from Stamford High School, Catmose College (2 teams) and Kesteven and Sleaford High School.
Kesteven and Sleaford High School represented by Natalie Sands, Emily Dunham and Rosanna Jones.
The sponsoring clubs for Catmose College are Melton Mowbray Belvoir and Melton Mowrbray through the joint Youth Committee for the clubs.
The final will be held on 11th March at Oakham.
Rotary's Polio Eradication programme was once again seen in action, and supported by members of the Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray.
Club Members Eric Hall and David Ward took part in the recent RIBI NID (National Immunisation Day) in India, joining the UK's team of 66, which included 5 from District 1070.
Eric and David joined the immunisation team working in Bhiwadi a polluted industrial city some 70 Km, or 3 hrs drive South West of Delhi, other teams travelled to Amritsar with most staying in the city of Delhi.
Over the 5 days in Bhiwadi, (26th Jan – 31st Jan 2017), the visiting Rotarians were royally hosted by the Rotary Club of Bhiwadi, The Rotary Club of Bhiwadi Shakti an all women Rotary Club, the Inner Wheel Club of Bhiwadi and a new Rotary Club in formation.
The hospitality, fellowship and friendship of the hosts was outstanding, freely and openly.
After the Immunisation programme Eric and David travelled to Agra, Jaipur and back to Delhi enjoying the sights of the Taj Mahal, Red Sandstone Forts, Palaces including the experience of an Elephant ride up to a hill top palace.
The attached photos are samples of the experience.
The winners and runners up from the local competitions of Rotary's Young Chef competition recently experienced the life of a chef working in a 2 AA Rosette restaurant when they visited Stapleford Park Country House Hotel. Having succeeded in their respective school's round, the pupils from Belvoir High School, Long Field Academy and John Ferneley College were able to benefit from seeing and participating in the culinary operations of the large prestigious kitchen. Bring it on Ronald!
The pictures show both the Melton Mowbray heats and the winners at Stapleford Park.
President Ian welcomed High Sheriff of Leics Surinder Sharma & his wife Vijay to our Club meeting. Surinder spoke about his role as High Sheriff and the work of UNICEF .
A big thank you to everyone who turned out on Sunday for the 7th Santa Fun Run. 250 of you turned out raising an amazing �6000 for your charities and Rotary. Suzanne Rathbone warmed up the Santas as our Healthy Elf before the start- thank you Suzanne.
We also had the fun of the best dressed Christmas dog and the cutest Santa child competitions.
Our grateful thanks goes to our sponsors. The Christmas music and the PA system was provided by 103 the Eye. All participants were given a goodie bag provided by Tesco Melton, with water, crisps and a banana. There was also a sugar boost provided by Mars foods.
Check out our photographs below and on our Twitter feed. If you see any photos you like please contact us and we'll be happy to send you copies.
So next year, why not join us? Save the date - Sunday 10th December 2016. Join us with family and friends. All the information will be on our website www.meltonsantafunrun.co.uk. Get involved and raise funds for your favourite charity. The format will be similar to this year, with 5K or 1 mile routes in the Melton Country Park.
A BIG THANK YOU to you all and Happy Christmas.
An excellent evening of Fun, Fellowship and cutthroat skittles competition occurred on Wednesday 9th November 2016 at the Royal Oak in Cossington.
A team of 11 highly tuned athletes from our Rotary Club took on the vastly superior and experienced team of 12 from the Soar Valley Rotary Club to decide who didn't progress to the next round in the annual Minor Sports competition.
The very hospitable and thoroughly friendly team of Soar Valley, through their local knowledge of the skittle alley, finally gained the upper edge by losing 2 legs to 1 in the deciding end. The prize of not having to progress to the next round with a possible draw against Skegness drove them on. Our President Ian did however try his best to achieve non progression by scoring a delightful 0, in the deciding leg, as photo shows.
The evening ended with a skittles K.O. competition with President Ian's wife Dina taking the �5 prize, which was kindly donated to Polio charity along with entrance monies - see photo of monies received presented by Soar Valley President Elect Hilary Holmes.
Many thanks to Janet for organisation, and for Soar Valley for their hospitality and friendship.
Competitions for the Rotary Young Chef Competitions are now taking place throughout Great Britain and Ireland. The four stage competition involves Local, District and Regional heats culminating in the National Final in May 2017.
Luke Holland, the lead judge and chef at Stapleford Park Country House Hotel, praised all the young chefs for the very high standard of work which, in addition to demonstrating their own skills, also reflected the excellent tuition, leadership and support of parents and schools.
The participants amply demonstrated these were being met.
As part of their prize, Lucy, Harry and Emily will be able to benefit from a visit to Stapleford Park where Luke and his team will guide them in the finer points of food preparation and presentation.
Melton Mowbray Rotary Clubs thank the judges, parents and schools for their participation and encouragement, particularly at a time when syllabuses, school budgets and teaching resources are under review.
Thanks to the Rotary Clubs in Melton Mowbray, parks, gardens and school grounds across Melton will be a sea of purple crocuses next spring. This is after local Rotary Clubs donated and sold 15,000 crocus bulbs as part of the worldwide End Polio Now Campaign.
On Monday Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray President Ian Neale presented 500 crocus bulbs to Town Estate Senior Town Warden Dinah Hickling. The crocuses will be planted by the Town Estate and bring a splash of purple colour around the Rotary Sundial in Egerton Park next spring.
The lofty rafters of St Mary's Parish Church resounded to Handel's "Zadok the Priest" as Uppingham Chapel Choir and Chamber Orchestra sent tingles down the spines of audience members on Fridayn 14th October, opening this year's Autumn Concert. Next followed "Spring" from the Four Seasons by Vivaldi. The soloist was Richard Liu who gave a masterful performance along with the Chamber Orchestra. Francesca Moorehead treated everyone with her soprano voice using the church acoustics to the full in singing the Exsultate Jubilate by Mozart. After the interval the audience were treated to the "Coronation Mass" also by Mozart. This lesser known mass was brilliantly sung by the full Chapel Choir, giving solo platforms to soloists Sophie Bellamy, Francesca Moorehead, Rosina Griffiths, William Playle-de Vries, Nicholas Hollands, and Theo Wilson who all gave excellent contributions. The Chamber Orchestra, occasionally with the organ, played under the baton of Alex Laing and the Chapel Choir was conducted by Director of Music and Choir Master Stephen Williams.
Audience members were full of praise for the excellent performances and thoroughly enjoyed their evening. Everyone thought the students from Uppingham were splendid.
The concert was arranged by the Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray in conjunction with Uppingham School to raise funds towards the ongoing Rotary Projects in the Philippines and other charities supported by Rotary. Speaking at the end of the evening, Alison Blythe thanked the school for their continued support of the project through coming to Melton and giving audiences such excellent entertainment.
At our meeting on 19th September we had an interesting presentation by Amy Connell from Twenty Twenty, a charity supporting and mentoring young people through their teenage years.
Also, the trophy for the men's winner at the Conference golf competition the previous weekend was presented to Joe Carrington by District Governor and club member John Dehnel.
As part of our work to support community causes and charities the Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray organised and ran its second annual Vintage and Classic Car Festival in the Play Close, in September. This year all the proceeds will be going to Loros, which is one of the two charities supported by our President Ian Neale. Although all the expenses and monies from the raffle are not yet received, we anticipate that around �1000 will be set aside for Loros.
Some 47 cars assembled, raging from a 1930's Austin 7 Ruby to a Rolls Royce. The best in show went to an Austin Healy 3000 Mk 11, closely followed by a Ford Falcon and a Ford Consul Capri; these were voted for by the general public.
It was an excellent event with the Members of Melton Rotary working with the other Rotary clubs in Melton Mowbray and also supported by the members of their satellite section. We wish to thank all those who supported us in the event, the car owners, Town Estate, Dickinson and Morris, Derek Jones Butchers, St Mary's Church and Launde Abbey. We were also supported by the Ladies in Rotary, Sharon and her vintage catering Van, Tina and her catering Van and Graham and the children's rides.
Three new members were inducted into the Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray Satellite Group on 5th September. Our satellite group grows from strength to strength. It now numbers 9 fully inducted members. These members are full members of the Melton club, joining the 39 Active and 2 Honorary members. This gives a new Club total of 50, including 2 Honorary members.
Two teachers from Leicestershire have just returned to the UK after leading a successful teacher training programme at a school in Tacloban City, Philippines.
The two, Valerie Turner and Kuldip Kaur, are senior teachers at Wigston Academy, and had volunteered as part of a programme funded and organised by the Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray.
Over a packed two weeks, they trained 138 Philippine colleagues in the use of computers in lessons and in support tasks such as tracking student progress. The training was aimed at building on earlier work carried out by the Melton Rotary Club to rebuild classrooms and provide computers and books.
Valerie said: "It was hard work but we loved every minute of our time in Philippines. The teachers were very responsive and keen – and we really felt we made a difference.
An International afternoon tea was hosted by Janet Shortland in July. A total of �410.00 was raised at a very enjoyable traditional afternoon tea with garden games. This was to go towards the cost and installation of water fountains, at the Tacloban school in the Philippines, we have been renovating.
Our Rotary Club member John Dehnel visited Skegness on the 30th July to see a contact of the Skegness club, Lee Todd, set off on a daunting challenge to raise awareness of one problem of poverty in the third world – a lack of shoes. Lee's challenge is to walk from Skegness to Liverpool – BAREFOOT!!
On July 30th 2016 l will be setting off from Skegness on the East coast and I will be walking, barefoot, through Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Manchester and finishing in Liverpool, on the West coast. This 159 mile walk, will take in some highs and lows across all kinds of terrain, but as the founder of Shoe Aid, l believe that it is up to me to bring more awareness to the statistics in world shoe poverty.
There are 300 million children without shoes around the world, some 70 million children can't get educated because they need shoes as part of the school uniform, in addition to this there are 30,000 deaths per year due to foot infections.
The reason this journey will be taken completely barefoot is to highlight how millions of people don't have any other choice but to walk barefoot every day.
The Rise & Fall of the Krays actor Kevin Leslie and Coronation Street actress Claire King will be meeting me in Manchester.
I hope, like in the film Forrest Gump, people will be inspired to join me along the way.
The Shoe Aid Team will be encouraging people along the route to donate their unwanted shoes.
In order to prepare myself for this challenging ordeal, I have been training at a local gym, who have supported me by providing 3 month's free membership. I have also been soaking my feet in surgical spirit to harden the skin and at the beginning of June, I will begin walking barefoot everywhere.
Just imagine the misery of living without shoes for just one day. One pair of shoes could save a life.
Rotarians from the Melton Rotary Club donated unwanted pairs of shoes to start Lee's collection, which will be sent to Africa to alleviate the needs.
The 4th July was a big day for The Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray. Not only did we have the handing over of the president's role from Richard Abbott to Ian Neale, but Ian also inducted 5 new members into the club. Assistant Governor Graham Martin presented the club with the District Governor's citation to the club in recognition of the work done by the club in the past year. And Paul Harris Fellowships were awarded to both Diana Osborne and David Ward, in recognition of their support for the club and its activities over many years.
• 5 new active members were inducted, 4 to form part of a new Satellite group, 1 as a 'normal' Club member.
• This takes the membership to 45 members, split 39 full active, 2 Honorary members, 4 Satellite Group.
• This includes the unfortunate loss of two members that occurred during June, before Rotary year end.
• Furthermore, an additional 2 Satellite group members are also approved simply waiting for a mutually suitable induction date, and there are some further potential members for the satellite club in the wings.
This adds enormous strength to the club in carrying out a wide range of projects to support our community. We welcome the new members to the club and to the satellite group.
Congratulations and many thanks to to Diana and David.
The Rotary Club in Melton Mowbray are delighted to announce that one of our own members, John Dehnel, is coming into post as the District Governor for Rotary in the region covering the East Midlands and central eastern England. John has been a Rotarian in Melton for 20 years, during which time the Melton Rotary Club has been active in supporting our local Melton community as well as promoting many humanitarian, educational and livelihood projects overseas. Examples of the local work carried out by Melton Rotary are: in schools organising events such as Young Musician and Youth Speaks competitions; with adults in raising awareness of the risks of strokes caused by high blood pressure, and recently assisting the Storehouse foodbank; and with older folk, the club being part of the network of local organisations distributing Christmas cheer at the end of the year. John has been particularly active over the past many years working with our club and Rotary in the Philippines, most recently in a major project to help schools in Tacloban recover from the devastating typhoon a couple of years ago.
John is seen here visiting Sailability, an organisation devoted to helping disabled people gain some personal freedom out on the water. Also John recently visited Sywell airfield in Northampton, where Rotary took young carers for a day's aviation experience as a respite from their daily caring for infirm family members. In our third photo John is auctioning "Polio Teddy", raising money to complete the eradication of polio world-wide, a job that has been promoted by Rotary since 1985; from a point where over 1000 children every day were being newly affected by polio, Rotary and our partners have reduced to incidence to under 30 per year, and are working to eradicate completely this awful disease within the next three years.
John told us that he is honoured to lead a group of over 2,500 members of Rotary in 90 clubs across 6 counties, in doing so much valuable work supporting our communities locally and worldwide.


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The Redskins defense just added Chase Young and also features up-and-comers like Daron Payne, Tim Settle and Montez Sweat. But when it comes to a potential breakout player for the unit in 2020, Landon Collins is actually looking elsewhere.
During a Twitter Q&A at the end of March, Collins mentioned cornerback Jimmy Moreland's name multiple times as someone he's expecting a lot out of this season. While on a Zoom call with local reporters on Wednesday, the safety got the chance to explain why he's so optimistic about the former seventh-round pick.
"Jimmy was supposed to have seven picks last year," Collins said. "He just didn't trust himself within his ability to do those things. That is just a rookie not being sure or seeing what they want to do and just going for it."
Considering Moreland finished the campaign with zero interceptions and only four pass deflections in 14 games, some may understandably scoff at Collins' assessment of the corner and how he could've been one of the league's best at forcing turnovers.
Collins, however, was completely serious. Part of the reason is that he once went through what Moreland did in 2019.
"That's how it is as a rookie," Collins said. "I saw things and didn't do it because I was scared that a veteran was going to be mad at me."
At James Madison, Moreland proved how dangerous he can be when he's comfortable and acting on his instincts. He set the school record for career interceptions with 18, and he turned six of those into touchdowns on his own.
Moreland appeared well on his way keeping that up as a pro, too, as he was a menace in OTAs and at training camp last offseason. Once he started going up against different offenses and better QBs every week, though, he started getting exposed.
Despite those issues, Collins still saw the makings of a "special" defender when watching Moreland. And now that Moreland has a year's worth of experience in the NFL, his veteran teammate is ready for him to make those splash plays.
"I think he has the confidence now and the trust," Collins said. "He knows we trust him in his ability to do something."
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With temperatures hitting record highs this summer, you might be finding that your current air conditioning system is struggling to keep your home at a comfortable temperature. Before you install an expensive replacement, it's wise to ensure that you're making the most out of what you have.
Air conditioners always work best in a sealed environment. That means no drafts coming from windows, doors, or anywhere else in your house. If you're installing a window-mounted AC unit, make sure to thoroughly seal off any air gaps. Other common spots for air leaks are in attics, under floors, and around pipes, so it's a good idea to check these over, as well.
Keep the blinds drawn when running the AC. Investing in heavy blackout curtains will provide even more insulation for your windows and keep the hot sun from turning your place into a greenhouse. Closing the doors to other rooms of the house will help the air conditioner run more efficiently, as well.
Your air conditioner will be more effective if it isn't running at maximum capacity all the time. A good rule of thumb is to set the thermostat to the highest temperature you can handle while you're at home, and to set it even higher while you're away. You may even want to upgrade to a smart thermostat that you can control the temperature from a cellphone app—ensuring that your house is cool by the time you return home.
Air conditioner filters should be replaced every few months and cleaned regularly in between. Fans and dehumidifier benefit from regular cleaning as well, as any dust buildup will make them less efficient and therefore more costly to run. This is especially important if you live with pets whose hair can clog up vents—your vacuum cleaner can prove a very useful tool for this task.
Adding fans to the mix is a great way to get more out of your AC, with minimal effect on your power bill. One US study showed that a ceiling fan can lower room temperature by 10°F (5.56°C), using much less electricity than central air does.


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15 June 2018 - The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has confirmed that a total of 32,372 entries have been received into this year's awards. Entries have come from 90 countries and have been made into 26 Lions. Early analysis of the numbers provides revealing insights to the creative communications industry, particularly around client engagement with the awards.
Philip Thomas, CEO, Ascential Events and Chairman-elect, Cannes Lions, commented, "Last year we made the decision to press the reset button on Cannes Lions. We closed three big Lion awards, and removed and combined many sub-categories. We did it knowing that this would mean a smaller volume of entries, but it was the right decision for the long term."
2018 has seen the closure of three Lions - Cyber, Integrated and Promo & Activation - and this change, and the removal of more than 120 sub-categories from across the Lions is calculated to have impacted numbers by 13%. Commenting on the effect of Publicis Groupe's one year pause from the Festival, Thomas added, "As we have seen, many clients have entered Publicis campaigns into the Festival this year to support their partnership and the work they do together. This shows how passionately they feel about the importance of creativity in their business. But obviously there has been an impact from Publicis' temporary decision to step back, and we calculate that impact to account for an 8% drop in the Festival's entry numbers."
The 2018 entry numbers have also shown a shift in the type of companies entering the awards with the number of brands entering work increasing by 84% over last year. Jose Papa, Managing Director, Cannes Lions, commented that "this was confirmation of marketing leaders' increased understanding of the value that creativity has on business and ROI." Another notable change includes an increase in media owners entering work, up 59% on 2017.
To reflect the modern creative marketing challenges that face the industry, two new Lions - Creative eCommerce and The Sustainable Development Goals - were added for 2018 and together have generated 1,166 entries. Additionally, three reimagined Lions - Social & Influencer (some categories retained from the Cyber Lions), Industry Craft (some categories retained from Outdoor, Design and Print & Publishing), and Brand Experience & Activation (some categories retained from Promo & Activation) - have been launched, generating a further 6,082 entries.
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Other trends showing in the entry numbers include an industry-wide, sustained investment in creative effectiveness with entries into The Creative Effectiveness Lion - the only global award that recognises the compelling link between award winning creativity and business driving results - remaining strong in 2018. Craft is also proving to remain crucial for the industry with entries into the Film Craft Lion up year-on-year to 2,519 and a strong first year for the Industry Craft Lion with 1,720 entries.
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According to the Bureau of Meteorology, a top of around 29° is expected on Christmas Day but that could fluctuate depending on a predicted southerly change.
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Q: LP model does not give expected answer I want to use gurobi instead of scipy, but I am not getting the same answer which I get in scipy, Could someone help me what went wrong here?
import gurobipy as gp
from scipy.optimize import linprog
import numpy as np

lp_m = gp.Model()
w = np.array([1., 5., 1.])
halfspaces = np.array([
[1.*w[0], 1.*w[1], 1.*w[2], -10 ],
[ 1., 0., 0., -4],
[ 0., 1., 0., -4],
[ 0., 0., 1., -4],
[-1., 0., 0., 0],
[ 0., -1., 0., 0],
[ 0., 0., -1., 0]
])

A = halfspaces[:,0:3]
b = -1*halfspaces[:,-1]
cost = np.zeros(A.shape[1])

opt_x = lp_m.addMVar((A.shape[1],), name="x")
lp_m.setObjective(cost@opt_x)
lp_m.addConstr(A@opt_x <= b)
lp_m.optimize()
print(opt_x.X) #  [0. 0. 0.]

res = linprog(c=cost, A_ub=A, b_ub=b, method='interior-point')
print(res.x) # [1.65708642 1.040279 1.65708642]

A: You are using a zero objective here. Depending on the algorithm that is used, whichever feasible solution is found first will be reported as "the solution". The interior point method will always target a center solution while the simplex will return a vertex solution - they are never going to be exactly equal without any post-processing.
You should just rerun the test with a non-zero objective to better compare the two solutions.

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How FG spent $4.8bn foreign loans in two years
Kemi Adeosun
By punchng
While Nigeria's rising indebtedness is generating ripples as to the sustainability and the interest element, the Federal Government has given details of some of the foreign loans it has raised in the last two years, expended on programmes rather than development projects, EVEREST AMAEFULE writes
The Federal Government obtained about $4.8bn from various foreign sources in the last two years, The PUNCH has learnt. The loans were expended on various programmes.
The Economic Governance, Diversification and Competitiveness Support Programme was the highest single financing item on which the government expended $600m of the borrowed funds from external sources in the last two years.
Responding to an enquiry from The PUNCH under the Freedom of Information Act, the Federal Government, through the Debt Management Office, said it received $600m from the African Development Bank for the EGDCSP.
The AfDB said on its website that the programme would help the government to create the fiscal space to facilitate a smooth implementation of the government's budget, support fiscal and structural reforms, and improve the targeting of social sector spending to protect the most vulnerable segments of the population.
While the first tranche of the programme costing $600m was approved in 2016, the second tranche costing $400m is expected to be approved this year to take the total value of the loan to $1bn.
Another major loan of $500m came from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for Nigeria's development finance institutions. The item also attracted $400m from the AfDB in addition to another $400m secured from the African Development Fund.
The Federal Government secured $500m from the International Development Association, an arm of the World Bank, for the Saving One Million Lives, which is a scheme to expand access to essential primary health care services for women and children.
Three states, Rivers, Ogun and Lagos, benefitted from the foreign debts secured in the last two years. The Federal Government secured UA3.3m ($5.06m) and $200m for the Urban Water Sector Reform and Port Harcourt Water Supply and Sanitation projects, and $33.17m for the Ogun State Urban Water Supply Project.
It also obtained $100m from the AFD for the Lagos Integrated Urban Development Project.
From the International Development Association, the Federal Government secured $200m, $70m, $140m and $70m for the Polio Eradication Support Project, Higher Education Centres of Excellence Project, Community and Social Development Project, and African Higher Education Centre of Excellence Project, respectively.
Another $140m was obtained from the World Bank for the Community and Social Development Project. The Polio Eradication Support Project received another $200m from the IDA, while the Nigerian Partnership for Education Project also received $100m from the same organisation.
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From the Export-Import Bank of China, the Federal Government obtained $325m for 40 plants under the Parboiled Rice Processing Plant Project; and $280m from the AfDB for the Enable Youth Nigeria Programme.
Also from the AfDB, the Federal Government obtained $250m for the Inclusive Basic Service Delivery and Livelihood Empowerment Integrated Programme.
From the IDA, the government also obtained $200m for the Multi-Sectorial Crisis Recovery Project for North Eastern Nigeria and $90m for the Regional Surveillance Systems Enhancement.
The government's response to The PUNCH's enquiry, which was directed to the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, did not indicate how far it had gone in implementing the projects for which it obtained the foreign loans in the last two years of the current administration.
Experts have at various times expressed fears that governments across the country borrow funds that are not tied to projects but to finance routine expenditure such as salaries and overheads.
While this may be true of local debts, foreign agencies hardly lend without knowing what the funds will be utilised for.
The response of the Federal Government to PUNCH's enquiry showed that local debts were not tied to any specific projects but warehoused in the Central Bank of Nigeria for financing budget deficits.
Some stakeholders say the government should only borrow to finance capital projects and infrastructure that have the capacity to generate funds for both debt servicing and repayment of the principal.
This is hardly the case as most of the debts are spent on programmes and routine expenses.