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Cultivating an exciting alternative to day centres
Countrymen UK is an award-winning, Lottery funded initiative which aims to help men become more resilient to the life changes they experience as a result of deteriorating health and rural isolation.
In the year prior to the Covid 19 Lockdown in March 2020, twelve groups were established, stretching from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands, all providing access to the therapeutic benefits of farms, gardens and other countryside environments.
Great things grow from small beginnings
The Countrymen UK Initiative began with just one man, John Stockley. He'd been a farmer since the age of 14 and was active in many other outdoor interests until he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.
Day care centres weren't the answer for John. They tended to favour indoor and relatively passive activities or talking groups, while John was really yearning to be involved in more physical outdoor activities, preferably alongside other men who also had a deep love of the outdoor life. And just as importantly, he wanted some control and choice back in his life. He wanted to make decisions for himself for as long as he possibly could.
John's daughter, Julie Plumley, ran her own Care Farm in Dorset and was a registered social worker with over twenty years of experience. Her experience, and that of her dad, led to the start of the first Countrymen's Club, which encompassed choice, physical activities and socialising with men who shared outdoor interests and backgrounds.
"It's all based on the therapeutic use of farms and other outdoor environments." said Julie, "It's about a love of animals, countryside smells, a sense of space and wellbeing, and the motivation that comes from being useful, involved and able to make personal choices. It's a different kind of intervention for those who need it.
So, Countrymen UK was born.
From the farmer's mouth
Dan Hodgeson, a Countrymen Club member in Dorset, said, "I was depressed and isolated. I missed the life I once had in the countryside and had little contact with people outside my family. That's all changed now. I love being outside again. It brings back memories. It's become a new adventure for me – a healthy adventure. And I'm surrounded by people who share my interests."
Another Countryman, Ken Smith, said, "I farmed all my life until Parkinson's got me. I thought that was the end, but it wasn't. The club has helped me get out of the house. It's given my wife the respite she needs and we can both see the difference in my outlook on life, my general health and fitness, and my mobility.
"I'm also among people of different ages and abilities. I'm given respect and my advice about animals and farming is actually asked for – and I get to do some farming, in the fresh air, again. Preparing feed, feeding the animals, growing veg and plants, mending fences or benches, countryside crafts, and whatever else needs to be done. No, this is definitely not a day care centre."
Countrymen UK Groups also cater for family carers by providing opportunities for respite, as well as the chance to socialise and gain mutual support from each another.
David Drysdale is Countrymen UK's Project Manager. He says, "The outdoors stimulate the senses; the smells, changes in temperature, changes in season, and the life cycles of plants and animals all help us to engage and there's always something different to motivate and develop the men's interests."
Research seems to support the approach that Countrymen UK is taking.
Authors of a report to the Big Lottery Fund said, "…it is important that we are specifically targeting men; consulting with them about what they want and need; having 'hooks' to encourage initial engagement; building individual relationships; and tailoring services towards a range of needs."
Ploughing on through difficult times
Coronavirus and the resulting lockdown has had their impacts. Men couldn't come to the farm but the decision was taken to take the farm to them and to throw in some additional outreach services.
David Drysdale explained, "We've been working with local businesses and other organisations to keep the men and their family carers in touch with farm life using regular telephone calls, e-newsletters and home deliveries of food and other essentials.
"On a network basis, we've hired fifteen new Outreach Specialists to develop and implement other services, not only to engage with existing Countrymen members but also to reach out to the wider community.
We've provided induction and communications training for everyone and we've devised a list of other training that will become available on demand starting in July.
We've also instilled the idea of sharing resources, information and skills across the Outreach Specialist team regardless of where they are based and everyone is submitting reports on what they're doing and the impacts their work is having on men, family carers, local organisations and the community.
Our outreach work isn't what we were set up to do but it's important to remain connected and to ensure that the adverse effects of isolation are minimised during the current crisis."
Covid 19 has affected everyone but the Countrymen UK Network of farms, gardens and outdoor spaces is intent on delivering as good a serve as possible in the circumstances, while gearing up to extend its core services to an increasing number of men and family carers in the future.
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Mbed OS provides a set of macros that evaluates an expression and prints an error message if the expression evaluates to false. There are two types of macros, one for evaluating the expression during runtime and one for compile-time evaluation. mbed_assert.h defines these macros.
You can use the MBED_ASSERT macro for runtime evaluation of expressions. If the evaluation fails, an error message is printed to STDIO in the below format.
Note that the MBED_ASSERT macro is available in the debug and develop build profiles but not in the release build profile.
The below function uses MBED_ASSERT to validate a pointer to serial_t object.
You can use the MBED_STATIC_ASSERT macro for compile-time evaluation of expressions. If the evaluation fails, the passed in error message prints, and the compilation fails.
The below function uses MBED_STATIC_ASSERT to validate the size of the equeue_timer structure.


Following July's drop in US manufacturing surveys, expectations remained lower for August as 'hard' data slumps to 11-month lows - but - as has become so ubiquitous in recent months - the surveys vehemently disagreed with each other.
Markit's Manufacturing PMI survey fell from 55.3 to 54.7 (the lowest since Nov 2017), but was very modestly better than the 54.5 flash print earlier in the month. Under the hood, Markit showed Output slowed to weakest since Sept 2017 and New Orders slipped to the weakest growth since Nov 2017.
ISM's Manufacturing soared from 58.1 to 61.3 (smashing expectations of a modest drop to 57.6) - The highest since May 2004's all-time record high.
Which as the chart below shows, is utterly idiotic!!!
"Tariffs and trade wars were also commonly cited as factors behind companies building safety stocks of inputs to ensure supply or lock-in lower prices, exacerbating supply shortages and also driving prices even higher.
"Looking at the survey responses, almost two-thirds (64%) of companies reporting higher input prices explicitly blamed tariffs as the cause of increased costs. Almost one-in-three went on to cite tariffs as the cause of having to hike prices to customers. Overall price pressures eased somewhat, however, which if sustained could take some heat off consumer price inflation in coming months."


Why are personalized baby gifts popular?
Personalized baby gifts makes it possible to make it personal. Personalized baby gifts foster individual creativity and individuality. They are great for all baby occasions: baby presents, baby shower gifts, baby holiday gifts, baby birthday presents, baby's first photo opportunities, future holiday ornament creations, and religious occasion gifts. Personalized baby gifts are excellent resources for digital scrapbooking and baby keepsake memory boxes as well as scrapbook albums. Personalized baby gifts let family, friends, and associates know that their likes, tastes, and interests were taken into account when the gifts were created and designed. Personalization is a way to show that the individual's preferences were kept in mind.
What are the most popular gifts in 2007?
What is a popular person?
How do you be a popular person?
To be popular you must show what you can do and do something that many people want to see.
How do you say thank you for gift from personal gift?
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What do you do with baby shower gifts after a stillbirth?
Who gave gifts to baby Jesus?
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What was the most popular gift in 1974?
The most popular gift in 1974 was the pet rock. Believe it or not, it was.
What is the most popular gift to get for your boyfriend?
Who do you address a baby Gift to?
To: Baby _______________ Baby name goes here C/O _______________________ Parents name goes here Address You can order online great baby gifts here.
What is the least popular gift for Christmas?
What is the perfect baby gift?
What to write on baby shower gift?
What are some popular wedding gifts?
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What are some baby shower gifts?
What are the popular gifting ideas this season?
What are good baby shower gifts?
The best baby shower gifts are ones taken from the gift registry provided by the expectant parents. It's an easy way to know exactly what they want so you know your gift will be appreciated.
Are gift hampers a popular gift?
"Gift hampers are fairly popular and can be used on both general, and recognized occasions."
Who brought gifts to the baby Jesus?
What is the most common baby gift?
The most common baby gift is simply money. People often find this as a much more generic gift, as opposed to getting the new parents something they did not want.
Where can one find unique personalized gifts for a baby girl?
Personalized gifts for a baby girl can be found on Amazon. There are many specialty websites for unique gifts for babies such as redenvelope and giftsforyounow.
Why are chocolate gifts popular gifts to give on holidays?
What are the most popular Easter gifts?
Easter is a religious holiday which falls in the springtime but there is also plenty of fun to be had, especially when it comes to giving nice Easter presents. Some of the most popular gifts that people like to exchange during Easter includes; decorated eggs, chocolate rabbits, movies and candy.
What are the popular valentine gifts for him?
Some popular valentine gifts for men can be as simple as a bottle of wine. Or if this cannot be acquired, some men even enjoy utilitarian items like watches.
What companies offer unique personalized baby gifts?
There are several websites which offer unique personalized baby gifts. Some of the most popular include From Babies With Love, Red Envelope and Stork Baby Gifts.
What is a good gift for a new baby?
There are many good gifts that one can get for a new baby. These gifts include baby clothes, baby diapers, baby food, and other toys that the parents might want their baby to have.
Where can a person go to find personalised baby gifts?
Many parents will have gift registries at their favorite stores. Check their registry to see if personalized baby gifts can be obtained. One can also purchase personalized gifts at Personal Creations, Red Envelope, and even Wal-Mart.
What are some popular Christmas Gifts?
Popular Christmas gifts can include toys and play sets for children. Other popular gift ideas might consist of greeting cards, jewelry and gift certificates or gift cards.
What are the most popular retirement gifts?
Traditionally on retirement a company will normally get the person who is retiring a piece of jewellery. A watch is the norm, although this may be substituted for another piece of jewelery for example a bracelet.
What are some popular gifts for babies?
Some popular gifts for babies could be diapers and wipes. Socks, outfits, and small teething toys make good gift for babies. You can also try giving them puzzles and blocks as well.
What are some popular shower gifts when the expected baby is a girl?
There are several popular shower gifts when the expected baby is a girl. These gifts include blankets, baby bottles, clothes, and toys often in a pink color.
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There are several popular driving gifts one can purchase online and in stores. These gifts include car mats, car air fresheners, car MP3 player, and sunglasses.
What are some of the best personalized baby gifts?
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There are hundreds of popular books to give as gifts. Some recently popular gift books include The Harry Potter series books, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Princess Bride.
What is a popular gift for a man?
All men are different so certain gifts will appeal to some but not all. With that in mind popular gifts for men include the latest electronic device, tools, or sports tickets.
What are the more popular gifts for parties?
There are many stores that sell popular gifts for parties. Some examples of stores that sell popular party gifts include Amazon, Uncommon Goods, Gifts, and Oasis Date.
Where online might one buy a personalized baby gift?
One can find a large variety of personalized baby gifts on sites such as Getting Personal, Skreened, Personal Creations, My 1st Years and RedEnvelope.
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There are many places that one can get personalized gift bags. Some of the places are The Oriental Trading Company, Cafe Press, and The Personalization Mall.
Which are the most popular gifts for teachers?
Bath salts, chocolates, home made buns and wine are all popular gifts that teachers receive. Some other alternatives are vouchers or package deals for spa vacations.
What are some popular Chinese gifts?
A popular Chinese gift is a red envelope that has money inside of it. The money inside a red envelope should always be new, crisp, and clean. Otherwise, it is considered rude.
Why did Jesus receive gifts as a baby?
Is a baby a gift?
It depends on your point of view. It can be seen as a gift from God.
Where can you get personalized gifts?


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The winners were announced at the 2018 Bar of the Year awards on Monday 20th August hosted by Newstalk's Tom Dunne. The evening saw some of the finest businesses in the country represented at the annual awards which are now in their twelfth year. The Bar of the Year Awards are the premium awards for the licensed trade and have recognised the excellent bars and high quality service in the bar trade across the country. All at the Great Southern are thrilled with this fantastic achievement.
To celebrate this magnificent win, Brownes- The Bar is offering a free pint of Craft Beer or Glass of Wine with any main course in Brownes. This offer is available from Monday-Thursday 6.30pm-9.30pm until 30th September 2018.


The entire philosophy behind Nice Guys Finish First relies upon more than just being a nice guy in order to be succcesful. Obviously, you have to follow the important MUST-DO's in business. A colleague, Bob Burg says it best. "Success is also a matter of doing the correct things in the success process that allows a person to be successful, and finish first. It's a matter of being nice AND operating in accordance with proven principles of success."
I'll even take it one step further. You must really like yourself and be comfortable in your own skin as well in order to be successful. What do you see when you look in the mirror, both the literal and figurative mirror. Don't mask who you are in order to fit into the world around you. The world around you will (and must) love you for who you are. Do you like to wear crazy hats, colorful socks, or dye your hair purple? If those actions represent you, then I encourage you to have at it.
Sales is not just about closing deals. It's about building relationships. Customer service is not just about following up with a smile. It's about understanding what makes your customer smile, what makes them feel good and understanding why they need you in their lives.


The investment objective of Horizons Active US Floating Rate Bond (USD) ETF (the "ETF") is to generate income that is consistent with prevailing U.S. short-term corporate bond yields while stabilizing the market value of the ETF from the effects of U.S. interest rate fluctuations. The ETF invests primarily in a portfolio of U.S. corporate debt securities and will hedge the portfolio's U.S. interest rate risk to generally maintain a portfolio duration of less than two years. The ETF may also invest in U.S government debt securities and debt securities of non-U.S. companies. The ETF may also invest in debt securities directly, or through investments in securities of other investment funds, including exchange traded funds. The ETF will use derivatives, including interest rate swaps, to deliver a floating rate of income. As the ETF is denominated in U.S. dollars, the ETF will generally seek to hedge its Canadian dollar currency exposure to the U.S. dollar and will not seek to hedge its U.S. dollar currency exposure to the Canadian dollar.
1The above ratings are all based out of 72 funds in the Canadian Corporate Fixed Income Morningstar category as at 31/10/2018.
2The above ratings are all based out of 54 funds in the Canadian Corporate Fixed Income Morningstar category as at 31/10/2018.
Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. has completed the conversion of all advisor-class units of its Canadian-listed exchange trade funds (ETFs) into the corresponding common class units of the same ETF as at the end-of-day, April 28, 2017. The Conversion Ratio of advisor-class units to common class units for HUF.V is 1 to 1.000202. Only whole units of HUF.U were issued and any resulting fractional units were redeemed for cash. For more information, view our press release.


If you want to live your dream with an encore career you are most likely exploring what it takes to become an entrepreneur. Once you find the right opportunity, funding it becomes the next hurdle. Besides small business loans, home equity loans and using your personal savings, there is another option.Read more..
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Rubberband is the record that would have kicked off Miles Davis' late-career stint on Warner Bros., had the plug not been pulled before it was finished. Instead, Davis and his bassist/chief collaborator Marcus Miller issued Tutu, and Rubberband was all but lost to history. What we hear now is not exactly what was left in the vaults: It's been "finished"—brought into the 21st century by the original producers, namely Attala Zane Giles, drummer Vince Wilburn, Jr. (Miles' nephew), and guitarist Randy Hall. Vocalists Ledisi and Lalah Hathaway, among others, lend their feature spots a contemporary vibe. But the atmosphere of dance beats and R&B vamps, synth textures, and rock-tinged guitars, with that legendary trumpet sound weaving in and out through it all, is solidly in the wheelhouse of post-comeback Davis. Shelving it and going with Tutu might have been the right call, yet Rubberband yields some great moments, like the sophisticated chord licks on the romantic ballad "So Emotional," or the tight fusion guitar/soprano sax unison lines of Mike Stern and Bob Berg on "Maze," which recalls the flavor of Stern's solo work from this period. (Stern returns to wail with bebop fluency on the closing title track.) The two-part "Echoes in Time / The Wrinkle," an out-of-tempo trumpet/synth intro leading into extended party-time funk, seems to encapsulate a lot of what Davis was after at this stage.
Rubberband of Life (feat. Ledisi)
This Is It
Paradise (feat. Medina Johnson)
So Emotional (feat. Lalah Hathaway)
Carnival Time
I Love What We Make Together (feat. Randy Hall)
See I See
Echoes In Time / The Wrinkle
℗ 2019 W arner Records. All rights reserved. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
More by Miles Davis
Everything's Beautiful
The Best of Miles Davis
'Round About Midnight (Mono Version)

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Business leaders today highlighted how an engaged workforce means increased productivity, innovation and competitiveness - as the Government launched new guidance to help bosses engage their employees.
Justin King, Chief Executive of Sainsbury's, who said, "Our colleagues are key to the success of our business. Employee engagement is about making sure that the 150,000 people we have working at Sainsbury's understand what it is we are trying to achieve for our customers and why we are trying to achieve it."
Philip Green, Chief Executive of United Utilities, comments, "Employee engagement is one of the key drivers of the success of any business. I can't imagine having high levels of customer or shareholder satisfaction without high levels of engagement."
Richard Lambert, Director General, CBI, says, "One of the things that has become really clear in this past recession is that employee engagement and trust between employer and employee has made it easier for people to come through the tough times in better shape."
Representing the Civil Service, Sir Gus O'Donnell comments, "The more engaged our workforce the more likely employees are to be thinking about creative, innovative ways of helping people who need it the most."
The new guidance - published on www.businesslink.gov.uk/employeeengagement - is designed to help employers reap the benefits of effective engagement. These include greater productivity, higher levels of innovation and lower rates of sickness and absence. The guidance has been developed with input from a range of business leaders, employers and employee engagement practitioners and follows the publication of the independent report to Government last year , 'Engaging for Success', co-authored by David MacLeod and Nita Clarke.
"Engaging for Success showed how a more considered approach to employee engagement can improve the performance and competitiveness of both individual businesses and the UK economy as a whole.
"With the help of the new guidance on the BusinessLink.gov website, we hope even more employers will take the simple steps that can make a real difference - to their employees' job satisfaction and commitment, and the bottom-line of the business."
"The body of research on engagement is compelling. It shows how engaged employees are far more committed and productive than disengaged ones. With the country emerging from one of the toughest economic periods in living history, it is now more important than ever that organisations realise the full potential of their people."
video testimonies from business leaders on the benefits of employee engagement.
1. 'Engaging for Success' was the report to Government which focuses on the potential benefits of employee engagement for companies, organisations and individual employees.
the cost of disengaged employees to the economy was between £59.4 billion and £64.7 billion in 2008 according to Gallup.
3. Case studies of employers who have successfully engaged their employees to deliver business success are available.


I found out about this site a few weeks ago and have been checking back on it often. The site, Pantonism, dubs itself as "The art of matching influences", I personally use it as steady source of inspiration for my day to day work. The little pops of colour always spark something for me and it's just a very visually stimulating site in general.
Today I noticed that they had re-tweeted something I'd posted so I thought I'd stop by and check out the site for any updates. To my delight I found I was the first up in the yellow section which I have to be honest is a great honor, there's a ton of very stylish people on that site.
If you haven't yet seen the SITE set aside some time and check it out, it's at the very top of my favorite site list these days.


Gov. Jay Inslee is at an event sponsored by the Organization for International Investment at the Bothell medical device facility of Netherlands giant Philips. The topic: Attracting more foreign direct investment to the state.
According to the trade group, some 800 subsidiaries of foreign companies operate in Washington and account for 92,300 workers. This "insourcing" increased by 14 percent from 2002 to 2011. Germany, the UK and Canada are the biggest foreign investors. With 31,100 jobs, manufacturing is the largest sector.
Still, this represents only 4 percent of the state's private-sector workforce, so there's plenty of room to grow.
For example, foreign direct investment (FDI) is responsible for 7.5 percent of South Carolina's private-sector jobs thanks to the state's "Autobahn," the BMW assembly near Spartanburg and the suppliers along Interstate 85. The national average is 5 percent. In the Northwest: Alaska, 5.7 percent, Idaho, 2.7 percent and Oregon, 3.4 percent.
Nancy McLernon, president and CEO of the organization, told me that foreign investment is often a "blind spot" in state and local economic development. Over the decade from 2002 through 2011, the United States' share of cross-border investment fell from 37 percent to 17 percent.
"When you look at what foreign based companies bring, it's really significant," she said. "Across every key economic indicator, foreign companies raise the average across the board." They are also important exporters.


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Q: Recording an Espresso test with a DatePicker The test recorder produces code that promptly fails on being run after recording.
The reason is that while recording, I tap the year, the year spinner pops up, I scroll back and then select one of the years. The recorder does not capture the scrolling.
In Xcode, they added a method to scroll to the item. I could not find something akin in Espresso.
(Using Android Studio 2.3.)

A: I have not used the recorder in a long time and instead wrote my tests by hand.
I use the following line to set the date in a DatePicker:
onView(withClassName(Matchers.equalTo(DatePicker.class.getName()))).perform(PickerActions.setDate(year, monthOfYear, dayOfMonth));

The PickerActions class is defined in the espresso-contrib library. Add it as follows to your gradle file:
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:3.4.0'

I then use this in a helper method which clicks the button that opens a DatePickerDialog, sets the date and confirms it by clicking the OK button:
public static void setDate(int datePickerLaunchViewId, int year, int monthOfYear, int dayOfMonth) {
    onView(withParent(withId(buttonContainer)), withId(datePickerLaunchViewId)).perform(click());
    onView(withClassName(Matchers.equalTo(DatePicker.class.getName()))).perform(PickerActions.setDate(year, monthOfYear, dayOfMonth));
    onView(withId(android.R.id.button1)).perform(click());
}

And then use it in my tests as follows:
TestHelper.setDate(R.id.date_button, 2017, 1, 1);
//TestHelper is my helper class that contains the helper method above

A: Note: This answer is intended to supplement @stamanuel's answer.
To see an example in the Android source code of an Android instrumentation test which opens a DatePickerDialog and selects a date, refer to the PickerActionsTest.java file.
The two key lines of code in that file are the following:
// Sets a date on the date picker widget
onView(isAssignableFrom(DatePicker.class)).perform(setDate(1980, 10, 30));

// Confirm the selected date. This example uses a standard DatePickerDialog
// which uses
// android.R.id.button1 for the positive button id.
onView(withId(android.R.id.button1)).perform(click());

As @stamanuel has mentioned in his answer, the PickerActions.setDate(year:monthOfYear:dayOfMonth:) method is defined in the androidx.test.espresso:espresso-contrib library.

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Q: Evaluate the line integral with the given closed curve
Evaluate the line integral of the closed curve C oriented counterclockwise

A: Hint: Applying Green's Theorem
$ \int_C (Pdx + Qdy) = \iint_D (\frac{\partial Q}{\partial x} - \frac{\partial P}{\partial x}) dA$
When you find $\frac{\partial Q}{\partial x} - \frac{\partial P}{\partial x}$, you will realize you get a number and your integral is that number multiplied by $\iint_D dA$. So simply calculate the area of the given closed path splitting into rectangles and squares, without integral. That should lead you to the answer.


This fun route includes everything from aid climbing to a full-body chimney to a face climbing finish. This route goes up the left side of Independence Monument's south side following a ramp to a distinct chimney/crack system. The south facing exposure makes the route a good choice for cool spring or fall days. Start the climb by going to the left side of the monument's south side.
P1. The climb starts by getting onto the right leaning ramp leading to the chimney system. Accomplish this by aiding up a thin crack on the face under the ramp. The crack has a fixed pin on the face to the side of it about 35' up. This is 20' to the right of a big roof with an offwidth up it. Aid up the crack using small pro until you can free climb. I started freeing at the start of the dihedral with fixed pin. Climb up past a lone fixed pin to a two drilled-angle belay above the crack. You can use these as a belay or directional, then climb up the ramp 5.5-6 to another drilled angle belay.
P2. From 2nd drilled angle belay, squeeze up an offwidth (5.8) and follow wide crack to two angle belay below chimney.
P3. THE chimney pitch - Fun, full-body chimneying is the highlight of this pitch. From the belay on the ramp, get into the tight chimney and clip the drilled pin on the face. Squeeze up the narrow chimney until it widens a little above. Continue a little higher where a 1" crack starts near the outside edge of the chimney. Use this for pro/jams and continue up. After small crack ends, go up and right following the main chimney to a two- pin belay inside chimney.
P4. This pitch continues up the chimney deep into the fissure. Easy, unprotected chimneying leads up to a large ledge above.
P5 & 6. From ledge, go East to the top of the Time Tunnel and meet up with Otto's Route. Continue to the summit via the last two pitches of Otto's Route.
Standard rack including stoppers, small cams (TCUs & micros), medium to large cams, 1.0-1.5 Tri-cam for Otto's Route. Include a few large pieces for OW (Camalots 4,4.5,5). I got a great Lowe Ball placement on the aid section, FWIW.
Dan Mottinger stemming up the OW start of P3.
This is the best chimney route I've ever done--the full body chimneying mixed with finger jamming on P3 is rather interesting.
On P1, it may be possible to free climb this around 5.11ish, but watch out for the flexing flake! Pro is decent enough, but may be difficult to place. On P2, a #4 Camalot protects the opening, crux moves--a #3 Friend can be placed a little higher. The pitch is a little runout if you don't have a #5 Camalot, but easier than the initial OW. A No. 5 might have been useful for the start of P3 also since it's only protected by a drilled angle low. My suggestion: if you're comfortable in 5.8 terrain, leave the cams larger than #4 Camalot at home.
A tip for the unprotected chimney pitch: the leader must 'solo' this section, but the second can be protected by a directional stopper at the top of the chimney.
I freed the first pitch with Craig Weinhold last week for the FFA. I felt it was probably 11c, he thought 11d. Safe gear and pretty straightforward, though it will get much harder if/when the flexing jug comes off. The rest of the route is fun and casual with no climbing harder than 5.8.


Only a couple of spots left at my next bookbinding workshop, this Saturday! Read on for details.
Learn the basics of using acrylic paint creatively and then use a simple bookbinding stitch to turn it into a set of two notebooks.
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A DAY before the 11th anniversary of her dad's death, Bindi Irwin paid tribute to the iconic wildlife warrior for Father's Day.
The 19-year-old conservationist, who has been following in Steve Irwin's footsteps since he was killed by a stingray in 2006, took to Instagram on Sunday to honour her dad.
The adorable video features Steve creating a documentary alongside his then three-year-old daughter.
"Call action," he whispers to her before she yells, "And, action!"
"One of the greatest honours while we're on this movie shoot is working with my daughter and the wildlife that's around here," he tells the camera.
The famous activist then goes on to prove why his kids are still so passionate about wildlife, even a decade after his death.
"Now everybody knows that bull ants bite and they bite hard but I'm trying to teach Bindi to be a wildlife warrior and love all wildlife, even the bull ants," he says.
"Do you love bull ants, are they your friends? Do they bite you a little bit?" he asks her, as she enthusiastically replies "yes" to each of his answers.
And when Irwin asks her why the bull ants bite people, a three-year-old Bindi replies with wisdom beyond her years.
"Because they're scared," she tells her dad as Steve puts his hand down in the middle of the bull ant swarm.
Then, after Steve's quick lesson on bull ants, Bindi bravely puts her hand down with the bull ants.
The heartwarming video proves exactly why the world was so enamoured with Steve Irwin and still is with his family.
Alongside the video, Bindi added a Father's Day message for her late dad.
"Life is always changing and evolving and I'll always be thankful that I learned so much from my dad. He taught me to treat every being on Earth the way you would wish to be treated. From the tiny ants to the enormous elephants," she wrote.
"We are all connected and must respect each other to live in true harmony. I'll forever be thankful to have had these values passed on to me. Happy Australian Father's Day," she added.
Steve Irwin, who was affectionately known worldwide as The Crocodile Hunter, died on September 4, 2006 after a stingray barb pierced his chest.
Irwin is survived by his wife Terri and his two children Bindi, 19, and Robert, 13, who have continued his charity Wildlife Warriors.
"Dad was always so wonderful because he always said, 'I don't care if people remember me. I care if people remember my message,'" Bindi told US Weekly earlier this year.


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Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Archbishop of Canterbury have issued the following Message today for the Protection of Creation.
For more than a year, we have all experienced the devastating effects of a global pandemic-all of us, whether poor or wealthy, weak or strong. Some were more protected or vulnerable than others, but the rapidly-spreading infection meant that we have depended on each other in our efforts to stay safe. We realised that, in facing this worldwide calamity, no one is safe until everyone is safe, that our actions really do affect one another, and that what we do today affects what happens tomorrow.
These are not new lessons, but we have had to face them anew. May we not waste this moment. We must decide what kind of world we want to leave to future generations. God mandates: 'Choose life, so that you and your children might live' (Dt 30:19). We must choose to live differently; we must choose life.
September is celebrated by many Christians as the Season of Creation, an opportunity to pray and care for God's creation. As world leaders prepare to meet in November at Glasgow to deliberate on the future of our planet, we pray for them and consider what the choices we must all make. Accordingly, as leaders of our Churches, we call on everyone, whatever their belief or worldview, to endeavour to listen to the cry of the earth and of people who are poor, examining their behaviour and pledging meaningful sacrifices for the sake of the earth which God has given us.
The Importance of Sustainability
In our common Christian tradition, the Scriptures and the Saints provide illuminating perspectives for comprehending both the realities of the present and the promise of something larger than what we see in the moment. The concept of stewardship-of individual and collective responsibility for our God-given endowment-presents a vital starting-point for social, economic and environmental sustainability. In the New Testament, we read of the rich and foolish man who stores great wealth of grain while forgetting about his finite end (Lk 12.13-21). We learn of the prodigal son who takes his inheritance early, only to squander it and end up hungry (Lk 15.11-32). We are cautioned against adopting short term and seemingly inexpensive options of building on sand, instead of building on rock for our common home to withstand storms (Mt 7.24-27). These stories invite us to adopt a broader outlook and recognise our place in the extended story of humanity.
But we have taken the opposite direction. We have maximised our own interest at the expense of future generations. By concentrating on our wealth, we find that long-term assets, including the bounty of nature, are depleted for short-term advantage. Technology has unfolded new possibilities for progress but also for accumulating unrestrained wealth, and many of us behave in ways which demonstrate little concern for other people or the limits of the planet. Nature is resilient, yet delicate. We are already witnessing the consequences of our refusal to protect and preserve it (Gn 2.15). Now, in this moment, we have an opportunity to repent, to turn around in resolve, to head in the opposite direction. We must pursue generosity and fairness in the ways that we live, work and use money, instead of selfish gain.
The Impact on People Living with Poverty
The current climate crisis speaks volumes about who we are and how we view and treat God's creation. We stand before a harsh justice: biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and climate change are the inevitable consequences of our actions, since we have greedily consumed more of the earth's resources than the planet can endure. But we also face a profound injustice: the people bearing the most catastrophic consequences of these abuses are the poorest on the planet and have been the least responsible for causing them. We serve a God of justice, who delights in creation and creates every person in God's image, but also hears the cry of people who are poor. Accordingly, there is an innate call within us to respond with anguish when we see such devastating injustice.
Today, we are paying the price. The extreme weather and natural disasters of recent months reveal afresh to us with great force and at great human cost that climate change is not only a future challenge, but an immediate and urgent matter of survival. Widespread floods, fires and droughts threaten entire continents. Sea levels rise, forcing whole communities to relocate; cyclones devastate entire regions, ruining lives and livelihoods. Water has become scarce and food supplies insecure, causing conflict and displacement for millions of people. We have already seen this in places where people rely on small scale agricultural holdings. Today we see it in more industrialised countries where even sophisticated infrastructure cannot completely prevent extraordinary destruction.
Tomorrow could be worse. Today's children and teenagers will face catastrophic consequences unless we take responsibility now, as 'fellow workers with God' (Gn 2.4-7), to sustain our world. We frequently hear from young people who understand that their futures are under threat. For their sake, we must choose to eat, travel, spend, invest and live differently, thinking not only of immediate interest and gains but also of future benefits. We repent of our generation's sins. We stand alongside our younger sisters and brothers throughout the world in committed prayer and dedicated action for a future which corresponds ever more to the promises of God.
The Imperative of Cooperation
Over the course of the pandemic, we have learned how vulnerable we are. Our social systems frayed, and we found that we cannot control everything. We must acknowledge that the ways we use money and organize our societies have not benefited everyone. We find ourselves weak and anxious, submersed in a series of crises; health, environmental, food, economic and social, which are all deeply interconnected.
These crises present us with a choice. We are in a unique position either to address them with shortsightedness and profiteering or seize this as an opportunity for conversion and transformation. If we think of humanity as a family and work together towards a future based on the common good, we could find ourselves living in a very different world. Together we can share a vision for life where everyone flourishes. Together we can choose to act with love, justice and mercy. Together we can walk towards a fairer and fulfilling society with those who are most vulnerable at the centre.
But this involves making changes. Each of us, individually, must take responsibility for the ways we use our resources. This path requires an ever-closer collaboration among all churches in their commitment to care for creation. Together, as communities, churches, cities and nations, we must change route and discover new ways of working together to break down the traditional barriers between peoples, to stop competing for resources and start collaborating.
To those with more far-reaching responsibilities-heading administrations, running companies, employing people or investing funds-we say: choose people-centred profits; make short-term sacrifices to safeguard all our futures; become leaders in the transition to just and sustainable economies. 'To whom much is given, much is required.' (Lk 12:48)
This is the first time that the three of us feel compelled to address together the urgency of environmental sustainability, its impact on persistent poverty, and the importance of global cooperation. Together, on behalf of our communities, we appeal to the heart and mind of every Christian, every believer and every person of good will. We pray for our leaders who will gather in Glasgow to decide the future of our planet and its people. Again, we recall Scripture: 'choose life, so that you and your children may live' (Dt 30:19). Choosing life means making sacrifices and exercising self-restraint.
All of us-whoever and wherever we are-can play a part in changing our collective response to the unprecedented threat of climate change and environmental degradation.
Caring for God's creation is a spiritual commission requiring a response of commitment. This is a critical moment. Our children's future and the future of our common home depend on it.
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Team CSSA E-News – February 19, 2016
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COMMENTARY: STORAGE FACILITIES FOR CIVILIAN GUNS IS ONE STUPID IDEA
The Liberals continue to float their trial balloons about forcing Canadians to store all their civilian firearms in central repositories. This is arguably the stupidest idea to come our way since … well, who can even say?
Let's look at some government agencies to see how well they do with lost and stolen firearms.
First, there is the issue of firearms left unattended in police vehicles. If Halifax's March 2015 theft, Grand Prairie's October 2015 theft or Winnipeg's October 2015 theft are examples, that practice should end immediately.
In all three cases RCMP firearms were stolen from unattended vehicles.
In the Winnipeg case that stolen police firearm was used to shoot a 16-year-old girl. Winnipeg Police charged Matthew Wilfred McKay with two counts of attempted murder, and both he and Matthew Andrew Miles, 25, also face a host of other weapons-related charges including theft of the firearm. Both men were already under a prohibition order.
The firearm used to commit this tragic crime was stolen from an RCMP cruiser parked outside an officer's home in southwest Winnipeg. While the Winnipeg Police readily admit storing firearms in unattended vehicles is prohibited, the RCMP is not so forthcoming. Claiming "ongoing investigation", they refused to specify whether that is also the case for the RCMP.
Dennis Young's Access to Information Request (ATI) dated September 14, 2011 shows this is not an isolated incident. The ATI response revealed that 32 firearms were "lost or stolen" from the RCMP and that 316 firearms were "lost or stolen" from other police services across Canada.
While the numbers and types of firearms stolen from CN Police, Surete du Quebec, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary and the OPP were blacked out, the total of 316 minus the numbers stolen from municipal and aboriginal police show 30 firearms were "lost or stolen" from these Police agencies.
Another 80 firearms were "lost or stolen" from other unnamed public service agencies.
The military will not say how many firearms are lost and stolen from their arsenals.
Some politicians have expressed that the only people who should possess firearms are the police and military. Since our police forces can't keep their guns from being "lost or stolen" how on earth can these people believe civilian firearms stored in "central storage sites" will be safe?
Presumably, civilian firearms would be stored at gun clubs. Who will pay for the construction of secure storage facilities at gun clubs across the nation? Who will guard these storage facilities? And what will happen when a criminal gang decides it wants all the guns inside one of these storage facilities?
Let's do the math. Average size pistol club? 500 members. Average number of restricted/prohibited firearms per member? Five guns. That's 2500 restricted/prohibited firearms all in one place at the same time being guarded by the club's caretaker or a $15/hour security guard.
Many shooting ranges are in remote rural locations and police response time to an alarm are measured in half-hours, not minutes. Besides, the bad guys will have 2500 guns. Our coppers are brave but not stupid, and they will be highly unlikely to rush into that situation. So when some criminals decide they want the guns from inside one of these storage facilities, what is stopping them?
The criminals will get away unscathed. Long gone by the time police arrive and this is surely no fault of our men and women in uniform. They will now have to deal with these firearms in the hands of criminals. It's just one of many unintended consequences of a really lousy idea.
Our firearms are currently protected by anonymity and proximity. It works pretty well and really needs to be left alone. Let's hope sanity prevails, not the reality-challenged idiots that came up with this basket full of stupid.
WELCOME TO THE SWISS RIFLE CLUB CALGARY: Our biggest Team CSSA welcome goes out to the Swiss Rifle Club Calgary. We are pleased to announce the club has become our latest member of Team CSSA and we look forward to a long and happy relationship.
The S.R.C.C. (Swiss Rifle Club Calgary) was started in the mid 1970's and consisted primarily of Swiss Canadians who wished to practice the traditional shooting programs found in Switzerland. Currently the club accepts membership applications from non Swiss as well.
The Club has their own firearms which they permit visitors and those who do not possess their own rifle to use, the only cost involved is the purchase of Swiss ammunition which the club provides at a nominal cost. The shooting atmosphere is a relaxed one, where friendship and enjoying oneself is paramount.
CSSA Executive Director Tony Bernardo said, " The CSSA is delighted to have a terrific club like S.R.C.C. in our family. This club has always carried tremendous respect within Canada's shooting community."
COME TO THE CALGARY SHOOTING CENTRE THIS WEEKEND!: The CSSA is proud to partner with the Calgary Shooting Centre for SIG Day Open House, February 20, 2016. Come shoot a new SIG firearm, enjoy the door prizes, giveaways and special event pricing, and meet CSSA Executive Director Tony Bernardo!
The event runs from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and the proceeds from the admission and draws goes to the CSSA to help retain your firearms freedoms. Come on out, have a blast and support the cause.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This issue of the E-News contains a lot of inaccurate information reported by the mainstream media. Reader discretion is advised.
FEDERAL LIBERALS TO HAND FINAL FIREARMS APPROVAL BACK TO RCMP BUREAUCRATS (Douglas Quan | National Post | February 12, 2016)
Mounties will once again have final authority over the classification of firearms, the Liberal government says, reversing legislative changes made by the Conservatives allowing Cabinet to override RCMP decisions.
Police are the "experts" in these matters, Scott Bardsley, a spokesman for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, said in an email Friday.
"We know of no other Western democracy," he added, in which a cabinet or government department has the authority to override firearms classification rules set out in legislation.
Bardsley said details would be announced in "due course."
Message boards on gun enthusiasts' websites have been awash in recent weeks with speculation about what types of gun laws the Liberals would introduce.
A spokesman for the Canadian Shooting Sports Association said Friday it was "immoral" that a technician working in an RCMP lab should be allowed to have the final say on gun restrictions.
"How can a bureaucrat wave a pen and criminalize hundreds, thousands of people," said Tony Bernardo, the association's executive director. "We elect parliamentarians to make our laws. … We would not tolerate police making law in any other segment of society."
The controversy erupted in early 2014 when the RCMP changed the status of Swiss Arms rifles and Czech-made CZ-858 rifles from restricted or non-restricted to prohibited.
RCMP technicians judged the guns, which had been legal in Canada for years, could too easily be converted from semi-automatic to automatic weapons.
Owners were outraged. In an attempt to quell the backlash, Steven Blaney, then the public safety minister, admonished the "unelected bureaucrats" and granted affected gun owners a temporary amnesty that would shield them from prosecution.
He followed that up with Bill C-42, the Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act, that included a provision giving Cabinet the ability to remove restrictions after getting "independent expert advice."
The Conservatives exercised that new authority before last fall's federal election — reversing the ban on the Swiss- and Czech-made rifles.
Bardsley cited data Friday showing there are nearly 6,000 victims of violent crime every year in which firearms are present.
"We believe in balanced, effective gun control that prioritizes public safety while ensuring law-abiding firearms owners do not face unfair treatment under the law," he said.
Bardsley said the government does not plan to reintroduce the federal long-gun registry.
Work, however, is underway to modify the membership of the minister's firearms advisory committee. During the election, the Liberals promised to add public health advocates, representatives from women's groups and lawyers to the committee so it wasn't stacked with gun industry representatives.
Bernardo, who had a seat on the committee, said he worries non-firearms experts will outnumber members of the firearms community.
"We wouldn't take a committee meant to (examine) surgical procedures and put plumbers on that committee," he said.
'We elect parliamentarians to make our laws. … We would not tolerate police making law in any other segment of society'
The RCMP said it had no comment.
Not all the RCMP's gun-classification decisions have upset gun owners. In fact, some were rejoicing this month over the RCMP's decision to reclassify the Akdal MKA 1919 from restricted to non-restricted status.
The RCMP also reportedly allowed the Norinco Type 81 rifle to be imported in restricted or non-restricted configurations, despite its similarities to the banned AK-47.
The No-Nonsense Canadian Firearms Blog called it a "pleasantly unexpected decision."
The National Firearms Association wrote on its Facebook page: "We can hardly believe it."
But one person warned fellow gun enthusiasts about sending mixed messages: "Be careful boys," he wrote, "we are applauding and allowing the RCMP to reclassify firearms which we all believed and argued was not their job. … It's great when it is in our favour but what will your argument be when they start prohibiting the restricted firearms you have now? We can't have it both ways."
See the story: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/federal-liberals-to-hand-final-firearms-approval-back-to-rcmp-bureaucrats
CANADIANS CRACK DOWN ON GUNS, ALARMED BY FLOW FROM U.S. (William Marsden | The Washington Post | February 15, 2016)
MONTREAL – Canada bans most guns and has a minuscule number of gun-related homicides a year. But, worried about smuggled firearms from the United States, its government is preparing to stiffen its already tough gun laws and step up border surveillance.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised new regulations and a string of measures to counter gun smuggling, which is regarded here as a dangerous problem underscoring the United States' much looser firearm laws.
The move comes as police have discovered an increased number of high-powered handguns, semiautomatic and automatic weapons in Canadian cities.
Since 2005, Toronto has had the worst of it. As gun battles broke out across the city between rival street gangs that year, innocent people got caught in the crossfire.
Jane Creba, 15, was killed when gang members began firing through Christmas holiday crowds downtown. The high school student became a symbol of what came to be known as the Year of the Gun.
Homicides in Toronto spiked to 80 in 2005, from 64 in 2004, and the majority were shooting-related. About 70 percent of the guns used were handguns and automatic weapons smuggled from the United States, police say.
Since then, the number of shootings has decreased, but the danger still lurks. How many trafficked guns cross the border is unknown. But the Canadian Border Services Agency said there has been a continued increase in gun seizures. In 2012, agents seized 226 illegal weapons (mostly handguns). By 2015, that figure had risen to 316.
Toronto police last month responded to the threat posed by high-powered firearms by announcing that the city's 17 precincts would acquire 50 semiautomatic, short-barreled assault rifles, raising fears about the militarization of Canadian police.
Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders told reporters in December that police had seized 11 machine guns, adding that he was worried about officer safety.
Yet compared with the United States, the incidence of gun violence in Canada is almost minute. The latest figures, from 2014, show only 156 gun-related homicides in Canada compared with 10,945 in its more populous southern neighbor.
What alarms Canadians is that recent figures show an increase of 21 gun-related killings in 2014, a rise of 14 percent.
Trudeau promised in December to introduce stricter laws that would "get handguns and assault weapons off our streets."
The country's 5,526-mile border with the United States makes smuggling into Canada a relatively easy game, particularly in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River regions.
Yet smugglers still employ some deviously clever tactics.
In one recent investigation, Toronto police discovered that Canadian smugglers were attaching handguns and GPS devices to the undercarriages of vehicles owned by Ontario residents attending sports events in the Detroit area. The smugglers then tracked the cars back into Canada, where they removed the weapons without the vehicle owner's knowledge.
In Quebec, police traced more than a dozen handguns used in gang-related killings to a man in Burlington, Vt., who had ordered them legally through the mail and then sold them to smugglers who took them across the St. Lawrence River into Canada.
"Unfortunately it is easier to get a gun illegally in Canada than it is to get one legally," said Blair Hagen, executive vice president of the National Firearms Association.
Handguns in Canada are forbidden -- apart from certain low-caliber types used for target shooting. So are machine guns, semiautomatics (except for target shooting), silencers and large magazines.
To obtain a gun license, Canadians must go through extensive background checks that include criminal-record and mental-health checks as well as interviews with family members and former spouses. The application process can take up to six months.
Nothing in the Canadian constitution even remotely implies a right to own a firearm. Still, Canada is a nation of about 2 million registered gun owners -- mostly hunters -- who own an estimated 10 million to 20 million firearms. Many of these guns are in remote northern communities such as La Loche, Saskatchewan, where a teenager used a rifle to kill four people last month.
Canadian gun ownership is dwarfed by the estimated 357 million firearms owned by Americans, more than the U.S. population, according to a 2012 Congressional Research Service report and Washington Post estimate.
The Canadian government's proposed measures would include spending 100 million Canadian dollars -- about 72 million U.S. dollars -- annually to investigate gun smuggling. The money also would be used to install devices at border stations to "detect and halt illegal guns from the United States."
These could include hand-held X-ray devices or much larger machines that a vehicle would drive through. Canada already uses these devices for containers and commercial vehicles in its busier border stations.
In addition, the government has promised to pass a measure requiring gun importers to engrave the import year and country of manufacture on their products. Officials say this would help police identify trafficked firearms and move quickly to plug holes in border surveillance.
Gun lobby groups say the proposals would make it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to possess guns while doing nothing to stop crime.
Tony Bernardo, executive director of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association and its lobbying group, the Canadian Institute for Legislative Action, said the proposals to imprint firearms with the information is simply a "system to harass the Canadian industry and it will add to the cost [of a gun] by a couple of hundred dollars."
See the story: http://www.adn.com/article/20160215/canadians-crack-down-guns-alarmed-flow-us
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LIBERAL GOVERNMENT MISFIRES ON PROMISED GUN MARKING MEASURES (By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press | February 12, 2016)
OTTAWA – The Liberal government has broken a promise to immediately implement firearm-marking regulations to help police trace guns used in crime.
On the eve of the Trudeau government's Friday milestone of 100 days in office, the pledge had not been fulfilled.
Just before the August federal election call, the Conservative government quietly published a notice deferring the firearm-marking regulations until June 1, 2017 – the seventh time the measures had been delayed.
The regulations would require that specific, identifiable markings be stamped on firearms and had been slated to take effect Dec. 1 of last year.
The July 29 notice from Public Safety Canada said the delay would allow the government to continue consultations, despite six previous delays in enacting the regulations, first drafted in 2004.
In their election platform, the Liberals said they would "immediately" implement gun-marking regulations. The party also promised other, longer-term measures aimed at making it harder for criminals to get and use handguns and assault weapons.
The marking-regulation promise is also listed in a briefing book document prepared for the prime minister entitled "Key Commitments for Action in First 100 Days."
The Liberal government is working to ensure the regulations come into force "as quickly as possible," said Scott Bardsley, a spokesman for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. However, he added, the government is looking at "possible amendments" that would ensure the regulations are effective "without being too onerous for firearms owners and businesses."
The long-planned regulations would require domestically manufactured firearms to bear the name of the manufacturer, serial number, and "Canada" or "CA." Imported guns would have to carry the "Canada" or "CA" designation along with the last two digits of the year of import.
The measures would help Canada meet the requirements of the United Nations Firearms Protocol and a convention of the Organization of American States.
There is support among police for the marking scheme in order to expedite investigations into gun crimes and detect firearms trafficking, smuggling and stockpiling, the Public Safety notice says. The import markings can also help law enforcement determine whether to focus on a smuggling operation.
"Tracing can offer early investigative leads, contribute to cost efficiencies for police by simplifying efforts, focus investigations given that time is critical to solving crimes, and help to build a strong evidentiary case to obtain a conviction," the notice says.
Some firearms advocates have argued the obligation to mark imported guns would mean acquiring marking technology or making arrangements for another company to apply markings, with an estimated cost of $200 per gun, the notice says.
However, an independent study commissioned by the government said the cost to stamp or engrave markings for Canadian manufacturers and large importers would range from nothing at all to $25 per firearm. It was not possible to gauge the impact on individuals and small importers.
The Coalition for Gun Control argues that marking is an essential tool for enforcement, helping states in their efforts to trace weapon flows and preventing diversion of legal guns to the illicit market.
The National Firearms Association disputes the notion that markings help police solve crime and would like to see the entire plan cancelled. Imposing the marking requirements would put an undue financial strain on businesses, the association says.
See the story: http://www.macleans.ca/politics/liberal-government-misfires-on-promised-gun-marking-measures/
* Editor's note: This story is so wildly inaccurate as to be nonsensical.
CANADA IN THE ROUGH – EPIC ATLANTIC OCEAN MOOSE
Join Keith on an epic mountain adventure in beautiful Newfoundland. With the Atlantic Ocean way below them in the horizon, they hike high through the mountains searching for big late-season rutting moose.
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Canada in the Rough can be found on OLN, WILD TV, and CHEX. For a full schedule, visit: http://www.canadaintherough.com/schedules/
NUMBER OF RESTRICTED GUNS IN CANADA SHOT UP DURING HARPER'S GOVERNMENT (By Elizabeth Thompson | iPolitics | February 11, 2016)
The increase is found in calculations made by iPolitics from statistics found in several reports of the federal Commissioner of Firearms, which released its 2014 report last month.
One of the biggest increases was in Alberta, where the number of restricted guns rose 140 per cent between 2005 and 2014, the last year for which numbers are available. The slowest rise was in Quebec, where the number of restricted guns rose only 28 per cent over that time period.
Overall, the number of restricted firearms such as semi-automatic rifles and handguns registered in Canada rose from 398,876 in 2005 under former Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin to 726,705 in 2014, the last year for which numbers are available.
However, the sharpest rise in restricted weapons came after the Conservatives formed a majority government and after they ended the requirement to register non-restricted firearms in 2012. The number of registered firearms rose 25.6 per cent between 2005 and 2010 but jumped 45 per cent between 2010 and 2014.
Overall, the rate of restricted and prohibited guns per capita rose 19 per cent across Canada between 2012 and 2014, with the highest increase in Nunavut (37.8 per cent) followed by Manitoba at 29.7 per cent and Alberta at 28 per cent.
While restricted firearms are on the rise, there does not appear to be a corresponding increase in the number of Canadians with firearms permits.
Wendy Cukier, president of the Coalition for Gun Control, says the big increase in the number of restricted firearms across Canada is cause for concern.
"At that rate, by 2020 we'll have doubled the number of restricted weapons in this country than we had in 2009," Cukier said. "That signals some real issues around licensing and screening practices and how rigorously the requirement that somebody demonstrate a legitimate need for having a restricted (weapon) — how rigorously that provision is being enforced."
Tony Bernardo, executive director of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association, says the number of restricted guns may have risen but it hasn't been accompanied by an increase in the level of gun crime. If there are more guns, it is because recreational shooting has become more popular, he says.
"Shooting as a sport is growing significantly, it has been for a number of years," said Bernardo.
See the rest of the story: http://ipolitics.ca/2016/02/11/number-of-restricted-guns-in-canada-shot-up-during-harpers-government/
LAWYER OF SHOOTING VICTIM FILES SUIT AGAINST ATTORNEY GENERAL, RCMP, MOUNTIE (By Gordon Sinclair Jr. | Winnipeg Free Press | February 12, 2016)
A lawyer representing 16-year-old shooting victim Calli Vanderaa and her single father, Corey, filed suit Friday against the Attorney General of Canada, the RCMP and the Mountie whose semi-automatic pistol was used in the attack last October.
The statement of claim, prepared by the family's lawyer, Robert Tapper, asks for unspecified general, punitive, aggravated and special damages as a result of "life threatening and major injuries" that also left the Winnipeg High School girl with post-traumatic stress disorder, according the suit.
While Calli finally returned to school after the Christmas break, the suit contends she continues to suffer from both the psychological and physiological consequences of the incident.
"She will suffer for a lifetime," the suit says.
The shooting occurred Oct. 23 in the parking lot of a Windsor Park convenience store Calli and some friends had stopped at before the shooting began by an assailant she had never seen before.
The single bullet, that struck Calli as she sat in a car, "hiding," damaged her lung, ribs, spleen and colon.
The suit states the firearm was stolen by the shooter earlier that evening from an RCMP cruiser that had been parked on a street in front of the southeast Winnipeg residence of the Mountie named as a defendant in the action, Sgt. Chris McCuen.
It also alleges that McCuen left his police belt, "replete with firearm, taser and baton, visible on the back seat of the car."
In leaving it there in an insecure manner, the suit further states, McCuen "violated police policy, common sense and safety regulations."
It specifically sites the "protection of the firearm and its securing is fundamental to any trained officer," the statement says, "and is so basic that it must have been that the defendant McCuen was not operating in any thoughtful manner."
It further states by not following police policy on the safe storage of firearms his actions were willful, reckless, dangerous and negligent.
Two men, Matthew Wilfred McKay, 22, and Matthew Andrew Miles, 25, face numerous charges. A statement of defence has yet to be filed.
See the story: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/biographies/304912861.html
AMPUTATION NO LIMIT FOR DRUMMING, KAYAKING, SKIING, SHOOTING TEEN (By Jonathan Charlton | Saskatoon StarPhoenix | February 16, 2016)
When Jesse Ehman was a kid, he got to meet a famous musician — Rick Allen, the one-armed drummer of Def Leppard.
"He showed me his drum set, some of the things he has for drumming with one hand. Unlike me — I use a prosthetic with a drumstick — he used various foot pedals from the drums. You press them and they play different sounds, so that was cool," the 17-year-old said.
The meeting proved to be an inspiration. Within six months Jesse, who is a partial left arm amputee, was taking drum lessons. He plays to this day, getting together with his friends to jam.
"It's really fun. There's lots of new songs to play and I'm always learning new stuff," he said.
Jesse was born 16 weeks premature. When he was about two or three weeks old, an IV in his left arm became infected. It started to spread and doctors had to amputate his arm.
"Of course we were worried, but that's what they needed to do to save our Jesse," said his mother, Lorelei.
Growing up, Jesse was treated the same as his brother, she said. They were both expected to make their beds and help wash dishes. The one difference was that shortly after Jesse was born they connected with the War Amps for support. He got his first prosthetic, a passive hand for balance, when he was one.
"Really, growing up, we made sure Jesse had what he needed to do any activity he wanted."
The one thing he couldn't do was play on the monkey bars — but he now has his driver's licence (his truck has a standard transmission), plays the drums, kayaks, snowboards and goes wakeboarding.
"I can pretty much do everything everyone else can do. Sometimes it takes a little longer or I have to use a prosthetic, but other than that, I wouldn't say there's any limitations," Jesse said.
The custom prosthetic he uses for biathlons — which involve cross-country skiing and target shooting — has a sleeve that fits over the stump of his arm, with a metal bar that locks at a right angle so he can shoot while prone. At the moment, the design doesn't really work if he's standing, but it's an improvement on the stand he had used previously.
"It's really fun," Jesse said of the sport. "It's kind of challenging — your heart rate is up and you have to try to calm yourself down for shooting — that was interesting. Just learning how to ski more efficiently with less wasted energy, that was fun, too."
He's a beginner, but looks to future participation in parasport. He went to a camp last year where he met other athletes and saw how they dealt with their amputations. He picked up tips on how to keep his amputated arm warm while he skis.
Support from the War Amps has been instrumental in showing the options available to Jesse, Lorelai said. The group has not only shared information about prosthetics but matched mothers of other children with amputations to talk.
Jesse said any kids who find themselves in a similar situation should know that no matter the disability, they can do anything anyone else can.
"It may take some time, but if you try really hard and you don't give up, you can do anything."
See the story: http://www.leaderpost.com/health/family-child/amputation+limit+drumming+kayaking+skiing+shooting+teen/11724966/story.htm
LETHAL-FORCE DEBATE ERUPTS IN RURAL ONTARIO AFTER MAN IS FATALLY SHOT (By Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail | February 12, 2016)
On Feb. 4, at about 3 a.m., shots rang out on Highway 56. What has happened since reveals a divide over the use of lethal force in defence of home and property.
Peter Khill, 26, stands charged with second-degree murder after a confrontation with a man in his driveway in the middle of the night. Police say Jon Styres, 29, died of shotgun wounds after reportedly trying to steal a pickup truck from the house on Highway 56 in Binbrook, a historic village on the outskirts of Hamilton famous for its fall fair.
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South of the border, where private firearms are more common, it is far from unusual for a person to take up arms to defend property. It is rare here, and Canadian authorities are far less forgiving when people use a weapon. But even in Canada, the issue of what citizens can or should do in such a case is controversial.
The Binbrook incident set off a sharp online exchange, with one side saying citizens must have the right to defend themselves and the other that they should leave law enforcement to the police. A petition calling on prosecutors to withdraw the charges against Mr. Khill had collected close to 13,000 signatures by Friday afternoon.
"Canadians must have a right to use as much force as needed to protect their families, children, life, limb and property without fear of prosecution," it said. "This may include deadly force."
A counter-petition had logged just over 1,000 signatures, according to its website, Justice for Jon Styres. "Please don't allow the charges to be dropped or Canada will start to become the U.S.A. and homeowners will start taking the law into their own hands," the site said. "Nobody has the right to kill anybody over possessions."
Overlaid on the dispute is the issue of race. Police said Mr. Styres came from Ohsweken, a village on the Six Nations reserve about a 20-minute drive from Binbrook. When Mr. Khill was brought to a Hamilton court for a bail hearing on Friday, Mr. Styres's group sat on one side of the courtroom, Mr. Khill's group on the other. The court reserved judgment on the bail issue until next Thursday.
See the rest of the story: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/lethal-force-debate-erupts-in-rural-ontario-after-man-is-fatally-shot/article28752343/
JEB BUSH'S PITCH TO SOUTH CAROLINA: A GUN WITH HIS NAME ON IT (By Theodore Schleifer and Ashley Killough | CNN | February 17, 2016)
Washington (CNN) Jeb Bush is taking a shot at wooing South Carolinians by appealing to their Second Amendment support.
The former Florida governor on Tuesday tweeted a photo of a firearm emblazoned with a personalized insignia on top of the gun that read, "Gov. Jeb. Bush."
Bush appeared at FN Manufacturing, a high-security firearm company in Columbia, South Carolina, for a town hall on Tuesday morning, where he again shared his credentials on the Second Amendment. Speaking to reporters in Leesville later Tuesday, Bush said he didn't know about the tweet but said it was a tribute to his appearance at the company.
"The purpose was we went to a gun manufacturing facility where lots of jobs are created, high-wage jobs. And I received a gun and I was honored to have it," Bush said.
Bush commonly touts his gun record as governor of Florida, and it is a calling card in South Carolina, which holds its Republican primary on Saturday. Military issues have long been dominant in South Carolina politics, and Republican candidates in recent days have looked to one-up one another with displays of machismo and national security toughness. Bush notched 10% in the latest CNN/ORC South Carolina pollreleased on Tuesday, good enough for fourth place there.
The New York Daily News teased Bush in their Wednesday cover, featuring the gun photo and the headline, "Desperate Jeb gets ripped for tweet suggesting guns are 'America.'"
See the story: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/16/politics/jeb-bush-gun-america-tweet/
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS BEGRUDGINGLY ALLOWS GUNS IN CLASSROOMS (By The Associated Press | February 17, 2016)
Concealed handguns will be allowed in University of Texas classrooms but generally banned from dorms under rules begrudgingly approved Wednesday by the school's president, whose hand was forced by a new state law.
Like many who study or work at the school in liberal Austin, President Greg Fenves opposes allowing guns on the roughly 50,000-student campus. Texas' universities had been gun-free zones under the state's previous concealed handgun laws, but the Republican-dominated Legislature voted last year to force public universities to allow license holders to bring their guns to campus starting Aug. 1.
"I do not believe handguns belong on a university campus, so this decision has been the greatest challenge of my presidency to date," Fenves said in announcing his decision to adopt rules recommended by a campus study group in December.
Gun-rights activists insist the right to have weapons on campus falls under the Second Amendment and they call it a critical self-defense measure.
However, the so-called "campus carry" measure has met with fierce resistance from students, faculty and other staff, including University of Texas System Chancellor William McRaven, the former head of U.S. Special Operations Command who directed the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.
"The presence of handguns at an institution of higher learning is contrary to our mission of education and research, which is based on inquiry, free speech, and debate," Fenves wrote in a letter to McRaven.
Private schools are allowed to keep banning weapons and Fenves noted most have opted to do so, including Baylor, Rice, Southern Methodist and Texas Christian universities, the largest and most influential private schools in the state.
State lawmakers allowed public universities to carve out some gun-free zones as long as it didn't result in a campus-wide ban. Fenves said a blanket ban on guns in classrooms would have violated the law.
In most cases, a person must be 21 years old to get a gun license in Texas, which trims the gun-carrying student population a bit. And while licensed students will be allowed to bring their handguns to class, they won't be able to do so openly. A separate law that allows the open carry of handguns doesn't apply to college campuses.
Critics have predicted that allowing guns on campus will make it harder for schools to recruit top students and faculty. Gun-Free UT, a group of students, faculty and staff, has said allowing guns in classrooms will create a threatening atmosphere and chill free speech in academics. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg has said he will put into his syllabus that his class is not open to students carrying guns.
The gun rules have some other exceptions.
Certain laboratories will remain gun-free, as will areas or events that involve school-age children. State law still prohibits weapons at sporting events.
Guns will generally be banned from dorm rooms, but they will be allowed in residence hall common areas such as dining rooms and study areas.
Family members who are licensed to carry can keep their weapons when visiting students. University staff members who are licensed to carry may also hold onto their weapons if they must enter a dorm.
The rules now go to the University of Texas System Regents for review. If no changes are made within 90 days, the rules will be final.
See the story: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/university_of_texas_will_allow.html
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out to the western edge of Edinburgh and including the business area of Edinburgh Park and the South Gyle.
Originally built by the Forrester family of Corstorphine Castle, after nearly 600 years we are still a busy church at the heart of a community, welcoming the very youngest and oldest and everyone in between.
traditional service of worship, lasting around an hour.
services of communion at 8.30 and 10.30 on the first Sundays of October, December, March and June.
Coffee and tea in the High Street Hall give people a chance to meet and have a blether after the services.
Weddings and baptisms can be arranged with Moira, our Minister.
groups and organisations meet every week.


In the lecture, John Erik Fossum will present and assess three theories of immigrant integration: multiculturalism, transnationalism and cosmopolitanism. The point of departure is that those theories that we use to analyze and assess immigrant integration rest on certain assumptions pertaining to normative principles, values, types of actors, and types of structures. We need to spell out what these are if we are to assess the theories' relevance, acceptance and normative legitimacy. Further, the contexts within which immigrant integration is taking place shape and condition the theoretical assumptions that we operate with. A central conditioning context is the nation-state, which has a strong grip on the normative imagination. At the same time, the nation state in Europe is facing two key developments: For one, globalisation and transnationalisation bring states and societies more closely together and make them more interdependent. Do these developments also make them more open and inclusive for immigrants? For another, the rise of an ethnic nationalism whose aim is to highlight what is unique, distinctive and defining of a given national community has a built-in exclusive aim – to exclude those deemed 'the others'. Are all immigrants considered 'others'? What are the implications of these two seemingly opposite developments for our theories of immigrant integration?
John Erik Fossum is Professor at ARENA and previously was professor at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen. Fossum holds a PhD in political science from the University of British Colombia, Canada.
Fossum's main fields of interest include political theory, democracy and constitutionalism in the EU and Canada, Europeanisation and transformation of the nation-state.


From the A22 (Brenner motorway) take the exit signposted Trento Nord.
Immediately after the toll, take the main road following the sings to Trento Centro.
Take the exit nr. 6 direction Riva del Garda. Take the SS45 bis towards Arco – Monte Bondone.
After about 1 km, ignore the first indication on the left for Monte Bondone and continue straight on for approximately 3 km.
After driving through a long tunnel, turn right towards Monte Bondone - Sopramonte SP85.
After passing the village Sopramonte, continue uphill for about 15 km (loc. Candriai, Vaneze, Norge).
As soon as you arrive in Vason, the Le Blanc Hotel & Spa is visible on the right side.
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Michael Kovrig And Michael Spavor
It has demanded that Canada free her and threatened unspecified consequences if it doesn't. The two had been detained after Canadian police arrested Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on Dec. 1 in Vancouver, on the request of the United States. Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were detained in China shortly after Canadian authorities arrested Meng Wanzhou, a excessive-rating govt at Huawei Technologies, in Vancouver. Virtual visits resumed in October, and Canadian officers final saw Spavor on 3 February. Jim Nickel, charge d'affaires of the Canadian embassy in China, is joined by other overseas diplomats outdoors the Dandong intermediate folks's court where Michael Spavor was tried on Friday.
In December 2018, China detained Spavor and Michael Kovrig, one other Canadian nationwide, on costs of endangering state safety. The arrests came shortly after Canada had arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, in what's changing into an escalating diplomatic row between the two international locations. Under Chinese felony procedure regulation, particular forms of detention and interrogation can be used for state safety suspects. Canada has stated several occasions it noticed no express hyperlink between the arrest of Meng, the daughter of Huawei's founder, and the detentions of Kovrig and Spavor. China's prime prosecutor mentioned on Thursday that two Canadians detained after Canada arrested a Chinese know-how company govt had "without a doubt" violated the law.
Canadian Michael Spavors Spy Trial In China Over In Lower Than Three Hours, Diplomat Says
He has a level from the University of Calgary in worldwide relations, focusing on the Korean Peninsula and East Asian Studies, and has studied International Trade and Political Science at Kangwon National University in South Korea.
A group of 10 diplomats representing eight international locations, including Canada and the United States, sought access to the trial in Dandong, a seaside city close to China's border with North Korea, however have been turned away.
Consular visits had been halted for many of 2020, which authorities said was due to the pandemic, though Covid-19 has largely been contained in China.
Meng was the chief financial officer of the Chinese telecom big Huawei, based by her father Ren Zhengfei.
International and bilateral treaties required that China provide Canadian diplomats access to the trial, but the courtroom mentioned Chinese regulation regarding trials on state security charges overrode such obligations, Nickel mentioned. Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, a Chinese citizen, was arrested in Vancouver in late 2018 on a bank fraud warrant issued by U.S. authorities. Meng has said she is innocent and is fighting extradition in a Canadian court. Shortly after Meng's arrest, Beijing detained two Canadians on national security charges and halted imports of canola seed. In the lead-up to the first high-level diplomatic talks between Chinese officers and American officials working for Joe Biden, Spavor and Kovrig's trial dates had been introduced. On March 19, 2021, a two-hour closed court docket listening to for Spavor ended with no immediate verdict and Dandong Intermediate People's Court stating that it would set a date to release a choice later.
Martin Regg Cohn: China's Bullying Has Price It The World's Trust And Respect
Sidewalks had been roped off with police tape and journalists had been stored at a distance as police automobiles and vans with lights flashing entered the court docket complicated, located beside the Yalu River that divides China from North Korea. Mr. Kovrig was working on a report on China's relations with North Korea for the International Crisis Group on the time of his detention. The organization has repeatedly careworn he had nothing to do with the Huawei case. Mr. Kovrig was detained whereas on go away from Canada's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and had been working as a senior adviser for the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based mostly analysis organization. Others, nevertheless, have applauded her therapy for example of Canada's respect for the rule of legislation.
The two Canadians have been held ever since, whereas Meng has been launched on bail. They have been charged in June 2020 with spying under China's nationwide safety laws. however was given no word on how lengthy it will final or when a verdict would be introduced. Officials from the Canadian embassy and other nations together with the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Australia, Sweden and Germany have been present outside the court docket as they sought access to the hearing.
Paisana said Meng was by no means advised throughout questioning that she confronted an arrest warrant in the U.S. and would have immediately asked for a lawyer if that's the case knowledgeable. British Columbia Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes advised border officers would have questioned Meng extra rigorously if their exam was actually a covert felony investigation, as her legal professionals mentioned. Responding to a reporter's query about the Canadian aspect's complaints, Zhao Lijian stated that for the reason that case involves state secrets and techniques, it isn't heard in open court docket and nobody is allowed to take a seat in on the trial. On the street opposite the courthouse on Friday, another 10 diplomats from eight international locations, including the U.S., the U.K. Canadian officials last saw Spavor on Feb. 3 and had made a number of requests to see him forward of the trial, Nickel said, however these requests were denied.
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Review: Everybody's Talking About Jamie – The Lowry
Posted byThe author September 6, 2021 September 10, 2021 Posted inCelebrity, Culture, LGBTQ+, Manchester, Popular culture, preview, Preview/review, salford, The Arts, TheatreTags:Everybody's Talking About Jamie, JamieMusical, manchesterbloggers, Musical Theatre, Shane Richie, the lowry, Theatre, theatre review
Everybody's talking about Everybody's Talking About Jamie.
It's being recommended to me, I've been asked if I've seen it, asked if I recommend it…
In long, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, is an award-winning 'feel good musical sensation,' which debuted in the West End and has opened its UK tour at The Lowry.
I write 'feel good musical sensation' in quotes purely because I didn't say it first, but completely agree.
It's a feel good musical sensation.
The show tells the story of an extraordinary lad with what should be accepted as ordinary dreams. Jamie New (a stage-stealing performance from Layton Williams) is sixteen, from a Sheffield council estate and doesn't fit in.
His careers class dictates that his destiny is to be a fork lift truck driver. His dream is to be a drag queen. And a sensational one at that.
But first, Jamie has to overcome bullies (George Sampson putting in a mean – in every sense of the word – performance as Dean), prejudice and judgement, not least from his own Dad (Cameron Johnson).
Helped along by a solid foundation of love from single mum Margaret (Amy Ellen Richardson) and mad mate Ray (Shobna Gulati), the best mate a boy or girl could have in Pritti (Sharan Phull) and an encouraging word and song or two from Sheffield dress shop owner/drag queen (Shane Richie putting in something of a guilty pleasure performance as Hugo/Loco Chanelle), Jamie is able to 'step out of the darkness, into the spotlight'.
I could do with some tips from Jamie myself, having side-stepped the red carpet and photographer laid out for guests at The Lowry on Saturday night, shyly shimmying sideways like a cowardly crab straight to the bar. What an odd image I conjure.
With an original score of catchy pop tunes by lead singer-songwriter of The Feeling, Dan Gillespie Sells, writer Tom MacRae (Doctor Who) and the cast have brought to the stage a high-octane, bouncy, bitingly funny and at times emotionally charged tale of bravery, determination and finding your inner fabulousness.
And by the end, you'll feel so good and energised, you'll practically be pirouetting your way out of those theatre doors and onto your tram (if only the red carpet had been available at the end – I would have posed up a storm).
So don't miss out and join in the conversation.
Everybody's Talking About Jamie is on at The Lowry until this Sunday 12 September.
For further details and to book your tickets, visit https://thelowry.com/whats-on/everybodys-talking-about-jamie/
Pic credits: Matt Crockett.
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