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Cardigan Castle: Gang of Four + One
On 21/07/2015 26/07/2015 By JacIn Colonisation of Wales, History, Public Funding
My two recent posts on Cardigan Castle have generated an incredible response. On Thursday the 9th – when I was away in Pembrokeshire – my blog received a record 2,223 visits, and the 'Cardigan Castle – Ready to Fall?' post has been shared on Facebook an incredible 534 times, another record. Since then, more information has been received, in comments to the blogs, and also in e-mails and DM tweets. To the point where I feel the time has come to lay out the allegations against those who are – allegedly – running this fiasco.
Those familiar with the saga will know that the four principals are Mrs Elizabeth Jann Tucker MBE, Mrs Susan Joy Lewis, Mrs Sandra Margaret Davies and Dr Hedydd Parry Jones. The 'One', and the only man, is Jonathan Timms. Between them, these five play various roles in the running of the project. Those roles will be explained below.
To recap: Cardigan Castle is an old pile that changed hands many times over the centuries, and as castles go, in a land that has so many, Cardigan is not one of our great castles. But for the people of the town it's their castle, and for the rest of the nation it's important because in 1176, when it was home to Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132 – 1197), it hosted the first ever national eisteddfod.
I would advise everyone to set aside half an hour or so and read my previous posts before starting on this one. They are Cardigan Castle – Ready to Fall? (July 7), and Cardigan Castle – It's Getting Worse! (July 12).
It seems only fitting that we start with the grande dame of this enterprise, Mrs Elizabeth Jann Tucker OBE. She was born in 1935 in Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire, the "only child of a well-to-do family" and was, I'm further informed, educated at an English boarding school. She now lives 7 miles north of Cardigan with her husband Tony in Aberporth, where they run a holiday homes business. She was awarded the OBE last year, as this report from the Tivy-Side Advertiser tells us.
By an example of happenstance such as litter this saga, the newspaper report was almost certainly written by Mrs Susan Joy Lewis who was then the editor of the Tivy-Side Advertiser. I say happenstance because Mrs Lewis also lives in Aberporth. And as if that wasn't enough happenstance for one paragraph, both are trustees at Cardigan Castle!
Jann Tucker and her husband strike me as the kind of people who like to 'involve' themselves. Perhaps because they know best. The Charity Commission website tells us that Mrs Tucker is also a trustee of Aberporth and District youth club, and also Aberporth village hall and recreation ground. Hubby is also a trustee of the latter body, and managed to upset locals with a plan hatched in 2008 to sell off part of the car park. And as might be expected, Jann Tucker also belongs to Aberporth community council, whose meetings Sue Lewis used to attend representing the Tivy-Side Advertiser.
It seems that Jann Tucker and Sue Lewis have been friends and neighbours for some years, and if one comment to my blog is to be believed, mutual back-scratching has been the norm. For according to 'Wenda of the West', "apparently back in 2006 ish Jan Tucker stole/claimed a parcel of land from Aberporth Primary School, who was chair of the school governors – Sue Lewis, she did nothing to stop her and Mrs Tucker added a nice piece of land to her estate".
Jann Tucker joined Joined Ymddiriedolaeth Cadwraeth Adeiladau Cadwgan Building Preservation Trust (hereinafter referred to as 'Cadwgan') on 21.03.2000, and Ymddiriedolaeth Cadwraeth Adeiladau Castell Aberteifi Cardigan Castle Building Preservation Trust (hereinafter referred to as 'Castell') 28.03.2000. She still serves as trustee on both charities and also served as a trustee / director on Cardigan Castle Enterprises Ltd from 15.06.2010 to 28.01.2015.
The next up in our Gang of Four profiles is Mrs Susan Joy Lewis herself. So what do we know? For a start, she was born in Devonshire, England, in 1962. Until late last year she was the editor of the Tivy-Side Advertiser. As we've already learnt, she lives in Aberporth, with husband Mike, who is also a journalist.
Sue Lewis served as a trustee on 'Cadwgan' from 18.03.2002 until 12.01.2015. (Though she is still shown as a trustee on the woefully out-of-date details to be found on the Charity Commission website.) She probably resigned from this charity to take up the paid post of the Castle's Facilities Officer, something I shall return to in a minute. Though she still serves as a trustee on 'Castell', which she joined 19.12.2007. And she is also a trustee / director of Cardigan Castle Enterprises Ltd, which she joined 16.06.2010. Away from the Castle she is also a trustee / director of Small World Theatre.
I suppose it's worth asking why there is no Welsh version of 'Castle Enterprises Ltd'. Perhaps because it wasn't formed until 2010, and Lewis was on board from the start, as was her neighbour, Tucker. Though that said, and despite its name, it's a company that doesn't seem to be that enterprising, with a net worth of £0 and doing hardly any tradi
ng. Which only serves to make more corporeal the spectre of yet another project that will forever be suckling on the teat of public funding.
A few lines back I mentioned Sue Lewis becoming Facilities Officer at the Castle early this year . . . very soon in fact after losing her job as editor at the Tivy-Side Advertiser. In the taverns and coffee-houses of Cardigan dispute rages as to how this came about. Essentially, there are two interpretations.
The first – and more charitable version – posits a scenario along these lines. With the Castle opening to the public in 2015 it was felt – in the latter part of 2014 – that a restructuring was needed to meet the fresh challenge. And so existing staff were laid off (but encouraged to re-apply for their jobs). It was simply unfortunate – but unavoidable – that the new post of Facilities Office (salary £25,000 p.a.) was advertised over the Christmas period, and only on the Castle's Facebook page, which must have been visited by as many as . . . oh, I don't know, a dozen people.
(UPDATE 25.07.2015: I am indebted to 'M O' for providing this link which seems to show that the post of Facilities Officer was first advertised on December 23rd 2014 with a closing date for applications of January 2nd 2015. In other words, from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day. This is how things are done when the post has already been allocated but the clique involved has to pretend otherwise.
That this was allowed strengthens my belief that what we see at Cardigan Castle is what the funders want – an English tourist attraction and events venue stripped of all Welsh content and significance. Though I'm not sure the funders fully understand that the project they're supporting may be camouflaging the real estate ambitions of some of those involved, and others close to them.
What is now clear is that Sue Lewis became Cardigan Castle Facilities Manager by deception and nepotism. I would hope that the way this post was advertised and allocated broke both charity law and the rules applied by the funders. But even if it didn't, Sue Lewis' position is now untenable. She must go, from her post as Facilities Manager and from all involvement with Castell Aberteifi.)
The second – and less charitable version – portrays a different sequence of events entirely. Having been told in early December that she was about to get the chop Sue Lewis and her friends decided to capitalise on the already announced restructuring and use it to create a new post for her, and then go through the motions of advertising that post over Christmas. She may even have been tipped off about her redundancy before the restructuring was announced.
Proponents of both versions seem to agree on three important points:
1/ The post of Facilities Officer was inadequately advertised, if it was advertised at all.
2/ Sue Lewis was appointed to the post by her friends and neighbours.
3/ She has no experience of the duties she is now expected to fulfil.
The Small World Theatre is a company based in the town that, with its falling income, may see regularly performing at the Castle as its financial salvation. If so, then it was obviously a wise move to get Sue Lewis on board in May, 2012, and it's already reaping rewards. For as this letter written to a local politician puts it, "It is also worrying to be told that over £15,000 has been given to Small World Theatr for putting on very English based summer activities for children without any opportunity for other Welsh theatre groups to bid for the money and offer more suitable performances. There is a very serious and corrupt edge to this development as Sue Lewis is a trustee of Small World . . . ".
Elin Jones, the Plaid Cymru AM, is a 'Friend' on Lewis' Facebook page.
In fact Plaid Cymru, the party, has behaved in its usual manner when confronted with 'awkward' situations – it has slunk away to the shadows for fear of upsetting people. And in the process abandoned a Welsh cause. God! I hope Plaid Cymru is destroyed next May.
Next in line is Mrs Sandra Margaret Davies, born 12.06.1949. She is married to Meirion Davies, a teaching assistant some 17 years her junior. Having been born and raised locally she of course speaks Welsh, but like Jann Tucker, chooses not to. Now prepare to overdose on happenstance.
Mr and Mrs Davies live in Aberporth. (Where else!) Sandra Davies is the vice-chair of the governors of Ysgol Gynradd Aberporth. The chair, you will remember, is Sue Lewis! Meirion helps out at the local youth club, where other trustees are Jann and Tony Tucker. I stopped digging at this point because, quite frankly, there's a limit to how many connections I can take. But I think I've established that we have here three people, Jann Tucker, Sue Lewis and Sandra Davies, who are all trustees at Cardigan Castle, who all live in the same small village some 7 miles up the coast, and who all know each other very well, having worked together on other bodies.
We all say, 'It's a small world', but humbling phenomena like this bring home to us how true that is. Oh, yes.
Sandra Davies is now retired but formerly worked at the English military's weapons establishment in Aberporth which used to provide many jobs for local people, alongside the service personnel and the ex-servicemen (who always had priority for civilian jobs). Nowadays the base employs far fewer locals and is engaged in developing drones, for both military, surveillance and commercial use.
She joined 'Castell' 27.11.2013, but seems never to have been a member of 'Cadwgan', maybe because, as she claims to be the trustee-accountant or some such, she too is getting paid. She joined the spectacularly unenterprising Cardigan Castle Enterprises Ltd on 24.04.2013.
Though one perplexing chapter in her recent history is Keykeeper Wales Ltd, Company No 08517357. It was in existence from 07.05.2013 to 20.01.2015 but never made any returns or filed any accounts. It seems to have been one of those companies that are set up, do nothing, and then fold; leaving one to think, 'What the hell was that about?' Apart from the Davieses the only other directors were William Neil Chambers and Nicola Lesley Chambers.
To help you understand Sandra Davies, and other self-hating Welsh, I'll recount her answer when it was suggested to have bilingual front-of-house staff at the Castle. "We'll never get world class staff if we have to rely on the Welsh". World class staff! How much do they intend paying these 'world class staff'?
Sandra Davies is also on Facebook.
If we pass the Davies residence and keep going up the road we soon come to the village of Tresaith, near to where we find Dr. Hedydd Parry Jones. On the one hand, it's nice to
get away from the stifling incestuousness of Aberporth, but on the other hand, we are of course moving further away from Aberteifi.
There's not a lot to report about Dr Jones, she's another who keeps a low profile. I'm told that before her retirement she was a GP in Castell Newydd Emlyn and is, I'm also told, married to a farmer in the Tresaith area.
She came relatively late to the Gang of Four, joining 'Cadwgan' on 18.11.2009, and 'Castell' on 25.04.2012. She served her time with Cardigan Castle Enterprises Ltd from 15.06.2010 to 28.01.2015.
One spectacularly offensive remark has been attributed to her. During a discussion on whether the Gorsedd should be invited to the spiritual home of the National Eisteddfod, she is reported to have contributed, "Over my dead body".
Hedydd Jones is also on Facebook, and despite her being another shrinking violet, I have managed to secure a photograph.
It's almost a merciful relief to be leaving the Ceredigion coast, but I don't believe we should have to move as far as Kent, in England, for that relief, which is where we find Jonathan Richard Timms. 'Who', you cry, 'is Mr Timms?'
Another figure of mystery is Jonathan 'Joff' Timms. We know he was born in 1945, so he's of a ripe age, and he joined '
Cadwgan' 15.11.2006. On the Charity Commission website he is even listed as the contact for the trust. (Click to enlarge panel on right.) He joined 'Castell' 18.04.2007.
As if that wasn't enough, he and Sue Lewis seem to be the only directors left standing at Cardigan Castle Enterprises Ltd. So he appears to be the one person who is a trustee for both trusts and is also a trustee / director of the trading arm. So how does that work, with him living so far away? Does he make the 620 mile round trip to attend every meeting, or are meetings arranged for when he might be in the area? Though come to that, why would he be in the area at all? Well, boys and girls, you will not be surprised to learn that a dickie-bird tells me Mr Timms has a holiday home in Aberporth, and that he was almost certainly invited aboard the good ship Cardigan Castle by Jann Tucker.
A regular contributor to my blog, 'Brychan', had this to say of Mr Timms:
"The mysterious Mr Timms has moved.
When originally registered at the charity commission he declared he was resident at a period mansion, Glebe House, Mersham in the Weald of Kent. This property is Grade II listed. It was renovated by Talus, who are specialists in restoring period structures and sub dividing the property for sale. Half of this property is now up for sale for £950,000. I find no record of title change for the other parts of the structure. 12 other properties were built on associated land.
Mr Timms subsequently changed his address declared at the charity commission to another of his properties at 44 Oxenturn Road, Wye, a village some miles away, nestled in the North Downs.
It is quite evident, as his original Glebe House period mansion changed from detached to two semi-detached properties, that he specialises in buying and renovating period structures and then sub-dividing them for sale as separate units at vast profit. The 'wedding venue' and 'events' businesses that habit the property for a short period are merely ghost enterprises, the real cash is generated by the sub-division and subsequent piecemeal sale of a renovated freehold.
Do the good people of Aberteifi really know who they're dealing with? I have assumed the 'Welsh' Government, CADW and Cyngor Ceredigion have done the precautionary background checks on this geezer. I wonder what he did with his bats? Did they move to Wye or Aberteifi?"
So Jonathan Timms appears to be a property specialist whose forte might be converting and flogging period and listed buildings, such as – dare I say it? – Castle Green House inside the Castle grounds. (Click to enlarge image.)
Also note that both trusts, in their declarations to the Charity Commission, state their objectives thus: "To preserve for the benefit of the people of Cardigan town and of the nation the historical, architectural and constructional heritage that may exist in and around Cardigan town in buildings (including any building as defined in Section 336 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) of particular beauty or historical, architectural or constructional interest'. Which suggests that certain persons' ambitions may not be limited to the Castle.
I'm told Mrs Timms was acting as a 'volunteer' when Our Glorious Leader visited the Castle last month.
This is the situation now, but the problems with Cardigan Castle go back years, to when the renovation was being done. There are too many problems to list them all, but one worth mentioning is the complaint from local businesses that they were not invited to tender for the work being done on the Castle.
Now there could be a simple explanation for this in that the main contractor, Andrew Scott Ltd of Port Talbot, was allowed to choose its sub-contractors and suppliers, perhaps arranging its own tendering processes. But if so, why did those representing the Castle not insist that the process be opened up to local contractors and suppliers?
Alternatively, if handing out the contracts to suppliers was within the gift of the trustees then local anger is understandable, and helps explain why a complaint I've heard more than once concerns the work given to Leekes of Cross Hands to supply furniture, fittings, sanitary ware and much else that could have been sourced cheaper locally. Inevitably, seeing as Jann Tucker was born in Cross Hands, people suggest she is related to the Leekes family. Possibly, though another option is that a member of the Leekes clan has a holiday home on the Ceredigion coast – Llangrannog has been mentioned – and is known to the Gang of Four, or some of them, or perhaps just one of them.
One of the most serious complaints I've heard is contained in the letter to a local politician I linked to above. (Here's the link again.) The writer says, "We have at least 60 people in Cardigan who have asked to join (the trust, presumably) but have just been ignored". This suggests that the Gang of Four doesn't want anyone involved who isn't going to toe their line. No elections, no applications; entry is by recommendation and invitation only, a methodology they might have picked up from their Freemason husbands.
Another regular complaint is that there seems to be no constitution for members of the public to consult, which charity law says there should be. Then there's the issue of minutes being doctored, with the final versions bearing little resemblance to what took place in the meetings the minutes supposedly refer to. And as mentioned in the earlier posts, there is the absurdly high turnover in staff and trustees for the very simple reason that no one can work with the Gang of Four.
One of the more bizarre complaints is that the trustees spent £100,000 on a wedding marquee, a permanent structure but, of course, without foundations. This was done despite being told that weddings can only be in held in a building with three sides and a roof. As I say, this is one of the more bizarre complaints, but if true, then it displays a stupidity, and exposes a waste of public money, that should not go unpunished. Regarding this marquee, Jann Tucker averred that she didn't want any "local riff-raff" getting married in it.
Sticking with the bizarre, another story I was told by, I suspect, someone who worked on the project, was that the main contractor, Andrew Scott Ltd, was told by a local contractor that the sewage / drainage system was 300mm 'out'. The advice was ignored and now the Castle is said to have problems with this system. Oh yes, the same source tells me that the Castle has bought two banana trees. I just hope these are traditional Welsh banana trees.
Cardigan Castle is clearly in deep, deep trouble. A £12m project is being run by people who are out of their depth. Incompetence would be bad enough, but they compound that failing by being unpleasant creatures given to venomous, insulting outbursts. Small wonder the townspeople of Aberteifi feel alienated. They see no one from their town involved in running the Castle, and local businesses excluded from the £12m bonanza! Welcome to Aberporth Castle . . . with the contact address in Kent.
That the major funders involved, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the 'Welsh' Government, have not stepped in to replace these women, and Mr Timms, with a board of trustees operating more transparently, a board more representative of Cardigan and the surrounding area, makes those funders complicit in and responsible for the malpractice now taking place.
Beyond malpractice we also have the clearly expressed sentiments of hostility towards the Welsh language, Welsh culture, and Welsh people. Outbursts that should disqualify these women from involvement in any project in Wales using public funding.
They themselves are the intolerant bigots they accuse their critics of being. Get rid of them!
AberporthAberporth Primary SchoolAndrew Scott LtdCardigan CastleCardigan Castle Enterprises LtdCastell AberteifiDr Hedydd Parry JonesElin Jones AMElizabeth Jann TuckerGlebe HouseHedydd JonesHeritage Lottery FundJann TuckerJoff TimmsJonathan Richard TimmsKeykeeper Wales LtdLeekesMeirion DaviesMike LewisNicola Lesley ChambersPlaid CymruRAE AberporthSandra DaviesSandra Margaret DaviesSmall World Theatre LtdSue LewisSusan Joy LewisTivy-Side AdvertiserTony TuckerWelsh GovernmentWilliam Neil ChambersYmddiriedolaeth Cadwraeth Adeiladau Cadwgan Building Preservation TrustYmddiriedolaeth Cadwraeth Adeiladau Castell Aberteifi (Cardigan Castle Building Preservation Trust)Ysgol Gynradd Aberporth
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42 thoughts on "Cardigan Castle: Gang of Four + One"
Dennis Morris
"Elin Jones, the Plaid Cymru AM, is a 'Friend' on Lewis' Facebook." The same AM who refused to support the banning of Union flags from Welsh Government buildings. page.http://www.plaidglyndwr.com/apps/videos/videos/show/17761848-showing-your-true-colours
21/07/2015 at 15:57	 Reply
She definitely belongs to the 'Pathetic' wing of Plaid Cymru. But, then, what can we expect when we remember who her mentor is.
Well researched Jac, all of what I've looked at today tallies with your findings so it appears to be the truth as far as I can see. Why did I say that, well the whole story looks to be the stuff vendettas are made of, "surely to God the man must be as mad as a hatter!" could be the reaction of some. The truth is unbelievable, is there some official body such as OffCon or OffVipersNest that would or could take up this case and shake it out in the best interests of the people of Aberteifi? Failing that the people of Aberteifi or others should be well informed of these findings so that they may take the matter into their own hands if they wish. There has to be dealings there that have broken the laws bestowed on us by our friends in London
I'm beginning to think that the funders and others are quite happy to have this shower running things rather than have some 'frightful nationalists' – i.e. decent Welsh people – in charge.
Someone honest for a start would help, Welsh or not (but preferably not). People are apathetic about this stuff, it's the "well it doesn't really affect me does it" syndrome; what they need is a start, if something started then more will follow, well as long as Coronation Street isn't on.
How about getting your findings out into the wider public domain, if enough people know and are known to know then they can't stand by and do sod all
I don't believe that apathy is the problem down in Cardigan. Many locals are angry and want these people out, but they can't be voted out because they won't allow elections, and those who are funding the project refuse to remove them. It's a stalemate. One that will be broken soon because those I've written about are so blatant in bending the rules to their own advantage, and insulting people, that their days are surely numbered.
Carnabwth
Where does Dic come into the equation? Or is he just a mouth-piece on Welsh language news outlets?
I fear Dic y Fet is there for window-dressing, as is Gareth Lloyd, the trustee nominated by the council.
Iam so relived to see that nothing illegal or corrupt is going on with these trustees. They are totally committed to the local community and heritage of Wales.no interest in personal financial gain whatsoever.Every public body should aspire to their transparency.
. . . and for your next joke?
Glad you got it Jac
As a Cardigan resident and first language Welsh speaker this whole affair makes me sick – it's time for direct action. The forthcoming concert on Saturday may just be the perfect opportunity.
…and what a great concert it was.
.made possible by all those with a positive interest in making the castle a place for all walks of life to enjoy. Thankyou to all you welsh, english, irish, scottish people of the uk…trustees, local theatre groups, volunteers…the paying public etc….Now for goodness sake …Jac and co. ..quit yr moaning and yr gripes, yr negativities and yr negative aapproach.Get on the positive side and help the castle grow…Can't you?? Diolch.
If you are so proud of what's going on there why can't you give your name? "Thank you to all you welsh, english, irish, scottish people of the uk" Which are you, Tory, RedTory, Ukip or BNP?
Brychan
There are two failures in what's gone on…..
(1)	Lack of governance and control,
(2)	project drift.
The various charitable corporate entities have been in receipt of public funds. These failures appear to have had the following effects…
(a)	funds destined for 'language and heritage' diverted to commercial venture devoid of cultural merit
(b)	possibility of personal enrichment of individuals
(c)	evidence of 'insider' property speculation.
The 'buildings' charity wound down its operation in 2012 when the construction phase completed, and the 'operational' charity then mushroomed with assets of the former. Ms Tucker (and others) being a trustee of both.
Funding was from the Heritage Lottery Fund was sponsored by the Welsh Government and a tranch of this was 'match funded' by schemes administered by the Welsh Government.
I believe that what has been uncovered so far merits an agenda item for the Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee at the Senedd. There is only one elected member of this committee, Angela Burns AM. She has a legal civil servant at her disposal, expert in these matters, the one who previously won a court battle against Donald Trump on behalf of the Scottish Government over the Menie "luxury golf resort" in Aberdeenshire.
Does Dame Tucker have the same hairdresser?
dafis
given that so much info has been retrieved relatively easily by Jac, it is even more puzzling that various bodies formally established to oversee conduct ( and prevent misconduct ! ) do not appear to have got stuck into this situation which seems to have been off the rails for a good while.
The Charity Commission would eventually be involved where there is evidence of misuse/misconduct, but prior to that there should have been an intervention from the body or bodies who agreed to provide funding – CADW, Heritage Lottery Fund, ERDF, ( any more ?). Did these not have regular monitoring and reporting in place ? on a £12 mill project one would expect something much more than an informal chat, or are the supervisory authorities also financially illiterate/inept or just don't give a shit?
And finally the Dyfed Powys Constabulary, who may regard Aberteifi as peripheral to their beat but nevertheless collect a slice of their funding from local Council Tax payers in that town and surrounding parishes. Now it is said that intelligence led policing has filtered westwards along the M4, so one could ask quite reasonably – who's looking at intelligence gathered in Aberteifi ? – where it seems everybody but Plod is talking about this fiasco.
If everybody's looking the other way there must be an awful lot of neck strain in Aberteifi !
Can anyone print some Cris Tomos – ala cheguevara t shirts for saturday night? I'll have 4…..
There's these people in Aberteifi http://www.epldesigns.com/contactus.php
There's a cheaper company in England you could use, unless a member of Jann Tucker's family run a print shop somewhere?
Wenda of the West
Joff Timms declared to members of one Castle committee that 'Rhys ap Gruffudd and his sons were nothing more than savages', but of course that was doctored out of the minutes
Didn't Rhys ap Gruffudd sons spend their lives fighting each other?
Well he did have at least nine sons, so sibling rivalry and all that.
Do you remember when that was? And who was present? And what was the context?
Iestyn
This is one of the things that makes Yr Arglwydd Rhys so important to Welsh cultural history. His gathering is often referred to as "the first Eisteddfod" etc, but in fact it was a cultural gathering of poets and musicians from all around Britain and western Europe. The "eisteddfod" that celebrated the completion of Rhys ap Gruffudd's castle was not the act of a "savage" or "robber baron", as certain members of "the establishment" would have us believe the Welsh leaders were. This was the kind of pan European diplomacy and cultural linkage that the Welsh leaders would have been indulging in had they not spent most of their time, energy, wealth and ingenuity trying to keep the Anglo-Normans from stealing their country.
The business model, which the trustees of Cardigan Castle have now embarked upon, can be seen here..
http://www.leeds-castle.com/Visit/Castle+and+History/Leeds+Castle+Foundation
Recent activities at this establishment include 'Medieval Olympics' which involves jousting on toy horses and cutting the heads off French people (8-10year olds) and burning Catholics while supping mulled wine (families).
Other timelines include…How to kill your wife Tudor style….Shagging a chambermaid and drowning the baby….Disembowling senior clergy….Battle re-enactments of the Crusades where the defeated army have their faces blacked up with shoe polish…and….throwing homosexuals into the moat.
Perhaps Joff Timms only regards Welsh nobles of ancient times "savages" or is this just a bit of sour grapes because he's not considered of sufficient worth to become involved in such enterprises closer to his home. Middle class up-starts in England have to move to the colonies to play squire.
Who's organising this – Ukip?
I doubt of the castle grandees would have anything to do with Ukip. They're just doing an accurate and overt retelling of the history of the castle.
However, this is one of MrTimms' (former) borough councillors…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-18494307
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31512117
After leaving the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party, Ms Yeo stood as a parliamentary candidate for Ukip. This was a vacancy opened up when the sitting candidate, Ms Atkinson MEP, was sacked for funnelling expenses into a local restaurant using false receipts.
She lept to fame for calling some of her incomers 'TingTongs' because of their ethnic origin.
@celtes_cymru prints shirts etc and is fairly local ie Trelech I believe.
gaynor
for pithy tshirt comments that hit aa contrevershal sbot go to shwldimwl t shirts, llanboidy, satisfaction guaranteed!
Don't tell me Timms is also a member of the Labour party too. That's just the type of thing Kinnock might say. Wait a minute, he did….. "between the mid-sixteenth century and the mid-eighteenth century Wales had practically no history at all, and even before that it was the history of rural brigands who have been ennobled by being called princes"
Don't forget Cowbois in Bala for Tee shirts especially for the 50 year anniversary of that ..kin dam shirts.
I'm off to France for three weeks tomorrow so I hope you make a good showing on Saturday night if you can do it. Enough people to make someone take notice is what's needed (obviously!)
made me chuckle that announcement about military vehicles being assembled in Merthyr at old forklift factory. Recalling some of the legends of the Hoover era, it won't be long before many homes in Merthyr have their own armored car made out of parts "liberated" from the factory. Then maybe we can mobilise the locals to take some form of action !
The Trustees Commissioned an over sized Eisteddfod Chair which understand cost over £10,000. The Lucky Sculptor who was given the commission was Paul Clarke from yes you guessed correctly Aberporth. His prominent work is a Dolphin at Aberporth, again funded by Public Money. It would be interesting to find out who was responsible for this commission. He has a number of images on his website: http://paulclarkesculptor.co.uk/ , including another flat relief panel that show the same Raven Symbols as on the Chair. Did he also make other items for the Castle? There are other items on his website, and some local people may recognise the location. If they are sited where I suspect they are the findings could be very interesting.
I struggle to see how Public Funds can be spent on commissioning works of Art.
I have contacted Paul Clarke and he confirmed that he was responsible for the design of the chair, and the "Heraldic Symbols" incorporated in the design. He got it badly wrong. Heraldry was in its infancy when the Lord Rhys lived, but his descendants Coat of Arms and that of the House of Deheubarth are given as "Gules, a lion (rampant) Or, armed Azure. In plain language a Golden Lion standing on its hind legs, with the claws highlighted in Blue on a Red Shield.
Paul Clarke appears to have Googled Rhys ap Griffith and or Dinefwr and found the Arms of the Rice Family whose ancestor Griffith ap Nicholas acquired Dinefwr in the early 15th Century. The most famous member of the family was Sir Rhys ap Thomas his grandson who sided with Henry Tudor and became the most powerful figure in South Wales.
Someone has created a false Coat of Arms on Wikipedia for the Dinefwr Family, which no resemblance to any of the Coat of Arms that is ascribed to them.
Syr Rhys ap Thomas gave "Argent a Chevron Sable between Three Ravens proper". In plain language A single Black Chevron between Three Black Ravens on a Silver shield. Not three White Chevrons with a Red Lion passant
between Three Ravens on a Red background.
The Dinefwr family claim descent from Urien Reged and the Ravens represent "Brain Urien" mentioned in the Mabinogion, and this where the Ravens on the Chair have come from.
The Trustees have taken these fictitious Arms and Colours and ascribed them to the Lord Rhys.
They proclaim that Red and Black are the "Lord Rhys Colours" and are selling a bag as "The Lord Rhys Bag" with this Coat of Arms.
The guilty of passing off Goods under false pretences, and probably using an image without complying with the Wikipedia Terms of use.
I have pointed this out to the Trustees but they are not interested.
Glen Johnson or Simon as I call him, as he simply a Cataloguer and not a Historian by stretch of the imagination, as his approach is simplistic to say the least, response was that others including "CADW" have used the same Coat of Arms. To be fair to Glen, he was not a Trustee when the was commissioned and says he no input into the design. I am surprised that as the self proclaimed Cardigan Castle Historian the Trustees did not see fit to consult him, although I doubt he would have spotted the error.
Paul Clarke on his website states – "One of my most recent commissions: a large Bardic Chair which contains multiple carvings in wood, bronze and slate standing nine feet tall celebrating the rich history of the newly restored Cardigan Castle."
Every symbol on the Chair is therefore meant to reflect the "history" of Cardigan Castle.
If he is serious about reflecting accurately the history of Cardigan Castle, he should correct the errors at his own cost, and the Trustees who have a Duty of Care but have been obviously negligent should at their own personal cost pay for correcting all the other errors.
It would be interesting to know what part Theatr Mwldan plays in this.
Selected Highlights from Aberporth Community Council Minutes, which are only available on their Website up to the April 2015 Meeting, and there is also a Gap between December 2012 and April 2014. Are they hiding something?
(7) Paul Clarke has been asked to do a maintenance review of the dolphin; he has looked at it and there are no problems, it needs it to dry out before he can treat it.
(32) Maritime Project
Minutes of meetings were provided.
The FLAG application has been approved by Welsh Government for £20,000. The grant acceptance forms have been signed and completed.7
Two meeting have been held. Paul Clark has agreed to come on board and help with the project. Sketch drawing of the proposal was provided. There will be a monthly progress report. Grass area has been cleared and the rubbish is to be removed. A new account is to be opened for this project so that accounting and claims can be easily monitored and processed. Cllr Arthur Richards has produced the timesheet and record spread sheet for volunteer hours
Cllr Arthur Richards has completed a Welsh Government audit form for the FLAG review.
Welsh Government is visiting for a study visit and information packs have been put together.
The Chair of the WI has approached Cllr Anne McCreary enquiring about the possibility of a joint project; there is potential for them to support with this project.
Email received advising that Catalys will be evaluating the Ceredigion FLAG scheme.
Request to go into committee to discuss BIG SHIP finances & Fireworks
Fireworks DO
In the Tivyside about lack of donations from the public and the community council had chipped in. People called to ask how community council had chipped in
Concerns about the organisation – no committee, no accounts, no books
AR – need to be transparent. If we wish to continue to support it.
Agreed to employ Paul Clarke to manage the project and that we use local contractors to undertake required work. Paul to make stage invoicing – we can submit stage claims
(4)Items agreed for payment:
£2500.00 P Clarke
(35) Cllr Jann Tucker informed the Council that after 20 years Mrs Sue Lewis has been made redundant from the Tivyside. On behalf of the Community Council she thanked Sue for all her support. Councillors expressed their concerns over the loss of local knowledge as the paper is to be edited in Haverfordwest.
(4) Items authorised for payment:
Maritime Project
(37) Updates were provided by Cllr Arthur Richards and Cllr Anne McCreary. Minutes of the meeting were provided.
There are 33 ships so 33 stones are needed to be engraved; the committee are looking at options to reduce the number of stones. All the stones have been kindly donated. Paul Clarke has completed the large stone engraving and the wood is being cut. Quotes have been received for the concrete work. The committee are looking into options for benches. The unveiling/Launch is to be held alongside the Big lunch on the 7th June and invitations will be sent to the Chair of FLAG and the Welsh Government grant unit.
Cllr McCreary had been meeting with Hanes and with Maxine Thom; bilingual posters requesting information regarding maritime history are to be put up to collate information for the panel; the art work needs to go to Sigma April. The Poem competition closes end of January.
(5) Items agreed for payment:
£1875.00 Paul Clarke
(1)	The March meeting of the above named community council was held at Aberporth Village Hall on Tuesday 17th March 2015 at 6:30pm. The Chairman, Arthur Richards, presided.
Present: Cllr Jann Tucker, Cllr Hywel Evans, Cllr Richard Williams, Cllr Gethin James, Cllr Anne McCreary, Cllr June Allen, Cllr Mike Harwood, Cllr Gethin Davies, Vanessa Owens (Clerk), and Mrs Sue Lewis.
Welcome to Sue Lewis as press for Cambrian News
£2,599.43 Paul Clarke
A letter was received from Mr & Mrs Timms regarding the hedge at lower welfare park; Cllr Gethin Davies organised to get it cut with a machine.
The April meeting of the above named community council was held at Aberporth Village Hall on Tuesday 21st April 2015 at 6:30pm. The Chairman, Cllr Arthur Richards, presided.
Present: Cllr Jann Tucker, Cllr Hywel Evans, Cllr Mike Harwood, Cllr Gethin James, Cllr Dai Ogilvie, Cllr Colin Evans, Cllr June Allen, Cllr Gethin Davies, Cllr Richard Williams., Vanessa Owens (Clerk) and Mrs Sue Lewis (Cambrian News)
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How did Sue Lewis have time to write for the Cambrian News when she's 3 months into a job helping run a £12m project?! Her husband does indeed write for the Cambrian News, shouldn't it have been him attending?
Many reports in the TivySide and Cambrian News were very similar. Perhaps she has always been multi-tasking.
Besides a benevolent sweetener on heritage buildings to lubricate land deals, is there any UK government land and assets in Aberporth that this outfit might be interested in? They have just completed a land development deal at a previous haunt of Mr Timms….
http://www.wyewithhinxhillpc.kentparishes.gov.uk/UserFiles/file/Press%20Releases/Telereal%20Trillium%20press%20release_Wye%203%20acquisition_Final.pdf
Cllr Gethin Davies should note that Mr Timms may be more than just an owner of a, now permanently occupied, holiday home with a concern for unkempt hedges in the local park.
http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/business/regulation/risk-and-judgements/welsh-government-launches-inquiry-into-landlord/7011065.article
Cambrian News and Sue Lewis strangely quiet about this news – lunch at the castle anyone?
Yes. I have heard about the investigation into Cantref, though I'm also told that the investigation was almost immediately contracted out to a private company. I'm also hearing that there are three lines of enquiry, the most rewarding of which – if pursued with enthusiasm – could be procurement processes. But anyway, I detest all housing associations, so if the 'Welsh' Government has any sense it will find a few other cases to investigate – God knows there are enough! – and then start cutting these buggers adrift and let them sink or swim. The Welsh public purse could be saved hundreds of millions that could be far better spent.
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PAX is officially over, and I want to thank everyone who stopped by! We had a great show and got a lot of extremely helpful feedback. I especially want to thank everyone who shared stories about their personal struggles. I know it is really tough to share, but I appreciate people opening up to me. I am really happy that Neverending Nightmares can influence the dialog people are having about mental illness.
Through the game and my developer diaries, I want to work towards removing the stigma associated with mental illness. Besides having OCD and depression, I also have asthma. Why is that a socially acceptable illness but OCD isn't? It seems ridiculous! I was born with both. Neither are my fault, but asthma is so easily accepted whereas OCD is misunderstood.
Overall, PAX was quite amazing. It was really great to get the game in front of people and to hear their reactions. When I look at the game, it is hard for me to see past all the things that I need to do on the game (add enemies, more interactions, etc). However, everyone who played the game seemed to really enjoy it (as much as one enjoys a horror game).
I also did a number of panels with some of my favorite game developers like Brian Provinciano, Alexander Bruce, and Andy Moore. I organized a panel about making personal games with Ryan Green and Josh Larson, the developers of "That Dragon, Cancer" and Felix Park, the designer of March (part of the IGF finalist game "The Mindfulxp Volume"). It went amazingly – even better than I thought was possible! The panelists had really great opinions about designing personal and artistic games. We had some great questions from the audience.
On the panel, I tried to speak as fast as possible and stumble on to something good. It was in stark contrast to Ryan Green who spoke slowly and deliberately but had amazing wisdom and insight with everything he said. Overall, I think it was a really special panel, and I want to thank everyone who made time in their busy PAX schedule to attend it.
Hopefully all the new players and press will bring some new backers and get us closer to our goal. We are at $20k, which is super great, but we still have a long way to go.
Also, some people are having problems running the demo on their computers. We were rushing to get our kickstarter up and didn't have a lot of time for compatibility testing. I am very sorry about that! I will try and work through some of those issues after I get back and caught up on work.
Finally, I'd like to thank you all so much for your generous support! Even if the kickstarter is unsuccessful, it feels really great to know that almost 800 people believed in me and what I am trying to do so much that they wanted to put money into seeing the game completed. Our backers are amazing!
I want to write so much more and upload some fun show pics, but I am completely exhausted and need to get some sleep.
Thank you for your support! It means a lot to me. To be perfectly frank, it's hard to be this frank! :-D I am really putting myself out there for the project, which is a challenge. My mental illness is something that I'd never tell anyone about a few years ago, and now I am proclaiming it to everyone. It is a bit weird and uncomfortable, but I think it's important.
20% of the way there and plenty of time to go. Once you hit about 30% you're pretty much set to be funded. Most projects that reach that end up being funded.
I'm pretty confident you're going to get there.
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Q: Using StandardScaler to scale arrays with different shapes using spesific features I have a dataset with the following shapes:
X = (samples, 4)
y = (samples,)
I am using StandardScaler from sckikit-learn to normalize the data of X
I want to scale the y dataset with the same features used in one of the four columns of the X dataset, e.g scale all the values of y similarly to the second column of X.
Is there any way to accomplish this?

A: Suppose column in X you want to scale y based on that, is named 'A'.
You can do it as following :
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
scaler = StandardScaler()
scaler.fit(X['A'])
y = scaler.tansform(y)

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In 2017, the world merchandise exports exceeded $16 trillion (according to the external trade statistics of 141 countries). It was $15.6 trillion in the previous year (according to the merchandise trade statistics of 153 countries).
In 2017, the world merchandise imports exceeded $16.6 trillion (according to the external trade statistics of 141 countries). It was $15.7 trillion in the previous year (according to the merchandise trade statistics of 152 countries).


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Q: Howto split a string on a multi-character delimiter in bash? Why doesn't work the following bash code?
for i in $( echo "emmbbmmaaddsb" | split -t "mm"  )
do
    echo "$i"
done

expected output:
e
bb
aaddsb

A: Since you're expecting newlines, you can simply replace all instances of mm in your string with a newline. In pure native bash:
in='emmbbmmaaddsb'
sep='mm'
printf '%s\n' "${in//$sep/$'\n'}"

If you wanted to do such a replacement on a longer input stream, you might be better off using awk, as bash's built-in string manipulation doesn't scale well to more than a few kilobytes of content. The gsub_literal shell function (backending into awk) given in BashFAQ #21 is applicable:
# Taken from http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/021

# usage: gsub_literal STR REP
# replaces all instances of STR with REP. reads from stdin and writes to stdout.
gsub_literal() {
  # STR cannot be empty
  [[ $1 ]] || return

  # string manip needed to escape '\'s, so awk doesn't expand '\n' and such
  awk -v str="${1//\\/\\\\}" -v rep="${2//\\/\\\\}" '
    # get the length of the search string
    BEGIN {
      len = length(str);
    }

    {
      # empty the output string
      out = "";

      # continue looping while the search string is in the line
      while (i = index($0, str)) {
        # append everything up to the search string, and the replacement string
        out = out substr($0, 1, i-1) rep;

        # remove everything up to and including the first instance of the
        # search string from the line
        $0 = substr($0, i + len);
      }

      # append whatever is left
      out = out $0;

      print out;
    }
  '
}

...used, in this context, as:
gsub_literal "mm" $'\n' <your-input-file.txt >your-output-file.txt

A: A more general example, without replacing the multi-character delimiter with a single character delimiter is given below :
Using parameter expansions : (from the comment of @gniourf_gniourf)
#!/bin/bash

str="LearnABCtoABCSplitABCaABCString"
delimiter=ABC
s=$str$delimiter
array=();
while [[ $s ]]; do
    array+=( "${s%%"$delimiter"*}" );
    s=${s#*"$delimiter"};
done;
declare -p array

A more crude kind of way
#!/bin/bash

# main string
str="LearnABCtoABCSplitABCaABCString"

# delimiter string
delimiter="ABC"

#length of main string
strLen=${#str}
#length of delimiter string
dLen=${#delimiter}

#iterator for length of string
i=0
#length tracker for ongoing substring
wordLen=0
#starting position for ongoing substring
strP=0

array=()
while [ $i -lt $strLen ]; do
    if [ $delimiter == ${str:$i:$dLen} ]; then
        array+=(${str:strP:$wordLen})
        strP=$(( i + dLen ))
        wordLen=0
        i=$(( i + dLen ))
    fi
    i=$(( i + 1 ))
    wordLen=$(( wordLen + 1 ))
done
array+=(${str:strP:$wordLen})

declare -p array

Reference - Bash Tutorial - Bash Split String

A: With awk you can use the gsub to replace all regex matches.
As in your question, to replace all substrings of two or more 'm' chars with a new line, run:
echo "emmbbmmaaddsb" | awk '{ gsub(/mm+/, "\n" ); print; }'

e
bb
aaddsb

The 'g' in gsub() stands for "global," which means replace everywhere.
You may also ask to print just N match, for example:
echo "emmbbmmaaddsb" | awk '{ gsub(/mm+/, " " ); print $2; }'

bb

A: The recommended tool for character subtitution is sed's command s/regexp/replacement/ for one regexp occurence or global s/regexp/replacement/g, you do not even need a loop or variables.
Pipe your echo output and try to substitute the characters mm witht the newline character \n:
echo "emmbbmmaaddsb" | sed 's/mm/\n/g'
The output is:
e
bb
aaddsb


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Samsung Smart TV contents in Europe expand to UHD & HDR with TV Plus Launch
News, Smart TV
Samsung had kick-started moves to spread its TV Plus service across Europe when it signed a partnership deal with Rakuten TV-owned video-on-demand service Wuaki. The service has been available in Germany since January but now Samsung has expanded its premium Smart TV content service TV PLUS in Europe. The service will enable a larger number of users to access Ultra-High Definition (UHD) and High Dynamic Range (HDR) content more than ever before, an area Rakuten TV is a leading provider. Now, not just only those in Germany, but consumers based in France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom will also join the cadre of those that will get a wide range of options available for movie enthusiasts and families to enjoy.
Samsung first launched the TV Plus app in 2015 in South Korea and since then, its reach has continued to grow. It's already available across North America and Southeast Asia and as stated earlier, it made its debut in Germany in January this year.The TV Plus interface allows Samsung Smart TV users in Europe to easily find their favourite content similar to the way viewers navigate the channel menus for their traditional cable or TV providers. It comes with Video-on-Demand (VOD) shows and movies which will be delivered through the users' internet connection.
Most spectacular aspect is that users will be able to view movie contents on their Samsung Smart TVs in the highest of UHD and HDR quality through multiple channels directly on their Samsung Smart TVs.The TV Plus app is designed with a familiar user interface which makes retrieving UHD and HDR content both simple and enjoyable. Among the various UHD movies available via TV Plus are titles such as "Passengers," "Moneyball," "Hotel Transylvania" and much more.
Speaking at the roll out of the service, Herman Lee, Vice President of the Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics had this to say;
"Our goal at Samsung is to create innovative and valuable technology that makes our consumers' lives easier and more enjoyable when it comes to watching their favourite content....With the European expansion of TV PLUS, we are thrilled to provide additional consumers access to new movies in UHD and HDR quality."
Samsung TV Plus app's Video-on-Demand movies are categorized into three: New Releases, Family and UHD. The "New Releases" category includes titles that have been released within the past six-to-eight weeks. On the other hand, the Family category includes newly released family-friendly titles as well as best-selling movies, while the UHD category is made up of movies that were recently released in UHD. Each new week sees fresh new and top selling contents coming onboard the various categories.
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British players have twice as many chances to win each time the EuroMillions draw is held, because they can purchase tickets for the Millionaires Raffle as well. While this would explain why more players from the island join the club of millionaires, there is no obvious reason for why most of the EuroMillions jackpot winners are British. Last week, an unnamed Briton won £81 million, one of the largest prize ever to be awarded by this lottery open to several European countries.
Although it is not yet certain whether a male or female won the EuroMillions jackpot, this amount puts him or her among the top 1000 wealthiest people in Great Britain. If the Sunday Times Rich List 2012 is accurate, the latest winner will enter the top on the 908th position, ahead of Adele and slightly behind Brian May. These statistics are exciting for lottery enthusiasts and act as a catalyst for more tickets to be sold, with the best proof being the record number of tickets sold for the aforesaid draw.
Although this EuroMillions jackpot is staggering, it is not even close to the prize won two years ago by Chris and Colin Weir. These two winners also reside in the United Kingdom and they won twice as much, and they have put those £161 million to good use. The Weirs changed their lives completely, but didn't forget about the less fortunate and have established a charitable trust of £5 million. Only time will tell whether the latest winner will walk down the same path or prove to be more selfish, for the time being his peers are simply waiting for the winner's identity to be revealed.
To put things into perspective, it is important to mention that this current prize is the sixth ever awarded by the prestigious lottery. It comes just 3.4 million shy of tying the fifth-place, proudly held by an anonymous winner who scooped the breathtaking amount back in May 2010. Unlike some of its American counterparts, the EuroMillions allow winners to stay anonymous if they choose so. Many agree that this is the best choice for those who win huge amounts, because otherwise they risk being chased by the media and overwhelmed with charitable requests.
The five numbers that made the latest millionaire are 8, 13, 26, 34, 38 with the Lucky Stars being 3 and 11, and many players hit the second-tier combination. While these winners will most likely put a sizable part of their prized in a savings account while covering outstanding debts and splashing out a bit, the EuroMillions jackpot won't have to worry about money. He or she can enjoy the best things in life without thinking about what the next day might bring financially.
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As from Mai 2018 Silvirom OU and Z/S IGAUŅI signed long term partnership agreement aiming to significantly improve truck service in Europe.
Z/S IGAUŅI was established in 1993 in Saldus Municipality, Jaunauce County, but we have been dealing with cargo transportation since 2003. These 15 years of experience allow us to provide our customers always qualitative services, our employees are working with high sense of responsibility and professionalism to ensure that cargo of our customers is always delivered to the destination on time and without mistakes.
The truck fleet of IGAUŅI consists of Scania trucks of the latest generation, which are equipped with environmentally friendly motors meeting Euro 6 emission standards. We transport sea containers, consolidated and full cargo in tents, as well as veterinary cargo all over Europe and in CIS countries.
Inland transportation of sea containers is one of main activities of our company. We have an extensive fleet which can handle transportation and delivery of sea containers of any size, type and weight ((20', 20'OT, 20'RF, 20'TC, 23`TC, 30', 30'TC, 40'DV, 40'OT, 40'HC, 40'HCPW, 40'CS, 40'HCRF, 45', 45'CS, 45'RF and other). In addition to cargo transportation our employees will also prepare all necessary customs documents, permissions, declarations and licences (Carnet TIR, transit declarations, EX A, CO A, T2L and other).
Unlike other cargo transporters, IGAUŅI offers its customers the possibility to use faster cargo transportation services. Express cargo transportation means that one truck carrying cargo in a sea container or a tent has two drivers instead of one allowing to deliver the cargo to the destination twice faster.
Consolidated and full cargo is mainly carried to and from Italy, Spain, France and Portugal, as well as other countries of the European Union.
Our company ships standard general goods (general/harmless goods), which are transported on European (EPAL) and Finnish pallets, and tents with dangerous (ADR) goods and containers with veterinary goods.


The discs provide shock absorption, protecting the spinal cord and ensuring flexibility of the spine. They also perform other functions. The spinal discs are essentially ligaments (structures connecting bones) that attach to the top and bottom of each vertebra. Lastly they act as a fulcrum to direct the type of movement through which each vertebra travels.
What are the most common disc problems?
• A disc "bulge" results from slight tears in the outermost fibers of an annulus fibrosis. These small tears can be painful for a short time.
• A disc protrusion/extrusion, also called "herniation," is a more significant injury. It results from a complete or significant tear of the fibers of an annulus-when some of the nucleus leaks through. A herniation can also be painful and may even cause nerve compression. In the most severe cases, the spinal cord can become compressed.
• The most common disc problem suffered by adults is degenerative disc disease. This occurs when the disc nucleus loses water and small tears develop in it. The body then forms osteophytes (bone spurs), along the edges of the vertebra and the disc space narrows. We used to believe that this was a function of "wear and tear" as we aged. The most recent evidence shows that, most often, there is a hereditary link to the development of degenerative disc disease. Degenerative disc disease can also be caused by trauma/injury.
What are the common signs and symptoms of disc problems?
How are disc problems treated?
Luckily, in most circumstances, disc problems are easily treated with conservative interventions. Early in the course of an acute injury, your doctor of chiropractic will likely set a goal of pain control, using several different physical modalities to reach it. Both ice and heat have shown effectiveness in managing the pain of acute low-back injury. Your chiropractor will help you determine which is most effective for you. In addition, getting you back on your feet and moving as quickly as is safely possible is critical. Typically, the less time you spend in bed, the better off you are in terms of long-term results. You'll also need to learn not to be afraid to move. If you "baby" your back, in most cases, the long-term results will be worse. Chiropractic spinal manipulation has also been demonstrated to be a safe and effective tool in the management of disc problems. Manipulation is especially effective when combined with therapeutic exercise. In most circumstances, spine surgery and injections are not necessary in the management of disc problems- and they often cause more problems than they're worth. Your doctor of chiropractic will discuss all available treatment options with you and help you decide on the best course of action.
Can disc problems be prevented?
While regular exercise will help strengthen your back, research has demonstrated that staying fit and using proper body mechanics alone will not prevent injury. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that individuals do not lift more than 50 lbs. Further, activities that require awkward or prolonged postures and repetitive stresses, place individuals at higher risk for musculoskeletal disorders and disc problems regardless of body mechanics and fitness level. Your doctor of chiropractic can conduct an ergonomic assessment of your work and home activities to help you prevent injury. It is also critically important to have "spinal awareness." Make a conscious effort, for example, to be aware of what posture you are maintaining when you sit, stand, lie down, work, and exercise. Lift objects with proper posture, including bending your knees, keeping the object close to your body, keeping your back straight and lifting with your legs. Never lift an object by bending over and twisting. You'll only invite a back injury.


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