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The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of combined application of biomass ash (BA), bone meal (BM), and alkaline slag (AS) on soil acidity, nutrient contents, uptake of the nutrients by wheat, and wheat growth.
Materials and methods
A pot experiment with an Ultisol collected from Anhui province, China, was conducted to compare the effects of BA, BM, and AS applied alone and combined on soil acidity; soil nutrient contents; uptake of N, P, K, Ca, and Mg by wheat, and wheat growth.
Results and discussion
Application of BA, BM, and AS alone and combined increased soil pH and decreased soil exchangeable Al3+. BA + BM + AS showed the greatest ameliorating effect on soil acidity, and soil pH of the treatment increased by 1.24 units compared with control. Application of BA + BM + AS reduced soil exchangeable Al3+ and increased soil exchangeable calcium and magnesium to a greater extent than BA + BM and single application of the amendments. The BM-containing amendments substantially increased soil available phosphorous by 66–93% compared with control. Application of the amendments alone and combined enhanced the uptake of N, P, K, Ca, and Mg by wheat and thus promoted wheat growth and increased yield of wheat grains. Application of BA + BM + AS and BA + BM showed greater effects on nutrient uptake and wheat growth than single application of the amendments. Wheat straw weights of the two treatments were 11.1 and 10.1 times greater than that of control. The data were 2.7, 4.8, and 5.6 times for the treatments of BA, AS, and BM. The contents of Cd, Cr, Zn, and Cu in wheat grains were lower than standard limits, except for the single BA treatment.
BA + BM + AS is the best choice for amelioration of acid soils and promotion of crop production.
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Shi, R., Li, J., Ni, N. et al. Effects of biomass ash, bone meal, and alkaline slag applied alone and combined on soil acidity and wheat growth. J Soils Sediments 17, 2116–2126 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-017-1673-9
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Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai (2001)
Karan who is weak in his studies but good at music and masti which always results in fighting with his father, but his life changes when he sees the girl of his dreams. Everywhere he sees her he follows her but one day he goes out of town to find her but couldn't. Later his father sents him to another city but his car breaks down and takes lift and finds it's the same girl whos name is Pooja.
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An editorial in the current issue of the Puget Sound Business Journal promotes our recent Policy Brief, “Seattle’s Lost Decade”:
A new report by the Washington Research Council should be required reading for policymakers in Seattle’s City Hall.
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Employment in Seattle never fully recovered from the dot-com bust. In March 2008, at the peak of the last expansion, the city had 7,900 fewer private sector jobs than it had in March 2000. Nearby cities did considerably better over the same period: Bellevue added 19,200 private jobs; Redmond added 16,000; Issaquah, 4,000; and Bothell, 3,400.
Even as Seattle’s employment stagnated, the population of the city has continued to grow. New residents are drawn to the city by its attractiveness as a place to live. Many of these new residents, however, commute to suburban jobs. It is important not to let Seattle’s residential renaissance deflect attention from the challenges it faces as a working city.
Location is a choice, and increasingly businesses are choosing suburban locations over Seattle. This presents a long-run fiscal challenge for Seattle city government, which gets 54 percent of its general tax revenue from taxes paid by businesses. As population expands, the demand for public services expands proportionally. If employment is not also expanding, city revenues will lag behind.
The temptation is always to make up the shortfall by boosting taxes on business, but this is counterproductive. The research is clear: taxes matter to businesses when they choose where to locate within a metropolitan area. Seattle’s business taxes are already significantly higher than those in the suburban jurisdictions. In 2007, the city collected $485 in business taxes and fees per private sector employee, which was nearly twice the amount collected in Bellevue and more than five times the amount in Redmond. The tax gap is even larger today because of the $25 per head annual tax that the city began collecting from businesses in 2008.
To reverse the trend in jobs, Seattle must become more competitive within the region. If this does not happen, the alternatives are either fewer public services or higher taxes on residents.


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The 1882 meeting of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association took place at Bethel Church (present day: Bethel Baptist Church) in Ellenboro, NC. The introductory sermon was delivered by A.L. Stough. The Committee on Education recommends that the Association send their daughters to the newly established Baptist College for females started by Shelby Church.The Committee on Religious Literature recommends the inclusion of the Foreign Mission Journal.
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An investigation is underway after the residence of Kiprich, a popular dancehall artist, was robbed in Portmore, St. Catherine.
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“For me, the only problem to solve in media is the business model problem,” says Haile. “If we solve everything else, but not the business model, we’re still kind of screwed. But if we solve the business model and screw up everything else, we still have a shot.”
Haile, the former CEO of Chartbeat, was at WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress in Durban speaking publicly for the first time about Scroll, his newest venture dedicated to solving the problem of how to publish sustainable quality journalism on a free and open web.
The idea behind Scroll is to offer consumers an ad-free experience that bundles together engaging content from many news publishers and ultimately helps them all to monetize their content. Haile updated the audience on the company’s development and potential model.
Back in startup mode
Haile said he started by building a small team, including an executive from Spotify who’d been handling their business model, data and analytics. “I put him together with engineers from Google and Foursquare. I took money from News Corp, Axel Springer, and The New York Times to seed the company. And then I brought in some of the best innovators that I could from legacy and digital media to see if we could all work together to try and solve this problem.”
The open web was the way to go, he says. No apps. No micropayments. A flat fee, all built around loyalty. Here was his thinking…
“What happens right now, if a user is traveling around the web, and they can be on Facebook, or they can be on Twitter, or they could be wherever, and they see a link to, let’s say, The New York Times. They traveled from that link to The New York Times. The New York Times has a library in their CMS that can read our cookie. If there’s no cookie, they monetize exactly as normal. They put ads on it. That’s how they make their money. If our cookie is there, then they can live with the cleanest possible, most beautiful experience they can: no ads, no trackers, just clean fast product.”
“The tricky part was the economics,” Haile said. “If you’re trying to do a flat fee bundle, there are a few things that you have to work out. One of which is, is that if I have to make more money than the opportunity cost of revenue, which is the amount of money ads would bring in. I start looking at what’s my minimum price?”
Haile and his team decided to use a proxy bundle. “We took the top 80 U.S. media companies. They make about US$7 billion in digital ad revenue, from about 274 million links, which means if you put all of that money together, they’re making around about $2.50 per user per month as an industry, all of them together. The New York Times makes about 14 cents a month, but others make much, much less.”
“If we assume a distribution pool of 70 percent, that gives us a minimum price, of about 3.56, 3.50 or so,” he added. “That means if we can’t get consumers to pay $3.50, we’re screwed. There’s no game.”
Haile then hired a pricing team that did a study involving a few thousand people.
“What we found was super interesting. In general, if you make less than $39,000 (annually), or if you’re 65 or over, then you’re highly unlikely to pay for this service. But otherwise, working with other buyers is actually very reasonable, but at certain price points. The ideal price point is kind of hovering around the $5 mark. That’s pretty good because if we have a $5 price point, that’s gives us a $3.50 pool, which gives us a 40% lift over ad revenues. That makes a service like this viable.”
“But the pricing is not actually the hard part of trying to build something like this. The hard part is distribution because publishers have uneven CPMs: if I offered The New York Times and tonyhaile.com the same ARPU (average revenue per user), someone would be pissed on this side of things. Also, uneven conversion of consumers… If I just treat your standard ARPU as a number to beat, but only your most valuable ad users were to convert, I would also be in trouble then.”
Ultimately, Haile said his team have solved this issue by building part of the system around loyalty.
“If we made 50% of the gross around engagement and time, and we made 20% around loyalty, then we could cover pretty much any scenario as we went, which was super-exciting, so we had a model that would work,” he said.
Building something brand new
Haile emphasised that there is still a ways to go before launching the service. In addition to funding from both venture capital firms as well as major publishers, including The New York Times, News Corp and Axel Springer, Scroll is also getting guidance from The Washington Post, Gizmodo, The Financial Times and Mic.
“We now have teams of engineers in New York and Portland who are building the infrastructure,” he said.
Haile said they have about 30 publishers, including some small, local publishers, working with them to test the model.
Getting publishers to collaborate
Getting numerous publishers to agree on having their content bundled is what Haile sees as the most complicated part of his proposed solution.
“They say in the U.S. that if you want a product to fail, you ask publishers to collaborate on it,” he said.
“We have not been an industry that has traditionally been good at working together. But the problems we face are industry-wide problems, and they will only be solved by industry-wide solutions.” – Tony Haile, Scroll
Haile expanded on this challenge during the question-and-answer period, saying:
“We can sometimes be a bit timid in this industry, despite the challenges that we face. Sometimes it can be a situation that we see our house is on fire and we say, ‘I’m going to try a bucket of water,’ and see how that goes. And then in six months if the bucket of water doesn’t work, then we call the fire service. … The challenges we face on the business model side, especially in the U.S., are very, very real.”


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Symphonic nights on campus to continue
Pianist İdil Biret will take the stage with CSO in come of the concerts.Under the main sponsorship of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Doğuş Group will organize the 4th “Symphonic Nights on Campus” concert series at universities in the eastern and central Anatolian regions.
The concert project started in 2007 with a protocol signed by the Culture and Tourism Ministry and brought the CSO to various Anatolian cities. The aim of the project is to encourage the Anatolian youth to appreciate classical music. This year five concerts will be held in five cities between Oct. 22 and Oct.28. The CSO concerts will be organized in Yozgat, Nevşehir, Sivas and Malatya.
Start in Yozgat
The concert series will start on Oct. 22 in Yozgat’s Bozok University and go to Nevşehir University on Oct. 23, Sivas Cumhuriyet University on Oct. 26 and Malatay İnönü University on Oct. 28. The concerts will start at 7:30 p.m.
The CSO, under the baton of conductor Rengim Gökmen, will accompany the world-renown pianist İdil Biret for the concerts in Yozgat and Nevşehir, and the world famous violin virtuoso Cihat Aşkın in the concerts in Sivas and Malatya.
The CSO will also be in Kayseri on Oct. 25 for a special concert to be attended by President Abdullah Gül. Biret and Aşkın will be together onstage during the concert, which will be held at the Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa Caravanserai under the auspices of the Kayseri Governor’s Office.


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Pollution Control Board, Assam directed the Oil India Limited (OIL) to close production and drilling operations of all installations in Baghjan oilfield at Tinsukia district of Assam. The Pollution Control Board addressed a letter to the Resident Chief Executive of OIL, stating the closure notice.
The Baghjan gas blowout tragedy was precipitated by a blowout on May 27 at well number five of the Baghjan oilfield. On June 9, the well, located nearby the Dibru-Saikhowa national park, caught fire. The fire led to the death of two OIL firefighters. Around 11,000 people who were living in nearby villages are now in relief camps set up by the administration.
Y Suryanarayana, Chairman, Pollution Control Board Assam (PCBA) confirmed the development. He was quoted as saying that they had earlier issued a show cause notice to OIL. But, OIL then asked for an extension of time to reply, one week after which, PCBA issued the closure notice. The closure notice applies to all wells unde the Baghjan oilfield.
Meanwhile, OIL has been struggling with the losses in production caused by the protests and blockades at various installations. Since the tragedy, around 30 oil wells and five gas wells at different locations have suffered production losses, due to blockades by locals.


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This is the program for the joint junior recital of pianist Donald McMaster and organist Tamara Cockman. The recital took place on November 12, 1971.
McMaster, Donald and Cockman, Tamara, "Donald McMaster and Tamara Cockman in a Joint Junior Recital" (1971). Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters. 424.

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402-410 Chapel Road is a commercial strata building comprising mixed use retail and office suites. Located in the heart of the Bankstown CBD, this building is visible from far off due to its height.
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维修工程师 / 卡特彼勒徐州有限公司
·Familiar with CNC machine tool structure. ·Having the good abilities of analysis, diagnosis, judgment of machine failures. ·Familiar with FANUC system maintenance. ·Familiar with machine tool geometrical precision compensation system. ·Familiar with the process of TPM, EHS, 5S, LEAN and 6 sigma. ·Past professional maintenance training of FANUC. ·Ten years work experiences in manufactory facility and rich experience of electric design and maintenance. ·Good “person to person” skills and coordination capacity.
卡特彼勒徐州有限公司 独资企业: 1001－5000人 机械/设备/重工
·Ensure all the operator’s and maintenance manual of FANUC series being properly used.. ·Troubleshoot to determine cause of failure, lack of efficiency, and the need for repair or improvement of Machine Center. ·Ensure good communication to Machine Center serviceman for getting timely support for maintenance and repairing Machine Center. ·Provide training to CXL servicemen on Machine Center maintenance and repair. ·Monitor and manage the cost spending on Machine Center such as material cost, labor cost, tools cost and the relative spare parts cost. ·Join the equipment installation, debugging, check and final acceptance. ·Determine daily maintenance tasks for MHI and MAKINO Machine Center operators ·Continue to improve maintenance and repair quality and servicemen’s ability to reduce Machine Center downtime. ·Responsibility for making the spare part budget and manage the storehouse with maintenance planner. ·Try to understand the correlative drawing.
江苏省机电研究所 国营企业: 51－200人 机械/设备/重工
·Electric design for heat treatment equipment and aerial platform truck. ·Install and test the equipment in workshop. ·Improve the performance of the equipment by introducing new technology. ·Make the plan of electric parts purchase. ·Technical training to the customers.


H.E.R.‘s EP I Used to Know Her: Part 2 is home to numerous hit songs with one of them being the singer’s latest single, “Hard Place.” To follow up on the success of the song, the 21-year-old dropped the music video for the Rodney Jerkins-produced track. The song tells the ups-and-downs of a relationship and the visual brings its lyrics to life.
The four and a half minute clip follows the singer-songwriter and a love interest named, Leo, as they go through the difficulties of fame, romance, and how her growing music career ends up overshadowing his own. Rare glimpses of H.E.R.’s face are sprinkled throughout the video, as she generally dons dark, big shades with her signature, voluminous, curly hairstyle, to better maintain her anonymity.
As the video goes on, H.E.R. can be seen performing on a major stage before a massive crowd, relaxing in an apartment with her boyfriend in other enjoyable moments. Since the clip’s premiere, fans have already taken to Twitter to praise the California native’s latest video.
“@HERMusicx never fails,” one user said. “Hard Place” video was just so great and I love how she always has a story to go with her songs.”
— Mona Lisa (@MelissaPleasant) April 26, 2019
@HERMusicx music video of Hard place is everything 😍😩😩😩 I’m screaming 🤦🏿♂🤦🏿♂🤦🏿♂🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
— Bazimya Brian (@BrianBazimya) April 26, 2019
— Summer~Child☀🌻 (@danesha_ae6) April 26, 2019
Watch the official music video for her latest single, “Hard Place” above.


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I’d like to kick things off here by telling you a little bit about my own experiences with kettlebell training over the last couple of years – for a very specific reason. I think it will be of a great benefit to you as you progress in your kettlebell training career.
I’ve been involved in various athletic endeavors for the last 20 years or so – baseball and basketball in grade school, football and track and field in high school and college, a ‘cup of coffee’ in the NFL, and more recently in triathlons believe it or not (I played offensive line if that gives you an indication of why I say that – I was at about 310 lbs at my biggest).
I still consider myself to still be in pretty good shape. I work out five or six times a week, although admittingly I suffer from a little bit of ‘workout ADD’ (I have trouble sticking with a program for more than three weeks or so). I’ve dabbled in literally almost every imaginable training style, from Olympic Lifting to German Volume Training to CrossFit to HIT – you name it, I’ve probably done it.
About two years ago, I heard a few of my trainer friends were getting into kettlebells, and it sounded interesting. Honestly, my first thought was that there couldn’t be too much to it – nothing more than I could figure out on my own.
So I go buy a couple of kettlebells at the local used sporting goods store. I do a search for ‘kettlebells’ on YouTube to give me an idea of some basic drills (bad idea, in retrospect). There’s some good stuff on there, but there’s also a lot of crap – and I happened to stumble on the crap.
I think my first workout consisted of about 50 clean and presses and 50 snatches. If I remember correctly, an ill locked-out snatch and an actual glancing blow to the head by a kettlebell finished my workout for the day. Luckily, I didn’t do any serious damage, but my wrists were bruised and swollen, along with my ego, for about a week. Not so good.
After a few months of playing around and not really knowing what I was doing (or really getting anything out of it, for that matter), I decided I wanted to do things right. I bought Enter The Kettlebell by Pavel, which in retrospect was what really got the ball rolling and is probably why I’m so into kettlebells today. I went through the book, made detailed notes on everything, and went through the Program Minimum first, followed by the ETK Rite of Passage.
I was shocked at how well the Program Minimum worked! I got stronger, lost a little fat, and actually improved my cardio conditioning with basically less than one hour a week of workouts! I knew at that point I was hooked.
After a couple more months of training almost exclusively with kettlebells and making some great progress, I decided to sign up for the RKC certification because I knew I wanted to take my KB training to the next level.
In short, it was an incredible experience, was extremely physically demanding, and more than anything incredibly educational. I couldn’t recommend the course more to anyone wanting to get serious about kettlebell training.
Another thing I learned from the RKC certification is that perfect execution of the basics is critical. You can get an amazing amount of milage from a few basic kettlebell exericses – in fact, you could probably only do the core five or six drills forever and continue to make progress.
This blog is dedicated to helping you learn the basics really, really well.
Now I use kb’s at least 50% of the time with my one-on-one and group training classes and in my own training. I’m hooked for life, and I hope you soon will be too.
So that’s a few words of warning and some basic advice on where to start. I’ll be frequently updating this blog with basic exercise descriptions, new workouts that have worked well for me and my clients, reviews of books and DVD’s about kettlebell training, and much more. Hope to see you around!
Forest Vance, RKC
P.S. If you’d like to shortcut your learning curve a bit, check out my manual and training course all about mastering the Kettlebell Swing by clicking the link below:

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HEARING LOSS CRITERIA
The Board has recently received a number of requests for clarification on the criteria to be met for an Injury on Duty Award on the basis of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus.
Set out below is the general Injury on Duty criteria specific to Regulation 10 of the Injury on Duty Regulations:
- A claimant must be disabled i.e. inability, occasioned by infirmity of mind or body, to perform the ordinary duties of a police officer;
- A claimant’s disablement must be likely to be permanent i.e. assuming normal appropriate medical treatment has been received, the claimant is deemed (at the time of the assessment) to be disabled (as above) for the remainder of their life; and
- A claimant’s disablement must be the result of an injury received in the execution of duty without their own default i.e. the injury has caused or substantially contributed to the claimant’s disablement.
If all three criteria are met the claimant will be granted a Regulation 10 award. Further information on the terms set out in the PSNI and PSNI Reserve (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006 is contained in the joint guidance to medical practitioners joint guidance to medical practitioners
For hearing loss cases specifically –
- The question of whether the claimant is disabled is based on whether the claimant would meet the required hearing standards for entry to the police service, set out in Home Office Circular 59/2004:
- Hearing loss of more than a total of 84dB over the 0.5 – 1.2 KHz range or more than a total of 123 dB over the 3.4 and 6 KHz range (must be 2 or more out of 4)
For claimant’s information, the Board has also been advised by its medical practitioners of the following:
- any deterioration in hearing after a claimant has left the noise environment, in this case police service, would not be attributable to noise induced hearing loss but rather other factors such as age;
- where there is a discrepancy between the result from more than one contemporaneous audiogram, the better audiogram is taken as the result most likely to accurately represent the individual’s hearing;
- It is no longer accepted in modern ENT practice that there is no effective treatment for tinnitus. Individuals can be treated through a tinnitus masker or cognitive behavioural therapy. The majority of individuals who undergo tinnitus treatment by a suitably trained practitioner note an improvement in their symptoms.
There have also been a number of queries in relation to the whisper and tuning fork tests performed by SMP during assessments.
The World Health Organisation confirms the forced whisper and the Rhine and Weber tests are accredited and recognised tests, however they are not substitutes for audiograms. The Board has asked the SMP, in the small number of cases where there are no audiograms on file, to refer claimants for this test.
Further details on these two tests are set out below, for your information:
- Forced Whisper Test – where the doctor stands behind patient and whispers a series of numbers and letters which the patient then has to repeat
- Rhine and Weber Tests – both use tuning fork - Air-conduction hearing occurs through air near the ear, and bone-conduction hearing occurs through vibrations. A Weber test determines whether an issue is conductive or sensorineural hearing loss. Conductive hearing loss occurs when sound waves are not able to pass through the inner ear.
Whispered voice test
- A simple and accurate test for detecting hearing impairment. It is the only test of hearing that requires no equipment.
- The examiner stands at arm's length (0.6 m) behind (to prevent lip-reading) the seated patient and whispers a combination of three numbers and letters (for example, 4-K-2), and then asks the patient to repeat the sequence.
- The examiner should quietly exhale before whispering to ensure as quiet a voice as possible.
- If the patient responds incorrectly, the test is repeated using a different number/letter combination. The patient is considered to have passed the screening test if they repeat at least three out of a possible six numbers or letters correctly (i.e. 50% correct).
- Each ear is tested individually, starting with the ear with better hearing. During testing the non-test ear is masked by gently occluding the auditory canal with a finger and rubbing the tragus in a circular motion.
- The other ear is assessed similarly with a different combination of numbers and letters.
- A 512 Hz tuning fork is placed in the midline of the patient's forehead.
- If the sound is louder on one side than the other, the patient may have either an ipsilateral conductive hearing loss or a contralateral sensorineural hearing loss. Rhine's test may provide further information which will be useful to distinguish between these possibilities.
- This uses a tuning fork of 256 Hz or 512 Hz. A heavy tuning fork is preferable as a light one can produce a sound that fades too rapidly.
- It produces a sound level of 90 dB when struck against the knee or elbow.
- To test air conduction, hold the tuning fork directly in line with the external auditory canal.
- When testing bone conduction, the flat end of the stem of the tuning fork is placed against the mastoid process, using firm pressure (loudness varies by up to 15 dB with different pressures).
- When air conduction is louder than bone conduction it is reported as Rhine-positive. Rhine's test will reliably detect a conduction defect with an air-bone gap of at least 30-40 dB. It is no substitute for pure-tone audiometry.
HEARING LOSS APPEALS
The Department of Justice has advised the Board of a delay at present in obtaining appointments with ENT Consultants (who will act as Independent Medical Referee in an appeal relating to Hearing Loss).
Due to the small number of practitioners in this field who are available to act in appeals there is a delay in securing appointments. The Board is working with the Department of Justice to find a solution to this issue as soon as possible. Your patience during this time is appreciated.


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Glad to see Mark Riddell coming back to the NRL next year. Don't know what club he will go to maybe the Sharks?
here is the article
Riddell heading back to NRL
A family illness has prompted former NRL cult hero Mark Riddell to cut short his English Premier League stint and head back to Australia.
Riddell - halfway through a three-year English contract - has told league leading Wigan that he will head back to the NRL next year in order to be with his ill mother in Sydney.
"I'm very disappointed that I'll be leaving. We're going very well this year and I love it here," the 29-year-old hooker told the Wigan Evening Post newspaper.
"I stewed over it for a long time but I had to put family first, I had to go that way.
"It was a tough decision to make, but this is the right one."
Snapped up from Parramatta in 2009, Riddell made a slow start to his UK career but has hit his straps this season, helping spark the Warriors' table topping form.
Riddell - who has played 44 games for Wigan - said he would move to Sydney but insisted that he had not already teed up an NRL club.
"To be honest, I've not even gone down that road yet," he said.
"I'm just focusing on doing a job this year.
"Hopefully something will come up, but we're definitely going back to Sydney to live, that's where my family is and it would have to fit in with that."
The former Dragons and Eels No.9 said he wanted to leave England with a bang.
"It's the last chance for me," he said.
"We went very close last year in both the Cup and the league, we dipped out of the Cup earlier than we would have liked this year, and now we're in a great position to have a crack at a Super League title.
"I'll be doing everything I can to make sure I leave with a winner's ring.
"The Wigan players are a great bunch of blokes and I've really enjoyed my time over here.
"This season, in particular, has been really good. That made the decision even harder, but it's the right decision."http://au.sports.yahoo.com/nrl/news/article/-/7492319/riddell-heading-nrl


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Vietnam is a beautiful country and is becoming an increasingly popular destination. This Vietnam guide summarizes all our articles about this interesting country so you will get all the information you need for your Vietnam vacation!
Vietnam is a beautiful country and is becoming a popular destination. Some attractions of Vietnam are famous as natural wonders of nature.
After several trips through the whole country, I have summarized here the most beautiful places in the country and briefly described.
In the end, it has become 12 places you should not miss on a Vietnam holiday!
Learn more in our article about the must-see Vietnam attractions.
Vietnamese Food Culture – The 10 Best Dishes
Vietnam is a country known for its good food and for good reason. In addition to the good coffee, a wide selection of rice and pasta dishes are also on offer.
So that you know before your trip, what you can look forward to and to not miss delicious dishes under any circumstances, we have put together the 10 best dishes.
Learn more in our article about Vietnamese food culture and street food!
The Best Time to Visit Vietnam and The Climate
Another important thing to consider before your Vietnam vacation is the best time to travel. This can vary greatly depending on the region and season.
We have dealt with the climate of the country more closely and summarized the weather in the different regions, so you depending on the travel region, get the best travel time!
More information for you we have in our article about the best time to visit Vietnam!
The Most Beautiful Beaches Vietnam Has to Offer
Vietnam’s Beaches Were Unknown for A Long Time, but Have Received More and More Attention in Recent Years. the Country Has a Coastline of Over 3,400 Km and Therefore Many Beautiful Beaches to Offer.
The Stunning Beaches Here Have Also Been Voted Several Times in Various Major Magazines Such as Forbes Among the Most Beautiful Beaches in The World!
Learn More in Our Article About Vietnam Beaches!
Living in Vietnam: Why a Life Here Is Interesting!
As You Will Learn in Our Series of Articles About Vietnam, This Country Is Full of Interesting Culture and Beautiful Landscapes. for This Reason, More and More Foreigners Live Here and Decide to Emigrate. the Reasons Why Vietnam Is Such a Great Country Are Summarized in Another Article.
More Information for You We Have in Our Article About Living in Da Nang!

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Local heroes to get deserved recognition
More national honours for community volunteers
THE LORD Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire is backing a move to uncover more unsung heroes in the county.
Sir Henry AubreyFletcher has set up a county Honours Committee to make sure a broader reach of people who give exceptional service to the community get royal recognition.
They are inviting residents, voluntary groups, community organisations and businesses to put forward people from Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes they consider should be honoured and who might be eligible for a national honour.
chairman Alexander Boswell said that with around 60,000 volunteers serving in almost 4,000 voluntary and community organisations, he was sure Buckinghamshire had more than its fair share of people who deserve recognition.
He said: “Of course, it’s natural to honour celebrities, but there are many people locally who give unstinting service.”
“We want to see many more people at local level, reflecting the diversity of our communities, getting the recognition they deserve.”
Regional honours have traditionally come in the form of an OBE or MBE, but the committee is encouraging nominations for the British Empire Medal (BEM), recently reinstated by the Queen, for those who have excelled with hands-on work in their local community.
Mr Boswell said: ‘Now it’s possible to honour the people who previously slipped under the honours radar.
“We want to hear from local groups about their unsung heroes – people who have spent their lives working for the good of the community and have brought about change for the benefit of others.”
Earlier this year five Buckinghamshire residents were honoured with the BEM for their outstanding voluntary community work – Mrs Margaret Dykes and Mr Tony Hoare, of Chalfont St Giles, Mrs Valerie McPherson, of Longwick, Mrs Lesley Turner, of Wooburn Green, and Mrs Sally Williams, of Bourne End. And in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours two Buckinghamshire residents were made Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE): Mrs Sally Ash, of Beaconsfield, for her lifetime contribution as a volunteer to Britain’s inland waterways, and Mr John Wilson, of High Wycombe, for services to boxing, young people and
COMMITTEE: Above, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. Left, Alexander Boswell, chairman of the honours committee charity in Marlow.
Two residents received the BEM for their outstanding voluntary community work – Mrs Jean Peasley, of Bourne End, and Mr Philip Smith, of Newport Pagnell.
More information about nominating your unsung hero visit www. buckscc.gov.uk/aboutyour- c ouncil/ c ouncilstructure/lord-lieutenant.

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Mon to Fri
Lunch 12 Noon - 3pm | Dinner 5.30pm – Close
Sat, Sun and Bank Holidays 12 Noon – Close
Mon to Fri
Lunch 12 Noon – 2.30pm | Dinner 5.30pm – 9pm
Sat 12 Noon – 9pm
Sun and Bank Holidays 12 Noon – 8pm
- Disabled Access
- Free WiFi
- Outside Seating Area
- Families and Children Welcome
About The Horns Country Inn & Dining
The horns inn is a stylish country pub where you can catch up with friends, unwind after work or simply find a sophisticated space to indulge!
Meals didn't arrive at the same time, we had to chase up 2 meals. long time from ordering sweets to getting them and again we had to enquire about the whereabouts of one sweet. We wasn't asked if we would like and condiments. £3.30 for one diet coke - disgusting price
Amazing food and drink but it took well over an hour to clear our table. Long wait for food.
A spur of the moment visit and very glad we did. Will definitely go again. Recommend the Horns Swords.
Excellent brunch great value for money
amazing food and service
Easy to book and alter when we knew we would be late . Food excellent and service very efficient and quick. All staff very welcoming and friendly. Thoroughly enjoyed and will definitely come back.
Sadly we did not have the best experience during our mother’s day booking. Our table was still occupied when we arrived (at the correct time) and we had to wait for 45 minutes to be seated. With a 18 month old baby and a 5 year old to entertain this was not ideal. Staff apologised and sent us complimentary drinks whilst a make shift table for 8 was created. However this was cramped and uncomfortable for us and other diner around us. Quite disappointing however staff did apologise but it did put a dampener on a special day
Food was lovely however the service was absolutely shocking and so poor!
After an encouraging start the entire meal and service soon cracked. No menus so had to pinch from another table even after we asked the young server for some. Starters left on table and main course served with an incorrect order. Mushroom Stroganoff was a tasteless microwave dish. Veg options were very poor. Waited 20 mins for someone to clear main course dishes and take sweet order which never happened. Had to go to bar to get a round of drinks and finally ask for our own bill as nobody came to our table again after mains. We left without completing our meals. Very poor service.
The food an the place was lovely just the service took for ever. On the dessert.
Once again food was high quality and good value for the money. The Inn was clean and tidy considering how busy it was. The only criticism is that we ordered main courses only and had to wait for over an hour from ordering to being served. When it did arrive, the Steak and Kidney pudding was definitely a pie although it was an excellent pie!
Friend suggested trying this place, went on a Sunday afternoon, was really busy and were surprised how many babies, toddlers and children were in. Not really our scene so will give it a miss in the future. Not enough staff behind the bar for such a busy time, food average, but off the Sunday lunch reasonable value.place clearly a favourite for families.
Three mains of 4 were cold, upgraded sides didn't arrive even when the manager was aware, and food took 35 minutes longer than the quoted 40 minutes to arrive. Meat swords were severely lacking in flavour, and the Korean beef was soooooo overcooked, perfect way to ruin ribeye steak Manager was very rude to another member of staff, openly at the bar
One word for everything! FANTASTIC!
Excellent customer service and great food . . . . Highly recommended
Love this place. Staff are friendly and welcoming, food is outstanding and I would recommend to anyone.
Lovely roast beef just slightly too much
Amazing food, big portions, amazing staff
We enjoyed a marvellous Breakfast Burger each on our visit. The meal was well cooked, hot, and delicious. Service was great, and unobtrusive. We will certainly come again to try the dinner menu.
6 of us came for brunch for my mum's birthday and it was lovely. The food was fantastic and the service was brilliant too. We had a very undercooked poached egg which was sent back and the staff were so gracious and lovely about it, offering to take the meal off the bill which was above and beyond. We had a wonderful brunch and were all impressed with the food and value. We all commented that we would come back again, having never been before. Thanks to Roguen and the rest of the staff (and chef of course), for a fab meal.
Great service from roegue
we booked a table for 4 for monday lunch. we all really enjoyed the food and agreed it was excellent value. I didnt make a note of the gentlemans name he may have possibly been the manager but he really looked after us with exceptional service. we will def return.
Lovely pub, food was excellent and staff friendly. Will be back soon
Lovely food great place


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Trattoria di Monica is close to the perfect little neighborhood Italian restaurant - it’s just that the neighborhood it’s in happens to have a greater concentration of good Italian restaurants than anywhere else west of Milan. You can get a decent meal here anytime, but it’s particularly great for a late weeknight dinner, when it’s just you, a few other guests, and a bottle of red.
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For some families summer break is a welcomed relief from the rigorous activities a busy school schedule creates, while for others it can be the root of even more stress as parents now have the task of keeping their children entertained for two and a half months.
Many of us have grown dependent on the “built-in babysitter” — electronics. While electronics can serve a good purpose, many parents have come to rely too heavily on technology when it comes to entertaining our children. If not monitored closely, this over-reliance can lead to addictive behaviors and can affect our children in a harmful manner.
During the past few years alarming research has been reported related to the dangerous effects electronics have on a child’s brain.
Dr. Peter Whybrow, director of neuroscience at UCLA, refers to screen technologies as “electronic cocaine.” Other researchers have called electronics “digital heroin” because they have the same addictive effects on a child’s brain as drugs.
Ironically technical designers and engineers are often among the most tech-cautious parents.
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, was a notoriously low-tech parent. Many Silicon Valley tech executives and engineers choose to enroll their children in no-tech Waldorf Schools. Bill Gates’ family policy was no phones until 14.
If the creators of screen technology are taking measures to distance their own children from technology this should be an indication of just how much of an issue screen technology can be. And sadly the addictive qualities of screen technologies are only part of the problem.
Since the iPhone was introduced in 2007 levels of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents have increased exponentially. A growing number of children today report feelings of anxiety, depression, loneliness and low self-worth. Children are constantly bombarded with lies from society of what they should look like and how they should dress, act and believe in order for society to accept them.
Not only does this kind of social media pressure produce great anxiety and create unrealistic expectations and ideals but it also leads to a higher level of depression due to not being able to live up to expressed societal expectations.
The research concerning the correlation of increased anxiety and depression in children and adolescents, along with the addictive nature of screen technologies, can seem overwhelming. The good news is additional research shows what it takes to help a child become a happy and healthy adult.
Several recent studies suggest children who receive affection from their parents are happier and healthier overall. Children who feel safe and secure in their family relationships tend to have higher self-esteem, improved academic performance, better parent-child communication and fewer psychological and behavioral problems.
The summer break presents parents with an opportunity not a burden. Summer provides a chance to “detox” our children from screen technology and opportunities to make and strengthen connections with our children — to go on vacations together, to find new “adventures” around town and to invest emotionally in our children, which can carry over for generations to come.
What Scripture told us first — “Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him. Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior’s hands” (Ps. 127:3–4, NLT) — and what science now confirms is this: children need affection from parents in order to have happier and healthier lives.
Just like the “warrior” or hunter who spends a great deal of hands-on time aiming his arrows so they accurately hit the mark so must we as parents invest in intimate time with our children to help them hit the mark of emotional health.
EDITOR’S NOTE — Faith & Family is a monthly look at important spiritual, cultural and relational issues facing today’s families. For more articles on contemporary topics like these go to PathwaysProfessional.org/blog.
Rhett McKenzie is a nationally certified licensed professional counselor serving Birmingham and central Alabama for Pathways Professional Counseling, a sister ministry of Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries.


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The Southern Alps Foreland System, New Zealand
The West Coast region of the South Island and adjacent areas offshore occupy a domain of Australian crust that collides with the Pacific crust along the Alpine Fault. The Australian crust has the imprint of a lengthy deformation history (Paleozoic-Early Cretaceous terrane accretion at the Gondwana margin; Late Cretaceous to Eocene rifting; compressional inversion of earlier faults coeval with the development of the Pacific-Australia plate boundary since 25 Ma) and its ongoing shortening is testified by a record of large (M6–M7) historical earthquakes. To date there is no scientific consensus on the mechanisms driving this deformation, but some authors interpret the deformation as resulting from the flexural bending of Australian lithosphere beneath the orogenic wedge of the Southern Alps.
The Castle Hill basin is a structural depression between uplifted ranges of Mesozoic basement. Before going into details about the Castle Hill basin, we describe the geometry of the Castle Hill basin. Figure 1 shows schematically the relationship between the Alpine Fault in the west and the thrust systems east of the Main Divide of the Southern Alps.
The major problem posed by this region is that existing geodynamic models cannot satisfactorily explain the geological evolution at the basin scale. Preliminary analyses conducted so far (Sibson and Ghisetti, 2010) show that the long wavelength, gentle eastward bending of the Australian basement monocline is strongly perturbed by pre-existing normal faults reactivated with reverse mechanisms, resulting in short-lived pulses of differential subsidence/uplift. As a result, the Neogene basins (~25–2 My old) developed within the Australian crust do not show the regular migration in space and time from the hinterland (Southern Alps) to the offshore regions of the South Island (Australian foreland) that typifies other comparable settings worldwide.
A better understanding of the tectonic driving processes is strongly needed and requires a multidisciplinary approach that has not so far been attempted. This research project proposed integrates stratigraphy, regional geology, surface deformation and subsurface data with the goal of reconstructing the evolution of sedimentary basins formed in a wide deformation belt west of the Alpine Fault. This study will provide the basis for an evolutionary model of foreland systems superposed onto domains of previously deformed crust and adjacent to a belt of strongly localised vertical and horizontal mobility. The results of this project will contribute to improved definition of the regional tectonics of the South Island and will have implications for seismic hazard and for the definition of 3D migration paths of hydrocarbon fluids in the reservoir/trap systems of the foreland basins.
Fig.1. The Alpine Fault is interpreted as the surface expression of a mid-crustal shear system. The thrusts to the east of the Main Divide are thought to propagate eastward and the west-dipping thrusts have developed and east-dipping backthrust, e.g. the Torlesse fault is the backthrust to the west-dipping Big Ben thrust.
The oldest of these thrust systems is the Harper Fault. The supposedly next youngest backthrust is the Craigieburn Thrust, which is the western boundary of the Castle Hill basin. The Craigieburn Thrust has a backthrust associated with it. The backthrust formed subsequent to the Craigieburn Thrust and the thrust/backthrust-pair defines the Craigieburn Range pop-up. The next youngest thrust is the Big Ben Thrust with another associated backthrust, the Torlesse Fault. This thrust/backthrust system delimits the Torlesse-Big Ben Range pop-up, which is the southeastern margin of the Castle Hill basin.
The basin preserves a transgressive-regressive succession of Cretaceous-Tertiary strata, which have been folded and faulted during the Kaikoura Orogeny (Bradshaw, 1975). The basin is structurally controlled by two major range bounding thrust systems and is progressively being deformed and overridden by Mesozoic basement. It is generally assumed that the main ranges become successively younger eastward and progressively override the Canterbury Plains, however, quantitative data on the propagation is lacking.
For better understanding the inversion-style tectonics of the Castle Hill Basin and the surrounding ranges, structural mapping of the Torlesse rocks in the Craigieburn, Torlesse and northeast end of the Big Ben ranges will be completed. Geochronology work on the major fault zones and (U-Th)/He dating of uplift in the Craigieburn and Torlesse Ranges will shed light on the development of Castle Hill basin and has implications for the geological evolution of the wider North Canterbury region.
Our preliminary mapping in the northern part of the Castle Hill basin suggests that the folds, which characteristically have amplitudes on the 100m-scale, are fault-propagation folds. In other words, they are related to and being caused by underlying thrusts (the Craigieburn Thrust system) and the folds successively form as the thrusts are propagating forward.
Fig.2. Geological and tectonic map of the Castle Hill basin (according to Jongens 1998). A fold-and-thrust belt developed east of the Craigieburn Range but not northwest of the Torless-Big Ben Range.
Our preliminary work also shows that the thrusts of the Craigieburn Thrust system, and also the Torlesse Fault, are associated with fault gouge (which is highly crushed incohesive fault rock). The latter is suitable for absolute age dating by the 39Ar/40Ar method, work that is being carried out with colleagues from the University of Western Australia in Perth. This in turn means that: (a) by dating fault gouge of a successive sequence of thrusts (and indirectly the associated folds) of the Craigieburn fold-and-thrust belt we will be able to constrain the age of the Craigieburn Thrust and also the speed at which the thrusts of the Craigieburn Thurst system propagated into the basin. We will also be able to constrain the age of the Torlesse Fault, which together with the apatite (U-Th)/He ages should enable us to tie down the structural evolution of the faults, and associated range uplifts, on both sides of the Castle Hill basin in great detail.


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1 Corinthians 3:9-11
9 For we are God’s servants, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.
10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.
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Parosmia is a common olfactory disorder. In this condition, odors are perceived in a different quality than usual. This distorted olfactory percept is typically reported to be unpleasant. Little is known about the pathophysiology of this phenomenon. Previous studies demonstrated smaller volumes of the olfactory bulbs in patients with parosmia compared to subjects without parosmia. In order to investigate structural brain alterations in areas beyond the olfactory bulb, in the current study voxel-based morphometry was applied. A group of 22 parosmic patients was compared with control subjects matched for age- and sex, who exhibited a similar performance in olfactory tests. Performing a whole brain analysis, we found profound gray matter volume loss in the left anterior insula in parosmic patients. In an additional volume of interest analysis including primary and secondary olfactory areas, we also found volume loss in the right anterior insula, the anterior cingulate cortex, the hippocampus bilaterally, and the left medial orbitofrontal cortex. Many of these areas are critically involved in olfactory quality discrimination and odor memory. The present results indicate that reduced gray matter volume in brain regions supporting odor discrimination and memory is related to disturbed olfactory sensation in parosmia.
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|dc.description.abstract||The advent of neural machine translation in 2016 catapulted machine translation (MT) into a world that was already digitalizing at an accelerated pace. The last decade has also witnessed the digitalization of most well-established dictionaries (Merriam-Webster, Robert, Pons, Duden, etc.), including free online access and the emergence of bilingual concordancers (Linguee). As a result, language learners and translation students can use numerous online resources with a simple click. However, the process behind many online dictionaries (OD) is still human lexicographic work, while MT provides output based on natural language processing, i.e. artificial intelligence (AI), without human validation. A survey carried out among Swiss universities in 2021 shows that, in the context of higher education, machine translation tends to be used as a surrogate for online dictionaries. This chimes with observations by Briggs (2018) and O'Neill (2019), who noted an almost identical use of MT and OD amongst students. In the present survey, a large proportion of the respondents indicate that they use online MT systems primarily to look up words or to find synonyms. This conflation of MT and OD works both ways: respondents cited bilingual dictionaries when asked what MT systems they use. Further, the physical distinction between the two types of linguistic resources is also fading, since many online MT tools now include dictionary functions and vice versa. In this situation, the authority of human lexicographers seems to be tacitly challenged by AI and demonstrates the need to elucidate how human knowledge and AI should interact for building, maintaining and using linguistic resources. This communication will present the data consolidating this affirmation and will discuss practical consequences and implications, especially with respect to training needs in the area of MT literacy (Bowker 2020) and the informed use of digital literacy tools.||de_CH|
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Delorme Benites, A., Cotelli Kureth, S., Lehr, C., Steele, E., & Franciello, L. (2022, April 8). I looked it up in DeepL : online dictionaries and online machine translation. Tralogy3 : Tralogy: Human Translation and Natural Language Processing: Forging a New Consensus?, Paris, France, 7-8 April 2022.
Delorme Benites, A. et al. (2022) ‘I looked it up in DeepL : online dictionaries and online machine translation’, in Tralogy3 : Tralogy: Human translation and natural language processing: Forging a new consensus?, Paris, France, 7-8 April 2022.
A. Delorme Benites, S. Cotelli Kureth, C. Lehr, E. Steele, and L. Franciello, “I looked it up in DeepL : online dictionaries and online machine translation,” in Tralogy3 : Tralogy: Human translation and natural language processing: Forging a new consensus?, Paris, France, 7-8 April 2022, Apr. 2022.
Delorme Benites, Alice, et al. “I Looked It up in DeepL : Online Dictionaries and Online Machine Translation.” Tralogy3 : Tralogy: Human Translation and Natural Language Processing: Forging a New Consensus?, Paris, France, 7-8 April 2022, 2022.
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A novel method of using waveform retracked altimeter observations on land for the monitoring of the solid Earth deformation in Taiwan is described in the article. The southwestern coasts of Taiwan have been experiencing a significant land subsidence in the rate of ∼8 cm/year, due to, in part, the excess extraction of the underground water. The first-order leveling networks and the GPS control points available in the area were used to verified the results of the waveform retracked altimeter observation. In this study, we proposed to use TOPEX/Poseidon (T/P) altimeter land observations from 1992-2002 on one T/P groundtrack that passes the southwestern coasts of Taiwan where is part of the Chia-Nan Plain with the main vegetation being rice paddy. This special vegetation and flat terrain provide an opportunity for successful waveform retracking. The comparison between T/P retracked result and that from the leveling network and GPS control points are presented.


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Independent School District No. 1 is seeking a highly visible, passionate, student-centered and supportive elementary principal who values collaboration to successfully lead an elementary school team that is deeply invested in their school and community. Must possess or be eligible for an Administrator Certification endorsed for Pre K-12 Principal.1 For more information and to apply online, visit: www.lewistonschools.net. Questions may be directed to: (208) 748-3000. Salary DOE and Salary Schedule Placement. Open until filled. EOE
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Spotlight on Creativity: How Theatre Sparks Imagination
The performing arts are more than just a stage and a script; they’re a gateway to unlocking the boundless creativity within young individuals. Discover how theatre can serve as a powerful catalyst for imagination and creative thinking:
- Lights, Camera, Imagination: Imagination is the spark that ignites creativity, and the theatre is the perfect stage for it. When young individuals step onto the stage, they enter a world where anything is possible. The theatre encourages them to dream, explore, and bring their wildest ideas to life.
- From Theatre to Stardom: Two of the UK’s most celebrated actors, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe, began their journeys in the theatre. Their early experiences on stage allowed them to tap into their creative potential. Emma Watson, known for her iconic portrayal of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, attributes much of her creativity to her involvement in theatre. She describes it as a formative experience that allowed her to explore and express her creative side. Similarly, Daniel Radcliffe, famous for his role as Harry Potter, started his acting career on stage in the West End production of “The Woman in Black.” Radcliffe has repeatedly spoken about how theatre gave him the opportunity to hone his craft and delve into the world of creativity, which eventually led to his success in film. These two examples highlight how the performing arts can be a springboard to the world of creativity.
- Nurturing Creative Minds with Theatretrain: Theatretrain provides a dynamic platform for young individuals to cultivate their creative abilities. It encourages them to explore their imagination, experiment with various art forms, and express themselves through acting, singing, and dancing. Young artists receive guidance and mentorship from experienced instructors who understand the importance of nurturing creativity. By engaging in the arts through Theatretrain, young individuals can discover their unique artistic voices and develop skills that go beyond the stage.
Unleash Your Creative Potential with Theatretrain
Theatretrain recognizes the transformative potential of the performing arts in unlocking creativity. Through a combination of immersive character portrayals, creative exercises, and mentorship from experienced instructors, young individuals participating in Theatretrain’s programs develop a profound sense of creativity. This essential life skill not only enhances their abilities as performers but also equips them to approach life with innovation and imaginative thinking.
By participating in Theatretrain, young artists embark on a journey of creative self-discovery and self-expression. They learn to think outside the box, push their limits, and embrace their unique creative voices. Theatretrain is more than just a performing arts program; it’s a creative adventure that prepares young individuals for a world where imagination is the catalyst for success.


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🔍 Explore the Enigma - The X-Shaped Puzzle Challenge! 🔍
The objective of this puzzle is to dismantle these two parts forming the X-shaped figure. For someone familiar with puzzles of this kind, it might not be too difficult... But for someone unacquainted with such puzzles, it will most likely appear as an impossible mission and a true mystery.
However, it's worth noting that when I first encountered what seemed to be the same puzzle, it was actually much simpler than the one you're observing now. The creators have since toyed with the design, elevating the complexity of this puzzle to a whole new level. So, if you happen to think that unraveling this puzzle requires just a single trick, you're in for a surprise.
🧩 The maze lies not just in the pieces but in the intricate layers of design and complexity! 🧩
The challenge now demands a different level of understanding, a new approach, and an enhanced curiosity to untangle its secrets. Are you ready to navigate the twists and turns of this upgraded puzzle masterpiece?

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Beck’s album The Information is released this week, designed by Big Active, in a bid to rekindle interest in collectible album artwork. ‘It has taken a year to complete,’ says Big Active creative director Gerard Saint. ‘Not to develop the blank packaging, but to commission the artwork for the stickers so fans can personalise disks.’ Song titles and ‘ambient’ graphics are included as stickers, and 200 limited-edition posters have been designed.
The Guardian Media Group’s Sunday paper, The Observer, has launched a biannual, print design magazine, which looks to bridge the gap between consumer and specialist publications.
Online art shop RoomFifty has worked with studio Intoart, commissioning four disabled creatives to design prints that are being sold for £20 each.
Protests against climate change and ecological destruction are currently taking place across the world – we speak to graphic designer, Clive Russell, about how the eco group has used creativity
Samsung says its Space Monitor has been designed to address the customer desire for more deskspace by offering an elegant solution, which allows the product to blend into its environment.


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Stranded Indian yachtsman Abhilash Tomy rescued
French ship Osiris reached the Golden Globe solo sailor in southern Indian Ocean
A French ship has reached an Indian solo round-the-world sailor on Monday, who was seriously injured during a storm in the remote southern Indian Ocean, according to the Indian Navy.
Abhlish Tomy, a competitor in the Golden Globe Yacht Race, was “as far from help as you can possibly be” race organisers said, when his yacht Thuriya was demasted in a storm on Friday.
The sailor sustained a severe back injury when his yacht rolled some 3,500 kilometres south-west of Perth, Western Australia, leaving him “incapacitated on his bunk inside his boat".
Mr Tomy, 39, managed to send an SOS text message: “Extremely difficult to walk, Might need stretcher, can't walk, thanks safe inside the boat... Sat phone down.”
The fisheries patrol boat Osiris is responding to the call, heading 740km towards the Thuriya, Australian Maritime Safety Authority search and rescue officer Phil Gaden said.
The rescue was likely to be complex due to Mr Tomy’s injuries and damage to the yacht, Mr Gaden said.
"It's going to be a very difficult situation onboard," Mr Gaden said. "The yacht is severely damaged with gear hanging over the side."
"We do know he's got a very severely injured back and we believe that he's very restricted in his ability to manoeuvre. We also know he's having difficulty keeping fluids down."
Conditions were reasonably good for the area with a southwesterly wind blowing up to 46 kph and a three metre swell.
"It's one of the most remote areas on the planet almost equidistant from any of the search and rescue facilities," Mr Gaden said.
The French crew of the Osiris plans to take Mr Tomy to a research facility on Amsterdam Island 100km to the north where there is a doctor and small hospital.
From there he will be picked up by an Australian navy frigate which left the Australian port of Fremantle on Saturday and is expected to reach the island by Friday, whereafter it would take Mr Tomy to Fremantle.
Another sailor in the Golden Globe Race, Irishman Gregor McGuckin, also lost his mast on Friday near Mr Tomy and would also be rescued, Mr Gaden said.
Mr Tomy, an Indian navy commander, is one of 18 competitors in the race which departed Les Sables-d’Olonne in France on July 1. The race pits solo sailors in a 48,280km non-stop circumnavigation of the world via the five southern capes.
Competitors race in retro yachts without outside assistance or modern technology other than communication equipment.
Mr Tomy was in third place when he and Mr McGuckin were overtaken by a 70 knot storm with 15 metre seas on Friday.
His latest communication received by race organisers on Sunday read: “LUGGED CANS OF ICE TEA. HAVING THAT. VOMITTING CONTINUINGLY. CHEST BURNING...”
Updated: September 24, 2018 01:02 PM