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Pune : Forty years will be completed on January 14 to the Prantik Shibir (Provincial Camp) organised by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on the Taljai Hill in Pune. The camp was held on the 200-acre land on the Taljai Plateau and over 35 thousand swayamsevaks had attended the camp held on 14, 15 and 16 January 1983.
Memories of that camp are being rekindled by the swayamsevaks on the occasion of completion of the four decades to the programme.
Prant Karyavah of RSS Paschim Maharashtra Dr Pravin Dabadghav informed on January 13 that the swayamsevaks had gathered for this camp from 40 towns in Pune city, west Maharashtra, Mumbai, Konkan, Goa, Sambhajinagar, Marathwada, Nashik and Khandesh areas. Hundreds of swayamsevaks were toiling on the Taljai Plateau for two months for the management of this camp. For the swayamsevaks who participated in the camp, 36 self-contained areas (nagar) were erected and arrangements of residence and food of 1000 swayamsevaks was taken care of in each area.
Dr Dabadghav also said that all those who came for the camp were offered feast consisting of gud poli (jaggery bread) on the occasion of Sankranti. These gud polis were collected from the homes in Pune. The mothers and sisters in the Pune city had responded vehemently to this initiative and about 1.75 lakhs gud polis were collected.
“Attendance of 35 thousand swayamsevaks, unprecedented response from the society and lakhs of gud polis affectionately given by Pune’s residents were the highlights of this camp. This camp lifted the morale of the workers and RSS’ work got a huge boost. The camp gave the mantra of All Hindus Are one to whole of Maharashtra”: Suresh aka Nana Jadhav, Prant Sanghchalak, RSS Paschim Maharashtra Prant
Dr. Dabadghav informed that Sanghdarshan, an exhibition depiction RSS’ work and service projects run by RSS, the gate made in the form of Shiv Dhanyshya, two-storied grand dais in the form of earth covered by Sheshshayi serpent’s hood were the main attractions of the camp. Three lakhs people had visited the Sanghdarshan exhibition within three days.
Many central functionaries of RSS, including the then Sarsanghchalak Shri Balasaheb Deoras were present in the camp while famous author Ranjit Desai presided the festival of Makar Sankraman held on 14 January. The swayamsevaks sang the song ‘Hindu sara ek…’ written by Dr. Arvind Lele in unison which was sung by noted musician and singer Sudhir Phadke from dais and composed by noted musician Ram Kadam.
Two grand sanchalans were taken out in Pune on January 16 coinciding with the camp. These sanchalans were also welcomed in the city at many places. The swayamsevaks in Pune are rekindling the memories of this camp on the occasion of its 40 years. Dr Dabadghav said that a film has also been made which is being showcased through the social media.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The History of Nail Art
"People went grocery shopping in 1968?!?" I will exclaim, flummoxed. "But I wasn't even born yet!"
I'm trying to fix this perspective.
Well, when I was painting my nails the other night, I wondered if people had been painting their nails before I was born. Did nail polish exist in 1982? Or was it merely invented for my existence??
I was shocked to discover that nail art has been around...well, forever, it seems.
In 600 B.C. China, nail art became a symbol of wealth as well. Men and women grew their nails to five inches long to show that they didn't have to perform manual labor for a living. Chinese royals often wore elaborate gold, silver or bamboo splints to prevent their nails from breaking.
During the Renaissance Period, nail art became fashionable again. Upper class European women rushed to get manicures, void of color.
On the other side of the world, the Incas invented nail art as we know it today, by decorating their nails with pictures of eagles!
In the 1800s, purity was all the rage. French manicures became popular (although the term "french manicure" actually wasn't coined until the 1970s). These original forms of french manicures consisted of a little lemon juice mixed with water, to whiten the tips of the nails. Also available were buffers, crystal stones, emery boards, cuticle creams, and bleaching powders.
The 1920s is when the fun began.
Automobile paint inspired nail polish enamel as we know it today. Nail salons started popping up all over the United States and Europe. Flappers invented the moon manicure, which involved painting the fingernail everywhere but the bottom.
In the 1930s, nail polish hit stores for the very first time, thanks to the newly created company, Revlon. Colors women had never seen before hit the stands. It was a phenomenon. In this decade, fake nails were invented as well.

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Ever since I found out that one of my favorite anime had been banned in China back in 2006, I wondered why? Why would China ban something as innocent as a T.V. show? At first I thought that it was a recent movement, but I have since learned that the censorship in China has been around since the first emperor started to burn books that dealt with Confucianism. The removal of unwanted knowledge by the government has since increased in not only effectiveness, but also strictness. Especially during the Cultural Revolution. It was during this time that the people of China were at some of their most censored. Books were removed from schools, and the schools themselves were sometimes overrun by the students if the Red Guard thought that one of the teachers weren’t teaching according to Mao’s teachings. (Read Red Azalea by Anchee Min for a example of this) Not only books were censored, but almost every foreign movie was banned at the time. Anything that “the party considers unflattering or a threat to political stability” (1) is at risk of being censored in China at any time. In the New York Times article by Evan Osnos called China’s Censored World, he recounts the roadblocks that he encountered when the book that he was writing about China was gone through by a Shanghai publishing company. I found it interesting that even now with the Communist Party still in control after many years, they feel the need to filter the information that their people receive. Thankfully, censorship here in Minnesota isn’t even close to China’s; however it is something that still intrigues me.
- Osnos, Evan. “Opinion | China’s Censored World.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 02 May 2014. Web

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So first up is a sign I did welcoming guests as they arrive. Basically I printed out the text, stamped some dinosaur tracks and added a few leaf die cuts and put the whole thing in a frame, set it up on an easel and placed in on my entry way table. I added a few plants and a giant T-Rex (from my oldest dgs stash of toys from when he was a wee lad) to complete the greeting.
To give the utensils a bit of flair I decided to wrap them in some heavy duty twine that I had stashed in my closet and the funniest thing, I found a small jar of embossing powder that had fallen into the center so it was like finding a small gift.
And I will show this cake banner when I finally get it set into the cake but wanted to show you for now what it looks like.
My dd is making a balloon wreath and I have small embellished scalloped circle to hang in the center of it so should have that posted after the party as well in addition to the overall table display, cakes, T-Rex footprints leading to the door from the street and a banner that I plan to hang outside and embellish with some ivy. I am hoping to find a ~4ft inflatable T-Rex to stick in the bushes that align my walkway to the porch. Overall I think this is coming together fairly nicely.


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Everyone deserves access to healthy and affordable foods. Food access refers to a person’s ability to obtain healthy foods, shaped by availability and affordability. Food access plays an integral role in overall food security status, and is an important public health issue, as approximately 1 in 9 people in the United States were food insecure in 2018.
Various factors contribute to disparities in food access. These factors include spatial proximity to healthy food retailers, transportation, and food prices. Food access typically manifests in communities with poor economic indicators, including higher rates of unemployment, poverty, and lower homeownership, as well as in rural communities where transportation and proximity to healthy food is a challenge.
Various programs and policy initiatives can help address food access. For example, community-level responses to food access challenges can include farmers markets, community gardens, CSAs, food rescue agencies, school-based programs, and bringing healthy food retailers to underserved areas to help strengthen local food systems. Initiatives to strengthen federal nutrition programs such as SNAP, WIC, SNAP-Ed, and SNAP incentive programs can also help address food access through large-scale policy.


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There’s no getting around the fact that writing is a largely solitary art.
There are exceptions, of course. Writing TV shows being the most notable. And the bookmill industry sometimes relies on writing by committee, where a number of talented people bounce ideas off each other. But you rarely see this bleed over into other forms of writing.
Because there are limits to what you can achieve with such a setup. Bookmill publishing has inconsistent results, and it’s hard to create something internally consistent, and, as such, a lot of depth is often sacrificed. TV shows fall into a similar boat, where it can be hard to keep a continuous storyline going without either contradicting itself or losing its way. A lot of studios have caught on to this problem and started using smaller teams for writing serious dramas, while retaining larger teams for things that benefit from having many hands on the keyboard, such as comedies.
Still, the art keeps circling back to the idea of the lone author. Almost every book of significance follows this pattern, and those movies that rely on a single writer, or that have a single leader, with executive power, among the team of writers, tend to be better written, in my opinion. The best works require a unifying vision, and having a single author is the most economic way of achieving that.
So the art of writing, generation after generation, returns constantly to the idea of the lone author, telling his story in the way that only he can, and taking all the credit for it.
The Benefits of Isolation
The world is full of voices.
Writing, as a practice, requires a stupendous amount of concentration. This means listening to one’s own voice, rather than the millions of others that surround the writer. And that’s not going to happen when he is out with friends or in the middle of a noisy food court or in the middle of a street riot.
Solitude has the benefit of built-in self-reliance. No one else is speaking, so you can be assured that the voice you’re hearing is your own. It opens up the valves and lets that voice out. Because otherwise, the writer is left with the vacuum of silence, and the human mind, much like nature herself, abhors a vacuum.
But for all its benefits, isolation is saddled with the severest of setbacks: it can never be permanent.
It may come when the writing is going well and the words are pouring onto the page. It may come when nothing works, and you are staring at a blank screen wondering how to fill it. But one way or another, you will experience an interruption, and your solitude, for a span, will be destroyed.
Interruptions are inevitable, and, for our purposes, they only have one source: people.
People need things from you constantly. A lot of times, they are people you don’t care about and can safely ignore. But at other times, these people are an important part of your life, and ignoring them, no matter how great a writer you are, is wrong.
A writer has to experience people in order to be a writer, because all writing is about people. (Some people might object to that, citing “writing about nature” as an alternative. The problem with that, however, is that all nature writing is also about people. The only way humans experience nature is through experiencing it as humans. So all nature writing is filtered through the subjective lens of human experience. There is no human-free perspective on nature within any human-made writings.)
And when you experience people, some of them are bound to become important to you. You have your family. You have your friends. You have your allies. You have those people you cannot live without, and you should not live without them as a writer who is trying to make things that people will read.
So you have to make time for them. You have to allow interruptions. But not for everyone—just for the ones who matter.
Choosing the Right People
So, good news: you get to choose the people who are most important to you.
Yes, this even applies if you are born into a caring family. Not every writer prioritizes their family over all other kinds of people. There may be a right and wrong to that decision, but that is not the subject of this post. The choice is yours, as a writer, to decide who means the most to you. I can’t tell you how to make that decision, but there are some general guidelines that are useful to everyone.
Choose People who also Choose You
There’s not much point to prioritizing anyone who doesn’t return the same courtesy. The world is filled with users and manipulators, as well as people who take advantage of those with talent (and I must assume, if you are reading this, that you must be a person with at least some talent). These are the worst kind of people that a writer can have. If you have them in your life, the best advice I can give is to cut them loose, no matter how lonely you may end up as a consequence. You won’t have enough room for true friends if you fill up your roster with parasitic posers.
Choose People who Support Your Writing
Of course, even among the best people, there will be those who simply will not accept your decision to write. They may range from the openly hostile to the mockers who ridicule your attempts to those who dismiss your efforts as a hopeless hobby. These people may try to interrupt you more than perhaps any others. They may see their interference as beneficial to you, because it draws you away from the work they do not support. They may even be people particularly close to you. But they have proven themselves unworthy of prioritizing. They will have to live with the second-place ribbon of your attentions. They won’t be happy about that, but make no mistake: they have earned it.
Choose People You Connect With
When you find the right kind of people who understand your creative needs, you may be surprised to find that they are numerous. Because naturally there are many people like yourself, struggling to create things and hoping that people will appreciate their works. Once you find these people, you still have to filter through them, finding those who truly connect with you, snapping together like jigsaw puzzle pieces. You will find that some people are able to grasp your ideas more readily than others, and who somehow manage to say the right things, right when you need to hear them. These people are your treasures. Don’t you ever let them go.
New Voices on the Blog
Mr. Horne’s Book of Secrets has never been just about one man. I appreciate the diversity of opinions that exist within the blogverse, and am always open to guest posts from people who take an interest.
One person who I know reads this blog is my brother. He is an important person to me, and in the past has been able to be one of the better interruptions that I, as a writer, must encounter. After many weeks of suggestion, he has opened up to the idea of becoming a guest contributor on this blog. His first article should be posting soon. I know my reader base is growing, even though few people care to leave comments. To everyone listening, I would ask you to please give my brother, John Horne, as much of your attention as you have paid to me. He has genuine things to say, and you might even enjoy them.
Thanks again for visiting. New articles by me are posted every monday morning. Be on the lookout for midweek posts by my brother John and/or other guests contributors. And always remember to choose the right people to be your support network.
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Sunday, March 22, 2015
KYLE GASS BAND: "Our Job To Rock"
Label: SPV/Steamhammer/Border 2015
Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom
The question on each and every rockers stiff upper lip: Who the f**k is Kyle Gass and why should we bother? Kyle 'F**king Ogre Troll Goblin' Gass - that's who! Darn proud of that line as it's clearly the best proper metal introduction and slogan since Yngwie 'Viking' Malmsteen decided to conquer the states with ultra fast guitar shredding and matching hairdo. Gass however is the least handsome slash famous character of the Tenacious D. The first and only time that Jack Black would end up as a winner of the 'let's invite some girls backstage' competition and probably the reason to why Black decided to form a band with Gass in the first place.
The American rock supergroup from Los Angeles a.k.a. Gass and John Konesky are about to re-release their album later this spring and they're heading out on tour in Germany this April. The first single is a proclamation that it's "Our Job To Rock" and our song doesn't suck? Well... one out of two ain't bad. Only kidding. It's one of those songs where you can't really tell if it's the work of a genius or a mad man? It's hardly rocket science. The simple beat and the tugged guitar riff of the late seventies met the early eighties sound. The beefed up version of Tenacious D or the modern Spinal Tap? Lyric-wise, nice and tidy. We need more information and songs before there's a final verdict and over judgemental review. But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gass, gass, gass... Jumpin Jack Black???

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Benalla's budding tennis players enjoyed three days of coaching by Melbourne's Toptenn Academy.ANGELA TOWNSEND January 9, 2013 4:33am
Benalla’s budding tennis players braved scorching conditions at the Benalla Lawn courts last week to hone their tennis skills at the annual Toptenn Academy’s Super Clinic.
The three-day clinic has continued its popularity during the years — being conducted by Dennis Lemke for 38 years and by Toptenn’s Peter Owen for the past 10 years.
Six experienced coaches came from Melbourne to take the 45 kids through their paces.
Owen said the coaches loved the grass courts at Benalla, calling them ‘‘amazing’’.
‘‘A lot of kids return year after year for the clinic,’’ he said.
‘‘We’ve got a few new ones this year, and a few from Melbourne.
‘‘It is great to see the enormous improvement.’’
Toptenn continues to excel as tennis trainers, being awarded the Newcombe Medal — the equivalent of the Brownlow — for coaching excellence at club and community level.
A presentation for the kids was held last Friday, with two lucky participants chosen to play on a show court later this month — possibly even Rod Laver Arena.
Eight-year-old Michael Roos enjoyed the opportunity to play at the Rod Laver Arena last year — even with a broken arm.
This year’s lucky stars are Will O’Donohue and Mia Begley.
Owen said Benalla’s new coach Luke Wilson was going to be fantastic for the Lawn Tennis Club.
‘‘Luke and the committee are really working hard to build a tennis community here in Benalla,’’ he said.
‘‘The Saturday morning clinics are great.’’
After spending two games in the WAFL Michael Barlow has been recalled to play for Fremantle against St Kilda this weekend.
Three Yarrawonga footballers have excelled at interleague level, representing the Ovens and Murray against Hampden in Warrnambool on Saturday.
The Aboriginal and wider community is mourning the death of revered Bangerang Aboriginal elder, Uncle John ‘‘Sandy’’ Atkinson.
The Moama-Echuca Border Raiders took a big stride into the Bendigo Amateur Soccer League for 2016 with a solid, four-grade performance at Eaglehawk’s Truscott Reserve on Sunday.
THE town’s schools celebrated Education Week last week.
Kyabram Football Club will host a family day next weekend.
Where there’s a Will, there’s a way
Berrigan Shire councillor Daryll Morris says he has been sickened by some of the vitriol and personal attacks to surface since the council’s proposal to redevelop Finley’s Memorial Hall and School of Arts site was revealed in October last year.
HEATHCOTE Pre-school staff members were overwhelmed by the response to their annual Garden Express Spring Bulb fundraiser.
For most 10-year-olds, mischievous isn’t a word often found in their vocabulary, let alone having the ability to spell it correctly. But for Cobram Anglican Grammar Year 5 student Cadence Pang, it’s all in a day’s work.
Plans for the release of a carp herpes virus has captured the attention of international press.
Farmers from northern Victoria will join a protest rally over milk prices in Melbourne tomorrow, Wednesday.
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My first attempt at starting my own garden this past summer was a little hit and miss. It took a long time for my onions, zucchini, peppers, and tomatoes to take off and it seemed the bunnies got more of the produce than I did. I did, however, get a large batch of salsa and one very good-sized zucchini that I was able to turn into zucchini bread. Zucchini bread was always a treat when I was growing up: my sister and I even called it “heaven bread.” Rich and sweet, nothing said summer like sitting outside in the backyard eating thick slices slathered in butter. Zucchini may not be in season in October, but zucchini bread is still a delicious treat that even my kitten gets excited for (even though I refuse to share!) Continue reading
Back in April, I went to see Les Miserables on stage with my sister and our friend, Morgan. My sister cried throughout a significant amount of the time and I teared up a bit, as well. Although this is the second time I have seen the musical performed on stage, I have never read the book on which it was based. Watching the musical was the push I needed to pick up Victor Hugo’s huge novel. Because it is so very long, I have interspersed reading chapters with other short stories, comic books, and novellas, which lengthened the reading process even more, so ultimately it took me several months to finish.
Les Miserables is the story of Jean Valjean (formerly imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread and now a released convict who has difficulty re-integrating into society) and his adopted daughter, Cosette. With notorious historical detail, Victor Hugo shows the underbelly of Parisian life in the 1800s: the criminals, prostitutes, street orphans, the starving poor, and the young students scraping by. He thoroughly examines their lives and backstories, their beliefs and desires, even their street slang to create a meticulous picture of the most wretched poor in Paris leading up to the June 1832 Rebellion. All of these characters and their interconnected lives support Hugo’s meditations on politics, religion, and justice throughout the novel. Continue reading
Lunch buffets at Indian restaurants are among my favorite things. Or dinners at Indian restaurants. Or even the odd brunch. Basically, if you suggest going out for Indian food, my answer will be yes. One of my favorite dishes to get is chana masala, or chickpea curry. I have been wanting to learn to make it for myself for a long time, but was always a little intimidated. Today, I was hungry and set about to make it with only the ingredients I already had in my home. Although the spice list is long, it is astoundingly easy – just heat, stir, and eat. Continue reading
Guy Gavriel Kay is an author I admire. Most of his books are historical-fantasy adjacent. That is, the stories take place in another, more magical world, but these other places are analogous of a real time and place in our world, often with characters who are 1:1 representations of their real counterparts. (For example, Under Heaven is a fictionalized version of the An Lushan Rebellion, except full of ghosts and wolf spirits.) Kay has a skill for creating compelling characters and for writing moments that take your breath away.
For a long time, I’ve wanted to read Kay’s first trilogy of published books, The Fionavar Tapestry which is comprised of The Summer Tree, The Wandering Fire, and The Darkest Road. The Fionavar Tapestry is different from Kay’s other novels in that it is a high fantasy that takes place in a completely fictional world – “the first of all worlds” – that is connected to our own. There are no historical counterparts, but the Tapestry draws deeply on mythology and folklore. It is also heavily inspired by Tolkien’s works, particularly The Silmarillion; this is not at all surprising as Kay had only recently finished helping Christopher Tolkien compile the Silmarillion when he sat down to write Fionavar.
Unfortunately, this is clearly Kay’s first novel. Continue reading
This is the time of year in the midwest when everyone with a garden is starting to give away zucchini because their plant is producing so many you can’t possibly use them all up – even with a kitchen constantly churning out zucchini bread, zucchini noodles (I just fell in love with these in the past year!), ratatouille… you name it. Oh, unless it’s my garden we’re talking about, which so far has only produced a handful of tomatoes that refuse to ripen. Luckily, zucchini and corn are still easy to find, because I always crave it when it gets hot outside and the cicadas start to sing.
The soup recipe I love because it is incredibly quick and easy to make. Although very good, it’s flavor is a little one-note, so I feel it needs a strong side – I like making corn fritters to go with it. Continue reading
I picked up The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith a couple weeks ago as a bit of light reading to break up the chapters of Les Miserables, which I have been slowly working through for quite a while, now. The Silkworm is the second of the Cormoran Strike novels – the series of private detective books written by J.K. Rowling under her Robert Galbraith pseudonym. I wanted to read something quick, something I knew I would devour in a weekend, and The Silkworm delivered. By the time I reached the halfway point, I didn’t put the book down and continued to read until the very end.
The Silkworm begins with Cormoran agreeing to find an author named Owen Quine who’s gone missing. There’s nothing unusual in this, his wife insists, he does this all the time. She just needs help taking care of their disabled daughter and he’s been gone long enough this time. Before long, though, Cormoran finds Quine gruesomely murdered in the same manner as one of his own characters from his unpublished book. Cormoran must discover which people have read the manuscript in order to find the killer. Continue reading
Several years back, shortly before Joe and I were married, my co-workers threw me a wedding shower. They even surprised me by telling me we had a lunch meeting in one of the conference rooms and getting there before me to greet me! I was much more pleased with cake than I was with the prospect of a lunch meeting. One of my co-workers (the nutritionist, who else?) gave me a “meal in a mason jar” – some soup mix, bread mix, and brownie mix that she had put together in jars for me to make at a later time. I made it for my parents one weekend when they were visiting and loved the soup so much I asked Sarah for the recipe. Last year at Christmas, I made a similar set of meals for some of my friends. Just because you can make the soup mix ahead of time in a jar, doesn’t mean you have to, though! This soup would be delicious to make any night and serves a crowd. Continue reading


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The Guinness Pro 14 has been re-shuffled with the two conferences re-drawn – theoretically to keep them evenly-balanced. Robin Davey believes it makes life tough for the Ospreys and Dragons next season, but that all the Welsh regions will need to hope their youngsters come of age.
The World Cup will obviously dominate the start of the next rugby season, but all the top leagues will carry on regardless – meaning for the Welsh regions it will be very much a test of their strength in depth.
And that is where they have often come up short as they compete against the Irish provinces with bigger budgets and the Scots who have just two regions to fund compared with Wales’ four.
With the new conference groupings for the Guinness Pro 14 competition just announced, it will be very much a case of trying to make the best of another difficult situation.
To start with, the Welsh quartet will be reliant on whatever depth they can muster and particularly on their young players coming through the Academy system. Added to that will be the sprinkling of a few new recruits.
The Ospreys and Dragons will find it particularly difficult given that the new-look conferences pit them against the formidable pair of Leinster and Glasgow.
They were the two finalists in last season’s play-off-s with the crack Irish side emerging triumphant yet again – but only just as they edged to an 18-15 victory.
So, it’s going to be a mighty task for the Ospreys and Dragons to make much of an impression in Conference A given the real strength in depth Leinster and Glasgow possess and the quality of rugby they play.
The Ospreys are still waiting on a decision from their inspirational leader Alun Wyn Jones, who is out of contract after the World Cup and has yet to commit his future to the region.
Bristol Bears have expressed an interest in signing him, but Wales and Lions coach Warren Gatland has said only this week he will be shocked if his captain ends up anywhere other than the Liberty Stadium.
Gatland stressed how well Jones is looked after in Wales, being able to limit his rugby to such an extent that he could well make the Lions tour to South Africa in 2021.
The Ospreys have made some key signings in Wales outside-half Gareth Anscombe and No.8 Gareth Evans.
Anscombe, who has switched from Cardiff Blues, was the major starter at 10 for Wales in the Six Nations rather than Dan Biggar and he was undoubtedly the key match-winner in the Grand Slam showdown triumph against Ireland.
The fact that he will be the first choice 10 at the Ospreys – whereas that wasn’t the case at the Arms Park owing to the presence of promising Jarrod Evans – is sure to galvanise both the player and the Swansea region.
Back row forward Evans has signed from Gloucester and will fill a hole left by Dan Baker who has been bedevilled by injuries.
The likelihood is they will need more than that, but the same can be said of the other regions.
The jury will be out on the Scarlets who have lost most of their coaching team in Wayne Pivac, Stephen Jones, and, in all probability, Byron Hayward. All are stepping down to join up with the national team.
The Scarlets have gone Down Under to New Zealand again for Pivac’s replacement, with Brad Mooar flying in as head honcho. Much will depend on how soon he beds in.
Much the same can be said for the Dragons and their appointment of Dean Ryan as director of rugby. The imposing Englishman has been given an all-encompassing role – director of rugby, head coach and a seat on the board as well.
He will be charged with revitalising the ailing Dragons while off the field chairman David Buttress is aiming to take the region back into private ownership and develop the top end of the Rodney Parade ground.
Their one major signing is outside-half Sam Davies, who has joined from the Ospreys with the aim of providing the Dragons with some much needed direction.
One of their first targets will be to end their appalling away record in the Pro 14, where they have gone over four years and 44 matches without winning.
Cardiff Blues have made a couple of significant signings among the backs, where international wings Josh Adams and Hallam Amos will provide an already exciting back division with even more potential.
The re-signing of big No.8 Nick Williams was also an important development though they could still do with a bit more power in the lock department.
But it does look a bit threadbare for all the regions, although some real encouragement was provided this week by the Wales Under 20 team and their magnificent victory over the Baby All Blacks.
Some of the players will surely break through into the regions and the Pro 14 during the forthcoming season.
They will be needed.


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I am Henrietta Howel.
The first female sorcerer in hundreds of years.
The prophesied one.
Or am I?
Henrietta Howel can burst into flames.
Forced to reveal her power to save a friend, she’s shocked when instead of being executed, she’s invited to train as one of Her Majesty’s royal sorcerers.
Thrust into the glamour of Victorian London, Henrietta is declared the chosen one, the girl who will defeat the Ancients, bloodthirsty demons terrorizing humanity. She also meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, handsome young men eager to test her power and her heart. One will challenge her. One will fight for her. One will betray her.
But Henrietta Howel is not the chosen one.
As she plays a dangerous game of deception, she discovers that the sorcerers have their own secrets to protect. With battle looming, what does it mean to not be the one? And how much will she risk to save the city—and the one she loves?
Henrietta is a strong, female protagonist. She has all the traits I love in a good fantasy hero: she’s humble, a bit confused, just learning her powers, and she’s thrown into a situation where she must determine who her friends and foes while at the same time struggling to control her growing powers.
This book was good. But it wasn’t so good I couldn’t put it down – the first third of the book was slow for me. It has a solid story, engaging characters but is missing the spark that really engages me as a reader. That is until about 2/3rds of the way in. Then everything changed. The storyline picked up and the finale did not disappoint. The end of the book really intrigued me and I will be reading the sequel soon. If you pick up this one, stick with it and you won’t be disappointed!


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Pearl & Adams Drum Corps Shine in DCI World Championship Competitions
In Open Class competition, Blue Devils B Corps took the Silver medal with a score of 80.325, topping the group of 8 corps using Pearl equipment at competition held in Michigan City IN on August 4th. Congratulations to all our Open Corps participants from Blue Devils B, 7th Regiment, City Sound, Columbians, Eruption, Louisiana Stars, Thunder, and Watchmen.
On Saturday Afternoon, the 2015 DCI Drumline Battle was fought and won by the 7th Regiment Drumline on Georgia Street and in the Pan Am Plaza near Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN. 7th Regiment brought home the gold by besting the field of 16 competitors from all over the world in bracketed competition. Pearl is a proud sponsor of the Drumline Battle event, and look forward to seeing the creativity and excitement that the lines bring to next year’s tournament!
On the evening of Saturday August 8, Lucas Oil Stadium was ringing with the cheers of a record 22,000+ ticketed fans for what could only be described as one of the most phenomenal World Class events in history. The overall talent level and quality of performance from all 12 Finalist corps was astounding, topped off by a comeback win for the Blue Devils taking home their 17th World Championship, and winning the Fred Sanford High Percussion Award. In a season filled with as much drama and excitement as the shows themselves, all 5 Pearl Corps World Class performed with passion and drive that was an inspiration to everyone lucky enough to see and hear what these amazing performers can do.
Pearl and Adams are very proud of all our World Class ensembles including Blue Devils, Phantom Regiment, The Troopers, Spirit of Atlanta, and the Seattle Cascades.


Prime Time Performance: Rang-e-Thar
Rang-e-Thar took us on a colourful and leisurely journey through the myriad flavours of traditional music from the deserts of western Rajasthan—rare, melodious folk songs to ecstatic spiritual and Sufi tunes to robust dance grooves. Rang-e-Thar was presented by SAZ. SAZ consists of young musicians from the Langa community immersed in a vast and varied musicality who were keeped their traditions alive in modern settings. SAZ is produced and managed by Divya Bhatia.
Venue: Open-air Stage, Rabindra Tirtha
Date: 22nd December 2022
Time: 18:00 Hrs (IST) onwards
While the folk legacy in India is still alive and prolific, India’s race towards modernity, however, has resulted in a deep neglect of root traditions. There are artists, however, who continue and grow their traditions in the face of all odds – aiming to make a name for themselves, but more importantly, keep their traditions alive and evolve ways in which younger members of their community can learn to respect and actively engage with these traditions. Among them, is SAZ.
SADIQ KHAN (Dholak - percussion)
Sadiq is one of the finest young Dholak players in Rajasthan. Hailing from the Langa community, Sadiq has been playing since the age of 8 years and has played widely in India and abroad. Trained by his father and his uncle, the famous Rajasthani Dholak player Jaipu Khan, Sadiq has been part of the SAZ (Asin Khan Collective) since its inception 4 years ago. He has played extensively across India, in numerous festivals in Delhi, Jaipur, Roorkee, Chitrakoot, Kolkata and at the Jodhpur RIFF. He has also performed in festivals such as the Edinburgh Jazz Festival in the UK, and others in USA, China, Uganda, Australia and New Zealand. He lives with his family Jodhpur.
ASIN KHAN (Vocals; Sindhi Sarangi - strings)
Asin Langa is arguably the most proficient young master musician in the Sarangiya Langa community, hailing from the deserts of western Rajasthan. His vocals, deeply rooted in desert traditions and spanning hundreds of years, include the recitation of praise poetry and the genealogy of Langa patrons, the Sindhi Sipahi. Asin specialises in playing the Sarangi (Sindhi Sarangi or folk Sarangi), an unusual, handmade traditional instrument played only by this community and one considered to be the only string instrument having a sound quality that comes closest to the human voice. The Sarangi was the instrument played for nobility and royalty. Asin’s vast repertoire includes folk and classical instrumentation and Sufi poetry sung to traditional and improvised/ composed arrangements.
He was only 10 years old when his father gave him the Sarangi and at the age of 11, he started playing with his father at weddings and a variety of other occasions at their patrons’ residences. He has participated in many national and international festivals; in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru in India. He has also performed with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) on tours in Russia, the USA, France, Germany, Norway, Spain, China, Canada, UK and Italy.
He is also a regular performer at Jodhpur RIFF, India’s leading roots music festival.
He has been invited to perform alongside legendary artists such as L. Subramanium,
Kavita Krishnamurthy and A.R. Rahman. He is also a highly sought-after musician on All India Radio. In addition to his solo work, he has toured with three collaborations developed by Jodhpur RIFF - the Brian Molley Quartet (Glasgow); Maru Tarang, his collaboration with Australian singer/ songwriter and blues guitarist Jeff Lang; Citadels of the Sun with leading Irish composer and musician Marty Coyle.
With Maru Tarang, Asin has played at Celtic Connections in 2014, been part of the
showcase at WOMEX 2014 in Spain, headlined at MOSHITO, Johannesburg in 2015 and been on three Australian tours from 2014-16. Asin was also a finalist at the first ever HH Aga Khan Music Awards 2019.
Asin lives with his wife and four young daughters in the village of Badhnava.
ZAKIR KHAN (Khartal - percussion)
Zakir is the son of the legendary master vocalist from the Langa community, Bundu Khan or Kohinoor Khan Langa.
The khartal, essentially two pairs of unconnected, flat and smooth pieces of wood, is a rare percussive instrument played only by the Langa and Manganiyar communities of western Rajasthan. Trained by the khartal maestro Aslam Khan Langa, Zakir mastered its intricacies and technique at an early age and is now a highly sought-after accompanist, a young master of the instrument.
He has played extensively across India, including at prestigious events at the Sangeet Natak Academy, Taj Utsav and Jodhpur RIFF. He has also travelled as an accompanist with senior folk and classical master musicians to Germany, Spain, France, Hungary, China, Portugal, Denmark, Morocco, Italy and the USA.
He lives with his family in Jodhpur.
About Divya Bhatia
Divya Bhatia is a versatile arts professional and teacher with experience across a variety of disciplines. He is the Artistic Director and Producer of Jodhpur RIFF; Artistic Consultant at ComplexCity; visiting faculty for Applied Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and faculty at the South Asia Festivals Academy. He also served as the Jury of WOMEX in 2019.


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TEN questions concerning sports and fitness – interview with Daniela Dymke apprentice at Prime Sports in Willich Wekeln.
Is there a special event from your childhood related to sports?
It may sounds a bit curios, but for me it´s a special event that i never broke any bone or hurt me seriously, during all the activities in my childhood.
What was the reason to do some sports?
I always do sports. At the age of three i start dancing, later also at country league tournaments, since my oversea year at USA i discovered my love for strength training.
What’s your favorite sports and why?
I love everything what´s in combined with sport. If it´s climbing, to play volleyball, to canoe, swimming or just hiking – you can delight me for everything.
Where do you get your motivation from?
Without sports my day is just half as funny as with, so i don´t need a special motivation.
What kind of fitness exercises do you like most?
For the moment i love the functional strength training, that´s the way i can defy me permanently new and i can reach my borders in a lot of different ways.
How does your current training schedule look like?
By the time i got a split in two training, that means at one day i train my lower body like legs and backside, and at the other day my upper body. Sometimes i use the training equipment, but normally you can find me at the barbell and dumb bell area, i call it my playground. 🙂
How do you feed on?
I try to feed up mostly healthy, but i got a sucker for chocolate and i like baking a lot, this i could balance perfectly with sport.
Three effective tips from you to our readers:
- You are never to old to do sport!
- Never stop setting new goals to yourself!
- a balanced nutrition is the A and O to reach your goals!
What are your professional and sporting goals in the future?
My goal for now is it to end my study time successful and to help people with my job to reach their goals and wishes. However that would not be my only goal, because i ever set new ones to evolve in forward direction and further training.
What’s your personal motto?
You gotta be odd to be number one.

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September 27 marks World Tourism Day, and Chinese tourism is booming. The country’s domestic tourism industry experienced two-digit growth during the first six months of 2016.
Chinese travellers logged more than 2.2 billion domestic trips, while total revenue hit 2.25 trillion yuan ($337.5 billion), up more than 12 percent.
Around 120 million Chinese travelled overseas last year. Put together, the total purchasing power of Chinese tourists is the largest in the world. In 2015, the average Chinese tourist spent close to 6000 yuan on products while overseas.
To put that in perspective, Chinese travellers accounted for about one-fourth of all duty free sales at London’s Heathrow Airport, even though they only made up one percent of the passenger population.
While Chinese travellers can be spotted all over the world, their top three favorite overseas destinations are in Asia. They are Seoul, Tokyo and Thailand’s Phuket Island.


Introducing the CIVIVI Appalachian Drifter II, a sleek and durable knife featuring a satin-finished blade crafted from high-quality CPM S35VN steel. This model, identified as C19010C-1, boasts a compact blade length of 2.95 inches and a thickness of just 0.1 inches, making it both sharp and precise. When fully extended, the knife measures 6.8 inches in length.
The handle, designed for comfort and grip, is made from dark brown Micarta and has a thickness of 0.5 inches. This knife is remarkably lightweight, weighing in at only 2.45 ounces, making it easy to carry and handle.
Manufactured in China under the reputable CIVIVI brand, this knife features a reliable liner lock mechanism, ensuring the blade stays in place when in use. The front flipper design allows for easy and quick deployment of the blade, making the Appalachian Drifter II both functional and stylish for everyday carry.


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Hey Michigan! Here Comes The MAN OF STEEL Sequel!!
Michigan Motion Picture Studios in Pontiac will play a key role in what’s considered the biggest movie shoot ever to land in the state. The studio complex is serving as home to production offices for the Warner Bros./DC Entertainment project. When filming starts next year, all seven of the soundstages will be used. The still-untitled Superman-Batman movie is expected to occupy the complex through August.
It plans to shoot at the Pontiac studio as well as at locations throughout the state.
Due on screens Summer 2015, the MAN OF STEEL sequel finds Henry Cavill’s Clark Kent / Superman embroiled in some form of adventure with (or against?) Ben Affleck’s incoming Bruce Wayne / Batman - with Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman and (evidently) Jason Momoa’s ??? to be involved as well. In a reality in which performers can be virtually augmented to the point of becoming unrecognizable, it’s difficult…if not impossible…to conjecture Momoa’s role in MOS2 at this juncture. I just hope it doesn’t require a great deal of acting.
Thanks to AICN reader Bob Morton for the heads up about this.
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BREWER, Maine — The initial request for around $750,000 more from city residents for education was decreased on Monday night when the draft fiscal year 2012-13 school budget was presented to the school board for its second reading.
“We decided to ask for $250,000 less from the city and take $250,000 more out of the fund balance,” Gretchen Gardner, the school department’s business manager, said Tuesday.
“The budget is still $19.989 million. We just shifted some revenue.”
The proposed school budget is an increase of $392,520, or about 2 percent, over this year and the school department plans to use around $1.7 million of its carry-forward funds, Gardner said.
“That will leave us about $900,000 to work with,” she said.
The draft budget for next year includes funding for one half-time gifted and talented teacher, but no others, and maintains all the programs and services now offered.
The school department has not asked for an increase in city funding for a number of years and last year requested $125,000 less. The revenue increase from the city is needed because the school department is getting a lower state subsidy and fewer high school tuition dollars, the business manager and Superintendent Daniel Lee have said.
Lee and Gardner will present the proposed budget to the City Council on June 5 and a school budget referendum is scheduled for June 12, which is the same day residents will cast ballots about possibly changing the city charter and require the school superintendent to be a Brewer resident.
“The purpose of this proposed amendment to the city of Brewer charter is to require any superintendent of schools hired … July 1, 2013, and thereafter, to become a resident of the city of Brewer within three years after first being hired,” an explanation about the amendment states.
A public hearing about the proposed city charter amendment is scheduled for 6 p.m. May 21, at the student services conference room at Brewer High School. The school board voted last month to oppose the measure.


text: Autumn has come and during one of your school breaks your family has suggested another trip up to see relatives. It is supposed to be a large family reunion and you really can't stand those but your parents say that your grandmother has another game for you to play if you'll go up with them. When you arrive at your relatives house your grandmother is there and just smiles. This time she tells you that instead of the gems being inside the house they are outside the house and hidden among the leaves. If you can find all of these gems you can keep them too and show them to all of your friends. Hidden Gemstones Autumn Leaves is one of our many Hidden Object Games that we publish on TheGamerStop.com. This game is also tagged as a Hidden Gemstones game. Click the play button to start having fun. To play even more free games, view our popular and new games page. If you want to play more games like this, then you can simply check out the games inside the game tags that are the most relevant to your interests or the Hidden Object Games category or the games like this game page at the end of the game tags.


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Botulism toxins are produced by bacteria of the genus Clostridium, namely Clostridium botulinum, C. butyricum, C. baratii and C. argentinense, which are widely distributed, including in soil and dust. As well, the bacteria can be found inside homes on floors, carpet, and countertops even after cleaning. Some food products such as honey can contain amounts of the bacteria.
The toxin itself is released from the bacterium as a single chain, then becomes activated when cleaved by its own proteases. The active form consists of a two-chain protein composed of a 100-kDa heavy chain polypeptide joined via disulfide bond to a 50-kDa light chain polypeptide. The heavy chain contains domains with several functions: it has the domain responsible for binding specifically to presynaptic nerve terminals, as well as the domain responsible for mediating translocation of the light chain into the cell cytoplasm as the vacuole acidifies. The light chain is a zinc metalloprotease and is the active part of the toxin. It is translocated into the host cell cytoplasm where it cleaves the host protein SNAP-25, a member of the SNARE protein family which is responsible for fusion. The cleaved SNAP-25 is unable to mediate fusion of vesicles with the host cell membrane, thus preventing the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine from axon endings. This blockage is slowly reversed as the toxin loses activity and the SNARE proteins are slowly regenerated by the affected cell.
Overall, with the exception of Overactive Bladder (see below), clinical studies of BOTOX did not include sufficient numbers o f subjects aged 65 and over to determine whether they respond differently from younger subjects. Other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between the elderly and younger patients. There were too few patients over the age of 75 to enable any comparisons. In general, dose selection for an elderly patient should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range, reflecting the greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal, or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease o r other drug therapy.
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ONABOTULINUMTOXINA is a neuro-muscular blocker. This medicine is used to treat crossed eyes, eyelid spasms, severe neck muscle spasms, ankle and toe muscle spasms, and elbow, wrist, and finger muscle spasms. It is also used to treat excessive underarm sweating, to prevent chronic migraine headaches, and to treat loss of bladder control due to neurologic conditions such as multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury. The lowest GoodRx price for the most common version of Botox is around $602.89, 19% off the average retail price of $747.02. Compare acetylcholine release inhibitors.
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The studies using Botox for depression, like other research into Botox's off-label potential, were so encouraging that they caught the attention of Allergan. In Rosenthal and Finzi's research, 74 people with major depressive disorder were randomly assigned to receive Botox injections or a placebo. Six weeks later, 52% of the people who received Botox experienced a drop in reported symptoms, compared with 15% of the people given a placebo. "Over 50% of people responding is a high number," says Finzi. "These are people who have already tried other treatments, and they are significantly depressed."
It’s important to set up reasonable expectations for your Botox experience. “Botox does not get rid of all wrinkles on your face—it gets rid of wrinkles made from expressions,” Dr. Waibel explains. “It improves the appearance of these wrinkles by relaxing the muscles. It does not get rid of what we call static wrinkles—the ones that are seen at rest when looking in the mirror.” If those wrinkles bother you, talk to your dermatologist about the laser treatments that can help smooth them out. Find out the 13 craziest requests plastic surgeons have received.
Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions, including: plans to have surgery; had surgery on your face; have trouble raising your eyebrows; drooping eyelids; any other abnormal facial change; are pregnant or plan to become pregnant (it is not known if BOTOX® Cosmetic can harm your unborn baby); are breast-feeding or plan to (it is not known if BOTOX® Cosmetic passes into breast milk).


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NEW DELHI: Thanks to the nineteen global retailers who made their foray into the national capital's prime shopping locations in 2014, the city has retained its 8th rank among the Asia Pacific's top retail hotspots, according to a report.
Global property consultant CBRE's latest report “Retail Hotspots in Asia Pacific 2014,” on established as well as emerging retail markets in the region saw 464 new retail entrants in 2014, 23 per cent rise compared to 2013.
In 2014, Tokyo attracted the most number of new retail entrants (63), followed by Singapore (58), Taipei (49), Hong Kong (45) and Beijing (34), a PTI report, quoting CBRE’s finding, said.
"Prime shopping districts of New Delhi attracted 19 global retailers in 2014 compared to 16 entrants in 2013. New Delhi held on to its eighth position among the APAC region's top target markets, along with Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok," the research report said.
With 11 entries from global retailers, Mumbai maintained its 14th spot in the region, along with Brisbane (Australia).
Overall, the spotlight continued to remain on emerging locations of India, China and Southeast Asia, the report added.
CBRE South Asia Chairman and Managing Director Anshuman Magazine said: "We are expecting a growth in retail sales across the region in 2015, albeit with a more cautious approach from retailers."
Retailers would be more strategic in store network planning and focusing on proven retail environments, he added.
"In terms of retail segments, we expect food and beverage (F&B) to remain the most active. Consumers in the region thrive on new concepts, with landlords keen on creating shopping destinations by offering more dining options," Magazine said.
The luxury and business retail segment saw the greatest share of new entrants at 22.6 per cent, the report said, adding, coffee and restaurants segment's growth however, climbed steeply to 22.4 per cent in 2014, compared to just 14.8 per cent in 2013.
"Retailers from the US made the most new entries into Asia Pacific with 24 per cent, followed jointly by retailers from Italy and the UK with 11 per cent each, to be followed by French retailers at 10.5 per cent," the CBRE report further added.

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The water ran down the window in rivulets. Outside the weather had turned. It was late autumn and apart from the days drawing in, many days were grey and sunless.
He was looking out of the window, looking straight ahead. Unpredictably something moved his head, or an arm, his body or leg. Charlie had to rely on others to move. By himself he was helpless, paralysed. Others often twitched him; I suppose to make certain every joint moved, and at other times he was left motionless. This was his life.
Suddenly he saw something, a person beyond the fence. He had paused for some reason while walking past. The man appeared at first to glance back, but then immediately looked down as if he had lost something. He bent down. Maybe he was going to tie his shoelace but no, he appeared to be patting something that he couldn’t see. Maybe a small child, he could only guess.
The man suddenly moved on and for an instant he had a clear view. It was a small dog that briefly sniffed the railings of the wrought iron gate before disappearing out of view again, hidden by another clump of turf.
Instantly he felt sorry for the poor animal, out in the rain, he certainly wouldn’t like it himself. But he supposed the dog was used to such inclement weather, this was probably just normal to him, a part of his daily life.
He hadn’t seen the man before. Must be new to the village. Over the years Charlie had met most people, often at village fetes or sometimes in the church hall. The children were always the kindest to him. He loved to bring joy to their little faces and hear their shrieks of laughter. These were his best times, he was an entertainer at heart, he lived for these moments, this was everything for him.
Suddenly he was faced into the room behind, he could no longer see outside or see the man walking his dog. He wouldn’t forget them though. Their image was now burnt into his mind. The interior of the room that he could now see dimly was dark and traditional, intricate hand-woven tapestries hung on the wall and large oriental kilims covered most of the floor, except for broad polished dark floorboards poking out at the room’s edge, completing the look was carefully positioned heavy antique furniture.
His eyes were not yet accustomed to the darkness and it took several seconds to fully acclimatise to his new surroundings. Then he suddenly started to animate, he had an unexpected visitor. Charlie could now see a small girl in front of him on the sofa wearing a pink dress. His arms started to move, his body quivered, this was what he lived for …
George had not lived in the village long. He had moved down from London shortly after Ruth had died. He couldn’t bear their old house any more. Too many memories of their life together, he just had to get away. A clean break was what was needed, and the country beckoned. This was now his new life.
He had settled in a quintessential English village with a collection of pretty houses and cottages of several ages and styles built over hundreds of years. Idyllic really.
Of course Rusty his dog loved the country. He loved his new walks, the fresh air, he was always eager to accompany his master, to explore and mark his territory. It was only the village shop he didn’t really like going to. There he was always tied up securely outside, attached to a heavy metal post by the entrance. Rusty always hated this. Forbidden to enter the shop. When outside he was always being tantalised, because the smell of food inside would constantly waft through the open door; propped open in the warmer days and despite there being no smells when the door was closed, forced to crouch patiently on the cold ground outside. No, this was not his favourite place at all. What Rusty really loved was walking freely in the countryside, where he discovered he was constantly being confronted by oodles of new exciting smells.
George as now was his morning habit, was about to take his dog for his usual walk along the country lanes surrounding his cottage. Rusty was predictably already very excited, bursting with eagerness to go outside, clawing relentlessly at his owner’s trousered leg as he tried to attach around the dog’s neck his well seasoned collar. Finally ready, the pair were soon bouncing down the garden path. The inclement weather didn’t seem to matter to either. They had now walked the same route many times before. So many times in fact, they could have walked it almost blindfolded. Today for a change George decided that he was going to try a different route, passing houses in the village where they didn’t normally go. After a while when they were passing an old rundown Georgian house something caught his eye. He suddenly saw a strange luminous figure peering out at them from a window of the house as they were passing it.
He couldn’t see too clearly, but it looked like a boy or a short man was starring out at them. This person seemed almost motionless, close to the window inside the house and behind almost transparent net curtains not completely drawn across. George couldn’t make out really any distinguishing features, but even from this distance he felt the person’s intense stare, which seemed to follow them as they slowly crossed the house’s ample frontage. The lawn and flowerbeds between them looked unkempt, and the house clearly was in need of some redecoration. As he arrived at the open grid gate, the persistent drizzle paused briefly giving him a brief and better view of the figure in the window observing them. A cold chill inexplicably ran down his back. The features of the little man that he could see suddenly unnerved him. Immediately crouching down towards the ground, he dragged the dog’s collar forward a little; soon the pair had moved off down the road and out of sight of the intimidating stare. This brief encounter for some reason remained in his mind unnerving him all day and in subsequent weeks he avoided taking the same route again…
Months later, in the middle of a glorious summer, George and his dog walked along the main road into the heart of the village. It was now a hot sunny day, the air felt thick, sweet and warm, and the grass all around them had a dry parched appearance having lost most of its green lustre. He firmly clutched a small flyer in one hand and his dog’s lead in the other. Rusty was constantly dragging him ahead, excited so he thought to be going somewhere new. This was their first complete summer in the village and they had no idea of what to expect, particularly as the village was today unusually lively.
In the centre of the village was a large green space surrounded by various houses on three sides. The road ran along the fourth perimeter closing the rectangle. At the weekend in the summer months, cricket was normally gently played often by players dressed in grass stained whites, but today the space was filled with colourful marquees and trestle table stalls, there was an ever present hum of activity and people’s chatter.
The pair wandered around almost aimlessly, looking at the produce on offer, even trying their hand at many of the novelty stalls; trying to win one of the many prizes going. Many stalls offered traditional games like throwing round wooden rings over pegs set in the ground, and with both hands firmly behind your back dunking for bobbing toffee covered apples floating in a large wooden tub of water.
Then they went into one of the marquees. Inside it smelt strongly of the enclosed grass floor. In front of them were many young children looking eagerly upwards at a little black-framed stage. They were watching a show and every few seconds shrieking with laughter.
No soon had they started watching the show, then they became distracted by a gloved white hand waiving vigorously at them from the stage, as if greeting the new arrivals as they entered like old friends.
Rusty quite unusually for him started to growl when he caught sight of what was happening on stage.
George could not believe what he was seeing. There in front of him high up on the stage was the little man that he had been so fearful of and had kept his distance from all this time, but this person had not been really alive at all, he now realised. The strings attached to his arms, legs and head gave it away. He was looking at a puppet!
Above the stage was a hand painted sign “Charlie and Friends.”


After 16 years in the job, Independent Member for Gladstone Liz Cunningham has won the right to continue for another term.
Mrs Cunningham secured victory over her nearest rival, Labour candidate Glenn Butcher, by a considerable margin.
"Its exciting, it's humbling," she said at the end of a very long day. "I've got a team of people in there that have worked so hard. Not jsut today but some of them for a number of weeks getting the campaign ready. I am incredibly thankful to them and I am so thankful to the community that voted."
Mrs Cunningham expressed optimism that she could work with the new LNP government led by Campbell Newman.
"I've met already with Campbell newman to talk about our infrastructure needs and he's well aware of that and he has acknowledged the growth stresses that are her in Gladstone."
In the wake of a monumental victory by LNP over the Labor government, Mrs Cunningham said the public had "simply had enough."
Labor Candidate Glenn Butcher has conceded defeat at about 7.30 pm.
At 8 pm, Mrs Cunningham had 49.65 percent of the primary vote after 19 out of 22 polling booths had been counted.
Her nearest rival, Mr Butcher had 29.08 percent.
As counting nears conclusion in the polling booths around the seat of Gladstone, the Independent Memeber for Gladstone Liz Cunningham looks to be romping home.
LNP candidate Russell Schroder had 10.48 percent.
Katter's Australian Party candidate Anthony Beezley had 8.80 percent.
Greens candidate Andrew Blake had 2.00 percent.
More to come.
A perfect day with blue skies greeted voters after a week of horrible weather.
News from today includes;
- Independent member for Gladstone Liz Cunningham voted early this morning at Calliope.
- Gladstone's Greens candidate, Andrew Green, will vote in the seat of Ashwood today. He told the Observer his party is full of optimism today and he believes the party has a strong chance of winning its first ever seat in parliament. That seat, if won, would likely be Mt Cooper.
- Labor candidate Glenn Butcher voted at midday in Kin Kora. He said he was still optimistic about his chances of causing an upset victory in the seat, which is expected to be helb by Mrs Cunningham. he described it as a "two-horse race" between himself and Mrs Cunningham.
- Mr Butcher said he was disappointed Premier Anna Bligh had conceded defeat so early in the election campaign.
- LNP candidate Russell Schroter said his party had made a strategic decision not to hand out how-to-vote cards because they were concerned they would split the conservative vote and give Labor a stronger chance of winning the seat from Liz Cunningham. The strategy indicates the LNP gave itself little chance of defeating Mrs Cunningham, and decided its best option was to take their foot off the accelerater. Gladstone was considered a safe Labor seat until Mrs Cunningham won it 16 years ago. Mr Schroder said he accepted the party's decision.
- Mr Butcher described as "disgusting" the decision by LNP not to attempt to win the seat as a strategy to clear the way for his defeat.
- Katter's Australian Party candidate Anthony Beezley said it was a "relief" to finish the campaign. He also said he was proud of the campaign and would step up for another role in politics.
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How JB Hi-Fi wasn’t destroyed by Amazon and survived lockdowns
The Aussie brand has shown the global retailer who’s boss with their pandemic strategy that has seen sales triple for JB Hi-Fi.
They said Amazon was going to destroy the Australian retail sector. The pandemic was their big chance. Instead, Aussie businesses are eating Amazon’s lunch, with JB Hi-Fi just the latest local hero to post a huge online performance and show the global retailer who is boss.
JB Hi-Fi has almost tripled its online sales in the space of just a year – but despite the spectacular success of its e-commerce, the company swears it is not thinking about closing stores.
JB’s Hi Fi’s profits were at record levels in the last six months of 2020 despite having stores closed for much of that time. Online sales are suddenly crazy strong - so what does that mean for bricks and mortar stores?
“The harsh reality is when customers come in store we sell them more and they buy more,” said Richard Murray, JB Hi-Fi CEO on Tuesday.
“Fundamentally an in-store customer is having a more engaged journey … you are coming in you are thinking about I want a TV, I’m thinking about it being put on the wall, I want to get a surround sound system, etc, what’s all the cables and brackets, etc,” he said.
Australia has long been slow to adopt online shopping, even for products like electronics that are popular to buy online in the rest of the world. This chart shows something many believed would take years to achieve: after years of slow but steady growth, online sales shot up in the six months from June to December.
We will never go back to where we were pre-COVID, says JB Hi-Fi CEO Richard Murray.
“[We] absolutely see opportunities to go faster in online,” said the CEO on Tuesday. The online penetration has been highest where the pandemic has been strongest, and that is likely to lead to permanent behaviour change, JB Hi-Fi reckons.
“In Victoria, given the prolonged period of the lockdown, more people have decided to shop online and maybe got more comfortable with that than other states so I expect Victoria’s percentage to remain higher through the cycle just because of customer experience.”
JB’s financial returns were impressive in the first half of this financial year, but they could have sold even more stuff if they didn’t keep running out of stock, the company admits. Amid a flatscreen mania – people are upgrading to TVs with 75-inch screens or larger – TVs have been flying off the shelves much faster than they can get them in from China.
“Stock has been a constant challenge for the last 12 months,” said CEO Richard Murray. “We did notice those ‘out-of-stocks’ impacting January sales.”
TIME TO CLOSE SOME STORES?
With online shopping taking over, investors are keen to find out if JB Hi-Fi is planning to shut down any of its famous yellow-fronted stores.
They asked the question of the CEO on Tuesday and the answer was clear: No way.
“We have a store network that we really believe in. Most of those stores turn over about $20 million (a year),” said the CEO. He doesn’t want to close them, but instead “keep them relevant”.
But. There is always a but. The company is not opening up new stores like they used to. JB Hi-Fi used to open 20 new stores a year, Now it opens one or none. Online sales growth means they can sell more without having to pay rent or pay for salespeople.
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Are stores sales as old-fashioned as a Nokia flip-phone? The answer might surprise you:
Online sales are not all good from the perspective of a retailer. Those famous JB Hi-Fi hand-drawn signs can’t work their magic, and the clever salespeople don’t get to earn their commission.
That’s part of the reason to keep the stores. The other reason is it gives the customer a great feeling to leave with their new item in their hands.
JB Hi-Fi reckons it always does better when it has stores that have the product in stock for the customer to go home with.
“Our products are very here and now, and very impulse driven and I think there’s a lot of gratification from that purchase. And we want to lean into that.”
BUT NOT ALL STORES ARE EQUAL
Some JB Hi-Fi stores are going bananas. But since the pandemic, JB has problems with getting people to come into some of their stores. CBDs are much more quiet than they were, and shopping centres are also seeing reduced foot traffic. The risk is people learn to shop online and shopping centres never fully recover from COVID.
“Traditionally … JB’s model has been … half the stores being destination stores and half the stores being in shopping centres where you have access to more traffic flow. Now, a great question for JB is what does that traffic do over the next couple of years in shopping centres,” said the CEO. The implication is that if shopping centres don’t recover, those stores might eventually have to be reconsidered.
Amazon is not moving to having brick and mortar stores. But JB is definitely moving more and more online. Amazon should watch out.