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......this was a superb armoured car. Superceded by the improved Mk.II (UK17), it can be easily distinguished from the latter by the rear deck design and early gun mantlet. They served together with distinction in N. Africa, Italy, NW Europe and the Far East.
This was the improved version of the AEC Mk.II (UK54), with 507 of both Marks being built. It differed from the earlier version in having a redesigned Turret to take the 75mm gun. See UK54 for vehicle combat history.
Our price: £15.95
The first 335 vehicles had a different rear hull design but all other MkI's had the same design as the Mk.II. Externally the Mk.II differed by removal of the armoured roof, it being replaced with a canvas roll.....

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- Experience the culture & cuisine of Madrid
- Hike and horseback ride through the spectacular Canarian countryside
- Climb Mount Teide and stargaze from its peak
- Spot whales, dolphins & sea turtles
- Explore primeval rainforests in Garajonay National Park
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|Day 2||Culture & Cuisine in Madrid||Madrid|
|Day 3||Flight from Madrid to Tenerife||La Laguna|
|Day 4||Anaga National Park||La Laguna|
|Day 5||Buenavista del Norte, Masca & Santiago del Teide||Santiago del Teide|
|Day 6||Santiago del Teide & Los Gigantes||Santiago del Teide|
|Day 7||Mount Teide||Santiago del Teide|
|Day 8||Stargaze on Mount Teide||Santiago del Teide|
|Day 9||La Gomera||Playa de Santiago|
|Day 10||Sail La Gomera's Coast||Playa de Santiago|
|Day 11||Garajonay National Park||Playa de Santiago|
|Day 12||Depart for Madrid||Madrid|
|Day 13||Depart Spain from Madrid|
Day 1: Arrive in Madrid
Welcome to Spain! Upon arrival at the nation's capital, you'll enjoy a private transfer to your hotel in the city center. Take some time to settle in before heading out to explore. You'll definitely want to see some of the highlights like the Puerta del Sol, one of the most historic and expansive plazas in the city. There's also Madrid's famous Fountain of Cibeles. Located in the city center it features a sculpture completed in 1782 and depicting Cybele, the Greek goddess of fertility, riding in a chariot pulled by lions.
Perhaps you could take in a show. Gran Vía is Madrid's answer to Broadway, and on it, you'll find plenty of theaters showcasing plays and musical productions. Needless to say, the options for culture in this city are vast, and you could also visit museums, art galleries, and live music venues if the mood strikes.
When night falls, be sure to indulge in Madrid's world-class culinary scene. If you want to dine amid history, head to Botín. No less than Ernest Hemingway described it in his seminal novel The Sun Also Rises as the best restaurant on earth.
Day 2: Culture & Cuisine in Madrid
Venture beyond the major landmarks and explore a different side to Madrid. Start by soaking up the multicultural atmosphere of its colorful small neighborhoods, with a wander around the narrow alleys, tapas bars, and taverns of Malasaña, Chueca, and La Latina.
After lunch, visit the grand and peaceful Buen Retiro Park for a scenic stroll, then head to the Matadero to experience one of Europe’s most exciting art venues. Housed in a former slaughterhouse on the banks of the Manzanares River, the vast space is now home to a contemporary art center with a reputation for creativity and innovation.
In the evening, dig into Madrid's culinary culture on a food tour. A local expert will lead you on a two-hour walking excursion to some of the city’s best tapas bars. Start with a visit to the historic sights of Barrio Las Letras, once home to Spanish legends like Cervantes and Quevedo, before ducking into Calle Huertas to sample the many traditional tapas hotspots that line the street.
Day 3: Flight from Madrid to Tenerife
It's time to say hasta luego to the Spanish capital and head south to the beautiful Canary Islands. After breakfast, a car will transfer you to the airport where you'll catch a 3-hour flight to Tenerife. Make no mistake, Tenerife abounds with as much energy and excitement as it does tradition and amazing landscapes.
Upon arrival, you'll pick up your rental car and drive to your hotel. Settle in before heading out to explore the ancient capital of Tenerife (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) or nearby San Cristobal de La Laguna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Start by visiting the many palaces and stately homes in the heart of the historic center. Check out the Palace of Salazar with its sumptuous baroque style door, or the Casa de Lercaro, Casa del Corregidor (town hall), and the Palacio de la Nava.
Day 4: Anaga National Park
Today is devoted to exploring the magnificent landscapes of Anaga National Park, a designated UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Embark on a rugged full-day hike to experience a wild paradise of prehistoric forests, hidden mountain villages, dramatic clifftops, and black sand beaches.
Set off from the panoramic lookout of Mirador de Cabezo del Tejo, which offers magnificent views of the Cordillera de Anaga from Los Roques to Punta del Hidalgo. You’ll then cross through a rare, primeval laurel forest to discover the beautifully situated hamlet of Chamorga. Continue towards El Draguillo before finally reaching Roque Bermejo, where a lighthouse stands at the island’s remote northeastern tip.
Day 5: Buenavista del Norte, Masca & Santiago del Teide
Today you’ll head west with a drive along the island’s northern coast. Pass stunning coastline dotted with picturesque coves, stopping at the charming village of Buenavista del Norte and winding through steep gorges and cliffs to reach the pretty hamlet of Masca. Your day ends in the seaside town of Santiago del Teide, a gateway to the 18,000-acre Teno Rural Park.
Chat with a local specialist who can help organize your trip.
Day 6: Santiago del Teide & Los Gigantes
Stroll down to the marina this morning and step aboard a local tour boat to see the breathtaking cliffs of Los Gigantes from their best angle. Plunging over 2,000 feet (600 m) into the turquoise waters of the Atlantic, "the Giants" are at their most breathtaking when approached by sea. Return to port for lunch at one of the local cafes, ending your meal with a traditional Canarian coffee, nicknamed “barquito” in Santiago del Teide. The mixture of orange peel, coffee liqueur, and condensed milk is a delectable local specialty.
After a leisurely meal, saddle up for a tour of Santiago del Teide by horseback. Discover the area’s natural landscape and native flora and fauna on a two-hour ride into the surrounding countryside of Canarian pine forests and almond groves.
Day 7: Mount Teide
A full-day of adventure lies ahead, starting with a thrilling ascent to the top of Spain’s highest peak. Follow a knowledgeable English-speaking guide on a custom climb up the rugged Mount Teide, culminating in magnificent views from the 12,198 foot (3,718 m) summit. For a gentler hike, walk to the base station for lunch, then jump on the cable car for a spectacular ride to the top.
Looking out across the sweeping expanses of Teide National Park, you’ll understand why the 47,000-acre preserve was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As the sun sets over the otherworldly volcanic landscape, you’ll head back to Santiago del Teide for the evening for a well-earned rest.
Day 8: Stargaze on Mount Teide
This evening you'll venture back up Mount Teide to experience one of the clearest night skies on the planet. With its high peaks, isolated Atlantic location, and minimal light pollution, Tenerife offers visitors the chance to see brilliant constellations, swirling galaxies, and dazzling meteor showers. Spain's highest mountain is also home to the world's largest solar observatory, which amateur astronomers can visit and tour.
Take a romantic twilight cable car ride up to the 11,663 foot (3,555 m) viewing point on Tiede, where you'll watch the sunset over the mountains as you enjoy a dinner of traditional Canarian cuisine and cocktails. As the sky darkens, your stargazing guide will help you discover constellations and distant planets with the help of high-powered telescopes and equipment.
Day 9: La Gomera
Today you’ll bid Tenerife "hasta luego" and set sail for the magical island of La Gomera. This hidden gem is the second smallest island in the Canaries and known as a paradise for nature lovers. Its wild, mountainous landscape is full of contrasts; within a few miles, you’ll go from palm-covered valleys to vast canyons, arid coastal areas to dense, ancient forests.
Catch a ferry from the southwest Tenerife port of Los Cristianos to arrive in the island's capital of San Sebastian de la Gomera, then head south down the coast to reach the quiet seaside town of Playa de Santiago. Settle into your accommodation and get some rest—tomorrow, you'll set out to explore “La Isla Magica” in depth.
Day 10: Sail La Gomera's Coast
See La Gomera from a different vantage point with a guided yacht trip to the north coast. Step on board at Playa de Santiago and spend the day searching for the area’s diverse sea life—in good weather, you’ll spot whales, dolphins, sea turtles, and plentiful seabirds. Enjoy a locally prepared lunch of Canarian specialties onboard, and choose an inviting cove or bay for a swim stop along the way.
Continue north up the coast to Vallehermoso to catch sight of the natural monument of Los Órganos. These breathtaking basalt cliffs were formed by cooling lava from ancient volcanoes, giving the impression of giant organ pipes falling vertically into the sea.
Day 11: Garajonay National Park
Venture inland today, into the fairytale forests of Garajonay National Park. The warm mists and fertile volcanic soils of this subtropical rainforest create a remarkable ecosystem, home to rare birds, lush laurel woodlands, and iconic rock formations.
Arrange for a guided hike to learn more about the park’s biodiversity, and gain a deeper understanding of the local culture and history—including a primer on the ancient Silbo language. This vast vocabulary of whistles originated with La Gomera’s aboriginal Guanches people and is still used today to communicate across the island’s deep ravines and narrow valleys.
Day 12: Depart for Madrid
This morning you'll leave your island paradise behind with a ferry from San Sebastian de La Gomera to Los Cristianos. After catching a departing flight from Tenerife, land in Madrid for your final evening in Spain. Take some time to settle into your accommodation before heading out to explore this diverse marvel of a city. After a quiet week in nature, enjoy the busy energy of the capital with an evening "Paseo" through bustling streets, and a late dinner at one of its many world-class restaurants.
Day 13: Depart Spain from Madrid
Today you'll bid Spain "adios" and transfer to the airport for your flight home.

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I grieve that the employer has not respected the Treasury Board Secretariat Term Employment Policy.
That the employer renew my term as of (date) without a break in service;
Or that the letter of non-renewal of term employment be withdrawn and that I continue to be employed by the federal government;
That a priority list on a long term be created and that I be placed on this list;
That I be placed in either the same position or a similar position at the same group and level without loss of benefits or pay;
Or that I be placed in a vacant position within the department until I receive my indeterminate status without any loss of pay and benefits or break in service; and
That I be made whole.

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Some 13 months ago, as the Royal Mail was preparing to float, a little known financial analyst suddenly became a star (at least in City terms).
Panmure Gordon’s Gert Zonneveld was the first independent number cruncher to put a value on the postal service, which he argued at the time was worth £3.7bn-£4.5bn (against the official guess of £2.6bn-£3.3bn).
As we now know, the business floated at £3.3bn and soared to £6bn – meaning that the government stood accused of gifting it to a bunch of spivs. It’s now worth £4.7bn – leaving Zonneveld as a City rarity who might actually know what he’s talking about.
So, as we await the Royal Mail’s results this week, what’s his current view? There’s been bad news (deterioration in the parcels market and a more competitive sector) but on the plus side Royal Mail’s recent £111m disposal of its Paddington property suggests plenty of upside for other sites on the block. “Originally people asked: ‘Why wasn’t there a deal done to allow an element of the [property] proceeds to flow back to the state?’,” he muses. “It was said at the time that [the sites] weren’t worth that much. They were worth quite a lot more than expected.”
He predicts this issue may gather momentum, and it’s tempting to listen to him. When it comes to second-guessing Royal Mail, Zonneveld has a track record of delivery.
Icap’s keeping mum
So is Icap on the list of 36 firms forced last week “to go into remedial action” by the Financial Conduct Authority over the rigging of the foreign exchange markets?
It’s difficult to say so definitively, without risking an invitation to take a stroll along the Strand to the Royal Courts of Justice, but the firm – founded and run by former Tory treasurer Michael Spencer – is sure to be quizzed on that very topic this week at its interim results.
It will be asked again, that should read. On Friday, when that query was posed to the broker, it responded: “Icap cooperates with its regulators and responds to frequent requests for information, including requests for price data in connection with this [the forex] investigation.”
That makes it seem as though Icap is one of the 36. “They can’t confirm or deny that,” adds a spokesman.
Presumably the company, which has been fined for its role in Libor rigging, would deny it if it wasn’t involved? “That’s just not something I can comment on, unfortunately,” he blocks again. So, was Icap involved in the great train robbery? “I think not,” he says. No further questions, m’lud.
Ethnic minority leaders challenge City attitudes
When Kweku Adoboli was arrested for fraud in 2011, the City desperately attempted to distance itself from UBS’s Ghanaian-born trader.
“The thing with these rogue traders is that you have to look where they come from – and then it’s not too surprising,” mused one City veteran at the time. He had seemingly forgotten that the Square Mile’s most famous rogue trader – Nick Leeson – came from just up the road, in Watford.
Which tangentially brings us to this week’s laudable conference on business and ethnicity, which will be hosted by the Institute of Directors and will explore why so few people from minority ethnic backgrounds make it to the top of British business. Its heavyweight list of speakers includes Tidjane Thiam, chief executive of Prudential; Sandra Kerr, boss of Business in the Community’s Race for Opportunity; and Ken Olisa, a Thomson Reuters non-executive.
As high-profile ethnic minority success stories, they clearly count as experts in this field – but the challenge remains to expose the largely hidden and sinister views that still endure in some parts of the Square Mile.
Even the City’s worst have evolved enough to refrain from being openly racist. Most of the time.

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Caedmon's Call - Long Line of Leavers Essential Records
On its third album, Christian folk-popsters Caedmon's Call throws everything but the kitchen sink into the musical mix, which is unfortunate because the kitchen sink probably would have been a more enjoyable listen.
Like an obnoxious winner in a game of trivia, members of Caedmon's Call seem intent on making sure everyone realizes how much they know. "Look," they seem to say, "we can play folk and pop and country and traditional hymns. Aren't we clever?"
Well yeah, that's swell, but how about playing one of those forms of music, just one, with enough passion so as to engage the listener.
Caedmon's Call seems so intent on displaying its genre-hopping prowess that band members neglected to write a single song that stays with the listener after the CD has spun out. A common mistake among bands, this restless, scattershot approach to recording is often justified with catch-phrases like "musical progression" or "explorative music" or "without boundaries," (all of which were used in the Caedmon's Call press kit). A more probable explanation is a lack of musical focus. Previous Caedmon's Call albums have, with varying degrees of success, featured an easy folk sound. It's a style the group has yet to perfect and perhaps one it should spend more time working on. It does no good to branch out when you haven't developed roots.
Lyrically, the band's multiple songwriters seem focused on sending an earnest message of love and faith.
That's fine. It's a noble endeavor, and they are to be commended. A small suggestion, however: People seem to respond better to messages that they are not pummeled with. So much earnest longing and clever analogy is shoehorned into the 13 tracks that the album feels more like a lecture than a musical experience. I half expected a quiz at the album's conclusion.
Most distressing was Ballad of San Francisco, a bluegrass-tinged portrait of a solitary walk in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Musically infectious and deceptively simple, the song demonstrates that this band is capable of great things but has chosen instead to slog down the Mundane Mile with a restless, soulless album that sputters, flares briefly and then disappears without a trace.
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Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
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Name of Property
Former Bier-House at St Mary's Church
In the churchyard, adjoining the N agricultural range of Plas yn Llan and flush with its E gable.
C19 bier-house, single storey with modern, mono-pitch corrugated iron roof. Rubble with brick W (entrance) face. Here a large dressed stone lintel with fielded panel decoration(re-used) above a modern boarded door. 2 blocked ventilation slits to the N side.
Adjacent to this the S churchyard gates, contemporary with Scott's restoration of 1882-4. Plain sandstone gate-piers with conical capping. Iron gates with simple fleurs-de-lis and arrow decoration. Abutting these and stepped down, the rubble retaining wall of the churchyard. This follows the line of the road around to the NW where there is a small pedestrian gate with plain gate-piers and in similar style. The wall then continues along the W and SW sides of the church, enclosing the old churchyard in a rough L before terminating at its junction with the rear wall of the N agricultural range of Plas yn Llan. The later cemetery walls to the W are not included.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with St. Mary's church and associated listed items.
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APRIL 29, 2023
WHY ALL SEASONS HEALING HEARTS CAMP?
Since the mid to late 1990's our country has frequently referred to the ACE study, otherwise known as, "The Adverse Childhood Experience" body of literature that indicated how childhood stress & trauma have been linked to negative academic, occupational, physical, behavioral and mental health outcomes. Furthermore, the ACE study has laid the foundational work to recognize, and instill hope, awareness, coupled with support due to the impact of traumatic events, grief, and loss in our children and their families.
All Seasons Healing Hearts Camp believes that when young people and their families come together in a positive climate and are able to express themselves with the help of trained professional, these families and children can develop healthy coping skills that will help them in their journey to find a place of rest.
Through increased awareness, resources, and support grieving children can once again find hope and see life as full of exciting possibilities.
ALL SEASONS HEALING HEARTS CAMP
All Seasons Healing Hearts Camp is a special day camp offered to children ages 5-18 and their families who have experienced loss or are grieving. Participants have a chance to come together and share about their loss and begin to heal. Participants discover creative ways of saying goodbye to an old season and embracing a new one through various therapeutic activities. Activities include nature trail walks, archery, arts & crafts, music & movement, & horses, and more! Most of all, participants will come to know that loss is a part of life, and is not easy, but our creator has given us His strength & grace to go through each season as we find hope in the everyday.
Parents, caregivers, and adult participants come away with a new-found knowledge of how to heal from their own Adverse Childhood Experiences. A useful toolbox might include stages of grief, new language, listening skills and new ways to build relationships within the home.
To support parents and caregivers, special parenting sessions will be offered while their children participate in therapeutic activities - Parents and caregivers are welcome!
*All campers and parent or guardian will receive 6 weeks of follow up counseling services with Child & Family Resource Foundation.
The staff & volunteers working with All Seasons Healing Hearts Camp are :
social workers, school psychologists, physicians, chaplains, LPCs, LPES, Interns [Coker College, Francis Marion University], Medical Staff [ Nurses, OT’s & PT’s ] and trained volunteers.
Volunteer Training: April 1, 2023 - 2:00PM
Camp: April 29, 2023 - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm *Lunch will be served.
150 Shoehill Road, Patrick SC 29584
Free to participants. Contributions accepted.
PLEASE REGISTER BY APRIL 20, 2023
1. Registration is closed.
2. Call us at (843) 917-0495.
3. Print the registration form found here and mail it to us at
P.O. Box 1257, Hartsville, SC 29551
There are no words for how you feel when you get to play with children all day!
Thank you to everyone in our community who helped us still make the vision of camp possible.
150 Shoehill Road
Patrick, SC 29584
“Hope it's a good thing maybe the best of things and a good thing never dies." What is Grief Camp, as one of the families that has been so blessed by it, in its simplest form HOPE. A place for hope to take root for the journey of healing. Through this camp children and their families, just like ours, are given a strategic day of care and refreshment. It's like love and hope are being poured from a pitcher into your heart. It is safe haven to share, sometimes even without words - yet through the beautiful tools of nature, art, horses and music , refreshment and healing flow. This camp will be a mile marker in many lives of a sweet place for the hurting heart to find help, hope and healing."

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Club Night August 2019
The Cubs trapping programe in the Herbert Forest has been suspended while the area around the tracks is being logged, but the tracks could be open again by the end of August and trapping will commence again after that. We now have 34 mouse traps, which will be placed inside the larger predator traps, so the mice will be prevented from eating the larger predator’s bait.
We were told about a documentary about regenerating forest on marginal farmland on Banks Peninsula. Called Fools and Dreamers, it can be viewed on Youtube
One trip was cancelled because of wet weather but there was a day trip on the coast below Palmerston from the Pleasant River Estuary up the coast to Bobby’s head. It was a round trip initially walking down Goodwood Road and Goodwood Settlement Road, then heading down to the estuary thence to the beach at the tip of the peninsula. After morning tea there was a short climb to the top of the cliff for the walk up the coast. They were able to drop down to the beach after a while because of the low tide. Lunch was on the beach below Bobby’s Head and then a climb around the Head before a short road walk back to the cars.
Coming trips are a bike ride from Maheno, a weekend trip up the South Temple and a day trip up the Ewe Range in the Oteake Conservation Park.
The Wednesday Walkers have had walks on Derdan Hill and Baldy behind Waikouiti, Pidgeon Bush, Mt. Harris Run in the Waiho Downs district, the Domet Loop and a Tapui Homestead farm walk.
The Clubs Trip Programe was organise for the October – December period.
We were then treated to photos of a mid-winter Routeburn Caples tramp without the summer crowds and another from Lake Harris up to Lake Wilson a rugged but spectacular

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- Fred Matiang'i is on record backing Raila Odinga's presidency and at one point said the Nyanza region was safe in Raila's hands
- However, speaking on Saturday, March 26, Matiang'i insisted it is not prudent for civil servants like him and any other to take political sides
- The CS said he will now focus more on ensuring that the country has a peaceful election
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i is seemingly backtracking on his earlier stand of campaigning for ODM leader Raila Odinga in his presidential bid.
The CS is on record backing the former premier to succeed his boss President Uhuru Kenyatta and at one point said the Nyanza region was safe in Raila's hands.
However, speaking on Saturday, March 26, at the Catholic Diocese of Kisii, Matiang'i, contrary to his initial pronouncements, insisted that it is not prudent for civil servants like him and any other to take political sides.
Uhuru Kenyatta Discloses Reasons for Fall-out with Ruto, Says DP Wanted Him out: "He's Power-Hungry"
"My brothers and sisters who are here, all of you and I want to speak on behalf of civil servants, we cannot take sides. Everyone who is looking for an elective position, all these candidates are related to us, all of them are our friends, we cannot take sides," said Matiang'i.
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The Interior boss asked civil servants to stick to their day jobs devoid of active involvement in politics.
On his part, the CS said he will now focus more on ensuring that the country has a peaceful election slated for August 9 and the subsequent transition.
Matiangi's remarks are expected to elicit mixed reactions as civil servants, whom he asked to focus more on service delivery, have been actively campaigning for their preferred candidates.
For instance, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has been actively campaigning for the Azimio la Umoja coalition which is backing Raila's presidency in the Mt Kenya region.
Raila planned to endorse Matiang'i
In other news, Raila revealed he had planned to endorse Matiang'i for the presidency in August.
Speaking on Friday, October 22, in Nyamira where delegates had hosted him, Raila suggested that he had given up on his quest to occupy the top office, resorting to playing the kingmaker role, this time settling on Matiang'i for the top job.
However, Raila said the CS chose not to go for the seat of his own volition.
On his part, Matiang'i said he bowed out following the directive from Uhuru, who asked him (Matiang'i) to rally behind the ODM chief.


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Thabang Maduna works tirelessly to develop and sustain arts in the Ivory Park area.
The art enthusiast established the Ivory Park UMehluko Arts Production in 2017 to keep young people engaged in the performing arts.
He said on October 27 Ivory Park UMehluko Arts Production staged a UMehluko Arts Production Awards 2018 and Miss Royalty 2018 ceremony.
“We are happy that the event was a success and we hope that Ivory Park community can now recognise us to discourage the young artists from giving up. Our vision is to build future stars. Seeing these young artists doing well at school and also in our productions makes us happy,” said Maduna.
He said their main goal is to see themselves in SAs Got Talent.
He said the event on October 27 put a smile on the face of every Ivory Park child who took part.
Groups that participated were Vuka Afrika, New Generations Movement, Thulani The Poet and Kgomotso Malele gave an inspirational motivational talk.
“We thank the Department of Arts and Culture for assisting us with certificates.
“This is our second annual event and we aim to improve it and have better prizes for our participants.
“We want our actors to shine on television screens and one day we want to see our models take part in national pageants,” Maduna said.


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Happy Easter Everyone! I started our day by trying to get a few pictures of the boys before they were dirty. I had to bribe Jack with a cupcake to get him to pose, but at least he did.
We went to church this morning followed by an Easter lunch at my mom and dad's house. It was also my Grandma Enns' birthday so we got to celebrate that too.
My mom asked me to get some pictures of their new puppy, Barbie Dog. My dad named her Barbie Dog because he said he had enough of us girls and our Barbie Dolls growing up so now he was going to have his own Barbie Dog. Anyway, she is a cutie and we love her. She is a great addition to the family. Mario is starting to adjust to her too so I'm thankful for that.
Jack is my little animal lover and he adores Barbie. I think the feeling is mutual.
I am a dog lover myself and Barbie has captured my heart too, but don't tell Rita. She is disgusted that there is a new dog around, steeling her thunder.
The boys changed immediately and went to the dirt to play.
After lunch, we hunted eggs. The boys were delighted and excited.
Cousin Charlie proved to be quite good at finding eggs. I absolutely love his face in this picture.
Henry and Jack busily counted their eggs. Henry told me he had 21. Jack just told me he had 5. He didn't really count either.
Jack was much more concerned with eating all his candy as fast as he could.
Ryan, being the oldest and tallest, got the most eggs.
And here's all the busy boys as Katie and I tried to get a picture. I think it's pretty funny. Maybe Katie got one with all the boys smiling. They sure are cute together.
We had a lot of fun today watching all these boys and dogs play together.

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Her magic is dormant.
When Aoife Burke rushes home after the unexpected death of her father, she discovers her mother has vanished amidst inexplicable circumstances. She returns to her childhood home to search for clues of her mother’s whereabouts but another shock awaits her. Sean O’Connell, the object of her girlhood crush, has purchased the family home. She senses Sean is hiding something from her, refuses to let her inside and does everything he can to keep her out. A determined Aoife breaks inside and stumbles upon an antique trunk in the attic. When she opens it, instead of the normal musty clothes and ancient letters, she finds a stairway leading into darkness. It calls to her and she cannot resist stepping into the trunk and onto that first stair where it leads her to magical truths her mother never wanted her to discover.
His magic is dangerous.
Sean O’Connell has been assigned by the Inter-dimensional Portal Protection Agency to keep Aoife and her mother out of Faery. But when she breaks into the house and disappears through the portal in the trunk—like her mother—he has no choice but to follow her, even though stepping into Faery will force him to face his past. Keeping her safe and out of the hands of the Wizard King also becomes a fight to save Aoife’s life from her own mother, who has discovered a time portal in Faery leading her back in time to alter her past mistakes, putting Aoife’s life in peril. Sean is willing to do anything to make sure she’s safe. Even if it means he has to tap into his dangerous magic to do it.
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A truck rambled up the street and she turned to see a faded red Ford F-150 pick-up rattling its way toward the house. She shaded her eyes from the early morning sun to get a good look at the driver. He parked the truck, swung open the door, stepped out and paused.
Recognition hit her with the force of a straight-line wind. Sean O’Connell had been the object of her teenage crush. They stared at each other for a long, quiet moment. He looked exactly the same as he did when Aoife left home five years ago. The stiff breeze tousled his black hair and ruffled his white shirt.
She stepped off the porch as he started toward her, all confident masculinity.
“Aoife.” The sound of her name on his tongue was pure honey. The dark brown eyes reminded her of melted chocolate and were set deep in his chiseled, rugged features. “You have my deepest condolences on the death of your father.”
Grief punched her in the gut. She hadn’t really dealt with her father’s death yet. It was raw and new and she was still in shock. Her mother had been so odd about it when she’d phoned to tell her, and now her mother was missing. The only person who could give her answers was nowhere to be found.
“Thank you.” She glanced back up at the house, as though she would find the answer to the mystery. “I can’t find my mother.”
“She’s gone?” he asked, sounding astonished.
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Her love of romance started when she picked up Victoria Holt and Daphne du Maurier and was immediately smitten with the genre. But she also found another love in the fantasies of Patricia A. McKillip and Anne McCaffrey. Since she couldn’t decide which genre to pick—and because she’s a true Gemini—she decided it would be super fun to write contemporary and fantasy romance. She is a member of Romance Writers of America and has served on the board of several chapters as president and treasurer.
In her spare time, she enjoys listening to music, reading, cross-stitching and watching movies. A Native Texan, she loves castle, dragons, fairies and elves and is an avid Game of Thrones fan. She can be found online at Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Goodreads.
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James Harrison would rather watch ‘Family Guy’ than Steelers game
James Harrison is on the verge of getting an opportunity to face his former team in the AFC Championship Game, but don’t expect him to be anxiously watching Sunday’s divisional round matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars.
After the New England Patriots dominated the Tennessee Titans on Saturday night, Harrison made it clear that he does not care who his opponent is next weekend. In fact, he claims he has no plans to watch the Steelers play.
“I won’t, no,” Harrison said, via Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports. “I don’t even know what time they’re playing.”
When asked what he will watch during the Steelers-Jags game, Harrison said he would prefer to check out comedy cartoons like “Family Guy” and “American Dad.” When asked what it would mean to him to face the Steelers after they released him, Harrison insisted they would be just another opponent.
“No more, no less than it would to play anyone else,” he said.
Despite being ripped by some of his former teammates, Harrison says he doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of others. He has been determined to prove that playing for the Patriots is strictly business since they signed him, and Harrison is sticking with that narrative.
“I don’t pay attention to sports, I’m not a sports person,” he said. “If my kid isn’t playing, I don’t watch it. If it’s not film study, I won’t watch it. I’m not really into it like that. This is my work. It’s just my job. I want to get away from my job.”
A reporter then asked Harrison if his time with the Patriots has been energizing, to which he only grumbled “good.”
“If you ask me a feeling question, you’re going to get one-word answers,” Harrison said. “OK? Let’s go.”
As we mentioned before, everything Harrison has said over the past month indicates he wants to prove he is not a “traitor” and only signed with New England because no one else offered him a contract. Perhaps a Super Bowl ring would get him to open up a bit.


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20 Best & Worst Tax States
Conservatives and liberals generally agree on what a “fair” state and local tax system looks like, but no state actually has such a system.
Top 10 Most Regressive Tax States
In the states whose tax systems most favor high earners, low-income families pay up to six times as high a share of their income as the wealthiest families, according to a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
Taxes & Inequality: Shiller’s Plan to Fix Tax Code
Yale economist Robert Shiller says he and a colleague have studied “inequality indexation” with the objective of showing how more complex systems of tax rates might work.
Advising International Clients; Looking Beyond Wirehouses: February Research—Slideshow
Serving internationally mobile clients has become a growth industry for financial advisors, as Contributing Editor Ellen Uzelac discusses in Research magazine's February cover story "Advising Across Borders." Another February article, “Fear of Flying,” tells the stories of brokers who left the wirehouse world in order to become registered investment...
Blair, Gross, Other Experts Weigh in on Euro Tumult and Anti-Wall Street Protests
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said the resolution of today’s global economic and financial challenges could get derailed by short-term political thinking, though he remains optimistic that leaders can address long-term issues. Blair spoke Nov. 2 to about 2,100 financial advisors and about 2,000 other guests as the keynote...
Chuck Schwab at Impact 2011: Bernanke ‘BS’; Obama’s Got to Go
The chairman says there must be a leadership change before the U.S. economy can expand.

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When form meets function
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I will be the first to say that the teacher in the video could have used some other tool and method to get her students to open up to her.
But while Google Forms was not the most important ingredient, it was essential. That said, it was a caring teacher who thought of a way to leverage on Google Forms to get her students to tell her their stories.
Our students are already telling their stories. They leave digital trails in Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and other online spaces.
The Internet can connect people, but sometimes people put barriers up in school to prevent those connections, e.g., no mobile devices, Internet filters, systems like SSOE.
Form must meet function. If the function is to connect, the form must change.


Getting too hot and sweaty while running in cold weather is not a good feeling. New runners and those not used to running outside during colder months often tend to overdress in those situations. And a few minutes or miles into a run, heat from too much insulation leaves them hot and sweaty—and eventually wet and cold. Thankfully, a smart layering system of the right gear will keep you comfortable no matter what Mother Nature has in store.
While every runner has their own unique apparel combinations for different types of weather, these guidelines will get you started.
– Select a lightweight or midweight base layer to wick moisture away from your skin. Experiment with different styles and fabrics to find the fit and moisture management properties that work best for you. It could be a short-sleeve or long-sleeve, tight or loose-fitting, depending on your preference and the temperature and humidity where you are running.
– Top it off with a lightweight windproof or waterproof breathable shell to protect you from the elements, while allowing water vapor to escape. Keep in mind that lightweight wind shells are typically more breathable, but sturdier waterproof jackets do a much better job in rain and wet snow even if also trapping more heat. If you get warm, you can simply unzip the jacket or tie it around your waist.
– On extremely cold days, you might consider adding a layer of breathable insulation, like a lightweight vest, a jacket or vest with synthetic insulation or a heavier second-layer shirt over your base layer. The insulation layer might be enough to protect you from inclement weather, especially if it’s not wet, so you might not need a shell layer if you opt for an insulation layer.
Scroll down to see some of our favorite wicked-weather apparel available at running stores this season.
Craft Essential Winter Tights
Well-known in cross country skiing circles, these winter weight tights feature a windproof front, pre-shaped knees, adjustable waist and a zippered pocket for your keys. If temps are truly bitter, consider adding a pair of long underwear or thin running tights underneath. They are available for both men and women. ($100)
Buff Midweight Merino Wool Multifunctional headwear
Use a Buff—as a neck gaiter, chin protector, lightweight hat, headband and more—to adjust your comfort as your body heats up or the temperatures drop. The fact that it’s wool means it will keep you warm even when it’s damp with sweat. ($32)
READ MORE: Why Merino Wool Is an Ideal Running Fabric
Outdoor Research Ascendant Vest
Even in single-digit temperatures, running generates heat. With synthetic insulation and a breathable shell, this vest will keep you warm while venting sweat. Available for both men (pictured) and women, you can wear it with just a shirt or under a shell depending upon the weather. ($175)
Smartwool Men’s PhD Ultra Light Sport Hoody
The lightweight shell has a DWR coating to provide protection from wind and wet weather, while body mapped mesh wool panels deliver breathability and moisture management. It even packs into the chest pocket for storage when the weather warms up. ($125)
Ultimate Direction Ultra Light Jacket V2
This lightweight, wind and waterproof shell is breathable to keep you dry from the inside out and outside in. A brimmed hood adds protection from the rain, a gathered back dials the fit and underarm vents release moisture vapor when the heat builds up. It is available for both men and women (pictured). ($190)
READ MORE: Essential Traction for Winter Running
Icebreaker Tech Top Long sleeve Half zip
Merino wool is naturally soft, breathable and odor-resistant. Forward-set side seams and flatlock stitching eliminates chafing when your moving, and the half zip allows you to adjust comfort across a range of temperatures. It’s available for both men (pictured) and women. ($120)
Hot Chillys Women’s Micro-Elite Chamois
Besides its softness, the Bio-Sliver treatment is the real star of this shirt because it inhibits the stink common in some technical base layers. It’s available for both men and women (pictured). ($70)
READ MORE: Winter Running 101
La Sportiva Stretch Gloves
These fleece gloves are warmer than your average liners, to keep hands toasty as the temperature drops. ($40)


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A Dyadic Approach to Infertility Stress, Marital Adjustment, and Depression on Quality of Life in Infertile Couples.J Holist Nurs. 2018 Mar; 36(1):6-14.JH
This study was conducted to examine the level of infertility stress, marital adjustment, depression, and quality of life in infertile couples and assess the actor and partner effects in these areas using the actor-partner interdependence model.
Participants were 121 infertile couples. After pilot study, data were collected from November 2012 to March 2013 using the following questionnaires: the Fertility Quality of Life, Fertility Problem Inventory, Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory.
There was a gender difference in infertility stress, depression, and quality of life. Infertility stress had actor and partner effects on the quality of life. Marital adjustment had an actor effect on the quality of life for the wives. Depression had actor and partner effects on quality of life for the wives, but only an actor effect for the husbands.
This study found that there were actor and partner effects of infertility stress, marital adjustment, and depression on the quality of life in infertile couples. These findings may help nurses be aware of such effects and can be used as a baseline data in the development of nursing interventions for infertile couples.


As parts of the West Country suffer from "the worst flooding in post-biblical times" [Mappowder Mirror]*, environmentalists have claimed it is a result of extreme local climate change [global wetting] occasioned by the opening of the new Threadboneextra in Hurn.
* there are no reliable statistical sources for ascertaining flood levels in biblical and pre-biblical times, though what is believed to have been the rain-gauge used by Noah, together with the remains of a rotten depth-sounding rope were found in a site close to Tarrant Launceston and are now housed in a specially-constructed cabinet in the Stourton Caundle Folk Museum [Ed]. Both indicated the presence of "dampness".
"The concentration of more than 12 cars in the carpark behind The Jolly Taxpayer is almost certainly the reason average temperatures have risen by 12 degrees and more than 2" of additional rainfall has been witnessed this week. Last night alone more rain fell in a single evening than in the whole of the July 12-14th period", explained the University of Apuddle's specialist Professor of Climate Change, schoolgirl Fee Brile. Ms Brile  has long argued [about 3 months according to records] that "Human-induced climate change is the biggest threat to our survival as a species since the invention of ring-pull cans on tinned tomatoes and baked beans". NB In the interests of balance and fairness it should be noted that, according to US President Donald Trump, the connection between ring-pull cans and climate change remains "tenuous" ["not clear at all", "highly controversial", "fake news"].
Meanwhile, commuters were faced with long delays as a man broke down and decided to climb onto his vehicle. Police later confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle but the "gentleman in question" who "had a history of episodically erratic behaviour" had indeed broken-down [completely].


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United voices at the International Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Symposium in Porto Alegre, Brazil: "In many places around the world, medulloblastoma is still being diagnosed as it was nearly 100 years ago," said Dr. Michael Taylor, who opened the event.
"We have to develop better treatments for medulloblastoma," said Dr. Vijay Ramaswamy. All the physicians and researchers then heard the testimony of journalist Daniel Scola, who survived medulloblastoma but still faces the side effects.
The MBI was also present — MBI founder Fernando Goldsztein recalled the question he asked Dr. Roger Packer of Children's National Hospital in 2021: What can we do to advance science? The answer came through philanthropy, which enabled the creation of the Cure Group 4 Consortium, coordinated by Dr. Packer, and including Dr. Taylor and Dr. Ramaswamy's labs. Since then, MBI has built a supportive community that brings together people like Scola and everyone who understands that philanthropy can change the landscape of science.


text: Located in the foothills of the beautiful Berkshire Mountains in Columbia County, NY. Copake Camping Reort provides the ideal location for relaxation and summer fun in a welcoming environment. Enjoy the many campground activities, sports fields, cable TV and free wifi and pet-friendly cabins. Weekly activities and theme weekends for the whole family to enjoy. Also, fishing nearby. Voted Best of Columbia County 2014 by the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce.


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Thu 19 May 2011
Not the WIP. I think I fixed that. Only time will tell.
No, it’s one of my short stories that’s broken in the middle. And I don’t know how to fix it. I’ve rewritten it ever so many times and every time I think, “Okay, I think that’s got it.” I let it go, send it out into the world again to garner more rejections. Then after many months (sometimes many, many months) I read it again and I think, “Dang. It’s still broken in the middle.”
The beginning is good, the ending is good, I’m very fond of this story, but I know in my heart of hearts why it keeps garnering rejections. There’s a clear drop off point in the middle where the opening momentum collapses and the oomph doesn’t pick up again until the closing pages.
But I don’t know how to fix it. And it makes me very sad.
I seem to always have trouble with middles. I can grab with openings, I can satisfy with endings (if anyone reads past the middle to find out about the endings), but middles slay me every time. Sometimes I can figure out how to make them work, and sometimes I can’t.


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An adaptation of Proust's La Prisoniere (book five of Remembrance of Things Past). Set in Paris, France, it is a serious tale of a tragic and dysfunctional love.
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Given the competition is the Ilchester Arms (see separate poor reviews which reflect our own experience) this maybe isn't saying much, but the two barmaids were very friendly and the food was decent. Not a bad selection for vegetarians (lasagne, leek & walnut pie, cheese & vegetable fritters) and reasonably priced for quantity. Beer selection not so good - McKewans? But some ok cider on tap (Symons).
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Structure sensitivity of ammonia decomposition over Ni catalysts: A computational and experimental study
- Duan, Xuezhi, Qian, Gang, Liu, Yan, Ji, Jian, Zhou, Xinggui, Chen, De, Yuan, Weikang
- Fuel processing technology 2013 v.108 pp. 112-117
- activation energy, adsorption, ammonia, catalysts, dehydrogenation, desorption, nickel, particle size
- Ni catalysts are widely used to catalyze ammonia decomposition. In this study, first-principles calculations are performed to investigate the preferred adsorption sites and the adsorption energies of NHₓ (x=0–3) and H, and the transition states, activation energies and rate constants of NH₃ stepwise dehydrogenation and associative desorption of N on the stepped Ni(211) and the close-packed Ni(111) surfaces. The results show that the barrier of associative desorption of N, which is higher than those of NH₃ stepwise dehydrogenation, on Ni(211) are 1.10eV higher than that on Ni(111), indicating that the associative desorption of N on Ni(211) is difficult to take place. Hence the strongly adsorbed N atoms would block some of the step sites of Ni(211). The N-blocking Ni(211) surface is constructed, and then NH₃ decomposition on 2N–Ni(211) is investigated. The results indicate that Ni catalysts with too many or too few step sites, which can be associated with Ni particle sizes, show low ammonia decomposition activities. Therefore, different sized Ni-based catalysts are employed to catalyze ammonia decomposition, and TOFH₂ as a function of Ni particle size is correlated. Finally, the structure sensitivity of ammonia decomposition over Ni catalysts is rationally interpreted.


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It is becoming increasingly clear that people are losing confidence in this country. They’re losing confidence in our government to solve our problems here at home. They’re losing confidence in both political parties’ ability to lead. They’re losing confidence in our ability to lead the world, as the globe’s lone remaining superpower. This decreasing confidence in our country comes not just here at home, but all over the world — and the evidence is all around us.
At home, the two parties can’t come together on anything meaningful. We are not having the discussions that we, as a state and as a nation, need to have. Rather than having a real debate about entitlements, about immigration reform, about the budget, or about the proper size and scope of government, we nibble at the edges. We pass temporary fixes for enormous problems — or ignore them completely, passing them on to the next generation.
Politically, both parties are out of options as well. The next presidential campaign will be a long one, to be sure, and a real leader may yet emerge, but right now it’s hard to imagine who. On the Democratic side, they are so desperate for options that they are willing to ignore the clear moral failings of their presumed frontrunner. None of Hillary Clinton’s potential foes in the primary seem capable of giving her a real contest, even given her recent scandal.
On the Republican side, they suffer from the opposite problem: too many options. The question consuming most of them seems to be how they can cobble together the minimum coalition necessary to win the nomination, not how they can grow the party enough to actually get elected. The GOP needs to find a fresh face who can compete on new fronts. The question is, can that fresh face be an effective candidate, never mind leader of the free world? That’s the question facing Republicans right now.
Internationally, we can’t seem to put together an effective campaign to fight ISIS, let alone stop Russian expansionism. Although Arab allies have been pulled together by what they see — rightly so — as an existential threat, our own Congress has been too drowned in partisan bickering to notice. Meanwhile, our European allies seem less than interested in facing Putin, an existential threat standing on their very doorstep. The failure of Western allies to be able to effectively confront Putin can be attributed to the lack of any unified, strong leadership from any Western nation.
This lack of confidence has not been caused by any one particular policy or solely by either party, but by a series of events over the past several decades. Both parties have had their share of foreign policy blunders, ideological divisiveness, and embarrassing scandals that have contributed to this problem. Just as both parties have contributed to the problem, both parties need to contribute to the solution.
The solution, internationally, is not to veer too far toward either interventionism or isolationism, but to strike a balance between the two. We need to be able to intervene when necessary to protect national security without feeling the need to solve every problem in the world. Domestically, we need to recognize that the serious problems facing this country will require solutions forged in consensus.
Hopefully in 2016 someone will emerge who has that confidence in America. Someone who hasn’t given up our ability to show responsible leadership in the world. Someone who knows we still have the capability to work together to solve problems. Someone who can show all Americans that it’s OK to believe in the greatness of this country. If such a candidate emerges, confidence in America can be restored, both at home and abroad — but it’s up to all of us to make sure that happens.


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Great news! We are delighted to announce a big update of Location Weather, the best weather plugin for WordPress. The latest version, Location Weather 2.3.0, was released a couple of days ago.
So, we can’t wait to share the killer new features of this update with you. Undoutedly, you have now full freedom in designing weather lives and forecasts on your WordPress website.
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Table of contents
- New design options
- New Weather information
- Bug fixed
New design options
Location Weather 2.3.0 introduces many new design options that give you more control in styling. So, you can design more aesthetic weather updates now on your WordPress website.
Vertical and horizontal weather layouts
The latest update of Location Weather comes with vertical and horizontal weather layouts. Now, you can display weather lives and forecasts vertically and horizontally to match your website design structure.
8 new beautiful templates with a lot of customizations
These new beautiful templates will amaze you and help you with a quick start process. Moreover, they offer several styles and information lengths with huge customization options. As a result, you can quickly start choosing the template that meets your requirements and preferences best with a single click. Plus, you can customize it to make your weather presentation how you want.
Weather forecast carousel
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Weather additional data carousel
Likewise, you can now display additional weather data in a carousel equipped with the same features as the weather forecast carousel.
However, the carousels are template-based for design consistency.
Typography options for the weather section title
You can choose Google fonts and set text alignment, letter case, font size, line height, letter spacing, font color, margin-top, and margin-bottom for your weather section title.
New Weather information
The latest version comes with much new weather information. So, you can now enhance your weather update and make it more informative.
Needless to say, rain is a very common element of weather. It largely impacts many businesses, agriculture, sports, and more. So, now you can display rain probability on your weather live to help your visitors plan apropos.
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A higher dew point denotes that the air is more humid. It means more water vapor is in the air, making it feel muggy and uncomfortable outside. A lower dew point denotes that the air is drier. This means there is less water vapor in the air, making it feel cooler and more comfortable outside.
Moreover, it helps you make driving decisions timely.
Now, you can easily display the dew point on your weather live with the best weather plugin, Location Weather.
Location-based precipitation units
Precipitation refers to any form of liquid or solid water that falls from the atmosphere to the ground. It includes rain, drizzle, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel and hail.
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Weather forecast title
You can edit the weather forecast title on your way, such as 7-day forecast, Weather forecast, and so on.
The weather attribute to OpenWeatherMap
The attribute shows that weather data comes from a reliable source, OpenWeatherMap. It also means the authenticity of the weather information. Now, you can add the attribute at the bottom of your weather live and forecast with a single click.
We prioritize user experience in everything we do to make our WordPress and WooCommerce plugins more beginner-friendly. In that sequence, we improved many things to make Location Weather easier for you.
Date and time formats
Before this update, you had to go to your WordPress settings to set a time and date format, which could have been more convenient. Now, you can choose a date and time format from a dropdown in the latest version of Location Weather.
Weather static icons
Weather static icons are now more aesthetic to represent weather information better. Plus, they make the weather live and forecast more beautiful.
We updated the language (.pot) file to let you translate the plugin text more seamlessly.
UX writing and tooltips
Location Weather 2.3.0 comes with more precise and more explicit text for interfaces, including descriptive additional guidance on hover to help you understand the features better.
Before releasing a version, we try our best to make it bug-free. We found and fixed a bug before this update, as we always do to give you a seamless experience.
Plugin style issue in RTL Sites
We found a plugin style issue in RTL sites. We have fixed it in this update. So, you can now seamlessly use this plugin to create weather lives and forecasts on your RTL websites without any issues.
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Go Natural CNG, a company that develops technologies for natural gas vehicles (NGVs), has introduced its next-generation Fuel Interface Module (FIM) – a product that enables light-duty NGV conversions via a single high-pressure manifold.
The redesigned FIM, which is now compliant with the National Fire Protection Association's 52-2013 standard, integrates a controlled-flow defueling/depressurization valve designed to connect to a vent stack or capture system using a defueling hose. The FIM combines a coalescing filter, quarter-turn valve, pressure gauge, check valve and electronic pressure sensor into one unit.
Go Natural CNG notes that other benefits of the new FIM design include optional mounting holes for more discretion in installation points and a decrease in overall product dimensions, for improved installation in vehicles with limited space and ground clearance. The FIM's symmetrical design and spare ports with clearly marked laser engravings aid in easy installation and system assembly. It also includes an analog pressure gauge so technicians can verify the system depressurization before servicing.
The company says the product will make its debut at the ACT Expo from May 5-8. For more details about the FIM, call (801) 683-3988 or send an email to email@example.com.


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In April 1993 Virginia Bottomley as Secretary of State for Health in the Conservative party under John Major, announced her intention to privatise the NHS. In a speech reported by the Independent to the Confederation of British Industry, Mrs Bottomley informed us that although NHS patients will still be treated free, ‘the service should 'buy' more care from private hospitals and health care companies such as Bupa.’
Forward wind 14 years and on the 17th of May 2007, Bupa announce the appointment of three new Non-executive Directors, one of which is Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone. One week before her appointment Bupa were awarded a contract with the Department of Health to carry out approximately 6,000 procedures a year for NHS patients.
It was perhaps unsurprising then, that when Baroness Bottomley had a chance to speak on the opening day of the Health and Social Care Bill in the House of Lords that she should announce: 'I give this Bill an unequivocal and extraordinarily warm welcome.'
Praise indeed and when we look at the Baroness’s voting record, it becomes all the more transparent. Since becoming a life peer in June 2005, Mrs Bottomley’s attendance rate has been 20%. Last year she voted in less than half the Lords voting days, yet somehow she managed to turn up for every day of the Health and Social care bill discussion and there is no need to ask whether she voted loyally with the government or not.
Being a Baroness, and a director of Bupa is insufficient it would seem. In addition to these roles, Bottomley is a Director of International Resources Group Ltd and acts as a chair for the Odgers Berndtson Board & CEO Practice. The practice conducts searches for ‘high level’ Chairmen, CEOs and non-executive directors for plcs and private companies.
Odgers Berndtson works in thirteen industry areas including Healthcare, recruiting many staff into top NHS positions. On their website they boast: ‘Our unparalleled reach across the NHS, (and) private sector healthcare...enables us to attract inspirational candidates others might never find. They add: ‘Through thought-leadership seminars and networking, we bring the rising stars of the NHS together to inspire best practice and help shape a vision for the future.’
Presumably Odgers Berndston will be providing many of the top jobs in a reorganised NHS – the Department of Health certainly consider them important enough to meet personally, having held a meeting to discuss the Chief Medical Officer appointment in December 2010. Certainly they will be involved in finding people to head the commissioning groups. In a report by the recruitment company titled ‘Leadership and management Challenges in Clinical Commissioning Groups’, they say: ‘Making intelligent appointments to shadow Boards, and, subsequently, to management teams, through open and rigorous processes, will be the major determinant of success in the effort to develop leadership cultures in CCGs.’
Incidentally, the Baroness has shares in Broomco Ltd, which is a holding company of International Resources Group Ltd, which owns Odgers Berndston.
Thank goodness this is all the Baroness is involved in, except unfortunately that isn’t true. Mrs Bottomley is a board member of Akzo Nobel a multi-national company that specialises in paints and speciality chemicals. Akzo Nobel is listed in the NHS purchasing directory as decoration suppliers. Their tentacles reach into the NHS in other ways. Paul Kenderick the interim chairman of Newham University hospital was an employee of Akzo Nobel. Within the NHS he was for a number of years an Independent Special Advisor to the Healthcare Purchasing Consortium, providing purchasing, supply chain and commercial services to trusts. It is not suggested Mr Kenderick preferred his ex-employer when making purchases but such conflict of interests will become ever more relevant in a privatised NHS, especially in amongst the new doctors commissioning groups.
The conflicts of interest don’t end there. Baroness Bottomley is a Member of the International Advisory Board for Tokyo-based Chugai Pharmaceutical Company Ltd which researches biotechnology products. The company offers trials promoted through the NHS, as well as representing NHS South-West APBI last year on a discussion on improving ‘existing methods of communication between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry.
Is it enough that Virginia Bottomley simply registers her interests but is still allowed to vote on the Health and Social care bill. Her sheer delight at the bill’s existence and her connections to companies that are already benefitting from the NHS, surely makes for an urgent need to change the rules of The Code of Conduct for members of the House of Lords. Why are these Lords with direct financial interests in private healthcare companies such as Lord Chadlington et al, allowed to influence a bill that will potentially help the companies they belong to.
Baroness Barker challenged us on this; demanding us to: ‘supply your evidence that any of the people named below who have taken part in the Health and Social Care Bill have failed to declare their interests as they are required to do. Please supply your evidence that the individuals named below have furthered their own interests.’ Baroness Barker misses the point; there is a moral question to be asked about whether MPs and Lords should have any interests outside of their parliamentary remit. Certainly they should surely not be allowed to vote on issues that affect the companies with which they have direct financial links.
You be the judge.