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Business owners looking to expand their venture in Canada can enjoy numerous advantages concerning taxation and opportunities. However, before you do so, you must determine your business structure. For instance, you may wish to operate your business as a branch of the parent company situated in another country or set up a subsidiary with a separate entity.
A branch office enjoys lower costs for setting up and can be started only by applying for an extra-provincial license that is easy to obtain and affordable. However, a subsidiary system in Canada offers multiple benefits such as limited liability, separate filing of tax returns, greater impact on the market, and more stability for employees.
Hence, if you have decided to start a subsidiary in Canada, the next thing is to learn about the types of subsidiaries in Canada. Now, let’s look at Canada’s various forms of subsidiary businesses.
What are the Types of Subsidiaries in Canada?
When setting up a subsidiary in Canada, you may set it up as a Corporation, a Partnership, a Proprietorship, or Extra-Provincial Corporation.
- Corporation: Incorporation of a wholly-owned subsidiary in Canada as a Corporation can be done either at the provincial or federal level. For a corporation, the entity is taken as separate, and the corporation’s shareholders are not responsible for any of its liabilities, debts, acts, or other obligations.
- Partnerships: You can either take up a general partnership or make your business a limited liability partnership.
- Extra-Provincial Corporation: Incorporating a foreign subsidiary in Canada at the provincial level encompasses an extra-provincial corporation with its specific requirements. It can be entirely directed and controlled by a foreign company. There is no set number of Canadian workers needed in this subsidiary type.
- Sole proprietorship: This includes a business wholly owned by a proprietor. In this case, you are liable for all obligations, but you also get to enjoy the subsidiary’s revenues.
How to Set Up Subsidiary in Canada?
Once you have decided on the form of business for your subsidiary in Canada, you need to meet specific requirements and considerations.
The prerequisites for incorporation of a subsidiary of a foreign company in Canada include:-
If you seek to set up a subsidiary in any of the provinces of Manitoba, Newfoundland, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Alberta, or Labrador, you need to adhere to the jurisdiction of the place of incorporation of your wholly-owned subsidiary. In the case of these places, at least 25% of your Board of Directors must be residential Canadians.
Registration requirements for provincial corporations
In sync with the market of operation and address and the company’s seat, the registration must be done in the specific federal or regional legislation office.
All subsidiary businesses in Canada are tax residents of the nation. Hence, they must pay the relevant taxes as mandated by the taxation of foreign subsidiaries in Canada.
Benefits of Setting Up a Canadian Subsidiary
As a company seeking to incorporate a subsidiary in Canada, you can enjoy many advantages.
- Fewer liabilities: One of the most incredible benefits of setting up a subsidiary in Canada is the limited liabilities that make it free of all claims. In addition, only directors of the specific subsidiary will be liable to bear any responsibilities, while the authorities will impose no claims on the parent corporation.
- Adherence to Canadian Laws: A parent corporation outside Canada setting up a branch office may be liable to adhere to many Canadian Laws. However, for a subsidiary, only directors of the subsidiary are subject to limited liability. Even for Canadian tax legislation, the liabilities are limited for foreign corporations that need to open the books of records in front of a Canadian tax audit.
- Separate tax returns: Subsidiaries in Canada are liable to file their returns, and the parent foreign corporation will be free of any such liabilities.
- Seamless communication with local authorities: It is much easier to obtain loans and contracts to form a subsidiary company in Canada, and regulatory approvals come as seamless procedures.
- Stable employment: Candidates hired by a Canadian subsidiary feel more secure and safe than those recruited by a branch. Potential creditors also find it safer to offer loans for subsidiary company formation in Canada, as obtaining repayment may be more difficult in the branch office.
- Impact on the market: Canadian subsidiaries have a better market impact as they tend to have a more permanent status than a branch.
Documents to Prepare When Opening a Subsidiary in Canada
Name of the subsidiary
Once the area of jurisdiction is decided, you need to determine the subsidiary’s name. You must also complete and file the articles of incorporation. If you wish to confirm if the name occurs anywhere else in Canada, the incorporation might take longer.
Process for incorporation
The incorporation of the wholly-owned subsidiary in Canada can occur once all documents are duly signed and ready. You can incorporate the documents in a digital format. The cost for the entire process will depend on the time required to determine the appropriate jurisdiction, name reservation, allocation of shareholdings, and obtaining capital.
The organizational issues that require attention at this stage are approving the subsidiary’s bylaws, appointing directors and executive officers, obtaining banking authority, and issuing shares.
You may also need to inform Industry Canada officially, a federal department that looks after the global fair market and mandates trade on the global platform creating a competitive market for new foreign companies in Canada. This notification has to be sent within 30 days of initiating the business.
What Business Forms can Canadian Subsidiaries Take?
Canada offers the option of multiple legal entities for establishing a subsidiary in the country. Canada’s most popular business entity is a corporation, equivalent to a limited liability company. However, other business entities like partnerships, trusts, and extra-provincial corporations.
The choice of entity depends on whether the subsidiary is federal or provincial in terms of incorporation. For provincial level operability, a subsidiary needs to be registered in every province it wants to offer its products and/or services.
Canadian Subsidiary Laws
The Canadian subsidiary laws differ from one province to another. Hence, while setting up a subsidiary in Canada, it is vital to choose a location whose jurisdiction is in sync with your business requirements. If you have incorporated under the country’s federal laws, you must undergo registration in all the provinces where you wish to conduct your business.
You must also consider the nationality of the provincial headquarters, specific trade agreements of the province, and the language of communication. For instance, French is the dialect used in many Canadian provinces.
Suppose you find it difficult to appoint resident Canadians as directors according to Canadian law. In that case, you can set up a subsidiary in Canada under Provincial Acts that does not have specific residency requirements.
An Unlimited Liability Company or ULC can be advantageous for American companies wherein your business can enjoy specific tax advantages related to US business entities. Unlike other Canadian entities, these ULCs are considered flow-through businesses and can enjoy overall tax advantages.
Post Incorporation Compliance
Once your subsidiary gets incorporated, you must fulfill the following steps to receive the benefits of incorporation under CBCA:
- File annual returns
- File changes in the registered office address
- File director related changes to the board
- Amend the articles containing the basic information about your company
Taxes on Subsidiaries in Canada
- Subsidiaries are subject to income tax that may be applied at the federal or provincial level.
- Subsidiaries must adhere to Canadian accounting and reporting mandates.
- They can enjoy benefits like tax credits against taxes paid on remuneration generated in foreign countries.
- The Canadian double taxation agreement is also applicable for subsidiaries.
- Subsidiaries also enjoy tax benefits for the repatriation of capital gains.
Tax Incentives for Businesses Setting Up a Subsidiary in Canada
The Canadian government rolls out various tax incentives at the provincial, federal, and territorial levels for multiple industries, such as research and development, manufacturing and processing, environmental sustainability, film, and media.
In specific regions in Canada, a 10% income tax credit is offered for different types of capital investment. Plus, you can enjoy Income Tax holidays for certain subsidiaries in Canada in specific provinces.
Other Important Considerations
- If you choose to form an unlimited liability company, you can gain many favorable outcomes in the tax domain.
- Corporate law for several Canadian jurisdictions needs that all records of the corporation are kept in the jurisdiction of formation.
- Registering your office space and opening a corporate bank account in Canada are time-consuming processes. This could keep your human resources waiting. So, it’s best to consider professional help.
How Multiplier’s Employer of Record Can Help You Hire & Expand in Canada?
To conclude, for international businesses contemplating establishing an entity in Canada, a subsidiary system is one of the most reliable structures. Parent corporations can be free of liabilities while enjoying the Canadian government’s income tax credits and incentives.
Partnering with a third-party service provider may help you launch your subsidiary smoothly. A global employment solution partner like Multiplier can help you. Establishing local entities overseas is time-consuming, so we strive to make the process seamless. We could be your best bet for expanding your business in Canada.
With Multiplier, you can quickly employ, onboard, and pay full-time employees while ensuring compliance with the local labor rules. You won’t have to bother forming a local entity or figuring out how to stay up with the changing labor laws.

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Saab Australia boosts Navy’s anti-submarine warfare capability
Saab Australia has signed contracts worth up to $20 million to provide the Royal Australian Navy with the latest generation anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system – the AUV62-AT – and five years’ in-service support.
As prime contractor for the project, Saab Australia will deliver the system in 2022 and work with Australian industry, including Newcastle based BlueZone Group, to provide ongoing in-service operational and maintenance support through to 2027.
Designed and developed by Saab, the AUV62-AT is an autonomous underwater vehicle and training target that simulates a real submarine, torpedo or unmanned vehicle.
The system can be configured to conduct training activities with surface vessels, submarines, maritime patrol aircraft and helicopters, allowing the Navy to undertake highly realistic warfare training without the need to use live submarines.
This state-of-the-art training solution is currently in-service with Five Eyes partner the United Kingdom and has also been extensively and successfully trialled by the United States.
“Saab Australia has over 30 years’ experience developing, integrating and supporting a range of complex systems for the Australian Defence Force,” said Andy Keough, Saab Australia Managing Director.
“Under this latest contract, the Navy will benefit from locally managed delivery by personnel with expert knowledge of in-service ASW systems.
“With the growing submarine activity in the Asia-Pacific region, this new training system will strengthen the Navy’s capability to protect our nation.”
Saab and BlueZone Group have partnered in support of the Australian Defence Forces for more than two decades, including Saab’s Double Eagle mine reconnaissance and disposal vehicle in-service on the Huon class minehunters.
Saab has a long history of underwater expertise that stretches back to the early 1900s, with world-leading military and commercial underwater vehicles deployed across the globe.


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Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the Premier League Player of the Month for April.
The 37-year-old scored 5 goals in four high-profile games with Manchester United last month, including a hat-trick against Norwich City at Old Trafford, which helped the team to a dramatic 3: 1 victory. 2.
He scored the goal of honor against Arsenal, in the 1: 3 loss to reach the 100th goal in the Premier League.
CR7 became only the fourth player to reach this figure at the club after Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney, reports Manchester United.
The 101st goal soon followed after scoring in the 1: 1 draw against Chelsea in the last game of April.
He scored almost all of United’s goals in April and deservedly won the Player of the Month award.
This is the second time Ronaldo has won this award, which is shared by the Premier League, since his return to England last summer.
He had done the same in September.
Ronaldo has won the Premier League Player of the Month award six times in total, equaling Steven Gerrard, while being behind Sergio Aguero and Harry Kanet in the overall list.
The Portuguese had won this award in November and December 2006 and then in January and March of the 2007/08 season.

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Hundreds of jobs could be cut across the four Welsh police forces after the UK government published its planned police budgets for the next two years.
South Wales Police Authority says “some “painful decisions are going to have to be made” while Dyfed-Powys Police has warned that between 250 and 350 jobs are at risk in the force area.
While ex-home office minister Alun Michael has described the situation as “extremely worrying”.
Every force in England and Wales has had the same percentage reduction in funding, the Home Office said.
Welsh Office Minister David Jones said cuts of 5.1% in 2011/12 and 6.7% in 2012/13 would be “challenging” but that frontline policing can be protected by cutting backroom waste.
He said all Welsh forces were embarking on a period of major change, but would continue to protect the public;
“Welsh forces can make the necessary savings while protecting the front line and prioritising the visibility and availability of policing.
“By cutting out costs and scrapping bureaucracy we are saving hundreds of millions of pounds and hundreds of thousands of man hours across the UK, enabling our police officers to be out on the streets chasing criminals instead of spending their time in the office chasing targets.”
But police forces across Wales have said that services will inevitably be affected by the cuts which ar elikely to translate into job losses.
Delyth Humfryes, chair of Dyfed Powys Police Authority, said it faced cash reductions of £7.012m, or 11.5%, over the next two years.
“Cuts of this magnitude will inevitably alter the way in which policing services are delivered in future.”

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Northern Rescue series is a Canadian series that was launched in March 2019. It was streamed online on Netflix. The series is produced by Don Carmody Television which is distributed by CBC television in Canada. It has its first season with 10 episodes.
A family drama that stars William Baldwin as a main character in the series. It had a lot of popularity due to its heavy drama and people feel a sense of empathy while watching the series. It has an amazing direction and storyline which grabs the attention of the audience.
PLOT OF THE SERIES
The plot is about which lady of the house has died. The series gives the message that when there are different types of people living under the same roof, things are not easy to manage. The series showcases how a family copes with the loss and comes together during this sad time. The series instills the flow of emotions in the audience. After the death of his wife, William Baldwin with his three children shifts to another town known as Turtle Bay Island. This fictional town is the childhood place of the commander where he lives with his sister-in-law.
With the successful season 1of the series, makers are thinking to launch season-2 and there is no clue or information when will the second season release.
As in the season-1 sad moment is showcased and how they cope up with it. In season-2 more twists and turns will be there with more characters in it. The series also showcases the various ways of facing new surroundings and unexpected twists in life. The series includes lots of hunger for its audience for the show. The audience feels the feeling of compassion while watching the series and this adds to its amazing storyline and heading.
CAST AND CHARACTER OF THE SERIES
- William Baldwin as John Bidwest, father of three children who had lost his wife.
- Kathleen Robertson as Charlie, the sister-in-law of John Bidwest
- Amalia Williamson as the elder kid Maddie and an occasional narrator
- Spencer Macpherson as Scout
- Taylor Thorne as Taylor
- Michelle Nolden as Sarah
REVIEW OF THE SERIES
It is not a weak drama but an inspirational drama to how to overcome the losses which are to be faced in life. This is a ten-episodes series which follows the stage of petty and takes through the difficult times and mild acceptances that the West family goes through. The series opening scene with Sarah who gets diagnosed with cancer and passes away. While Maddie, the elder kid, and narrator of the series lash out at everyone and the other two children Scout and Taylor are sensitive in nature. Maddie is not only angry with her Mother’s death but also she knows one secret that can destroy the remaining members of the family. John bidwest tries to console and comfort his three children on his own, but the demand of the situation is too many and hard. He finds a helping hand in his sister-in-law Charlie and she loved her sister dearly as the two shared a lovely bond. As a result, she feels attached to her kids. Hence, she decides to stand like a rock for them despite being shattered from inside.
John receives a job offer as head of the search and rescue team in Turtle Island Bay and he shifts there with his kids for the change of the atmosphere which will enable them to start afresh. Almost every episode contains a parallel thread about John who risks his life for saving the life of other people. There contains a disappointing element of the series Northern Rescue as the makers could easily round off the edges and wrapped in the ten episodes. The audience has to wait for what steps Maddie will take for getting her life back in control. The secret she knows is not what will shake her father but actually a revelation that has left her heartbroken.
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Research and implementation of intelligent decision based on a priori knowledge and DQN algorithms in wargame environmentSun, Yuxiang; Yuan, Bo; Zhang, Tao; Tang, Bojian; Zheng, Wanwen; Zhou, Xianzhong; University of Derby; Nanjing University, China (MDPI AG, 2020-10-13)The reinforcement learning problem of complex action control in a multi-player wargame has been a hot research topic in recent years. In this paper, a game system based on turn-based confrontation is designed and implemented with state-of-the-art deep reinforcement learning models. Specifically, we first design a Q-learning algorithm to achieve intelligent decision-making, which is based on the DQN (Deep Q Network) to model complex game behaviors. Then, an a priori knowledge-based algorithm PK-DQN (Prior Knowledge-Deep Q Network) is introduced to improve the DQN algorithm, which accelerates the convergence speed and stability of the algorithm. The experiments demonstrate the correctness of the PK-DQN algorithm, it is validated, and its performance surpasses the conventional DQN algorithm. Furthermore, the PK-DQN algorithm shows effectiveness in defeating the high level of rule-based opponents, which provides promising results for the exploration of the field of smart chess and intelligent game deduction
Research on Action Strategies and Simulations of DRL and MCTS-based Intelligent Round GameSun, Yuxiang; Yuan, Bo; Zhang, Yongliang; Zheng, Wanwen; Xia, Qingfeng; Tang, Bojian; Zhou, Xianzhong; Nanjing University, China; University of Derby; Army Engineering University, Nanjing, China (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021-06-16)The reinforcement learning problem of complex action control in multiplayer online battlefield games has brought considerable interest in the deep learning field. This problem involves more complex states and action spaces than traditional confrontation games, making it difficult to search for any strategy with human-level performance. This paper presents a deep reinforcement learning model to solve this problem from the perspective of game simulations and algorithm implementation. A reverse reinforcement-learning model based on high-level player training data is established to support downstream algorithms. With less training data, the proposed model is converged quicker, and more consistent with the action strategies of high-level players’ decision-making. Then an intelligent deduction algorithm based on DDQN is developed to achieve a better generalization ability under the guidance of a given reward function. At the game simulation level, this paper constructs Monte Carlo Tree Search Intelligent Decision Model for turn-based antagonistic deduction games to generate next-step actions. Furthermore, a prototype game simulator that combines offline with online functions is implemented to verify the performance of proposed model and algorithm. The experiments show that our proposed approach not only has a better reference value to the antagonistic environment using incomplete information, but also accurate and effective in predicting the return value. Moreover, our work provides a theoretical validation platform and testbed for related research on game AI for deductive games.


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Custom SharePoint Approval Workflow to Automate Document Lifecycle
The Customer is a US law firm that offers legal services in such areas as employment, insurance, intellectual property and real estate.
The Customer had a financial management system for creating documents, preliminary bills sent to clients for approval in advance of actual invoicing. The Customer had ineffective document management due to manual approval process, which caused payment delays. So, the Customer wanted to streamline document management through automating the document approval workflow. Since the firm already had SharePoint subscription, they decided to use the platform for automating the approval workflow. The Customer also wanted to track approval progress to avoid delays in billing and increase employee productivity.
After evaluating the Customer’s needs, ScienceSoft specialists implemented a custom SharePoint approval workflow. To enable data extraction from the Customer’s financial management system into the SharePoint approval workflow, our team integrated the two systems.
The approval workflow created by ScienceSoft’s team consisted of two parts: the primary workflow with an Accountant as a Requester and an Attorney as an Approver, and an additional one with the same Requester but a different Approver (Administrator). The additional approval workflow was needed for documents with the amount bigger than established.
The integration of the Customer’s financial management system with SharePoint enabled a Requester to access a list of documents in SharePoint and set up a workflow. Each entry contained such data as Number, Client, Matter, Workflow Status (Not Started, In Progress, Complete, Canceled and On-hold) and possible actions like Start or Cancel Workflow. The workflow could be started only if its status was Not Started.
The approval workflow also allowed further submitting documents for billing in SharePoint. In this case, an Attorney was the one who triggered the workflow. Also, the workflow enabled proceeding with pro forma billing at once or hold billing ‘till the next month’ or ‘till the Attorney decides’. In the latter case, the workflow allowed setting a date for a reminder that would be automatically sent to the Attorney.
The developed SharePoint approval workflow provided the full automation of a document life cycle, which facilitated pro forma management as it allowed employees to easily track changes in documents and their statuses. As a result, the approval workflow helped to increase the efficiency of the firm’s document-driven business and reduce operational costs.

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There are 151 flood warnings and alerts in place across northern England and Scotland on Saturday morning after the downpour. An estimated 450 people have been evacuated as their homes were flooded.
More than 11,000 homes and businesses were being protected by flood defences as forecasters predicted more rain later on Saturday.
Cumbria was among the worst hit areas where almost four inches of rain fell overnight. In some areas water levels were waist deep.
Families in Croston and Darwen, nearly Chorley, in Lancashire were evacuated from their homes after rivers burst their banks.
In Wigan residents had to be carried from their homes by boat after the heavy rain overwhelmed drains there.
Businesses and homes in West Yorkshire were also badly flooded while residents at a care home in Todmorden had to be moved to the top floor of their building to avoid the rising water.
The heavy rain also brought widespread chaos to the transport system as train services were disrupted.
Revellers at the Isle of Wight Festival were also hit as the site for the event turned into a quagmire and hundreds of cars became trapped in the mud near the entrance to the festival, leading to traffic jams across the island.
Forecasters have predicted there will be further heavy rain on Saturday evening in the west of the country with the worst of the downpours hitting England and Wales and gradually moving east.
The wet weather is expected to ease on Sunday but many parts of the country will still suffer from heavy showers with some localised thunder storms.
Festival goers at the Isle of Wight Festival were forced to wade through mud and flood waters after torrential rain (Photo: Danny Martindale/FilmMagic)
On Saturday morning, the Environment Agency had issued 93 flood warnings in the north east and north west of England, urging residents to take immediate action to prepare for the flooding.
A further 52 flood alerts were in place across the north and west of England, while the Scottish Environment Protection Agency had also issued flood alerts in nine regions of Scotland.
There were also five flood warnings in place in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, and in several parts of the Scottish Borders.
A spokesman for the Environment Agency said: "We're asking people in Greater Manchester, Liverpool, the Wirral, North Cheshire and Lancashire to remain vigilant and prepared for flooding.
"We have mobilised teams across the North West to check on flood defences, clear any river blockages and closely monitor river levels.
"These teams will be working around the clock to reduce the risk of flooding."
The Met Office said severe weather warnings remained in place in the North West, East and West Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber, Northern Ireland, Strathclyde, south-west and central Scotland, Lothian Borders, Tayside and Fife.
In some parts of the country emergency workers were so overwhelmed by calls on Friday night about flooding they were forced to restrict themselves to responding to only those where lives were at risk.
In Croston, Lancashire, police said at least 40 properties were threatened when the River Yarrow burst its banks and some residents had to be evacuated.
On Friday night Andrew Edmundsen, landlord of the Black Horse pub in Croston, said: "At the moment we are an island. All three roads that lead in are flooded. If you're in you're in, if you're out you're out."
Richard Jones, 46, who lives in the town, criticised the response of the Environment Agency and the local council.
He said: "We were expecting flooding throughout the day because of the torrential rain. It seems to me though that the Environment Agency weren't expecting it and certainly the local council weren't expecting it.
"So it was no surprise to us that 11.30pm last night the flood waters entered the house at the rear of the property and flooded the whole of the ground floor to a couple of inches."
Michael Roberts, 49, was attending a wake at The Lord Nelson pub when the waters came in.
He said he had been attending his cousin's funeral and on the way back from the church they noticed the water in the river was rising.
He said there were not enough sandbags to help people defend their properties.
He said: "By about 11pm the water started getting into the pub. Seven people got stranded and had to stay over."
An Environment Agency spokesman said the local authority had been handing out sandbags to residents.
Localised flash flooding also hit households in Greater Manchester where water was said to be waist height in some areas.
Firefighters were called in to clear floodwater in Wigan, helping three people and a dog away from their properties by boat after 14 properties were flooded.
In the Yorkshire Dales, several people had to be rescued from cars after they became stranded in flash flooding.
North Yorkshire Fire Service said three cars had become stuck in fast-moving flood water on the A684 in the Hawes area and nine people were rescued by firefighters.
Another man had to be rescued further along the same road near Bainbridge and two women were rescued from a car trapped in floodwater at Carleton, near Skipton.
In Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, the River Calder burst its banks at around 9pm on Friday night, leaving homes and businesses under water. Hebden Bridge and Todmorden wwere also inundated with water.
In Calderdale, West Yorkshire, 20 people had to be rescued from their homes by boat before being taken to emergency shelters provided by the local council.
Floodwaters surrounds local shops in the centre of Mytholmroyd near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, after torrential downpours brought flooding to swathes of northern England (Photo: PA)
Local councillor Simon Young said: "It was really a pretty devastating picture. Countless homes and businesses were under water in the centre of Mytholmroyd.
"I've spoken to a lot of people, a lot of whom have lived in the area for years, and they cannot remember anything like this in the last 24 years.
"It's going to be a pretty big clean-up operation."
A pensioner was taken to hospital with serious injuries after his car came off a road in the Scottish borders in the torrential conditions.
The terrible conditions also threatened the Olympic Torch as it travelled through Blackpool, forcing organisers to cancel an outdoor event.
There were also reports that a home in Osgodby near Selby was damaged after being struck by lightning.
The Great North Swim in Cumbria was also postponed due to strong winds and heavy rain on Saturday. The event is now due to take place on Sunday.
Drier weather on Saturday morning should have allowed water levels to drop, but with more rain on its way in the afternoon, the risk of flooding is expected to continue.


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Cluck, cluck, gather ’round, fellow chicken enthusiasts! In today’s egg-citing post, we’ll be diving into the world of uncooked oatmeal and our fabulous feathered friends. Have you ever wondered, “Can chickens eat uncooked oatmeal?” Don’t scratch your head any longer, as we will be exploring the importance of a balanced diet and nutrition, and whether or not uncooked oatmeal may be a fantastic food for our feathery backyard companions. Along the way, we’ll crack open the benefits and risks, and serve up some tips on how to prepare this oat-standing food for your chickens. So shuffle those feathers and let’s get clucking!
Can chickens eat uncooked oatmeal?
Yes, chickens can eat uncooked oatmeal, and it is safe for them too! Uncooked oatmeal can be a healthy and nutritious treat for your backyard chickens, as it provides essential nutrients like fiber, vitamins, and minerals. However, moderation is key – ensure that oatmeal is fed as a supplement to their regular balanced diet, and not used as a primary source of nutrition.
A cluck-worthy guide to balanced chicken diets
Just like us humans, chickens require a well-rounded and balanced diet to remain healthy and happy. A chicken’s diet should primarily consist of high-quality chicken feed, which should make up approximately 80-90% of their daily intake. This essential base ensures that our feathered friends receive the necessary nutrients like protein, vitamins, and minerals to support their growth, egg production, and overall health.
The remaining 10-20% of a chicken’s diet can comprise of tasty treats, including fruits and vegetables that deliver additional nutrients and variety. Remember, however, that treats should never replace the foundational nutrition provided by chicken feed. Think of these treats as the delightful icing on the cake that adds a delicious twist to their daily diet. So, go ahead and sprinkle some fruity goodness or veggie crunch for your cluck buddies, while keeping the importance of balance in mind.
Nutritional value of uncooked oatmeal for chickens.
Feeding uncooked oatmeal to chickens offers not only a delightful change in their treat routine, but it also brings with it a variety of nutritional benefits. Uncooked oatmeal is packed with essential nutrients and vitamins that help support the health and well-being of your feathered friends. The nutritional value of uncooked oatmeal proves to be a worthy supplement when given in moderation.
One of the primary benefits of uncooked oatmeal is its rich fiber content. Fiber helps support healthy digestion in chickens, keeping their gastrointestinal system functioning optimally. Additionally, oats are an excellent source of energy, providing carbohydrates that fuel the active lives of backyard chickens as they forage, scratch, and lay eggs. This energy will help them maintain their body warmth, essential for colder months.
Uncooked oatmeal also offers vitamins and minerals, including B vitamins, iron, and magnesium, which play crucial roles in the overall health of your chickens. B vitamins aid in metabolism, nervous system function, and egg development, while iron supports red blood cell production and oxygen transport. Magnesium is necessary for bone health and muscle function. As such, supplementing chickens’ diet with uncooked oatmeal not only adds a touch of diversity and flavor but also boosts their overall health and well-being.
Nutrition table of uncooked oatmeal for chickens.
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|Uncooked oatmeal can be served directly to your chickens, or mixed with other fruits and vegetables as a treat.
|Overfeeding uncooked oatmeal can result in nutritional imbalances and digestive issues; always feed in moderation.
|Oatmeal does not hold much water, always ensure chickens have access to a source of clean, fresh water.
|Fiber in oatmeal helps support healthy digestion in chickens, maintaining an efficient gastrointestinal system.
|Oatmeal is usually available year-round, making it a versatile treat option for chickens in any season.
|Oatmeal provides energy to chickens which aids in maintaining their body warmth during colder months.
Oatmeal extravaganza: creative ways to serve
You might be wondering how to incorporate uncooked oatmeal into your chickens’ treat repertoire in an engaging and enjoyable way. Let’s explore a few ideas that can help make oatmeal a delightful treat they’ll be clucking about all day. One simple way is to scatter uncooked oatmeal on the ground, which can stimulate your chickens’ natural foraging behavior, keeping them occupied and entertained.
Another egg-cellent idea is to mix uncooked oatmeal with other fruits and vegetables like apples, peas, or kale – a scrumptious medley they won’t be able to resist. Get creative and concoct your own signature oatmeal treat mix for your backyard flock. A fun winter variation could include adding warm water to uncooked oatmeal, creating a warm and cozy snack that the chickens will surely appreciate during colder months.
Conclusion: go ahead and give ’em some oats!
In conclusion, chickens can definitely enjoy uncooked oatmeal as a safe and nutritious treat. This delicious grain offers exceptional health benefits through its vitamins, minerals, fiber, and energy-providing carbohydrates. Don’t be chicken-hearted! Go ahead and spoil your flock with the wholesome goodness of uncooked oatmeal. Just remember to keep it as a supplemental indulgence rather than their main course, and watch your feathered pals’ excitement as they fill their beaks with this delightful morsel. Remember: moderation is key, and a balanced diet always comes first. Happy clucking!
Frequently Asked Questions: Uncooked Oatmeal for Your Chickens
Here are ten common questions related to feeding uncooked oatmeal to chickens. We’ve answered each question with care, so you can feel confident about integrating this delicious grain into your flock’s treat menu. Don’t see your question here? Feel free to cluck about it in the comments section!
1. How often can I feed my chickens uncooked oatmeal?
Uncooked oatmeal should be served as an occasional treat, and not as a regular dietary staple. Always make sure it does not replace or exceed the 10-20% treat limit in their diet plan.
2. Should I mix uncooked oatmeal with other treats?
Yes, you can mix uncooked oatmeal with other fruits, vegetables or even yogurt to create a yummy and diverse treat mix that chickens will love.
3. Do I need to grind the oatmeal before feeding it to my chickens?
No, chickens can consume whole uncooked oatmeal without issues. However, if you prefer to grind it, that’s perfectly fine too!
4. Is oatmeal a good treat for baby chicks?
Yes, oatmeal can be a nutritious treat for baby chicks, but remember to keep the amounts small and in moderation, as their primary diet should come from starter feed.
5. Can uncooked oatmeal lead to any health problems for my chickens?
Feeding too much uncooked oatmeal can cause nutritional imbalances and digestive issues. Make sure to keep it as an occasional treat and maintain a balanced diet for your flock.
6. How do I store uncooked oatmeal for my chickens?
Store uncooked oatmeal in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight or moisture. Make sure it’s tightly sealed to prevent any pest infestations.
7. Are there any chickens that should not have uncooked oatmeal?
Unless a specific chicken has an allergy or intolerance to oatmeal, uncooked oatmeal can be considered safe for all chickens when given in moderation.
8. Can chickens eat flavored or sweetened oatmeal?
It’s best to avoid flavored or sweetened oatmeal, as these food items can contain unhealthy additives, sugars or artificial sweeteners, which are not suitable for chickens.
9. Can serving oatmeal soak up too much liquid in their digestive system?
Fed in moderation, oatmeal will not cause any issues related to hydration. Always ensure your chickens have access to clean, fresh water while they enjoy their treats.
10. What other grains can I feed my chickens besides uncooked oatmeal?
Chickens can enjoy other grains like wheat, barley, quinoa, corn, and more. Keep in mind, grain treats should be given in moderation and in conjunction with a balanced diet.

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Thank you Unity~ Right now I actually have my own site that I use my art for, it's an adoptables place c: I'll certainly check it out :0 <3's new sites~
And thank you Bird~ Haha there's not really much a secret to them XD Just a lot of layers, oh yes o-o
And glad to be here, Gabby. *feels so welcomed~*
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Shining bright – Jupiters officially becomes The Star Gold Coast
In case you’ve been living under a rock (we know that’s a nice place to be sometimes), Jupiters is now officially known as The Star Gold Coast. Got it? Cool. So, the exciting new name and brand has paved the way for some pretty exciting new developments as the city’s icon enters a new era. Here’s the low-down.
After opening its doors for the first time in 1985 (woah, now we’re feeling old), The Star Gold Coast property has now entered into the next phase of its redevelopment. The exciting new era has already seen the refurbishment of 596 hotel rooms, an additional six new restaurants, cafes and bars, and a revamped luxury poolside experience in the existing five-star property. There’s currently a new six-star luxury hotel taking shape at the front of the Broadbeach Island site, which will be open before the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. The hotel will feature spacious suits and rooms, as well as new bars and restaurants, private gaming rooms and butler service.
Approval has recently been received for an additional 200-metre hotel and apartment tower, which takes the overall combined investment in the project to $850 million. Subject to pre-sales, initial works on the 4.5-star tower are expected to start in late 2017, with the 700-key complex to include an exciting new restaurant and bar concept, plus a luxury day spa. Due for completion in 2020, the additional tower will increase The Star’s overall accomodation offering to almost 1400 rooms. We’re digging the shiny new name and we’re even more excited for the opening of the luxury six-star hotel before the Commonwealth Games kick off next year.


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Drawing down the spirits, by Kenaz Filan and Raven Kaldera is an interesting book which shows much more than the practical techniques of “spirit possession.” It reveals a lot about modern paganism and its problems with mythic reality.
The book came recommended to me because I was interested in beefing up my system of working with what in the Western Mystery Tradition we call “contacts.” The writers come from the Haitian Tradition and the Northern Tradition which is much more hands on than many of the Western Mystery Tradition feels comfortable with.
The book is packed full of real, practical advice and techniques and explains the processes and above all the levels of spirit possession from the most basic god form work familiar to many in the Western Tradition, to Channelling (or contact work), to the full possession work called “horsing.” Horsing, most of the time, is when the person has their own consciousness switched off and is unaware of what is happening.
The book handles the issue of spirit frauds, either genuine or malefic rather well. Since I have seen both in play I feel it is a subject not particularly well handled in other books. Within my own tradition there is tendency to allow channellers to create unprovable fantastic worlds (normally in the channellers’ own past lives) which lead no-where and are expected to be taken literally. However, these people do believe in what they are doing. The person who channelled a dolphin spirit who claimed to be acting as spokespeople for aliens really did believe in what she was doing. Others, do it for the cash.
All this information made the book purchase valuable and necessary for anyone interested in this line of spirit research.
Smells like teen spirits
But what Filan and Kaldera also describe are a few things which are less pleasant and beg a few questions which are not properly answered by this book. The first issue is “what are the nature of the spirits you channel?” The book has given a good idea of the levels but is rather hard on those beings which are not, in a Western sense lower astral. The spirits in this book are more human and very often shitheads. They appear to have the power to take people over and do not seem to care what happens to them. In fact, some of the cases in this book read like a spiritual rape where the victim tries to justify the event after the act by blaming themselves.
What appears to be lacking is any sense of control, or even a desire to have any. If you are a horse apparently can expect to be taken over at a moment’s notice if the spirit feels it has something to say.
Your spirits are shitheads, sir
These gods also have human tendencies and prejudices which you would have expected Gods in particular to have sorted out.
One story that really got on my tits was the fact that one god could not handle the fact that his “horse” had a sex change and basically rejected her. While it is true that the gods are not the sweetness and light that New Agers want, they only become shitheads when they are perceived through human eyes. In this case I think you have to look to psychology to provide a few answers as to why the Gods behave the way they do when they jump behind the steering wheel of a human conscious. Some of the more unpleasant reactions that some of the horses in this book can be explained in this way. Note that I am not saying that horsing is a sign of mental illness (quite the opposite) but that some of the actions of the gods are the unconscious projections of their horses.
It also does not help that some of the Gods being channelled were made up or medieval literary inventions. The technique does not require the being horsed to be “real” in fact one of the cautionary stories was the case of a woman who channelled a manipulative being based around the god form of Sulu from Star Trek. The moral of that story was not that he was a fictional character, but because the horse and her group gave him too much.
New Age Spirits
The authors do a better job than I would about being objective as they provide case studies for how it works. It was the case studies that I felt the most emotional response to. Many were written by people who had replaced their name with something more New Age or Native American Indian. While there is nothing wrong with this, the fact that there were no Simons, Janes or Mathews made you wonder if you were headed into a New Age ghetto. Sure enough, some of these case studies are particularly flaky with spiritual nativity, poor discrimination, coupled with absolute trust and a desperate need for mother or father figures.
Control in this system is lacking. Little in the way of spiritual safety mechanisms in place, no purification or consecrations and there is a strong emphasis on allowing such things to take place in large groups of people which the book describes as the Community. This is probably the author’s background with Voodoo fete’s which are essentially a party where the gods show up. I have never been to one, but I can imagine a party is a good place to get raw astral energy to power up a decent manifestation while the participants are semi-tranced out. However, from a magical point of view you have to be very careful who you invite. The authors talk about people getting drunk, fighting with the Gods, being disrespectful and the question has to be why the fuck where they in that party in the first place? You are going to get a bag of mixed energies which the poor god will be using. I have seen a ritual tip and go very very dark because of the antics of one person, imagine what you would see if you have lots of people? But apparently this big party where a lot of gods show up is a thing, which again is something I can’t get.
Why this method of spirit work?
The other thing which is not clear from the book is why, if the Gods are generally such shitheads, do they bother showing up at all and why would anyone accept them as Gods? And also what is the quality of the information, healing or other information they are imparting. The book seems to suggest that the spirits seem to spend most of their time just “being gods” in the space and psychically having “huge auras.” Sometimes they do healing and other times they just tell people off. But the book is silent about the quality of the information. Information is handy. It can be checked out and tested. It does not matter if it comes from a god or a dead person.
Telling off is less useful, particularly if it comes through the channel of another human’s unconscious. Once a contact being channelled by my teacher berated me for doing something I had not done and told me off for not doing something else it had asked. The problem was that I had done what I was told and forgot to tell the teacher I had done it. The other thing was based on an untrue rumour which the teacher believed. No god would have made those mistakes.
Is it like this really?
The people I know who use contacts, channelling and medium work and give advice I respect are extremely controlled about their work. They also do not take it as passively as most of the case studies in this book. That does not make them wrong, or producing material which is second rate. But it does mean that they probably would have had the same response I had to some of the case studies in this book. Like me they would probably nod at the advice and the techniques, but cringe at the application.
· Paperback: 352 pages
· Publisher: Destiny Books (April 13, 2009)
· Language: English
· ISBN-10: 159477269X
· ISBN-13: 978-1594772696
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The beginning for deardarkhead was in 1988 while the true beginning and origin of the band name came in 1867. Post-punk-shoegaze-dream rockers, deardarkhead, derived their band name from an old Irish poem by Sir Samuel Ferguson about a beautiful woman with jet black locks called “Cean Dubh Dilis”. The trio hails from New Jersey with current band members Kevin Harrington, Robert Weiss and Kevin McCauley who joined after Michael Amper, member of over 10 years, left. This turnover in band members inspired an interesting alteration to deardarkhead’s sound: lack of vocals until the right voice is found. The latest EP, Strange Weather, features six thickly layered, high energy instrumental tracks that make up for the lack of vocals with quality instrumentals and stunning song structure.
Within the lack of vocals, the mind is free to wander, wonder and contemplate the only text associated with the record, the EP title (Strange Weather) and the track titles. It opens subtly with “Falling Upward”, creeping into your consciousness, sounding as if coming from far away, rapidly moving closer. It is here the sonic journey that is Strange Weather, begins and deardarkhead’s journey into the 21st Century. Strange Weather is the first record from deardarkhead since the 90’s and it’s clear the group has found their place here in this new century.
Following “Falling Upward” is the bright and uplifting track, “Sunshine Through the Rain.” The sound captures the spectacle of sunlight bursting through streams of rain, the confusion in our mind as both warm sunlight and cool drops of rain simultaneously contact our skin. Herein lies the beauty of deardarkhead sans, vocals: they are forced to more deeply create and conceptualize their music. And despite their current instrument-only state, the trio is still able to create music with such diversity in tempo, sound and overall mood, coloring their six-track EP in stark and vivid shades.
The B side begins with a bang with “March Hares”, a catchy track with an infectious hook and more than memorable melody. The lead guitar really shines through on this piece and the following track, “Ice Age”, dually acting as the lead vocals. The EP finishes out with the contemplative, “Thinking Back”, which reflects perfectly upon the rest of the album and brilliantly leads back to the opening cut, full circle.
Strange Weather is a triumphant work for deardarkhead and proof to them that they can create music that is equally as compelling, communicative and cutting edge without the work of the human voice. Strange Weather is out now on Saint Marie Records and can be purchased on iTunes and through Saint Marie.


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Matt Rogers’ New Video for “Britches” Will Warm Your Snow Day Right Up!
Award winning singer/songwriter and Georgia native,Matt Rogers, has released the lyric video for his current single, “Britches,” exclusively on The Boot. “Britches” draws inspiration from Matt’s childhood and special words of wisdom bestowed upon him by his grandfather, “Pep.” The lyric video highlights Matt and Pep’s special bond by featuring home videos of them together when Matt was a child. “Britches” is the second single from Matt’s EP Richest Place On Earth, which was released in summer ’17.
“Richest Place On Earth has many great songs, the one that stands out to me the most is “Britches.” I think most of us can relate to having that family member that you can talk to. The one that would bend the rules for you. This song really speaks to the heart.” – Amanda Andrews, Nashville Music Guide
Matt creates a connection with his listeners through his emotionally gripping lyrics and unmistakable melodies. His talent has caught the attention of thousands of fans as well as country music legends like TG Sheppard, “[Matt’s] the real deal…the total package. [He’s] a great singer, a great picker and a great songwriter.” Rogers also received commendation from industry tastemaker, Robert K. Oermann. Oermann selected the title track of Matt’s EP, Richest Place On Earth, for Music Row’s DisCovery Award. Oermann praised the track saying, “Extremely well written and sung with fire and conviction. Play this.”
About Matt Rogers:
Matt Rogers is gearing up for another groundbreaking year following numerous career milestones in 2017. He became the first Brand Ambassadors for Durango Boots in 2017. “Matt has a rich, unique and bold style to his music that authentically connects to his fans which is the type of artist that represents our brand perfectly,” says Erin DeLong, Durango Marketing Manager. Breedlove guitars and 64 Audio also sponsor Rogers. Matt released his EP, Richest Place On Earth, in May of 2017 ahead of his first appearance as an Emerging Artist at CMA Fest’s Fan Fair X where he spent four days meeting 80k+ fans from across the world and performing at some of Music City’s legendary venues such as the Bluebird Café and Wildhorse Saloon. Matt’s touring schedule is continuing to grow, spanning across the country. “I’m really excited to re-connect with my fans that have been supporting me for so long and to get the chance to connect with some new fans along the way,” says Matt. “I can’t wait to get on stage and share my new music I’ve worked so hard on with them.”
“If you don’t know the name Matt Rogers then you need to write it down. He’s going places,”- Hit Songwriter/Author/WSM 650 AM host, Devon O’Day
To find out more about Matt, visit his website www.mattrogerscountry.com


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Texas Baptist Men placed all its disaster relief volunteers on standby and Buckner International ministries evacuated personnel and clients from Beaumont in preparation for Hurricane Laura.
From Galveston to southwest Louisiana, about a half-million residents were ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Laura intensified. It was expected to make landfall late Aug. 26 or early Aug. 27, possibly as a Category 4 storm that could cause a catastrophic storm surge.
All TBM disaster relief units and 5,300 volunteers have been placed on standby, including rapid response teams who are prepared to be serving within 24 hours after the storm hits.
Mud-out crews are preparing to clean out and disinfect any flooded homes, and chainsaw teams will remove fallen trees and broken limbs that present danger to residents.
Other volunteers will provide emergency food service, chaplaincy and access to showers and laundry equipment.
“Hurricane Laura is a significant storm poised to cause significant damage,” said Mickey Lenamon, TBM chief executive officer. “Our volunteers are packed and ready to serve as soon as we can. Together, TBM volunteers will deliver help, hope and healing in the hardest days of people’s lives. Please pray for everyone who will be affected by the storm as well as those who will respond to needs.”
Buckner evacuates from Beaumont
Staff at Buckner Children and Family Services and Buckner’s Calder Woods senior living facility began evacuation in the Beaumont area following a mandatory order issued by Jefferson County officials Aug. 24.
Evacuating people during the COVID-19 pandemic posed additional hurdles, Buckner President Albert Reyes acknowledged.
“But our team was well prepared from past hurricanes and the work we have done the past six months mitigating risks from the pandemic,” Reyes said. “I’m proud of our teams’ response and would ask for prayers this week for Buckner and for everyone affected by these storms.”
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Buckner staff started monitoring the storms a week earlier when the tropical storms Laura and Marco caused meteorologists to predict the unprecedented possibility of two hurricanes simultaneously in the Gulf of Mexico. While Marco eventually weakened, Laura continued to build momentum.
Children and foster families relocate to Camp Buckner
Early Aug. 25, a caravan of cars and vans containing 76 mask-wearing staff, children and families from Buckner Children and Family Services left Beaumont headed west to the safety of Camp Buckner near Burnet. The group included 18 Buckner employees and their families, along with 17 children from the assessment center and foster families.
“The children in the care of Buckner are already processing through many issues that impacted them earlier in life. When you compound that trauma with additional large-scale crises like a hurricane and global pandemic, a greater uncertainty emerges as their worlds keep changing,” said Henry Jackson, senior vice president of Buckner Children and Family Services.
Camp Buckner employs a licensed counselor, who will work with the displaced children and staff to help alleviate the additional stress and fear from the storm and travel.
“Our amazing staff in Beaumont and at Camp Buckner are certainly rising to the challenge to provide a calm and caring response while providing for the children’s physical, emotional and psychological needs,” Jackson said. “I am extremely proud of our Children and Family Services professionals who continuously provide a sense of normalcy for vulnerable children and let them know they do not have to carry the extra burden themselves.”
Calder Woods residents go to Houston, Austin and Dallas
At the same time, Calder Woods associates in full personal protection equipment worked all morning to assist 68 health care residents as they safely boarded an assortment of ambulances and charter buses bound for Parkway Place in Houston, Buckner Villas in Austin and Ventana by Buckner in Dallas. More than two dozen associates evacuated to provide care for the residents.
“The team across all of Buckner Retirement Services continues to stand firm against the many challenges we have faced this year,” said Charlie Wilson, senior vice president of Buckner Retirement Services. “In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are now evacuating Calder Woods in Beaumont to three of our sister campuses, where they will be protected and cared for by our associates. These dedicated associates are true heroes, resilient in their dedication to serving seniors.”
In addition to the impact of Laura on Buckner’s work in Texas, staff affiliated with Buckner Dominicana in the Dominican Republic report they are assessing the storm’s damage on the island, where 12 people were reported killed.
Dexton Shores, senior executive director who oversees Buckner’s international ministries, said most of the storm damage hit the island opposite of where Buckner has operations.
This is not the first time Baptist Children and Family Services and Buckner Retirement Services staff and clients have been forced to evacuate the Beaumont campuses, Reyes said. Previous evacuations occurred in 2008 due to Hurricane Ike and 2005 due to Hurricane Rita. Buckner Children and Family Services also evacuated in 2017 due to Hurricane Harvey.
“At the beginning of the year, we were making plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our work in Southeast Texas, but 2020 had other plans,” Reyes said. “In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic and now the hurricane evacuation are symbolic of the flexibility and resilience of our amazing teams and how they continue to care for vulnerable children, families and seniors regardless of the extenuating circumstances.”
Compiled from reports by Texas Baptist Men and Buckner International.


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Cherry Blossoms on Golden Stream on Purple (Length) 1＝0.25yard
27inch (70cm) wide.
Chirimen crepe in 100% rayon.
So rich and elegant with the running water lined in gold. Also the color gradation forming diagonal shades creates active impression together with the small to large sizes cherry blossoms.
Good for Chirimen crafts, doll-making, Oshie, etc.
Do not wash in water.
The button on fabric is 0.8inch (2cm) in diameter.


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Monasteries in Sikkim
With a total of about 250 monasteries, the culture of Sikkim is closely linked to Tibetan Buddhism. Monasteries form an integral part of Sikkim. Most monasteries belong to the Nyingmapa Sect or the Kargyupa Sect.
Rumtek Monastery: The largest monastery in the Eastern Himalayas, built by the Gyalwa Karmapa in strict accordance with the traditional designs of the Kagyurpa monastery in Tibet. Rumtek is the seat of Kagyu order of Tibetan Buddhism. This magnificent gompa is only 24 km from Gangtok. A fifteen-minute walk downhill takes to the old monastery which was originally built in 1730 by the ninth Karmapa but was destroyed by fire and had to be reconstructed to the present state.
Pemayangtse Monastery: Pemayangtse literally means 'Perfect Sublime Lotus'. This is one of the oldest and most important monasteries of Sikkim. Founded in 1705, this monastery belongs to the Nyingma-pa sect. The three-storied building of the monastery houses a good collection of wall paintings and sculptures. On the third floor of the monastery, there is a seven-tiered painted wooden model of the abode of Guru Rimpoche, complete with rainbows, angels and the whole panoply of Buddhas and bodhisattvas. In January/ February every year, a religious dance called 'Cham' is performed in Pemayangtse.
Enchey Monastery: The name of this 200-year-old monastery means the Solitary temple. The monastery is famous for the mask dance called 'Cham' performed in the month of January.
Dodrul Chorten: This Chorten in Gangtok was built in 1945-46, in accordance with a prophecy. Placed inside the Chorten is a complete mandala set of Dorji Phurpa (Bajra Kilaya), one set of Ka-gyur holy Books, relics, complete 'zung'(mantras) and other religious objects.
Phensang Monastery: This monastery in North Sikkim was built in 1721. In 1947 it was completely gutted by fire and was rebuilt in 1948. There are around 300 monks in the monastery and the main annual function of the monastery is on the 28th & 29th days of the tenth month of the Tibetan calendar which roughly falls in the month of December/ January.
Phodang Monastery: This monastery is just 28km from Gangtok. It was built by the Chogyal Gyurmed Namgyal sometime in the first quarter of the eighteenth century. The original monastery has been rebuilt and is today one of the most beautiful in Sikkim. It possesses some beautiful old mural paintings and has around 260 monks. The main annual festival is performed on the 28th & 29th days of the tenth month of the Tibetan calendar.
Labrang Monastery: About half a kilometre uphill from Phodang Monastery is the Labrang monastery. Built towards the end of the nineteenth century, this monastery belongs to the Nyingmapa sect. Just below the road between the Phodang and Labrang Monastery are the ruins of Tumlong, the third capital of Sikkim.
Tashiding Monastery: About 40km from Gyalshing (West Sikkim), via Legship, is this important monastery belonging to the Nyingmapa order. It was built during the 17th century on the top of a hill that looms up between the Rathong River and the Rangit River.
Pal Zurmang Kagyud Monastery: This monastery is situated on the Rumtek - Ranka - Gangtok road at Lingdum; about 45-minute drive from Gangtok. The complex is a fine example of Tibetan monastic architecture.
Tsuk-La-Khang Monastery: This monastery is located in the Royal Palace premises near Ridge Park in Gangtok. It is two-storied and was used during royal functions like weddings and coronations.
Ralong Monastery: This monastery belongs to the Karma Kagyu order and was rebuilt by the government between 1975 and 81. The monastery has around 100 monks.
Sinon Monastery: Sinon means 'the suppressor of intense fear. The monastery was built in 1716 and is located about 10km from Tashiding on a hilltop.
Sanga Chelling Monastery: Sanga chelling means 'the island of esoteric teaching'. This monastery was built in 1697 and is situated about 7km from Pemayangtse. It is about 45 minute walk from Pelling and is the second oldest monastery of Sikkim.
Dubdi Monastery: This monastery the name of which means 'the retreat' was built in the 17th century. It is located near Yuksum on a hilltop.
Kewzing Monastery: This monastery is located near Kewzing in South Sikkim. It was built during the reign of Chogyal Thutob Namgyal.
Dalling Monastery: Dalling means 'the thunderbolt'. This monastery was built in 1840 and is situated near Kewzing.
Yangyang Monastery: Yangyang means 'the ridge of fortune'. This monastery was built in 1840 and is situated at Yangyang, 10km downhill from Rabongla.
Namchi Monastery: This monastery is located in Namchi, the district headquarters of the south district and was constructed during the reign of Chogyal Gurmed Namgyal.
Chawang Ani Monastery: This monastery is located near Phensang which is on the highway between Gangtok and Mangan. It was built during the reign of Chogyal Tshudphud Namgyal.
Khatok Monastery: This monastery is located in East Sikkim near Pakyong. The present structure of the monastery was built during the reign of Chogyal Thutob Namgyal.
Bermoik Monastery: This monastery was constructed in 1952 and follows the Nyingma sect of Buddhism. It is situated in South Sikkim above Singtam.
Lachen Monastery: This monastery in North Sikkim was built in 1806.
Lachung Monastery: This monastery in North Sikkim was built in 1880.
Sang Monastery: This monastery is situated near Rumtek and was built in 1912.
Simik Monastery: This monastery is situated near Singtam town.
Khechepalri Monastery: located just above the famous Khecheopalri lake near Yuksum.
Melli Monastery: located near Yuksum.
Rhenock Monastery: about 63km from Gangtok.

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A highlights how much heat a continuous stream of cars on the planet! If at the end H1H century lived on Earth about a billion people, now their number has exceeded 6 billion. Apparently, the number of pets grew at the same pace. Every man and domestic animals biological energy food is converted to heat energy, thereby becoming an additional heater of the planet. To all this should add on and huge amount emitted into the atmosphere of greenhouse gases. As a result, the Earth, as suggested by the author, no longer cope with the withdrawal of excessive amounts of heat generated by humanity as a result raised the average temperature, and the level of the oceans and seas rose to 0.3 m. At this rate of temperature increase at the end of the melting of glaciers all levels of the oceans and seas will rise up to 7 meters, flooding low-lying area of the Earth. Become commonplace intense hurricanes, storms, cold snaps, drought and so forth. Obviously, all the foregoing must first be proved by direct experiments, simulations and calculations of the heat generated in H1H and twentieth centuries.
These experiments applies, in particular, and sounding of the stratosphere about 40 km and the definition of temperature out there over the United States into the atmosphere over one-third the heat of the human factor, and located at this latitude of the countries with the lowest emissions of heat. When the presentation will be shown before mankind will rise dilemma – to continue to live by the principle 'after us – the deluge', or move to the brutal heat savings. Have to replace all Traditional light bulbs to light bulbs do not emit heat, propulsion, both public and private transport should be cool, give every effort to improve thermal insulation of homes, think about the desirability unlimited growth of industry in order to unrestrained consumption. Ismagil Abashev, PhD. Russia Penza

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As he entered the flow of traffic streaming around Omaha, Dr. Dale Martin was not in a hurry. Soft jazz floated through the beige cabin of his Toyota Camry, and the air through the dashboard vents was cool and clean-smelling. He wore prescription sunglasses, a crisp white business shirt, and casual khaki trousers. His jacket rode behind him on a hanger. The mid-afternoon sun flickered through the trees on his right, and Dale hummed along with a tenor sax on the radio. His tires on the road were a brush-like percussion.
The car ahead of him rolled smoothly into a line of commuter traffic.
Sandy was in that car.
With him. With Ernie the fleabag.
Dale turned up the AC and let his mind drift.
In Meadows Ford, when he was seventeen, and a month or so after Sandy dumped him for the fleabag with his red Mustang, Dale had followed them just like this. He’d been a little obsessed, not with the girl or the guy who took her away, but with finding some sort of closure. Boy loves girl. Boy loses girl. Then what? Boy wins girl back? Boy loses her for good? The story sat uncomfortably with him, open-ended, unfinished.
It’s not like he was crazy.
After tailing Ernie for an hour, Dale had stopped his dad’s Corolla and got a soda at a local quickie mart. When he came out, his rival was waiting, the Mustang perpendicular to Dale’s front bumper, a blue Charger blocking him in from behind. It turned out Ernie had friends, and Sandy was nowhere in sight.
Everybody in school knew you didn’t mess around with the fleabag. He hurt people; he hurt girls just for fun. Dale had been a fool. He’d gone out of his way to ask for an ass-kicking, and now he was going to get it. The bigger boy pushed away from the Corolla and casually plucked the soda bottle from Dale’s hand. A couple thugs got out of the blue muscle car.
“How’d you know I was thirsty?” said Ernie, but instead of taking a drink he turned and emptied the bottle onto the hood of Dale’s car. “Why you following us around, man?”
“It’s about my girlfriend,” said Dale.
Dale told him. And the fleabag laughed and laughed.
“That’s what this is about?” He smiled again. “Give our boy here a beer.”
One of the thugs threw Dale a can of Old Milwaukee.
Boy loves girl. Boy loses girl.
Boy tracks down rival, finds out rival has been dumped in turn, commiserates with rival and rival’s friends during the course of a six pack.
No more loose ends.
Except that the fleabag had lied.
When they drove away, Sandy popped up from the back seat, laughing and giving him the finger.
He hadn’t thought about it for a long time.
Until he hooked up with her on one of the social networking sites. She lived in the city now too, so he started having coffee at a shop in her neighborhood.
Today he’d seen her, but again she was with him. And in the Mustang, refurbished, shining like new, but this time she was driving, and the fleabag was in the passenger seat.
The Mustang pulled off the freeway so abruptly, Dale almost missed the exit. He unbuttoned his collar and caught sight of a scarlet flash darting into a stretch of shady suburbs. He doubted Sandy had seen him.
What would he do if she stopped?
Just drive right on by, he told himself, knowing he would not.
Always keeping the Mustang just in sight, he drove along for miles, the houses becoming sporadic, then non-existent. They were well into farm country when she stopped at an intersection. There wasn’t another car for miles. He pulled in behind her and got out of the car, just in time to see Sandy leap from the Mustang.
“Dale!” she yelled, running to him. “Oh, thank God, Dale, it’s you!” She was crying, hysterical. Was that blood on her arm?
“He’s right behind us. He’s coming.”
“Who? Who is right behind us? What’s wrong?”
“Ernie,” she said, wiping her forehead.
“Isn’t he in the car with you?”
“Take this,” she said, pressing a hot slab of iron into his hand. He looked down at a .45 automatic. “He’s coming. I’ll call for help.” She fiddled with her cell phone and moved back toward Dale’s car.
He could’ve sworn the fleabag was in the Mustang. He turned and examined the unbroken horizon. No dust, no cars for miles.
“I don’t think—”
And then she was in his car, starting it, driving it, aiming it straight down the road past him, laughing and giving him the finger.
Dale walked to the Mustang and looked in the open window.
The fleabag was in the back seat, having taken two through the chest at close range.
Dale looked at the gun in his hand and heard flies buzzing around the bloody mess.
Somewhere Sandy was listening to smooth jazz in his Camry, the air cool and clean-smelling through the dashboard vents. She’d be calling 911 on her cell phone, letting the authorities know where he was.
He didn’t think she’d be in a hurry.


Attorneys for the man accused of repeatedly shooting a Houston-area sheriff’s deputy at a gas station say the man has been found by a medical expert to be incompetent to stand trial.
Prosecutors say Shannon Miles shot Deputy Darren Goforth 15 times on Aug. 28 as the law enforcement officer was filling up his patrol car at a suburban Houston station.
In a court motion filed Monday, Miles’ attorneys say he has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and doesn’t understand the legal proceedings against him.
Records show Miles was twice committed to mental health facilities in the last five years.
A spokesman for the Harris County District Attorney’s Office didn’t immediately return a phone call or email seeking comment.
A grand jury indicted Miles last month on a capital murder charge.
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Prior to forming From Under Concrete Kings, vocalist Joseph Isayea and bassist Previte had spent many years working together in various other bands. Between Previte’s love of heavy distortion and a frontman capable of creating a sound that raised the bar in terms of deep intensive growls, the duo soon marked themselves out as being able to create a truly fearsome sound. While they obviously understand each other and share a similar vision in terms of creativity, it was the addition of drummer Freddy Valesco (sometime of hardcore band Great American Ghost) that made things finally gel.
On February 14th, progressive death metal band From Under Concrete Kings will release their second EP, ‘Modus Exodus’. The new release features four absolutely crushing pieces of music that blends death metal vocals with metalcore and progressive metal riffs, Djent influenced lead guitar work and a frightening lack of boundaries. It’s a release that all fans of inventive and extreme metal shouldn’t miss.
Although only together for around eighteen months at the close of 2019, Pennsylvania’s The World Without Us have gigged intensively and already shared a stage with the mighty Soulfly. It takes some bands years to gain that kind of attention, but one listen to their ‘Incarnate’ EP is pretty much all you’ll need to be convinced that these guys are one hell of a metal band.
Taking huge swathes of metalcore, a pinch of prog-metal and a couple of other influences, this EP is a giant melting pot of riffs. Riffs big enough to take on the very best; something helped no end by a heavy production style that is streets ahead of so many bands’ first DIY releases.
Finland’s For The Imperium are an intense bunch. ‘Hail The Monsters’, their second full length album, is one of those records that’s really hard to get through in one sitting. It’s frightening. Not just because it’s intense and heavy – this is by no means just noisy alt-rock or metal – but more for the fact that between the obvious grooves, these guys aren’t afraid to experiment.
Formed by ex-members of Trigger The Bloodshed and The Bridal Procession, Imperium came together in 2010 to unleash a brand of tech-death metal upon the world. A debut album quickly followed, but their momentum was then shattered by a huge split, leaving only guitarist Mike Alexander to pick up the pieces. A new band was formed around Alexander in 2015 and ‘Titanomachy’ presents the first fruits of the rejuvenated line-up.


The U.S. and its allies are drafting plans for possible military action against Syria in response to last week's alleged chemical weapons attack. Britain is pressing the United Nations Security Council to condemn Syria's government. Syrian rebels led U.N. inspectors back to the scene of the alleged chemical attack in eastern Damascus.
The inspectors are looking for evidence to prove the Syrian government gassed its own people last week. But U.S. officials say they already have proof and are preparing for a possible military strike against President Bashar Assad's regime.
Assad and his regime deny using chemicals on civilians. But CBS News has learned a de-classified report could be released as early as tomorrow revealing details about how Syrian forces prepared for and carried out the gas attack. The intelligence ranges from intercepted Syrian communications to tests of tissue samples taken from victims.
Britain's prime minister is backing us calls for action against Syria. Lawmakers will vote in parliament on Thursday whether to use military force. British officials drafted a resolution asking the U.N. to authorize "necessary measures" to protect Syrian civilians.
The U.N. Special Envoy to Syria says while evidence suggests it was a chemical attack, the Security Council would need to approve any military response. But the Obama Administration says even without a green light from the U.N., international law gives the U.S. the right to take action. Syria's allies Russia and China are expected to veto any resolution condemning Syria.


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Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com
Thu Oct 7 20:25:03 EDT 2004
... seems to me it is just as easy to find one of the bolts at the back
of the engine block that are used for grounding as to find the lug on
the strut tower which does the same thing ... the engine block would
eliminate any question of the reference signal change ...
San Jose, CA (USA)
> wire that will work in the V8? Second, is it fine to ground
> it to the shock tower, or should I ground it to the engine?
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