On Tuesday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Apple held its second major hardware event of the fall to unveil a new lineup of iPads, MacBooks, and more. The big takeaway: all of Appleâ€™s new products are the best theyâ€™ve ever been â€¦ and also the most expensive theyâ€™ve ever been. If youâ€™re looking to drop some serious coin this holiday season, hereâ€™s what you need to know.
MacBook Air with Retina Display
Appleâ€™s most popular laptop now comes with Appleâ€™s best laptop display. The new 13.3â€ť MacBook Air starts at $1,199 and features a screen with four times the resolution of older models (2500Ă—1600) â€” and less bezel than before. (Itâ€™s also lighter, thinner, and overall smaller.)
You can buy the MacBook Air with either 8GB or 16GB of memory, and up to 1.5TB of storage space. All models come with three Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports and a battery life that Apple says will last 12 hours (web browsing) or 13 hours (â€śiTunes movie playbackâ€ť). Apple is notorious for two things: making great products and exaggerating those productsâ€™ battery life. Weâ€™ll see how long they hold up in real-world scenarios.
Rumors suggested the new MacBook Air would have a fingerprint sensor, and Apple delivered. Apple added a T2 security chip for Touch ID and Siri support, which the company says is the â€śmost secure boot process of any notebook.â€ť
The new MacBook Air also has a 100 percent recycled aluminum frame, a new â€śthird generation keyboardâ€ť (that Apple says is 4x more stable), a Force Touch trackpad (thatâ€™s 20 percent larger than its predecessor), and a 720p FaceTime camera with a three-mic array.
The TL;DR is that the new MacBook Air is, far and away, the best MacBook Air that Apple has ever made. Itâ€™s also $200 more than the previous entry level MacBook Air, which retails for $999 (but can often be purchased for even less). Good news for the budget-conscious: the last-gen MacBook Air isnâ€™t going anywhere (for now, anyway).
The MacBook Air can be pre-ordered today and will be available next Wednesday, November 7.
After 1475 days of waiting (as per 9to5Mac), Apple finally unveiled a new version of the Mac Mini. Like the MacBook Air, the entry point ($799) is considerably higher than the previous model ($499). Also like the MacBook Air, though, the new Mac Mini is a massive upgrade.
With all flash storage, 5x faster processors (both four- and six-core), and 30x faster graphics, the new Mac Mini is a powerhouse (especially compared to previous versions). The entry level model features a 3.6GHz CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD; you can go up to 64GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD storage, but those upgrades will push the price tag even higher.
The Mac Mini can be pre-ordered today and will be available next Wednesday, November 7.
Love your iPhone XS? Youâ€™re going to love the new iPad Pro. Featuring no home button (Touch ID has been replaced by Face ID) and thinner bezels on all sides, Appleâ€™s new lineup of iPad Pros are beautiful. Even better â€¦ they have no notch!
The new models all feature Appleâ€™s new eight-core A12X Bionic processor, which is even more powerful than the processor found in the iPhone XS Max. Need storage? You can now buy an iPad with up to 1TB of space. Thatâ€™sâ€¦ a lot for a tablet.
For some people, that may be where the good news ends. Gone is the headphone jack (we hardly knew ye). Gone, too, is the Lightning port. In its place: a USB-C port (which can now be used to charge an iPhone, which is cool). That means, though, youâ€™ll need to buy a new Smart Keyboard or Apple Pencil (more on that below) if youâ€™re thinking of upgrading.
Thereâ€™s a new form factor in town, too: an 11-inch model that starts at $799. Apple also updated its 12.9-inch (which starts at $999) and 10.5-inch (from $649) models, too.
While the first-generation Apple Pencil wonâ€™t work with the new iPad Pro, thereâ€™s good news: Apple has added a slew of new features to make buying another Pencil (somewhat) more tolerable.
Apple unveiled the first updates to the Pencil since it was introduced three years ago, and theyâ€™re fairly substantial. The new Pencil adds gesture controls so that you can tap the sides to switch tools, which vary from app to app and can be fully customized. The Pencil now pairs to your iPad automatically and magnetically attaches to the side of a new iPad Pro. Even better, when itâ€™s docked to the side of the iPad, it charges wirelessly.
Like everything else Apple unveiled today, the new Pencil costs more than the last model: $129. Important to note: the new Pencil wonâ€™t work with old iPads, and the old Pencil wonâ€™t work with the brand-new ones. The original Pencil, which costs $99, will still be for sale.
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The video shows the results of a post repair inspection of a 2006 Mazda Speed6 of which the owner was seeking recovery of their remaining loss in diminished value. The owner sought ADE’s expert assistance and ADE selected Mark’s as the inspection site due to their outstanding reputation for service, attention to detail and quality workmanship.
In the video, Mark Schaech, owner and President of Mark’s Body Shop, points out and describes the numerous remaining safety and cosmetic flaws and defects found during the post repair inspection.
The video can be seen on several websites including ADE’s http://autodamageexperts.com/ and Mark’s Body Shop (http://www.marksbodyshop.com/).
Barrett Smith of Auto Damage Experts states, “This video is this quality repairer’s first steps in informing and educating the consumers in their market on the importance of selecting a quality repair facility; one which will work in the best interest of the consumer in the proper repair of their vehicle. Additional informational videos are in the works and will be shared in the very near future.
“We are proud of Mark and his company’s ongoing efforts to raise the level of awareness which will enable consumers to make wise choices in the repair of their vehicle - choices which can help the customer to protect their family’s personal safety and economic well-being," Smith said.


The Very Large Array is an astronomical observatory. This picture is from the road because I could only take photos with our camera while actually at the sight because cell phones disrupt the signals on the radio waves. This one is from the cell phone. I am learning how to do this, maybe I'll be able to get the really good pictures from the camera soon! This sight is about 40 miles from our home.
Be sure to Google VLA and you will be able to learn all about it!


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In honor of Floyd Little being announced as a senior nominee for the 2010 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, we thought we’d publish the following list, compiled by Thomas Mackie, entitled “44 Reasons to Elect Floyd Little to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.”
1 - Floyd Little retired in 1975 as the 7th All-Time Rusher in NFL History; players who were ranked 7th in 1980, ’85, ’90, ’95, and 2000 were all elected to the HOF
2 - The 6 players ahead of Little (Jim Brown, O.J. Simpson, Jim Taylor, Joe Perry, Leroy Kelly and John Henry Johnson) have been in the HOF for years. Johnson, who rushed for just 480 more yards than Little, was inducted in 1987, even though it took him 4 more seasons to rush for more yards.
3 - Floyd Little’s impact on the NFL is without equal among Seniors Candidates – he literally “saved the Broncos from extinction,” according to HOFer Stan Jones. The Broncos were planning on relocating to another city in 1967 – Chicago, Birmingham, or elsewhere – before Little became the first #1 pick to ever sign with the team in 1967 (Dick Butkus, Merlin Olsen, Bob Brown, and other famous Broncos #1 picks signed with NFL teams). Floyd’s impact was felt immediately. He was instrumental in getting fans to vote for the expansion of Mile High Stadium that led to a string of sellouts that lasts today. He was named “The Franchise” for his on-field performances and tireless work in Denver communities. As Len Dawson said, “Floyd Little was the Denver Broncos for many, many years.” His efforts kept the Broncos in Denver – today one of the NFL’s marquee teams.
4 - Little was the most complete and versatile back of his era. Hall of Famer Mel Blount recently called Floyd “The first triple-threat player of the modern era.” ((See “44 Hall of Famers on 44 Floyd Little” for more opinions)) On top of his rushing exploits, Floyd was an excellent pass receiver, kick returner, blocker, and even tossed the half-back option; Hall of Fame linebacker Jack Ham called Little, “The most complete back I ever played against. He was even a superb blocker.”
5 - Little retired 7th all-time in rushing despite playing behind an inferior line and was the Broncos only offensive threat during most of his career. In fact, no Broncos offensive lineman was voted to the Pro Bowl – including the 2 years he led the AFC in rushing and the entire NFL in 1971. As a comparison, Jim Brown’s line was named to the Pro Bowl 19 times, 3 to the HOF; Taylor: 20 Pro Bowlers, 2 HOF; Perry: 19 Pro Bowlers, 3 HOF; JH Johnson: 17 Pro Bowlers, 3 HOF; Kelly: 13 Pro Bowlers,
1 HOF; Simpson: 6 Pro Bowlers, 2 HOF
6 - Little was a one-man offense in Denver. HOFers from Floyd’s era contend that stopping him was every team’s #1 goal when they played the Broncos. As Nick Buoniconti put it, “When you played the Broncos you played Floyd Little. He was the Broncos. You didn’t worry about the passing game. You didn’t worry about anything else – except stopping Floyd Little. That’s all we ever tried to do.” Yet, despite the singular focus of teams, Floyd somehow retired 7th all-time in NFL history. In comparison to the talent in his division alone, while Floyd never played with a Pro Bowl lineman, or a single HOF teammate or coach, the 3 other teams in his division all boasted future HOF coaches (Sid Gillman, Hank Stram, Al Davis and John Madden) and a combined 21 future Hall of Fame players on the Chargers, Chiefs and Raiders.
7 - During a 6-year period, 1968-73, Little led the NFL in Rushing
(By comparison, from 1958-63, Jim Brown led the NFL; from 1978-83, Earl Campbell led in rushing)
8 - During that same period, 1968-73, Little also led the NFL in Yards from Scrimmage (from 1958-63, Jim Brown led the NFL in yards from scrimmage; from 1978-83, Walter Payton)
9 - During Little’s career, only Simpson had more yards rushing
10 - During Little’s career, only Simpson had more yards from scrimmage
11 - Little ranks 16th in Rushing among all 41 HOF running backs
12 - Little ranks 17th in Yards from Scrimmage among all 41 HOF RBs
13 - Little ranks 11th in receiving yards among all 41 HOF RBs
14 - Little was a tremendous big-play receiver. HOFer Mike McCormack says Floyd Little was “as good as I’ve ever seen at perfecting the screen pass. He helped establish it as a dangerous play.”
15 - Little’s 11.2 per catch average is higher than Jim Brown (9.2), Joe Perry (7.5), Walter Payton (9.2), Simpson (10.6), Tony Dorsett (8.9) and Marcus Allen (9.2). Plus his 215 receptions for 2,418 yards, resulted in a blistering 45.7 yards per TD catch.
16 - Little’s versatility went well beyond running and receiving – unlike most HOF RBs, Floyd played special teams as a dangerous punt- and kick-returner – he ranks 3rd in Kick-return yards among all 41 HOF RBs with 2,523
17 – Little ranks 4th in Punt-return yards among all 41 HOF RBs with 893
18 - Little ranks 13th in Combined Yards among all 41 HOF RBs with 12,173 yards
19 - Little retired 8th in NFL history in Yards from Scrimmage
20 - Little retired as only 1 of 7 NFL players to total more than 100 yards per game (104), more than Emmitt Smith, Marcus Allen, Leroy Kelly and Lenny Moore (to name just a few).
21 - Little’s versatility was evident from the get-go – leading the league in Combined Yards 2 years in a row – in 1967 (as a rookie) and again in 1968
22 - Little led the AFL/NFL in punt returns as a rookie in 1967 with a 16.9 average
23 - Little was the only player in the AFL/NFL to return punts for TDs in 1967 and 1968
24 - Little was voted “1st Team All-AFL” in 1969. During that season, he was more than 300 yards ahead of all rbs in the AFL/NFL before a knee injury forced him to miss six games; he still rushed for 729 yards, rushed for most yards in a game (166), highest average per carry (5.0), and yards per game (81).
25 - The first year of the merger, Little led the AFC in rushing in 1970 despite playing the entire season with broken bones in his back, suiting up for a last-place team, being the team’s lone offensive threat, and averaging just 14 carries a game
26 - Little led the NFL in rushing in 1971 with 1,133 – only the 3rd back in history to win the title on a last-place team – and did it on a team that was in total disarray; Lou Saban resigned with 5 games remaining; assistant coach Jerry Smith took over as interim coach as the Broncos finished 4-9-1
27 - Little is the only NFL running back to win back-to-back conference rushing titles (1970 & 71) on last-place teams
28 - At 5-10, 195-pounds, Little was a trailblazer who helped pave the way for the “little” backs – becoming the smallest RB to win an NFL rushing title since WWII.
29 - Little led the NFL in rushing TDs in 1973 with 12
30 - During a four-year period, 1970-73, Little led the AFC in TDs with 35
31 - Little was voted to 5 Pro Bowls (2 AFL, 3 NFL) – same as Jim Taylor (5) and more than JH Johnson (4) and Joe Perry (3)
32 - Little still ranks in the Top 20 in NFL history with 11.02 punt-return average
33 - Little was voted to the All-Pro Squad of the 1970s by the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee after his retirement – the Pro Football HOF promptly displayed a Floyd Little “Superstar” plaque in Canton for several years honoring his achievements
34 - Little displayed unprecedented leadership; he was voted team captain all 9 seasons – even as a rookie
35 - Little was voted the 1972 Back of the Year by the Pro Football Writers of America
36 - Little was one of the toughest players of his era – playing with injuries when others would be sidelined. He played in 5 Pro Bowls in 6 years – before his string of 4-straight Pro Bowls was broken in 1972 (at age 30) after suffering torn cartilage during the season but still managed to play all 14 games – rushing for 859 yards (4.0), 367 yards receiving and scored 13 TDs (9 rushing, 4 receiving). Following off-season knee surgery, Little came back in 1973 at age 31 to rush for 979 yards (missing 1,000 by 21 yards), caught 41 passes for 423 yards and scored another 13 TDs; Little’s comeback from major knee surgery garnered his 5th Pro Bowl in 1973.
37 - Little played in an era where gaining yardage was much tougher than it is today – and backs took much more punishment. During Little’s era, offensive -linemen could not use their hands, and helmet-to-helmet tackles and clothes-lining opponents were the norm; also Little was already 30 years old when the hash-marks were finally moved to midfield in 1972, allowing 10 backs to rush for 1,000 yards that season (compared to 5 the previous year); he also played during a time where both fullback and halfback shared carries – when Little led the AFC in rushing in 1970, he carried the ball just 209 times; nearly 30 years later, Jamal Anderson led the NFC in rushing in ’98 with 410 carries
38 - Little became the NFL’s 7th-leading rusher despite playing on the AFL’s all-time worst team. In Floyd’s first season, there was a new coaching staff and 26 rookies on the Broncos, and Coach Lou Saban traded the Broncos 1st-round picks in 1968 & 1969 for backup QB Steve Tensi. In 1968, a record 5 different QBs started for the team. During his career, Floyd played with 27 different QBs as the Broncos went 47-73-6 and never made the playoffs, although the team improved every year he played
39 - Little became the NFL’s 7th-leading rusher despite coming into the league as a 25-year-old rookie – ancient for RBs – having gone to a military prep school prior to enrolling at Syracuse
40 - Little rushed for more yards per game than HOFers Leroy Kelly and John Henry Johnson, and more yards from scrimmage per game than Kelly, Johnson, Joe Perry and Jim Taylor
41 - Little was so loved and admired by Broncos fans for keeping the team in Denver the city held a special “Floyd Little Day” on October 29, 1972, before a sell-out crowd at Mile High Stadium for his numerous contributions on-and-off-the-field
42 - A tremendous role model and leader in the Denver community, who served as the Governor’s special assistant, Little won the 1973 National YMCA Brian Piccolo Award for Humanitarian service and the 1974 Byron White Humanitarian Award by the NFLPA
43 - At age 33, in his last game at Mile High Stadium, Little scored 2 TDs and accounted for more than 150 yards from scrimmage, including a spectacular 66-yard TD; he was still returning kicks too. Despite the 18-degree weather fans stormed the field and carried him off on their shoulders in celebration of his legendary career
44 - Little’s number 44 was retired by the Broncos on August 21, 1976, at Mile High Stadium; After 50 years, Little and John Elway remain the only 2 Broncos to have their numbers “officially” retired; “The Franchise” was voted into the College Hall of Fame in 1983 and was the first inaugural class inducted into the Broncos Ring of Fame in 1984. Floyd Little’s impact on the Broncos organization was so great John Elway says “Floyd Little is the greatest Bronco of us all.”
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In an exhilarating tale of historic adventure, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Confederates in the Attic retraces the voyages of Captain James Cook, the Yorkshire farm boy who drew the map of the modern world
Captain James Cook's three epic journeys in the 18th century were the last great voyages of discovery. His ships sailed 150,000 miles, from the Artic to the Antarctic, from Tasmania to Oregon, from Easter Island to Siberia. When Cook set off for the Pacific in 1768, a third of the globe remained blank. By the time he died in Hawaii in 1779, the map of the world was substantially complete.
Tony Horwitz vividly recounts Cook's voyages and the exotic scenes the captain encountered: tropical orgies, taboo rituals, cannibal feasts, human sacrifice. He also relives Cook's adventures by following in the captain's wake to places such as Tahiti, Savage Island, and the Great Barrier Reef to discover Cook's embattled legacy in the present day. Signing on as a working crewman aboard a replica of Cook's vessel, Horwitz experiences the thrill and terror of sailing a tall ship. He also explores Cook the man: an impoverished farmboy who broke through the barriers of his class and time to become the greatest navigator in British history.
By turns harrowing and hilarious, insightful and entertaining, BLUE LATITUDES brings to life a man whose voyages helped create the 'global village' we know today.
Imagine you're an editor at a book publishing firm, and a writer comes to you with the idea of traveling to Seat-tle, Tahiti, Bora Bora, New Zealand, Australia, Tonga, England, Alaska and Hawaii in search of Captain Cook, the ex-plorer who charted and helped to "discover" about a third of the planet a little over 200 years ago. He wouldn't be able to say who he was going to interview at any given place, because for the most part, he wouldn't know yet. Instead, he would take things as they came, asking strangers if they knew about Cook, and if so, what they thought of him. He'd follow one lead to another, do a lot of reading, attend some Cook-related festivities, visit some monuments and write a funny, thought-provoking travelogue cum biography of the great explorer.
I'd say no. It's a sad day for the guy who embarks on such a vague, unruly quest. It's like renting a Zil in St. Pe-tersburg and setting out to "find" Russia. But somebody at Henry Holt and Company said yes to Pulitzer-winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz and by golly, they were right to do so. Who better to search for the legacy of Captain Cook than the reporter who wrote an acclaimed book about the Civil War, Confederates in the Attic, by schlepping around the South for a year interviewing reenactors? With prodigious research and a willingness to raise the subject of Captain Cook with anyone, including a drunk, a king and a girl in a wet T-shirt, Horwitz has managed to muscle a big, sloppy idea into something coherent and fun to read.
Granted, it takes him 450 pages.
He starts his journey with some frontline experience, pressing himself into service on the Endeavour, a working replica of the beamy,flat-bottomed ship Cook sailed on the first of his three voyages. Sea travel 18th-century style turns out to be as grueling and degrading as one would expect. The spaces are cramped, the officers are mean bas-tards and the work is backbreaking. Horwitz only crews for a week, which hardly compares to an eight-month passage from Plymouth to Tahiti, but he paints a vivid picture of life on that wobbly tub, plying along for months at a time with-out sight of land or a bite of fruit.
That trial endured, Horwitz heads to Australia, his base of operations for hopping to points Cook-related all over the Pacific. In alternating passages, he describes the wonders Cook found on various virgin shores, then reports on the state of each place today. One shudders to imagine the original Endeavour's arrival at Tahiti in 1769, when Cook's sex-starved, syphilitic sailors were loosed on that verdant island's girls, who were pretty, generally naked and willing to trade their favors for a nail. (Cook had a serious nail theft problem.) Hospitality doesn't come so cheap in Ta-hiti today--a rental car goes for about $100 a day and the bikini babes are standoffish. But even though the Tahiti of the 18th century is long gone, overrun by sailors, missionaries, French colonialists and tourists, Horwitz manages to find traces of the place Cook described in his journal. He sees the island's libertinism, so so shocking to the captain, on rau-cous display at a transvestite club, and he meets a group of teenagers who are as laid-back and starry-eyed as the Tahi-tians Cook met 200 years ago.
Whenever he can, Horwitz tries to create a Cook-like sense of discovery. He prepares for his visit to an island nation called Niue, a tiny speck between Tahiti and Tonga, by not learning anything about it. All he knows is that when Cook arrived there in 1774, he was confronted by an angry group of men whose mouths were stained a bloody shade of red, which compelled the captain to dub the place "Savage Island" before blowing out on the next gust.
Brief as that encounter was, Horwitz discovers, Niue's inhabitants are still trying to erase the spot it put on their reputation, particularly the widespread assumption that the red stuff was human blood. Was it, as the natives today con-tend, the smeared flesh of a local species of red banana? If so, why can't anyone show Horwitz a red banana tree? Pre-sented with a quirky little conflict like this, Horwitz is in his element. He dashes around the island asking about ba-nanas, and discovers all sorts of other secrets along the way. Niue is an offshore tax haven--just $385 a year to register a company--and despite the religiosity of its inhabitants, a major hub for telephone sex chat lines. It even has what ap-pears to be a sham medical school. To watch Horwitz, the star reporter, unravel that island like a ball of twine is pure pleasure. The Niuens are glad to see him leave.
As for his spot surveying, Horwitz finds that Captain Cook is many different things to many different people. To the Hawaiians who chopped him up and barbecued him in 1779, he was a god, and to many history buffs he still is. Yet in New Zealand, the native Maori see him as a villain, as do most natives of the places he visited. In Australia, Horwitz says Cook is being written out of history as an act of atonement to the wronged aborigines. The girl in the wet T-shirt has but a tentative grip on his character. "He'd think I was a complete lunatic," she says. Strangely enough, the man who still elicits such passion was remarkably rational and coolheaded himself, temper tantrums notwithstanding. If anything, Horwitz reveals the most about Cook by acting like Cook, exploring each place with the same energy and relentless curiosity as the man himself. A lesser writer would have gotten lost out there in the big blue, then chopped up and barbecued by book reviewers. Not Horwitz. He has one-upped Cook and made it home in one piece.

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Gary Nijak Jr, CEO for Green and Grow Inc., spoke with farmers at the North Dakota State University North Central Research Extension Field Day. He discussed new biological technologies that could make a large impact on the agricultural industry.
The Field Day in Minot is a free event where the Research Extension Center and Agronomy Seed Farm staff share information on various projects underway at the center. Both producers and the public are invited to attend.
Mr. Nijak cautioned that with many new biological products entering the market, extensive testing is a key factor to consider before use. “Single year, individual location testing is not sufficient to evaluate the
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Family Engagement Worker
Family Engagement Worker
An exciting role working for a national charity.
Pact (Prison Advice & Care Trust) is a National charity which support people affected by imprisonment. They work in prisons and communities across England and Wales to provide practical support to prisoners' children and families, and to prisoners themselves.
Position: Family Engagement Worker
Location: HMP Foston Hall, Derby
Job type: Part time, Permanent
Hours: 5.5 hours per week
Salary: £10.25 per hour
Benefits: Generous holiday entitlement, child care vouchers, free information, advice and counselling service, plus many more
Closing date: 19 April 2019
Interviews commencing week beginning: 13 May 2019
About the role:
Working with the Family Services Manager at HMP Foston Hall you will with focus on delivering a small caseload and organising Family Day visits.
To be successful as a Family Engagement Worker you will work closely with the Family Engagement Manager and prison staff to plan, resource and manage Family Days as well as managing a small caseload.
You will provide support and ensure that children, families and prisoners are treated with respect, dignity and courtesy and ensure their needs are considered and views are heard at all levels.
Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds including those who have previous convictions (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).
What Pact offer:
Pact offers a wide range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, free information, advice and counselling, cycle to work scheme, plus more.
You will have the opportunity to attend training events to develop yourself further as effective front line services worker. You will undergo a thorough induction and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.
Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds, including those with previous convictions (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).
This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period, verification of identity and proven right to work in the UK, satisfactory HMPPS / MoJ Security Vetting, satisfactory employer references covering a minimum of 3 years and a satisfactory enhanced DBS. Please note that being recently bankrupt or having County Court Judgements may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.
You may have experience of the following: Case Management, Case Worker, Rehabilitation, Family Services, Support Work, Care Worker, Criminal Justice System, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not For Profit, Social Work, Advocacy, Mentor, Mentoring, Social Worker etc.


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The historic waterfront house with a Venice like feel was recently restored and brought to new life by the team led by Thomas Jayne and Marissa Stokes from Jayne Design Studio and Gene Pandula, the restoration architect.
The approach to the design is best summed up by Thomas: “The architecture of this home is so rich…what we did with decoration simply supports the architecture and the art. We furnished and decorated it with any eye to quality and sculpture. It’s arranged for comfort, but there’s a chastity to it.”
With thanks to Jenny Bradley Pfeffer who wrote and produced the article and to Jill Waage, TH’s editor in chief. The wonderful photographs are by Doug Friedman and Andy Frame.

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of “Bitcoin” by now.
The digital currency that was once dismissed as a fad for the fringes of the internet has gone mainstream, and made headlines over the past year as its value rocketed from around $1,000 at the beginning of 2017 to a peak of nearly $20,000 per coin.
Bitcoin and other “cryptocurrencies” like it have made some people very wealthy… but now one of the richest men in the world is warning others about the investment.
Warren Buffett is in many ways the opposite of Bitcoin: He’s old fashioned, not flashy, and looks like a grandpa — probably because he is one.
He’s also worth an estimated $75 Billion, thanks to shrewd investments through his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway. It figures that everyone is clamoring for the “Oracle of Omaha’s” opinion on Bitcoin, one of the hottest investments available right now… but early adopters won’t like his answer.
“In terms of cryptocurrencies, generally, I can say with almost certainty that they will come to a bad ending,” the world’s most famous investor told CNBC.
However, Buffett also explained that his generalized prediction didn’t come with a due date.
“When it happens or how or anything else, I don’t know,” he admitted. “We don’t own any, we’re not short any, we’ll never have a position in them.”
Enthusiasts of cryptocurrency were quick to point out that although he obviously knows his way around investing, the aging billionaire is famously cautious about technology — including tech that ends up changing the world.
Have you ever bought Bitcoin?
The 87-year-old Warren Buffett reportedly didn’t carry a cell phone for many years even into the late 2000’s, and now only owns an outdated Nokia flip-phone. He doesn’t use email or the internet.
“Buffett didn’t initially believe in tech giants like Google and Amazon,” reported a separate report from CNBC. “In 2017, the billionaire investor admitted that passing up on Google years before. Buffett also expressed regret over not investing in Amazon when he had the opportunity.”
The iconic investor has himself explained that he doesn’t understand modern technology, including Bitcoin. “I get into enough trouble with things I think I know something about,” Buffett admitted to CNBC. “Why in the world should I take a long or short position in something I don’t know anything about.”
Hindsight, as they say, is 20-20. It’s always easy to look back at something like the dot-com crash or the housing crisis and say, “of course we should have seen that.”
It’s much more difficult to predict the future, and even harder to make specific calls about how high something will go or when it will end.
Even Buffett’s prediction about cryptocurrency coming to “a bad ending” is suspiciously vague. If it happens in a year, many people should be concerned… but if that “ending” is a decade in the future, there could be plenty of room for investors to get on board.
While many poorly-run websites from the late 1990s didn’t make it, companies like Amazon survived the dot com crash and became even more profitable over time.
Bitcoin and other digital currency could go the same way. Some may crash, but others might survive and grow… and predictions like Buffett’s could be both right and wrong, depending on the viewpoint.
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Man indicted for robbing 3 banks
PORTLAND - A Portland resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly robbing three area banks in June.
The robberies all took place between June 13-28, federal officials said, at banks in Glastonbury, West Hartford and Bristol.
Samuel C. Guerard, 29, who was identified by federal authorities as a Portland resident, was arrested in July by West Hartford police. He has remained in state custody since his arrest.
His indictment on federal bank-robbery charges was announced Tuesday by Kevin J. O'Connor, the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut.
In all, federal officials allege that Guerard took a total of $15,000 in the three robberies.
The indictment, which was handed up by a federal grand jury sitting in Hartford, charges Guerard with three counts of bank robbery.
If he is convicted on all three charges, O'Connor said, Guerard could face up to 20 years in a federal prison and a fine of up $250,000 on each count - a total of $750,000 in fines for just $15,000 of ill-gotten gains.
The terse indictment charges that Guerard robbed a total
of $2,861 from a People's
Bank branch in Glastonbury on June 13 and an additional $3,500 from a Sovereign Bank branch in West Hartford on June 19.
Finally, in the largest individual tally, Guard is accused of taking more than $8,600 from a Bank of America branch in Bristol on June 28.
The indictment charges Guerard with using "force, violence and intimidation" during the three robberies.
In fact, local police departments alleged that Guerard used a knife in each of his robberies.
He was captured on surveillance video during one of his robberies: the photo showed a clean-shaven white man wearing sunglasses, a baseball cap and a "hoodie" (a hooded sweatshirt) pulled up around his head in an apparent effort to make a positive identification more difficult.
In announcing the indictment, O'Connor commended the work of the police departments in the three towns in which the robberies occurred.
He also praised "the exemplary way" in which the departments cooperated with FBI agents who also investigated the case.
No date has been set for Guerard's trial.
O'Connor said Assistant U.S. Attorney James G. Genco would be prosecuting the case for the government.
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Sailor Moon in the Philippines
Translation and Channels
The anime started airing in October 1994 on ABC 5 (now TV5) on Saturdays at 6:00 pm. Although Sailor Moon R finished in April/May 1997, Sailor Moon S did not air until April 1998. The last episode of Sailor Moon Sailor Stars aired on July 20, 2002. It was one of the first anime to be aired in prime time, as it was one of the ABC 5's top-rated shows at the time.
In December 2011, the large media conglomerate ABS-CBN announced that it would be re-releasing the anime series with a new dub cast across its syndicated channels throughout the country, as part of its "Team Animazing 2012" lineup. The second dub was produced by Ms Filipina Yumul studio. It originally aired the first two seasons, but they were later re-aired on Hero TV, along with the third season, before the channel shut down.
Censorship and Changes
- In this version, Usagi was named "Bunny" for the first two seasons, but the other names were kept.
- Only the first opening song was dubbed into Tagalog, under the name "Sana ay di na magwakas," and was used as opening theme song for the first two seasons. From the third season, the Japanese opening theme songs were used. All the other music was kept in Japanese.
- The eyecatches were dubbed.
- There were cuts in some episodes, though these were mainly to fit airtime limitations.
- In episode 96, the scene in which the Daimon Scar extracted Makoto Kino's Pure Heart Crystal was cut to avoid showing the Daimon's breast.
- Fisheye became a woman, although the scene where "she" revealed "her" chest remained unchanged.
- All episodes suffered cuts of certain scenes, in order to fit the airtime limitations.
- The eyecatches and next episode previews were cut when the episodes were aired on ABS-CBN, but were kept for Hero TV.
- Zoisite remained a man, but his relationship scenes with Kunzite were either removed or censored, and their relationship was more platonic. He was also voiced by a woman.
- In episode 72, the scene in which Petz and Calaveras were transformed into humans was cut short due to nudity.
- The opening sequence was created for this dub, using footage from the first opening sequence and an instrumental version of "Moonlight Densetsu."
- Most of the insert songs were removed, although "Moonlight Densetsu" still played in episode 46.
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- Sailor Jupiter accidentally said "Supreme Thunder and Lightning" as the attack name for Supreme Thunder in episode 57 of the first dub.
- Candice Arellano, the voice actress of Minako Aino, Michiru Kaiou, and Hotaru Tomoe in the first dub, returned to the second dub to play Nana Asahina.
- Most of the voice actors in the first dub were veteran voice actors from radio dramas on DZRH, a 24-hour commercial news/talk/drama radio station serving Mega Manila market.
- Even though SuperS was never re-dubbed, HeroTV showed a promo for this season before the channel eventually closed.

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The very talented and kind Elizabeth at Pine Cones and Acorns has honored me and four other marvelous blogs with the Blog On Fire award!! THANK YOU ELIZABETH! For those of you who are not familiar with Elizabeth's blog, her place is like a cozy visit to a dear friend. She is a gifted writer, an extraordinary baker, a francophile, a bibliophile, art lover, and one of the kindest friends you will meet in blogland! I am humbled and honored....
Please click HERE for a little something I dedicate to dear Elizabeth!
And now, for the rules:
Tell five facts about yourself, and present the award to five other blogs!
So, here goes...
1. I adore all things French, and have been learning the language since the tender age of ten. I don't know why, (like Elizabeth says, a past life??), but it was just calling to me. I remember going to the library and checking out the language learning tapes. Since then, France has been an all-consuming obsession. I have made six trips so far, but I do hope to go back soon!!
2. I love water. I love it so much that I have had fantasies of living on a houseboat! (Hello Dianne!) Yet I am terrified of swimming. Go figure. To try to conquer my fear, I received Scuba Diving certification. In a pool. Did not have the guts to make it into open water. So my final "certification" remains on hold until that dreaded lake dive!
3. My dream job would be in the field of performing arts. I come from a family of musicians, and grew up attending countless rehearsals and performances. Sadly, I did not pursue this in college. I am now kicking myself. Perhaps community theater?
4. I love to entertain! Whether it is a holiday, tea time, birthday, dinner party...making friends and family feel welcome and loved is one of my passions. The Silver Palate cookbooks have not left my side since my early teen years! I wanted to learn from the best ;)
5. I love to belly dance!! I took classes many years ago, but I still practice, and would someday like to teach!
And the Blog On Fire Award goes to these wonderful people...
The fascinating and lovely Jane and Lance will keep you entertained and informed about the most interesting of subjects. Beautiful, historic architecture, great art, their intriguing travels...they write brilliantly about all this and more. And what kind and dear people they are! I look forward to every post with great anticipation...
The unique and talented Jennelise always has something beautiful up her sleeve. Not only is she a wonderful photographer, but she is a very gifted illustrator! Her work is effervescent and enchanting, and I cannot wait until she opens her Etsy shop...
The incredibly talented and creative Penny at Angelsdoor is such a kind soul! She makes the most darling figurative sculptures..they take my breath away. Visit Penny, and your day will be brightened by her touch of magic! She is a very gifted relief artist and painter as well.
Ok, just the name of this blog speaks to me so! But you really must experience the beauty that is found in this most magical place. Dawne is an extraordinary photographer. Her altered images will transport you to a world of dreams and French fantasy. Just beautiful, beautiful work! Lovely Dawne and her husband also take groups to France for "image making adventures"!! Doesn't that sound exciting?
Genie is an amazing photographer. Her perspective is brilliant, and her daily images of Parisian life are delicious. She is kind and generous, and visiting her takes me to my favorite city (every day!) without leaving my computer. I adore her blog!
Please visit these wonderful blogs when you have a chance!!
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Michael Roberts is a member of the fashion world’s aristocracy, alongside Anna Wintour, Manolo Blahnik and Stephen Jones. People who have nothing to prove. People who know the fashion world, past and present. People of style. And yet, Roberts’ name is not nearly as well known.
That is because he has never submitted to a career plan, preferring to do what interests him at any given moment, and then doing something else when he feels he has exhausted its possibilities. He has variously been a writer, stylist, illustrator, art director, fashion director and photographer for everyone from The Sunday Times to The New Yorker, Nova to Vanity Fair and virtually every major Vogue. He belongs to no camp — he is permanently peripatetic, spending most of his time in London and Paris and devoting considerable amounts of his year to travel, often alone, to gather material for his books of photography.
I imagine that the detached relationships Roberts has with most of his colleagues stem from his public school days (he remembers with grim humour the idiocy of team games), as much as the independence that is referred to as his being a ‘loner’ or, by some who especially resent his aloofness, ‘self absorbed’. Neither is true, in my opinion, although I do know that Michael Roberts does not suffer fools gladly and feels there are far too many of them in fashion now. It is probably also true that he has deliberately positioned himself as an outsider, whereas, in fact, he is a quiet, total insider — Grace Coddington is one of his closest female friends and he attends dinners at Wintour’s house in the Hamptons.
He knows everything that is going on, whether in European, American or British fashion. The problem is that so much of it simply does not interest him. He explains why by referring to his own fashion education at art school in High Wycombe: “I spent three years of hard work learning how to make clothes — how to ease a sleeve, how to put in a bust dart. Today, designing isn’t about making the finished garment as perfect as you can. It is about mood boards and we all know that the mood board is a substitute for not knowing how to make something. It makes fashion much less about the designers, because you no longer need to know how to make a garment in order to be a fashion designer. And the proof of that can be seen on the catwalks of famous young designers, with monotonous regularity every season.”
There are few fashion commentators so exalted that they can be as rude as they wish and still command a front row seat the next season, as Michael Roberts does. However, he feels less and less of a need to attend more than two or three shows and does not align himself with the front row editors, whom he describes, regardless of sex, as “a gaggle of snippy queens”. Because of his independence, his judgments are normally interesting, often revealing and always fearless.
Of a recent Burberry show, he wrote: “The Burberry runway show brought London Fashion Week to a close in a blaze of, well Burberry…. bustle… bustle… bustle went the fashion crowd… the first row was full of actresses still hanging about after the BAFTA awards…. Kristen Stewart rebelliously jiggling her feet out of time with the music.” His readers loved it, but Roberts prefers to be direct — “I thought the show was bad” — and leave it at that.
He is harsh on the ‘big business’ element of fashion, an example of which he says is Raf Simons, whose pre-Dior work he “really loved”, but feels that the designer made a mistake by accepting the Dior job. “When Bernard Arnault says to designers mid-career, ‘We love you — and here’s the money to prove it,’ it’s like getting into a warm bath. For Raf, a really creative committed, die-hard anti-establishment figure, it is a tragedy. I’m sorry, but his Dior clothes are ghastly. I was doing better than that in my first year at art school. He has sacrificed his credibility, as, of course, so has Bernard Arnault by his continual denial of John Galliano‘s Dior days!”
Roberts expresses a wish for more commentators in the fashion industry “who point out that things are not always what they seem.” “One doesn’t wish to be a voice crying in the wilderness, but, certainly, one wishes to be a voice that makes a difference: some reparation to get the flow going in a different direction. Fashion departments of serious newspapers are still a ghetto expected to produce some sexy whimsy each Sunday. I was pigeonholed as the Sunday Joan Crawford bitch: ‘Ooh! He never said that, did he? Isn’t he awful!’ It was very discouraging. I have always found writing very hard — words are so treacherous. And to be read for the wrong reasons… what’s the point?”
Many of his comments have become part of the rubric of fashion legend. One of my favourites is his terse dismissal of both Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld in the season when they created narrow silhouettes called The Tube and The Tunnel, respectively. Roberts wrote with, I am sure, a world-weary sigh, “I can see no light at the end of it.” Of McQueen, he says bluntly, “I didn’t like him as a person and I loathed the way he treated Isabella Blow. But he definitely had a unique talent. A very dark one.”
“It was John Galliano who was really interesting. Especially when Amanda Harlech was with him. I would sit there and listen to them talking. It was fascinating to see their imagination racing as they made up the story of every dress. Real fairytale stuff, but riveting. And I’d be thinking, ‘Oh my God! These two are just extraordinary.’ They were fabulous because they always went that extra step and you never knew where they might take you. If you’ve been privy to that, there’s very little today that can excite your interest. When John did his show in Sao Schlumberger’s house in Paris, Steven Meisel came out of it and said, ‘That’s the greatest fashion show I’ve ever seen.’ We could hardly speak, we were so emotionally overwhelmed. When you’ve seen that sort of thing, what we get now just seems small potatoes, even though the money spent on designers, collections and shows has rocketed.”
“McQueen’s clothes are full of interesting ideas, but are mainly for galleries and collectors. I find his clothes distant — psychologically of interest, but it seems to me that the idea is all. The woman and even the dress are secondary. John [Galliano] is a designer of clothes. He is in a line of British fantasy that goes back to Ossie Clark, who could create an incredible bias-cut dress even whilst you were chatting together. Lee made more demands of the wearer. His clothes were hard to wear. That is why John is the greater designer in fashion terms.”
“The problem with clothes for clothes’ sake is that I might like them, but the translation from a good idea into something to wear is often forgotten. YSL did that so well: extraordinary on the catwalk, also extraordinary and beguiling on the person. A woman in his clothes never looked as if she was dressed in an experiment. His creativity was a circular movement, especially at the beginning. He got it from the street, changed it, sent it out on the catwalk, and then it went back on the street. Much of the experiments we see today are just ridiculous, just as so much of the McQueen stuff was.”
I have always found writing very hard — words are so treacherous. And to be read for the wrong reasons… what’s the point?
Roberts was born in England in 1948. His father was from St Lucia; his mother, English. He went to art school in High Wycombe, where he won a fashion illustration competition sponsored by the advertising agency J Walter Thompson. The prize was a trip to New York, where he met Andy Warhol and had his work published in Women’s Wear Daily.
He is a quiet and self-effacing man but has a naughty schoolboy element to him, especially when it comes to subverting the status quo, a skill he learned from Mollie Parkin, the shamelessly sexual extrovert who edited both British Vogue and Nova, and who employed Roberts on his return from New York.
When Tina Brown gave him his fashion director roles at both Tatler in London and Vanity Fair in New York in the eighties, it was a time of poetic, sylvan fantasies: girls with twigs in their hair, a resurgence of black and white photography, and a bold humour that saw Tina Turner photographed wearing Alaïa, cavorting with pretty teenage boys from Eton. It also saw Vivienne Westwood on the cover of Tatler, so convincingly styled and shot by Roberts that she looked exactly like Mrs Thatcher, a trick that Roberts also brought off with the designer Rifat Özbek, whom he photographed as Diana Vreeland.
Prio to joining Tatler, Roberts was the fashion editor of The Sunday Times, where his copy was so scathing and to the point — especially in interviews with stars like Joan Collins, whom he dubbed “Our Joan” — that lawsuits always seemed to be hovering in the air. “I was getting so much flack over my Sunday Times pieces, endless writs. I was always having to defend myself! It’s just not fun. Horrible, actually.” As he says now, “I lost interest because I felt I was being read for all the wrong reasons. I didn’t feel I was doing anything of value, apart from entertaining.”
But there is another reason why Michael Roberts has become disenchanted with working for newspapers and magazines: “Firstly, with very few exceptions, the level of editing has dropped and I feel that having work tinkered with by an editor and mangled by an art department before being throttled by some person putting in his opinion of which picture he’d like… it’s just soul-destroying!”
He makes one exception: Anna Wintour. “I admire her,” he declares, “because her priority is always American Vogue. It is her first love, although she is now involved with all the Vogues… However, I am not always entirely happy with her influence when it comes to choosing young designers to take over established houses.”
At the moment, Roberts is working on two fashion-related projects: a new book with Coddington about her work, due to be published by Phaidon in a year’s time, and a docudrama with Manolo Blahnik. The film, which Roberts is directing, already has a distributor and is due out next year in time for the Cannes film festival. “Working with Manolo, one is very reliant on his mood, so it often becomes ‘one step forward, three steps back,'” he says. Blahnik and Roberts are long-term friends and collaborators — their most recent project is a new book of Roberts’ photographs of the designer’s shoes, called Manolo Blahnik: Fleeting Gestures and Obsessions. Roberts’ other book ventures include Shot in Sicily, a compendium of his photographs of the island’s muscular young men and voluptuous women.
This is Michael Roberts, the Complete Fashion Insider. Soft-voiced and multi-talented, but as sharp with his apercus as Gore Vidal, Roberts is one of the most diverse talents we have seen in fashion since Cecil Beaton. True recognition of his value by the fashion establishment is long overdue. But he almost certainly doesn’t care.


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Never fear; Spring is near. Well, on Vancouver Island anyway. Did you know that the average temperature on the Island come February hovers around 9°C? Even better, in March it’s more like 12°C! (Most days.) Head east to Alberta and Ontario, and you’re looking at around 5. (Maybe. On a really, really good day.) As for the Prairies… Well, the less said the better.
Of course, with all this bounty of beautiful, snow-free weather comes something else to smile about: Spring golf.
As one of the very few destinations in Canada where golf courses are actually open, golfing on Vancouver Island offers the pent up, mid-winter golfer everything he or she could wish for. Lush green fairways. Barely a blade of winter kill to be found. Sunny skies. Temperatures that often allow for short sleeves. And, given that nearly all the golf courses on Vancouver Island are year-round, the quality of golf you’re going to get is pretty much unrivalled: you’re looking at near-summer playing conditions as early as March! Plus, if you’re a Canadian looking to cure golf fever somewhere tropical, you’re not going to run into the hazard that is the current US exchange rate. Why make everything 40% more expensive by venturing across the border when you’ve got the perfect lie right here at home? (Hey, US golfers: everything here is 40% cheaper. Just saying.)
So here’s a thought: skip the January blahs and start dreaming about your Spring golfing trip to Vancouver Island instead. You don’t even have to plan a thing, we’ve done it all for you:
Woods and whales
Play golf: Head for Parksville and Qualicum Beach if it’s an oceanside Spring escape you’re after. Here you’ll find three wonderful oceanside golf courses in Fairwinds Golf Club, Morningstar Golf Club and Pheasant Glen Golf Resort. We’ve even set up a really great Parksville Spring Beach & Golf Special for you – three Rounds of Golf (one at each of the above courses) & two Nights Stay for just $399 pp. All you have to do is show up!
Play tourist: Just two and a half hours northwest of Parksville lies Tofino where, come spring, whale watching is the sport of choice. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to see grey whales at play. Bonus round: the Pacific Rim Whale Festival runs from March 12-27th, 2016.
Fairways and flowers
Play tourist: While most of Canada is still shivering under a blanket of snow, Vancouver Island is already awash with blossoms – Greater Victoria boasts an annual bloom count of over a billion! (Did you know the Greater Victoria Flower Count is an actual thing – it takes place in March…) So get out and smell the cherry blossoms…
Play golf: While you’re at it, why not take in a round or five at the four fantastic golf courses no more than half an hour’s drive from the city centre. Highland Pacific, Bear Mountain, Arbutus Ridge and Olympic View all boast challenging, invigorating golf guaranteed to get you back into the swing of things. Take advantage of our low season Golf Fever Getaway steal if you can’t decide which course to play. We won’t tell anyone if you give the whole flower counting thing a skip.
Balls and bikes (and birdies, hopefully!)
Play golf: One venue, two spectacular courses… Bear Mountain Resort offers 36 holes of Jack Nicklaus designed golf. (It is the only 36 holes of Nicklaus Design golf in Canada by the way.) It has also just been named as the official national training centre and headquarters of Cycling Canada and Golf Canada. Aside from national pride what does this mean for the rest of us comparably plebeian golfers? Erm, if it’s good enough for our national squad to train there year round, it’s more than good enough for us. Expect prime Spring golfing conditions. And Summer, Winter and Autumn.
Play tourist: Play golf at Canada’s National Golf Training Centre. ‘Nuff said. But if you insist on more: why not rent a mountain bike and kick up some dust at The Hub – home of the Canadian National Mountain Bike Team, the Bear Mountain Bike Park (BMBP) and the Southern Vancouver Island Nature Trails Society (NTS).
Scorecards and skis
Play tourist: Spring skiing at Mount Washington on Vancouver Island is one of those things people add to their bucket lists, with March apparently their best month of the year. But the very best part? It’s just a 40-minute drive from two of the Island’s most-loved golf destinations: Crown Isle and Storey Creek.
Play golf: With Crown Isle Golf Resort tucked under the shadows of the massive Comox Glacier, and your Storey Creek four ball often joined by soaring eagles, wandering wild deer and ambling black bears, this is golf in perfect commune with nature. What better season to take advantage of that? (Speaking of taking advantage: Crown Isle is currently offering a Stay & Ski deal, valid until the end of January.)
Yep, Vancouver Island really is the perfect place to cure golf fever. With the added bonus of plenty to do off the tee. It’s time to flip winter the birdie and hit the fairways on Vancouver Island. You know you want to.
Main image credit: Deanne Gillespie

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Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has lauded the fighting spirit of the Super Eagles in the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt.
Umahi made the commendation in a congratulatory message to the Eagles signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Uzor, and made available to newsmen in Abakaliki on Wednesday.
He said, “The unity of purpose and character displayed by the players showed that the team is capable of returning to Nigeria with the trophy.”
Umahi, who is the Chairman of the South East Governor Forum, urged Nigerians to emulate and apply similar spirit in their approach to national development.
The governor, who was said to have adjourned the state Executive Councl meeting to be able to watch the Eagles versus Guinea encounter, also congratulated the team for being the first to qualify for the second round of the tournament.
He called on the team and its management to amicably resolve all issues concerning match bonuses and other entitlements for the players and officials.
“I am optimistic that Nigeria’s sports will improve with proper harnessing of talents which abound in the country.
“We should shun ethnicity in the nation’s football because it (football) has proved to be a unifying factor in Nigeria,” he said.
Nigeria defeated Guinea 1-0 in Alexandria to qualify for the round-of-16.
(Edited by Philip Dzeremo/Sam Oditah)
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In recent years, drone food deliveries have become increasingly popular. In Australia, Wing delivers various meals using drones, in Ecuador Aerialoop drones carry pizza, and residents of Ireland can enjoy Coca-Cola products thanks to Manna Aero.
Now, SkyDrop has completed its drone fleet which will be used to deliver Domino’s pizzas to the customers in New Zealand. Due to its large payload capacities, the drone can carry most of the menu items with ease including three extra-large pizzas.
The operating system used to deliver orders to customers from Domino’s outlets across New Zealand will consist of two SkyDrop drones, one ground infrastructure platform, and one autonomous control station. That setup, the companies say, will enable seamless and frictionless workflow at store locations, and scalable store-to-door drone delivery operations.
The two companies have not announced the start date of the delivery service yet, but aim to start the deliveries in the next few years.

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Jennifer Aniston is living a Jennifer Aniston movie.
Or, at the very least, a holiday episode of “Friends.”
The actress visited "The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Wednesday, where she told the daytime host the story of her "depressed" Thanksgiving and one uplifting surprise.
I gave the toast at the head of the dinner table, which is usually me and Justin [Theroux], and I gave a very, I guess, unimpressive toast where people were like, 'Great. OK. Eat.' … Then salads came out. And everyone was just very somber. And, next thing you know, turkey walks in, and there was another turkey holding that turkey… and that was my hubby.
Justin has been shooting in Germany for what Jen claimed was “almost a year, it feels,” and though his Thanksgiving trip afforded the pair “a good couple days,” he flew right back out after the holiday weekend.
"The Leftovers” actor (take a moment to tweet your days-late “Leftovers”/Thanksgiving jokes… K, you good?) would do just about anything for his lady, including defend her when her ex's drama hit the fan.
After all, Brad left her for Angie 11 years ago.
In a September 27 interview with Business Insider, Theroux told the site,
People are having a bad time, that's horrible… There's an endless appetite for trash, apparently, though everyone would say that they don't have that appetite. But I think a lot of people do because people buy it. But there are bigger things to bitch about. It's shocking how much bandwidth things can take up when there are far more important things going on in the world.
Jeez, OK. We'll shut up about it... for now.


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The best time to go stargazing is when there is no bright moon at night and when the sun has set enough so that twilight does not affect observations. Locations identified as “Dark Sky Sites” are only dark during these times, equating to about two weeks every lunar month. Nowhere has dark skies around each full moon period.
The calendar below helps you choose the best nights to stargaze. Where you see stars on a black background indicates when the skies are truly dark and where from dark locations you will be able to see the most stars and even the Milky Way spanning the sky (depending on the time of year).
Yellow sections on the calendar show when the skies are not dark due to sunlight (bold yellow) and moonlight (faded yellow). Hover over the calendar (mobile users will need to tap) to see at what time darkness falls each evening and click the calendar date for more details.
Although it doesn’t affect times significantly your location in the UK determines exactly when the sun and moon will rise and set. By default this calendar is based on being in London however each location on this website has it’s own accurate dark sky calendar.


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James Bond 007: NightFire Review
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|Developer: Eurocom||Publisher: Electronic Arts|
|Release Date: November 18, 2002||Also On: GCN, PC, PS2, and Xbox|
The British agent has finally returned to the “Box, Xbox”. Ever since the release of GoldenEye 007, still no Bond game has accomplished what Rare managed. With more powerful hardware and a much larger company now working on the Bond series, EA still hasn’t brought their games up to the ranks of the classic GoldenEye. Undoubtedly, Nightfire was unable to beat GoldenEye, but nonetheless, it is much better than its predecessor Agent Under Fire.
There is a light at the end of the tunnel, though, with Nightfire. EA’s Need for Speed racing teamed up with the core Bond development team at Eurocom to release what is easily the best 007 since GoldenEye. We should compliment EA for asking Mr. Brosnan to use his digital likeness in the game. It adds a lot to the overall credibility of the project for the actual movie Bond to be in the game rather.
One thing that is a relief are the variety of objectives there are in the solo player missions. From sniping missions, to stealth, to all out rifles, to submarines, and then to even the moon – you’re covering a lot of weaponry and ground. The good thing for Nightfire is that it is not based on a 007 movie, meaning it is not restricted to a movie script. If I were to take the best 007 moments of all time and put some of them into one game, the result would be Nightfire. We must give them a thumbs up on their storyline this time around and marvelous in-game movies.
The graphics are splendid with realistic faces. Bond is, of course, Pierce Brosnan this time around instead of someone created in the studio. Nightfire features beautiful worlds with superb detail and no drop in frame rate. The driving levels are pretty bland, simple and boring. They are less attractive, but they are still fun to play and have a great amount of detail.
On the other hand, the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish (which was in Die Another Day) is awesome and I must say that the driving levels are much more detailed and less blocky than they were in Agent Under Fire. Overall, a mixed bag for the driving.
The sound is impressive, with great Bond music and remarkable sound effects. The voice acting was well done and the Dolby Digital worked well with my ears. I must comment that I am a huge Bond fan with all of the movies and I must say that I never get bored with the classic Bond theme. Actually, it revs me up and helps me kick some serious ass. The James Bond theme and other songs change depending on your situation and sometimes might even help you realize that you are in danger. There is also a new title song done exclusively for the game titled “Nearly Civilized” and is performed by the group known as Esthero. It might not be the best Bond title song, but it gets the job done.
Even though the game itself is quite easy, the multiplayer is strong and keeps you coming back for more. There are of course hidden unlockables to find and extend the life of the game. Overall, Nightfire is a huge treat for a true Bond and FPS fan. It will last you until the next stellar Bond game comes out with its ultra impressive multiplayer and in-game movies. I must add that I have played all the Nightfire versions fully through (GCN, PC, PS2 and Xbox) and I have found that not only is the Xbox version the easiest to get used to, but it does have slightly better graphics than the others. Add to that, the GameCube version has terrible controls and you come with the conclusion that you should buy the Xbox version of the game if you own more than one next-gen console.
|Replay Value/Game Length:||9.5|
|Written by Kyle||Review Guide|


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Light Fantastic!· News
With so many colours to choose from we can create a look and feel for any style; from contemporary blue steel white to aqua blue in ponds and warm amber tones for a softer feel, lighting can really transform a garden. Even using a green light on foliage can produce fantastic effects in planting displays.
Thinking about where the light is situated and how the beam will fall is important to maximise the effect and you can go for flood beams that cascade over your features to discreet beams pinpointing those special attractions that play a great part in your garden scene. The wattage controls the brightness of the light, although now L.E.D. has changed this drastically and less power is the name of the game. L.E.D. achieves this and saves on your power bill. Once you have got used to this type of light you will try to spread it over the garden and into the house. It is a higher initial investment that can save your pennies due to its longevity and economy!
From stark trees in winter to their dappled leaves in summer there are many ways to get an exciting effect on your garden features. Once you make a start you may find that the illuminating bug grips you and you continue to think of creative schemes, which you can achieve with this versatile medium.
Painting a scene in the garden is fun and who needs curtains anyway!


The three shortlisted teams were interviewed by the Bethlem and Maudsley NHS Trust on Friday. The Interserve team was told informally that it had won shortly afterwards. Written confirmation is expected to be given this week.
Andrew Jowett, Interserve's national operational manager, declined to comment, but a source close to the project said: "The process from expressions of interest to interview took four or five weeks. The contract involves two medium-secure mental health schemes. One is worth £20m, the other about £8m."
Procure 21 is a framework deal between 12 mainly contractor-led consortiums and NHS Estates. It is worth £7bn over five years, and covers all non-PFI capital projects with a cost of more than £1m.
Of the 12 consortiums on the framework deal, 11 are believed to have pitched for the Bethlem and Maudsley scheme before the Trust whittled them down to the shortlist, which was announced in September last year.
The contract involves two mental health schemes. One is worth £20m, the other about £8m
A source close to the project
The framework announcement fulfilled a commitment NHS Estates made in the Sold on Health document in May 2000, which said it would look to roll-out a national partnering scheme.


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If you’ve ever been to England you’ll know it’s hard to find decent ramen. Of course there’s the chain restaurant like Shoryu, which is always a win. But independent ramen business’ outside of London? Good luck!
On our travels this week we happened to stumble upon just that! Oh, the shock! An independent ramen shop, called Shin Ramen, in Coventry. I almost fainted from disbelief.
I know what you’re thinking. Shin? Like the spicy ramen cup shin? No, you are wrong. Whilst we all love those spicy instant shin cups – that surely dissolve your insides, this was nothing of the sort; Shin ramen is a legit independently run ramen restaurant that deserves your attention immediately.
Unable to control our excitement, and need for ramen after having one of the most awful hangovers from gin we’d ever had, we were in the car and on our way. That visually milky delicious Tonkotsu broth was on the horizon, and in two and a half short hours we would be stuffing our faces.
Peddle to the metal; we were whizzing our way ramen bound.
Ramen was originally claimed to come from China back in the 1800s, and made its way to Japan in the 1900s – according to the Yokohama Ramen Museums records (a museum I’ve had the pleasure of actually visiting on my travels.)
It is said that after the Second- Sino Japanese War; a conflict fight between China and Japan – that the returning soldiers from China had brought back many dishes to add to their menus – ramen included. This was made easier also as cheap American flour was imported into Japan after World War ll, and made the noodle ingredients even more accessible; wheat flour, salt, water, and Kansui. Kansui is a type of alkaline mineral water used to color the noodles yellow, and make them firm, as it’s full of many minerals, and used to help it become that traditional ramen noodle that we know and love. Kansui itself was originally discovered in Mongolia were this mineral water was found in many lakes; it contains sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, and phosphoric acid.
From then ramen has grown and adapted and there are so many different kinds, all of them marvelous, that this dish really is one of my favorite versatile dishes in the whole world – and has, due to popular demand, become available throughout the world, although you’ll struggle to find Japanese quality anywhere but in Japan. If you’ve ever tried to make ramen noodles you’ll know what I mean when I mention the four simple but complicated ingredients; if not, look it up. You’ll be surprised. It definitely ain’t no pasta recipe.
I also urge you to go to the Yokohama ramen museum, in Yokohama, if you can; it will change your life! (I’ll post an article on that another time.)
Anyway, back to Shin.
Upon walking up to the restaurant it looked extremely promising. Professional, detailed, and great decor…However, we’ve learnt from past experiences that sometimes there’s a lot of talk and not so much walk – as the saying goes.
I tried to keep my hopes at bay, and tried desperately to drink tonic water steadily with the worst shaky hangover hands you could imagine.
On the menu it said each dish of ramen would be accompanied by half a ramen egg. If you know me by now you know that I’m a complete egg slut. Eggs are my favorite, and the ramen egg can be a ‘make or break’ deal for me when eating this delicious dish. So, upon reading that you got half an egg (and knowing I’m a lucky girl and I’d get my husbands half an egg because he doesn’t eat them) I decided to order an extra one; totaling one and a half ramen eggs. Oh, the excitement! I could feel it in my toes.
One Tonkotsu ramen each, and one extra egg. Our order was placed; now the wait.
It only took around ten minutes, and as we waited patiently a deliciously big bowl of Tonkotsu passed us to go to another table; the smell was so beautiful that I knew we’d made a good decision. This was going to be a good day.
Now literally bouncing in my seat with excitement, unable to sit still, or stop shakily drinking tonic water, I imagined what that first taste would be like.
Here it came; my image of heaven in a bowl. It was steamy, it was fragrant, and as it touched down in front of me, swish swoshing from side to side in the bowl, I could have cried tears of joy.
I was wrong about the egg though; I’d like to share this with you so you can have a laugh at my misfortune. It was not half an egg each, it was a whole egg, so I now had 3 whole ramen eggs to eat. I shrugged it off; I believed in myself and I was ready to eat until I couldn’t eat anymore. Game on ramen, game on!
The eggs were perfectly runny with those creamy yolks; marinated in the soy and mirin to something that was out of this world.
Next, the broth… it could have been a little saltier for me, but a quick add of soy sauce and it was exactly what I wanted. My inner fat kid was so happy that I literally couldn’t even talk to my husband; I just continued to eat.
The broth was topped with bean sprouts, ginger, scallions, bamboo, sesame seeds, and all kinds of delicious goodness.
But the pork, let me tell you about the pork! Holy chashu on a bicycle; it was flavor city, and it melted completely in your mouth. In fact, it was so perfectly cooked that I could barely pick it up with my chopsticks without it falling apart. Had I died and gone to heaven? I was unsure, but I continued to chow down towards those famous noodles.
The ramen noodles were definitely homemade and had the perfect consistency of sticky, a slight crunchy, and the perfected flavor of delicious ramen. Shin ramen was no joke.
The most excellent independent ramen restaurant find in the UK, after only using chains so far. Thank the ramen gods for this beautiful discovery; I can’t tell you how long I’ve been searching for a small local shop.
Shin is now my favorite place to go; and if I ever find myself in, or near, Coventry again I’ll be going back not once, or twice, but multiple times to get my fix during each trip.
10 out of 10. Shin not only stole my heart, but my stomach space, and quite possibly my husband who loved it so much he also wanted to get ramen to go for later! Usually I’d advise against ramen to go if it was all in one dish, but they do it pretty good; the noodles are in a tub with the toppings, and the broth is separate in its own container ready to heat up later and pour on. Genius! Construct your own ramen at home and have the same quality; of course I want ramen to go!
Don’t hesitate; no matter how far you have to travel just make that trip to Coventry if you’re a ramen lover. You won’t regret it, I can promise you that.
Until next time,

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The wings and tailplane of both aircraft were built of spruce with plywood covering and the fuselage and tailfin were mixed wood and steel tube structures with fabric covering. The wing of the landplane was supported above the fuselage by two sets of pylon-like struts and braced by V-struts. The tailplane and fixed undercarriage were also braced to the fuselage. Apart from the twin floats, the L 102W also differed in having a small lower wing and additional auxiliary fin and rudder surfaces which extended below the line of the fuselage.
The later well-known aeronautical engineer Kurt Tank had worked for Albatros as a test pilot and continued test flying aircraft for Focke-Wulf. Shortly after the takeover he demonstrated an Albatros L 102 to officials of the DVS. Showing the diving capabilities of the aircraft he made a serious crash, but escaped injury. The cause of the accident was later attributed to violent aileron oscillation which distorted the starboard wing. Therefore Tank undertook a redesign of the aircraft under the designation Fw 55.
Apart from the N-section struts which supported the wing above the fuselage, the Focke-Wulf Fw 55 was essentially similar to the Albatros L 102 (later designated Al 102) apart from some structural strengthening. A small production batch of both the Fw 55L landplane and the Fw 55W floatplane were completed, being delivered mainly to the DVS.
Span: 43 ft 9.5 in (13.40 m)
Length: 29 ft 9 in (907 m)
Height: 8 ft 8.67 in (2.66 m)
Empty weight: 1,653 lb (795 kg)
Loaded weight: 2,712 lb (1,230 kg)
Max speed: 135 mph (217 kmh)
Service ceiling: 17,716 ft (5,400 m)."

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Baader 189 Filleting Machine
|Model||189 Filleting Machine|
Baader 189 processes cod, pollack, haddoch, hake employing well proved system with high fillet yield. Fish from 40 to 85 cm (0,6 - 4, 5 kg gutted with head) are loaded on to the machine after heading. The filleting tools adjust themselves to the different fish size within the operating range. For skinning the fillets have to be transferred manually to a skinning machine.
For a complete line heading machine Baader 427 and skinning machine Bader 51 are recommended.
Operator requirements 1 person
Capacity 24-34 fish/min steplessly variable
Power Requirements 3 kW
Water consumtion approx. 15 l/min
Dimensions approx. 3,70×1,50×2,00 m
Approx. 4,30×1,50×2,00 m (with lugg cutter)
Created for shipping approx. 3,80×1,60×2,20 m
Weight net. approx. 1060 kg
With accessories net. approx. 1650 kg


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1. The People
Humble, happy and eager to help, the Haitian people in the tourism industry are among the friendliest in the Caribbean. You'll encounter children with beaming smiles, resourceful fishermen and warm motherly types that are happy to see you enjoy their country. Yes, there is poverty and desperate people, but traveling in this country opens your eyes to ta different. infectiously happy and welcoming side of Haiti.
2. The Art
A way for many Haitians to make a living, but also some of the best art in the Caribbean. Raw, real and authentic, whether it's Voodoo, sculpture or brightly coloured canvas, having a piece of Haitian art in your home is a must for any collector.
3. The Culture
A Caribbean country that hasn't yet lost it's culture and traditions to the western world. You'll see artisans pounding iron sculptures in the streets, music pumping down alleyways and if you're lucky, you might catch a Voodoo ceremony and get a true taste of Haitian culture.
A mixture of French, African and Spanish, kréyol is the traditional Haitian cuisine. With most meals served up with diri kole ak pwa, (rice and beans) you'll find anything from poulet with kidney bean rice, (chicken & rice) to poisson frit et sauce ( fish in creole sauce). Flavourful and not too spicy, Haitian cuisine has its own Caribbean - European flair that you won't find anywhere else in the region.
Haiti may not be known for its beaches but it has some secret bays and coves that are simply out of this world, and the best part is that they're not littered with tourists. Take a boat ride over to Amiga island in Cap Haitien and you'll have a gorgeous private island most likely to yourself. If you travel to Jacmel, just outside of Port-au-Prince, Raymond Des Bains is a popular local beach and is stunning at sunset.
Exploring hidden waterfalls in Jacmel, meandering through the March de Fer in Port-au-Prince and trekking up to the largest fortress in the western hemisphere, La Citadelle La Ferriere, Haiti has so much to offer the more adventurous traveller.
7. Photo Ops
In Haiti, there's always something happening. If you're an avid photographer, everywhere you look you'll find something worth capturing. Whether its the bright tap taps, laughing children playing in the sand or intriguing architecture, this country is brimming with uniqueness.
8. To Give Back
Haiti is making a come back in terms of tourism but it still needs help from travellers. The tourism industry are begging people to give Haiti a chance and not to think of it as a place that needs aid. 5 years on from the devastating earthquake, this country wants to operate like any other Caribbean country and show off its natural beauty, wonderful culture and warm locals, so give it a try!
9. The Natural Beauty
Luckily Haiti hasn't had an influx of tourists in recent years and that helps it keep it's natural wonders pristine and untouched. In Jacmel, the stunning Bassin Bleu waters remain sparkling blue, because it's still relatively less-travelled. For intimate encounters with nature, Haiti is the place.
10. The History
A country with a tumultuous and fascinating past, Haiti is overflowing with interesting tales. If you find yourself in the north in Cap Haitien, you'll hear all about the revolution, the relationship with the Dominican Republic, pirates and independence. Where it's rare to find a Caribbean country with such a rich history, this is something in which Haiti is definitely not lacking.


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Personalize your dog's collar with this DIY cross stitch set.
Includes: 2x needles, 7x threads (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple & brown), 1x collar.
Product Measurement: 2.5 x 48 cm
Material: cotton, nickel plated alloy
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