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Reviewed by Amanda Gazzard
Once in a while along comes a production that you think WOW what a brilliant show…….
I loved the original film and was keen to see how well Simon Beaufoy could adapt such an iconic movie for the stage.
The scene is set it’s the 90’s and we were introduced to a group of laid-off steel workers each with their own problems who are barely scraping by trying to make a few quid here and there whilst a major recession is going on. Hard times lead to desperate measures and with The Chippendales performing in the local social club this gives Gaz (Gary Lucy) the brainwave to put together their own show but with a difference. Bums of Steel, as they call themselves, not only strip but they go all the way!!!
Gaz is trying to make some money so he can keep seeing his son Nathan (Fraser Kelly). Their relationship at times is strained but you can clearly see they have a special bond. Gaz’s best friend Dave (Kai Owen) was brilliantly funny and so much like the original character from the film, it was uncanny at times. Lomper (Joe Gill) was portrayed very differently from the film and I did find his opening scene of him trying to hang himself a little distasteful. There were a few gasps around me I must admit but maybe in some ways this was the reaction they went for, as the eventual outcome had a happy ending. Without spoiling anything Guy (James Redmond) is very funny and his audition was jaw dropping! Horse (Louis Emerick) clearly has the moves and portrays his character brilliantly. Gerald (Andrew Dunn) is teased by the lads and tormented by his wife as she does not know he has been out of work for the last six months and has been happily spending money.
Some of the scenes were similar to the film including the famous Hot Stuff dance while they were queuing at the Job Centre, which I am glad they kept in as the timing and acting were top class.
There were only two points that slightly let it down for me. Firstly, were the accents. In the opening scenes I really struggled to follow the conversations due to their accents, especially Gary Lucy. It felt they were all over compensating trying to speak in a Yorkshire accent when it clearly was not their natural tongue. I felt the rest of the audience may have felt the same as the audience’s reactions were not really there in the very beginning. My second point was the staging. I do understand when you’re portraying a production which has already been made into a film the expectations are already there. The backdrop to the stage was of the inside of a steel works which was very good and detailed, nevertheless this never moved/changed throughout the whole production and the various scenes which were not at the steel works were always set in front of the backdrop or even at times incorporated into the scene which for me was a little off-putting. I felt if you had not seen the film it could have been hard to follow the flow of the story as some scene sets were not overly convincing.
This production was loaded with humour all the way through and is a must see. It’s a great night out for the ladies (wink wink) and you will not be left disappointed.
All the staff at The Cliffs Pavilion was helpful and polite. We were guided to our row with ease and a smile and served out drinks swiftly and politely, Very impressed.
I would rate this performance a well-deserved 4 out of 5.
Tickets cost from £27 to £50 (booking fees may apply).
The Full Monty is at the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend from 1-6 April 2019, for more information or to book tickets visit southendtheatres.org.uk or call the box office on 01702 351135.
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A couple gets divorced every 36 seconds in the U.S. In one year, that averages out to 876,000 per year, 16,800 every week, and 2,400 each day. A dissolution of marriage doesn’t ask for a person to have a complete knowledge of family law, however it can be very helpful if you do. Today let’s focus on a few key points in family law, with one piece of knowledge that may help you should your spouse and yourself find the marriage heading toward this particular destination.
Does the Age You Married Affect the Length of Your Marriage?
Your age when you married may have an affect on the longevity of your marriage. The younger the spouses, the more likely they are to file for
Are you a victim of domestic violence? Are you afraid to take action and protect yourself and your children? Many domestic violence victims remain in their situation because they feel like they don?t have any other options. However, every day that you stay in an abusive or alcohol induced violence relationship, you increase your risk of danger. Although you might feel like you are alone, remember that you do have the following resources to help you when you are ready.
A trusted friend or family member
Confiding in a trusted friend or family member can be extremely helpful in this type of a situation. They can usually offer you advice or minimally, a place to st
You’re probably aware that men and women tend to marry at an older age now than in the 1950s. The average age at that time was 20 for women and 23 for men. As of 2004, however, women were 26 and men 27 when they married for the first time.
Divorce Filing Data
Currently, women tend to file for divorce more often than men. In fact, they do so over half as often as men. When couples date for a minimum of 3 years prior to becoming engaged, however, recent data shows that they were 39% less likely to seek divorce than those that just dated a a year.
Reasons for Filing Divorce
While there are a variety of reasons for divorce, infidelity is often at the top of the list. Other reasons for divorce include incompatibility, drinking, and drug abuse.
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Rachel came down yesterday to join me for this leg. I also invited friends for supper, so with clearing up, I was feeling rather bleary eyed setting off at 8am for Abergwaun! However the road was clear and we arrived at Aberteifi/Cardigan in plenty of time for the bus up to Strumble Head – which was fortunate as there was no bus stop where I was expecting a bus stop to be, having checked it only yesterday. Enquiry produced the information that there was a new bus stop on the other side of the town. As I noticed elsewhere in Pembrokeshire the bus driver was an older woman, originally from the north of England. Good to see some diversity in bus drivers. There was an older infirm lady, whom the bus driver patiently talked to the whole journey. We arrived at Strumble Head and set out, having admired the lighthouse again.
The countryside was far less dramatic than the last day I did, coming towards the lighthouse from the south. The cliffs are lower with lots of heather and gorse, but the excitement of the day was the quantity of seals near Carreg Wastad, bobbing on the waves.
Another interesting area was just west of Abergwaun, where the French landed an invasion force of some 1400 men in 1797. Legend has it that Jemima Nicholas, brandishing a pitchfork led a group of women from the town to the top of the headland, where their traditional red flannel petticoats led the French to believe that the redcoated militia was on its way. The intrepid women captured about a dozen drunk French soldiers, and locked them in the church. Jemima received a pension, and is a heroine in the town.
It was an easy walk of about 10 miles, although the final paved section into Abergwaun was a bit dull. We had fish and chips at the excellent Hook 31. Highly recommended. Our B and B is near Aberporth, which is nearly 30 miles away, and proved rather complicated to find, with a road that got narrower and narrower to the point where I was concerned that we’d get wedged between the hedgerows! Total distance just over 8 miles and a gold day – everything went smoothly!
When I woke this morning, the weather could not have been more different from yesterday. The windsock outside my window was horizontal, and a thick blanket of mist covered everything. I did not really want to get out of bed at 7, but had planned to do that in order to drop car in St David’s and get the shuttle bus back at 8.40. I thought maybe an extra hour in bed wouldn’t hurt, then it occurred to me that the shuttle bus might only go at 2-hour intervals, so I stuck to plan. Just as well, as in fact the bus was at 4-hour intervals. A happy occurrence on the shuttle bus put me in a good mood for the day. The driver had picked up a woman walker in Solfach and we were trundling down the steep hill, when the woman exclaimed that she had left the lights on her vehicle on. The bus driver immediately stopped, turned round, and took the bus back up the hill so that the woman could leap out and turn off her lights. Everyone on the bus was happy about this – I can’t imagine that happening in a big city! People are definitely kinder to each other in the country. Walking leads to cutting edge insights like that.
There is no breakfast in my accommodation, so I had planned to grab a bacon roll from the pub once the shuttle set me down at the starting point, but despite signs I had spotted yesterday, promising breakfast from 9am, there was no sign of anyone at 9.10, so I set off with just an apple in hand, hoping that the weather would clear. It was not especially cold, but the mist was thick and the rain persistent, although light. I don’t have my waterproof with me, just a light showerproof jacket, that I was glad of, although it was at full capacity. The path starts with a stiff pull out of Newgale. The surf on the beach was higher than yesterday, but still only gentle. Before long I ran into three chaps clearing the path. It is very well maintained.
Although there were more ups and downs than yesterday, most of the path was on the tops. As I dropped down into one valley, I could hear a couple of women behind me. One had a very high, carrying voice, which was a bit odd in the mist as I could not see them, but I heard a lot more than I wanted. ‘..gave it to him both barrels, first off, that isn’t…..Anthea said….a job for the paramedics…came undone…..not sure after seven months off…’ the last comment gave rise to the thought that, for her colleagues, there might have been a slight silver lining even to COVID. Eventually, I slowed to let them pass me, after I had heard about the dog, plans for a night out, and the iniquitous behaviour of the gas board (couldn’t argue with that one!). The wind then carried their voices forward.
There were far fewer insects or birds around today, although the stonechats were busy.
The names of two of the headlands – Dinas Fawr and Dinas fach – suggest that, at one time, there was an Iron Age settlement, ‘dinas’ being the word for city in modern Welsh but also for a Neolithic fort. With not much of a view, I stopped for fewer photos than yesterday and made good time to Solfach. I walked into the high street to the attractive cafe, and queued for several minutes. Unfortunately, the two people in front of me took the last table. The nice waitress suggested an alternative , so I went in to be told that breakfast had finished and lunch wouldn’t be served for another hour. I was starving now. The waitress must have seen my depressed expression as she asked the chef if he could rustle up a final breakfast. Vindicating my point about people being kind, he did, and I polished off an excellent eggs benedict. (See review). I sat there for an hour, with a second coffee and was rewarded with improved weather. Not sunny like yesterday, but the clouds lifted and the rain stopped.
Solfach is a long, narrow inlet, with quite a few little yachts bobbing gently. The path out climbs quite steeply, and then closely follows the cliff edge. At last I could see the southern arm of St Brides Bay, where I had walked yesterday. I met another lady who is doing regular coast walking. We compared notes about the steepness of the Cornish coast. Whilst this area is similar, it does not have the long steep ups and downs that nearly killed me a few years back – why I wasn’t using poles, I’ll never understand. I love them now.
The path now became very busy, especially as I approached St Non’s chapel, just south of St David’s. According to legend, St Non was the mother of St David, the patron saint of Wales. To all appearances it looked like a Celtic chapel from the early Middle Ages, there were at least 10 other people milling, waiting to go in. I was struck inside by how Catholic it seemed, which surprised me, as the Anglican Church in Wales tends to be ‘low’. The mystery was solved when I saw an information sheet, saying it had been built in 1934 by Mr Cecil Griffith, using stones form surrounding buildings that were probably originally from ecclesiastical buildings, whilst the nearby holy well was restored by the Passionist Fathers in 1951. http://www.stnonsretreat.org.uk/history.html
As I left, two men who had been ahead of me on the path stopped and began chatting to me. Something one of them said led me to say ‘Cymro cymreig ydach chi?’ That is literally, Are you a Welsh Welshman? meaning Welsh speaking. He replied that he was and asked me if I were a Welsh Welshwoman. My Welsh is very rusty after over 35 years living in England, but within one sentence he had picked me as from North Wales. A regular diet of Welsh television is reviving my skills, but the part of Wales I now live in has few native speakers, so I was glad to practice a little on these two, who were from Aberhonddu and Abertawe. Unfortunately my little chat with the Welsh Welshmen meant that the 15.40 shuttle was just sailing up the hill as I came down into Porth Clais. Rather than wait half an hour, I decided to walk up to St David’s and began toiling up the narrow lane, having hesitated as to which of two to choose. A car stopped – I thought it might be kind people offering a weary walker a lift, but it was just somebody asking if I knew where the road led. ‘St David’s, I hope.’ ‘No, we’ve just come from there.’ ‘Really? I was sure the map said this road.’ ‘No, definitely not, we’ve come from there.’ ‘Did you come down that road?’ I gestured towards the one I hadn’t taken, more or less parallel, but further left. ‘Yes. We were hoping this led to St Justinians.’ ‘Well, I don’t know. As you can tell, I’m lost too.’ I returned down to the port and took the other road. After 10 mins, I heard someone behind me and turned to ask ‘does this lead to St David’s?’ ‘No, not this road.’ ‘But someone just told me they had come down it from there.’ ‘They must have come from the other road.’ She pointed back behind us. You can see the cathedral there. I was totally confused. But all became clear when I got back to the port. I had assumed I needed to go left out of it, but I had forgotten that Porth Clais overshoots st David’s to the west, so I needed to take the right fork. I decided to wait for the bus, since it was now 16.00. When the bus eventually came, it turned up the road I had originally taken! Having had a not brilliant but quite expensive meal in the pub here last night, I thought I would eat in St David’s. Unfortunately, as I had been between breakfast and lunch earlier, I was now between lunch and supper, and had to make do with a stodgy panini. I need to rethink my plan for tomorrow to make sure I get some breakfast as there is no lunch stop.
It was just as well we did the little bit extra yesterday rather than finishing at Porlock Weir in line with standard route, as we had to be in Minehead to meet our luggage and catch the bus to Taunton. All the other days we have dawdled, but we managed a respectable speed of 2.2 miles per hour today.
There was a gentle start from picture perfect Porlock across the flood plain, via Bossington, which also looks like it fell off a chocolate box – all thatched cottages and roses rambling.
We then turned into woodland at the foot of the hill, followed by a long, steady pull upwards for at least a mile. Once on the top, we had a choice between the ‘rugged’ path, which went up and down the combes, closer to the water’s edge, or the cliff-top path, with the view. We elected the top path – partly because it would be quicker, and partly because we had plenty of woodland yesterday, and wanted the views.
In fact, there was not a lot to see, as rain set in around 9.45. It was not heavy, but it was persistent and the sea and sky blended into grey. Wales, which we have been able to see for several days, disappeared from view. There were a few Exmoor ponies chomping quietly and quite a few cows. Only heifers though, so no bother with them.
The final 2 miles wound down through woodland again and we arrived promptly at 12.15. We had a quick bite in The Old Ship Aground, which had very kindly agreed to take our luggage in, then a whistle stop photo opportunity at the end of the South West Coast Path before a 10 min wait in pouring rain for the bus. Now on the fast train to Paddington.
Today is my birthday, and I am able to celebrate it with a truly great present – finally completing the South West Coast Walk – 630 miles from Poole. But still only a fraction of my whole scheme! We covered 7.4 miles.
We have had a difficult 24 hours. The plan was for Rachel and me to meet at Paddington catch the 6.03 train on Thursday night. Conscious it would be a bit of a rush, I wore my walking clothes to a meeting with 30 other surveyors all in suits then raced to Paddington. I arrived 5 minutes early only to see the dreaded word ‘delayed’ against all services.
Rachel assumed I was joking at first, because the last two occasions we had left from Paddington, there had been delays. But sadly not. In fact, ‘delayed’ was the least of our problems. It transpired that all services had been cancelled owing to signalling problems.
The place was heaving. The advice was go to Waterloo, get a train to Reading and change to the Exeter service there. We called an uber, as the tube was jammers as well, but when he told us it would take over an hour, we gave up on that and decided to have a drink whilst the trains sorted themselves out. It was pushing 30 degrees and humid, so tempers were fraying all around.
With no improvement, we took the tube to Waterloo, which was equally chaotic; we tried to get on an Exeter train, but it was like one of those Japanese bullet trains where people are pushed on – although I was aggrieved that people refused to pass down into the carriages and let more people on. We then tried for a Reading train, but couldn’t even get onto the platform. At that stage, we gave it up as a bad job and went back to Rachel’s in North London. The whole thing resulted in major rearrangement of our plans, and I must say that the manager of our planned hotel, The George in Braunton was unbelievably helpful, even giving us the number of a hotel in Exeter, if we could get that far – there was no chance of the branch line to Braunton.
We rose from our slumbers at the crack of dawn, to catch the 7.30 from Paddington. Having thought no more could go wrong, the train then developed an engine fault outside Taunton, and sat there for 20 minutes, eating up the available time for changing to the branch line.
We had quite given up any hope of catching it in time for our luggage to be collected by Luggage Transfer, who had already kindly agreed a postponement. But our luck had changed. The Barnstaple train was either late itself or held to meet us, and also left from the same platform, so we leapt on and managed to get to the place we should have stayed in last night by 12pm. We had a sausage sandwich to steel ourselves for the 14 miles ahead.
I immediately made matters worse by turning the wrong way along the old railway track that leads to the coast path. We only discovered it, when, fazed by the failure of the estuary to appear, we whisked out the compass which smugly informed us we were going north, rather than south. Hastily retracing our steps, we covered an extra 1.4 milers, slightly compensated for by an obligatory diversion inland, caused by path erosion.
The walk was pleasant, but largely unremarkable – continuing along the Tow estuary, then behind the dunes at the Burrows, before climbing up and over the headland to Croyde. We had an excellent Devon cream tea there, then did the final 5 miles into Woolacombe, first on the road, then a fabulous finale along the 1.5 mile Woolacombe beach, which is apparently the third most beautiful beach in the UK, however that may be calculated. I must say, whilst it was undoubtedly lovely, I am not sure it reached the beauty of some of the East Anglian beaches, or those around Lulworth Cove. But it was wonderful to sooth our ruffled nerves by walking through the shallows, hopping over the copious jelly fish. It was freezing to begin with, but then seemed to warm up.
Our hotel is basic – rather reminiscent of a 1970s Stalinist effort, but we had a pleasant, if expensive dinner in the village. We covered 15.4 miles in total
Another bad journey down from Paddington yesterday. This time the trains were delayed for two hours because someone had been hit by a train at West Ealing. With nothing to do but wait we whiled away the time in the pub.
Two glasses of wine and a Cornish pasty, later we got on the packed train – along with all the other passengers from delayed trains. Including a dog, named Daisy. The dog was fine but its owner talked to it incessantly. At one point it made a break for freedom, Jon guessed in search of the quiet carriage.
It was noticeable how much shorter the journey was than the last one down to Penzance – progress measured in train journey times!
We managed to rearrange our lift from Bodmin and got to Tintagel around seven. Sadly too late to go to the headland, although there was a splendid moon.
This morning were delayed in setting off because the luggage people hadn’t confirmed the pick-up. We mooched around the village before concluding that we would leave cash with our B & B to send the bags on by taxi, if they weren’t collected. We also collected some pasties for lunch. We finally set out around 9.40, down the lane to meet the coast path just to the north east of the village.
Today is marked as strenuous in the book. There were lots of ups and downs and, although no single one was as fierce as the days before Tintagel, there were fewer long flat bits. All the way, looking back, we could see the vast Victorian Hotel, the Camelot Castle, out on the headland. It never seemed to get much further away. Whilst the weather started sunny, by the time we got to Boscastle – the place almost washed away by floods a few years ago, it was beginning to spit.
We stopped in a very nice tea shop for coffee and cake, and as we ate the rain began to come down in stair rods. A vote was held to delay setting out for half an hour to see if it cleared. But it didn’t. So we left around 1.45, suitably plasticked up. It poured for another forty five minutes.
Strangely, it is easier to walk on a soaking path, than a damp one. Damp paths are far more slippery than wet ones. The views were tremendous – the autumn colours looking very dramatic against the grey sky. The rain stopped and the sky turned bright blue, the water turquoise and calm, and the last couple of hours were gorgeous.
Now in the pub at Crackington Haven in what would be a nice room if the window were not nailed shut. We had an excellent dinner – I tried some Cornish gin very good indeed! Quite herby. We covered a pleasant 12.5 miles.
The moon was full so Rachel and I had a brief walk down to the sea front it was gorgeous in the moonlight apart from a very disconcerting shadow that looked like Quasimodo beating someone with a club.
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We made a fairly early start, by our standards, leaving our very modern B & B at Three Gates Meadow at 8.30. The day is marked as ‘severe’ in the book, same as the Pendeen to St Ives stretch, but only 14.8km rather than 23.5 (that is less than 10 miles).
We decided not to walk back to the cliff edge at Port Isaac but to go along the road for a mile to avoid the first big drop, and we were very glad to have done so. We cut back to the coast and after about a quarter of a mile, the land fell away into one of the steepest valleys of the route so far – ie since setting out from London Bridge! Going down was horrible. My knees have been pretty good this trip, with no heavy bag to carry and shorter distances but this was evil and they were protesting severely. Up the other side, I was almost on all fours – generally up hill is less troublesome to me but this was a killer.
Back on the top the path was flat for no more than a quarter mile before dropping away again, not quite so severely but bad enough. Up again, and along (through a herd of young stirks who hovered near the stile, of course). A flat bit and then down the dip we’ve christened Big Bertha for obvious reasons. We met a man and his daughter who are doing the whole South West Coast Path, – camping! Ugh! They were bowed under the weight of the kit. Rather them than me, but they seemed pretty jaunty. Bet they didn’t enjoy Big Bertha.
From the map, it looked as though the worst were over, but no. Dropping down into Trebarthwith sands was an almost vertical staircase. A quick ice-cream as reward, then up the other side and a final 2 miles into Tintagel, where we cut across the fields to the church before collapsing into a pub for lunch. We had made it with just 20 minutes to spare to bolt some food before picked up by our taxi.
The weather today was a fascinating mix. There was a heavy sea mist when we set out, which cleared off the tops, leaving bright sunshine above, with thick mist over the sea – very atmospheric.
The temperature has now soared. It must be around 28 degrees, but fortunately, our train is air conditioned and Jon and Stephen were very happy whilst waiting for it, as a steam train pulled in, to be ooh’d and aah’d over by admiring crowds.
Goodbye to another part of the great adventure, although I am feeling as though I have barely scratched the surface yet…
In theory, I have now done 20% having broken through the 1,300 mile point today – assuming the 6,500 guestimate is close enough to the reality.
Sitting in a grim hotel in Perranporth which I shan’t name, further than to say it ain’t the accommodation highlight of the trip! Distinct pong of damp dog, and the door won’t lock from the inside.
We left our very pleasant little B&B in Portreath at 8.45, rather a record this trip. Unfortunately, owing to oven issues there was no cooked breakfast, but a good selection of fruit and pastries staved off the worst pangs of hunger. As it was necessary to go up and down two very stiff slopes to get into the village yesterday, so the same pertained on the other side, but we were rewarded with excellent views back toward St Ives and forward to St Agnes’ Head. An hour and a half brought us into Porth Towans where we had truly excellent bacon sandwiches in the beach café.
The weather was bright, although not very warm, hut the sea was again a superb turquoise with darker patches. The vivid purple heather makes a wonderful contrast, especially with the myriad rock colours red, orange, white and even occasionally verdigris where the copper is close to the surface. There is plenty more evidence of copper mining here. Portreath used to ship the ore direct to the smelting works in South Wales. It may have been on one of those very ships that my ancestors left Cornwall to head for Newport.
A long pull up from Porth Towans, then a good bit of flat cliff top before an evil slope down into St Agnes that played the devil with my knees, which so far this trip have been fairly quiescent. We stopped for a welcome drink in the Driftwood pub before hauling ourselves up the other side of the valley. Another double dip, and then we were on to a long flattish stretch.
Towards Perranporth, the path, which is very poorly signposted as usual, gets rather lost amongst what may be old airfield buildings or mining works. It then clings rather precipitously to the edge of the cliff. I had my eyes firmly inland at that point.
We arrived around 5pm having done about 11.5 miles. I have used all of my camera card and am struggling to find a new one. The good news, is that there is a camera shop here, the bad news is that it is closed and won’t open before 10.30 tomorrow.
Lolling on my bed in a very pleasant B&B, completely exhausted. I had heard that the Pendeen to St Ives stretch is the hardest on the whole South West coast path, and whilst I would not say it was harder than the murderous Mousehole to Lands End leg, it is certainly up there.
I took an early bus from Penzance to meet Jon and Stephen at their pub in Pendeen – the vey spot where Chris and I finished last year. We had arranged for the baggage people to collect our gear from there, and I am very thankful we did. Not sure I could have made it today with a big pack.
The weather was excellent all day. Plenty of sun to make the sea a wonderful turquoise, but also breezy enough to be the right temperature in a t-shirt.
The first point of interest was the Pendeen Watch lighthouse, a landmark which we could see behind for miles as we progressed north-east. For the first time, I now have the sun generally on my right arm with the sea on my left. So far, as I have walked clockwise I have had a burnt left arm, and a burnt right arm as I have walked anti-clockwise. There won’t be any much sun on the left side until I start west again along the coast of South Wales.
The path dipped and swooped, climbing up and dropping down. It was nowhere as steep as some of the parts of Devon, but it was always narrower and closer to the cliffs. At some angles, the wind was blowing off the land, which is quite disconcerting when there is a steep drop to the side.
As always in Cornwall, the path is very poorly sign posted, and although you might think it can’t be that difficult, there are often tracks and sheep-trods to confuse the unwary.
There are numerous old mine shafts and wheal houses still dotting the countryside. After last year’s trip to Geevor mine I could imagine the shafts going out a mile or so under the waves. A lot of the stone had the greens tinge of copper ore.
The various interpretations boards (none today) promise choughs and kittiwakes, but so far only herring gulls and ordinary crows have materialised.
We did, however see a kestrel from above, hovering golden in the sun-light, before it swooped down and grabbed a small creature.
We had toyed with the idea of turning inland at Zennor to go to the well-known Tinners’ Arms for lunch, but we were making such slow progress that we decided not to add the additional mile or so each way. I can normally take or leave lunch when walking, being quite happy with an apple and some chocolate, but today to was so strenuous (although only 14.6 miles) that I was really struggling by the end and chomping on my dark chocolate with no thought of anything but shovelling in energy. We eventually crawled into St Ives at about 6pm, found the nearest restaurant and stuffed our faces. We were on a terrace, and so cold from hunger and exhaustion that we sat huddled in our fleeces and extra blankets whilst people on the next able were in shorts and t-shirts.
For anyone who thought I might have given up – I am still here. It is hard to believe that a year has passed since my last walk, but in the meantime I have been busy with my new business www.tudortimes.co.uk and I am also writing a book. So weekends have been a bit hectic. Nevertheless I have managed to squeeze in 10 days back in Cornwall, this time in the company of friends Jon and Stephen. Jon is working on an end to end project and wanted to start from Land’s End. That works perfectly for me, because I can pick up the bits I missed last summer – Porth Leven to Mousehole on Friday and Saturday, and meet the others at the pub in Pendeen where Chris and I finished last year.
On the final day last year, instead of walking on from Pendeen, we spent the day at the Geevor tin-mine. The weather was absolutely appalling – quite different from the previous day, and my boots were slipperier than ever, so we thought the tin-mine would be a good option. And it was – absolutely fascinating. I highly recommend to anyone with the slightest interest in history, mining, industrial archaeology, industrial relations, systems, engineering, or just about anything.
Since then, no plans have actually come to anything, so I am absolutely delighted to be off again. I hope the weather is as good as last year!
The advantage to going with friends, is that we are clubbing together for a bag transport service. After the miseries of last year, I’ll welcome it, as it is fair to say fitness levels are slipping with the current very sedentary projects.
I’ve bought new boots too. I went for Zamerlan again because they are so comfortable. Just hoping that the first pair had faulty soles, rather then the whole design being poor. Fingers (and toes) crossed!
Train at 12.05 from Paddington tomorrow and a whole 10 days of Cornish Pasties and cream teas ahead.

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text: Look! It’s Judd Apatow! And he’s doing stuff! Creating a diversion from all other non-Apatovian news, the man who is tangentially related to all modern R-rated comedy has two stories going for him today, beginning with the announcement that Universal has picked up an as-yet-untitled film that will reteam him with director Paul Feig again, now that Bridesmaids is an actual success and not just a social cause. Fortunately, there are far more details in Variety’s report on that Knocked Up quasi-sequel that will focus on Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann’s characters, specifically that the film will also bring back Charlyne Yi’s snickering stoner Jodi, and that Apatow has also recruited his newest protégé Lena Dunham and Chris O’Dowd, who awkwardly romanced Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids. And once you’re in the Apatow gang, you’re in for life—and if you try to leave, that’s when they cut you. Tread carefully, Chris O’Dowd.

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At least 28 women have filed to contest in the 2019 district level elections while 145 women will be vying for slots in the Unit Committee elections in the Upper East Region.
Besides, 16 persons living with various forms of disabilities have also filed to contest in the elections and a further nine persons with disabilities have filed to contest in the Unit Committee elections.
Disclosing this to the Ghanaian Times in an interview in Bolgatanga, the Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), William Adarkwa, disclosed that a total of 1,074 candidates are contesting the District Assembly elections across all the 359 electoral areas in the 15 municipalities and districts in the region while 2,199 persons are vying for unit committees.
Mr Adarkwa explained that all was set for the elections to take place in at least 1000 polling stations across the region and had already sent materials to various districts, electoral officials have been well trained to administer processes with utmost transparency and diligence according to rules and regulations of electoral system.
The Regional Director indicated that EC’s collaboration with security services had been strong and urged members of the public to have confidence in the commission to deliver credible, free, fair and transparent elections.
Today, the nation will go to the polls to elect assembly and unit committee members who will man the affairs of various electoral areas in the country for the next four years.
“As part of fairness and to promote inclusive participation, priority will be given to the vulnerable to vote and other stakeholders including election officials, security services, health persons. Media practitioners who may have roles to play during the elections will be given chance to vote as soon as they approach the presiding officers of the polling stations.
“The EC has trained persons with visual impairment on how to use the tarter jacket to vote and encouraged all persons to participate in processes to choose competent leaders who will work to bring about development at the grassroots,” Mr Adarkwa stressed.
FROM SAMUEL AKAPULE, BOLGATANGA


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How a Career Break Can Affect the Self-Employed
Even entrepreneurs dream about giving up their day jobs. And they should: in some ways, self-employed people find it easier to take a career break than those who are employed by others. In other ways, however, taking a career break is more difficult for the self-employed. The bottom line is, quite simply, that size matters. If your business employs numerous people and pulls in a hefty profit, you may be able to give yourself a salary while you're away. If you run a one-man-show and/or have not been in business very long, this might will not be the case.
If you work at home on your own out of a home office, you may be able to find someone to run your business in your absence, and either continue to make a profit or, at the very least, keep the business running. If you run a small business outside your home that employs several individuals, this is even easier to do. It's up to you to work out the maths: is hiring extra employees potentially more profitable than closing up shop?
Keep in Touch
- If you do leave your business in someone else's hands while you're away, don't underestimate the importance of keeping in touch while you're gone. It is vitally important to be kept up-to-date of all business and other related developments while you're away. Decide on a weekly phone call or email, and make sure your replacement knows when to bother you and when to handle things independently. Final decisions should be your responsibility, unless you decide otherwise beforehand.
- Getting a flexible mortgage can be a fantastic idea if you're self-employed and contemplating a career break. Not only can you spread out mortgage payments but you may be able to swing a complete mortgage payment holiday.
- Remember that if you are working abroad and not earning money in the UK, you may be entitled to a tax refund. Check with Inland Revenue before you go. For most self-employed people, this won't make much difference – you'll be earning less money, and therefore paying less tax. It is possible – and easy - to pay online taxes from outside the UK, and don't forget to keep up your National Insurance Contributions while you're away.
- If you receive tax credits, you must tell HM Revenue and Customs within one month if you are planning to be abroad for more than eight weeks. You must also notify them if your income goes up or down, or if you begin to work fewer hours. Check to learn what the laws are and to find out how to adhere to all legal requirements.
- A stakeholder pension may be better than a personal one if you are self-employed. If you do opt for the latter, check that your scheme doesn't charge you when you stop working. Continuing to pay in the same pension plan will also be cheaper when you return than starting a new one.
- You will be responsible for keeping up your health cover while you're away. Make sure you have adequate cover before you go.
- Consider getting a self-employed loan if your career break will be of short duration. Many companies offer such loans, but seek out only those from qualified lenders with favourable terms.
The idea of self-employment and becoming your own boss appeals to many people. But while from the outside being self-employed sounds liberating, in reality it also means incredibly long hours and hard work. Self-employed individuals can benefit from career breaks as much as people who are fully employed, and can often find the experience is of invaluable help when they return back to running their own businesses.

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Pleasures and Pastimes in Medieval England
A study of medieval leisure activities. This book looks at how people from all classes of medieval society enjoyed themselves when not about their daily chores.
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
Date Published: 1995
Book Condition: Near fine hardcover in like dust jacket with minimal wear to cover edges. Belong to sticker with previous owner’s name on the front fly page
Out of stock

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Kenyan authorities have released the names of the pilot and passengers killed when a small plane crashed north of Nairobi on Tuesday.
True to Peter's account, it has now emerged that the plane's trip from Kitale to Nairobi was dogged by bad weather which necessitated a change in routes.
"It was raining with a heavy mist by the time we left the offices on Tuesday evening", he said.
They include the pilot captain Barbra Wangeci Kamau and her First Officer Jean Mureithi. Many people on board escape with injuries.
It was enroute to Nairobi from Kitale on Tuesday and was scheduled to land at 5:20pm, the same time that it went off the radar.
Brenda Wanga reports from Kinangop with the latest on the search for a FlySax-operated Cesna C208 craft, registration number 5Y-CAC, that took off from Kitale airstrip in Trans-Nzoia County to JKIA and went missing.
According to the National Disaster Management Unit (NDMU) Deputy Director Pius Masai, ground rescue teams were dispatched at dawn in search for the missing plane.
However, the search mission was delayed due to bad weather.
A statement from the airline acknowledged its aircraft was indeed missing but combined efforts of KCAA, Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) and the Air Accident Investigation Division of Kenya (AAID), had been going on to locate it.
Residents of areas neighboring Aberdares have lost their patience with the police and forcefully stormed the Forest in a bid to locate the Fly Sax plan that went missing yesterday.


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Lenalidomide Recommended in U.K. for Multiple Myeloma
Committee finds drug effective for patients who have used at least two other therapies previously
FRIDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- On June 24, the United Kingdom's National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) will publish guidance recommending use of the drug lenalidomide for life-extending therapy for multiple myeloma patients who have received two or more previous therapies, according to an early report in the June 18 online edition of the The Lancet Oncology.
Elangovan Gajraj, of NICE in London, and colleagues on the review committee reviewed data from two clinical trials on the use of lenalidomide in combination with dexamethasone compared to dexamethasone alone. The committee also evaluated and adjusted several cost models to ascertain cost-effectiveness in the use of National Health Service resources.
In a pooled analysis of the data from the two clinical trials, the committee found the median survival was 149.7 weeks in the lenalidomide plus dexamethasone groups, compared with 133.3 weeks in the dexamethasone only groups. After several rounds of adjustment, the committee estimated an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of £43,800 per quality-adjusted life year in a scheme in which the drug manufacturer foots the cost of lenalidomide beyond 26 treatment cycles for people who have received two or more previous therapies.
"In patients with multiple myeloma who have received two or more previous therapies, life-expectancy without lenalidomide is unlikely to be greater than 24 months, and lenalidomide could, plausibly, increase survival by more than three months compared with dexamethasone," the authors conclude.

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India granted access to Headley
- Rail Budget 2015: No hike in passenger fares, Prabhu promises modern rail network
- Rail Budget: Ally Shiv Sena not satisfied, but Mulayam says Prabhu has done a 'good job'
- Rail Budget futuristic and passenger centric: PM Modi
- PDP, BJP thrash out differences; all clear for Mufti-Modi meeting tomorrow
- Hummer horror: Senior policeman suspended for secretly meeting Kerala businessman
India has been given access to David Coleman Headley, Pakistani-American LeT operative who has confessed to his role in the Mumbai attacks, US National Security Adviser James Jones said on Saturday.
"Yes access (to Headley) has been given. This is an ongoing process and I don't have any detailed information that will be helpful except to say that it is in the hands of right professionals from both countries," Jones said at his White House office.
"We have fulfilled our commitment," he said.
However, Jones did not have detailed information about how and when a team of visiting Indian investigators was given access to Headley, who is being held in Chicago.
"We are very happy that in this world of terrorist activities that our two countries can work together to make sure that we exchange information rapidly, we exchange intelligence that we have, when we capture people that are mutual interest we try to arrange for those people to be interviewed by all interested sides in the interest of solving the problems of these networks," he said.
Asked if this access to Headley is going to be one-time affair or whether Indian investigating agencies would be given access multiple times, Jones said: "I don't know but the spirit of cooperation and respect for each other's position is alive and well and we have taken the first step, we just have to wait and see whether there is any other request beyond this one."
When asked what does this case symbolises, the US National Security Adviser said: "If I were a terrorist, it would tell me that looks like India and the United states are working very closely together and that is going to make my job a lot more difficult to be successful and that's a good thing."


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Come taste the city!
Fusion Restaurant & Sushi
As the name suggests, it is a fusion kitchen between French and Asian cuisine with a concept based on innovation and quality.
A critically acclaimed Italian restaurant in Aalborg, which offers authentic and delicious Italian food.
Musikkens Spisehus offers a grand selection of simple dishes of high quality, based on local, basic ingredients.
An Old Dutch school vessel turned into a high quality restaurant, located right by the Limfjord bridge.
Restaurant/micro brewery. Enjoy steaks and classic Danish dishes while sampling the vast selection of beers.
All you can eat-buffet with 15 kinds of meat on the grill together with a large salad bar, different potatoes and sauces. You won’t go hungry and there is something for everyone.
Experience a little piece of Italy while dining in Nordkraft, one of Aalborg’s cultural powerhouses.
A medieval atmosphere under the historic arches of the famous Jens Bang's Stone House from 1624.
Aalborg Street Food - The Lighthouse
At Aalborg Streetfood, which has 16 different kitchens, it is possibly to enjoy dishes from all corners of the world.

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We are located in the Mariscal district in Quito, an interesting mixture of
homes, local businesses, shops, restaurants, clubs, hotels, art galleries,
tour operators and travel agencies. We are just at one block away from
Amazonas Avenue, one of the best-known avenues in Quito.
This is the best place to start your trip in Ecuador, with us you will find everything you need to feel at home.
Each room has private bath, TV cable
clean and has plenty of hot water 24 hours a day
The Breakfast Bar is open from 7:30 am to 9:30am daily and is included with the room price: scrambled eggs, toast, fresh fruits and juice, coffee, tea, chocolate, hot or cold milk, cereal, oats, butter and homemade jelly.
We also have long-term storage facilities and a Safe for your valuables, even when you are on tour; Laundry services (we clean and iron clothes on the premises) and, if you want, we can pick you up at the airport when you arrive in Quito

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This sponsored content is a part of Digital Infrastructure Month of Technical.ly's editorial calendar. The organizations appearing in this article are Technical.ly Talent and Ecosystem Builder clients.
When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Of course, not everything is a nail, so the proper tool is necessary for doing a job right.
Digital infrastructure is one of the most crucial elements in determining the effectiveness of a company and growing a community. Tech orgs must be thoughtful and deliberate about how they decide on their software stacks, what to provide to employees to enable their work and what to build in-house versus what existing solutions to buy. Likewise, supporters of the tech community like law firms and corporate partners cannot overlook the role of digital infrastructure in their efforts to expand access and spur innovation.
Digital infrastructure is admittedly a very broad category, so there’s a wide variety of philosophies and methods around it. Read on to learn more about how organizations of different sizes and industries approach the topic.
For the month of August, Technical.ly’s reporting has explored the theme of Digital Infrastructure for our editorial calendar. For some additional perspectives, we asked our Technical.ly Talent companies the following question:
How has your organization developed its own digital infrastructure?
This could relate to choosing your software stack, providing devices and stipends for technology to employees, building internal networks and intranet, etc.
Here are some replies from their hiring teams, and if you like what you see, follow the links to companies’ culture pages to learn more and explore open roles.
“Audacy already is a digital business (even if most people don’t think of us that way)! We are ruthless in the prioritization of what our build vs. buy strategy is, so that we create engaging experiences for our listeners and true value for our other stakeholders. For instance, we have a software/data engineering team building a new platform for listening/streaming, personalization and content, but we bought and implemented a cloud-based enterprise productivity suite with Google Workspace. This blended digital infrastructure ensures that we at Audacy leverage our talent and expertise and accelerate with key partners.” — Sarah Foss, CTO
“FinLocker takes ownership of our digital infrastructure very seriously. We do not just pipe data from one third-party platform to another. We take our time to create systems where we can collect, collate, learn and act on our data and insights to help our customers and users achieve their goals.” — Vishal Verma, head of software development
“We’ve always been proponents of open-source libraries (e.g. Phoenix and Elixir, Ruby on Rails, reactJS), which we use as the foundation of the software we build for our clients. The dream of a single tool (e.g. Monday or ClickUp) to streamline our operations top to bottom continues to evade us, but until then, we use Google Apps, Harvest (for tracking time), Asana and a few other tools for very specific purposes (e.g. Workable, QuickBooks). Integral to our back office operations are a number of Google spreadsheets — a tool I personally like to use because of the flexibility they afford. Want to change a report or look at data a different way? Just change the spreadsheet.” — Yair Flicker, president
“Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals that empowers teams and solves infrastructure complexity. It was created at Spotify, donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and is maintained by a worldwide community of contributors. Spotify built Backstage to address a concerning hyper-growth trend: getting bigger meant slowing down. Engineers were constantly interrupted, they couldn’t find things and new hires had a hard time getting up to speed. To fix this problem, Spotify set out to build a single pane of glass for our software ecosystem that made sense of the components, teams and technologies that were fragmented across many vendors and tools. The result was Backstage: a platform that prioritizes developers and their software to create an effective developer experience.” — Barry Wright, group project manager
“As a consulting firm focused on providing digital support for our clients, our internal digital infrastructure is focused primarily on employee experience and helping Thinkers to work smoothly, efficiently and up to modern standards for their roles. Everyone who works at Think Company is given the best hardware, applications, tools and devices to work with — plus an additional accessory budget that individuals can use at their discretion to make work more comfortable and efficient. For fun, our technology team has implemented a few company-wide tools, including a handy training budget tracker as well as a Slack integration called “Thinkbot” that provides shortcuts for employee engagement activities (like our weekly team trivia).” — Suzanne Cotter, director of marketing and communications
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How does your organization support the expansion of digital infrastructure and access in your community?
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“Ballard supports technology innovation and accessibility by ensuring that founders at the precipice of expanding the bounds of technology and the digital infrastructure are supported in every way that can make their ventures successful. We are always evolving our offerings to ensure that innovative tech startups, particularly those that will knock down social and economic barriers for communities in need, get legal support, mentorship and access to financial resources through the Ballard network. We do this by:
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- Supporting invaluable external programs, such as Mentor Connect and
- Helping ventures grow by introducing founders to funding sources available through our network, depending on whether the founder is seeking traditional venture capital, debt financing or grant opportunities.” — Kimberly Klayman, partner
“Verizon supports the expansion of digital infrastructure through access, affordability and adoption. We’re partnering with local governments to bring home internet options to underserved communities across the nation. Furthermore, we continue to educate communities about the Affordable Connectivity Program that empowers eligible individuals to connect to home broadband and wireless service for free or at a deep discount.” — Paul Brooks Plymouth, director of state government and local engagement
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Memory-training exercises may do more than just improve recall: They may also help correct biochemical imbalances that underlie certain memory problems, a new study suggests. The research might lead to a time when mental exercises could augment medication and other treatment approaches for brain disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and schizophrenia.
Using a cognitive training program backed up with imaging techniques, researchers have shown that improvements in working memory are accompanied by changes in the pattern of key dopamine receptors in the parts of the brain involved.
Working memory is the ability to retain information for short periods of time—for example, keeping relevant facts in mind while focusing on a particular problem. Impairments in working memory can be a part of normal aging; more severe deficits occur in ADHD and schizophrenia and are linked to disruptions in brain circuits that use dopamine.
Torkel Klingberg and colleagues at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, had previously devised a cognitive training regimen to improve working memory in people with ADHD. Their success led them to wonder whether the training had a distinct, measurable effect on brain biochemistry.
The resulting study appeared online Feb. 6 in Science (pdf). The investigators recruited 13 healthy volunteers to undergo half an hour of working-memory training daily for five weeks. The computer-based tasks included visual-spatial exercises, such as viewing a screen full of cubes, some of which lit up in sequence; participants had to click on the same cubes in the original, then the reverse, order. In verbal-memory tests, subjects heard lists of letters, syllables or numbers—some presented visually and some aloud—then repeated them, again in the original and the reverse order. Results from each session were automatically sent to a psychologist who monitored progress and provided feedback.
To pinpoint the brain areas involved, the team conducted functional magnetic resonance imaging of each individual before and after the training period. The scans revealed five “regions of interest,” including parts of the frontal and parietal cortex. “These regions, which are activated by working memory, overlap with cortical regions implicated in both ADHD and schizophrenia,” Klingberg says.
The researchers also used positron emission tomography scans—again, before and after the five-week training period—to investigate the effects on dopamine receptors. Most participants showed a negative correlation, meaning that improvements in working memory led to a decrease in the density of the so-called D1 dopamine receptors. Working-memory training produced no change in D2 receptors, which function differently, suggesting that the effect on the brain is quite specific.
“Our findings emphasize the reciprocal interplay between behavior and the underlying brain biochemistry,” Klingberg says. “But we don’t yet know the mechanism through which working-memory training alters levels of D1 receptors.”
One possibility, he says, is that activity in receptors for other neurotransmitters, such as glutamate, might be affecting the D1 receptors. Another scenario might be that memory training increases the brain’s production of dopamine, and the D1 receptors retreat within the neurons to maintain the proper balance between the amount of neurotransmitter and the available receptors. “The effect would be a kind of fine-tuning of the dopamine system,” Klingberg says.
Klingberg predicts that as the mechanisms become better understood, targeted memory training might be used to help fine-tune the system not only for those with memory impairments but for people with ADHD and schizophrenia as well—in conjunction with pharmacological treatment and other approaches. “If cognitive training affects the receptor systems, one could consider that it might at least partially compensate for disturbances of these systems,” he says.
The software program used in the study, provided by Cogmed America Inc., is available in clinics in the United States, though not yet to individual patients.
Working on memory
“The study is both novel and exciting,” says Rosemary Tannock, an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto, who was not involved with the research. “It’s conducted well and provides converging evidence that working-memory training shows neuroplasticity even in adulthood,” she says. She notes that the gradually increasing difficulty level and continuous feedback are essential components of working-memory training, especially for patients with conditions such as ADHD.
But she cautions that the study did not use a control group of subjects doing another type of computer task—one that was merely repetitive, for example, without increasing in difficulty or specifically challenging working memory.
“We don’t yet know for sure that the changes in dopamine receptor density are related to working memory,” she says. “But the finding is an important first step.” Tannock adds that since medication for disorders such as ADHD leads to only a modest improvement in working memory while the medication is active, the training of memory processes may turn out to be an important component of treatment.

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text: Dione Peterson, Banquet Chef at Oyster Harbors, prepared this fish in our Meet the Chef series recently. It was utterly simple, yet so good. She served it with buttery mashed potatoes, a fabulous combination. Add some fresh asparagus, and you have springtime on a plate. Dione garnished the dish with thinly sliced sweet baby bell peppers: “they come in a bag in most produce sections” she advised us. She used “Everything Bagel Seasoning” that she picked up in the supermarket also. The mix of sesame seeds and sliced scallions sprinkled on the top made it just right!


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No matter a person’s age, most people want to continue to make their own decisions, support themselves financially, and to take care of their own physical and emotional needs throughout their adult lives.
For the first time in history, adults aged 60 and over are now the fastest-growing group in our population. This changes both society’s demographic and lifestyle expectations. All of us want the ageing process and living on one’s own to be a positive experience offering ongoing opportunities to enjoy life.
Our mission through the Good Living Service is to make this a reality. Access to support services, together with a varied social life and being part of a thriving community, help older adults maintain a positive and independent lifestyle.

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A made member of the New England Mafia has struck a deal with federal prosecutors to testify against his former boss when Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme goes on trial for murder next spring at age 84.
Robert P. DeLuca, 72, pleaded guilty one year ago to federal obstruction of justice charges for helping dispose of the body of slain rock club owner Steven A. DiSarro in 1993.
It is expected DeLuca will testify at the onetime godfather’s May trial in U.S. District Court that Salemme asked DeLuca to get rid of DiSarro’s remains after Salemme and his late son strangled him to death in the family’s Sharon home.
DiSarro, then owner of The Channel in South Boston, wasn’t found until last year, when investigators recovered his buried remains from behind a building in Providence. Prosecutors allege that Salemme and Francis Salemme Jr. were secret investors in the Necco Street concert venue.
Salemme’s attorney couldn’t be immediately reached for comment.
DeLuca faces up to 10 years in prison. He was to be sentenced Nov. 16; however, assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Wyshak Jr. filed a motion Tuesday asking Judge Denise J. Casper to continue the proceeding to June after, Wyshak anticipates, Salemme’s trial will be over.
DeLuca won’t be the only high-profile mob figure to take the witness stand.
James “Whitey” Bulger’s partner Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, 83, will testify he accidentally walked in on and witnessed DiSarro’s demise. Flemmi is serving life in federal prison for multiple murders. He was also an informant for the FBI against Salemme.


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Biking Over Yonder
Motor biker Stephen Matthews recently departed Gibraltar to cross the Strait into Morocco as he continues his journey around the world on two wheels.
Mr Matthews is raising money for Katharine House Hospice in the UK, a place that took care of his mother as she fought the battle she eventually lost with cancer.
He states that his mother spoke highly of the hospice and he wants to support it so they can continue to make a different to their patients and families.
The solo journey on his trusty Honda CRF250L will take about three years, if not longer. Starting in the UK, he made his way down through Europe before hitting Gibraltar and onwards to Africa. He will cover Asia, Australia and the Americas.
“Gibraltar was a clear destination for me,” he told the Chronicle.
“The journey is motivated by the death of my mother who was born in a military hospital in Gibraltar.”
“I was very keen to see where my mother lived for the first few years of her life,” he added.
It was Mr Matthews first time on the Rock and pledges to return once again. “I crossed over the runway with my motorcycle during rush hour, which might not have been the wisest decision as it was quite frantic!,” he said.
“Riding on the runway was novel and not something you do every day.,” he added.
His first impressions of Gibraltar included an interesting mix of nice looking modern buildings very close to the older buildings. “It seems that Gibraltar has everything it needs in a relatively small parcel of land,” he said.
“It was nice to hear a familiar UK accent in the petrol station,” he added.
While on the Rock he visited the place where his mother spent the first 22 months of her life, near St Bernard's Chapel on Europa Road, and “thought about Mum and how my Grandma would have lived from day to day with the family in Gibraltar.”
Taking a selfie he described it as a “simple photo but means a lot to me.”
He also took photos of the macaques and soaked up the views.
Having departed the UK last month he still has many months ahead left of his adventure, so far, “I am loving the journey and the freedom of exploring countries on two wheels.”
“The first few days in Europe, I was finding my feet and getting into a new routine.”
“The first few days in Africa will be similar but with a completely different culture to explore and understand,” he added.
Mr Matthews’ target is £3000. “I'm incredibly grateful for the kind donations so far. It means a huge amount to me,” he said. To donate or for more information go to http://BikingOverYonder.com


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Drones are among the fastest-growing concerns of citizens and governments worldwide. The U.S. has taken the lead in using them militarily for attacks and assassination, generating extensive criticism and promoting a debate over whether the policy reduces or increases terrorism. Israel, too, has extensively used military drones, and China has admitted contemplating it. Now worries have emerged among rights activists and others that the decision over whether or not to kill may itself be delegated to the drones. The Daily Beast’s Joe Dzieza explains the state of play in detail. But while he writes as if drones have not yet been programmed to kill, I would be shocked if U.S. drone operators don’t already lock onto a target and let the drone decide when to shoot. The communications delays he describes would almost certainly have already led U.S. designers to build in such capabilities. It’s not quite what Dzieza says human rights activists fear, but things are moving in that direction. Meanwhile, the drone/robot debate grows stronger and more important in this and other realms, and will continue to for the foreseeable future.
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Esmeralda County Caucus, Nevada
Landslide for Paul
Allocation: 2 Delegates and 2 Alts
Both delegates are Big Time Ron Paul supporters.
2 Alts. One big time Paul, and one so so, could be swayed
Now we go to the State Caucus :)
March 24, 2012
For the original story see “Corruption in Georgia“
Here is an updated analysis from Frankie Brown
A list of rules that we know were violated:
- Delegates of the convention attempted to nominate people from the floor yet were summarily ignored without vote by the chairman.
Like many of my fellow Ron Paul supporters, I am sharing my thoughts and insights with my family, friends, coworkers, and others with whom I come in contact on a daily basis. As part of this, I am referring people to the DP website.
I am asking that we keep our comments and language appropriate for an open forum such as this. I am certainly not advocating censorship, but rather self-monitoring of our language.
A large part of personal freedom and liberty is self- responsibility; it would be a shame to have someone look into Dr. Paul, only to be turned off by innapropriate language and content on a site that represents him so well.
OK, enough preaching...
RON PAUL 2012
Ben Swann co-anchor at WXIX Fox 19 in Cincinnati and host of Reality Check joins Daily Paul Radio with Kurt Wallace for ‘Ben Swann talks Fourth Branch of Government, Free Speech and Delegate Chaos’ to discuss how he approaches reporting the facts of complex issues and our founding fathers emphasis on free speech, the first amendment and freedom of the press. He also discusses reporting on the delegate process and the overwhelming evidence in not counting the votes in Maine plus proceedural violations at caucuses/delegate meetings in Missouri and Georgia.
HAMMOND, La. – Congressman Ron Paul drew an enthusiastic crowd of 1500 people to a rural college town Friday evening for a speech that harshly attacked the federal government in advance of Saturday’s primary.
At University Hall, the basketball stadium for Southeastern Louisiana University, supporters wore name tags to facilitate networking in advance of the state’s Republican caucuses beginning next month.
Although the state’s Republican presidential primary is Saturday, most of the state’s delegation to the Republican National Convention in Tampa will be decided at caucuses April 28 and the state party convention on June 2.
Looking relaxed and fit in a button-down shirt and a pair of blue jeans, Paul received numerous rounds of cheers during his 40-minute address.
“The revolution is alive and well,” he said before beginning his standard stump speech, which hit on his favorite themes.
Paul called the federal budget “ridiculous” and said the present entitlement system “doesn’t work.” The Federal Reserve? “A failure.”
Here is a short video of Ron Paul's Introduction today at Louisiana College in Pineville, La. Camera pans to the back half way through to see the entire crowd.
Bryan Spencer, former St. Charles County Republican Central Committeeman and Caucus Subcommittee Chairman, admits to premeditated rigging of the St. Charles County Caucus.
This video was recorded surreptitiously on Monday, March 19 - two days after the caucus and three days before it was decided to be rescheduled - at a Pachyderms meeting.
The Hunger Games is a fabulous anti-war novel, and the movie version is opening Friday March 23. The main characters are teenagers living in a downward spiraling society based on fear and war. Sounds kind of familiar, eh?
If you are a fan of the best selling book, you might consider organizing a sign wave, or passing out the Super brochure, at a theater showing the film during the opening weekend.
Most people are so sick of American politics they are not at all interested in the current presidential race. It just seems pointless.
But the Hunger Games puts a different spin on things. This world can get much worse VERY FAST.
Katniss, Peeta and Gale would be able to identify with Ron Paul giving us the opportunity to change our leadership before it is too late. Why not use this great story to stir folks to action, rouse support for Ron Paul?
Well, well...Dr. Paul is on the money again.
Special Report: Intel shows Iran nuclear threat not imminent
Jonathan Davis, lead singer for hard-rock band Korn, wants Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul to replace President Obama in the White House.
During an appearance at Ramstein Air Base in Germany last week, Davis was asked, “Out of the four Republican candidates and Obama, who would you prefer to be president?”
“Ron Paul," he replied. (The conversation was filmed and posted on YouTube.)
Last year, the musician knocked President Barack Obama calling him “an Illuminati puppet” in an interview with Billboard.com. “He’s basically dragged this country down into the worst it’s ever been,” Davis said. “Like I say about the White House, ‘You’ve built this house of shame.’ Everybody looked up at the White House and America, and now I think it’s like a house of shame. I miss the old days when people were proud to be American.”
Voting Ron Paul is the only real way to shake things up:
Paul supporter fights Scott County GOP convention results
Quad City Times - Ed Tibbetts
A faction of the Scott County Republican Party is calling to reconvene the county convention Thursday, arguing the slate of delegates chosen earlier this month to move on to district and state conventions was selected improperly.
The state party, however, sided Tuesday with local party officials, who say the convention was conducted properly.
Michael Elliott, a coordinator for Ron Paul’s presidential campaign in Scott County, said Tuesday he expects 100 to 150 delegates, possibly more, to show at 6 p.m. Thursday at Tanglewood Hills Pavilion, 4250 Middle Road, Bettendorf.
“All we’re asking is the proper rules be followed,” he said.
The dispute stems from the March 10 convention, where a slate of 123 delegates and 123 alternates were selected for the district and state conventions.
Elliott and other Paul supporters say they were shortchanged by the convention’s nominating committee and the rules weren’t followed.
via Michael Yon: The mass murder in Afghanistan was predictable. Twice in the past three weeks, I published that it was coming. Why was I able to write this with sad confidence? I’ve spent more time with combat troops in these wars than any other writer: about four years in total in country, and three with combat troops.
About 200 coalition members have been killed or wounded from insider attacks. Afghan President Hamid Karzai is tantamount to being Taliban and has not bothered to apologize. Instead, Karzai whips up anti-U.S. fervor at every opportunity. Twice, Karzai has threatened to leave politics and join the Taliban.
Even our most disciplined troops — not the few problem troops — have lost all idealism. They have not lost heart for the fight. Mostly, they just don’t care. They fight because they are ordered to fight, but they have eyes wide open. The halfhearted surge and sudden drawdown leave little room for success.
We face a discipline collapse. The bulk of our force is solid — then there’s a small fraction, probably a sliver of a percent, who might be crushed by the pressure.
On Feb. 24, I published:
“As the prevalence of insider attacks rises, and we lose more troops to Afghan troops going berserk and murdering our people, it’s likely just a matter of time before a U.S. troop or troops turn the table and intentionally slaughter Afghan forces.
New St. Charles Caucus officially set for April 10, 7pm
Just heard on St Louis radio that a NEW CAUCUS will be held for St Charles caucus goers! The date will be announced today and the State GOP will be running it instead of the local corrupt GOP committee! Someone please get this information to the proper individuals including Brent Stafford so that the St Charles Ron Paul supporters will be there in force! This is great news!!


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The Promotion and Human Development (PDH) centre in Lomé, Togo, Western Africa was established on the 15th of February, 1999 by Antoine Dzakas. Since then, our petite organisation has managed to transcend the restrictions imposed by our extremely limited financial resources. Consequently, we have succeeded in providing health, dignity and hope to hundreds of local Togolese residents.
The story of PDH is a humble one. Perched on the red dusty sands of Togo's capital, the PDH centre strives to cater for the needs of those who come from one of the poorest regions on earth. PDH has an open-door and non-discriminatory philosophy that strives to help anyone in need. Caseloads include people with AIDS, HIV, illnesses or varying degrees of poverty, the unemployed, orphans, children in need and victims of abuse.
PDH's response to the AIDS epidemic in Togo works on two levels:
1 Education that encourages prevention
The principal aim of our educational campaigns is to prevent further spread of HIV by encouraging a change of behaviour. Much of this takes place on a cultural level. For example, we encourage fidelity and the use of condoms in a society where men are free to wed several wives.
2 The care of AIDS and HIV victims
PDH assumes the caretaker role for anyone who comes to our centre already HIV infected. We are able to provide our clients with a modest range of anti-retroviral medicines and high energy food, counselling and social support and financial aide. We also provide support for HIV orphans and assist adoptive families.
As for our staff, we have four locals working full-time, one part-time and an array of local and international volunteers who come and go, each taking with them experiences that, it would seem, could never be forgotten…
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The lifespan of these barrier isolators can be greatly reduced as these toxic chemicals corrode the internal and external surfaces of the barrier isolator over time. To overcome this, Schematic Engineering supply barrier isolators with chemcial resistance surfaces.
What is Chemical Resistance?
Chemical resistance is the strength of a material to protect against a chemical invasion or a severe solvent reaction.
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A material with low chemical resistance will soften over time which will result in the material losing its serviceability.
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‘Cities of Russia’ Cufflink Collection
The design of these cufflinks takes its cue from a decorative lattice depicting the coats of arms of the sixty largest cities in the Russian Empire. The original lattice is currently displayed in the Armoury Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin. Embellished with inserts depicting the coat of arms of the Russian Empire, the cufflinks are available in two models. The bottom part of the first model displays an engraved image of an old Russian city, while the reverse side of the other model shows the silhouette of Yuri Dolgoruky fighting a serpent. Adorning the cufflinks are lacquer miniatures fashioned in an old Russian technique of painting on papier-mâché by Fedoskino craftsmen, renowned across the world for producing magnificent black lacquer articles.


New Delhi: While there is one Indian team fighting against the Bangla Tigers at the historic one-off Test at Hyderabad, the other team fought hard to defend their T20 World Cup title against arch-rivals Pakistan. Yes, it's the T20 Blind World Cup that was held early on Sunday at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Courtesy opener Prakasha Jayaramaiah’s 99-run knock, India chased down a 197-run target with nine wickets in hand.
Here's how Twitterati reacted to India's emphatic win:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first few to congratulate Men in Blue:
Delighted that India won the Blind T20 World Cup. Congratulations to the team. India is proud of their accomplishment.
The cricketing board of India, BCCI, also congratulated the Indian team:
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 12, 2017
These are some of the others who extended their wishes:
Congratulations to India's visually impaired cricketers on winning the World Cup. Delighted. They play our game too.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 12, 2017
Congratulations on winning T20 world cup for the blind. Amazing. Hats off!
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) February 12, 2017
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) February 12, 2017
Why did u say blind? It really sounds so cheap, Say visually challanged.Thumbs up for all of them.They r real life 'Kaabil'. #BlindWorldT20
— Virender Sehwag (@VirenderSehweg) February 12, 2017
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) February 12, 2017


Zoom Infrared Camera Series
ImageIR® 6300 Z
Smaller, lightweight, without tedious lens changes – efficiency has a new name: The ImageIR® 6300 Z with a powerful zoom lens and a SWaP detector (Size, Weight and Power).
- Cooled focal plane array photon detector operating in snapshot mode with (640 × 512) IR pixels
- Standard built-in 7.5x zoom lens with motor focus
- Focal length of (15 ... 115) mm or (25 ... 170) mm
- Operation via smartphone or tablet with integrated web interface
- Compact size and low weight for space-saving system integration
- Storage of large amounts of data on the integrated SSD
- Detector Format
Modern XBn detector; 10 μm pitch
- Measurement Accuracy
Repeatable measurements for different field of views
- Motor Focus
Precise, fast and remotely controllable; including multiple autofocus functions
- Zoom Lens
7.5× zoom lens; focal length ranges (15 … 115) mm or (25 … 170) mm
- High-speed Mode
Increase frame rates and thermal resolution at the same time using binning technology
- Long-life Cooler
Enables the maintenance-free use over long operating times
Small, Light, Radiometrically Calibrated
Heart of the infrared camera is the SWaP detector, a cooled focal-plane array photon detector with a format of (640 × 512) IR pixels, which operates in snap-shot mode. For the innovative XBn detector used, a smaller stirling cooler with lower power is sufficient due to the higher working temperature, which reduces the overall power consumption, dimensions and weight of the ImageIR® 6300 Z and significantly extends the maintenance-free service life. In addition, the zoom camera combines different focal lengths in one system and is radiometrically calibrated over the entire focal length range.
No Extensive Lens Change
The consistent use of the latest technologies in optics, detector and electronics is the basis for the remarkable user-friendliness of the camera series. The thermal imaging ImageIR® 6300 Z has a 7.5× zoom lens integrated as standard, which allows, in combination with the motorised focus, a fast and flexible adjustment to different object distances and sizes while maintaining stable image quality and high measurement accuracy.
Powerful Image Processing Electronics
The ImageIR® 6300 Z has high-performance image processing electronics and can output the IR image data in real time to several video and data interfaces as well as record and evaluate it autonomously. This camera can also be operated via smartphone or tablet using its web interface. With these features and the possibility to power it from an external battery, this camera is ready for mobile outdoor use. The zoom camera can be easily integrated into existing system environments in a space-saving way. It is suitable for universal use in research and development, but also for integration into GIMBAL systems in the field of flight thermography.
Infrared Image of a Wind Turbine with Different Zoom Levels
High-speed Mode to Increase Frame Rates and Thermal Resolution at the Same Time
If you want to analyze the thermal behavior of objects and processes from a wide variety of perspectives, you can use the high-speed mode for maximum flexibility. This function allows the camera to be used in two different operating modes. The standard mode suits best for depicting the smallest geometrical details. This allows users to record images with the native number of pixel of the camera detector. Switching to high-speed mode opens up the option of more than triple the frame rate, while the field of view (FOV) remains identical. This enables for most accurate time monitoring of fast processes. At the same time, the thermal resolution increases by a factor of 2 in high-speed mode, which additionally improves the analysis of temperature differences.
Motor Focus for More Comfort
All interchangeable standard lens systems of the ImageIR® series can be combined with a motor focus unit, which is controlled by the camera operating software. It enables precise, remote and fast focusing. In addition, an autofocus function is available which operates reliably even with low image contrasts.
Detect Smallest Temperature Differences Using High Thermal Resolution of 30 mK
The thermal resolution of the ImageIR® infrared camera series allows you to measure smallest temperature differences of better than 0.03 K (at 30 °C). Thermal images with a narrow temperature span display details absolutely sharp. You will find interesting signatures even there where other infrared camera systems cannot detect any temperature differences any longer.
Razor-sharp Images at Full Zoom Drive!
Razor-sharp Images at Full Zoom Drive!
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Technical Specifications of ImageIR® 6300 Z Series
|Spectral range||(3.6 … 4.15) µm|
|Detector format (IR pixels)||(640 x 512)|
|Readout mode||ITR / IWR|
|Detector cooling||Stirling cooler|
|Temperature measuring range||(-10 … 600) °C|
|Temperature resolution @ 30 °C||0.03 K|
|Frame rate||Up to 180 Hz, high-speed mode: up to 600 Hz*|
|Focus||Motorised: manually or automatically*|
|Focusing time||< 2.0 s|
|Lens focal length||(15 … 115) mm or (25 … 170) mm; (7.5× optical zoom)|
|Zoom setting time||< 2.0 s|
|Field of view||(24.5 × 20)° … (3.2 × 2.5)° or (16.3 … 13)°… (2.15 × 1.7)°|
|Minimum object distance||(0.05 … 2.5) m or (0.1 … 10) m|
|Dynamic range||14 bit|
|Integration time||(1 … 40,000) µs|
|Trigger||1 IN / 1 OUT|
|Tripod adapter||1/4" photo thread, 18 × M4|
|Power supply||12 V DC|
|Storage and operation temperature||(-40 … 70) °C, (-20 … 50) °C|
|Protection degree||IP54, IP65*|
|Dimensions; weight||(23 x 10 x 10) cm, 2 kg|
|Further functions||Integrated image processing and acquisition, control via web interface, high-speed mode*|
|Analysis and evaluation software* *||IRBIS® 3, IRBIS® 3 view, IRBIS® 3 plus*, IRBIS® 3 professional*, IRBIS® 3 control*, IRBIS® 3 online*, IRBIS® 3 process*, IRBIS® 3 active*, IRBIS® 3 mosaic*, IRBIS® 3 vision*|
|Depending on model|
Field of View Calculator
Check the geometrical resolution of our infrared cameras for your application.
Each measurement or testing task has its own characteristic basic conditions. For getting optimal results camera, detector and lens have to be perfectly matched to one another. The field of view calculator helps you to determine the appropriate combination.
Comprehensive Thermography Evaluation Software for Efficient Operation
The software family IRBIS® 3, which was developed by InfraTec, is part of a complete system of the camera series ImageIR®. The comfortable and professional thermography software IRBIS® 3 professional offers a wide range of analysis- and editing tools to analyse sophisticated thermal investigations. The combination of ImageIR® together with the professional thermographic software meets all requirements that are set as standard for efficient high-performance tools for thermographic investigations.
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Choose from more than 30 infrared camera models. Our product range includes entry-level cameras, professional cameras as well as universal cameras, high-end and industrial systems.


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Okay, by a show of hands, how many of you first learned how to bore sight a rifle and scope by removing the bolt and looking down the barrel? You can put your hands down now. That was how I learned to do it and let me tell you, peeping down the bore of a .22 rifle to line up your scope is not the easiest thing to do.
Before we get too far into this, let’s lay down the parameters. Some people mistakenly believe bore sighting and zeroing are the same, or that bore sighting is all that is required. For our discussion here, establishing a bore sight means a rough alignment of the rifle’s bore with whatever optic you are using. While you will want the elevation setting between the scope and bore to be close, your primary concern is the windage to the left and right.
Okay, by a show of hands, how many of you first learned how to…
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