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text: world war ii ❮Read❯ ➱ Respectable Author Lynsey Hanley – Cravenjobs.co.uk cravenjobs.co.uk 11 August 2019 2 Comments chapter 1 Respectable , meaning Respectable , genre Respectable , book cover Respectable , flies Respectable , Respectable 132595a5e3ee9 Society Is Often Talked About As A Ladder, From Which You Can Climb From Bottom To Top The Walls Are Less Talked About This Book Is About How People Try To Get Over Them, Whether They Manage To Or NotIn Autumn , Growing Up On A Vast Birmingham Estate, The Sixteen Year Old Lynsey Hanley Went To Sixth Form College She Knew That It Would Change Her Life, But Was Entirely Unprepared For The Price She Would Have To Pay To Leave Behind Her Working Class World And Become Middle ClassClass Remains Resolutely With Us, As Strongly As It Did Fifty Years Ago, And With It The Idea Of Aspiration, Of Social Mobility, Which Received Wisdom Tells Us Is An Unequivocally Positive Phenomenon, For Individuals And For Society As A Whole Yet For The Many Millions Who Experience It, Changing Class Is Like Emigrating From One Side Of The World To Another A Lonely, Anxious, Psychologically Disruptive Process Of Uprooting, Which Leaves People Divided Between The Place They Left And The Place They Have To Inhabit In Order To Get On In This Empathic, Wry And Passionate Exploration Of Class In Britain Today, Lynsey Hanley Looks At How People Are Kept Apart, And Keep Themselves Apart And The Costs Involved In The Journey From There To Here Post navigation Les Misérables The Picture of Dorian Gray Green Eggs and Ham Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Interview with the Vampire Fight Club The Elephant Tree Little House on the Prairie The Kite Runner Ender's Game Una Historia de Ayer The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Crime and Punishment The Giver Bridget Jones's Diary Dracula 10 thoughts on "Respectable " I was predisposed to regard Lynsey Hanley s book favourably, having very much enjoyed her previous work, Estates, and finding that we had a similar background, albeit separated by a decade or so While Hanley was raised on the Chelmsley Wood council estate in Solihull, I was fortunate enough to grow up in the slightly salubrious Shirley my parents were both born into poverty but benefited from postwar employment levels, so that by the time I was born my father had been promoted to foreman in the factory where he worked, enabling my mother to work only part time and the pair of them to take out a mortgage on a house beyond the boundary of Birmingham itself, albeit only barely The similar backgrounds and biographies are germane to my enjoyment of Hanley s book, not because they generate a sense of solidarity or recognition, or not only because of that, but also because they go some way to explaining our mutual interest in sociology and our fascination with the issue of class.Whereas Hanley recounts discovering the middle class for the first time at Solihull Sixth Form College, my first encounter took place at a younger age, 14, when I joined the local tennis club It was there that I first met not just the middle class but also snobbery, as well as contempt, and disdain, both for me and for my people Having been fortuitous and privileged up to that point, it was not until my teenage years that I became conscious of not being good enough, of being observed from the outside and judged negatively, as wanting It was at this point that class became for me a reality, a lived experience When I subsequently moved to Manchester and found sociology was an A level subject on the local college curriculum, I took to it like a duck to water.It was sociology that allowed me and Hanley to make sense not just of our place in the world but also of the world itself And this brings me to the most striking revelation I experienced while reading Respectable That those who find themselves growing up in the heart of their class rarely have to give their social location a second thought because everyone surrounding them reaffirms the same set of values they never have cause to doubt nor need to reflect upon the intrinsic merit of their own class habitus they are working class and proud of it or else they are born to rule, the creme de la creme as one of my schoolfriends the son of two teachers put it before going off to work for Lehman s and DeutscheBank For other specific class fractions, however those on the boundaries between two classes, those who have moved between classes up or down class becomes an obsession Indeed, it is fair to say that this obsession with class and the concern with self worth are in themselves part of the habitus of these particular class fractions these are the benighted folk who comprise what may be called the anxious classes, that part of the middle class worried about falling into poverty, those upwardly mobile from the working class concerned about keeping up appearances, and those who engage in conspicuous consumption, the nouveaux riches, keen to demonstrate their social mobility And, of course, Sociologists It is class as these groups experience it, which is to say, self consciously, that is really at the heart of Hanley s book Not that the book is any the worse for that The arguments and observations are well supported, making good use of the canonical texts in the Sociology of Class Paul Willis, Wilmott Young, Pierre Bourdieu, etc But because it uses Hanley s own experiences anecdotally as a way of introducing topics, it really only provides a phenomenology of the class migrant s experience of class Those who have spent their entire lives within their own class may have an entirely different view of class than that described here.Hanley expresses her admiration for Richard Hoggart s mid 20th century classic The Uses of Literacy and to some extent has succeeded in producing a 21st century version While this is admirable, it means the book is accompanied by all the attendant vices of Hoggart s book, particularly the tendency to wander off topic for the sake of enumerating or recording particular events Nonetheless, I found very little to disagree with and much to like, within the confines of the account she provides It would have been interesting to have heard the voices of the people Hanley left behind in her movement between classes Did they all fail to make it into the middle class Are any of them better off financially than she is, and if so, how come What is their view of class We don t know What Hanley has really given us are the pathologies of a particular way of thinking about class, and the reader may conclude that the importance she ascribes to issue is nothing than the result of her own upbringing I m inclined to agree For a comprehensive measure of the role and importance of class, I would suggest the need to add a macroscopic perspective, such as that provided by Pickett and Wilkinson s The Spirit Level, as well as a historical dimension, such as that given in Conor McCabe s The Sins of the Fathers Which is not to say that Hanley s book is not illuminating and a joy to read, only that vignettes, however beautifully and intelligently drawn, are only windows into a life, not maps of an entire world. Reply While reading Respectable , I couldn t help contemplating how I would write my own version, as I ve sometimes considered doing Like Hanley, I spend quite a lot of time thinking about the British class system and its influence on my childhood and education My background is markedly different to Hanley s, but I have a similar sense of having experienced life in multiple parts of the class hierarchy while feeling slightly set apart from them Unsurprisingly, I found her insights fascinating She writes in a thoughtful, careful style that draws out subtle points about class that I hadn t considered before She is wary of simplistic solutions to entrenched inequalities and delicate in her analysis of politics Perhaps the only flaw in the book is that it felt quite short I wanted to hear from her Particularly acute insights included The interesting thing about entering the middle class is that everything you have known is turned on its head You go from being invisible to society, and yet at the same time the object of constant scrutiny and mistrust, to being at once anonymous and in possession of a voice You are trusted to get on with things, and encouraged to go on endlessly about the way in which you do them.That s as neat a description of how privilege plays out in 21st century Britain as I ve ever come across I also liked this concise explanation of class differences in speech Another quality that Bernstein identified in working class speech is its fragmentary nature By sticking with the description of individual events rather than unifying them into a larger narrative, you accept that contingency of things after all, your circumstances may have changed by tomorrow, and in any case what you ve said is likely to have significance only in the specific context in which you said it Middle class speech, by comparison, smacks of grandeur, because it seeks to place feelings and events in a universal context, with the inference that the individual speaker and his perceptions matter in the greater scheme of things In my experience, at the top of middle class and above speech becomes either very self deprecating with tacit subtext of superiority or even grandiose Often both, varying by context and topic.Hanley devotes quite a bit of the book to the school system and how it reproduces the class system She considers the implications of various educational reforms of the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as the decrepit comprehensive school she attended until sixth form This reminded me of a piece of serendipity that has profoundly shaped my life in 1996 I got an assisted place that allowed me to attend a former grammar, now private, single sex high school A year later, Labour won the election and abolished assisted places There is no way I could have attended a fee paying school without what was effectively a means tested scholarship At my local high school, I wouldn t have been able to study German, Latin, or economics my exam results would have been worse I very much doubt I could have got into Cambridge A lot seems to hang on being lucky enough to be born at the right time Of course, plenty of other Labour policies reduced educational inequalities and I feel ambivalent about assisted places despite benefiting hugely from one I benefited because I already had the middle class speech patterns and enthusiasm for learning, without my family having financial resources to shop around for high schools Intangible social capital exerts considerable influence, from childhood into work life As Hanley puts it Upward social mobility is common than downward because it is generationally harder to lose middle class privileges, once you have them, than it is to gain them A family may rapidly lose money through repossession or bankruptcy, for instance but its members can t lose knowledge already gained, qualifications already earned, expectations already entrenched, half as quickly This is something which members of the middle class tend to overlook or underestimate, and which causes them to work harder than they probably need in order to retain those privileges I d add networks to this losing money needn t mean the loss of social contacts, who can provide invaluable signposts to jobs, housing, etc And on the subject of working harder than they need to, I think visibly working hard for excessive hours has become a matter of pride and signifier of privilege in middle class Britain It demonstrates aspiration, suggests that you find your work worthwhile and interesting, and in a weird way has become associated with independence via ostentatious self discipline Under late capitalism, you can exploit yourself for the benefit of international capital Perhaps this fetishisation of hard work also reflects a very neoliberal perception that the richest people, those at the top of the hierarchy that we should be looking up to, work the hardest of all Which is garbage once you have a large enough pile of wealth, you can do nothing whatsoever and let the magic of compound interest take care of you and your descendants I think anything I write about class is likely to be angrier than Hanley s book, as I seem to have ungrateful resentment about the system s hypocrisies than she does Most likely this is thanks to Cambridge, which inculcates a willingness to criticise and sense of entitlement to be heard like nowhere else except Oxford Since the British class system really needs qualitative analysis, I d love to read memoirs of this kind Please recommend me any that you know of For a quantitative analysis of Britain s class system, I suggest Mike Savage s Social Class in the 21st Century. Reply BOTWhttp www.bbc.co.uk programmes b0785nl9Description Journalist Lynsey Hanley s personal exploration of the experience of class in Britain over the past four decades Changing class is like emigrating from one side of the world to the other, where you have to rescind your old passport, learn a new language and make gargantuan efforts if you are not to completely lose touch with the people and habits of your old life, even if they are the relationships and things that are dearest to your heart Class is a subject we re all aware of but rarely talk about aside from the insidious line that we re all middle class now Hanley examines class aspiration and social mobility through the lens of her own life providing a fascinating insight into what it took to leave her home in Chelmsley Wood, a vast council estate near Birmingham, and make her way against the odds through sixth form college, university and on into the world of professional journalism.Received wisdom tells us social mobility is an unequivocally positive phenomenon, for individuals and for society Yet changing class can be a lonely, anxious, psychologically disruptive process, which leaves people divided between the place they left and the place they have to inhabit in order to get on.Blimey, don t think I am going to become too involved with this anthropocentric subject, yet the music it recalls is great Mel Kim RespectableThe Rolling Stones RespectableThis is My Truth Respectable in the 80s Respectable in the 90s Snakes and Ladders Reply From BBC radio 4 Book of the Week Journalist Lynsey Hanley s personal exploration of the experience of class in Britain over the past four decades.2 5 I can draw an outline of the landscape that shaped us with words such as Nice biscuits, pornography, underpasses, 2p bus fares Hanley s childhood spanned the 1980s when she discovered early on the joys and consolations of music, and gained political awareness by observing the ways in which different newspapers covered the Miners Strike 3 5 Growing up in Chelmsley Wood, a vast council estate near Birmingham, she found school to be a mostly disappointing experience Instead, she found solace in the local library and gained knowledge through the pages of music magazines and broadsheet newspapers 4 5 In this episode, Hanley looks at the process of applying for university and of how many students make educational decisions based on their backgrounds old universities for the middle class, new for the working class, limiting potential advantages for the latter.5 5 In this final episode, she looks at the divisive notion, encouraged by politicians of all parties over the past two decades, that we re all middle class now Changing class is like emigrating from one side of the world to the other, where you have to rescind your old passport, learn a new language and make gargantuan efforts if you are not to completely lose touch with the people and habits of your old life, even if they are the relationships and things that are dearest to your heart Class is a subject we re all aware of but rarely talk about aside from the insidious line that we re all middle class now Hanley examines class aspiration and social mobility through the lens of her own life providing a fascinating insight into what it took to leave her home in Chelmsley Wood, a vast council estate near Birmingham, and make her way against the odds through sixth form college, university and on into the world of professional journalism.Received wisdom tells us social mobility is an unequivocally positive phenomenon, for individuals and for society Yet changing class can be a lonely, anxious, psychologically disruptive process, which leaves people divided between the place they left and the place they have to inhabit in order to get on.Written and read by Lynsey HanleyAbridged by Sian Preece.Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.http www.bbc.co.uk programmes b0785nl9 Reply Very readable and therefore I got through it faster than I expected, but also I found a lot in common in terms of life experiences background and trajectory so it was gripping, and deeply thought provoking I ve always had the sense of running away from my upbringing to a better life of my own making, and in recent years been aware of the rift that creates with the past and the people in it This book makes explicit the emotional divide inherent in those choices. It also exposes the structural inequalities that mean those who do make it are the exceptions in terms of social mobility, not the proof of success the Thatcher and Blair governments wanted us to believe The ability to live a full life, that is, to fulfil personal potential, is still impossible for large sections of society for entirely unjustifiable reasons I say that having a strong sense of drive and determination and so the individualistic way to look at this would be that if you have enough will hard work whatever, you can still succeed, but the fact is the majority of working class kids and people have to struggle against far harder odds than those already born into middle class privilege, and I don t just mean money although clearly that s very important It s the backwards in high heels problem deriving from the analogy about Fred Ginger she did everything he did, but backwards and in high heels showing that often for underprivileged groups, often women but it applies to class too to reach the same goals you have to struggle through additional, multiple disadvantages Mainly it made me angry. Reply The premise of this book is a very interesting one, and it s very definitely a book that makes you think I m not sure whether it s about class, or social mobility I think that both of those topics are big enough for a book of their own I m very glad to have read this, it was useful and helpful Having grown up as an expat I m sort of half in half out on the class thing It was, though, a huge relief to get to the end The book is intelligent and well argued But it goes on and on like a well meaning, impassioned, relative with one too many chardonays on board at the lunch table Good book, some great, intelligent arguments.And ranty But probably worth it. Reply A very good book drawing on the life of the author who was born into working class Britain, and through education moved to become middle class It is, broadly, a study of what it means to be working class, as well as how difficult it is to extract one from it And the failings of successive governments to address it satisfactorily Quite a unique insight and a very interesting book. Reply A very readable combination of the author s autobiographical reminiscences of growing up as respectable working class on a Birmingham council estate with academic analysis of class divisions in British society.It s a pity it was published too early to include any analysis of the Brexit vote. Reply Superb A moving, touching and funny account of social mobility Hugely thought provoking a great read I could not put it down. Reply BBC Radio 4 Book of the Book interesting historical and locality reminiscences well written. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. 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Phayao and on to Bangkok via Night Bus
Phayao, Thailand and on to Bangkok via Night Bus
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Since we had a hard day riding into strong headwinds in high heat to Phayao and because our Thai friend in Chiang Khong had told us how nice Phayao was, we planned on staying two nights. We checked into a bed and breakfast - the Kwan Phayao Lake House - an antique Thai teak house close to the Phayao Lake. Our room was, however, in a newer addition and was not unlike any other (much cheaper) guest house room we have stayed in.
The dining area in the old wood house was nice but the breakfast was bleak. It consisted of two pieces of white bread that we toasted ourselves in a toaster that only heated on one side very slowly. After ten minutes one side of the white square browned slightly. There was one egg that I was sure had been fried weeks earlier, frozen and then warmed up a little bit possibly in another one-sided toaster. To top off what was called "breakfast" was one very processed, textureless wiener. Each item lying on the plate seemed alienated from the other making for an unpleasing even depressing sight. It was an utterly tasteless breakfast and I was hungry immediately after. I would have felt the same after eating it had I no memory of actually experiencing it. There was, unfortunately, memory of it. But the coffee was good.
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Before the disappointing breakfast we walked along the lakeshore at sunrise. The lake was perfectly still reflecting the various pale pastel colors in the sky. It was beautiful and we were nearly the only people there. We watched a lone fisherman as he poled his small wood boat and worked his net. The lake was shallow and I had read that it had nearly all dried up during a drought just a couple of years ago. Thailand has few natural lakes and it was nice to look out over an expanse of water for a change.
So, for a day and a half we walked around exploring Phayao, a nice town and a rather large one. Twice we ate khao soi for lunch at Khao Soy Sang Pean Restaurant, famous for its khao soi. The restaurant was buzzing at lunchtime and hard to find a seat. It's amazing to think that such a busy and famous place would charge little more than a dollar for a bowl of delicious khao soi.
We explored the downtown area but strangely never found the central market. We didn't look very hard though. Instead we wandered inside what looked as though it used to be a market street but was now covered with a metal roof (all the craze in Thailand) two or three stories above with lots of clothing vendors below on what used to be narrow streets. It felt strange and few people were about. It may have been the heat that prevented us from putting a lot of effort into exploring Phayao.
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We also felt as though we had turned a corner in our trip; a major corner. Our four and a half month adventure was essentially finished. We had to catch a night bus to Bangkok and then navigate from Bangkok's northern bus station to a guest house in the Sam Sen area. Any bisecting of Bangkok on a loaded bike is an adventure in itself, but once accomplished, that would be the end of our riding.
With that in the back of our minds we scuffed around Phayao on foot, slowly and half interested. It was getting hot so we found some good Thai iced tea and some snacks, sat and observed Thais, but we were a bit aimless. We found the nearby bus station and bought our tickets for the night bus and then we didn't have anything to do except avoid the heat of the day. We did that in the dining area of our old house.
The music they played in the dining area was the same as when we ate both breakfasts. It was on a loop; kind of soft, a lot of harp, kind of new age, kind of not Thai, kind of etherial and it kind of sucked. We worked on our journal on our computers all afternoon until about the 12th go around of the music and we couldn't take it anymore. It was like a lobotomy slowly taking over our psyches. I had to get out of there.
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We ate dinner across the street at a very humble little place. I wondered seriously if we were in someone's house instead of it being a restaurant. It would be just like a nice older Thai woman to welcome us in and feed us if we sat down at a table in her house and ordered some food in Thai. She might not think twice about it if she had the food we spoke of. And, in the end, she would have gladly taken our money. What reinforced the notion that we were in someone's house was the unique shaped pile of rice on our plates. More unique than that was that the rice was blue! We looked at each other quizzically. I said it first, "Is that a sponge?"
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We packed up and rode to the bus station. Bikes were stowed underneath, no problem. I've always liked Thai night buses even though I realize I will be in a daze the next day. It's that stop in the middle of the night that excites me the most. To eat a big meal between 2 and 3AM is such an odd thing to do that it becomes something I very much look forward to. Well, I suppose since there isn't much else to look forward to on a 10-hour, night, express bus one has to look somewhere.
Everyone piles off the bus half asleep and stumbles into a vast and bright dining area where there is a huge array of foods in trays. The meal is included with the bus ticket which means just about everyone gets off the bus to eat. And it's good traditional Thai food. I remember the same stops when I was in Thailand in the '70's and that's part of my fondness. It's one thing that hasn't changed.
With the highlight of the night bus behind us we blast on towards Bangkok seemingly going a thousand miles per hour through the pitch black. We arrived at Mo Chit Station at 6AM. The sun was not up yet. That meant affixing our lights. Then there was nothing else we could do but brave probably the most dangerous part of our entire trip; morning rush hour in Bangkok in the dark. Estimates of Bangkok's population are as high as 19 million. I was nervous. Andrea didn't seem to be worried but I was kind of petrified. Part of it was due to the daze I was in from no sleep. Maybe what kept Andrea calm was that she was constantly running the route through her brain therefore occupying more cerebral space. My brain had no route in it at all leaving the entire space to be filled with terror.
And it was just as I expected. There was a lot of fast traffic. But the streets were not congested or gridlocked which meant that the drivers had license to drive as fast as they possibly could between traffic lights. If it had been completely gridlocked I would have been more calm.
There were two or three places where we had to cross to the right hand lane which meant crossing many lanes of moving traffic. One time I turned around to see how bad the racetrack was behind us and I just yelled out to Andrea, "No way am I crossing five lanes!!" But she had already started to move over there and I wasn't going to lose her. She had the route in her brain. All I had was terror.
It was a bit insane but we made it the eight miles to River Guest House down the lane from where we normally stay - Riverline Guest House. We were able to move over to Riverline the next day. Then began the search for boxes or cardboard that could be made into boxes for our bikes. It was the same as our previous trip two years earlier when we found that it wasn't all that easy to come up with boxes. Nineteen million people but no cardboard boxes?!! But we had some time and we had been through it before. And then there was that bit of a letdown feeling knowing it's time to go home. At the same time we were ready. Our cat back home was ready for us to come home too.
Today's ride: 8 miles (13 km)
Total: 2,002 miles (3,222 km)
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|Seriously, nice scarf dude. Marvel's The Defenders, photo by Sarah Shatz/Netflix
Just about the right length, and I liked seeing Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and even Iron Fist, all together. I still heaven't finished the first season of Iron Fist and now I don't need to. Still, it took a little too long to get the whole gang together.
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HOLY MACKEREL THAT IS HOW YOU DO IT. Loved the latest episode. Just loved it.
This just aired so the only thought I'll share is that this show keeps getting better and better and if for some reason you're not watching it, you really should start.
Kidding! I have zero interest in ever watching this show.


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"A future in where humans lived a prosperous century and technology advancing beyond space and time," that was what humanity should have been if not for the sudden appearance of unknown beasts of the void. A large portion of humanity were gone in the moment. War for the survival of humanity broke off all over the world, changing landscapes and settlements into warzones. Humanity were forced to relocate into shelters and reinvent their technologies into weapons of war, the M.A.S.S. technology.
M.A.S.S. Builder is an Action RPG with players piloting a M.A.S.S. (Mechanical Assault Skeleton Suit) as a commander of a private military company, setting out to help combat the threat of Quarks. You will build, customize, and fight to save the world, or at least, have fun creating and customizing your perfect mechanical suits.
The game features an in-depth customization system that has a clear distinction between equipment that gives status and equipment of pure aesthetics. You will be able to customize everything to suit your playstyle while looking good in this fast-paced mechanical combat.
Key Features
-Customize your own M.A.S.S. without the worry of using cool looking armors with low stats, all parts don't have stats!
-Fast paced movement through the battlefield with boosters for you to move around and attack through your enemies.
-Fight against hordes of beastly aliens called Quarks, and giant ones that will aggressively hunt you down.
-Pick how your weapon looks and shoots with hundreds of parts available to mix and match.
-A world compelling and rich with information for you to immerse yourself in.
M.A.S.S. Builder brings back the epic and awesome action of customizable giant robots to PC (Steam). The game will be first developed in English language and will be localized into other languages within due time.
I like the mech designs, but the environments and enemy designs could use some work. The customization looks like it's going to be on par with the Armored Core games and features more melee combat options.
Kickstarter Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2WaICciieo
August 2019.


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In what may be a precedent-setting action on August 24th, Oregon and Washington "closed the Columbia to steelhead fishing" (their words) as the initially optimistic 2018 forecast for upriver summer steelhead of 182,400 summer steelhead was revised sharply down to 110,300 fish (a 40% reduction in the forecast), reduced again on August 28 to 96,500 (another 8%), and now, just reduced an additional 4% further to 92,800 steelhead expected to pass Bonneville Dam – half of the initial forecast.
Retention Closure is not a closure
The fact of the matter is that anglers were still fishing on the Columbia River, as the regulations merely prohibited "retention" of any steelhead (hatchery or wild). Catch and release fishing for steelhead was not prohibited, and with fall Chinook salmon migrating throughout the Columbia, sport anglers were still fishing. Additionally, a mainstem lower river gillnet fishery had been authorized during that same August week in the river below Bonneville, and wild steelhead with a later run timing (like B-run steelhead) that may have been also delaying their migration due to warm waters below Bonneville Dam, were likely intercepted in that fishery. This commercial fishery's impact on wild steelhead will likely never be known as the on-board observer program in place during the 2017 non-treaty fishery was only voluntary for the gillnet fleet and the commercial fishers refused to host any. It is unconscionable that there was and will be no M&E on this fishery – the only consolation is that the non-treaty commercial fleet has received only five mainstem fishing days so far in all of 2018 season.
However the gillnets are not the only impact on wild steelhead, with daily reports of many sport-fleet boats at the cold water refugia from the Cowlitz and Lewis Rivers, the migrating wild steelhead had no sanctuary there. These fisheries should also be subject to robust creel surveys and monitoring at boat ramps and landings along the Columbia.
Additionally, Tribal fishers were taking wild steelhead in several cool-water refugia such as Drano Lake (WA) and Herman Creek (OR).
Everything Changed on September 11
The Columbia late-summer and Fall fisheries all changed when Oregon and Washington announced that ALL salmon and steelhead fishing in the Columbia from Buoy 10 to McNary Dam would close on September 12. The chinook salmon passage was dropping and the run forecast was downgraded to 150,000 upriver bright fall chinook past Bonneville.
It is critically important to note that when the agencies limit "retention" of any particular fish, fishing for and retaining salmon and other fish is often still legal. Agencies consider the "retention closure an effective conservation measures because they believe it lowers fishing pressure. However, because wild steelhead must be released unharmed under existing rules anyway, the steelhead "closure" acts more as a conservation measure for hatchery steelhead than real, absolute protection for wild steelhead.
Current Salmon and Steelhead Migration Numbers from Bonneville Dam:
These numbers below reflect counts through Sunday September 30, 2018.
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7/1 – 9/30 for summer steelhead at Bonneville
Total Steelhead = 86,566 / 305,244 (10-yr. avg.) = 28.4% of the TYA
Wild Steelhead = 27,449 / 102,322 (10-yr. avg.) = 26.8% of the TYA
Spoiler Alert: For those who still think 2018 is a better year for steelhead than 2017…..
There were MORE steelhead past Bonneville Dam on this date in 2017, which was a very poor return, particularly for wild B-run steelhead.
Comparing 2017 and 2018 total hatchery and wild steelhead passage at Bonneville Dam:
-September 30, 2017 passage was 107,073 steelhead.
-2018 passage is 86,566 steelhead.
For those counting at home, 20,507 more hatchery and wild steelhead passed in 2017.
Wild steelhead are not doing quite as poorly, though the overall number is very low.
-2017 wild steelhead passage was 31,150 fish.
-2018 wild steelhead passage is at 27,449.
The result is that 3,701 more wild steelhead passed Bonneville Dam in 2017 than in 2018.
Early Snake River Counts:
Lower Granite Dam Counts for Steelhead as of September 30, 2018:
Total hatchery + wild steelhead= 19,826 / 87,406 TYA = 22.7% of the TYA
Wild steelhead = 4,674 / 23,272 TYA = 20.1% of the TYA
The Technical Advisory Committee to the Columbia River Compact released their first update of the wild B-run steelhead. Their prediction is for a reduced wild B-run of 2,600 fish (a 23% reduction in the wild B-runs for 2018). However, the predicted return of hatchery B-run steelhead was only reduced by 100 fish and therefore, since the combined hatchery and wild B-run forecast is over 20,000 total, the allowed Treaty Tribal harvest rate will remain at 15% (though they estimate they will harvest fewer).
Also of concern, over 18% of the unclipped steelhead passing Bonneville Dam may be of hatchery origin and will be allowed to spawn with natural-origin steelhead in Idaho and Oregon tributaries of the Snake and Clearwater.
Fall Chinook (as of Sept. 30) Passing Bonneville Dam:
Fall Chinook are considered those passing Bonneville after August 1. Jack chinook are sexually mature male chinook returning from the ocean after only one year and are considered a predictor of the following year's likely run of 3, 4 and 5 year-old adult chinook.
Fall chinook = 167,778 adults (compared to TYA of 500,427 adult chinook = 33.5% of the TYA
Jacks = 27,428 jacks (compared to TYA of 77,157 jack chinook) = 35.6% of the TYA
The 2018 pre-season forecast for fall chinook past Bonneville was 253,100 adults, which if met would be 47.3% of the TYA. As mentioned, the chinook run was downgraded to 150,000 adults – a predicted number now surpassed by the actual counts, though still a very low return.
Last Words
Despite the initial improved forecasts and the positive spin from state fish agencies in the winter and spring, 2018 is not going to be a good year for Columbia and Snake River wild steelhead and wild salmon. The Conservation Angler appreciates the sanctuary provided for wild salmon and steelhead at the Deschutes – Columbia confluence and in the lower one-mile of the Deschutes. We also support the "retention closures" in the Columbia River. Nevertheless, the low numbers of wild steelhead and the warm main-stem water temperatures warranted the Deschutes River Sanctuary and provided ample reason to take the same action in other cool water refugia downstream, as well as to apply more effective conservation measures across all fisheries.


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Submitted by SGibbs on 29 April 2019 - 1:54pm
Internal Position No.:
37 of 2019
Role Summary
The successful applicant will assist with the coordination of the Department's sports programmes and initiatives to ensure the successful implementation to support the positive growth and development of sports in the Territory.
Main Responsibilities
- Support the delivery and implementation of the unit's projects and programmes in line with the Department's Medium Term Strategy and approved strategic plan and implementation agenda.
- Contribute to the development, review, implementation and evaluation of projects, programmes, polices, and legislation to ensure the effective and efficient operation of the Department.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders and their networks to ensure the effective coordination and delivery of programmes, schedules and relevant events.
- Assist with educating stakeholders and the general public on the Department's policies, processes, programmes and projects.
- Assist with the mobilization of resources to support the Department's programmes and projects.
- Assist with developing and maintaining the relevant databases and systems to support the management of relationships with stakeholders.
- Assist with the preparation of the unit's reports and the management of the unit's data to ensure the effective and efficient operation of the Department.
- Attend meetings, workshops and training sessions as instructed to ensure awareness of any change in policies or procedures which may be relevant to your role.
- Provide advice to sports and community partners on the Department's policies, legislation, processes, programmes and projects, and support sporting organisations in the delivery of their programmes
- Perform any other related duties as required by the immediate supervisor or any senior officer in order to contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of the Department.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Sports Administration, Social Sciences, Public Administration or a related field
- Four (4) years' experience in programme planning and implementation
- Professional Membership(s) with recognised local, regional, or international sporting association or body (optional)
- Sound knowledge of Government structure, policies and procedures
- Excellent knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, ordinances, legislation, policies and procedures
- Excellent knowledge of sports administration and programme coordination and administration
- Good knowledge of the use of standard office equipment and computer applications
- Sound analytical and decision-making skills
- Sound oral and written communication skills
- Sound interpersonal and organisational skills
- Ability to work well under pressure
Closing Date:
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July 4, 2020 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
13th August 2014
UK unemployment fell to 6.4% in the three months to June from 6.4% the previous month according to the Office for National Statistics.
The number of people unemployed fell by 132,000 to 2.08 million. Yet despite this good news average wages rose by just 0.6% in the year to June, the slowest rise since records began in 2001.
Including bonuses, wages fell 0.2%, the first fall since 2009.
The Bank of England halved its forecast for average wage growth, saying it now expected average salaries to rise by 1.25% this year.
The Office for National Statistics says wages were affected by a high number of employees deferring bonus payments until after the top rate of tax was cut from 50p to 45p last year, skewing yearly comparisons.
Low average wage rises are an indication of the level of so-called "spare capacity" in the economy.
Spare capacity is the Bank of England's measure of the extent to which the UK economy is underperforming, as a result of a lack of business investment either in hiring new staff, technology or machinery.
Ben Brettell, senior economist, Hargreaves Lansdown says: "The outlook for wages remains bleak, the Bank of England admitted today, with only a "modest increase" in prospect in the near term. The Bank cut its wage growth forecast in today's Quarterly Inflation Report and now expects wages to rise by just 1.25% in 2014, down from 2.5% forecast in May. Estimates for productivity growth (a key determinant of wages) were also cut."
The TUC says the the UK is now very good at creating low paid jobs.
TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady says: "The combination of rising employment and falling pay growth suggests the economy is very good at creating low-paid jobs, but struggling to create the better-paid work we need for a fair and sustainable recovery.
"Self-employment has been responsible for almost half of the rise in employment over the last year. The fact that self-employed workers generally earn less than employees means our pay crisis is even deeper than previously thought, as their pay is not recorded in official figures.
"Falling unemployment is always welcome – particularly for young people who are finally starting to find work – but unless the quality of job creation increases Britain's living standards crisis will continue and people will be locked out of the benefits of recovery."
Discussing interest rate prospects Chris Williams, CEO, Wealth Horizon said: "Despite Carney's assertions that the inflation increases will be gradual, there is still a lack of clarity over the timings of these and it is likely that bumpier times are ahead for investors as the market shifts back to "normality".
"The modest increase in the rate of inflation and revised growth rate may bode well for the general economy, it is a mixed blessing for many ordinary households who have seen their finances stretched by the rising cost of living, while seeing real value shaved off their investments through inflation and stubbornly low interest rates.
"This will undoubtedly be a tough time for investors, but they can prepare themselves by considering investment products which protect them against market volatility."


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Hello guys,
unfortunately in between a server migration a typo in a command changed the ownership of all files in /var to root:root, so of course we got some problems now and the main problem is, that i-mscp stopped working completely. Is i-mscp able to fix file permissions with this packages (e.g. mysql/mariadb apache etc.), or do I need to reinstall the whole server because of this?
It's really a bad thing, because we nearly finished the migration and then an unfortunately typo crashed nearly everything connected with /var. Any ideas how I could fix that?
OS: Debian 9.8 Stretch
I-MSCP Version: 1.5.3 (2018120800)
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Savannah will celebrate Earth Day this Saturday, April 15, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. in Forsyth Park. Karen Jenkins, executive director of Savannah Tree Foundation, says they will highlight a piece of Savannah history in their Earth Day events.
"This year we'll do a tree walk with one of our board members and sort of walk through the Forsyth Park arboretum talking about the different tree species in Forsyth Park," Jenkins explained. "After the tree walk, we'll end at the Candler Oak tree right opposite Forsyth Park on Drayton Street and talk about the Tree Foundation's work to preserve the Candler Oak tree and then have volunteers help us pull the weeds from underneath the Candler Oak. It's one of the few times during the year where volunteers or anyone really can come with us through the gate under the tree and get up close and personal with that big, beautiful tree."
The tree was deeded to Savannah Tree Foundation in the 1980's. Ever since they have worked to preserve this piece of history that stands beside what's now Savannah Law School, but was originally Candler Hospital.
"We have a historic picture showing the tree in the late 1890's and suspect it might have been about a hundred years old then," Jenkins said. "We think it's close to 250 or 300 years old. Contrary to the tour bus drivers who go by, it's not the biggest or the oldest tree in Savannah. It is just a big, old tree and thankfully it's still standing on private property in the heart of a very busy commercial area. If you think 60' by 100' you could put a really big building there but thankfully we have a big old tree with a lot of history of our community."
Hear more about the history of the Candler Oak in the audio link below. Learn more about Savannah's Earth Day Festival happening this Saturday in Forsyth Park, at EarthDaySavannah.org. Connect with the Savannah Tree Foundation at SavannahTreeFoundation.org.


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World Cup Group B: Iran hope to pour further misery on Spain
If you were forecasting every match in this World Cup before the tournament started last Thursday, Iran v Spain at the 45,000-seat Kazan Arena would be straightforward. Spain would be looking to all but lock down progression to the knockout stage after proving too much for Portugal, with Cristiano Ronaldo again failing to make an impact on the world's biggest stage. Iran would be desperate for a result to keep their faint hopes alive, following a draw or defeat to Morocco. Yeah, about that.
Cristiano made a huge impact on the World Cup, denting David de Gea and La Roja's confidence and registering a hattrick with a penalty, lucky strike, and a perfect free kick. The last, in the game's final minutes, rescued a draw for the Selecao. Spain, with a woefully underqualified last-minute stand-in as manager, are the ones feeling the pressure now.
Iran don't have a roster filled with world-class talent. They don't even have an equipment sponsor following Nike's withdrawal due to internationally-imposed economic sanctions against its fundamentalist theocracy. What they do have, what underrated Portuguese manager Carlos Queiroz has instilled in them, is an iron will, steely determination and unwavering dedication to a single cause.
That may not be enough against the talent and skill Spain will bring to bear. Nevertheless, Team Melli will fight, hoping to find a way through, to do something that will widen the crack in their opponent's belief. Fernando Hierro's squad will try to fill that crack by scoring early and often to put the match to bed as quickly as possible. If La Furia cannot, disaster may strike.
Good fortune has struck for Team Melli. The Iranians conducted a holding action for 90+ minutes then were gifted an own goal against Morocco. The Atlas Lions almost certainly will not roar in this tournament, now. Iran might.
Carlos Queiroz's tactics won't change. If you park the bus against Morocco, you don't step on the gas when you get to Spain.
Alireza Jahanbakhsh, the 24-year-old AZ Alkmaar winger, came off following the goal, limping noticeably. However, his post-match enthusiasm regarding hooking up with the Spaniards and the lack of any alarming news from the Iranian camp combine to suggest he is fine. Iran should be at full strength. The problem is the same can be said for their opponents.
Fernando Herrio's team [still can't believe it] will be in moods that reflect both nicknames attached to the national team.
La Roja will be red-faced at how they let a clear three points slip away because they could not contain one player. Okay, that player is the de facto best in the world--sorry, Messi acolytes, but until your guy learns to handle pressure like his rival, take penalties, and win back the Ballon d'Or, he's second fiddle--but almost every player on the pitch for Spain knows Ronaldo well, and he is one 33-year-old man. They should have stopped him. David de Gea should have stopped his second goal.
On the other hand, La Furia will be furious paragraphs like that are [rightfully] being written about them. They know they are better. They have their pride. They're Spaniards, #ffs. Iran will have not a storm but a tempest to weather. Umbrellas won't be sufficient.
Let's put it this way, I'll be surprised but not shocked if Iran somehow conjure a result out of any Spanish hesitancy, doubt, or foolishness. This team has no reason to expect interim boss Fernando Herrio to inspire them. They barely know him. But they are all top professionals, most world-class talents, who only need look in the mirror.
Depending on how the first quarter-hour transpires, this one will end up either 5-0 Spain or 1-1.


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"Did you know that oils are mentioned 1,100 times directly or indirectly in Scripture? Did you know that 70% of the books in the Bible make mention of oil? There are even records of one of the oldest cultures using essential oils."
Sarah Harnisch, "Gameplan: The Complete Strategy Guide to go from Starter Kit to Silver"
"When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, 'Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.' He was afraid and said, 'What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.' Early in the morning Jacob took the stone that was near his head and set it up as a marker. He poured oil on top of it and named the place Bethel,"
The above passage is the very first mention of oil in the Bible. Check Biblical References again to check out more! I will be adding more soon!!


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AshevilleCity - County Gov.News StoriesOpinion
Fryar Questions Construction's Triple-Digit Inflation
By Leslee Kulba- Everybody knows how to work with a budget, except government. The last Buncombe County Commissioners' meeting was a classic illustration of the supply side and demand side conversing as if in a false dilemma. Had the commissioners been drawing an Economics 101 price diagram, supply and demand would be on parallel trajectories; never the twain should meet.
Mike Fryar pulled an item for a $7 million AB-Tech capital project from the consent agenda for further consideration. The county has been investing in capital improvements on the community college campus since a dedicated quarter-cent tax was approved narrowly in a referendum pushed by AB-Tech's former president, Dr. Hank Dunn. Construction efforts will now turn to overhauling the Rhododendron building. Assistant County Manager Jon Creighton introduced the subject, offering no hint that he understood why Fryar cared to challenge it.
Creighton said all activities now taking place in the Rhododendron building will move to the Allied Health Building. He then encouraged the commissioners to see that building, as it has "turned out extremely nice." Creighton continued, saying the Rhododendron building had been built in the mid-'70s and added to in the mid-'80s. It was dated. With single-pane windows and a tar and gravel roof, it was not energy-efficient. It was laid out poorly. With 45,000 sq. ft., it only housed seven classrooms. The halls were "in the wrong location," and the basement had 5600 sq. ft. that was never finished. He said nothing was worth salvaging, and the whole building had to be gutted. The basic structure was sound, though, and Creighton wanted to get another forty years out of the building.
The plan is to have the Engineering programs move out of the Elm Building, and the Cosmetology program move out of the Birch Building to free up space for the new Craft Beverage Institute, which must move out of the Haynes Building on the Enka campus. In June, the college announced cost-cutting plans to close down the Enka campus by September 30.
The budget for renovating the Rhododendron building would be $7 million. Including soft costs, that amounted to $159/sq. ft. Soft costs included hiring an architect, engineers, people to remove asbestos, and concrete testers. Creighton said he need the commissioners to approve a number before he could hire anybody to give him a better one.
Following his remarks, Mike Fryar said his piece. He had before him the numbers the commissioners had approved in 2013 for AB-Tech's capital improvements to be funded with the quarter-cent sales tax. It listed Rhododendron Building improvements at $3 million. Having doubled the approved numbers and then some, he asked if the commissioners might be able to set aside the vote until somebody could come up with "some kind of true numbers."
Fryar continued, saying the whole capital improvement plan was originally supposed to cost only $84 million. Now, it would be $105 million. The county had shaved $13 million off the Allied Health Building, but then it added those costs back by building a parking deck and another building. Fryar assumed costs would escalate proportionately for the Elm Building, too. Then, Fryar, who serves on AB-Tech's board, started hearing things for the first time. He had thought the college was selling the Enka campus in order to pay for the new aviation programs at AB-Tech South, but Greene said, "We're selling Enka to do Elm."
Fryar said somebody was picking numbers out of the sky, prompting Creighton to interject his belief that the $3 million figure was the number picked out of the sky. "I can't find anybody that put the original numbers together," said Creighton. "Nobody will lay claim and say, 'I did those.'" Greene added that construction costs were rising and said the numbers had been put together three years before the commission approved them.
Fryar countered he'd never seen the price of anything double in less than three years. More importantly, $3 million is what had been approved in the Capital Projects Ordinance dated February 5, 2013. Fryar said the ordinance, "didn't say the AB-Tech quarter-cent tax would be a forever deal." People at the time had the understanding that it would "sunset in x amount of years." Belaboring the obvious, he added, "The way we're going right now, it's never gonna sunset."
"Can I make a motion to approve the resolution?" interrupted Commissioner Ellen Frost. The motion was made and seconded, so the floor opened for discussion.
"Here's the discussion," said Fryar facetiously, "It's that just whatever you want to spend is OK." He then asked his peers if they were OK going against the promise they had made to the people. He said he would vote for the measure, "but the fact is, we just busted the budget, and nobody seems to care about that." Fryar asked how much the estimates had gone up on the new Human Services building on Coxe Avenue. Green replied estimates had started at $35 million and exceeded $40 million by the time they were approved.
Chair David Gantt, after explaining the reason for estimates and the inevitability of inflation, shared, "The question is, do we want to have facilities for the people at AB-Tech that are good to train people to get the jobs to have the quality of life that we want for people in Buncombe County? And the way I look at it is, we do the best we can."
Holly Jones ascertained the projects were on-schedule for a timely sunset of the sales tax. But Greene said there was nothing requiring a sunset. That decision would be handled by a future board. "I'll be gone for sure," said Jones, perhaps alluding to her bid for lieutenant governor in 2016.
Fryar closed with a request. "If anything's in the $7-8 million range, please, let's don't put it on the consent agenda." He noted the county had just given away some land for Eblen Charities and the State Employees' Credit Union (SECU) Foundation, so they could build teacher housing – and that required a public discussion. Approval of the Rhododendron Building's new budget passed unanimously.


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HOUSE PRICES of property for sale in these postcodes are soaring in value. Towns such as Birmingham and Edinburgh are seeing considerable boosts in the value of homes. Should you invest here?
There are many ways to make money from investing in property. Direct property investment involves purchasing a home and either letting the property or developing it to sell it off at a later rate. For those with cash in the bank, investing in property can quickly make you a tasty return, especially if you buy in a area where prices are on the rise.
Many investors can even do both, if they choose where they buy their property wisely. Today is was revealed house price growth remains stable at 2.5% annually, with a very marginal monthly increase of 0.1%.
Founder and CEO of eMoov.co.uk, Russell Quirk, commented: "A muted but stable level of house price growth is probably the best we could hope for at this time of year, given the usual seasonal slowdown coupled with already tougher than normal market conditions."
"It's very early days to be observing any kind of impact from the changes to first-time buyer stamp duty and while it may help stimulate demand, and in turn prices, this will only be noticeable much further down the line."
Where should you invest?
Property for sale in several postcodes across the UK are experiencing a serious boost in house prices, some seeing 17 per cent growth.
While property for sale in London plummets in price, sparking fears of an impending property crash, towns in the north of England and Scotland are flourishing.
Those with cash to spare may look to Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester to invest in property.
The town of Ladywood in Birmingham has seen a growth of 17 per cent in the last year. The average house price in July was 2016 in £147,121, and at the same time next year it has increased to £171,498.
The average house price in the city at large grew by five per cent.
Top five postcodes with the best house price growth
- B16 – Ladywood, Birmingham
- EH2 – Holyrood, Edinburgh
- G3 – Finnieston, Glasgow
- M11 – Openshaw, Manchester
- HU1 – Central Hull, Hull
The next best postcode for grown is Holyrood in Edinburgh, traditionally an expensive city. Holyrood is home to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the monarch in Scotland and the Scottish Parliament Building.
Houses are still pricey here but returns on investment are high. The average house price has shot up £46,997 in the past year from £325,595 to £372,592. This is a 14 per cent growth.


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Leigh French
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Leigh has gained extensive knowledge of the Central Coast marketplace and Central Coast candidates enabling a quality and timely response to any request. In addition to Leigh's experience, she holds an Advanced Diploma and Graduate Certificate in Human Resources, Certificate IV in OHS and a variety of other industry qualifications.
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Kareena has a dynamic and enthusiastic nature. She ensures she has a thorough understanding of the role and the workplace environment. Kareena has a hands-on approach; often on-site at 6am or earlier to meet the team, introduce our labour hire personnel, complete WHS requirements and ensure we have the right people on the job.
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Our resort has a seaside location in Tuscany, immersed in nature and in the shadows of a pine forest. Our guests may take advantage of different types of accomodations and large campsites pitches.
Included in the price of cottages and bugalows: entertainment activities, mini and junior club during high season, two deckchairs and a sun umbrella on the beach, swimming-pool, kiddie pool, Jacuzzi, soccer field, electricity and water expenses, final cleaning (kitchen excluded), use of barbecue, parking place.
Included in the campsite fee: swimming-pool, children's pool, Jacuzzi, hot showers, electricity, use of barbecue, parking place, use of canoes and paddle boats, and Club Card for participating in entertainment activities during high season.
A large complex made up of 2 perfectly integrated areas, directly on the seaside. Each have their own 24-hour Reception and restaurant. They share services and all resort guests have free access to the facilities and activities. An offer complete with swimming pools, children's playground, sports facilities and private parking.
The restaurant "Al Mare da Angela" is close to the beach and located in the area adjacent to the campsite. It is open for lunch and dinner, and offers take-out, a gluten-free menu, and pizza. Clients who have booked one-room or two-rooms bungalows, rooms with kitchenette, three-room cottages, and pitches are assigned this restaurant for their half board or full board.
The restaurant "Le Piscine" is right in front of the swimming pool area, and close to the area where the evening shows take place. The menu offers a wide variety of choices, including pizza. It is open for lunch and dinner and is the assigned location for half boards of full boards with accommodations in Giglio, Giannutri, Monte Argentario and Coco Sweet.
The "La Rotonda" Bar is located on the beach, with an amazing sea view. Here you can have breakfast or enjoy a drink while watching the sun disappear over the horizon.
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To purchase land and return it to a wild flower meadow, re plant hedgerows and run a market garden producing old varieties of fruit, plants and vegetables. Help and save all old varieties of heritage fruit and vegetables, flowers and plants and help going forward to provide local work and training for people out of work in the local area. Also, provide small wildlife areas on the site to help insects like increasing the bee population.
For all those who are kind enough to donate to this project, I will offer a 25% discount on all orders within the UK (mainland) of plants, flowers, fruit and vegetables grown at the market garden and a yearly calendar. For those outside the UK unfortunately we cannot send items like the above in the post so we will be sending out a calendar once a year which will show photographs and updates.
With a wealth of experience dealing directly with members of the public and a variety of organisations, I am an enthusiastic and conscientious individual with excellent communication, organisational and time management skills. I am a dedicated and committed person who takes pride in delivering and achieving tasks to a high standard. Having run my own property business and having been a Nottingham City Councillor - I also served many years as a trustee to several charities. I am an extremely customer focussed and community spirited individual. I very much enjoy direct customer contact and value quality service and support. I have a flexible and adaptable attitude. I have a great passion for the countryside and the protection of endangered species.


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Choosing Letter Tracks
When buying letters tracks for you new changeable letter board there are two basic chooses. You are able to purchase clear letter tracks or white letter tracks. But which one is the best for your sign? We will now look at choosing the best letter tracks for your sign.
White or Clear?
If you are considering applying letter tracks to an existing board you may have already printed, we would suggest clear letter tracks to create your channels. As the tracks are clear you are able to lay these directly over any graphic images and still see what is behind the tracks. If, on the other hand, the board is white with little or no graphics, you may well be better off with white.
Furthermore, if you are considering an outdoor sign, white tracking is strongly advised. Over a relatively short space of time, tracking will be effected by the weather. This is inevitable and can be easily cleaned using a variety of products on the market. The most notable effect will be water staining from the rain. The white letter tracks are much more resistant to this.
White tracking is much more easily replaced if ever your needs change and you need to amend the sign. White tracking can be easily reapplied using our workshop glue. Also any marks left behind from previous tracks will be hidden. This will not be the case with clear tracks.
Both tracking colours use an identical plastic compound. Whatever you final choice, both types will feel and work identically. The design of our letter tiles means that none of the letter is hidden if your final choice is the white tracking.
Please contact us directly if you have any further questions regarding our letter tracks for changeable signs:
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1. Your name and title/business name? City, Country location?
My name is Joke Boudens and I'm a freelancer for lettering and illustration. I live in Bruges, Belgium. I occasionally conduct workshops in Belgium and abroad.
2. What's your educational and professional background, i.e., college, professional school, high school, apprenticeship, etc.?
I was trained as an art teacher in Brussels, Belgium. I took some calligraphy workshops but I'm mostly self-taught. Grew up with lettering and calligraphy all around because my father was a calligrapher and my 4 siblings are all connected to calligraphy and letter carving. I have a wide spectrum of styles like Roman capital, Blackletter, Uncial, and Carolingian but you will not see a lot of Italic in my work. I think you could say my lettering is shipshape. Illustrations have become more and more important. Some of my works are nearly totally illustrated with only a small addition of lettering.
3. Preferred tool(s) and medium?
In the early years, I always used Mitchell pen nibs for my calligraphy because I loved the flexibility of them. Only recently I began to see the benefits of the Brause pens my father left me: they are a lot stiffer but very accurate. For my black-and-white drawings I use fineliners, mostly Staedler. For my illustrations I use colored pencils (different brands), gouache and watercolor (Winsor and Newton,Talens). The brushes I use are Isabey but also synthetic ones. Many people think that I use very fine brushes which is not true. I love brushes that are quite thick but having a fine tip point. I also love to use leaf gold laid on gesso. I always have some sketchbooks around, small and bigger ones. I love Moleskine. You have them with heavy and light paper, love them both.
4. Where or how do you "recharge your creative battery," i.e., books, blogs, music, art, exercise, meditation, prayer, hobbies, interests, etc.?
Every now and then I have difficult moments and feel despair, new ideas are not coming. I have learned that the only solution is to keep on working without thinking. I just draw, write, and paint anything. Inspiration is always coming back. Or I go walking or visiting exhibitions and musea: that also helps. I'm inspired by many things. Sometimes one sentence in a good book can trigger me. Also folk art and 'art brut' are very motivating for me, as well as illustrated children books: I have an immense admiration for those illustrators.
5. Tell us something about you that might surprise or delight us.
I am left-handed but I write right-handed due to teachers telling me it would be "better" to be right handed. I get extremely vexed at procrastination and doing tasks at the very last minute. I love gardening, am very fond of nature, flora and fauna. If I wouldn't have done what I do, I could have been a landscaper, an investigator (yes, I love murder cases!), an archaeologist in Turkey or a biologist looking for some new species of plants or insects in Bali.


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Rescuers Search for Missing After Danube Boat Collisionby Jessica Montevago /
A rescue mission on the Danube river near Budapest is still underway after a Hungarian tourist boat collided with a river cruise ship on Wednesday afternoon.
Hungarian police launched a criminal investigation and have detained the Ukrainian captain of a cruise ship, authorities said late Thursday. The 64-year-old man is suspected of endangering water transport leading to a deadly mass accident.
According to reports, a tourist sightseeing boat capsized within seconds after colliding with Viking Sigyn. At least seven passengers on the sightseeing boat, the Hableany (Mermaid), were killed.
Nineteen South Korean tourists and two Hungarian crew members, the captain and his assistant, remain missing. Search efforts, now extended downstream as far as Serbia, have been hampered by the rain and the fast flow of the rising Danube.
"Those contributing to the search will continue to do everything possible ... along the full Hungarian stretch of the Danube's coasts in the interests of the locating the missing persons," Budapest police said in a statement.
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha visited the site of the accident on Friday, accompanied by Hungarian counterpart, Peter Szijjarto, and met with rescue officials.
Seven people have been rescued and were taken to hospital with injuries.
In a statement to TMR, a Viking spokesperson said there were no injuries to Viking crew or Viking guests.
"We have been and continue to cooperate fully with the authorities while they undertake their investigations," the Viking spokesperson said. "Our heartfelt condolences to those affected by this tragic accident."
Very Good Tour, the South Korean travel agency that operated sightseeing cruise, said it was arranging for family of the dead and missing to fly to Budapest.
Adrián Pál r. Colonel, deputy chief of police chief of Budapest, said the ship will be raised from where it sank, near the Margaret Bridge and parliament building in central Budapest. Officials said that due to heavy currents it could take days to recover the boat.
The South Korean government said none of those on board was wearing a life jacket.


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Chapter 1747 - Encounter
Chapter 1747: Encounter
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
It was necessary to collect the pure poison of the Destined Toad from upon the clouds. It didn't cost Ye Xiao a lot of time anyway. Nothing else was more important than getting on the road!
"This place is three thousand miles away from the Foggy Miasma Mountain. However, we can't be sure if it is safe here!" Ye Xiao said, "Let's go further. We should go at least ten thousand miles before talking about others."
He was so sure about ten thousand miles because they should reach the Monarch's Hall after ten thousand miles.
Ye Xiao had killed his way to the west. The twelve units of the Monarch's Hall had seized the territories behind him!
When they had made it seven thousand miles, something happened, but it was resolved very soon. Ye Xiao found that the Dragon Unit had occupied this area, so he gave the men some instruction. If people of some powerful forces came to this place, nobody started a fight. After that, they were back on road again. When they reached the area that was ruled by the Tiger Unit, Ye Xiao stopped.
Lei Dongtian was guarding this place. He saw Lord Monarch, and he was too shocked to react.
"Tell everybody that I am coming back to the headquarters of the Monarch's Hall soon. My trip is finished. I will collect information along my way back." Ye Xiao immediately gave the order.
Lei Dongtian nodded. He didn't know why, but he followed the order.
Ye Xiao finally felt relieved. He took a shower and changed his clothes in the Tiger Unit. Finally, he was relaxed. He looked spirited again.
Ye Xiao didn't tell anybody about killing the man in a purple robe, Jiang Zhinan.
He wanted to keep it to himself. Erhuo knew it, but Hawky and Bab didn't. Xuan Bing and the others weren't there, so they didn't know either.
Ye Xiao didn't tell the ladies, because he didn't what them to act suspicious. Even though they were all experienced cultivators, he couldn't be sure they could keep the secret!
Ye Xiao had done everything he could to hide the traces, but he knew one thing–people who were important to the Sky Kings all had their soul marks stored in the royal houses.
Once the soul mark was broken, people knew they were dead.
Ye Xiao killed not only a great general in the North Sky King's Army but also an Undead Stage cultivator.
If he had to fight one of the five Sky Kings now, he would die.
He was right.
When Jiang Zhinan died, the royal court in the North Sky was shocked.
Within fifteen minutes, several men rushed out to the south, moving like lightning to the Limitless Ocean.
Ye Xiao was three thousand miles away from where everything happened.
When Ye Xiao was taking a shower and having a rest in the Tiger Unit, the men from the North Sky had reached the Foggy Miasma Mountain!
It was shockingly fast!
"Lord Monarch, something changed. We need your decision." Lei Dongtian was surprised when he saw Ye Xiao, but he was also glad.
"What is it?" Ye Xiao squinted at Lei Dongtian. "What is it that you want to tell me? Come on. You are eager to tell me. You are the head of the Tiger Unit, so be like a leader!"
Lei Dongtian was embarrassed. He said, "Here is the thing… A few days ago, I sensed something strange… It was untraceable and unreasonable…"
Ye Xiao frowned and said, "What is it? What are you talking about?"
"Our cultivation… All of a sudden…" Lei Dongtian clicked his tongue and said, "Suddenly… We were boosted! Ten times! That's… It was too much! We are ten times faster than before… I mean… We are ten times faster than we were in the Hall of Life and Death!"
Ye Xiao nodded and said, "Well, go on."
"That was a miracle!" Lei Dongtian was excited. "The Hall of Life and Death is already a paradise for cultivators. The spiritual qi is so rich, which makes us cultivate ten times faster than usual. After that special change, we were another ten times faster! I mean… It means… After cultivating one year, we improved more than a hundred years of cultivation! Lord Monarch!"
Lei Dongtian talked like he was showing off. Suddenly, he raised his power waves and blew the dust to the sky.
"Ahem…" Ye Xiao wasn't ready for that, so the dust got him on the face.
He wouldn't know that Lei Dongtian would suddenly raise up his power in the middle of a conversation…
The dust got into Ye Xiao's mouth, and he kept spitting it out. He was a bit annoyed, so he said, "You… You are such an erhuo! Lei Dongtian! Are you going to attack me?"
(Off-screen voice of Erhuo: "Holy hell, Master! How many times do I have to tell you? Erhuo is a compliment! You don't use it like this!")
Lei Dongtian was shocked. He said, "I… I mean… No… I didn't…"
Ye Xiao looked at him and then laughed. "What do you mean? What are you talking about?"
"I just want to show you my power. Wasn't it the plain way to show my power? I… I just…" Lei Dongtian was so excited that his face turned red. "I have reached the second level of the Saint Origin Stage… This is… This is like a good dream to me…"
Ye Xiao squinted at him and said, "Level two? Is it? That's so weak! Come on! After such a long time, you are actually only at level two of the Saint Origin Stage?"
Pah, pah, pah… –
Ye Xiao scolded Lei Dongtian for quite some time. His saliva nearly drowned the poor man…
Lei Dongtian endured the special rain from the Lord Monarch. He wiped his face and went blank.


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An amazing discovery
I was most amazed to discover just how many people have a problem to finish what they start. A simple Google search revealed many links to the words "how to finish what you start" with lots of written articles, advice and reply comments on the subject.
Countless people seem to flit between projects, having so many going simultaneously, that being able to finish any will be a miracle, let alone all of them. Others complain that they suffer from indecision and hence simply force themselves to make a choice, right or wrong, and then find down the line that they were anyhow unable to finish what they decided to start. Some start a course, or several courses, but never complete them. And on and on it goes.
Why do so many people have a problem with this? Obviously, there are countless reasons, but…
…here are just some of them:
- Some things just aren't worth finishing (some folk discover that down the line) and so they move on to something else which they believe is better.
- A lack of self-discipline. It is for instance much easier to get great-tasting McDonalds in about 5 minutes than it is to slave an hour in the kitchen preparing nutritious food. Or watching a fun DVD rather than studying for an upcoming test.
- Our "add- and-stir" culture condition people to expect instant gratification. Any challenges or obstacles are simply too hard to deal with (they require effort), or are the cause of immediate disappointment and/or dissatisfaction, so they take the easy way out. They cop out and stop what they were doing.
- Poor time management etc…
I suspect that whatever may be the reasons for people not finishing what they start, a great many of these reasons, if not most, have to do with a lack of passion.
To make a success of any undertaking, you must be committed to it. One of the major factors contributing to commitment is to have a passion for what you do. To have such a passion, you need to enjoy something and be good at doing it.
And that I think is the ultimate reason so many people start something and don't finish it. They make a decision to begin something, but that decision is not driven by a sense of inner enjoyment or passion and so after a while, their engine runs out of steam, they lose interest and the project dies, incomplete.
Now, this of course is just a very bad way to go about deciding on viable business opportunities and a sure recipe for disaster, even if an idea should prove to be quite profitable.
To choose or not to choose
So, let's assume that you have identified a great business idea and now want to suss out whether it's going to be worth investing all your time and money in it. Not all business ideas after all, are good ideas!
It is critically important for you to know that the distinction between a mere great business idea and an actual money-making opportunity is so important, that failing to understand that difference, can and often does, result in great money loss.
So, how do you determine whether that super-cool idea you've had is the real deal with a solid money-making possibility or whether it's just that: a great idea but nothing more?
The hard question
The place to start scanning ideas for some real opportunities is with… you!
Ask yourself the hard question: apart from making a success of a business idea, will you also enjoy it and find fulfilment in it?
And be honest! Any answer here that is short of brutal candour will only short change you. Nobody else.
Because enjoyment in what you do is 80-90% of success!
Aha! So that's why passion is important! If therefore a + b = c and 'a' is the project, 'b' is passion or the lack of it, then your sum will be either completed or incomplete projects. (Hope you could follow that. My mind went up in smoke before I could figure out that one! No joke).
Now why is this crucial when choosing a business idea? Especially when you have to scan preliminary ideas for real opportunities?
All great achievers and truly successful people will tell you: love what you do! You must be passionate about your business idea! It is key. Remember, work passion is one of the major attributes all successful people have in common, because work passion will bring energy into the equation.
It will also bring the necessary focus to bear on your efforts and that is especially important, because when things begin to press in on you, passion is the number one ingredient that will have you dig in your heels and see difficult business times through.
Remember, you'll only have a passion for doing something if you really like doing it. Why? Because you'll not only really like or even love your idea, you'll believe in it!
So, start by getting married
No, not to the bright-eyed wonder next door!
Your business idea and those of your personal entrepreneurial resources – personal vision, mission, characteristics and abilities must hitch up. They must match. If you hate filing for instance and/or are forever misplacing stuff, it's probably not a great idea to start an organizing business, even if there's ample opportunity and finances to do so.
And remember that it makes sense to build on strengths and to avoid weaknesses. The wider the range of skills you have, the greater the chance of success. A car salesman will probably not discover a cure for AIDS, neither will a highly trained mathematician who loves jiggling numbers all day suddenly become an ace marketer. But you get the point.
Be honest with yourself and look critically at what you do well, what skills and knowledge you do, or don't have. You also have to think of your vision, mission and values.
For instance, why do you believe are you here? What is your mission? Or vision? The values you hold?
A visit to planet You
A quick guide to some questions about you that you have to find the answers to, would include:
- Mission(Make a difference)
- Vision (Excitement)
- Strongest values
- Career profile
- Strongest Interests
- Weakest Interests
- Strongest Abilities and Skills
- Weakest Abilities and Skills
- Strongest Personality Traits
- Weakest Personality Traits
- Strongest Needs
- Weakest Needs
- Summary of strong areas
- Summary of weak areas
- Summary of life plan
- In 10 years' time I want to…
- In 5 years' time I want to…
- In 3 years' time I want to…
Next, do the following:
Envision yourself doing this for life
Work through the business concept you have selected (if you have more than one idea, please work through them all) and…
Imagine yourself in this business. (See it actually happening in your mind).
Now ask:
- What is my business called?
- What am I doing most of the time?
- Am I enjoying it and am I happy?
- Will I be willing to do this for years on end?
Imagine your customers. (See yourself actually interacting with them).
Then ask:
- Who are my customers?
- What are they buying from me?
- What are their needs and expectations about my product/service?
- What are they complaining about and how do I handle the complaints?
- Do they like my business? / Will they come back to me?
- Will I enjoy working with such customers every day?
Imagine the place and set-up of your business.
Questions include:
- What area or community, street and building is it in?
- Under what conditions am I working?
- Am I about to do all activities needed in order to run the business OR is anyone helping me? Who?
- What equipment do I have?
- Do I enjoy working with them day to day?
- Am I happy working under these circumstances?
Think about the kind of business it is.
Now make a brief description of the main daily activities involved in running this business. The following are possible examples:
- Manufacturing and selling things.
- Buying and selling ready-made things.
- Creating and providing a service(s).
- Growing and selling things.
- Repairing goods.
Then image yourself in this business – see yourself doing and managing the activities of this business every day of your life:
- Do I have, or can I obtain the necessary skills to do this?
- Will I really enjoy doing this for life, or will it bore me?
- Does it line up with my personality and emotional profile?
Finally ask yourself:
Am I still excited and happy about this business idea?
It really is most critical that you first do this in-depth survey of your inner landscape and then ask these crucial questions about your idea, before we tackle that feasibility study next.
Have fun digging!
Until next time
Elmarie is a wordpreneur for the Entrepreneurial Business School (Pty) Ltd and a freelance creative writer, web writer and copywriter. Email her at firstname.lastname@example.com
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