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The past year has been one of mixed emotions for Manchester-based Searchlight, the leading importer and distributor of decorative lighting products. Sadness at the recent passing of both the founder Sir Sidney Hamburger and his widow Lady Gertrude contrasted with the joy of moving to a new warehouse and distribution centre.
Sir Sidney co-founded the company with his brother David immediately after being demobbed from the army in 1945. He possessed a sharp business brain which, combined with his dynamic personality and strong work ethic, ensured rapid growth. He was closely involved in the planning of the new facility, but sadly he did not live to see the fulfilment of his dreams.
Built on a 6.5 acre site, the 120,000 sq ft three storey state-of-the-art facility comprises a 15,000 sq ft showroom which is possibly the most impressive and modern in Europe, as well as a fully-equipped 95,000 sq ft high bay warehouse and second floor open plan sales and administration complex. The new warehouse currently has 13,500 pallet locations and the potential for significant expansion. The new premises was, appropriately, named after Sir Sidney and officially opened by Their Royal Highnesses The Earl and Countess of Wessex on the 25th July 2002.
The company's product range is sourced from the UK, Spain, Italy and China and there is a heavy emphasis on Quality Assurance . Searchlight's agents and teams of inspectors perform continuous checks on both raw materials and finished product to ensure that the highest standards are maintained. This commitment to quality control is unique in the lighting industry today and has enabled the company to acquire key accounts that include such illustrious names as John Lewis, BHS, House of Fraser, Alders and Littlewoods.
The prime motivation behind Searchlight's move to the new facility was it's ambitious growth plan, coupled with a desire to further it's reputation as a progressive and proactive supplier. The company's previous premises, which it had occupied since the late 1970s, was seen as a major constraint to future growth. Although the warehouse had a healthy 200,000 sq ft of floor space, it was spread over four levels necessitating the constant use of goods lifts. Since the 1980s Searchlight had been utilising the warehouse management system of Birmingham-based Proteus
Software , which had been enhanced to meet some specific needs of Searchlight. This 'marriage' of the two organisations ensured that Searchlight were running with a relatively efficient paper-based system that sufficed for almost two decades. However, the move to the new facility together with the tight operational parameters that key account clients required, caused the company to evaluate the switch to a paperless real-time warehouse system.
Having worked closely with Proteus Software for so long, Searchlight turned to them for advice on implementation of the radio frequency ( RF ) equipment required to transform the warehouse into a real-time operation. Proteus Software, in turn, had an established relationship with Bradford-based hardware manufacturer TouchStar has a long-established track record in the warehouse and logistics sector and can list organisations such as Coca Cola Schweppes, Corus, P&O Distribution and Wincanton amongst its client base. During that period Proteus Software had also enhanced its PROTEUS software suite to provide a fully directed paperless warehouse management environment. Proteus and Belgravium had worked together on several warehouse installations including, most recently, a narrow band project for the wallpaper manufacturer Graham and Brown. The combined demonstrable capabilities of the two company's and Searchlight's prior knowledge of Proteus' working practices meant that there was only a cursory evaluation of alternative systems.
Searchlight's major expectations with regard to the likely improvements the new RF system would bring centred upon traceability, picking speed and overall transparency. In addition to the key accounts previously mentioned, Searchlight also service many smaller organisations, according to IT Manager Chris Peart "We have circa 1000 live accounts from the majors right down to the 'corner shop' independent retailers. This also means that, in warehouse terms, there's no such thing as a typical order. We have around 3500 product lines and orders can be for 100 lines for one product, 100 lines for mixed product or just small orders of 2-3 lines of mixed product. Sales patterns are particularly difficult to predict and so the system that was to govern our new warehouse facility had to have a high degree of inherent flexibility. The Proteus-Belgravium system was tailored to cope with multi-component order picking. We have many customers who may want to order merely the base or shade components of our light fittings and others who want complete product. We needed logical software algorithms that would optimise stock allocation and picking routines, based on this requirement."
With the systems requirement fully specified, Searchlight decided that implementation would be undertaken in two incremental stages. A new server and spread spectrum wireless infrastructure was installed in the new facility in April 2002 and the company started putting stock into the bulk storage areas.using TouchStar's RF terminals. Staff were rotated regularly in order that everyone gained some familiarity with the new hardware. After two months of this intensive training regime, Searchlight opted for a 'big bang' weekend in June 2002 which saw all administrative and warehouse personnel move across to the new facility. Chris Peart comments on the move "Inevitably, given the magnitude of what we were trying to implement, we experienced some hiccups but these were very minor. Overall, we went live with minimum disruption to the warehouse operation due principally to the commitment and co-operation of both our own staff and our suppliers. Many of the problems we experienced with the new system were, perversely, merely symptomatic of the increased statistical accuracy within the system. In other words, the problems had always existed when we were running the old facility but over time we'd simply developed manual work-arounds. The new system brought massive operational benefits but also demanded that we be very disciplined in adherence to strict procedures. In a very positive way, the adoption of the new system forced the overall pace of change within Searchlight."
Ronnie Hitchen, Picking Area Manager, goes on to describe the system in more detail : "We typically receive around 350 pallets per day. When the goods come in to the receiving area the inventory department perform a system check against a goods receipt schedule report, physically confirming receipt by scanning the goods on to a pallet with TouchStar 'Geneva' Hand Held terminals. A system routine then automatically compares what has been received against what was anticipated. If there are any discrepancies the inventory team can immediately liase with the shipping department to initiate corrective action. If there are no discrepancies the pallet is given a system-generated pallet identification label. A proportion of goods will be forwarded to the Quality Control section for thorough inspection, with the system allocating the remaining pallets to one of several 'pick & drop' stations which are located at the head of the aisles. Typically it takes only twenty minutes from vehicle arriving to goods being released on to the system, a process that could take hours of even days under the old system.
From the pick & drop stations the operatives of the Narrow Aisle Vehicles are given put-away instructions, via the TouchStar 'Monaco' truck terminals, and directed to place the goods into the appropriate empty bulk storage bin locations. The racking is seven tiers high, with the top five being utilised for bulk storage and the bottom two for picking.
About 100 batch replenishment runs are undertaken in the evening, against the orders generated during the day. My first task each morning is then to confirm that the batch replenishments have been performed correctly and that the sales orders can be released for picking. Picking takes place with the aid of low level order picking trucks. I then have to ensure that the flow of orders and the prioritisation they have been awarded by the system is maintained correctly throughout the picking period. This is a far easier task within the new warehouse because although we are now effectively systems-driven but I still have the option of manually over-riding priorities if I'm confronted with unforeseen circumstances. I have real-time information to hand on every facet of the operation – allocated tasks, picking rates, order value, stock location data etc. and I'm proud to be able to point to facts such as picking productivity rising by over 20% within a few months of going live. The benefits for the customer base are immediately apparent, with turn-around of orders now typically 2 days – a rate we couldn't sustain with the paper-driven system.."
Once the goods are within the despatch area, the RF system no longer governs the operation. Chris Peart explains : "Although the PROTEUS software can actually handle real-time operation within despatch, we have determined that this is an unnecessary extention of functionality for us. The supply chain loop is effectively closed via the generation of despatch notes that ultimately the customer will sign as proof of delivery. However, because our internal audit trail is so tight it is rare that there are ever any delivery-oriented disputes."
Daniel Hamburger, Grandson of Sir Sidney and a key component in the company's future plans, provides a final comment on the success of the £6m capital outlay on the new facility : "In our last site we were so over-stretched that we were actually renting 100,000 sq ft of additional space in a separate location. Commercially speaking this was obviously not a viable long-term consideration. What we have actually implemented is incredibly progressive for our industry as the majority of our competitors are still operating in very antiquated premises and with outdated systems. The level of overall operational transparency that we now have with the Belgravium-Proteus RF system is staggering. Our managerial controls and the required skill sets within the previous operation were reasonably tight but entirely inappropriate for a real-time environment. A simple example is that, under the old system, a consignment would arrive in the goods-in bay but no-one other than goods receiving staff would be aware of this. The old system would necessitate Quality Control staff being requested to inspect the load before it could be sanctioned for release. The appropriate paperwork would then have to wind it's way to the computer room for keying-in before the load was fully authorised. Now every stage of the process is completely transparent. We can monitor the put-away of every individual pallet, if required. That level of information has proved critical in improving the communication and overall service levels that we can provide to customers. With key accounts the real-time element of the system has enabled an even closer integration of our respective statistical processes and systems. We have EDI and intranet facilities in place to ensure a seamless two-way flow of sales, order fulfilment, despatch and invoicing data.
The new facility has been designed to allow for a continued expansion of our customer base. However, this was not just a case of adding floor space and racking capacity. It's easy to do this but it's equally vital to have the appropriate dynamic governing systems in place. In turn, the dynamism and instantaneous nature of the information we now acquire from the system has led to our management culture becoming far less reactive and far more proactive. This can only bode well for our continued growth."


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Global (United States, European Union and China) Septic Tanks Market Research Report 2019-2025
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KARACHI - High Commissioner of Canada Greg Giokas has said that Canada is supportive to Pakistan and sees it as a land of immense natural resources, potential and strength.
He was of the view that the world is also well aware about the potentials of Pakistan. Both countries maintain friendly political relations. He articulated that foreign investment was dropping in Pakistan. The concerns of Canadian investors are primarily transparency, legal protection of investment, predictability and security.
During his visit to Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he stated that the prime concern for Canadian investment is the legal protection of investment. He voiced that Canadian company previously involved in Reko-Diq project in exploring gold and copper deposits under contract with the government worked for years to prepare feasibility and invested $400 million is now going to International Arbitration which will likely be held in February next year.
He opined that in the International Arbitration there is a high likelihood that arbitration will go against Pakistan. He said that after court's decision in Pakistan the company was stopped to operate. High Commissioner was of the view that the said company invested enormous time, efforts and investment in Reko-Diq. The federal and provincial governments conduct was not appropriate with the company, therefore, Canadian investors have concern on protection of investment. High Commissioner stated that Canada can offer its expertise in agriculture and railways. The Canada Pacific Railway can tender for locomotives required by Pakistan Railway. He informed that the Canadian High Commission hosted a roundtable with the faculty of Faisalabad Agriculture University to explore possibilities of cooperation in agriculture, dairy and livestock.
He opined that regional trade is crucial to uplift economy and to explore market access in the countries worldwide, Pakistan has to achieve a quantum leap in regional trade. He appreciated smooth and peaceful transition of government through elections and was of the view that the new Government should accord priority to economic development and revise its policies as per their commitments. He apprised that Canada gave financial assistance of $20m for polio campaign, $170 million for educational reforms and $8 million to support electoral process in the recent elections.
Commenting on possibilities of Preferential or Free Trade Agreement between two countries, he stated that such arrangements cannot be possible in the absence of vibrant reciprocal trade. The recent negotiations on Pakistan-Canada Bilateral Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreement (FIPA) were not much meaningful. Energy, infrastructure and transportation need deserving attention by the new govt.
To enhance two-way trade the business communities on both sides have to play their productive role, he concluded.
KCCI's President Muhammad Haroon Agar urged the High Commissioner of Canada Greg Giokas to invite fresh Canadian investment in Pakistan as the country is the most promising land in the region for investment and many multi-national corporations are operating successfully and expanding their businesses across Pakistan and beyond.
Exchanging views with the Canadian High Commissioner who was accompanied by Behram D Avari, Honorary Consul General of Canada in Karachi he apprised that bilateral relations of Pakistan with Canada is based on development cooperation; people-to-people links; regional security and defence; governance and human rights; trade and investment.
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This morning I brought them into my class to find the owner. One bag contained a school shirt and tie, another a pair of Adidas football boots and the third a pair of trousers. The same culprit claimed the boots and shirt but denied knowing anything about the trousers. That was my fault. I had started my investigation with the trousers, looked at the size and said
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I'm an artist, power of image blah, blah, blah; I have a serious problem with the media showing – ad nauseam – video of Black men being killed by police officers. On the other hand, I suppose it is hard to believe we are (still) being hunted without this type of 'proof'.
When Morrison's father was 14 or 15, two black businessmen who lived on his street were lynched in succession, and afterward, he left the South and by a circuitous route headed to Ohio. Morrison said: "He never told us that he'd seen bodies. But he had seen them. And that was too traumatic, I think, for him."
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Central Planning Authority Chairman A. L. Thompson, responding to criticisms from a 2015 auditor general's report on land use planning, said he would not oppose opening planning meetings to the public and even televising the proceedings.
He said he thought the board members would be less open to filling out a register of interests, documenting which companies and properties they have a financial stake in.
Auditor general's report
The auditor general's report criticized the planning boards for Grand Cayman and the Sister Islands for not always being transparent. Auditors said the Central Planning Authority has a high risk for conflicts of interest, real or in appearance, since members do not have to make declarations of income, assets and liabilities.
The Legislative Assembly's Public Accounts Committee called Mr. Thompson to testify on Wednesday, just a few weeks after committee members heard testimony from others associated with the planning department, including planning director Haroon Pandohie.
"I have no problem with the Central Planning Authority hearings being public," Mr. Thompson said. The reason for the closed meetings, he added, is because "the history of the CPA is that it was always held behind closed doors."
Mr. Thompson said the board would not be amenable to filling out registers of interest. "I don't know of any situation where someone has participated in the debate while having a conflict of interest," he said. "We've never had an issue before."
Committee chairman and North Side MLA Ezzard Miller said, "I'm a bit concerned." He said Mr. Thompson's response amounted to, "Nobody else is doing the right thing, so you don't have to do the right thing."
Mr. Miller added, "A register of interests is appropriate."
Member reappointments
This week's public accounts meeting comes shortly after a similar session when committee members criticized the planning boards for reappointing all members just weeks after the audit was released.
Martin Ruben, with the Auditor General's Office, said, "Almost all of those practices that we would expect to see in good governance were missing from the CPA."
At the last Public Accounts Committee meeting, planning director Mr. Pandohie said that it was up to the board to decide whether to make the meetings public. But board chairman Mr. Thompson, testifying Wednesday, said he did not think the decision to open the meetings rested with the board.
"We don't feel we have the authority," he said. "We feel a directive should come from government."
Despite the closed meetings, Mr. Thompson, owner of A. L. Thompson's hardware store, said, "The CPA is one of the most open boards on the island."
The Central Planning Authority makes its meeting agendas and minutes available to the public on its website. Most boards do not make that information public without a Freedom of Information request.
Mr. Thompson said there were several questions to answer about public meetings, including where and how to hold meetings that could occasionally attract major public attention for new developments.
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Flight of the Concords
Delicious whirred into sweet sorbets or simmered into savory sauces, grapes are all-American stars of the autumn kitchen
There's nothing quite like a Concord grape. Pop one in your mouth. The experience is intense, a burst of mouthwatering tartness followed immediately by a fragrant sweetness that embodies the essence of "grape"—like a perfect jelly sandwich or a glass of juice in a single bite. The crunch of Concords' small, bitter seeds is but a small sacrifice for that voluptuous flavor. In comparison, common table grapes seem watery and wan.
Native to America, the Concord and its peers like Niagara (the love child of the Concord and Cassady grape; first fruited in 1872), Jupiter (a seedless variety released by the University of Arkansas in 1998) and Delaware (discovered circa 1850 in Ohio), make only a brief cameo at markets during late summer and early fall. The northeastern states are best known for these American hybrids, but the Midwest—notably Missouri, where the Norton holds court—and southern states like Arkansas and Florida, where the Blanc du Bois grape is king, also have a bustling, if brief season. When shopping for bunches, look for tight clusters with minimal bruising and buzzing yellow jackets, who may be the best judges of ripeness and can lead you directly to the juiciest fruit.
I buy grapes by the basketful and eat the first pint before I get home, but Concords and their kin are workhorses in the kitchen, too. Simmer them down into a sauce for duck breasts, slip them into salads with a sprinkling of nuts—or try one of these easy ideas for the rest of your haul.
Concord Sorbet
Purée 2 pounds Concord grapes in a blender. Strain mixture through a fine-mesh sieve set over a medium bowl, using your fingers to work the juice from the pulp. Stir ¾ cup super-fine sugar into the juice until dissolved. Process mixture in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer instructions, then transfer to a container and freeze until completely firm. Serve a scoop sandwiched between peanut butter cookies. Makes approximately 1 quart.
Rigatoni With Roasted Grapes, Spinach and Halloumi
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Toss ½ pound Concord grapes with 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon thyme and salt and pepper. Spread grapes on baking sheet. Roast 15 minutes or until skins have crisped and insides softened. Cover and set aside. Bring large pot of salted water to boil, then stir in 1 pound dried rigatoni. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in wide skillet over high flame. Stir in 5 ounces cubed halloumi cheese and sauté until crispy and golden, about 5 minutes. Transfer cubes to a paper towel. Add 10 ounces torn spinach leaves to skillet, reduce heat to medium and sauté 2 minutes or until leaves are soft yet bright. Check rigatoni for doneness, drain and stir into skillet with spinach. Add halloumi cubes and grapes and toss well. Season to taste with salt, pepper and pinch of thyme. Serves 4.
Grape Pie
Heat oven to 425 degrees. Squeeze the skins from 5 cups of Concord grapes, reserving both pulp and skins. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, bring the pulp to a gentle boil (it will become opaque as it cooks). Remove from heat and run through a food mill to extract seeds. Return strained cooked pulp to saucepan and add reserved skins. Stir in 1¼ cups sugar and ¼ cup all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons lemon juice and a large pinch of salt. Pour filling into a 9-inch pastry-lined pie shell, dot with 2 tablespoons unsalted butter and top with a crust. Bake pie until crust is golden and filling is bubbling, about 45 minutes. Allow to cool before serving.
Dionysus's Chicken
Heat oven to 425 degrees. In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup red wine, 1 cup Concord grapes, 1/3 cup sugar, 1 small chopped shallot, 1 teaspoon kosher salt and ½ teaspoon pepper to a boil. Strain mixture, discarding the solids. Set aside ¼ cup of the grape glaze. Toss the rest with 2½ pounds chicken thighs and drumsticks. Place chicken skin-side up on a baking sheet and roast, basting with reserved glaze every 10 minutes, until chicken is cooked through, about 45 minutes. Serves 6.
Concord Grape Manhattan
Purée ¼ cup grapes. Strain (this should yield approximately 1½ ounces juice). Fill cocktail shaker with ice. Add juice, 1½ ounces rye whiskey and 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a halved grape. Makes 1 drink.
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Sometimes art does, indeed, imitate life.
Jay Daulat knows this full well. As the owner/operator of Aldergrove's Twilight Drive-In – the last drive-in movie theatre left standing in the Lower Mainland – his family-run business is often in demand with TV and film productions doing business in 'Hollywood North.'
Looking for a place to shoot a drive-in scene? Don't bother constructing a set. Just head to Aldergrove, where a ready-made, 5½-acre drive-in with a capacity of 424 cars awaits.
"When they (film crews) want a drive-in scene, they come to us," Daulat said.
Cut to early October 2016, when crews from the Netflix series Riverdale converged on the Twilight for two days of filming. Based on Archie Comics characters – including Archie, Veronica, Jughead, Betty and Reggie – most of the 13 episodes of the Berlanti Productions drama have a dark tone. Think Beverly Hills 90210 meets Twin Peaks.
In episode four of the series, which premiered Feb. 16, Jughead despairs over the news that the local drive-in where he works is closing. During the final night at the drive-in, the James Dean movie Rebel Without A Cause lights up the Twilight screen.
Daulat operated the film projector during the drive-in scene.
"Somebody had to run the film, because we had to get some scenes on the (movie) screen," Daulat said. "I was around."
However, Daulat didn't interact with the cast members.
"The crew, because I was here and all the set decoration people were here during the day, I was here with them," he said. "They were fine."
A thrill for Daulat was the fact the 'Twilight' moniker didn't change for the episode.
Daulat's youngest son, Vijay — who works at the drive-in along with brother, Vesham and mom, Camla — said he was bombarded by texts following the episode.
"They said, 'Do you know the drive-in was on Riverdale?' Well… yeah! Of course I do," Vijay related. "They didn't change anything. The first scene was our sign outside, as is."
This is familiar territory for the Daulat family. The Twilight has been used for a cornucopia of filming projects, from commercials, to TV series, to a feature-length movie. Among them: Air Bud: Spikes Back, and episodes from TV series including Psych, R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour, and Flash Gordon.
A total of 52 drive-in theatres remain in operation across Canada, according to the website drive-ins.com.
And the Twilight, which opened Sept. 1, 2005, is one of just three left in B.C. The Starlight in Enderby and the Park in Prince George are the other two.
That number is down significantly from the 24 that once operated across the province, including in such locales as Golden, Trail, Quesnel, and Westbank. Among the Metro Vancouver notables no longer in operation are the Cascades in Vancouver, Lougheed in Burnaby, New Westminster in Surrey, Chilliwack, and Tillicum in Victoria.
Meanwhile, the U.S. remains the drive-in capital of the world, with 326 theatres still in operation.
Daulat, who has been in the drive-in movie business since 1969, doesn't plan on going anywhere.He loves it so much that he didn't want to walk away. He forged on, even after his former business, the Hillcrest Drive-In in Cloverdale, closed Sept. 28, 2003 and was subsequently razed to make way for residential development.
Daulat ran the Hillcrest for nine years before finding a new home in Aldergrove.
The changes didn't stop there. In 2012, the Twilight switched from 35mm film to a state-of-the-art computerized digital system; it was a move that not only made sense, but also made Daulat's work life a thousand times smoother.
"Dad got his start in theatres as a projectionist," Vijay said. "And there was lots and lots to do with it. Then when we got into digital, my dad said, 'this isn't projection work, I don't want to learn.' But all it is now, is, it's a little HD drive that we put in the projector and it downloads it in."
The projection room where Daulat toiled for countless hours during the first seven years of the Twilight's existence now sits empty most of the time.
"We don't have to even use the projection room," Vijay said. "Before we open, we turn (the drive) on, then it's connected to a laptop in the box office and we hit play.
"You don't have to worry about film breaks, sound problems… anything. I wouldn't go back to film."
Looking ahead, Daulat still has faith in the outdoor movie experience, noting that business is "excellent," considering the nasty late winter weather the South Coast is experiencing. He believes things are looking up with the promise of spring, and with it, better weather and longer days on the horizon.
"We do expect this summer will be good," Daulat said. "There are lots of good shows (coming), and we expect attendance to continue to be good


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This week Joe is on the road on Alliance business with stops in Pittsburgh and Springfield, Illinois, among other places. While he is away, I am going to throw my hat into the blogging ring and take a few moments to talk about an exciting new Alliance member benefit designed to modernize how you connect with your chapters.
Chapters are an important part of any society. They promote and advance your mission and vision to serve both members and the community. But as we all know, maintaining a successful chapter is a difficult task for all those involved. Any chapter should always strive to attract new members, find new community service projects and volunteer opportunities and serve local members in a meaningful way.
There is no question that maintaining a chapter takes a lot of work and most of it depends on a small group of volunteers to keep things going. But volunteers don't last forever! What about the future? Some of your best qualified future chapter leaders are convinced that they're too busy to lead. So the same dedicated generals continue to carry the load. They're busy too, but feel stuck… they've invested too much to see it all fall apart. It's not as fun as at used to be, but they have the knowledge and experience to make it all work. That's risky too.
How to recruit new volunteers is an age-old problem. Getting younger people to donate their time can take a chapter to the next level but how will introducing change and doing things in new ways affect your current members?
Start small! Consider breaking the bigger jobs down into something a strong leader with an already booked life could imagine him/herself doing. Also, introducing new technology can be a lifesaver, especially with all the paperwork that is necessary to keep an active chapter going.
To assist in this effort, the Alliance has developed a new member benefit called FraternalsGIVE.org. This new program is a perfect example of the Alliance seeing a challenge among all fraternals and creating a solution for it. There's also an added benefit. Using FraternalsGIVE.org will help the Alliance advocate on behalf of its members because the cumulative data will be so powerful.
FraternalsGIVE.org is a website designed to capture chapter activity data which will help society home offices streamline communications between headquarters and chapters/lodges. Participating societies can decide which chapters (any or all) want to go primarily "paperless" and start using the FraternalsGIVE.org platform to record all fraternal activity. Home offices will have the ability to run reports by chapter, by state, by date range; chapters will be able to see only their own activity information. The Alliance, as the "super-user", will have access to all data that creates a powerful supply of local community activities to draw upon when we visit with state and federal lawmakers and regulators to promote the fraternal business model.
FraternalsGIVE.org is a cost effective way to modernize how you connect with your chapters. For a nominal annual fee of $2,500, societies can add any or all of their chapters to this database so that chapter leaders can report on community service activities, volunteer events, board meetings, chapter donations made to other causes and all of the other important actions of chapters. The investment will seem insignificant once your staff and chapter leaders are relieved of onerous paperwork and data entry. FraternalsGIVE.org is also a great way to attract younger volunteer leaders who are turned off by traditional, manual processes.
Additional benefits of this new program are:
• FraternalsGIVE.org gives chapters the ability to request matching funds from the society home office and gives societies a better method for reviewing requests.
• Data that chapters report can be summarized quickly and transferred in their IRS 990 filing, thus supporting the chapter's and your society's tax exempt status.
• The work to find a vendor who understands fraternals is done; the site is tested and ready to be used…saving societies the time and headaches of starting a system from scratch.
• Simple. Easy. No email necessary to utilize.
FraternalsGIVE.org is simple to use for both home office fraternal staff and for chapters leaders. And the Alliance will provide training for anyone who needs it! Why not learn more about this exciting and affordable new system by viewing a FREE webinar tutorial?
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I urge you to visit the FraternalsGIVE.org page on the Alliance website to learn more. Providing you with the tools that will help you succeed is part of our mission here at the Alliance. Let us know how we are doing and what you would like to see in the future. Please stay in touch and let us know how we can serve you better.
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What? Indie-folk, twee, indie indie indie!
Sounds Like? Neutral Milk Hotel, Mt. Eerie, These United States, The Robot Ate Me and other great lo-fi bands
Jeff Mangum made a masterpiece with his album 'In An Aeroplane over the Sea', I agree. It seems however that everyone is waiting for his ressurection. No need to do that, cause there is this other band, The Love Letter Band, that makes songs that are just that good!
Unfortunately, they don't exist no more. Well, they are called Bad Weather California these days, and make more of twang-oriented songs (according to their myspace).. Still very good (sounds a bit like These United States), but not as good as their album 'Fear not My Brothers, Fear not My Sisters. For I Have seen the Future'.
Anyway, all those good unkown indie-seeking people should listen to The Love Letter Band. And buy their albums at Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records.
The Love Letter Band – Fear Not My Brothers, Fear Not My Sisters
The Love Letter Band – College Kids
The Love Letter Band – Ain't No Grave Deep Enough (from the World is My Church EP which they released on slender means society


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As a hard-core tractor guy, I couldn't imagine any use for an ATV around the farm other than riding fences and checking cows. In a pinch, I figured the capable little vehicles could be used to drag a feeder or pull a small cart, but it never occurred to me that the ATV would become my tool of choice for everything from preparing the garden to shredding fields and pushing snow. As I learned firsthand this past year, there are few chores you can't ask an ATV to do, and in many cases, it will do them faster and with less wear and tear on the operator. For example, recently I hitched the DR Field and Brush Cutter to the 2008 Polaris Sportsman 500 X2 to knock down a few thistles growing on the side of a rocky draw. I was amazed at how quickly the work went and how much the ATV's suspension absorbed the plentiful bumps. Even with my tractor's high-quality, suspended seat, I felt more than a little beat up after mowing the same area last year with that piece of machinery.
With the day's field mowing finished early, I connected Agri-Fab's trailing rotary tiller to the ATV's drawbar and tilled in some green manure (euphemism for weeds) in the garden, where the lettuce and peas were now finished. That chore took so little time that I spent the rest of the day sitting in the shade with Kate, my wife, pondering the size and layout of a proposed new pole building.
Mowers and tillers are just the tip of the ATV toolkit, though. No matter what you need to pull, push, haul or plant, there is an appropriate add-on that'll turn your ATV into the top hand at your farm.
Rough cut mower
Whether you have 20 acres of meadow to maintain, or clip your pastures after the cattle are moved off, there is an ATV mower that'll suit all but the largest of operations. We mowed scores of acres with both the Kunz Engineering and DR Power products and found them to be capable of cutting in less-than-ideal, rough-country conditions at speeds up to 10 miles per hour. Both of these machines are trailing-type mowers with their own engines, and both are economical to run, shredded tree seedlings, and offered offset drawbars so that the ATV could run in the previously mowed area. Polaris and Swisher also offer front-mounted self-powered mowers that can be used at speeds up to about 4 miles per hour (for more on rough-cut mowers see "Mowing Machine Mania" in our May/June issue). Additional rough-cut ATV mowers are available from Agri-Fab, Swisher, QuadBoss, Cycle Country and others. Check on the Web or with your local ATV dealer for more information.
Finish-cut mower
Although not ideal for small, tree-populated lawns, a pull- or push-type finish-cut mower is worth considering if you have a relatively large and relatively open lawn you want to keep looking its best. We spent some time with the Kunz Pro60K 60-inch- cut finish mower, and it made short work of the lawn chores and was easy enough to navigate around the well-spaced trees at our farm. This particular mower also tackled a few volunteer seedlings growing along the fence line, and it might be all the mower you need if your rough-country mowing isn't too rough. Look for other finish-cut mowers for your ATV from Swisher, Cycle Country, QuadBoss and others.
Snowplow and front grader blades
As a snow-removal tool, the snowplow-equipped ATV is hard to beat, especially if it has four-wheel-drive. As a dirt-working tool, the front-blade-equipped ATV also works well when pushing relatively loose material such as gravel or topsoil. We spent the winter with Swisher's 50-inch plow blade mounted to the company's QuickSwitch™ attachment system (see "Quick Change Artist" below), and it made short work of moving snow. The Swisher system, like most, requires the ATV to be equipped with a winch. Our Polaris wasn't delivered with a winch, but installing an inexpensive Venom model was easy. Look for other front blades from makers like ACI, Warn, American Manufacturing, Curtis, Moose and many others. Unlike most makes, the ACI SnowSport plow doesn't require a winch.
Snow throwers
Although they are relatively expensive and require their own specialized undercarriage, an ATV-mounted snow thrower might be the only way to make a clear path when the snow piles up. These machines are all equipped with their own engines, and they will power through all but the tallest drifts. Look for these attachments at Agri-Fab, DR Power and elsewhere. Try searching "ATV snow thrower" on Google, or visit your local ATV dealer for more possibilities.
Water tanks and spray rigs
Depending on its towing capacity and/or the weight capacity of its cargo-platform, an ATV makes a perfect tool for hauling bulk liquids to remote sites, or for taking care of spot-spraying weeds in rough areas. We spent some time with a FIMCO 15-gallon sprayer on the cargo rack of the Polaris and found the combination to be invaluable for "shooting" thistles tucked away in difficult-to-access areas of the farm. The sprayer outfit would also make a fine supplement to other fire-suppression tools during controlled burns. If you need to deliver larger volumes of liquid, then choose a trailing tank or tank/sprayer outfit from makers such as DR Power, Agri-Fab, F/S Manufacturing, Moose, QuadBoss, FIMCO and others.
Heavy-duty carts
Since ATVs are designed to go virtually anywhere, it is important to match them with cargo-carrying carts designed with off-road travel and low-ground pressure in mind. We found the 1,200-pound capacity Polar Trailer HD 1200TA to be a perfect partner for hauling firewood and fence supplies around the farm. It even handled full loads of wet topsoil without leaving ruts. Polar's carts can also haul water in a pinch because they are built with a molded plastic body. Agri-Fab's ATV Tandem Axle Cart (1,000-pound capacity) also performed well at the farm. Its formed steel box offered ample stability for hauling potted perennials, and the extra-large flotation tires were gentle on the ground. Look for other carts (including hydraulic dump models) from ATV Wagon, QuadBoss, Polar, Agri-Fab, Swisher, Cycle World and others.
Rear-mounted blades and rakes
It used to be that you had to slip the township road-maintainer driver a few bucks to take the ruts out of your lane each spring, but with an ATV and a rear-mounted grader blade on your team, those days are no more. We used Agri-Fab's trailing 3-point-hitch-mounted box scraper and angle blade to work over the farm's lane and level a mound in the garden. It took a little time to become proficient with the trailer-type 3-point hitch, but it worked marvelously well going forward and turned out to be so effective that I didn't bother to mount the 6-foot box scraper to the tractor during the entire mud season. The box scraper is particularly useful for leveling and filling, while the angle blade works great for crowning and pulling gravel out of the lawn and back onto the lane. A rear-mounted landscape rake would work in place of an angle blade for most tasks and is perfect for final grading of a new lawn. Other rear-mounted grading tools and mounts are available from Swisher, Kolpin, Cycle Country and King-Kutter, to name a few.
Soil working tools
Whether you need to prepare a seedbed, or just want to keep the weeds down, there is an ATV-mounted earth-stirring tool to get the job done. Last fall, we reclaimed a long-abandoned vegetable garden with the help of a Kunz Model 543 Till-Ease chisel plow hooked to the Polaris. This combination shattered the substantial hardpan in the plot and broke up the sod very nicely. We followed the Till-Ease with Agri-Fab's trailing 3-point-hitch-mounted single disc, which cut up the remaining clods and left the area relatively smooth. We prepared the final soil bed in that garden with trailing tillers provided by DR Power and Agri-Fab. Both were easy to use and left the ground nicely fit. The DR model was equipped with an optional set of packer wheels, which left a uniform planting medium. The packer wheels are especially useful when using the tiller with the optional seeder attachment because they ensure good soil-seed contact. Literally scores of cultivators, plows and tillers are available for use with your ATV from Kolpin, Cabela's, King-Kutter, Swisher, Agri-Fab, DR Power, Cycle Country and others.
Planters and spreaders
ATVs are perfect for pulling drop seeders, fertilizer spreaders, spinner-type seeders and spreaders, and even small ground-powered, row-crop planters that mount to the 3-point hitch or other brand-specific rear toolbars. If you are broadcasting seed on the soil surface, you will want to follow with a packer (or lawn roller in a pinch) for soil-seed contact, which promotes germination. Seeders and spreaders are available from Agri-Fab, Swisher, DR Power, Herd, Earthway, King-Kutter, Cycle Country, Curtis and many others.
Material handling
Sometimes you need to haul a couple hundred pounds of mineral to a remote pasture, or 10 cubic feet of mulch to the flower garden, and you just don't want to fire up the loader tractor or pickup truck to make it happen. We found Swisher's front-mount Dump Bucket (another attachment designed to work with the QuickSwitch™ mounting system) to be perfect for grabbing scoops of gravel, sawdust and mulch from our stockpiles and moving them to other locations around the place. While the bucket is most definitely not a hard-core digging tool, it is an exceptionally useful bulk-handling tool. If you need to move materials mounted on pallets, you can equip your ATV with a QuickSwitch™ compatible forklift attachment. Both the bucket and forklift require a winch to operate. Look for other material-handling buckets, forks and platform carryalls from Swisher, Kolpin and a few other makers.
If you plan to use your ATV for any but the most rudimentary work around the acreage, you will want to add a winch. You can choose a front, frame-mounted model or one that mounts to the vehicle's hitch. If you plan to use the ATV for pushing snow, you will likely want a frame-mounted winch up front. You can use it to control the blade's height and, with the snowplow dismounted, for self extraction, fence tightening and other short-distance pulling projects. A hitch-mounted winch can perform much of the same work, except controlling the front-mounted implements. You might also need a winch for a rear-attachment mounting system. Check with the manufacturer for details. Our Agri-Fab trailing 3-point system came equipped with its own winch and all the necessary wiring and switches to make it work. Look for ATV winches from Warn, Moose, QuadBoss, Viper, and many others.
If you find yourself working with the ATV in inclement weather, or with too many overly friendly flying insects about, you might consider equipping it with a cab. By its very nature, an ATV will never be as cozy as your pickup, but if you find yourself checking fence or cattle in the rain, mowing at slow speeds during mosquito season, cultivating the sweet corn in the hot sun or moving a lot of snow in the winter, a cab will certainly keep you more comfortable. Select a cab suited to your ATV from ATVCabs, DR Power, Agri-Fab, Moose, Tommy Toppers and others.
Treads for any Task
Most ATVs are delivered with general-purpose tires that will perform well under most conditions around the farm. These tires have mildly aggressive treads that will grip well in all but the most trying of conditions, and they will shed mud sufficiently to keep on biting when the going gets sloppy. Unfortunately, these general-purpose tires might not offer the best traction when tilling soil or pushing snow, and they might tear up your lawn when mowing. For routine turf maintenance chores, less aggressive tires like Duro's HF-244 Desert (www.DuroTire.com) or Titan's Turf Tamer Knobby (www.TitanTires.com/titan_turf_tamer_knobby.htm) will provide all the traction you need and keep the lawn intact, even when the ATV is making sharp turns. For the best traction while working soil, Duro's DI-2010 Buffalo or Titan's bar-lug style Tru-Power make more sense. The bar-lug tires are less than ideal on hard surfaces and will damage soft lawns, while the turf tires will run fine on hard surfaces but offer little traction in loose soil or mud. Typically, the more aggressive tires perform well in snow, but some manufacturers offer tires constructed with softer compounds, and treads that are specifically designed to keep your ATV moving in snow. So if you find that your general-purpose tires fall short for some tasks, consider keeping two or more sets on hand and change them with the seasons and the chores.
An ATV Worth Its Salt
Smooth power and plenty of pull characterize the electronic fuel-injected Polaris Sportsman 500 ATV EFI X2, and that's just what we needed to get the work done at the farm this past year. The machine pulled plows, cultivators, blades, loaded carts, logs and a stuck pickup truck without complaint. It pushed snow, carried mulch and mowed acres of meadow without so much as a groan. And to the delight of my entire family, it offered a new way to see the farm and to navigate largely unexplored areas. Best of all, with its two-person seating, the X2 Sportsman made it possible to carry supplies and a helper to remote wood-cutting sites and spirited couples on relaxing early evening rides. The machine's drive train let us choose either two- or four-wheel drive depending on conditions, and it included a turf mode that helped keep wheels from scrubbing the lawn during sharp turns. The automatic descent control, which let the engine slow the vehicle on those white-knuckle downgrades, was invaluable when traversing the steep draws on our land. The ATV and its tools boldly went where our trucks and tractors have never dared tread. A year ago, I wondered what we would do with such a machine; today I wonder what we would do without it.
Three-Point Hitch for Any ATV
Agri-Fab's award-winning 3-Point Hitch Trailer has multiple adjustment points to allow implements to tilt left or right, and it includes the lift system (winch and cable) and wiring sufficient to make a clean and professional installation. The hitch's lift is controlled with a handheld switch, which is easily unplugged from the ATV when the 3-point trailer isn't needed. Agri-Fab currently offers a box scraper, disc cultivator, grader blade, landscape rake and tang cultivator to fit its hitch. Scores of other small Category I 3-point hitch implements are available from other makers.
Hank Will raises hair sheep, heritage cattle and many varieties of open-pollinated corn with his wife, Karen, on their rural Osage County, Kansas farm. His home life is a perfect complement to his professional life as editor in chief at GRIT and Capper's Farmer magazines. Connect with him on Google+.


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I was thinking bringing my drone while traveling to Japan and to take some videos. I did some research to learn about their local laws and this is what I found:
Notable Rules:
Daytime only and 30 meters away from everything
No flying over events
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No dropping
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Max height 150m
Liability insurance not required
Stay 9km away from airport
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Emojicons for iPhone
"Icon Keyboard" is a free Emoji keyboard/icon app available in iTunes. You copy and paste the icons from the app into your text messages or tweets.
DIY Paper iPhone Dock
Julien Madérou has created a paper iPhone dock with a printable version for you to download and create yourself. Very clever. A commenter notes that if you have a metal iPod touch or first gen iPhone, those are too heavy to be supported so you might want to try a thicker weight. Also note, the […]
Yay Necklace
Thanks so much to Couchobjects for sending me this necklace! What a nice surprise.
Max Proposes on Twitter
Max proposes on Twitter while we're sitting at opposite sides of our place on our computers :) Mashable picks up the story, it gets on Techmeme and Wired. Geekiness ensues.
Rumsfeld Resignation
Summarized in a Mac OSX screenshot… Via Boing Boing
"Geeking is not about high tech. It's about taking stuff apart and putting it together and making something new. It's about curiosity and tinkering, whether it be with gardens, vacuum tubes or PHP." – Caterina Fake
Geek Chorus
Students with laptops and wireless connections are opening up "back-channel" discussions during classroom lectures, according to a New York Times article by Lisa Guernsey. While the lecturer is up there lecturing, clusters of students are back there working the instant-messaging circuit—commenting, questioning and even blogging the proceedings. "We're just moving the corridor into the room […]


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Natasha Danvers
Natasha Danvers
2000 Sydney Olympics
2008 Beijing Olympics
Bronze medallist
Natasha Danvers was born in 1977 and attended Sydenham Girls School. She was scouted in 1997 by the University of Southern California to run track. She concentrates on the 400m hurdles and was a finalist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In 2008 she won a Bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics.


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Make Eat Get Read Go – January '17
January has been the month of getting back to normality after a busy December. LB has been upping her gain in the kitchen and has even decided to set out a feast just in case that tiger does really come for tea.
Make – Pizza (made by superheroes)
I've been trying to get into a bit of a routine with meal planning. To make things easier I theme some of the days. Tuesday is usually pasta of some sort, Saturday homemade takeaway and Thursday nearly always pizza.
I get the dough going during my breakfast (all hail the god of a Kitchen Aid) then as the kitchen is cold at this time of year I leave it on the side to rise during the day. In the summer I'll put it in the fridge for a slow rise. Come dinner time the dough is rolled out and topped.
Purists look away now but we sometimes theme the toppings. Favourite one so far was chicken tikka, spinach, peppers, mango chutney then drizzled with minty yoghurt. Don't knock it until you've tried it.
Last week's offering was shredded duck, hoisin and spring onion pizza expertly made by Supergirl.
Eat – M&S Edamame and Black Rice Nourish Bowls
I'm usually good and take lunch to work, but you can guarantee the day I don't something crops up and lunch is grabbed on the fly between work and picking LB up from childcare. You can always rely on M&S for a tasty lunch that is full of taste and not smothered in mayo. I'm not one to jump on food fads, but M&S have recently launched nourish bowls, they were just what I fancied and would certainly buy again. Bright colours, loads of veg and really filling.
We won't talk about the fact that when pregnant with LB I craved M&S Asian Chicken Noodle Salad and cried mid-aisle when they'd run out of stock. Never come between a pregnant woman and her cravings.
Get – Gin Explorer
I like to think I'm not a hard person to buy for, but apparently I am. I like surprises in the post and Hubs came up trumps with this year's Christmas present – a subscription to Gin Explorer. Yes you read that right, a subscription of gin through the post. January's box arrived with four gins, two tonics a few treats and recipes. I'm trying to stagger them to one gin a weekend.
So far I've tried the Bramley & Gage 6 o'clock damson gin with lime a splash of fiery ginger beer. Next on the list is Sipsmith VJOP with some of The London Essence Co. Tonics.
Read – Nelly's Cupcake
I've loved Nelly's Cupcakes blog long before her little girl Zoe came along. She's also a great one to follow on Instagram (@nellyscupcakes). Nelly's a fellow foodie; has a similar love for funky girl's clothes that aren't emblazoned with pink, glittery slogans and is a proud "pack pony".
Go – The Boot, Repton
I've talked about The Boot's fabulous Sunday lunches before but this time was DATE NIGHT! LB packed off to the grandparents for a sleepover and we had some much needed couple time. The evening menu is different to their day time menu. It's not long ago they won AA Pub of the Year.
I started with a smoked haddock scotch egg. Perfect size for someone who wanted to make sure there was room for pudding but wasn't prepared to sit there with nothing to eat while husband tucked into scallops starter. For main he went for a burger and I had possibly the best vegetarian dish I've ever eaten out – roast butternut squash with bhaji, spiced veloute, bbq broccoli and onion crunch. Photo doesn't do it justice.
The dessert, oh the dessert. You can rarely go wrong with a salted caramel fondant with white chocolate parfait. Absolutely delicious.
February brings a busy month for me with work but we're bound to squeeze in another meal or two out along with far too much heart shaped food. How has your January been?


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Stay on Top of Enterprise Technology Trends
Get updates impacting your industry from our GigaOm Research Community
Americans are watching more TV than ever, according to Nielsen's (s NLSN) new cross-platform report. The average viewer watched close to four hours of TV every day in the first quarter of this year, or 158 hours and 47 minutes per month, up 22 minutes from the first quarter of 2010. People also watch more online video and more video on mobile phones, which leads Nielsen to say media consumption across all devices is growing.
However, this isn't true for everyone. A subset of people who watch a lot of video on their PCs tend to watch significantly less traditional TV. This trend is especially pronounced in the demographic of 18- to 34-year-old viewers. Twenty percent of that demographic watch about 27 minutes of online video on their computer on average every day, but only 212.1 minutes of traditional TV.
This is in stark contrast to the 20 percent who only watch 0.1 minute of online video per day on average. That group of the same demographic watches 246.5 minutes of traditional TV per day. Nielsen (s nlsn) excluded viewers who didn't stream any content at all from this data, which is still a sizable chunk: "More than a third of the TV/Internet population is not streaming, whereas less than 1 percent are not watching TV," Nielsen states on its blog.
Another caveat is that Nielsen doesn't break out streaming to connected devices, which is arguably the biggest source of Netflix (s NFLX) traffic these days. Still, the data shows at least a subset of the TV viewing audience is getting more selective. Again, from the Nielsen blog:
"Until the fall of 2010, Nielsen data consistently indicated that the heaviest media consumers are so across all platforms. A subset of consumers from television and Internet homes has now emerged that defies that notion."
Big deal, some might say. The day has only so many hours, after all. However, this could be the beginning of a bigger shift, and we may have just noticed the first time online video is making a notable dent in traditional TV viewing statistics. In other words: Americans still love their good old TV, but some have started to explore their options and are actively flirting with alternatives.
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Oak Wood Smoked Chicken with Thyme, Rosemary and Sage
There really is no need to be fancy with a chicken when you wood smoke it. Just let the natural wood smoke flavour do its job and you end up with a perfectly cooked, tender, roast chicken, writes Cornelius Veakins…
Fire up your Fornetto for at least 20 minutes and get it up to 220°C (Fornetto is quick and easy to light and to control its temperature), I use a mix of lumpwood charcoal and wood sticks; the wood gives a great smoky flavour and the charcoal gives longevity on the heat.
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken; 4 large sage leaves, finely chopped; 2 tsp rosemary, finely chopped; 1 tsp finely chopped thyme; salt & pepper, potatoes – peeled and cut into medium chunks, carrots, peeled and cut into chunks; 1 red onion, peeled and quartered; 1 clove garlic, lightly crushed; a good glug of olive oil.
Mix the herbs and garlic with the salt, pepper and olive oil and thoroughly coat your chicken, inside and out. For the wood smoked roast potatoes and vegetables – place on a heat resistant tray and add olive oil, salt & pepper.
Place the chicken in your Fornetto on the lower rack, followed 25 minutes later by the potatoes, carrots and onions onto the top rack. Halfway through the cooking add a couple of small pieces of oak to the charcoal, close the vent and add some great smoky flavour. The chicken should be cooked in about 1½ hours depending on the size of the chicken. Once it has reached an internal temp of 74°C it is ready, take readings from both the breast and thigh joints at their thickest part.
Not a fancy recipe, in fact just a typical Sunday lunch, but a million times better because of it being cooked outdoors and wood smoked. if I had my way, a chicken would always be cooked like this.


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A New Decision on Facebook: Ex Parte Injunctions and Preservation Orders
Another Ontario decision dealing with production of Facebook profiles in personal injury lawsuits was released on October 29, 2009. In Schuster v. Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Company of Canada, the defendant brought a motion before a judge, without notice to the plaintiff, seeking an injunction requiring the plaintiff to preserve and produce her Facebook webpage. The particulars of the decision are set out in detail, below.
The plaintiff claimed that, as a result of a car accident, she suffered injuries that impaired her ability to work and to participate in social and recreational activities. During litigation, she produced an "affidavit of documents" (a sworn list of all documents in a party's possession, including electronic documents, that are relevant to the lawsuit) in which she failed to disclose the existence of her Facebook account.
The defendant hired a surveillance company and discovered the Facebook account, for which access was restricted to 67 "friends", one being the plaintiff's mother-in-law. The defendant was able to obtain photographs from the mother-in-law's Facebook account in which there were pictures of the plaintiff dated before and after the accident, although she was just standing, sitting or reclining (she was not engaged in any activities in relation to which she claimed to be impaired).
The defendant had brought the motion on an ex parte basis (that is, without notice to the plaintiff) seeking an Interim Order for the Preservation of Property under Rule 45.01 of Ontario's Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194). (Ex parte motions are typically granted where urgency arises because there is a reason to believe that the responding party, if given notice of the motion, will take steps to frustrate the process of justice before the motion can be decided). Rule 45.01 states:
45.01 (1) The court may make an interim order for the custody or preservation of any property in question in a proceeding or relevant to an issue in a proceeding, and for that purpose may authorize entry on or into any property in the possession of a party or of a person not a party. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194, r. 45.01 (1).
(2) Where the property is of a perishable nature or likely to deteriorate or for any other reason ought to be sold, the court may order its sale in such manner and on such terms as are just. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194, r. 45.01 (2).
The Court noted that Rule 45.01(1) is "typically used to ensure that important documents, information or other items are preserved and available for the trial of an action where there is a strong likelihood that the defendant would destroy this evidence once notified of the proceedings". As a result, an order under Rule 45.01 is similar to a civil search warrant and therefore subject to a higher threshold test than an "ordinary" ex parte injunction, pursuant to s. 101 of the Courts of Justice Act ("CJA"). (Note that Rule 40 of the Rules of Civil Procedure sets out the procedure to be followed in order to obtain an order under s. 101 of the CJA).
Justice Price noted that it was unclear whether the defendant was seeking access to just the web site, or the preservation and production of the website contents, and noted that an order granting the defendant access to the site would be far more invasive than ordering the plaintiff to preserve the contents of the site. Since an order granting the defendant access to the plaintiff's Facebook account would have required the plaintiff to provide her username and password to the defendant (and was beyond the scope of her obligation to disclose relevant documents), the Court proceeded on the assumption that the defendant was only seeking an order for preservation of the site.
Justice Price then considered whether the defendant had met the test for an ordinary ex parte injunction under s. 101 of the CJA:
101.(1)In the Superior Court of Justice, an interlocutory injunction or mandatory order may be granted or a receiver or receiver and manager may be appointed by an interlocutory order, where it appears to a judge of the court to be just or convenient to do so. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 101 (1); 1994, c. 12, s. 40; 1996, c. 25, s. 9 (17)
(2)An order under subsection (1) may include such terms as are considered just. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 101 (2).
In considering whether to grant the interlocutory injunction, Justice Price applied the test set out by the Supreme Court of Canada in R.J.R. Macdonald Inc. v. Canada (A.G.):
1.) Is there a serious question to be tried? Judge Price found that there was a serious question to be tried, namely, the extent to which the accident had prevented the plaintiff from earning and income and engaging in recreational activities.
2.) Will the applicant suffer irreparable harm if the application is not granted? This is usually determined by considering whether damages will be an adequate remedy. In this case, the defendant argued that without the content of the Facebook webpage, it woudl be deprived of the opportunity to properly respond to the plaintiff's claim. The Judge disagreed noting that proof of irreparable harm must be clear and not speculative ; there was no evidence that there were incriminating photographs on the plaintiff's Facebook page. In fact, Justice Price held that since the plaintiff had not listed the Facebook page in her affidavit of documents, the presumption was that this was because the Facebook page did not contain any relevant information. Unlike in previous Ontario cases dealing with Facebook production, in this case, the judge was NOT prepared to draw an inference from the nature of Facebook itself or the plaintiff's profile that her Facebook page was likely to contain relevant evidence, stating:
I do not regard the mere nature of Facebook as a social networking platform or the fact that the Plaintiff possesses a Facebook account as evidence that it contains information relevant to her claim or that she has omitted relevant documents from her Affidavit of Documents. The photographs that the Defendant has obtained from the Plaintiff's account in the present case do not appear, on their face, to be relevant".
3. Whom Does the Balance of Convenience Favor? In weighing the privacy interests of the plaintiff and the defendant's interest in full disclosure, the court concluded that the balance favored the plaintiff:
- The plaintiff's failure to disclose her Facebook account in her affidavit of documents should give rise to the presumption that the information on the webpage is not relevant to the litigation – the defendant has the opportunity to rebut this presumption by cross-examining her on her affidavit of documents if it so chooses.
- The defendant had been at liberty to question the plaintiff about her Facebook account at her examination for discovery.
- There was no evidence to support the defendant's proposition that the plaintiff was likely to delete any relevant contents of her Facebook profile pending trial.
In considering the plaintiff's privacy interests, Justice Price had regard to the Federal Privacy Commissioner's "Report of Findings into the Complaint filed by the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) Against Facebook Inc" under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, and concluded:
The Plaintiff has set her Facebook privacy settings to private and has restricted its content to 67 "friends". She has not created her profile for the purpose of sharing it with the general public. Unless the Defendant establishes a legal entitlement to such information, the Plaintiff's privacy interest in the information in her profile should be respected.
As a result of the foregoing, the Court concluded:
The Defendant has not established a basis for a preservation order in the present case, especially on an ex parte motion. The Defendant has not put forward evidence, beyond a bald assertion, that there is relevant evidence that needs to be preserved. It also has not put forward evidence beyond mere speculation to support a conclusion that an order is required on an ex parte basis to prevent the destruction of evidence after a notice of motion for production is given and pending the return of such a motion.
The Court did decide, however, that "[b]ecause Facebook is a relatively recent phenomenon and the disclosure obligations and remedies are still being articulated in relation to it", the Court was prepared to grant the defendant a further opportunity to cross-examine the plaintiff on her affidavit of documents if it chose to do so.
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In multi-transfused patients or DAT positive patients, the presence of transfused red cells or auto-antibodies can prevent determination of blood group phenotype by serological techniques, however genetic analysis can be used to predict blood group phenotype.
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If you have questions that need an urgent answer, don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks Leo Molendijk, Hans van den Brand & Gerard Boontjes for making this happen with me!
From november 2015 Holland will have new education possibilities for 'Vocal Leadership'!! Different education forms will be offered located on Codarts Hogeschool voor de kunsten (Conservatory Rotterdam) and Fontys Hogeschool voor de kunsten - Academy voor muziekeducatie (Conservatory Tilburg). The institutes will cooperate with The Royal Academy of Music in Aalborg/Aarhus, offering long-distance learning. Main teachers will be me, Jesper Holm (who will move to Holland for 2 years to help found the education!!), Jim Daus Hjernoe and Peder Karlsson!! I'm very proud to call them my future collegues.
In november/december we will host 2 inspiration days and from januari 2016 a 6-month 'inspiration course'. From september 2016 we will hopefully host a fulltime master, minor possibilities and maybe also a parttime master. The curriculum will be based on The Intelligent choir & The Organic choir, like they offer it in Aalborg. Accessible for conductors, teachers, singers and enthousiasts with and without a professional background.
Check out both websites to sign up:
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Cast your mind back to a couple of weeks ago, there was this big orange thing in the sky? Remember that? Ahh memories. I think that may have been what us British call our Summer. Now that has been replaced by clouds and rain, my legs have also gone from having a lovely healthy glow to milk bottles again. I was in need of some help.
Luckily I was recently sent the new tanning range from Make Believe. It's their sister-brand Little White Lie –which is an excellent name for a tan, if you ask me!
So my pins were in for a treat. Yesterday morning I used their exfoliator in the shower, it was really thick, and actually felt like it was doing its job without being too rough. It also smelt of porridge, which some of you might not like but I loved! And perfect as it was breakfast time…
After making sure my legs were scale-free I applied their 'Darker' tanning lotion to my tanning mit. I was slightly concerned that it looked like a melted bar of Cadburys, but I needn't have worried, once it was smoothed on it was a nice subtle colour and the fact it has bronzer in it helps you see where you've applied. It has argan oil in it so it left my legs very smooth indeed. Even my boyfriend commented how smooth they were, which must mean something!
I left it on all day and washed it off this morning and my legs are a lovely golden colour and still really smooth. It's not as dark as I expected and I might be tempted to do another layer to see how dark it can get, but for a hint of colour it's lovely.
The exfoliator is £7.50 for 100ml and the tanning lotion £15 for 125ml. You can purchase this range at ASOS, Superdrug and Boots


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Jobs in Indian Coast Guard 2016
Latest Recruitment Notification Released – (Yantrik) POSTs in Indian Coast Guard – Apply Now!
Eligibility Criteria for the posts in Indian Coast Guard-2016:
POSTs: Yantrik
The candidates should be completed 3 years Diploma in Electrical/Mechanical/Electronics and Telecommunications from the recognized University.
Cut off Percentage: Not less than 60% aggregate (5 % relaxation for reserved candidates).
Minimum and Maximum Age:
The age should be in between 18 to 22 years that means, the persons who born between 01/08/1994 and 31/07/1998.
For SC/ST people: 27 years (Not more this age).
For OBCs: 25 years (Not more than).
Expected Salary: Rs.5200 to Rs.20200 (Rs.2400/- Grade pay).
Application Process – How to Apply?
All the eligible candidates should apply online only. The step by step procedure to apply online is explained below.
1) Logon to their official website (Indian Coast Guard).
2) After opening the above site. Click on Opportunities tab or Link Button resided on top right side.
- i) Fill the details – Your Name, Father/Mother's Name, DOB, Personal Email-ID, Mobile number and Education Details.
- ii) NOTE: Email id and Phone number should be preserved for future reference till the final selection ends.
WRITTEN Exam Details:
The questions in the written exam are asked in objective type in their respective subjects.
Date of Exam: April 2016.
Note: All the required mark sheets and documents should be disclosed at the time of written exam.
SELECTION Process:
1.) The Online applications are filtered out center wise based on the no. of Posts available and-and the No. of Applications received by considering the highest percentage of marks in their academics.
2.) Then shortlisted applicants are called for written Exam. Which will be held in the month of April-2016?
3.) After Written Exam, The candidates who are qualified in written exam are sent for PFT and Medical Examination Tests.
Finally, the candidates for the announced posts are selected and filled based on the candidate's performance at various levels of the recruitment process- written exam, PFT test, and Medical exams have undergone.
Results will be Declared in July-2016:
At the final stage, the list of selected candidates will be displayed on their official website.
in the month of July-2016.
Note/Caution for the APPLICANTS: Selection of the posts in COAST GUARD is fair and only on merit basis.
Important Dates to APPLY ONLINE:
Start Date for submitting Online Application: February 2nd, 2016.
Close Date for submitting Online Application: February 8th, 2016.
For COMPLETE DETAILS About NOTIFICATION-2016: CLICK BELOW link.
TO APPLY ONLINE: Click Here!
(click OPPORTUNITIES button to apply online)