Have an active say in the way your local NHS is run. Whether you are a patient, a carer or simply a concerned member of the public, health services lay assessors ensure that health services are supporting their communities. Not only will you learn about the way the NHS works you will gain experience in teamwork, interviewing and leadership skills.
What Does a Lay Assessor Do?
A lay assessor works with clinical medical staff to review health services. They look at the quality of outcomes and help to challenge the assumptions of clinical staff. They ensure that reviews are completely objective. You will develop skills in interviewing, mediation and decision making. Volunteering as a lay assessor is a good preparation for a career in medicine or health service management.
Lay assessors need tact and diplomacy to deal with any difficult issues which may arise. They come from all walks of life and may have been a patient or will be able to put forward a patient's point of view. You need objectivity and an ability to respect confidentiality.
You must be able to spare several days a year and be prepared to learn about the structure and workings of the NHS. You will have an independent point of view and cannot be a health professional. Familiarity with local issues is a bonus. Although mediation and interviewing skills are desirable training in that area will be given.
Volunteering as a lay assessor does not affect welfare benefits and there is usually a nominal payment per visit or session. If selected you will undergo a Criminal Records Bureau/Disclosure Scotland background check.
Training sessions are provided. These give an overview of the NHS, its service and targets as well as in mediation and interviewing skills. There may be the opportunity to take on the role of chair.
Alongside medical practitioners lay assessors interview staff and service users and visit GP practices and hospitals. A visit may take up to a day of the assessor's time. They review how well services are operating and support patient choice. You will also need to allow time to read and prepare before any visits or interviews and to follow up afterwards.
Services you will consider include those in primary care, most people's first point of contact, such as GPs, opticians, dentists, district nurses and walk-in centres. Intermediary care services which liaise to support patients from primary care to secondary care, are also reviewed.
Issues under consideration may include key national issues such as reducing waiting times, improving access and improving health. These may be considered in the context of existing National Frameworks. You will also consider local demographics (e.g. age), particularly vulnerable groups e.g. refugees and local issues such as local targets, specific disease or health concerns and community health projects.
Lay assessors offer person-centred input and can also help in identifying service gaps across a range of providers in the area so that overall improvements can be made that will benefit their community.
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Treetops disputes report it permitted fraternity mayhem
Ski resort disputes security guards' accounts of raucous weekend that led to $430,000 in damages.
Treetops disputes report it permitted fraternity mayhem Ski resort disputes security guards' accounts of raucous weekend that led to $430,000 in damages. Check out this story on Freep.com: https://on.freep.com/1HjuKUy
Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press Published 3:10 p.m. ET May 14, 2015 | Updated 7:29 p.m. ET May 14, 2015
The damage sustained at the Inn at Treetops Resort outside Gaylord in northern Michigan. About $430,000 in damage was left after a University of Michigan fraternity and sorority visited the weekend of Jan. 17-18, 2015.(Photo: The Inn at Treetops Resort)
Treetops Resort is challenging a police report in which several security officers claim they were directed not to intervene in the mayhem that caused widespread damage to the resort during a January weekend outing by members of a University of Michigan fraternity.
In a statement today, the northern Michigan hotel and ski resort said:
"Treetops management never instructed its security personnel to allow the University of Michigan student group to commit acts of vandalism and intentional destruction of property at the resort."
The statement comes a day after the Free Press reported excerpts from a Michigan State Police report in which security guards said that they were directed to overlook rowdy behavior and focus only on making sure guests did not get physically hurt.
According to the 300-page report obtained by the Free Press, here is some of what the security staff said during their interviews with investigators:
One security guard said: "Treetops staff wanted to ensure that guests did not get hurt. But their damage and behavior issues would be overlooked."
Another guard said he was told that "His only function was to ensure safety at the facility. (He) reiterated several times any other guests would have been asked to leave for the type of behavior the fraternity group was displaying … he was unable to do anything."
A maintenance worker said "he was instructed to let them do what they wanted, but they had to stay on the other side."
The resort's security supervisor directed security guards to "keep the fraternity on one side of the 'Inn' building. If they remained on that side, they were pretty much free to do what they wanted 'short of burning the building down.' "
Treetops said its security personnel acted appropriately.
"It is the position of Treetops' management that hotel security did as good a job as was possible under the circumstances while addressing a group of over 200 students whose behavior was escalating out of control over that January weekend," the resort stated Thursday. "It is not the policy of the hotel for its security personnel to assume the role of police officers."
At issue is a Jan. 17-18 weekend when more than 120 Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity members tore up the ski resort, destroying ceiling tiles, exit signs, breaking furniture and doors and urinating on carpets, the resort has said. In total, 45 rooms were damaged. Members of the fraternity's sister sorority were also at the Inn, but did not participate in the vandalism.
To date, three fraternity members have been criminally charged in the incident.
Initially, Treetops estimated damages at $100,000. The figure has now jumped to more than $430,000, though the resort near Gaylord has already received nearly $200,000 from its insurance company and an additional $41,000 from the fraternity.
Treetops also disputes claims in the police report that the students were allowed to stay on the property after a first night of partying by paying more money.
Treetops' security supervisor Gerald Gunter told police he was ordered to conduct a walk-through to assess damages caused by the fraternity group on its first night there. Gunter's tally of damages was $5,284.
"This itemized list of damages was submitted to (management) for consideration on increasing the security deposit," the police report said.
"It had been decided … that $20,000 would need to be placed in the fraternity's account or they would be removed from the facility. The fraternity president was able to come up with the money, and the fraternity group was permitted to stay."
The actual amount paid by the fraternity was $13,000 — not $20,000. Treetops maintains that money was for the balance owed; the fraternity claims it was a security deposit that they had to pay so they could stay a second night, which they did.
Allen Ballard, the resort sales manager, told police that Zachery Levin, the event planner for the fraternity, and fraternity President Joshua Kaplin walked the property with him to observe the damage. They then agreed to increase the security deposit in exchange for the students being allowed to stay.
Later that night, they were kicked out.
According to Treetops: "When the group's behavior got worse, security and management conferred, the Michigan State Police were called and the students were evicted. Treetops security personnel followed proper procedure."
Treetops has said it plans to file a civil suit against the fraternity.
The U-M fraternity was no stranger to the resort. Last year, a similar ruckus happened during a weekend at the ski resort that ended with the fraternity paying $11,500 for damages and for having too many guests. But the resort invited the fraternity back.
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For some time I have wanted to write a column about an unlikely topic⏤Yahrzeit.
This Yiddish term refers to the anniversary of a death of a loved one.
Traditionally, yahrzeit is observed according to the Hebrew calendar. But many, if not most, Reform Jews find it easier to remember the civil date and prefer that designation. So our data-base has been adjusted accordingly, and each issue of our bulletin lists these dates, and the Shabbat service which follows them.
Customarily, the observance of yahrzeit has two components: one that is designed to be private, and the other that is intended to be public. The former is the lighting of a memorial candle at home; the latter is the reciting of the memorial prayer (kaddish) at the synagogue.
Traditionally, yahrzeit is also marked by visiting the grave of our loved one.
Another venerable custom is to give tzedakah, to make a charitable contribution in memory of our relative. For some of our members this takes the form of sponsoring the reception (oneg) after the service.
Each week I dutifully and reverently read the yahrzeit names at our service. It makes me sad when I read these names and no relative is present to hear them or join in the kaddish. In the same way that visitations to cemeteries have declined markedly over the years, so too has yahrzeit observance at the synagogue. I cannot say whether this extends to the lighting of a candle at home… but I suspect it does.
I know that we can summon the memory of our dearly departed at any time, but Judaism is all about designating certain times as sacred and special. Like the Sabbath and holidays, we are asked to pause from our frenetic routines and remember. The mitzvah of memory is a powerful one in our tradition⏤a key to our survival. Although we live in an anti-ritualistic age, we have come to learn that rituals survive because they bind us together and help us remember.
We do not desire for our loved ones to be forgotten. Perhaps it is time to recommit to our observance of yahrzeit, not only for the sake of our departed, but for our sake as well.
As a religious tradition, Judaism emphasizes the importance of spiritual communion and transcendence. Unlike many other religions, however, for the most part we do not advocate complete separation from the material world. Jewish teachings generally do not focus on the nature of the divine or the hereafter, or on trying to know the unknowable, but rather ask us to direct our attention to the world we inhabit and the question of how we should live in our lives, on the practical concerns of education, ethics and social justice.
In other words, we are asked and tasked to remain well grounded, even as we acknowledge the presence of something greater than ourselves, and aspire to the heights of religious experience. We enter the sacred space of our sanctuary, and observe the sacred time of the high holy days, festivals, holidays, and Shabbat, only to return to the profane space and time of our everyday lives. As others have pointed out, the Fourth Commandment not only directs us to "remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy," but goes on to instruct us that "six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Adonai your God." We are commanded both to observe the Sabbath and also to fulfill our earthly responsibilities and get our work done.
With this in mind, I would like to point out that our labor, as a congregation, includes the maintenance and repair of our buildings and grounds. This includes our sanctuary and social hall, our religious school building, the rabbi's residence next to our religious school, the garden area alongside and behind the religious school, and our front lawn, driveways, and sidewalks. We are fortunate indeed that our congregation owns these properties outright, with no mortgage or liens against them, and to have our Buildings and Grounds Committee ably chaired by Michael Fishbein for many years.
The tasks that fall under the heading of buildings and grounds are familiar and numerous, and as profane as they come, whether it's taking out the garbage, cleaning bathrooms, changing light bulbs, shoveling snow, mowing the grass, fixing and maintaining heating and air conditioning, painting, replacing worn carpeting, fixing and replacing school equipment, and so on, and so on, and so on. I think we all pretty much know what it's like, after all.
It's not the sort of stuff we associate with a house of worship, and it's not the sort of stuff we like to think about anyway, but it's an important part of our earthly responsibilities, it's work that has to get done if we want to have a sanctuary, social hall, and school. And I think we all know that the costs associated with this sort of maintenance have only gone up over the years.
At our April Board of Trustees meeting, we took a long hard look at our revenues and expenses, and our membership dues, religious school tuition, and b'nai mitzvah fees. And we also looked at the building maintenance fee we ask all of our members to contribute to. And the funny thing is, no one could remember when it was last adjusted. Was it a decade ago? More? No one knew, but in the end, it didn't really matter. A long time ago the fee was set at $200, and it might as well have been a galaxy far, far away, given how much has changed since then.
I want to be honest with you. No one on the board wants to raise any of our dues or fees, we agonize over the issue, and over our fiduciary responsibility to our temple. The truth is that we are running at a deficit, and we need to increase our revenue to reduce the degree to which we are in the red. For this reason, the board voted to raise the building maintenance fee to $350, while agreeing not to raise membership dues, religious school tuition, and b'nai mitzvah fees. As this is the first time this fee has been raised in many, many years, we hope that you will understand and support this decision.
Our buildings and grounds are not our congregation. Our congregation consists of you and me, of us, together. But our buildings and grounds make most of what we do as a congregation possible. They are our common inheritance as a congregation, and our common responsibility, and it is incumbent on us to take proper care of our properties, so that we can pass them on to future generations.
I end this message with a further plea for donations above and beyond our dues and fees, because membership, tuition, and the like do not cover all our expenses. If you can afford to give something extra, please consider supporting our little shul on the hill, so that we can continue to be the little shul that could.
There is a tradition called "counting the omer" which involves blessing and counting each of the 49 days between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot. On Passover our ancestors were freed from slavery, on Shavuot they received the Ten Commandments.
As another religious school year comes to a close, we will have counted 31 school days since we began last September. 31 days of parents making sure your children made it to Adas Emuno on a Sunday morning; 31 days of coming together as a learning community; 31 days of endeavoring to inspire the hearts and minds of our next Jewish generation.
A special thank you goes out to the religious school parents for all the ways you have volunteered this year–as "parent in charge", helping with holiday celebrations, class pot-luck dinners and more. Gratitude abounds especially to the school committee for their constant leadership and support.
We are grateful to each of our teachers for their commitment and creativity. Ably assisted by the madrichim, we owe thanks to them as well for helping out in the classroom and acting as role models for the younger students. A special shout-out goes to seniors Steven Chartoff, Julian Pecht and Ollie Racciatti who are heading off to college in the fall. We will miss you!
Lastly, we acknowledge the rebirth of our teen Youth Group this past spring; appreciation goes out to Rabbi Schwartz for leading this effort, and to the group leaders Sabina Albirt and Samantha Rosenbloom for making it happen each month.
We want to keep this good thing going, and growing: Please spread the word about our wonderful Religious School! If you know of families with children from preschool age through seventh grade who might be interested in a dynamic Jewish education, please reach out to them and encourage them to contact us at adasschool at gmail.com.


Midland pub chain Punch Taverns has revealed it is now providing £2 million a month to help licensees battle continued tough trading conditions.
The UK's biggest pubs group said the support, which is in the form of rent concessions and special discount schemes, has increased from the average of £1.6 million a month seen during the year to August.
The Burton-on-Trent-based company said the support was paying off as the number of pub returns from licensees is materially down on the previous year while the level of closed properties and those available for let has also fallen.
Despite its actions to stabilise the pub estate, Punch said profits remained under pressure due to lower beer volumes and weaker rental income.
It warned that like-for-like profits in the 16 weeks to December 12 showed a similar decline to the last financial year, when the figure fell 11 per cent.
Punch, which has more than 7,600 leased and tenanted pubs, including hundreds in the West Midlands, plunged to annual losses of £405.7 million in the year to August after slashing £663 million from the value of its estate.
Despite the huge losses, Punch strengthened its balance sheet by cutting its debt pile by more than £1 billion to £3.5 billion during the year.
Its self-help measures included a £375 million fundraising with shareholders in order to prevent it being forced into disposing of core parts of its pub estate.
The company's ongoing pub divestment programme saw it dispose of 352 sites in the first 16 weeks of the financial year, realising proceeds of £127 million.
The "beer-tie model", which forces tenants to buy beer from pub company owners, was recently cleared by the Office of Fair Trading, following a 'super-complaint' by real ale campaigner CAMRA in July.
Punch said today it had made improvements to "cement our commitment to build more honest and transparent partnerships" with licensees.
It has relaunched its recruitment website to indicate expected earnings and hosted its first forum to source direct feedback from licensees.


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INVISION sold its majority stake in Kraft & Bauer to a fund advised by Deutschen Beteiligungs AG (DBAG). Kraft & Bauer was acquired in 2013 as part of a succession solution from its founder Klaus Bauer. With the divestment, the last portfolio company of the 2008 vintage INVISION IV L.P. fund was successfully realized.
Kraft & Bauer (www.kraft-bauer.com) develops, produces and installs fire extinguishing systems for 800 different types of tooling machines. They focus on microprocessor-based fire extinguishing systems that are able to detect fire and initiate the extinguishing process. The fire protection systems are either installed directly onto the machine by Kraft & Bauer employees or are sold as a kit to machine manufacturers. Kraft & Bauer employs around 80 people at its headquarter in Holzgerlingen (Baden-Wuerttemberg), the subsidiary in Bannwil (Switzerland) and the 13 service locations in Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
The stock-listed Deutsche Beteiligungs AG initiates and advises closed private equity funds and invests alongside the DBAG funds in well-positioned medium-sized companies with development potential. DBAG focuses on the industrial sector, in which German SMEs particularly thrive in comparison to international standard. With the experience, know-how and private equity, DBAG assists the portfolio companies in implementing a value improving strategy. The entrepreneurial investment approach makes DBAG a valuable partner in the German-speaking region. The capital managed and advised by the DBAG Group amounts to around EUR 1.8 billion.


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THE GIZZLE REVIEW
Music, film, theatre and game reviews.
When you boil it down, every Spider-Man film has the same central themes: what it means to be a hero, how to take responsibility, and how to live up to a legacy. The rest is just smoke and mirrors.
That's pretty appropriate for this latest film in the franchise (more on Mysterio later). Following directly from Avengers: Endgame, the death of Iron Man/Tony Stark hangs heavy over the entire world. The question on everyone's lips: who will be his successor? And - ignoring Don Cheadle's War Machine, that kid who made a surprise appearance at Stark's funeral, or following the comics with a black female version of the character - Tom Holland's Spider-Man is the unlikely but apparently most fitting person.
Flipping that on its head too, the film is as much about who will take Stark's place as Peter Parker's father figure. The result is a filler film that's enjoyable on its own, but is more of a transition into the next phase of Marvel's cinematic universe.
One of those potential father figures is Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio. He's a warm and slightly eccentric presence who initially develops a kinship with Parker, but after a predictable twist is revealed to be the film's villain, a man using drones and projections to simulate an Avengers level threat from which he can save the day. That mix of reality and projection makes for some creative special effects and set pieces, but once you know it's smoke and mirrors the film loses some impact. The stakes are relatively low here, which does make for a refreshing change after such big event films.
It's also suitable for what is ultimately a teen drama. Parker just wants to enjoy his summer vacation and kiss the girl of his dreams, Zendaya's MJ. She makes for a droll, blasé yet endearing feminist who's far from a damsel in distress. Holland, meanwhile, is probably the best cinematic representation of Spider-Man: youthful, cheeky and likeable. Together they make a particularly modern and relatable pair of protagonists.
The plot is also an excuse to reveal what Americans think Europe is like. Not only is it full of a thousand years of history and monuments to be recklessly destroyed, but quirky people, funny languages and stereotypes, and it's small enough to travel great distances between countries in a matter of hours on a bus. Some of the inconsistencies are more laughable than the script.
Yet that's fitting for such a lighthearted piece of popcorn cinema. We may have lost some of the Avengers, but the Spider-Man plotline at least remains in good hands.
Watch: Spider-Man: Far From Home is out now.
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Labels: Avengers, Film, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marvel, Spider-Man Far From Home, Tom Holland
Mean Girls @ August Wilson Theatre, Broadway
Teen films and musicals go hand in hand. So with its cult following and feminist message, it was almost inevitable that Tina Fey's 2004 film Mean Girls would get the Broadway treatment. And it's not alone: in 2018 Heathers: The Musical reached London (following an Off-Broadway run in 2014) and a new adaptation of Clueless premiered Off-Broadway late last year.
It's Mean Girls, though, that's reached the heights of Broadway, premiering in March 2018 and still going strong. Perhaps as the most recent film it's clicked more with young theatregoers. But it's also testament to Tina Fey's writing that remains as snappy, funny and quotable as ever, even with a few small tweaks. That's despite a plot of typical teen stuff: Cady Heron arrives as the new girl in school and infiltrates the cliquey "Plastics" who rule the hallways, to bring about their downfall.
In musical form, Mean Girls is camp fun. There remains a serious message beneath it all, teaching young women to support and respect one another. And that's now been updated for the social media age – especially with Scott Pask's scenic design that uses video screens for a modern, technological edge. Sometimes that message is lost amongst all the jokes and laughter, but the characters remain relatable.
Indeed, Mean Girls is a tour de force of character acting. Much of the characterisation has been exaggerated, but what the show loses in subtlety it gains in outlandish performances. As head of the Plastics and life ruiner Regina George, Taylor Louderman is the show's queen bitch. She plays Regina as a femme fatale: fiercely sassy, manipulative and deadly. Vocally, too, she's the strongest, showing off a dynamic range from gentle, sensual yearning to belting top notes. Grey Henson as the "too gay to function" Damien is also a delight, with the most quotable lines filled with musical and pop culture references.
Some parts have been expanded, but to the detriment of others compared with the film. Beyond a head full of secrets, Krystina Alabado makes Gretchen a more identifiable character with the ballad "What's Wrong With Me?", and Kate Rockwell's Karen is lovable in her stupidity. Kyle Selig's Aaron though barely sings, despite being a key part of the narrative, and as teacher Ms. Norbury Jennifer Simard's role is much diminished from Tina Fey's portrayal (though she doubles as other characters too). Then again, the show is really all about the Plastics, and when they're such a joy to watch in their delicious malevolence, who really cares?
As belly-achingly hilarious as the show is, if it has one flaw it's Jeff Richmond's score. The individual numbers certainly emphasise each character, from Regina's diva showstopper, to Damien's tap number and Janis' punk rock. But melodically the score isn't the most memorable and the mix of Broadway styles doesn't quite suit the youthful energy of the performances. That said, this is an incredibly slick production with exceptional singing from the entire cast and some brilliant dancing from the ensemble that adds colourful vibrancy.
It's hardly the most serious show on Broadway, but sometimes some well-polished silliness is exactly what you want. The original film will likely be more enduring, but Mean Girls on Broadway is totally fetch – even if you're not wearing pink.
Watch: Mean Girls runs at the August Wilson Theatre, Broadway, until March 2020.
Labels: Broadway, Mean Girls, Theatre
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3. I want you to fail. If you want your body to change, you have to push past your comfort zone. You can't expect results doing the same thing you've always done—that's called insanity, right? So when I say I want you to fail, I mean I want you to have to rest. I want you to not be able to finish that last rep or two, because you picked up the heavier weights. By pushing your body out of its comfort zone, you are forcing it to respond and to change. Your body has to use energy to repair and recover. Make your body work for you, and don't be afraid to fail.
A 2010 study by USDA researchers, published in Magnesium Research, found that magnesium supplementation can help people who have a hard time sleeping to doze peacefully through the night. One group of the 100 tossers and turners over age 51 was given 320 milligrams of magnesium a day, while the other group was given a look-alike placebo. After 7 weeks, those taking the magnesium were sleeping better, and, as a bonus, had lower levels of dangerous inflammation, a rogue reaction by the immune system that is implicated in heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease.
How: Start with your feet shoulder-width apart and squat down until your thighs are parallel to the floor. From the bottom of the squat, place your hands on the floor and kick your legs out behind you into a press-up position. Push up until your arms straight and then tuck in your legs at the bottom of the squat position. Drive upwards through your heels until you are 6 inches off the floor and then repeat.
Should you ever go off of this diet during the course of your lifespan, it's also pretty likely that you'll gain weight back (and then some), and that's what I'm hoping to share with you by coming down hard on this trend — not because weight gain is "bad," but because weight-cycling is physiologically and psychologically damaging. Diets that single out a food group or macronutrient make it that much harder to get out of the purgatory induced by today's diet landscape. They become recipes for feelings of failure, fear, and self-doubt when we can't "stick to the plan," simply because the circumstances of our lives have changed!
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Associate Provost and Director of Institutional Diversity Brenda Allen will leave her position at the end of this semester to become the provost at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina.
"It is certainly a great loss. She will be sorely missed," said Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98.
Although her six years at Brown were "very satisfying," Allen said, the move to the position of provost "seems like a logical progression." Allen held teaching positions at Yale and Smith College before taking administrative posts at Smith and Brown. She has a nine years of experience in administration and ten years in teaching under her belt.
Looking out onto the Main Green, her office on the fourth floor of University Hall is decorated by posters of diversity forums, meetings of the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice and other evidence of her influence at the University. She was the first person to hold the position of director of institutional diversity, and her work has helped to define a new area of focus for the administration.
Diversity figures among faculty, both in terms of gender and race, have increased over her six years, she said.
Her remaining time will be spent "dotting the i's and crossing the t's of projects," she said, gazing out at a piles of binders, boxes and papers on her desk. There has been no discussion yet of who will take over after her leave, Allen said.
Winston-Salem State, a historically black university, will present a very different set of goals and challenges, she said.
Allen represents "a very important part" of a new leadership team at Winston-Salem State, where she will also serve as vice chancellor of academic affairs, said the school's chancellor, Donald Reaves. He said he was looking for "an academic, not an administrator," and that Allen was the ideal candidate for such a post.
Allen chose to teach a psychology class at Brown, a move that some administrators might view as an overload, she said. Allen said was constantly stimulated by interactions with the Brown student body.
"If I ever felt discouraged, I just went to the classroom," Allen said.
Due to the current financial situation and efforts to "streamline the administration," the University will be evaluating Allen's position before hiring someone to replace her, Kertzer said.


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{
	mpEventManagerImpl = ((ape::EventManagerImpl*)ape::IEventManager::getSingletonPtr());
	mpSceneManager = ape::ISceneManager::getSingletonPtr();
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}

ape::RayGeometryImpl::~RayGeometryImpl()
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}

void ape::RayGeometryImpl::setIntersectingEnabled(bool enable)
{
	mIntersectingEnabled = enable;
	mpEventManagerImpl->fireEvent(ape::Event(mName, ape::Event::Type::GEOMETRY_RAY_INTERSECTIONENABLE));
}

void ape::RayGeometryImpl::setIntersections(std::vector<ape::EntityWeakPtr> intersections)
{
	mIntersections = intersections;
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}

void ape::RayGeometryImpl::fireIntersectionQuery()
{
	mpEventManagerImpl->fireEvent(ape::Event(mName, ape::Event::Type::GEOMETRY_RAY_INTERSECTIONQUERY));
}

void ape::RayGeometryImpl::setParentNode(ape::NodeWeakPtr parentNode)
{
	if (auto parentNodeSP = parentNode.lock())
	{
		mParentNode = parentNode;
		mParentNodeName = parentNodeSP->getName();
		mpEventManagerImpl->fireEvent(ape::Event(mName, ape::Event::Type::GEOMETRY_RAY_PARENTNODE));
	}
	else
		mParentNode = ape::NodeWeakPtr();
}

void ape::RayGeometryImpl::WriteAllocationID(RakNet::Connection_RM3 *destinationConnection, RakNet::BitStream *allocationIdBitstream) const
{
	allocationIdBitstream->Write(mObjectType);
	allocationIdBitstream->Write(RakNet::RakString(mName.c_str()));
}

RakNet::RM3SerializationResult ape::RayGeometryImpl::Serialize(RakNet::SerializeParameters *serializeParameters)
{
	RakNet::VariableDeltaSerializer::SerializationContext serializationContext;
	serializeParameters->pro[0].reliability = RELIABLE_ORDERED;
	mVariableDeltaSerializer.BeginIdenticalSerialize(&serializationContext, serializeParameters->whenLastSerialized == 0, &serializeParameters->outputBitstream[0]);
	mVariableDeltaSerializer.SerializeVariable(&serializationContext, mIntersectingEnabled);
	mVariableDeltaSerializer.SerializeVariable(&serializationContext, mIntersections);
	mVariableDeltaSerializer.SerializeVariable(&serializationContext, RakNet::RakString(mParentNodeName.c_str()));
	mVariableDeltaSerializer.EndSerialize(&serializationContext);
	return RakNet::RM3SR_BROADCAST_IDENTICALLY_FORCE_SERIALIZATION;
}

void ape::RayGeometryImpl::Deserialize(RakNet::DeserializeParameters *deserializeParameters)
{
	RakNet::VariableDeltaSerializer::DeserializationContext deserializationContext;
	mVariableDeltaSerializer.BeginDeserialize(&deserializationContext, &deserializeParameters->serializationBitstream[0]);
	if (mVariableDeltaSerializer.DeserializeVariable(&deserializationContext, mIntersectingEnabled))
		mpEventManagerImpl->fireEvent(ape::Event(mName, ape::Event::Type::GEOMETRY_RAY_INTERSECTIONENABLE));
	if (mVariableDeltaSerializer.DeserializeVariable(&deserializationContext, mIntersections))
		mpEventManagerImpl->fireEvent(ape::Event(mName, ape::Event::Type::GEOMETRY_RAY_INTERSECTION));
	RakNet::RakString parentName;
	if (mVariableDeltaSerializer.DeserializeVariable(&deserializationContext, parentName))
	{
		mParentNodeName = parentName.C_String();
		mParentNode = mpSceneManager->getNode(mParentNodeName);
		mpEventManagerImpl->fireEvent(ape::Event(mName, ape::Event::Type::GEOMETRY_RAY_PARENTNODE));
	}
	mVariableDeltaSerializer.EndDeserialize(&deserializationContext);
}

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By telling relate-able short stories, comedian and actor Ahmed Amin reflects on how we over-calculate our life decisions, and how he was able to treat himself from this dilemma in an illuminating, talk about funny short stories from his life you've never heard before.
احمد امين ممثل وكاتب تخرج من كلية الفنون الجميلة عام 2002. عمل كممثل مسرحي لسنوات ثم اتجه للصحافة ليشغل منصب رئيس تحرير مجلة باسم للاطفال لنحو 10 سنوات، كتب للتلفزيون عدة مسلسلات من ابرزها: بسنت ودياسطي و القبطان عزوز.
اشتهر امين مؤخرا بفيديوهات كوميدية على يوتيوب في سلسلة ال30 ثانية مثل "ازاي تطتب شعر عامية في 30 ثانية"
فضلا عن بطولته وانتاجه لفيلم "حاضر مع المتهم"
Ahmed Amin is an actor and writer graduated from Faculty of Arts in 2002. Amin worked as a theatre actor, then the chief editor of Bassem children magazine. He wrote many TV serieses including "Basant w Dyasty" and "Captain Azuz". Amin is currently popular for his short youtube videos in the 30 seconds series like "How to write slang poetry in 30 seconds". He also starred and produced his short movie "Present with the Accused"


Our headquarters is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Our mailing address is: AllBrands.com, 20415 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70817.
We have been in business since 1976. In those thirty nine years we have grown from regional fabric and sewing stores into AllBrands.com, with over 5000 products - and more added daily!
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HOLTS SUMMIT - Volunteers came together at the Union Hill Baptist Church in Holts Summit Sunday for a good cause. Victims affected by an apartment fire Friday were able to go to the church's gym to pick up clothes and other items free of charge.
The church held the event Sunday afternoon, allowing victims from the 29-unit apartment complex to pick up whatever they needed. Clothes, shoes and other necessities filled the entire gym.
Senior Pastor Frank Whitney said about half the items up for grabs at Sunday's event were donated after Friday's fire took place.
Everything from jeans, shoes, shirts, purses and lunch boxes were available for anyone affected. Whitney said the event was a team effort.
"We simply put the word out that they'd get [the donations] here yesterday," Whitney said. "I think it's a privilege for us as citizens to be able to help other people in need."
The church also works the food bank to help donate food to those in need of assistance.


Louise is the National Audit Coordinator for the Irish Hip Fracture Database and Major Trauma Audit with the National Office of Clinical Audit. She worked in University Hospital Waterford for 12 years as an orthopaedic nurse, clinical nurse manager and arthroplasty nurse coordinator. She reviews for the International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing and has published on falls, hip fracture and clinical audit. Louise is a member of the International Collaboration of Orthopaedic Nursing (ICON) and on the board of the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN). She has recently completed a Diploma in Leadership and Quality in Healthcare in RCPI.
Professor Burholt (BSc, PhD, FAcSS) is Professor of Gerontology and Director of the Centre for Innovative Ageing (CIA) in the College of Human and Health Sciences at Swansea University; and Director of the pan-Wales Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research (CADR). The CIA is one of the most prestigious gerontology research centres in the UK. CADR is a world class research centre addressing key internationally important questions in ageing and dementia.
CADR integrates multi-disciplinary activity and expertise from biological, through psycho-social and environmental, to social policy in ageing and dementia. Vanessa's research focuses on older people's attachment to people and places and she has published over 50 papers and book chapters on rurality, loneliness, support networks, intergenerational relationships, ethnicity and migration.
Professor Burholt has twenty four years' experience of research on ageing, cutting her teeth on the 20-year Bangor Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Over the last few years, she has worked on and led research projects worth approximately €21M. She was Co-investigator on Grey and Pleasant Land? An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Connectivity of Older People in Rural Civic Society and was co-Editor (with Profs Catherine Hennessey and Robin Means) of Countryside Connections: Older People, Community and Place in Rural Britain. She was Principal Investigator for the South Wales arm of Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (Wales) and recently developed the Older People's Residential Assessment Tool (OPERAT www.operat.co.uk) which is being used by communities and researchers around the globe to assess the age friendliness of the physical environment.
Outputs from Professor Burholt's research are used to improve the quality of life and promote the welfare of older people.
Andy Clegg is a senior lecturer at the Academic Unit of Elderly Care & Rehabilitation, University of Leeds, and honorary consultant geriatrician at Bradford Royal Infirmary, leading a large portfolio of frailty research. Andy is Chief Investigator for the Community Ageing Research 75+ (CARE 75+) national cohort study to investigate the modifiable components of frailty and develop interventions to improve outcomes using a novel trial within cohort design, funded by the NIHR CLAHRC programme. He is also Chief Investigator for the NIHR HTA-funded Home-based Extended Rehabilitation for Older People (HERO) trial, which is a multi-site RCT evaluation of a home-based exercise programme for older people with frailty after discharge from hospital. Andy is also leading an NIHR Programme Grant to optimise and evaluate personalised care planning for older people with frailty in a multi-site cluster RCT.
Andy led the development and validation of an electronic frailty index (eFI) using routine primary care electronic health record data from around 1M UK patients, as part of the NIHR CLAHRC Programme. The eFI has been made freely available to 95% of UK general practices through a national implementation project, is supported in the 2016 NICE multimorbidity guideline and is being used to implement new, evidence-based care pathways for older people with frailty, leading to the eFI team being awarded the prestigious 2017 RCP Excellence in Clinical Care Award for Innovation.
Andy led the authorship of a 2013 Lancet seminar review on frailty in elderly people, which has been cited over 1700 times in the international literature. Andy was previously a member of the 2016 NICE Multimorbidity Guideline Development Group, 2015 British Geriatrics Society & Royal College of General Practitioners Fit for Frailty guideline, and 2010 NICE Delirium Guideline Development Group.
Prof. Lamb is the Director for Centre for Statistics in Medicine and Foundation Director, Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU), University of Oxford, Section Head, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Oxford, Director, Centre for Rehabilitation Research in Oxford, Deputy Director, Oxford Biomedical Research Unit, University of Oxford, Kadoorie Professor of Trauma Rehabilitation, University of Oxford and Professor of Rehabilitation, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick.
She has a long standing interest in clinical trials, medical statistics and, from a clinical perspective, rehabilitation of musculo-skeletal and chronic conditions. She works with clinicians from a variety of backgrounds to develop pragmatic clinical trial designs to capture the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a variety of health technologies. She is the Chief Investigator for a number of trials of rehabilitation interventions, and Head of the Centre for Rehabilitation Research in the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculo-skeletal Sciences at the University of Oxford. Prior to taking up the post of Co-Director of OCTRU, Prof. Lamb was the Foundation Director of the Warwick Clinical Trials Unit at the University of Warwick. She continues to work collaboratively with the Warwick Unit.
Prof. Lamb has a particular interest in older people, and has served as a member of the American Geriatric Society/ British Geriatric Society Fall Guideline Panel, and more recently, as a member of the NICE guideline panel of hip fracture management. She collaborates with a range of US and European Investigators interested in frailty, sarcopenia and disability in older people.
Jim Power is owner manager of Jim Power Economics Limited, an economic and financial consultancy.The company carries out consultancy projects, public speaking, and training for a variety of public and private sector entities. In 2017, he completed a report on cost pressures in the nursing home sector. He is Chief Economist to Friends First Group. He was previously Treasury Economist at AIB (1987-1991) and Chief Economist at Bank of Ireland Group Treasury (1992-2000). Jim is the author of the SIMI/DoneDeal Motor Industry Review and Friends First Quarterly Economic Outlook. He is Chairman of Love Irish Food, and investment firm Three Rock Capital, and he is a Board Member of Agri-Aware. He is a graduate of UCD and lectures part-time on the MSc Management at Smurfit School of Business, UCD. In 2009, Jim published his first book, 'Picking up the Pieces', and in 2017 he was co-author of "Marketing Multiplied – The Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Impact of Marketing Communications'. Jim is a native of Waterford.
Dr Mark Roberts graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2000 and spent his postgraduate training years in Manchester, Leeds and Northern Ireland. This included a period in Public Health Medicine, which culminated in completion of the Membership Exam and Masters in Public Health before returning to Clinical Medicine training. He took up post as a Consultant in Acute and Geriatric Medicine in 2011, and since that time he has additionally been a Training Programme Director for Acute Medicine, Chief Clinical Information Officer for the Southern Trust, elected to Fellowship by the London Royal College of Physicians and completed the Scottish Patient Safety Programme Fellowship.
Dr. Roberts was appointed to the position of Consultant in Elderly Care in the Belfast City Hospital in September 2017, and additionally took up the Clinical Director post for the Regional Safety Forum in November the same year. His main interests are widening Quality Improvement skills and attitudinal change across the whole workforce and supporting Northern Ireland in realising its aspiration to be internationally recognised in leading high quality and continuously improving health and social care.


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Modi govt a combination of 'negative features' of past :Sitaram Yechury
Bengaluru: CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury today said the Narendra Modi government was a combination of "negative features" that include communal division under Atal Bihari Vajpayee, authoritarianism under Indira Gandhi and neo-liberal economic reforms under
PTI Updated on: January 08, 2015 21:50 IST
modi govt a combination of negative features of past sitaram yechury
Bengaluru: CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury today said the Narendra Modi government was a combination of "negative features" that include communal division under Atal Bihari Vajpayee, authoritarianism under Indira Gandhi and neo-liberal economic reforms under Narasimha Rao government.
"...today you require to launch a people's battle against communalism, against the economic policies that are creating two Indias and against authoritarianism that is being pursued by this Modi government," Yechury said.
Speaking at the 21st state convention of CPI(M) here, he said the Modi government "is like a three-in-one combination".
It had combined all the "negative features of what we have seen in the past - the communal division that has happened under Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Prime Ministership, the authoritarianism that happened under Indira Gandhi's emergency and the neo-liberal economic reforms that was started by Dr Manmohan Singh under Narasimha Rao government," he alleged.
"All three have combined today to create a unified assault on the people of India..." he said.
Asking his partymen to prepare themselves to fight for real economic and social freedom, Yechury said, "...today there are endless varieties in which communalism is being spread in our country."
"...what is actually happening today is that there is an intensification of communal divide in the country, which is creating a bitterness, and the clear objective is to establish a Hindu Rashtra by destroying the secular democratic republic of India. We must all come together to fight, resist and defeat it," he added.
Yechury also alleged that the economic policy direction of the Union government is making India more dependent on foreign capital and attacking the working class.
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If you would like to purchase one of these Spoonknives please contact Ben Orford via his website, i'm not sure if he has photos etc on his site but if you contact him he will be able to sort you out.
Here's Ben in his workshop, his grinding belts and power hammer are behind him, sorry I didn't take some more photos, but we were extremely busy and this was a last thought just as I was leaving. Ben is just putting the final hone on the inside of the Blade, note how he has the blade on a raised platform for sharpening.
We have been going through the final designs for my Spoonknife, and I am really happy with how it has turned out, when you try something new you can never be sure how it will turn out, but this has surprised me how much better it is, I think I'll put a video up at some stage explaining all it's features and why it really is so much better than what I was using before. I hope to get some smaller ones made too that will be good for beginners, and certainly will by the time "Spoons from the Wood" comes round.
I have really enjoyed working with Ben on this, it is very helpful that he is a proficient spoon carver because when I explain to him what I want he can understand why, although even he was dubious about some of the ideas I had. Ben is a much better tool maker than I am, give me an Axe and a Knife and i'm happy, I do not use a hammer and grinder day in day out but Ben does.
Essentially the Blade has been forged from some 3/8" round bar EN43, it was quite quick with the power hammer, but I can understand why some other makers use thinner section bar or even just flat section. The thicker round stem is more comfortable on the levering hand and much better than flat section steel. The extra thickness in the blade is also useful for big cuts, any flex is energy lost! One of the massive benefits of using round section bar is that you can drill a hole straight into the handle without messing around trying to create a slot at the correct angle, these blades are already slightly set back so you don't need to drill wonkey! The bend in these first blades have a continuous 60 mm radius, this is a fantastic all rounder, and the size I carry in my pack. This knife is ideal for those looking to add a different design element to their spoons, those looking to get a cleaner smoother finish to the bowl of their spoons, and those looking to speed up the hollowing process.
"your bowls are so good it makes me sick"
Which is hilarious (they don't actually make you sick I promise). The fact is that although there is a touch of skill involved and certainly a technique to using this knife it is the knife giving the good finish not me.
"After seeing how easily you create a really smooth interior with that big open hook I find myself desiring one quite fiercely. That is one of my biggest battles; achieving a smooth finish on the inside of the bowl without sanding".
"I have to say the symmetrical curve and long handle are brilliant. Almost feels a little like cheating".
The beauty of my new Blades is that they are extra agressive in terms of removal of wood but are even better at giving a good finish. The agressiveness comes from the new design, a combination of the cross section of blade and the special way they are bent. As a result I am hollowing my spoons at an even faster rate. They have really invigorated my carving adding more excited to the already hysterical way I feel about spoons.


Elemis Spa offers skin care therapies and products that are specially formulated to revitalize and nourish the body, no matter its specific needs. HGD had a small part in promoting this global brand! We were tasked with the exciting job of creating a website and developing several collateral pieces. It was our honor to work on these projects, and we had a lot of fun. Independent of HGD and our projects, the Elemis brand underwent a brand refresh and their logo was modified.
After this change, our mission was to carry on the new look of their advertising and packaging to the spa website—so we used sleek, refined lines that don't distract from the content… And we're so glad we got it right!
HGD's involvement with Elemis Spa's redesign furthered our expertise in working with strict, established Brand Guidelines from their team.
Our Role: Product brochures, wedding brochure and website redesign.


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Dimensions: (W) 35" x (H) 75.5" x (D) 14"
Our beautiful Canterbury glazed display cabinet blends high style with ample storage to create a versatile lovely piece for your home. It is ideal in living rooms and dining rooms alike, with thick solid oak shelves, spacious drawers with real dovetail joints, and secure glass paneled doors for you to see what you have on display. The cabinet is made from only solid oak throughout, including the backs, drawer runners, and bases. It's truly built to last! We've treated it with our beautiful natural wax finish to allow the delicate patterns of the wood grain to shine, and to give it a light and modern feel. This is offset by striking dark antiqued metal hardware which adds to traditional design details such as classically flared cornices, paneled sides, and a deep pedestal base. Be sure to check out the other great pieces from our Canterbury collection.


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Bucket list ideas for retiree trips to interesting and fun travel destinations - vacations, getaways, mini-vacations and day trips.
Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way - Dunfanaghy and Donegal
Next on our driving tour of Ireland was the Wild Atlantic Way including the Dunfanaghy and Donegal Area.
Horn Head Bay - Wild Atlantic Way Ireland - photo by Ricardo Cabral
We learned a lot about Ireland's Great Potato Famine of 1845-50 while visiting Dunfanaghy and Donegal on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way. But you can see evidence of its devastation at many if not most Irish Cemeteries and towns. In Dunfanaghy you can find a large, rounded-hill of earth surrounded by an iron railing marking it as a famine grave.
Ireland lost about 25% of its population, about 1.5 million people, during the Great Potato Famine. Although rarely mentioned in tourist books if you look there are remnants of the famine, everywhere.
The Old workhouse is within walking distance of Sheep Haven Bay and Tramore Beach near the market centre in Dunfanaghy. Admission is free with some paid exhibits. The Workhouse is now a heritage centre where they tell the story of Wee Hanna a victim of the famine and former resident of the workhouse.
Workhouses were set up to house the poor by the government beginning in 1847. Once people were desperate enough to enter a workhouse they surrender their freedom, had to wear uniforms and live under strict rules. For food, they received "stirabout", which is a weak oatmeal porridge.
Families were split up once inside. Men, women, girls, and boys were all forced to stay in different parts of the building. Workhouses were usually overcrowded, diseases spread rapidly, and very little work was actually done in the workhouse. One of the rules was in place was that the workhouses should not enter into competition with community businesses.
Glenveagh Castle
Glenveagh Castle Photo by A. Ryan
Glenveagh Castle is located on the shores of Lough Veagh This mansion was built between 1867 and 1873. Its remote location was considered very romantic in Victorian times. It was designed by John Townsend Trench, a cousin of the first owner, John George Adair. The design is an imitation of earlier Irish Tower-houses and castles. The building is made from granite which is plentiful in Donegal. Co.
The last owner of Glanveagh Castle, Henry McIlhenny, was the Curator of Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum. He furnished and decorated each of the rooms for a period based on various characters of the time.
You can tour the house between Mid March and early November, from 10am to 6pm. It is best to go early to avoid long waits.
The gardens were designed and developed by Henry McIlhenny between 1937 and 1983. They include plants from throughout the world.
Landscape artists James Russell and Lanning Roper provided input into the garden design. There is an 18 stop garden tour highlighting the most beautiful areas of the garden. If possible plan to visit in May or June to see the wonderful rhododendrons in full bloom.
Map of Glenveagh Castle
We stayed at the Abbey Hotel ( Donegal Town, Co. Donegal, Ireland Tel: 353 (0) 74 97 21014) one of the longest established hotels in the northwest, renowned for its unique setting in the center of Donegal Town with idyllic views of Donegal Bay in the background.
We stayed at the Abbey Hotel is a premier venue for music events, activity breaks, and best value accommodation rates in Donegal. The Abbey Hotel is located near beautiful coastal drives and signature discovery points of the Wild Atlantic Way.
If you love traditional Irish music, it is one of the best places to hear it in Ireland. The local pubs have talented musicians nightly. There are many quaint shops in town to visit, many have woolen textiles of all types. Get a tweed cape, scarf, blanket and more. Be sure to stop and enjoy the bakeries and restaurants which offer tea and scrumptious meals in Donegal We even found a drop-off laundry in the town centre that provided one day service.
McCafferty's Irish Pub in Donegal
Our favorite pub for evening drinks and traditional Irish music was a small pub near the Abbey hotel call McCafferty's. Traditional Irish music was played nightly. We were very impressed with the mix of older and younger musicians and singers. Especially the younger musicians who were diligently learning from the masters. We noticed that several music festivals and concerts were planned in the area for country music groups from the U.S.
Donegal Castle
Most of Donegal Castle is in ruins but part has been restored and you can tour it quite easily. It is within walking distance of the town centre.
According to Wikipedia :
"The castle consists of a 15th-century rectangular keep with a later Jacobean style wing. The complex is sited on a bend in the River Eske, near the mouth of Donegal Bay, and is surrounded by a 17th-century boundary wall. There is a small gatehouse at its entrance mirroring the design of the keep. Most of the stonework was constructed from locally sourced limestone with some sandstone. The castle was the stronghold of the O'Donnell clan, Lords of Tír Conaill and one of the most powerful Gaelic families in Ireland from the 5th to the 16th centuries."
Donegal Castle Great Room
Information Center about the castle in the restored section
After a tour of the castle head just across the street to our favorite restaurant for seafood, the Olde Castle Bar and Fish Dock Restaurant. You can get delicious chowder, seafood of all types, beer and whiskeys to please all. The Restaurant is owned by the O'Toole family who always offers a Cead Mile Failte!
The next day we set out on a drive to see the countryside and found so much more. We stumbled upon Failte go Gleann Cholm Cille. This area is full history, culture, music and prehistoric settlements of the Irish people. It is the heart of learning to speak Gaelic with school here deigned specifically for that purpose.
Gleann Cholm Cille is named after St. Colm Cille, it is located SW of Donegal on the majestic Sliabh Liag peninsula.
We spent the better part of an afternoon at Glen Folk Village, founded by Fr. McDyer as a result of notable community effort, to which the work of Oideas Gael continues to contribute. A tOireachtas, the major celebration of Irish language and culture, took place in October 1989.
Glen Folk Village
We traveled up and down country roads along the coast. A beautiful area with sea views, beaches, and many, many sheep farms. In the middle of one of the sheep farms, we came upon an ancient grave marker.
View from the top of hills looking down
Don't forget to go golfing at the Donegal Golf Club, Murvagh, Laghey, Co. Donegal, Ireland Tel: 353 (0) 74 97 34054
Donegal Golf Club or Murvagh as it is commonly known, is a magnificent par-73, measuring 6,753 meters true test of golf. It is a testament to the late Eddie Hackett's ability to design spectacular links courses. After completing Waterville and Connemara he was given an opportunity to flex his muscles on a promontory in Donegal Bay.
He recalled with great modesty "The greens are natural sites: only the level of some them were adjusted by hand. All I had to do was develop the course with what nature provided". One of the feature holes is 174 meters 5th to a plateau green with Donegal Bay in the background and no bale-out front or sides, a truly magnificent hole.
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Colorado Things To Do in Winter 2019/2020 - Skiing in Colorado - Colorado is the place to be this winter. Check out the new ski lift service and terrain on the state's storied slopes, the opening of the highly anticipated U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum and Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, the unveiling of the W Aspen, the world premiere of Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature at the Denver Art Museum and an exciting line-up of events and anniversaries, and much more.
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Drinks, foods and lawn games keep tailgaters entertained till the main event starts. However, if you have been to a few tailgates, there is one thing you already know: a good tailgate is far more memorable than the main game.
I checked off one of my bucket list items with a trip to watch the Ohio Buckeyes play. I had to have a party to celebrate that!
To throw a seamless tailgate You need to select and prepare the food and drinks beforehand. Of course, certain foods like sausages and burgers are best grilled on-site, but there is no need to fret over preparing drinks or fiddling with food trays.
Below are a few easy tailgate food recipes for low-cost tailgating parties.
Crunchy Chicken Cheese Tenders - Tailgate Finger Food Original crackers are combined with parmesan cheese to form a crisp coating over these chicken wings. They are great for the tailgate party or as a snack during the game.
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Best Tour of Dublin from our Bucket List Trip to Dublin Ireland
Ireland has been on both of our bucket lists for quite a while. My husband is of Irish descent and I have always wanted to experience the Irish countryside. We chose to do a self-drive tour of Ireland traveling with a friend and my husband's sister.
Luckily our friend is originally from England and was used to driving on the left side of the road. We flew into Dublin, Ireland to begin our adventure.
Dublin has old world charm with a modern vibe.
The city truly is the heart of the Republic of Ireland. We started our visit in Dublin with a stay at the Fitzwilliam Hotel ideally located at Saint Stephen's Green, a beautiful city park, in the heart of the city. The Fitzwilliam is located in Dublin City Centre, it has a modern flair and features the Citron Restaurant and a Bar - Coffee Shop.
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Detach the pull start from available engine and replace it with set-supplied gear unit. The engine can be easily started by inserting drive shaft in and pressing the start button. FET switch and safety circuit protect unit from overload and provide reliable operation. You may make holes in the body shell for glow ingitor and roto starter to enable starting engine without detaching the shell.
Install set-supplied gear unit onto the engine.
Lock glow ignitor onto glow plug, insert hex drive shaft into gear unit, and then press start button.
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In fiscal year 2005, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors funded a full-time position to coordinate the GRIT process that is consistent with the OJJDP Model. The GRIT Coordinator began work with GRIT on August 26, 2004. An important function of the coordinator is to assist GRIT in the coordination of the intervention and prevention programs within Loudoun County, as well as identifying new funding possibilities.
GRIT has taken great strides in the implementation of the OJJDP Model with invaluable results. GRIT has provided the arena for all stakeholders to collaborate to solve the gang problem by combining resources and breaking down barriers.


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January 2021 Progress on :focus-visible in WebKit
Published on February 1, 2021 by Igalia
As promised, Igalia has begun work on :focus-visible in WebKit, the project chosen by many in our Open Prioritization experiment, as funds became available. Manuel Rego began work in January.
Open Prioritization aims to not only provide insight into prioritization challenges, and give access to more direct ways to affect those priorities, but also to offer a view into what the concrete work that goes into implementations once prioritized actually looks like.
As you might know, initial prototypes were developed in Chromium, behind experimental features and a polyfill was developed, as well as Web Platform Tests. It is, in many ways (but not all) similar to a much earlier proprietary experiment in Firefox called :moz-focusring . For a couple of years, of feedback was gathered, details adjusted and led a proposal was made, and the CSS Working Group adopted it in the specification. :focus-visible first in Chromium proper on October 5, 2020, soon followed by Firefox on January 25, 2021 (while our experiment was running). Our experiment brings prioritization to this in WebKit as well.
While many might imagine that all that is left is to write some code for WebKit, implementations are much more than that. Each implementer brings a new set of critical eyes and questions as they attempt to understand and implement, and the result is often further refinements across the board.
In the process so far, in addition to his prototyping and actually landing 5 patches to WebKit, Rego has also opened 3 new CSS Working Group issues, merged 13 PRs into Web Platform Tests, landed 4 patches in Chromium and more. This is why, while it is very difficult to align priorities while they are independent, helping ensure that they align early where there are opportunities to do so can be very beneficial.
If you are curious for more insight into the work, progress, process in January so far, as well as the plans for work in February, Manuel Rego has provided a full and public report blog post.
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MESA, Ariz. - Chicago Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano has a new message for the team: sign him to a new contract before the season starts or he'll leave and become a free agent after it's over.
"I'm ready to sign and I would do my job anyway with the Cubs this year," Zambrano said in an interview with WGN-TV that was reported Tuesday by the Chicago Tribune.
"Whatever happens, I don't want to know about a contract during the season. I want to sign with the Cubs before the season starts. If they don't sign me, sorry, but I must go. That's what Carlos Zambrano thinks."
Zambrano, 16-7 with a 3.41 ERA and 210 strikeouts last season, asked for $15.5 million in arbitration. The team offered $11.025 million. He made $6.5 million last season.
At the team's winter convention last month, Zambrano first said that he wanted to have a new deal in place before the season starts. Cubs pitchers and catchers report to spring training Wednesday.
The Cubs spent millions in the offseason to overhaul their team, hiring Lou Piniella as manager and giving big deals to retain third baseman Aramis Ramirez and to sign free agent Alfonso Soriano.
Zambrano wants some of the money Cubs' general manager Jim Hendry has been doling out. The seven-year, $126 million deal the Giants gave to starter Barry Zito has changed the market.
"Zito is a great pitcher. Good for him he has that contract, and I think that will help me," Zambrano said last month.
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May 16, 2017 by Anna Mason
The Night Manager draws visitors to Mallorca
What do you want, Miss Burr?"
"I want to make you an offer. Bring down Richard Roper. I want to put you inside his operation."
So goes the tense exchange between Angela Burr and Jonathan Pine in Brit-US miniseries The Night Manager, which aired to huge applause this year. The spy chief and former British soldier, played by a steely Olivia Colman and heart-throbbingly handsome Tom Hiddleston respectively, are discussing how best to get to Hugh Laurie's cold-as-ice character Roper, brought to life from John le Carré's 1993 espionage novel.
His crime? 'The worst man in the world' is a billionaire arms dealer who trades in human life. His home? Sa Fortaleza in Port de Pollença, Mallorca. Take a stroll along the Pine Walk running along the bay, and you'll come close to the sprawling fortress built to protect the island from marauding pirates in the 17th century.
Owned by British banker Lord Lupton, the lavish estate – perhaps the most valuable in Spain – can be seen perched atop the headland from across the bay, on Port de Pollença's beach. It's a truly villain-worthy setting, affirmed by Laurie who remarked whilst filming:
"We have been here in Mallorca for five weeks. Not a day has gone by without a member of the cast saying, "I can't believe that I am actually here doing this." It's our good fortune to be playing characters who live a very luxurious, jet-setty life and that means, in order to do it, we have to live it. It's hard, it's gruelling…"(Laurie himself stayed at Castillo Hotel Son Vida while shooting).
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Palma, standing in for Istanbul and Madrid, also has a starring role, as does famous fish restaurant C'as Patro March, on the cliffs above Cala Deià, setting for the supposed kidnapping of Roper's son Danny.
Dirty dealings continue to play out on the sumptuous terrace of Cas Catala hotel Hospes Maricel. And that explosive scene when Pine and Jed – Roper's girlfriend – finally give in to their attraction for one another? Son Julia Boutique Hotel, the Llucmajor mansion that seems made for the moment with its seductive corridors and rooms.
"The locations have been amazing, truly" says Hiddleston. "In the book, there are scenes in the Bahamas and Cyprus but in our story we have made it Mallorca and the Turkish-Syrian border, Istanbul and Monaco."
The island that sparked the imagination of that other great crime writer, Agatha Christie (who penned her novel Problems at Pollensa Bay while staying at Hotel Illa d'Or) must have presented the producers and location scouts with a hard task. There's no doubt they chose correctly from the myriad of potential settings, however. Rialto Living designed the interior of Roper's lair, providing the perfect backdrop.
"Often I turned up on set and had a very reassuring feeling as my imagination didn't have to supply anything else because I had been placed immediately in a completely believable context for where the character is. Each location has been so immaculately designed and so correctly chosen it often took our breath away", adds Hiddleston.
Produced by the BBC in partnership with AMC, the network behind Mad Men and Breaking Bad, The Night Manager slayed the July Emmys and won rave reviews, the Guardian describing it as "the BBC's glossiest, smartest, most indecently entertaining Sunday night drama in ages"; while the New York Post called it "breathtaking".
And the award for the busiest ice-cream truck goes to? Surely, it has to be Glace Moustache in Port de Sóller; immortalised in episode 3 when, while queuing for a cone, Pine manages to extract vital information from Danny – while Angela listens in.
Ice-cream sales aren't the only thing feeling 'The Night Manager effect'. Numbers of travellers drawn to the island as a result of its glossy profile peaked this summer. And, as episode six wrapped up in the States on 24th May, close to five million US viewers had watched it. That's a lot of Americans gazing upon the ravishing scenes of Mallorca – and hankering for a taste of the good life themselves.
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He's a finesse pitcher, relying on movement and location. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Culnane is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Culnane has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Culnane as a pinch-runner on occasion.


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Q: Gradle sync failed access is denied in android studio Can someone please explain to me what this error is and how to resolve this error?

Gradle sync failed: D:\SoundsandPictures.gradle\4.4\fileHashes\fileHashes.lock (Access is denied)

Note: My project was on D: drive and i accidently deleted all my data on the drive  and recovered it using a recovery software and getting this error while opening the project in android studio.

A: If do you have an antivirus software, try to check if it has blocked Android Studio.

A: Goto File -> Invalidate caches / Restart
Shutdown Android Studio
Rename/remove .gradle folder in the user home directory
Restart Android Studio (It will download gradle metadata and data)
Gradle build succeed
Rebuild project. Done.
EDIT
Try this for Mac OS
Go to SDK manager (with Administrator rights), scroll down till the end, download "Android Support Library".
And it works (don't forget Administrator rights).
Reference this SO Question..

A: In my case, I hid the .gradle file. On unhiding the file, it was fine.

A: Very late answer, but
I was getting the error "caches\5.1.1\file-changes\last-build.bin (Access is denied)",
deleting that file and re-building the project worked for me.

A: /.gradle/4.6/fileChanges/last-build.bin%20(Access%20is%20denied)
I resolved this issue by deleting .gradle folder and then restart android studio
clean and rebuild

A: i deleted the file, then appear another message but with other file, i did the same 3 times, and then a clean and rebuild and worked.
PS: those files regenerate after the build, so no problem there.

A: Same error was showing while doing in vs code. I solved just by deleting this   .gradle\caches\6.1.1\file-changes\last-build.bin file. After relaunching the vscode the problem wa

A: make files not hidden (unchiek hidden in windows)

A: it means that you have no right to access that file, in my case it was on *.jar files at c:\gradle subfolders so I solve it by cmd:
C:\icacls "[PathToYourDeniedFilesOrFolderLikeC:\gradle]" /grant [YourWindowsUserNameHereLikeUser]:(OI)(CI)F /T
if it did not work you can right click on that file go to security tab then add yourself to get full permission on it. Good Luck Coding . . .
Hope this Helps ^_^

A: OK.. To solve this issue, simple navigate to your project folder like  C:\Users\AndroidStudioProjects\Project.gradle\taskArtifacts folder and delete the file. The fileHashes.lock is holding a global lock and is preventing you from running your script. Deleting the folder would create the file again and your project will get built. Also there is a possibility that there are other locked files. Simply delete everything within the C:\Users\Administrator.gradle\caches folder.

A: Create a new Android project and move all your recovered files into it. This issue you are facing is because of existing settings in the old project.
Then ...
Go to File--> Project Structure --> Check Use Embedded JDK (Recommended)

A: whenever this happens
JUST DEL (MAKE A BACKUP 1ST) THE CULPRIT FILE (THE FILE RIGHT BEFORE THE MSG "ACCESS IS DENIED"
hope this helps

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