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AOPIS is a non-profit group set up originally in Australia in 2001. AOPIS now has pilot and cabin crew members in 14 countries globally and over 1,000 on our database with a large UK membership. Our members include those who have either suffered short or long term medical effects from exposure to contaminated air on commercial aircraft or crew who care about the issue. AOPIS is the leading non profit representative voice on the issue of contaminated air and was one of the main sponsors of the two day International Aero Conference that took place in London In April 2005. The International Aero Conference was called for by the then MP Paul Tyler now Lord Tyler, and John Smith MP and organised in the UK by the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA).
Our submission will focus specifically on contaminated air and on the fact that the UK CAA have not only failed to act to protect the travelling public and working crews, but have actively in our opinion, misinformed on the issue to protect the aviation industry that exclusively funds them. AOPIS will clearly show that in connection with protecting the travelling public and crew health, as well as their safety, during what is known as a "contaminated air event", the UK CAA have negligently failed to meet their duty of care towards the traveling public as well as the pilots and cabin crew who spend their working lives on commercial aircraft. These may seem harsh words to use in connection with what is generally accepted to be one of the worlds finest safety regulators, but our focus and concerns are solely in one arena, an arena which is the AOPIS raison d'etre: contaminated air. The failure of the CAA in this regard is not just related to UK aviation but has serious international consequences. The CAA is looked upon as a leading aviation regulator and is in a unique position of being able to shield the British Aviation Industry. Their failure has a domino effect throughout the industry globally. Our comments are referenced and factual and need action from the Transport Committee to influence much needed change.
1977: A 34 year old military navigator in a Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft experienced acute intoxication following inhalation of vaporized or aerosol synthetic lubricating oil from contaminated bleed air. Symptoms included headache, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, inco-ordination, lethargy, difficulty standing etc. The report concludes "Further investigation into the potential hazards from inhalation of synthetic oil fumes... is definitely warranted".
1981: Society of Automotive Engineers (Aerospace), "Engine compressor bearings upstream of the bleed ports are the most likely sources of lube oil entry in the engine air system and thence into the bleed system contaminating the cabin/cockpit air conditioning systems... At temperatures above 320 degC this oil breaks down into irritating and toxic compounds".
1983: Mobil: "If cabin air becomes contaminated with any lubricant and / or its decomposition products, in sufficient quantities, some degree of discomfort due to eye nose and throat irritation could be experienced. Problems like these can be generally traced to improper design, improper maintenance or malfunctioning of the aircraft".
1984: British Aerospace (BAe) Service Bulletin: SB 49-5, October 1984, "introduce an improved compressor inlet duct seal ... inadequate sealing... allows fumes to be sucked from the bay area through the APU and into the passenger cabin. Compliance "information" CAA approval no.DAI/1011/55". There are many such examples including those clearly listing oil leaks causing problems in the passenger compartment and air supply system.
1990: BAe Service Information Leaflet: "Operators have been reporting an increasing number of hot oil smells in the passenger cabin".
1984Present: The British Aerospace BAe 146 regional jet has an extensive case history of oil contamination. The manufacturer has taken steps to address this since the aircraft entered service in 1984 for which there are now in excess of 200 forms of data to show the extent of the problem. These include manufacturer Service Bulletins, Service Information Leaflets, All Operator Messages, Airworthiness Directives and airline internal actions etc... Similar Service Bulletins date back to at least 1985 on the Boeing 757 such as the B757 Service Bulletin noting cabin air contamination during the B757 engines certification program.
Following numerous reports of pilot and flight attendant impairment and ill health (short and long term) and reports of occasions when flight safety was being seriously compromised due to contaminated air events, the Australian Senate held a year long and very extensive inquiry in 1999 and 2000 specifically looking at the contaminated air problem on the BAe 146. The UK CAA was asked for their opinion, and responded to the Australian Regulator (CASA) and the Australian AAIB (ATSB) that they were unaware of crews becoming incapacitated or any related health issues.
1997: B757MOR No: 199705805: Very strong pungent oily smell in flight deck. Oily smell again very strong on flight deck during next departure but mild in cruiseduring latter part of cruise both flight crew experienced sore eyes/throats and mild headaches. Subsequent medical examination confirmed that both flight crew members had been exposed to toxic fumes.
(b) Crew and passenger compartment air must be free from harmful or hazardous concentrations of gases or vapors.
 House of Commons, 20 October 2004: CAA Aviation Health Unit advised it had not collated any information on symptoms from acute exposure to decomposition products in confined spaces.
 House of Commons, 9 February 2004: The CAA advised it was "not aware of any adverse long-term health effects in flight crew that can be traced back to the cabin environment".
 CAA Cabin Air Quality paper, 2004: "Although some references are made concerning long-term health effects, the scope of this research did not include an attempt to determine the extent of any such risk".
"we do not agree with the interpretation that events `leading to discomfort' should be considered a failure of JAR 25.831, unless there has been an adverse impact on `safe flight and landing'."
 The CAA is not responsible for events leading to crews feeling unwell or suffering irritation with no impairment such as nausea and headaches or irritation of the eyes, nose and throat.
Given that globally various regulations and directives list fire explosion, smoke or toxic or noxious fumes as reportable incidents, it is clear that the CAA is misinterpreting the mandatory airworthiness legislation of JAR (EASA) 25.831 a). The CAA is consistently selectively ignoring the words "discomfort and fatigue". The CAA interprets that pilots and cabin crew experiencing discomfort from headaches, nausea, irritation of the eyes, nose and throat irritation are having no impairment. Common sense tells us that a pilot performing under the above conditions will have some degree of impairment / effect on efficiency to duties, yet not all effects might be reported. The less serious effects such as headaches, nausea and discomfort ought not to be passed off by the CAA as "comfort issues" for which they have no responsibility as they may have long term health implications. The CAA itself has acknowledged that "contamination of the ventilation systems by engine oil fumes was the most likely cause of the reported problems" and "subsequent CAA investigations found no weight of evidence indicating that other causes were involved".
The CAA ought to be responsible for all situations that do or could have an impact on all stages of a proposed flight. The extensive database being currently collated by AOPIS as well as the CAA's own MOR database, certainly show there is an extensive list of incidents showing discomfort is occurring and most incidents are not reported.
In contrast having learnt from the 2000 Australian Senate Inquiry, the Australian regulator CASA now sates that all events of smoke, toxic or noxious fumes inside the aircraft are considered as a major defect and therefore in all cases reportable to the regulator., This is irrespective of whether or not the reported considers his/her or the crew's performance may have been impaired or not.
Numerous groups including AOPIS have reported to the CAA that contaminated air events were seriously being under reported as acknowledged by the Australian Senate Inquiry and by the BALPA 2002 survey. Rather than act as we believe the CAA should have, the CAA confirmed its lack of interest in a letter from Mr Tom Hamilton to BALPA.12 The AFAP survey, the BALPA survey and the Australian Senate Inquiry clearly acknowledged that contaminated air events were being under reported. Despite AOPIS telling the CAA that less than 10%, at best, of the lower intensity contaminated air events were being reported due to crew pressure and lack of education, the CAA have done little to encourage crews to report these events. The CAA claimed that fume events were very rare and occurred at the rate of one per 22,000 flights yet the BALPA 2002 survey information shows this figure to be grossly incorrect. 20 The CAA claim events are decreasing when in fact reports to AOPIS clearly show the opposite. Crews have sadly had to accept contaminated air events as part of the normal working environment due to the CAA's failure to act. An acceptance partly due to over 20 years of inadequate responses to this problem by the regulator, the CAA. A position the CAA sit quite happily with as Mr. Hamilton stated "The CAA did not have any evidence of under reporting from air crews and that the existing reporting arrangements appeared to be working satisfactorily".
There are a growing number of crews reporting short and long term health effects following contaminated air events, supported in many cases by extensive medical documentation from their doctors related to exposures to contaminated air by crews who fly the BAe 146, Emb145, B757, A320, B737 and other types. There is a long list of published papers from medical and scientific experts globally who have seen crews after these fume events. The CAA has previously advised that it was not appropriate for it to seek the views of crew's medical experts familiar with this subject or other interested parties. Some of the findings presented at the BALPA conference showed clear parallels with Gulf War Syndrome, exposure to sheep dip and other organophosphates. Why has the CAA never taken the initiative to see the extent of medical effects in crew members? When the CAA Chief Medical Officer suspended a pilot's medical certificate in 2000 based on the view of his consulting neurophysiologist that the pilot "may be suffering long-term exposure to organophosphate chemicals" and that the pilot "may be suffering from some sort of chemical exposure in the BAe 146", , why did the CAA not investigate the scale of the problem? If the CAA had taken a deeper look in to the problem it would have found what we have found. AOPIS has found that crews are showing lung and neurological problems resulting in their medical certificates being suspended.
Much of this information was again confirmed by leading medical experts at the 2005 BALPA conference on contaminated air which we co-sponsored. Despite the conference showing even more new data the CAA advised there was no new information presented and the data available was inconclusive and unsupported. The failure of the CAA to even acknowledge the BALPA Conference findings just shows the extent of industry influence. When asked in the House of Commons26 why the CAA had not contacted the specialists who were aware of the effects being experienced by crew, they replied that the CAA research to date "was a specific piece of research and therefore it was not appropriate for the CAA to seek the views, either from medical experts or other stakeholder".
 TCP is a toxic mixture that can cause a wide array of transitory or permanent neurological dysfunctions when swallowed. However, there have been no recorded cases of neurological harm in humans following dermal or inhalation exposure. This means that the substance can be potentially harmful if swallowed in large enough quantity, but is not harmful if absorbed through the skin or breathed in."
 Acute/chronic hazardsThis compound is toxic by inhalation, ingestion or by absorption through the skin. It is an irritant of the skin and eyes. It is also an irritant of the mucous membranes and respiratory tract. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of phosphorus oxides.
8Combustion Products: Toxic fumes may be evolved on burning or exposure to heat.
Inhalation: At normal ambient temperatures this product will be unlikely to present an inhalation hazard because of its low volatility. May cause irritation to eyes nose and throat due to exposure to vapour mists or fumes. May be harmful by inhalation if exposure to vapour mists or fumes resulting from thermal decomposition products occurs.
How can the CAA allow such misinformation to be allowed, particularly when it and similar information is being disseminated by aviation medical departments and CAA appointed Aviation Medical Examiners?
At the BALPA conference of 2005, evidence was presented that the organophosphate TCP was being found on the walls of BAe 146 aircraft, a BAe 146 pilot's trousers, B757 dust and HEPA aircraft filters. The CAA has done nothing to discuss these findings with AOPIS, BALPA or ECA to the best of our knowledge, nor has it investigated these matters further despite this being a serious risk to public and crew health. In 2006 and 2007 100 percent of UK swab tests were positive for TCP.
The CAA is aware that contaminated air events occur and that toxicological research on the effects of inhalation of the pyrolysis products of jet engine oils and hydraulic fluids has never been done. Research undertaken on the effects of the oils and its components to date have relied upon studies on rats and hens via oral ingestion of the unheated product with the toxicity referenced solely to the extreme medical condition known as OPIDN. OPIDN toxicity is not being described by crews. The toxicity which seems to be affecting crews is OPICN but this has never been investigated. The CAA ignorantly assume that OPIDN ingestion toxicity of an unheated product is the same as OPICN toxicity via inhalation exposure to pyrolised engine oils and hydraulic fluids. It is well reported that inhalation exposure is more toxic than ingestion.
The CAA 2004 research paper which no crew body such as IFALPA, AOPIS or BALPA or any independent medical doctor or scientist had any input on, had over 50 errors in it which BALPA highlighted to the CAA in a letter dated 2 April 2004 and apparently still await a full written reply over 18 months later.
Even though the correct toxicological testing has never been done, the 2004 CAA cabin air quality paper relies heavily on flawed data and deliberate misinformation to say the oils are not toxic. The CAA paper states that no single component or set of components identified in the BAe paper listed as Marshman S J. Analysis of the thermal degradation products of a synthetic ester gas turbine lubricant, DERA/FST/CET/ CR010527 (2001), marked: Commercial RestrictedProprietary Information, could definitely cause the symptoms reported by crews. The CAA paper incorrectly states that the TOCP isomer of the organophosphate TCP (present in the oils at about 3%) is the most toxic isomer. This is not the case. The most toxic isomer of TCP is MOCP. The paper which was prepared by the DSTL for the CAA completely ignores and fails to mention anywhere that the more toxic isomers in the TCP, notably MOCP and DOCP are present. MOCP and DOCP are in synthetic jet engine oils according to Mobil at significantly higher quantities than TOCP and have been known for over 40 years to be 10 and five times more toxic than TOCP.
Reliance on a BAe paper, subject to legal privilege and exempt from public disclosure, to say the air quality in BAe 146 aircraft is satisfactory is highly inappropriate. This is hardly an independent or objective way of investigating the issue. Compare this attitude to the US Federal Aviation Administration who launched in July 2005 a two year US$2 million funded research project and invited independent universities as well as labor representatives to participate in. Its worth pointing out the FAA have invited the UK AHWG and CAA AHU to be part of this project at no cost to the UK tax payer, but this has to date been declined. How the CAA can decline to be part in a no cost scientific exercise to find out for the first time what contaminants are present in a contaminated air event is inappropriate and should be investigated.
Crews are presenting to doctors for treatment following a contaminated event, yet these doctors and medical staff do not know how to deal with these issues as they are specialist issues and yet the CAA has failed to offer any structured medical protocol or guidance to doctors, passengers or affected crews.
Airlines around the world do not tell passengers when they have been exposed to contaminated air events, despite the UK Government informing the House of Commons that while the pilot was not trained to identify specific chemical contaminants; "The captain has discretion to inform passengers of an event".
However, AOPIS members in the UK have been told by their employers that they should not tell passengers they have been exposed unless they ask for medical treatment. This must surely be gross negligence as how are passengers expected to get treatment if they have not been told. Most passengers will assume the air is safe and any contaminants they are exposed to are harmless despite the 2005 BALPA conference attendees being told that pregnant passengers were most at risk. The CAA should request airlines to tell passengers they have been exposed to contaminated air.
"The use of the precaution principle presupposes that the potential dangers of a phenomenon, a product or a process have been identified and that the scientific evaluation doesn't allow to establish the risk with sufficient certitude"
 a scientific risk evaluation which, owing to data insufficiency, of their non-conclusive character or their imprecision, doesn't allow the risk with a sufficient uncertainty."
 Further, we are concerned the passengers may also be suffering from similar symptoms to those exhibited by flight crew".
The CAA advised the House of Lords in 2000 that it is focused on air safety and is not concerned with crew general or longer-term health unless there is an impact on pilot medical certification. Additionally the CAA stated it had no direct responsibility of passenger health or comfort. At the same time the HSE also had no active responsibilities in relation to the health of airline passengers or crew. Are the CAA capable of the task whilst being funded by industry?
We believe issues of health and safety should not be funded by the industry the CAA seeks to regulate. We also believe that a complete independent public investigation into the issues of contaminated air should be actioned as a matter of urgency to protect crew and public health. The current COT research is not independent, not open to open public review, meeting minutes are not accurate, information is misrepresented, the public are not allowed to speak at meetings etc. Filtration systems exist that could be fitted at low cost (£10,000) to protect the travelling passengers and crews. However, this would need action on the part of the CAA, not the continued denial and protective attitude towards the British Aerospace industry, notably the BAe 146 aircraft.

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A collection of oral histories that reveal the loss of cultural continuity, identity, shifts in family responsibilities, gender roles and fractured relationships between generations that are just some of the challenges people face as they attempt to rebuild lives and communities.
‘Home’ is a significant geographical and social concept. It is not only a three-dimensional structure, a shelter, but it is also a matrix of social relations and has wide symbolic and ideological meanings; home can be feelings of belonging or of alienation; feelings of home can be stretched across the world, connected to a nation or attached to a house; the spaces and imaginaries of home are central to the construction of people’s identities. An essential guide to studying home and domesticity, this book locates ‘home’ within wider traditions of thought. It analyzes different sources, methods and examples in both historical and contemporary contexts; ranging from homes on the American frontier and imperial domesticity in British India, to Australian suburbs, multicultural London, and South Asian diasporic homes. The core argument of the book has three main parts that cut across each of its chapters: home-making identity and belonging homely and unhomely spaces. Each chapter includes text boxes and exercises and is well illustrated with cartoons, line drawings, and photographs. Outlining the social relations shaping, (and being influenced by) the geographies of home; and the imaginative as well as material importance of home, this book will be a valuable reference for students of geography, sociology, gender studies, and those interested in the home and domesticity.
Looks at financial crises that have plagued various economies around the world and uses this information to interpret today's financial upheaval and its implications for the future.

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This indispensable bench companion features up–to–date coverage of advances in chemistry and assesses their impact on developing new therapeutics, making it ideal for chemical biologists and medicinal chemists who are developing small molecule drugs to target proteins and treat diseases. In addition, the book examines the full range of complex biological systems and their interrelationship with chemistry, from the interaction of biological response modifiers with proteins to the chemical biology of cell surface oligosaccharides.
Chapter 1: Chemical biology based on the small molecule–protein interaction (Hiroyuki Osada).
Chapter 2: Target Profiling of Small Molecules (Leonid L. Chepelev, and Michel Dumontier).
Chapter 3: Novel application of affinity beads (Yasuaki Kabe, Mamoru Hatakeyama, Satoshi Sakamoto, Kousuke Nishio, and Hiroshi Handa).
Chapter 4: Immolization of small molecules on solid phase (Naoki Kanoh, and Hiroyuki Osada).
Chapter 5: Application of phage display technique to identify the target protein (Yoon Sun Cho and Ho Jeong Kwon).
Chapter 6: Development of fluorescent probes for small molecules (Adrian P. Neal, and Carsten Schultz).
Chapter 7: Development of small molecule ligands and inhibitors (Leonid L. Chepelev, Nikolai L. Chepelev, Hooman Shadnia, William G. Willmore, James S. Wright, and Michel Dumontier).
Chapter 8: Interaction of biological response modifier with proteins (Yuichi Hashimoto).
Chapter 9: Chemical biology of cell motility inhibitors (Tatsuro Kawamura, Mitsuhiro Kitagawa, and Masaya Imoto).
Chapter 10: Chemical biology of cell surface oligosaccarides (Prabhani U. Atukorale, Sean S. Choi, Udayanath Aich, Christopher T. Campbell, M. Adam Meledeo, and Kevin J. Yarema).
Chapter 11: Chemical genomics based on yeast genetics (Shinichi Nishimura, and Yoko Yashiroda Minoru Yoshida).
Chapter 12: Data Fact of small molecules and their target proteins (Takeo Usui, Akiko Saito, and Hiroyuki Osada).

industry_corpus2: Petrochemicals


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“La Puerta” means “the door” in Spanish. The name of this square comes from my nephew who said he thought it looked like a door.
This is my first afghan square design. I was completely out of my comfort level when I first jumped in to be a part of this CAL. I’m glad I did though because I had lots of fun coming up with this design!
This pattern uses really basic stitches along with my favorites, Front and Back Post DC!
I tried to make something pretty and symmetrical. I hope you all enjoy!

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Hey all. You guys asked for a strategy discussion for our battle reports and here is our first go at it. Leave a comment and let us know if this is what you were looking for. In this video I go through how I approached the game and explain the different micro tactics that I used to help give myself the edge. If there was anything else in particular that you were interested in knowing just ask in a comment below and I will try my best to answer.
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Hey all, its Son of Adam again with a littletactic for deployment; the second sphere of Game Strategy. In this write up we are going to talk about how faster armies can really take advantage of the refuse flank deployment.
Swarm/non elite armies have an advantage and disadvantage in their numbers. They can overwhelm an elite force or outlast it in a battle of attrition. However, its disadvantage is in the deployment sphere. You can only physically fit so many models on any given portion of the table, and so these armies are forced to spread out or play some squads in reserve. Either way, this deployment style has a weakness against the refuse flank deployment. (Something else I must note here is that swarm armies are forced to do this, but many elite armiesdo this as well, from tactical necessity, or poor play. Either way it will open up the opportunity to take advantage of the refuse flank style of deployment).
The Tau Piranha is a good example of a unit that can take advantage of the refuse flank tactic.
In the refuse flank tactic, you can counter deploy against an enemy that has spread out by focusing all of your forces on one flank of the table. The advantage here, which is best utilized by ranged or fast moving units, is to be able to bring the full force of your army against a smaller portion of your opponent’s army, in order to overwhelm it with less losses.
For example let’s imagine that a Vulkan player takes 4 rhinos full o’ tacs and evenly spreads them across his dawn of war deployment zone. You take your speedy Dark Eldar list and counter deploy them all on his right flank. Now when the game starts all he has to do is prepare the two rhinos in range for your force, and hurriedly try to move the other two to that side of the table, forfeiting all of their support until they get there. Then you can bring all of your mobility and firepower to bear in order to overwhelm his two tactical squads just in time to now take the same force against the other two that have essentially just made it to the fight.
with your list. If your opponents army is better than yours and makes this mistake (or is forced to), then you can even the odds by making a portion of his army irrelevant for the purposes of the game.
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portland imc - 2007.02.21 - Save Madison South Rally: We Love Our Neighborhood’s Livability!
Save Madison South Rally: We Love Our Neighborhood’s Livability!
Over 125 neighbors, business people and allied partners in the effort to find an alternative to the proposed big box store on NE 82nd and Siskiyou rallied together on Saturday, February 17 to show their solidarity to preserving neighborhood livability. Rally attendees brought along their children, dogs, fellow neighbors and friends, showing the strong community ties of the neighborhood's diverse population. Numerous students from nearby Madison High School were also present, showing their concern over such a large development across from their school.

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text: Henry Shaw & Sons Ltd has always been a family firm. Founded by Henry Shaw in 1799, the company was initially set up as a manufacturer of wrought nails, rivets and chains. Henry bought a house in Park Street, Birmingham from a Mr Lloyd (later of Lloyd's bank fame) and leased two warehouses from Great Western Railways.

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Our experienced team of plumber Abbey Wood will undertake domestic and commercial plumbing contracts for new boilers, boiler repair, leaking taps, leaking pipes, unblock toilet, unblock sink, new bathroom installations, repairs or replacements and provide a free non-obligation quote. The price we quote will be the price you pay – there are no hidden extras or nasty financial surprises and all of our work is fully insured and guaranteed.
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When it comes to buying or leasing a new Hyundai car the options can be confusing. Buying means you pay for the entire cost of the vehicle, while leasing means you pay for only a portion of the vehicle's cost. Country Hills Hyundai is here to help make your Calgary car loan choices easier. To help you make an informed decision, our Hyundai finance department has provided the information below. We hope you find it informative and useful. Visit our Calgary, AB Hyundai dealership for more information on Hyundai cars today.
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Definitely not done with shearling yet. Not even in summer.
I'm off to watch an early screening of Moneyball tonight. Here's hoping the statistician in me will be suitably impressed.
AND this uber refined crochet top wraps you like a "BOMBnextDoor(icious)" veil Here I can't help BUT say (§ widely approve) Dear !!!
I love your jacket - just amazing!!!
the sunnies look so pretty!
I love this look...especially the crochet crop top!! I soo need that in my life for summer!!
love the lace n leather!
so pretty!! love this outfit!
I just can't get over how stunning you are and how amazing your styles is!
Cool outfit. I enjoyed Moneyball hope you do too.
Love the leather jacket with the crochet top! edgy yet sweet look!
Haven't seen that movie yet. I have a similar crochet top, and I adore it! Love how you've styled it with the Romwe jacket! And what nail color are you wearing?
Beautiful ! Love the crochet top mixed with this jacket !
I LOVE the top and the jacket! Amazing outfit!!
Adore your style girl! Love the shearling jacket.
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I've been dying to see that movie, you'll have to let me know how it is! I'm loving this outfit and the way you combined some summer elements like the lace and sunnies with the shearling. You look stunning like always!
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There is something so luxe/badass about shearling.. and then to combine it with the lace. This outfit has stolen my heart, seriously.
I absolutely adore this look..I love how you styled the lace top with an edgy leather jacket you look wonderful!
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BP awards BHGE and McDermott SURF and SPS equipment orders for Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) natural gas project. The companies are working together to realize efficiency, drive project synergies and enhance delivery times.
McDermott International, Inc. and Baker Hughes, a GE company have announced today that they have been awarded subsea umbilical, risers and flowlines (SURF) and subsea production system (SPS) equipment contracts by BP for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project, located offshore Mauritania and Senegal. BP, BHGE and McDermott are working together to realize efficiencies, synergies and enhanced delivery times.
These latest awards follow an initial front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase, during which BHGE and McDermott worked together to define the technology and equipment scope for a four-well development phase. Project management and engineering teams from BP, BHGE and McDermott will remain co-located at McDermott’s London offices for this next phase.
BHGE has also signed an agreement to become a “Country Partner” of Invest in Africa’s (IIA) Senegal chapter, of which BP is a founding member. The IIA helps local suppliers to connect with international oil and gas companies, increasing the opportunities for local businesses to support large-scale projects, and training African suppliers on core business skills and entrepreneurship.

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text: When her seventeenth summer solstice arrives, Brienna desires only two things: to master her passion and to be chosen by a patron. Growing up in the southern kingdom of Valenia at the renowned Magnalia House should have prepared her. While some are born with a talent for one of the five passions - art, music, dramatics, wit, and knowledge - Brienna struggled to find hers until she chose knowledge. However, despite all her preparations, Brienna's greatest fear comes true: she is left without a patron. Months later, her life takes an unexpected turn when a disgraced lord offers her patronage. Suspicious of his intent, she reluctantly accepts. But there is much more to his story, for there is a dangerous plot to overthrow the king of Maevana - the rival kingdom of Valenia - and restore the rightful queen, and her magic, to the northern throne. And others are involved, some closer to Brienna than she realizes. With war brewing, Brienna must choose which side she will remain loyal to - passion or blood. Because a queen is destined to rise and lead the battle to reclaim the crown. Who will be that queen?

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Creative Support is a national not-for-profit organization which is looking to recruit warm and person centred individuals in Shrewsbury to provide the highest standards to service users with autism and learning disabilities. We have a strong history of twenty five years in helping individuals with a wide range of needs to live independent and fulfilling lives.
We are looking for a warm, positive and enthusiastic individual to provide night time support to four women with a range of learning disabilities in their own home. You will provide support for a service user who has epilepsy, administering rescue medication when necessary. You will also be required to undertake any other care needs that may arise during the night, and ensure that tenants remain safe and supported in their home. On call support is available during the night shift.
Previous experience is not essential as full training will be provided. Exempt from section 7 2e of the SDA.

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Our downtown Louisville hotel celebrates Kentucky’s bourbon heritage as one of five founding members of the Urban Bourbon Trail. Featuring many of the world’s most notable bourbon bars, the establishments on the trail all have a marvelous collection of labels—at least 50 different bourbons—at any given time.
As impressive as that seems, it gets even better . . .
To experience the trail in all its spirit and glory, there’s a free passport that helps you keep track of where you’ve been and where to go to next.
Remember, there’s no right or wrong way to drink bourbon. You’ll find bourbon-inspired creativity in foods, specialty cocktails, and even in tasty treats like milkshakes.
Check out the menu at Porch Kitchen & Bar and discover something deliciously bourbon that’s just right for you.

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text: "Standing in for a model, Lyka’s paragliding costume accidentally sends her flying aimlessly in the air and lands her right where Noah and his troop are conducting an operation to rescue Manolo, proprietor of the House of Elle. Lyka smiles at her good fortune, but Noah, on the other hand, thinks of her arrival as bad luck. Lyka and Noah are oblivious to the attachment they once shared as children and to the fact that they are truly bound to encounter each other again, for Leon is finding ways to have his surrogate son hired as Lady Elle’s bodyguard."

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Whether you enjoy a day fishing on the Rio Grande or an afternoon sitting amongst the great spruce trees catching up on your favorite book, Little Squaw Resort can provide you with as little or as many activities as your family desires. Play a game of horseshoes, badminton or croquet. Or just skip rocks into the river (of course when all the fishermen have headed in for the night). You will enjoy slowing down the pace of your day here. If you venture into Creede or Lake City, you will find local shops, galleries and restaurants to enjoy.
Lake City/Hinsdale County Chamber of Commerce 1-800-569-1874.
Jeep rentals can be found at: www.lakecityco.com under recreation/jeep rentals.

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text: You can often find us in the City of Westminster, but not usually on the ground. Trying to find suitable locations for shows in London with its dense population and high rise buildings is not easy. Our solution is simple, go up high above the streets where we work on some of London’s landmark properties, including the Savoy through to the Pearlfisher building in W6. Rooftops are always a challenge with significant access issues, fortunately our teams are extremely adept at navigating small spaces!


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This week we’ve been to Devon and built a 3D printer. The FBI tells everyone to reboot your routers, PUBG sues Fortnite, GDPR happened, the Mosquitto project gets sponsorship and we round up the community news.
It’s Season 11 Episode 13 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.
Alan has been building an Anet A8 3D Printer.
Oggcamp: 18th to 19th of August 2018 – Sheffield, UK.
Awarded DotEveryone fairer tech event grant to run a Coder Dojo.
That’s all for this week! You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube. If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to show@ubuntupodcast.org or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

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"The 2010 theme for WordPress is stylish, customizable, simple, and readable -- make it yours with a custom menu, header image, and background. Twenty Ten supports six widgetized areas (two in the sidebar, four in the footer) and featured images (thumbnails for gallery posts and custom header images for posts and pages). It includes stylesheets for print and the admin Visual Editor, special styles for posts in the "Asides" and "Gallery" categories, and has an optional one-column page template that removes the sidebar."
We crawl the top 1+ million sites and these are the most popular websites we've found using the Twenty Ten WordPress theme.

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Hey everyone! Welcome to Speech Technology magazine’s first blog. All the content on this site will be managed by me, Lauren Shopp, the magazine’s assistant editor. In coming weeks, additions will be made by other ST staff members, and hopefully a few industry insiders, as well. While news updates are made daily to our main Web site, the blog will function as a means to examine the industry’s news and developments in a more casual, critical tone. Expect daily updates about everything from ASR to VUI, with lots of links, threads, and even a few pictures thrown in for good measure.
If you’d like to drop us a line with story ideas, we have our own blog-specific email address: blog@speechtechblog.com. And, of course, your comments are encouraged on our posts. See you soon!


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Read4Learn-You need to design a deployment solution for the rewritten Web application. Which approach should you recommend?
You need to design a deployment solution for the rewritten Web application. Which approach should you recommend?
Deploy the rewritten Web application to the same file path on each server in the Web farm.
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An edited version of this piece was published at Newsweek Middle East edition.
The medieval Mamluks claimed spiritual authority by protecting (actually holding hostage) the heir to the defunct Abbasid Caliphate. Their modern proteges claim the authority of the popular will, also held hostage, as periodically demonstrated by staged plebiscites.
At first the neo-Mamluks redistributed wealth from the old oligarchy, but then closely guarded the spoils. Both their privatisations and nationalisations are more correctly described as expropriations.
Perhaps more useful than the Mamluk parallel is an image Filiu borrows from 1990s Turkey: the ‘deep state’ of the title – a power nexus of organised crime, business, and the military-intelligence security sector, which solidifies most obviously in response to revolutionary challenges.
Opaque military budgets facilitate profiteering, as do military adventures – Egypt in 1960s Yemen, for instance, or the Syrian ‘locusts’ during the occupation of Lebanon. The PKK’s heroin labs in the Bekaa valley provided a particularly lucrative perk for Syria’s ‘shabeeha’ – regime-approved smugglers then, counter-revolutionary paramilitaries now. Closed borders (as between Morocco and Algeria) may be bad for development, but they boost smuggling revenues and so benefit the ruling clique.
As protection-racketeers, the “security mafias” profit from peace as much as war. The Egyptian army receives American billions in return for its truce with Israel. Syria, meanwhile, milked both the USSR and the Gulf for being a ‘frontline state’ respecting the rules of the regional game.
They offer both their own subjects and the West a security deal against demons of their own invention, and the West has long been consistent in its support for the false stability they market.
After driving Saddam Hussain’s army from Kuwait in 1991, the US nevertheless permitted Saddam’s use of helicopter gunships to repress a popular uprising.
Later that year the Algerian regime cancelled elections which the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) was poised to win. The state armed pro-regime militias, banned the FIS, arrested its leaders, killed hundreds of protestors, and rounded up opponents, secularists included, accusing them of ‘terrorism’. In this climate the jihadist Armed Islamic Group (GIA) emerged; it slaughtered thousands of innocents. The army was accused of “military complicity or waging a ‘dirty war’ against the population”. At least 100,000 died. The experience “transformed profoundly an Algerian public who had learned in the hardest manner possible how to stay docile”.
It is an oft-repeated pattern. The Mamluks will provoke chaos, even civil war, to guard their thrones.
Filiu describes the rebound of Egypt’s deep state in 2011/12 – a “tripartite alliance between militarised intelligence, politicised judiciary and criminal gangs” which manoeuvred to defend its priviliges while neutralising the revolution’s democratic urges.
August 2013 was a pivotal moment: before it, revolutionary hopes for dignity and freedom; after it, despair, terror, and rising jihadism. In Egypt the Rabia massacre marked the start of the liquidation of the Muslim Brotherhood, then repression of leftists, liberals and workers. Sisi’s rhetoric associated all opposition with jihadism in the Sinai – a threat greatly exacerbated by the army’s iron fist tactics against the marginalised Beduin there. And on August 21st, Sisi’s ruthlessness was exceeded by the Syrian regime’s, when it murdered 1400 Damascenes with sarin gas.
In Libya, using the same war-on-jihadism rhetoric, the Sisi-backed Tobruk government has until recently attacked distant Tripoli but ignored nearby Derna, held by ISIS. And in Syria, Assad and Russia, mouthing the same words, focus their fire on democratic-nationalist rebels but generally leave ISIS alone.
The Assad regime has long played this game. In the early months of the revolution, while it was assassinating peaceful, non-sectarian activists, it released hundreds of jihadists from prison – including Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, leader of Jabhat al-Nusra. Now Assad – an arsonist dressed as a fireman – offers his tyranny’s collaboration against terrorism. Far too many are taking the offer seriously.
It should be clear by now. In Algeria, Egypt, Syria and elsewhere, the alternative to popular participation is not ‘stability’ but terror. The alternative to democratic Islamism is not secularism, but jihadism.
We need an approach like Filiu’s – less naive, more attuned to context, less willing to fall for the tyrants’ tricks. An approach which recognises that sovereignty belongs to people, not to states or the gangsters who seize them.
Some precision is needed here. One should talk about a revolutionary process which has been diverted or aborted by the counter-revolution. Before the uprisings ever reached a revolution, they were stopped.
I think it can be argued, at least in Syria, that the two exist at the same time. no revolution has reached an end point (if they ever do); the counter-revolutions similarly. the process unfolding will take decades.
The tow men on each side of Asshead are Dawoud Rajiha (left) and Hassan Turkmani (right) both dead now and funnily enough one the chief of the Mukhabarat is called Ali MAMLUK.

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SUNRISE - Earl Joseph Hinkel, 49, of Sunrise, FL died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 at his home after a battle with cancer.
Joe was born Dec. 19, 1969 in Akron to John and Geraldine (Gardner) Hinkel Sr. and was named after his paternal grandfather. In 1972 Joe’s family moved from the city to the countryside outside of Rittman. Joe lived in the surrounding area for the next 43 years and during this time he became a diehard Pittsburgh Steelers fan. He developed an uncanny ability as a master tinkerer who was able to repair just about anything. As a young father, he did his best to raise his children and in 2001 he married his soul mate, Candace. Joe truly came to know the Lord as his personal Savior in the summer of 2006 and he moved to Florida in the summer of 2015 where he joined the Plantation Baptist Church. Joe is survived by his wife, Candace, his children, Joey, Tasha, Tommy and Autumn, step-daughter, Jasmine; grandchildren, Dominic, Endymion and Sadie; his mother, Geraldine Hinkel and his brother John and his family, Susan, Daniel and Jack. His father preceded him in death in 2014.
A service was held at Plantation Baptist Church on Wednesday, Feb. 6th with a service in Ohio to be held at a later date.


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I arrived for the last Day of the 2018 X Games early, exhausted and tired running on 3 hours of sleep. But even in my not so bright state of mind I noticed 2 changes. Gone were the dirt ramps and jumps. The ground had been flattened into a race track (that one I was expecting). The surprise was that the audience had changed as well. Many were, for lack of a better word…burly (I’m burly myself, so sush, I can use that word). Well that only made sense as 2 Harley Davidson events were scheduled for Sunday AM.
I had to look up what Hooling racing was – the best explanation I found was ‘Run what you brung’ – basically it’s amateur / semi pro racing on stripped down street bikes. The bikes are as distinct as their owners and watching them was good fun.
The Harley-Davidson Flat Track Racing is Hooligan’s more grown up cousin with pro teams and riders. Usually on held on a longer concrete surface, the shorter dirt course proved to be challenging to the riders and cool to watch. I couldn’t help but wonder if the boxes that marked the inner border of the track and that got kicked loose frequently were caused by tighter turns or if they were simply part of that racing series.
Women’s Skateboard Park featured our strongest local contender Nicole Hause from Stillwater. The difference in riding styles (to my amateur eyes) from the men’s competition was interesting more relying on flow than strength. The field was also quite young with 3 of the 8 competitors being teens. Heck, gold medalist, Brighton Zeuner just turned 14 and she was last year’s winner as well. And Sable Norris took 2nd at her X Games debut, also at just 13.All women wore helmets (where the men had not) different rules? Or do girls just have more comment sense?
Nicole Hause came in 5th but certainly won for biggest and loudest fan section.
Men’s Street Finals also had a local connection: Alec Majerus from Rochester. This seemed to the the most anticipated event with a huge crowd and models in Monster outfits placed around the course. (Can we get some oilded up dudes for the women’s competition next year? Seems only fair). At the end of some spectacular runs, Nyjah Huston emerged victorious.
Closing the competition were the BMX Park Finals, with Wisconsin native Mykel Larriin lending a somewhat MN connection. The Park course turned out to be my favorite to photograph. It had some great angles to capture jumps and both skaters and riders seemed to like its flow. The final X Games medal went to Australia’s Logan Martin.
Many of the fans moved to the Armory for the Zedd concert. Getting started at 5PM may be unusual for an EDM show, but I don’t think anyone in the crowd thought about the time of day much as they danced.

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Whether you’re leaving university and looking to follow your dream of working in the mountains, or yearning for a career change or life challenge, training to become a ski or snowboard instructor is a great chance to improve technique while experiencing life in a ski resort.
The qualifications on offer vary, so check they cover the country in which you would like to teach - the most common are those of the British Association of Snowsports Instructors (BASI) and the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance (CSIA) or Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors (CASI). Also bear in mind that ski or snowboard equipment rental, flights and insurance are not usually included in the price of the course.
Here’s our round-up of the best courses on offer from a variety of schools and academies in resorts from France to Canada. Courses usually take place in the winter season, but those on European glaciers in summer include the Warren Smith Ski Academy's nine-week course starting in Cervinia, Italy, in July, and a two-week course with Snoworks in Tignes, France. If prepared to travel further afield, there are Peak Leaders or Ski Instructor Academy summer courses in Argentina, and a SnowSkool course in New Zealand.
These can potentially give an earlier start to a career as an instructor, and there are also courses starting in autumn, from schools including Snoworks and New Generation, which allow for getting a job at the end of the same season.
All Tracks Academy operates varied ski and snowboard instructor courses lasting from four to 15 weeks from its base in Whistler, making the most of the resort’s extensive terrain - it's the biggest in Canada. Courses cover CSIA or CASI levels 1 and 2, and run from November until April, with the earlier courses giving graduates the chance to find a job for the rest of the season.
The seven-week intensive ski or snowboard course starts November 24 2018 and takes participants to level 2. There is an equal split between on-piste and off-piste training, and the Canadian Avalanche Association's Avalanche Skills Training level 1 course is also included over a weekend. The package costs from £5,650 depending on accommodation choice (there are both shared and private catered and self-catered options) and includes season lift pass, airport transfers, level 1 exam fee, social events and job recruitment service.
Basecamp runs two- to 14-week ski and snowboard instructor courses in France, Canada and New Zealand, offering level 1 and 2 BASI, CSIA/CASI or NZSIA (New Zealand Snowsports Instructors' Alliance) qualifications.
The 11-week ski or snowboard courses starting January 13 2019 in Méribel, France, which is at the centre of the huge Trois Vallées ski area, include tasters in freestyle and ski touring or split-boarding. Afterwards, graduates are introduced to the Interski ski school in Italy for employment opportunities, and there are BASI level 3 scholarships available for those who prove their worth during the course.
FAQ | What do BASI qualifications mean?
From £8,195, including chalet-board accommodation (breakfast every day, afternoon tea and dinner six days a week), airport transfers, season lift pass, a Basecamp jacket and BASI level 1 exam fees.
The 11- or 10-week New Generation BASI 1 and 2 ski instructor courses are offered in Méribel and Courchevel in France and Verbier in Switzerland, and combine piste performance training, freeride and freestyle sessions. A child protection module, first aid course and French lessons are also included.
The majority of the training is delivered by New Generation staff and three weeks by trainers supplied by BASI. The 11-week course in Courchevel, at one end of the massive Trois Vallées ski area, starts January 5 2019, and costs £8,550, including full-board (five days) accommodation in a shared chalet in Courchevel Le Praz, season lift pass, off-piste safety equipment, Planks ski jacket, level 1 and 2 BASI exam fees and career support.
Nonstop offers a wide range of skiing and snowboarding instructor courses, lasting from three to 20 weeks, in France, Canada and New Zealand. As well as the BASI, Canadian and New Zealand training systems, Nonstop's 20-week course gives the chance to go through the French system in Serre Chevalier.
Canada has been Nonstop's HQ since 2002 and it offers its 11-week CSIA/CASI level 1 and 2 ski and snowboard courses in Fernie, Banff and Red Mountain. All students complete their level 1 qualification and are then given the option to carry on to level 2 or to complete Nonstop’s All Mountain programme, a recreational course to improve slope skills.
The 11-week courses based in Fernie, famed for its adventurous terrain, start January 19 2019 and cost from £7,650, including accommodation in a four-bed room, five breakfasts and four dinners a week, season lift pass, level 1 and 2 exam fees, work experience, career support, in-resort transport and airport transfers. Extra qualifications such as first aid and activities such as heliskiing arranged at extra cost.
NothinButSnow runs CSIA instructor training including internships, up to level 3, in Big White, Canada, in partnership with the local ski school. The different courses run between January and April each season.
Its 12-week level 1 and 2 ski instructor course is NothinButSnow’s most popular course, which covers instruction for every level of skier from beginners up to advanced level. The course involves training five days a week, from Monday to Friday, and includes a season pass, gym access, course manuals, level 1 exam fee, career advice and placement support, chance to shadow another instructor and video analysis.
Students qualify with the CSIA level 1 and 2 certificates as well as CSIA membership and costs from £6,195. The standard course fee includes luxury ski-in/ski-out accommodation, based on two people sharing a twin room in a fully kitted out condo, in Big White. There is opportunity to upgrade to a number of other packages. NothinButSnow’s green run package offering flights, meals, transfers, the level 2 exam fee and a guaranteed job interview, for an additional £1,595. Other upgrades include tubing passes, custom fitted boots and skis.
NothinButSnow also offers ski instructor internships for people on a Canadian working visa, either over one or two winters. These offer the chance to gain hands-on work experience, certified training and a full-time paid placement in Big White.
Peak Leaders offers eight to 11-week BASI ski instructor courses in summer, autumn and winter in Switzerland and Argentina. The summer course is in Bariloche, the autumn course takes place in Saas Fee, and the winter course in Verbier.
The popular 10-week BASI levels 1 and 2 ski course based in Peak Leaders' home resort of Verbier, part of Switzerland's largest ski area, is run in partnership with Element Ski School. It runs from December 1 2018, leaving time to find work for the end of the season, and covers everything from off-piste, racing gates and avalanche training to freestyle sessions and first aid.
The package costs £8,800 and includes chalet-hotel accommodation just above the main lifts with breakfast and dinner five nights a week, Verbier 4-Valleys lift pass, level 1 and 2 BASI exam fees, French lessons and personal fitness training every week – there’s also a guaranteed job interview at the end of the course with local school Les Elfes.
Branching out from its luxury holiday offering, the tour operator Powder Byrne hosts an 18-week ski instructor course, Piste2Profession, from early December until April in the Swiss resort of Laax/Flims, which has a large ski area and extensive terrain park facilities. It also hosts the Brits.
Instructor training to BASI level 1 is provided in partnership with the Flims/Laax ski school (progression to level 2 available at additional cost), and participants also complete BASI's child-specific ski instructor module, as well as the local ski instructor course that is required before teaching in the Laax/Flims ski area.
Unusually, the course combines instructor training with more general Powder Byrne work experience, including customer service, ski technician work and event organisation. The cost of £10,500 includes flights, work permit, CRB check, specialist winter medical insurance, ski instructor insurance, ski uniform, ski and boot rental and discounts on food and drink in some restaurants, as well as ski instructor training, BASI level 1 exam fees, resort transfers, self-catering accommodation in Flims, season lift pass, avalanche awareness course and career support.
The Ski Instructor Academy's comprehensive range of ski and snowboard instructor courses mainly qualify students through the Austrian instructor training system - an Anwärter qualification is for teaching in snow-sports schools; the Landes system can lead to a higher level of qualification. The exception to the Austrian rule is Whistler, where students are in the Canadian CASI/CSIA system.
Courses last from four to 21 weeks, and there are opportunities to dual qualify as a ski and snowboard instructor - even for those starting their second discipline from scratch if they add an improver course. The 21-week Ultimate Snowsports Instructor course in the company's home resort of Kaprun/Zell am See starts November 3 2018, gives the chance to complete the ski and snowboard Anwärter and the Landes 1 ski qualifications in one season, with a guaranteed job in a Austrian ski school at the end.
The price of €9,480 includes lift pass, exam fees, airport transfers, self-catered accommodation, German lessons, gym classes, avalanche awareness training and an SIA jacket. There are options to upgrade to half board accommodation.
With the motto #BestDaysOfYourLife SnowSkool offers two- to 13-week instructor courses in Canada, France and New Zealand. Participants qualify into the Canadian or New Zealand instructor systems, or into the BASI system in France.
The 11-week CASI/CSIA level 1 and 2 courses in the relaxed and low-key Canadian resort of Big White, famed for its powder snow, start January 9 2019. The package costs £7,550 and includes flights to Canada, transfers, spacious and well-equipped ski-in/ski-out self-catering accommodation, five evening meals a week, lift pass, level 1 exam fees and career support.
As well as the chance to take level 2 exams, there are terrain park instructor and ski race trainer options, plus first aid and avalanche awareness courses at extra cost.
The main Snoworks GAP BASI 1 and 2 ski instructor course is eight weeks and runs in autumn on the Tignes glacier, starting October 15 2018 and ending mid December, enabling graduates to qualify by Christmas and potentially work the rest of the winter season. There is also a two-week level 1 course in summer, starting June 30 2018.
The eight-week programme includes avalanche safety training, ski servicing skills, fitness training, and a week dedicated to giant slalom race training, covering the physical and psychological side as well as carving and tactics such as picking a line. Snoworks also offers bespoke courses during the same period, so it's possible to reach level 1 on a two-week course for example.
Towards the end of the eight-week course, students teach mock lessons, which the company's usual ski clients volunteer to take part in, and at the end have the chance of a job in Japan, subject to interview. The course costs £7,750, including lift pass, level 1 and 2 exam fees, first aid course, child protection module, Salomon ski jacket, half-board chalet accommodation (breakfast every day, dinner with wine six nights a week) and resort transfers.
The Winter Sports Company offers a range of ski and snowboard instructor training, from three- to five-week entry-level courses for level 1 qualificaiton, to 18-week Zero to Hero courses that take participants up to level 3. With bases in France, Canada and New Zealand, there are options to qualify under the BASI, CSIA/CASI or NZSIA systems.
The 18-week Zero to Hero courses take place in Sun Peaks, Canada, and start November 27 2018, or November 26 2019 and include extras such as spending time with ski patrol, mountain safety and emergency response training. As well as training to level 3, it's possible to gain dual qualifications in skiing and snowboarding, and get an adaptive sports and terrain park qualification.
After a ski area expansion in 2014/15 Sun Peaks is now Canada's second largest ski area after Whistler, and its slopes are much quieter. The 18-week course costs £10,400 without flights, £10,845 with, and the price includes lift pass, level 1 exam fees, ski-in/ski-out hotel accommodation with kitchen, and breakfast and evening meals five days a week.
Run in association with IASI (the Irish Association of Snowsports Instructors), the Warren Smith Ski Academy's nine-week ski snstructor courses train students for their level 1 and 2 qualifications, while also teaching about ski biomechanics and sport psychology.
Also included is core and ski-specific physical training, avalanche and mountain awareness courses, ski servicing and maintenance training, sports psychology sessions, first aid training and a three-day level 1 freestyle coaching award.
There are two dates for the nine-week course. The first one is in summer, starting June 30 2018 on the glacier in Cervinia, Italy, meaning students will be ready to work the following season. The second is in winter, starting January 5 2019, and is hosted in Verbier, Switzerland.
The summer Cervinia course costs £4,299 per person, accommodation and food not included; b&b accommodation is available at the hotel Mon Reve in Cervinia from €3,150. The winter Verbier course costs £7,999, including half-board accommodation. Both include a season lift pass and IASI 1 and 2 exam fees.
Yes Tours runs CSIA and CASI instructor training courses in the Canadian resort of Whistler, with courses ranging from four to 11 weeks long, and starting on various dates between November and April.
Both catered and self-catered accommodation options are available, and all packages, no matter how long, include a Whistler Blackcomb season lift pass, and all exam costs, plus weekly après events and in-resort service.
The 11-week course is known as the ‘The Full Enchilada’ and costs from $11,250 in a quad-shared room in a self-catering chalet, with start dates in November, January and February available. It includes AST avalanche safety level 1 backcountry training, Canadian Association for Disabled skiers (CADS) level 1 training and terrain park training. The February courses include BASI level 2 certification – Yes is the only operator in Canada to offer this option.


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Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Financing of Terrorism warning (AML/CFT). This followed a review where requested information Act 2009 was not provided.
Charges filed against registered financial adviser Anthony Norman Wilson for making a false document and dishonestly using a document.
Charges filed against Garry James Patterson alleging contravention of the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act relating to various insurance policies.
The High Court declared that Mark Warminger’s trading conduct on two occasions (during his employment at Milford Asset Management) amounted to market manipulation.
Charges filed against Jeffrey Peter Honey and another individual relating to insider trading in shares of EROAD.
Trial aborted in the prosecution of former directors of finance companies, Viaduct Capital and Mutual Finance.
Following our complaint, the Financial Advisers Disciplinary Committee (FADC) found that an authorised financial adviser breached code standards relating to pension transfer advice and insurance advice.
The High Court imposed a penalty of $400,000 on Mark Warminger. He also received a five-year management ban.
Jeffrey Peter Honey sentenced to six months’ home detention after pleading guilty to one charge of insider trading.
Charges of theft by a person in a special relationship filed against Robert Ian South. Charges of obtaining by deception filed against Murray Byron Provan.
Innovative Securities Limited appeal against our decision to direct Companies Office to deregister them from the FSPR was dismissed.
Mark Warminger withdrew his appeal against the High Court judgment. Civil proceedings ended. High Court judgment enforced.
Former registered financial adviser Anthony Norman Wilson was sentenced to 150 hours of community work, six months’ community detention and ordered to pay reparations of $16,461 for forging clients’ initials and falsely amending insurance applications.
Prince & Partners Trustee Company admitted failings as trustee of Viaduct Capital Limited which went into receivership in 2010. We brought a claim against Prince & Partners pursuant to section 34 FMA Act. To settle the claim, Prince & Partners paid $4.5m, made admissions that we could publish and agreed not to act as a supervisor of any regulated offer of debt securities for five years.
Financial Service Providers Register (FSPR) report released about our work in this area between 2014 and 2017.
Charges filed against an individual alleging insider trading in shares of VMob (now trading as Plexure Group).
Charges filed against Stephen Robertson for theft by a person in a special relationship, dishonestly using a document and obtaining by deception.
We published a report on the outcome of investigation into potential market manipulation by Goldman Sachs.
Formal warning issued to Fullerton Markets for AML/CFT Act breaches related to inadequate risk assessment, compliance and due diligence.
The High Court heard a judicial review application and breach of confidence claim by ANZ against the FMA, concerning the interpretation of our powers under s59 of the Financial Markets Act 2011.

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At Marina Life Homes we specialise in the sale and letting of Marina, Waterside and Lifestyle Property across the South Coast.
With our head office based in Port Solent, we reach out to the main Marinas locally and offer a bespoke service and a wealth of knowledge in this specialised property market.
Knowledgable Marina residents and keen boaters, Rob and his team are always on hand to help you with every aspect of selling, purchasing or letting your home.
With expert service and very competitive fees you can’t go wrong with talking to Marina Life Homes.


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MAISON MAKAREM (“we” “us”) website(s) MAISONMAKAREM.COM (our “Site” or “Sites”) and related services are made available to you in accordance with the following Terms and Conditions of Use & Service, and any other rules posted on our Sites (collectively, the “TCUS”). Please read the TCUS carefully before placing any orders on www.maisonmakaram.com We recommend that you keep a copy of the TCUS for future reference.
MAISON MAKAREM is a trading name of Maison Makarem, a company registered in England and Wales under registration number 10405124. Our registered address is 15 Gunnersbury Avenue, London, United Kingdom, W5 3XD, UNITED KINGDOM.
We may modify the TCUS from time to time. Please read the TCUS and check back often. If you do not agree to any change to the TCUS then you must immediately stop using the Site. Any changes made after you have placed an order will not affect that order unless we are required to make the change by law.
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MAISON MAKAREM offers products for sale that are in stock and available for dispatch from our fulfilment providers. Occasionally however, we may be waiting for shipments from our manufacturer(s). Consequently you may from time to time be given the possibility of making a Advanced Payment for certain items in which case you are able to make a Pre-Order. This will ensure that you receive this item in priority once stock has been delivered to MAISON MAKAREM. MAISON MAKAREM will only take Pre-Orders for stock that has been scheduled for delivery by our manufacturer(s). Your rights regarding Pre-Orders are the same as those for any other purchase at MAISON MAKAREM.
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Product prices are set at the beginning of each season using existing currency exchange rates. These prices are subject to change if the applicable currency exchange rate changes or the items are subject to markdowns at any time during the selling period or where there have been material currency exchange rate fluctuations between manufacturing runs.
Customers purchasing from a country outside the United Kingdom may incur relevant import duty and tax. We recommend you contact your local customs authority to determine a landed cost price prior to purchase completion.
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We reserve the right not to accept your order in the event, for example, that we are unable to obtain authorization for payment, that shipping restrictions apply to a particular item, that the item ordered is out of stock or does not satisfy our quality control standards and is withdrawn, or that you do not meet the eligibility criteria set out within the TCUS.
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MAISON MAKAREM insures each purchase during the time it is in transit until it is delivered to your specified delivery address. Some of our shipping options require a signature for any goods delivered, at which point responsibility for your purchased goods passes to you. If you have specified a recipient who is not you for delivery purposes (for example as a gift) then you accept that evidence of a signature by them (or at that delivery address) is evidence of delivery and fulfilment by MAISON MAKAREM, and transfer of responsibility in the same way. The goods are your responsibility from the time we deliver them to the address you gave us.
On occasion, our shipping service providers may refuse to deliver your order if they are of the opinion that the shipping address is considered to be unsafe.
Please note that we aim to dispatch all orders within 24 to 48 hours. Delivery times appearing on the site are estimates and are to be used as a guide only and commence from the date of dispatch. In any event, we will deliver the goods to you within 30 days of the day on which we accept your order. MAISON MAKAREM is not responsible for any delays caused by destination customs clearance processes.
If delivery is delayed by any event outside of our control, we will contact you as soon as reasonably possible to let you know and we will take steps to minimize the effect of the delay. Provided we do this, we will not be liable for delays caused by the event, but if there is a risk of substantial delay you may contact us to cancel your order and we will give you a refund for any goods you have paid for but not received.
To exercise the right to cancel, you must inform us either by letter to: Notice of Contract Cancellation, Customer Care Department, MAISON MAKAREM, 15 Gunnersbury Avenue, London, United Kingdom, W5 3XD, United Kingdom, or by email to: customercare@maisonmakaram.com.
We will make reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than: (i) 14 days after the day we receive back from you any of the goods supplied; or (ii) (if earlier) 14 days after the day you provide us with evidence that the goods have been returned; or (iii) if no goods were supplied, 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your cancellation.
You shall return cancelled orders to: MAISON MAKAREM, Returns, CH Robinson Worldwide (UK), International House, Hodgson Way, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8YB.
You will have to bear the cost of returning the goods by using a trackable and insured service.
Please note you may only use your right to cancel the order under the ICACRs if you give us formal written or email notice of cancellation in accordance with the TCUS within 14 calendar days from the day after you receive your order.
If your item is faulty when you receive it, you can return it for a refund. Simply contact us at returns@maisonmakarem.com form explaining the fault and return to us within 14 days of receiving your goods.
We have made every effort to display as accurately as possible the colours of our products that appear on MAISON MAKAREM. However as tablets, telephones and computer monitors vary, we cannot guarantee that your monitor's display of any colour will be completely accurate.
We offer a flexible returns policy to make your online shopping experience even easier. We do monitor the number of returns made by customers, and continued returns will be flagged and potentially refused at our discretion or lead to the closure of your MAISON MAKAREM account.
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If MAISON MAKAREM fail to comply with the TCUS, we are responsible for loss or damage you suffer as a foreseeable result of us breaching the TCUS. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it is obvious that it will happen or if, at the time the contract is made, both you and MAISON MAKAREM knew it might happen, for example, if you discussed it with us during the sales process. We will only be liable for loss or damage up to 150% of the total value of goods purchased.
We are also not responsible for failure to meet any of our obligations under the TCUS where such failure is due to events beyond our reasonable control.
At our request, you agree to compensate us fully, defend us, and hold Interwear Ltd harmless immediately on demand, its officers, directors, agents, affiliates, licensors, and suppliers, from and against all liabilities, claims, expenses, damages and losses, including legal fees, arising from any breach of the TCUS by you, including the use by any other persons accessing this Site using your Internet account caused by your action or inaction.
You acknowledge and agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and MAISON MAKAREM as a result of the TCUS or your use of this Site. You agree that you may not and will not hold yourself out as a representative, agent, or employee of MAISON MAKAREM or Interwear Ltd, and we shall not be liable for any representation, act, or omission on your part.
If you breach the TCUS and we take no action against you, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies in any other situation where you breach the TCUS.
email customerservice@maisonmakaram.com giving full details including date of purchase and order reference number where applicable and your full name and address and contact details. The TCUS together with all our policies and procedures will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the relevant courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction.


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According to the How study, Western European consumers’ interest in high street and smaller shopping centres is increasing, however Eastern European shoppers prefer large centres.
The figures indicate that Czechs, Norwegians, Danes and Swedes place more focus on the retail offers, rather than added activities. Shoppers in Ireland, Italy, Romania, Spain and Turkey focused more on good Wi-Fi, cafes and restaurants – places to meet and spend time with friends.Overall, the most important factor was price, followed by cleanliness, convenience and security. Other important factors are the mix of tenants, parking facilities and personal security.
Access is critical, with Europeans travelling six to 15 minutes to their shopping area. Eastern Europeans travel around 16 to 30 minutes. Europeans shop around 39 times each year, while Czech consumers shop around 30 times per year. Younger people look for social aspects, but are not really concerned by parking facilities. Renovated centres attract more shoppers and the categories of shops most visited are fashion, entertainment and convenience. Well balanced centre sizes are vital implying that small centres have more potential.


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In the world of agile software development, there’s a lot of emphasis on things like story estimates, daily standups and team retrospectives. Those things are important but there’s a serious problem that none of them address — feature set. What features should the software have in the next release?
Waterfall development practitioners tend to include everything they can in their requirements specifications — if anyone requests it, put it on the list. Is it any wonder that those software projects take many months or even years to deliver anything of value?
Agile development practitioners talk about minimums — minimum viable product (MVP) or minimum marketable features (MMF). Both concepts appear reasonable but a critically important question is left unanswered. How is the minimum determined?
The simplistic answer is that it’s up to the product owner. Someone has to have the final say, right? Feature requests come from many sources including software developers, product managers, marketing experts, senior managers, and customers. Every one of them has a unique perspective and different needs. The product owner can help sort it all out but it’s never easy.
Let’s not forget the adage that people often don’t know what they want until they see it. The PO may spend many hours deriving MVP or MMF only to find out later that customers (the only opinions that really matter) either disagree with the choices or changed their minds.
Let everyone know that only features marked vital have any chance of making the next release. In the unlikely event that the vital feature list is short enough after one pass, you’re done. If not, you’ll need to repeat the process using the vitals only. If the list is still too long, do it again.
If you get stuck, that is, everything left is vital but there’s too much to do, let everyone know that the PO will make the final decision. Once the list is final, there is still one thing left do to.
The development team needs an opportunity to review the final list and look for inter-dependencies. For example, vital feature ‘A’ may require that non-vital feature ‘Z’ be implemented. Don’t skip this step!
What’s Most Valuable – Features, Quality or Time?


text: LearnZillion is an education software company that serves as the best delivery of the highest-quality curricula. In order for districts to successfully implement the highest-rated, open curriculum, they need more than just workbooks. With LearnZillion, districts empower teachers to spend less time building student-facing materials from scratch and more time strategizing to meet their student's needs. High-quality curriculum no longer requires weeks of prep.

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text: The Stout Street Bulldogs tailgate is located in Season Ticket Members Lot A (directly across from Gate B on the east side of the stadium) & starts 2 hours before every home game kick-off. Any supporter is welcome to show up and take part &, if you don't bring any food & drink with you, there is a suggested donation of $5. Alternatively, you can donate in advance online by going to the Reservations Page.


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Uniquely situated on ten peaceful acres close to Healesville Sanctuary and only a short drive to the Yarra Valley wineries.
Sanctuary House Resort Motel is the only motel accommodation in Healesville which enjoys a quiet 10 acre setting, off the main highway. Our Healesville accommodation is located only minutes from the world renowned Healesville Sanctuary and a short drive to the Yarra Valley wineries.
Our accommodation is rated a minimum 3 and a half stars, with queen size beds in all rooms. In room facilities include ensuites, free Foxtel, free wifi and split system heating/cooling.
On site facilities include an outdoor solar heated swimming pool, games room with table tennis, barbecue area, breakfast room and restaurant, and tranquil bush walk. We also offer special accommodation packages, along with discounted tickets to Healesville Sanctuary and Hedgend Maze.
Featuring a stunning banquet hall style interior, with lofty beams and exposed polished red gum tables.
We offer an Australian inspired menu with food sourced locally, as well as friendly service and a personal touch.
Unique location on ten serene acres near Healesville Sanctuary and just a short drive to the Yarra Valley wineries.
Standard and deluxe accommodation, for couples and families. Fully licensed restaurant/reception centre seating up to 120 people, ideal for functions, weddings and conferences.
Including: Queen size beds, Ensuites, Free Foxtel, Free guest wi-fi, Split system heating/cooling.
I stayed there for my partners birthday weekend and had a great time the room was nice and the restaurant had amazing food. The price of the room was affordable and the same with the meal. The service was amazing and the fireplace in reception was really warming.
A regular meeting place for a group of lace making friends. As usual a fabulous weekend, great food, good friends with lots of fun and laughter. We have already booked for next year.
My friends and I decided once again to stay at Sanctuary House. We stayed in the deluxe rooms. We felt like princesses as the rooms have wooden posted beds. The rooms were very clean and welcoming. The food at the restaurant was amazing and the service was great.