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The sheer range of advantages offered by the powerful new Tokheim EYE system are already being realised by one of the first UK service station businesses to install it: Ron Perry & Son’s two service stations located on the A19 near Hartlepool. As a long-established operation in the north of England, Ron Perry & Son has operated here for over 40 years, with three generations of the Perry family involved.
Current proprietor Ron Perry, son of the business’ founder, has expanded the northbound and southbound facilities to encompass facilities including forecourt shops and a cafe on each site. With such a variety of important operations to maintain, protect and manage Ron concluded that an existing seven-year old CCTV analogue system was no longer providing sufficiently detailed images or properly viewing areas of the sites required – including the fuel pumps. His longstanding relationship with Tokheim led to the installation in September 2012 of the Tokheim Eye system, and within six weeks it had already demonstrated its value in a multitude of ways.
Inspired by Tokheim EYE’s potential, Ron expanded the system with IP HD cameras out on the forecourt monitoring the pumps and maximising the value of a fully integrated system for his two sites. To help further increase security an automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) module was added. With this module added number plates are digitally read by the camera; with advantages including the ability to build a license plate database for blacklisting of vehicles involved in previous drive-offs, pre-empting potential thieves before they can leave with stolen fuel and thereby protecting the precious bottom line.
The technology has put a stop to motorists giving cashiers the wrong pump number and, while drive-offs were not a massive problem on Ron’s sites, it also prevents thieves from targeting his forecourts. “When the customer pulls the nozzle out, the system takes a photo of them and records them throughout the transaction. When they tell the cashier their pump number, a photo of them comes up on the till screen so staff can identify if it’s the correct person. On a busy forecourt customers can easily give the wrong pump number and the cashier ends up charging for the wrong amount. If someone has forgotten to pay, you can easily see at which point they forgot,” adds Ron.
The system is so powerful and easy to use that it proactively provides warnings and supplies the related data and visual evidence as a package. That means that problems do not slip through the net and can be quickly investigated.

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I find it difficult sometimes to write about my knitting, because so much of it is for the magazine. I'm supposed to keep that quiet, because of 'commercial sensitivity'. I can tell you, however, that Kate, the editor, tells me that my Volcanic wrap was a big hit on the stand at Ally Pally, and that they handed out lots of the correct pattern for it!
Hi Heather. Am off to do that 'what I need thing now'. Am so pleased your patterns are so succesfull!
Yay Heather on the success of your patterns!

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1981 Senate Bill 0728. An Act Developing A System Of Timely Payments For EOHS Contractors.
Title 1981 Senate Bill 0728. An Act Developing A System Of Timely Payments For EOHS Contractors.

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Now that I have a way to connect directly to the machine from the PC, I have a lot more options for software. Lightburn is doing everything I need with the laser, but for milling I need something else.
The best something else I’ve found so far is Fusion 360 + Universal GCODE Sender, though it does take awhile to learn everything.
The stock postprocessor moves it’s X and Y into position, then moves Z up. It assumes Z is already at a safe height. But that’s not always the case on my machine, and if I forgot to raise it, it would drag the endmill through the work at full speed. Mine raises it 15mm above the stock surface first. If you have clamps or anything that are higher than that, edit the postprocessor on line 221 to change the height.
At the end, stock moves the machine to home, potentially cutting through the workpiece. Mine just raises the spindle and turns off.
Stock left the spindle running, mine turns it off when done.
My postprocessor starts by raising Z, turning the spindle on, then holding the machine. This lets me verify the tool is actually turned on and plugged in, and lets me get into position to watch it before proceeding. I can then start the job by pressing resume on the control panel I made for the machine.
So far it’s been working very well for me.
I’m not going to give a complete tutorial here - some things are self explainatory, for everything else there’s a million tutorials already. I’m just going to cover some of the settings that work well on my specific machine.
I had a tough time getting perfect 8mm diameter 4mm deep holes for inserting magnets into. I want them ever so slightly more than 8mm so that there is a nice press fit with the magnets.
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M&C Saatchi’s founding creative director took his place among adland’s greats as just the 17th inductee into the Hall of Fame at the Australasian Writers and Art Directors Association awards ceremony.
According to the AWARD charter, the Hall of Fame is reserved for “the best of the very best. For pioneers who have defined a generation and shaped creativity. Those that have been on top, stayed there and will always be there. The very few we can call legends”.
AWARD chair Wilf Sweetland said: ‘Letting Tom Mac know that he was to be inducted as this year’s recipient was both an honour and a career highlight for me. AWARD introduced the Hall of Fame in 2009. Nominations are sought from our membership base before being put to the committee.
McFarlane’s storied career began in Melbourne as a young despatch boy. Four years of part-time study at RMIT, and four agencies later he headed to London to hone his writing skills.
At 34, he was appointed executive creative director at J Walter Thompson Melbourne, followed by several years in the same role at DDB Melbourne. A major turning point came in May 1996 when he received an offer from friend Tom Dery, his former MD at DDB, just a year after Dery had opened M&C Saatchi’s first international office.
Within a year of McFarlane taking the creative tiller, the new entity had 14 clients, 39 staff, an Agency of the Year title and an office in Macquarie St. His uniquely effective creative approach has been key to sustaining that remarkable run of year-on-year growth and acclaim that continues to this day. M&C Saatchi now boasts more than 400 staff, 14 businesses, 32 Agency of the Year titles, one Agency of the Decade crown and a who’s who of iconic brands on its roster.
Crucial to McFarlane’s copywriting gifts is an ability to cut right to the heart of any brief and a pitch perfect ear for the Australian vernacular – one that his work has added considerably to over the decades thanks to his hand in some of the most memorable campaigns for the nation’s biggest brands.
McFarlane’s genius has cut through the age of media disruption with big brand platforms such as CAN for Commbank, NRMADE better, 100%Pure New Zealand, ‘That’s why I pick Woolies’, and globally, the Flying Reimagined platform for Etihad. At the start of 2016, McFarlane threw himself into heading up creative on the giant Woolworths business, which he was instrumental in winning back after a four-year absence.
McFarlane has also been a prodigious identifier and nurturer of talent. Many young creatives blessed with his generous tutelage over the years have gone on to become huge players, both in Australia and overseas, such as Matt Eastwood, Ben Welsh and Gavin McLeod, to name a few.
McFarlane himself commented: “For me, it is always about finding a big idea that will genuinely help a client’s business grow, nurturing young talent and watching an industry I love continue to flourish.
“Along the way I have been privileged to work with so many talented people, who are also good people. Not the least Tom Dery who has been my partner and friend for over 27 years.

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Skyworks Solutions may not be staffed to the rafters with poets, exactly. But you can't deny that there's a certain cadence to the company's recent quarterly report titles.
Like I said, not exactly musical prose unless you're into grim German marches (or strong earnings reports, of course). But the semiconductor company sure gets the job done with nearly robotic certainty.
In the fourth quarter, Skyworks saw sales rising 23% year over year, to $881 million, well ahead of the $875 million guidance given three months ago. Adjusted gross margins landed at 50%, exactly where management expected them, and up from 45.9% a year ago.
On the bottom line, Skyworks guided to adjusted earnings of roughly $1.51 per diluted share. Here, the actual result come in just a smidge higher, at $1.52 per share.
The company's connectivity and power controllers keep finding their way into both upscale and mass-market devices on a global level. Three months ago, Skyworks CEO Dave Aldrich said that we're still "in the early innings" of a huge network upgrade cycle. Rapid 4G network builds, and handset adoption in growth markets like China, India, and Latin America, should keep the growth fires burning for several years to come.
In the most recent press release,Aldrich underscored Skyworks' position in the Internet of Things market, and how that drives growth right now.
"Skyworks is playing a pivotal role in enabling major technology advancements within mobile connectivity, streaming media services, and the Internet of Things," Aldrich said in a press statement. "We are successfully executing on our strategy of leveraging world-class systems design capabilities and integration leadership to deliver the industry's most advanced analog connectivity systems. Entering fiscal 2016, we are well positioned to continue delivering growth and profitability in excess of the broader semiconductor market."
Skyworks pairs this pink feline with power-controller products under the "Power and Precision" tag line.Photo: Skyworks Solutions.
In the conference call, management delivered a brief update on the planned acquisition of sector peer PMC-Sierra , saying it is expected to close in the first half of 2016. The networking chip specialist accepted Skyworks' original offer of $10.50 per share, which worked out to a roughly $2.0 billion takeover deal. But Microsemi muddied the waters with an unsolicited $11.50 bid per PMC share, worth $2.2 billion in total.
Skyworks quickly raised its offer to $11.60 per share, and raised the termination fee by 26%, and PMC-Sierra's board of directors embraced this new deal structure.
Said Aldrich in the conference call in response to a question about the PMC deal: "...if you look at Skyworks, the sweet spot of what we're very good at, we've been leveraging high-speed data and the consumption and mobility. So it's a natural extension to mobility and connectivity for us to extend into access to the cloud. We think it's just another high-end growth driver that will be both accretive to margin, but also sustainable for the -- for a generation."
The article Skyworks Solutions Inc. Marches on to the Same Solid Beat originally appeared on Fool.com.

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X Factor UK winner James Arthur has managed to pull-off an amazing comeback this year, reaching the No.1 spot with his hit single “Say you won’t let go”.
Now the British singer-songwriter has shared the music video for the second single “Safe inside”.
The track, written by James along with Janathan Quarmby and Emma Rohan, is a song for his younger sister, whose father abandoned her when she was little, leaving him to take over the role of a father figure in her life.
“‘Safe inside’ is one of the most personal tracks on the album and touches on the relationship between myself and my sister.” said the singer about the track.
The touching music video was directed by Frank Hoffman.
Cause I worry about you.

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A wonderfully clever video by Paul Camarata, of SaintCast, shown at the CNMC this weekend. Enjoy!
Great site, you two. It's really neat to see your passions and interests come to life like this. And the snapshots of your lives are invaluable to me, living as far away as I do.


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Written by Tony Millett on 03 September 2018 .
This exhibition runs through to Sunday, October 7 and gives visitors a great chance to see the gardens at a really good time of year - and to study works by twenty-one sculptors both close-up and viewed from afar in this unique setting.
The exhibition has been curated by Hazel Barry-Scott and she has brought together something for every taste: "We like to celebrate the quirky as well as the traditional and each piece brings a new way of looking at the garden."
The photo above shows Martin Adamson's Sloth (in cold cast iron and bronze) hanging lifelike from one of the garden's fruit trees. Adamson's journey towards sculpture began while working as a model maker for companies such as Aardman and the BBC. He certainly captures this sloth's slouchy and wayward character.
Tom Hiscocks, who has a studio in Pewsey, has two of his steel figures in the exhibition. In front of the manor there is Female Torso [left] and sitting on the grass behind the Manor is a pensive, male-looking figure Many Become One [right] - both in corten steel.
He uses steel 'slices' - rather like cross sectional images from an MRI scan - which create a form that is constant but also changes as the viewer moves or as light and colour changes it.
In similar vein his Horse Drinking has become an admired feature at Newbury Racecourse. It will stay there until the end of the new jumps season in April 2019.
The scale of Many Become One is interesting. From afar it seems quite small - almost retiring. But when you get close and see how the figure changes as you walk round it - it becomes a much larger presence. It certainly fascinated two young visitors to the opening evening - Amelia and Cornelia Gargas.
Their father Piotr Gargas studied architectural masonry in Poland and now lives in Oxford and has worked on the renovation of many of the town's iconic buildings.
Diccon Dadey's 'Owl' Simon Brooks with Jane Rickard's 'Bird Woman (White Eagle)'If you fail to find Martin Adamson's Sloth lurking among the plums, you cannot miss some of the exhibition's birds. One of Diccon Dadey's stainless steel owls sits proudly on top of a spade among the shrubs - and the spade comes with the figure ready for the buyer's own garden. He is also showing a splendid kestrel with glinting colours.
If the variety of sculpture and colours of the flowerbeds are striking, so is the green of the garden's grass. Head gardener Simon Brooks has not watered the extensive lawns during the very dry weather, but has relied on long cutting and spiking. The result is - well - enviable.
And he loves having the sculptures at the Manor: "The exhibition is something that complements the garden perfectly, reminiscent of time past when the garden would have been adorned with statues and sculptures."
Simon Brooks is shown standing in front of the Manor and beside Jane Rickards' massive Bird Woman (White Eagle). This is in fibreglass reinforced resin and is not for sale. But you could order a bronze or resin cast of this intriguing work.
One of the skills of this curator is the perfect placing of the sculptures in around the varied parts of the gardens. Victoria Westaway's Boy with a Copper Bird (in wire) sits a bit cockily on the well-top in a wilder section of the gardens. And Kay Singla's Calmness Within (in clay and bronze resin) sits, eyes closed, as if she's had enough of the day - enough even of some gorgeous flowers and the Manor's roofs and chimneys - and just wants some peace and quiet.

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I left the blogging a little late tonight. I’ve been distracting myself playing games on my computer rather than doing anything meaningful.
That said, enjoying a little alone time when there are no children to make demands on me is not a bad thing. I’ve been good today. I drank two cups of green tea. I opted for salmon over pork or beef when my mother took me out for dinner tonight and I only had one glass of wine. I even got in my exercise. The boys and I are now doing our yoga together.
I borrowed a ‘Yoga Kids’ DVD from a friend and it was a big hit… well, with one of them at least. Big Dude decided he was ‘not in the mood’ but Little Dude got right into it. The DVD says ages 3 to 6 but my little 2 year old was doing downward facing dog with the best of them. I’m definitely ordering my own version of this DVD. It’s a good rainy day activity.
I also did one more thing today in my fight against cancer that I am proud of today. I volunteered to help in the wider battle to prevent cancer. I have offered my services to Atlantic Path. Atlantic Path is the largest cancer research project ever undertaken in Atlantic Canada, and it is part of a larger national study that is one of the biggest in the world. The study will track 30,000 people over 30 years looking at how genetics, lifestyle and environment contribute to the development of cancer. I urge anyone in Atlantic Canada, or in other parts of the country, to volunteer for Atlantic Path or the similar studies in their regions. Solid research is the best way to keep our kids and grandkids from facing this terrible threat.
All in all, the physical activity week of my Lenten journey has gone well, despite rain and illness. The weather could have cooperated so we could get outside, but I guess being stuck inside was good too as it forced me to be more creative. I feel like I’m am on a good path to keeping myself and the family more active, but I know it will be a challenge to keep it up.


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Kimberly Nichole, hands down the more soulful, powerful and rockin’ female vocal I’ve heard in a long time. I actually didn’t even see her, just heard her from the patio of Rusty’s! Strangely enough, I discovered another band in a similar manner today called Flagship.
I’m a big fan of all of Andrew McMahon’s bands over the years, but hearing him play “I Woke Up In A Car” (a song from his Something Corporate days) at the Quantum Collective event today brought out the 18 year old inside me.
I had quite a few of these today: Youngblood Hawke (playing tomorrow at ASOS Music Lounge, 4:30p), NO (not sure if they have another gig), Shout Out Louds (again, not sure), and Afghan Whigs (won’t have another chance).
Today was really light on swag (aside from a cool denim tote bag from True Religion)… but it’s hard to top the new Jansport backpack, Sony MDR-X05 Headphones, and Liverpool Football Club Jersey/Shirt I collected over the last couple days.
The best executed event today was the True Religion/ELLE Magazine happy hour. Easy check-in, excellent eats from Moonshine Grill and great DJing/tunes by The Dolls: Mia Moretti & Caitlin Moe. Other than the loudness factor (I know, I know – if it’s too loud you’re too old) it was perfect.
Amazingly, I haven’t had to wait in one line all of SXSW thus far. However, you better believe I will be camping out for Prince or Justin Timberlake tomorrow!
Kevin Horan & Daniel Ryan from Irish band The Thrills outside the Little Green Cars show.


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The brain area that people use to recognise their own hands can be repurposed to operate an artificial limb, according to new research funded by the European Research Council. And the more a one-handed persons use the prosthesis in everyday life, the stronger their brain responds to it.
Researcher Tamar Makin of University College London and her colleagues hope that the new findings will help prosthetics manufacturers understand how to make more user-friendly devices. The findings could help improve rehabilitation strategies and prosthesis design and could also underpin future technologies to augment the human body.
“If we can convince a person’s brain that the artificial limb is the person’s real limb, we could make prostheses more comfortable and easier to use,” she says.
The research, published in medical journal Brain, is part of a growing body of fundamental science into how the brain senses and controls the world around it. In this case, the researchers scanned the brains of 32 subjects to assess their neural responses to images of prosthetic hands, including photos of their own prostheses, as well as real limbs. Half of the subjects were born with one hand and half had lost a hand due to amputation. Alongside them was a control group of 24 people with two hands.
The brain scans showed that the area that enables people to recognise hands was lighting up in response to images of prostheses among the one-handed participants who used a prosthesis most frequently in their daily lives, compared to the control group. This part of the brain also responded to images of prostheses that are functional but do not look like a hand, such as a hook prosthesis.
The researchers also looked at the neural connections between the separate brain areas that enable people to recognise hands and control them. The brain activity of the participants indicated that these two brain areas were better connected in people who used their prostheses regularly – an indication that the brain had rewired itself.
“We think the ultimate barrier is simply how much you use the prosthesis,” said Dr Makin.
The brain scans confirmed the impression of the study participants that, the more they used their prostheses, the more they felt like Participants in the study confirmed that their prostheses have an integral part of their bodies.
“I don’t regard it as an addition – I consider it a hand,” says study participant John Miller, who was born with only one hand and regularly uses his prosthesis.
“As many of our study participants lost their hand in adulthood, we find that our brains can adapt at any age, which goes against common theories that brain plasticity depends on development early in life,” says Fiona van den Heiligenberg of the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, the study’s first author.
The study, funded by the European Research Council. was conducted by researchers at UCL and the University of Oxford, in collaboration with researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Western Ontario and Radboud University Nijmegen.


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… Most of the people in your social circle can’t seem to be aware of or comprehend the conflicts set in the backdrop of the geo/socio political scenario of the world.
…You seem to be the only person you know who is able to readily understand the meme and punny online community pages that create mockery, satire and derision of various world political leaders/figures and the political regimes they work in or under. You know exactly that this is why you are also mostly alone. Because along with people who can’t get Star Wars, Godfather, and Al Pacino references, people who can’t get political satire are also the kind you can’t much stand, and hence tend to keep a distance from.
… You feel a general tendency and liability towards staying aware about current affairs as well as international relations. You might as well even be majoring in the two of the aforementioned if it weren’t for your parents hurling you into pursuing engineering (if you are a boy) and medical sciences (if you are a girl); also the reason you probably don’t even have time and energy enough left after such rigorous studies to do a lot of munning. But just so you know, you would be terrific at it.
… rest of the world is simply clicking away to “liking” and “following” silly online community pages, the titles of which pay no heed to proper capitalization and punctuation, you are busy quite eccentrically making searches on Google that say “List of popular, credible newspaper from all across the world”, “List of Pakistani newspapers”, etc, then getting linked to related Wikipedia pages, and then further “liking” and “following” their community pages on social media to stay updated with what’s happening around you.
… Along with eloquence, assertion and firmness in your voice and mannerism, there is also a hint of flexibility, no doubt. You are willing to respect other people’s right to have and express their opinions and stands, even though you may disagree with the opinion in itself. That is what true diplomacy is about. And above everything else, people come to realize that the material and substance being exhibited and portrayed through your firm and assertive tone and comportment is not all gibberish nonsense. You know your stuff!!
… Everyday conflicts the world keeps facing really provoke your conscience and you want to do something about it. You feed the poor whenever you can. You pin-point your peers, much to their dismay, when they are carelessly and flippantly littering right near the waste-bin. You keep the empty wrapper squished in your fist if there is no waste basket nearby and get made fun of. You ask people not to judge a girl based on self-righteous grounds. You often sit with the poor people as well as the maids in your house and you talk about important stuff like education, health and society. To sum it all up, you are someone who cares. And while others simply want to grow up and earn enough to support a family and then start one, you dream day and night to work hard to become something that can do something to bring change and peace in the world.


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The Manakanskaya hydroelectric power station, operated by Polyus Gold International Ltd., Russia's largest gold producer, sits on the Mamakan river near Bodaybo, Russia, on Sept. 22, 2015.
Heat waves and drought caused by climate change could hurt power production across the world, according to new research.
The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows that weather patterns that lead to higher temperatures could reduce the availability of water that plays an essential role in hydropower and thermoelectric plants. Together, hydropower and thermoelectric plants currently generate 98% of the world’s power. Climate change could affect production at the majority of these plants.
“Power plants are not only causing climate change, but they might also be affected in major ways by climate,” Keywan Riahi, Director of the Energy Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), told Reuters.
Hydropower plants capture the energy from the natural flow of water while thermoelectric plants like fossil fuel power sources use water cooling purposes. Both occupy central roles in the global energy mix.
The study’s researchers suggest an increased focus on how to adapt to climate change. Power plants should be built with efficiency in mind to meet growing electricity needs, according to the study.

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Now that state officials have tentatively agreed to chop Hagerstown's $9.9 million pension debt in half, it's time to ask some questions about what happened and what it means.
The debt was created by the 1996 General Assembly, as state pension system officials crafted a bill to keep other local governments (with much higher employee turnover rates) from fleeing the system. It seems clear that those same state officials misled both the delegation and city officials about what the bill's true costs would be.
However, Tim Carey, an actuarial consultant working for the city, says he warned city officials that something like this might happen. City officials say that's not the message they got, but they haven't ruled out the possibility that Carey's warning was couched in the specialized language of his profession, language that didn't raise the alarm for them. Given the previous pension flap of 1981 and the potential for fiscal disaster, shouldn't someone have become an in-house expert on this system?
Then there's the delegation. The bill came through the system late in the session, when there were lots of other things going on. We understand that it's not possible to read every bill, and that lawmakers depend on the committee system to weed out any bad proposals prior to a vote.
But there were indications of trouble. Although the House Appropriations Committee's floor report indicated the bill would substantially increase Hagerstown's costs, no one gave the local delegation any warning of that, and only Del. Bruce Poole failed to vote for the bill.
The bottom line: Hagerstown and Washington County were victimized by pension system officials. And although officials are acting to limit the damage, delegation members have to question why state officials and fellow lawmakers weren't afraid of pulling a fast one on them. Isn't it time they served notice that there'll be a price to pay the next time it happens?

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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There are no national laws that specifically regulate outsourcing transactions. Outsourcing is not specifically recognised as a commercial or operational concept and is therefore not specifically regulated under Japanese law.
Most public sector services may be outsourced with the exception of certain services operated only by public authorities such as tax levying and family registration (“koseki”) control. For example, water supply is provided by local government agencies acting as the public water supplier. Under the Water Supply Act, a water supplier may outsource water supply management to other water suppliers that meet certain economic and technical requirements.
There are no additional legal or regulatory requirements for business process transactions.
■ how the financial institution resolves problematic issues.
However, even if the FSA identifies concerns in relation to the above, there are no criminal penalties, although the FSA may take these points into consideration when deciding whether to make an order, including an order for the business to submit a business improvement plan.
The manuals described above refer to the security standards for computer systems. When outsourcing, financial institutions must comply with these standards and ensure that outsourcing agents comply with these standards.
■ how to deal with accidents occurring during outsourcing.
The paper includes suggestions as to how to carry out outsourcing for financial institutions. It does not prescribe penalties. The Bank of Japan will take the paper into consideration when overseeing bank operations.
Any telecommunications carrier or agent shall, before the conclusion of a contract of services for general consumers, explain the service contents, such as the type of service, the name of the telecommunications carrier, points of contact for the telecommunications carrier including business hours, and the content of telecommunications services to users. The telecommunications carrier (or agent) shall deliver documents containing the above matters and make subsequent verbal explanations to potential users if necessary.
■ cleaning facilities for medical care.
There are no criminal penalties for breach of the above provisions under the Medical Care Act.
There are no legal restrictions on the outsourcing of legal services from lawyers to outsourcing agents, such as translators, and even other lawyers.
In Japan, lawyers are self-regulated and are not governed by a regulatory agency. From a financial perspective, law firms are operated entirely from client fees and other revenues collected from members.
Under the Lawyer Act, dispute resolution services can only be operated by lawyers. Debt collection usually goes together with disputes and thus, debt collection outsourcing should only be made to lawyers or debt collection servicers approved by the government under the Act on Special Measures Concerning Claim Management and Collection Businesses.
There is no requirement for an outsourcing transaction to be governed by local law. Also, there is no generally accepted norm relating to the choice of governing law.
The most common types of legal structure used for an outsourcing transaction are: (i) entrusting certain work to a third party by a delegation agreement, a service agreement or a subcontract agreement in IT outsourcing and BPO; and (ii) the supply of temporary labour by a temporary labour agreement in BPO. For local public services such as libraries and prisons, PPP (Public Private Partnership) and PFI (Private Finance Initiative) models are used.
The most common type of procurement process that is used to select a supplier is tendering.
No, there is no requirement on maximum or minimum terms for an outsourcing contract under Japanese laws.
No, there is no requirement on the length of the notice period that is required to terminate an outsourcing contract under Japanese laws.
The most common charging method used in outsourcing transactions is a calculation based on the number of staff allocated to the outsourcing and the number of days such staff provide these services.
The delivery schedule and the location where the outsourcing process is performed are important in relation to costs in outsourcing transactions.
There are no formalities required to transfer, lease or license assets on an outsourcing transaction.
There is no relevant labour and employment legislation for outsourcing transactions. In the context of outsourcing, labour and employment law would not apply to a change in initial or subsequent service providers, or transfers of undertakings or parts of undertakings.
There is no requirement to provide employee information to the other party of an outsourcing contract.
We have no legislation allowing a customer/supplier to dismiss an employee for a reason connected to the outsourcing.
With reference to personal data protection, the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Law No. 57 of 2003, as amended) (APPI) governs the protection of information that is personal in nature. The APPI was largely amended in 2015, and the amendments to the APPI were implemented from 30 May 2017.
Under the current APPI, each government agency has issued guidelines regarding the treatment of personal information in the areas that fall under the jurisdiction of that agency. Such guidelines set out in more detail the responsibilities of an information handler with regard to safeguarding personal information. After the implementation of the amendments, many guidelines will be abolished and replaced by the common guidelines issued by the Personal Information Protection Committee (PPC), an independent comprehensive supervisory authority on the issues of data protection. An information handler should verify whether these guidelines apply to it and comply with the applicable guidelines as well as the APPI.
■ Guidelines on Personal Information Protection.
The guidelines were published on 30 November 2016. They contain guidance regarding: the general rules; the offshore transfer of personal data; book-keeping; verification obligations when transferring personal data to a third party; and big data processing.
Under the APPI, an information handler may not transfer or provide personal data to any third party, including other companies within its group, unless it obtains the prior consent of the data subject (the limitation on transfer). An exemption is available with respect to external contractors providing data management services (outsourcing agents) to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose of use of the information handler. Such outsourcing agents are not regarded as third parties for the purposes of the general prohibition on transfer.
Under the APPI, where management of personal data is outsourced to outsourcing agents, the information handler must appropriately supervise the outsourcing agents with respect to the handling of personal data. Further, the information handler must ensure that the personal data in the possession of the outsourcing agents is subject to the level of protection that is required of the information handler under the APPI.
In this regard, the relevant guidelines issued by each government agency should also be obeyed.
In relation to the amendments, you should pay attention to newly-introduced international transfer regulations.
The amended APPI specifically provides that an information handler must obtain the prior consent of any data subject whose personal data will be provided to a third party located in a foreign country including: (i) offshore transfers by way of merger or business transfer; (ii) joint use of personal data by several entities; and (iii) outsourcing of the handling of personal data, unless the foreign country is white-listed under the enforcement rules of the amended APPI or the third party receiving the personal data has established similarly adequate standards for privacy protection as specified in the enforcement rules of the amended APPI. Under the amended APPI, if the data transfer is undertaken by way of merger or business transfer, joint use by several entities or through data handling outsourcing within Japan, no consent for a third party transfer is necessary. The current APPI does not require consent for (i) to (iii) above regardless of whether a domestic or offshore transfer is involved.
According to the published enforcement rules of the amended APPI, “similarly adequate standards” means that the practices of the information handler handling the personal data accord with the requirements for the protection of personal information under the amended APPI or that the information handler has obtained recognition based on the international frameworks concerning the handling of personal information. According to the guidelines for offshore transfers, one of the examples of an acceptable international framework is the APEC CBPR system. As of yet, no white-listed countries have been specified under the rules promulgated by the PPC.
If the data subject’s consent to transfer the personal data to an offshore third party was obtained prior to the enforcement of the amended APPI, this prior consent for offshore transfer is regarded as sufficient under the amended APPI. No separate consent is required upon enforcement of the amended APPI. If such consent was not obtained and the third party does not meet the requirements for protection of personal information under the amended APPI, the information handler must obtain consent of the data subject if the personal data involved is transferred offshore after enforcement of the Amended APPI commences.
■ Selection of outsourcing agents: The information handler should ensure that the security control measures for the personal data implemented by the outsourcing agent are, at the very least, equivalent to the security control measures required by the APPI. Where the need arises, the information handler should assess the outsourcing agent’s handling of personal data in an appropriate and timely manner.
■ Conclusion of outsourcing agreements: The outsourcing agreements should include a provision that the information handler will monitor the state of handling of the personal data that was outsourced to the outsourcing agent. Where the information handler is in a dominant bargaining position, it should not impose an unfair obligation on the outsourcing agent such as requiring the outsourcing agent to bear all damages arising from any claim by a data subject in disregard of the shared duty between them concerning the security control measures.
■ Monitoring of the state of the outsourcing agent’s handling of personal data: The information handler and the outsourcing agent should mutually review the extent to which the personal data is handled in accordance with the outsourcing agreement. Where the information handler does not exercise necessary and appropriate supervision over the outsourcing agent, it may have to bear responsibility in the case where the personal data is further outsourced by the outsourcing agent and the personal data is not handled properly by the sub-outsourcing agent. Where there is a high risk that secondary damages may be incurred as a result of the leakage of the outsourced personal data, the information handler should exercise a higher level of supervision.
In order to protect the rights of the data subject such as consumers, and in the interests of transparency, the information handler should inform the data subject of the fact that their personal data will be outsourced and the extent to which their personal data will be outsourced. The level of disclosure to the data subject may vary depending on the characteristics of the information handler’s business.
■ Guideline for Handling of Personal Information in the Medical and Nursing Care Business Industry.
■ Guideline for Handling of Personal Information in the Broadcasting Business.
The Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) has issued the Guideline on Protection of Personal Information in the Financial Industry.
■ Establish criteria and standards for selecting the outsourcing agent, including the company organisation to be developed by the outsourcing agent and the basic policy and internal rules concerning security control of the personal data to be developed by the outsourcing agent. The information handler must select an appropriate outsourcing agent in accordance with these criteria and standards. The criteria and standards must be periodically reviewed.
■ the outsourcing agent’s liability for any leakage, loss of or damage to the personal data.
■ Periodically monitor, supervise and review the activities of the outsourcing agent to ensure the personal data is being handled properly.
In the event of a violation of any provisions of the APPI, the PPC or the agency overseeing a given information handler’s business field (relevant government ministry) may advise the information handler to cease the violating activity. In the event that the information handler does not properly respond to government advice and it is recognised that important individual rights are on the verge of being violated, the PPC may order the information handler to cease the violating activity. If the information handler does not properly respond to this government order, the responsible officer or employee of the information handler may be subject to a maximum penalty of either up to six months’ imprisonment or a fine of up to ¥300,000. In such an event, the information handler itself will also be subject to a fine of up to ¥300,000.
Corporate tax, which is imposed on the income of corporations, is determined through self-assessment. The amount of corporate tax due at the time the corporation files its tax return may be reduced by the amount of income tax of the corporation that is withheld at the source. All corporations, including public corporations, charitable organisations, cooperative associations, associations without corporate status and ordinary corporations (e.g., a stock company, limited liability company or general incorporated association, etc.) are required to pay corporate taxes. However, the analysis in this question relates only to ordinary corporations.
In relation to foreign outsourcing agents, there are various factors that affect their taxation, such as whether the foreign outsourcing agent has a permanent establishment in Japan, the type of such permanent establishment, the existence or non-existence of domestic sourced income and the type of such domestic sourced income.
When foreign outsourcing agents have a permanent establishment in Japan, such foreign agents become subject to Japanese taxation in respect of their domestic sourced income and are required to pay self-assessed taxes. Therefore, it is more beneficial, in general, for foreign corporations not to have a permanent establishment in Japan. Under the Corporate Tax Act, a permanent establishment may be summarised as a branch, an agent or the carrying out of construction work (for a certain period of time).
To avoid international double taxation, tax treaties are concluded between countries. If there are conflicts between tax treaties and Japanese domestic tax laws, tax treaties theoretically should take precedence. The definition and treatment of a permanent establishment may depend on provisions found in the relevant tax treaties.
A company’s labour costs in relation to its own employees are not subject to taxation. On the other hand, the fees that a company pays to an outsourcing agent are subject to taxation and the company may claim a tax deduction on the consumption tax imposed on such cost.
Indirect taxes are not chargeable on the services a customer in Japan receives from an offshore provider.
We usually conclude or include a service level agreement (SLA) as a part of an outsourcing agreement while outsourcing to IT service vendors. Typically, service levels measure the supplier’s performance over a month or some other performance period. These service levels can be broken down into three categories: continuous service levels; event service levels; and sample service levels. We also find that many IT outsourcing agreements include a service credit mechanism, where the customer receives a credit if actual supplier performance does not meet the contracted performance standard for a service level.
The customer may claim against the supplier’s specific performance of its obligations under the relevant outsourcing agreement and monetary damages. The scope of compensation is limited to the damage which is caused by and could have been foreseen by the supplier at the time of default. Claims for damages can be made even if the agreement has not been terminated.
We often see financial penalties within a service level agreement for customer protection. In the case that the supplier fails to meet the service level standards, the service provider is liable to pay the penalty amount to the customer.
We sometimes see clauses which warrant that the outsourcing agent has sufficient capability to perform outsourced tasks, although this is not so common.
In IT outsourcing, there will be higher risks of data leaking and errors in system development. In Japan, even in the case that an outsourcer company has strict data protection policies and internal control policies, there have been many incidents where an outsourcing agent has leaked secret information and personal data. Also, many IT vendors outsource system development work and operation work to a foreign country IT vendor and such foreign vendors have some failures in their performance.
An outsourcing company should consider data protection insurance, cyber risk insurance and IT business process insurance.
Termination will give rise to a right for the other party to claim for damages, unless the contract expressly releases the terminating party from liability.
There are no relevant mandatory local laws that will override the termination rights that one might expect to see in an outsourcing contract. In Japan, a transaction is regulated under the Subcontract Act where it falls within the category of transactions between main subcontracting enterprises and subcontractors as provided under the Act against Delay in Payment of Subcontract Proceeds, Etc. to Subcontractors (Act No. 120 of 1956; referred to as the “Subcontract Act” below). It will also be regulated under Subcontract Act where it falls within the category of (1) manufacturing contract, (2) repair contract, (3) information-based product creation contract, or (4) service contract as provided under the Subcontract Act. The Guidelines on the Application of the Act against Delay in Payment of Subcontract Proceeds, Etc., to Subcontractors provide guidance on the application of the Subcontract Act (Secretary General Notice No. 18 of 2003).
There are two kinds of intellectual property in an outsourcing transaction – the intellectual property that one party owns prior to the transaction and the intellectual property they own after entering the transaction.
On the other hand, during the outsourcing transaction, both parties will collaboratively improve or create intellectual property. In this case, since both parties make some contributions together to create new intellectual property rights such as patents, and it is difficult to determine which party owns the intellectual property rights, it is generally advised to clearly specify how these rights are distributed in an outsourcing contract.
Practically speaking, it is essential for both parties to properly identify and keep records of their intellectual property in order to mitigate intellectual property-related risks, and improve the competitiveness of the product or service offered by the enterprise. Therefore, an intellectual property due diligence enquiry and audit should be undertaken before the final outsourcing plan is communicated by the customer to the potential outsourcing providers.
Contracts or other agreements such as licensing agreements associated with the intellectual property must be identified. Any assigned or licensed intellectual property used by the interested organisation and any intellectual property rights of third parties or of employees must be identified and ascertained. Furthermore, it is important to identify any existing or alleged breaches and/or infringements of such assignments or licences. It is also important not to omit to determine jurisdiction and enforcement of intellectual property rights in case of any dispute that arises. Termination of the outsourcing agreement and relevant exit clauses must always be considered by the parties and whether any indemnity against infringement is required.
Know-how, trade secrets and other business critical confidential information are protected under the Unfair Competition Prevention Act.
No, there are no implied rights for the supplier to continue to use licensed IP rights post-termination.
It is generally not permitted for the customer to gain access to the supplier’s know-how post-termination.
There is no requirement on limiting or excluding liability of a party to an outsourcing contract under Japanese law.
Yes, the parties are free to agree a financial cap on liability, unless a party is a consumer who is subject to consumer protection.
Some large outsourcing service providers require a dispute resolution provision that specifies that a court, located in a city where the relevant service provider has a headquarter presence, should have the exclusive court jurisdiction over disputes between the outsourcee and outsourcer. For international transactions, it is common for dispute resolution provisions to specify that all legal disputes should be resolved by arbitration procedures.
There is no overriding requirement for a customer and supplier to act in good faith and to act fairly according to some objective test of fairness or reasonableness under Japanese law.


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So you met Zack and Joey! Aren’t they cool?
Well, I think it’s time I touched a bit more about our MK kids, and why I haven’t talked much about them before.
Sure, they’ve been mentioned. If you’ve been paying attention you’ll know that I think they’re awesome and sometimes we do fun things together, but you haven’t heard much about them, really.
And when I love you, one of the first gifts I’m going to give you is privacy. I know what it’s like to have your face plastered on people’s refrigerators and church bulletin boards and trying to come up with things to write about your life in the monthly newsletter. I don’t want to broadcast these kids’ lives without being sensitive about it.
That being said, it never really occurred to me that being blogged about might be something they actually think is COOL!
Sometimes I wonder how much of an idiot I really am. I totally could have just asked earlier, but then again I didn’t feel like it was the time.
These kids never cease to surprise me. They delight me every.single.time.we hang out. Really! And this coming from the girl who thought she didn’t LIKE teenagers!
Anyways, yesterday I realized just how protective I am of these kids.
Now, it was an innocent comment.
I knew this person loved the kids back home too, and was honestly just trying to get to know about our kids here. I wasn’t exactly offended but I am one with a strong sense of justice – which means I want the truth to be presented, and accurately. I like things to be clear.
OUR KIDS ARE NOT DORKY!
They are smart, kind-hearted, and fun – hilarious even!
They think outside the box. They’re independent but can work together.
and they are more familiar with western pop stars and Dr. Who episodes than I even have a hope of being.
Also, I do realize that our youth group is not perfect, as much as I brag about them. They’re flawed too, just like all of us! They’re listening skills leave room to be improved, that’s for sure, and they have this legalistic thing about knowing EVERY SINGLE EXACT rule of every game we play and what the verdict will be on each and every loophole and scenario imaginable. I choose to view this as amusing rather than exasperating. Besides, I don’t really blame anyone for that because I like things to be clear too. Knowing the rules makes me feel safe.
You may not know anything about TCK’s (Third Culture Kids), but let’s just say they have an incredibly unique life, filled with exceptional challenges and diverse experiences on top of just trying to be a kid.
Spending time with them has been an honour.
They tell me about how they got here and where they’ve seen God at work.
and talked about families and futures and the traffic on Peace Ave.
They say please and thank you and “is that a Canadian thing?”, joining Adele as we mock each other.
even though I don’t remember any of it.
These kids have my utmost respect.
Next Post Photo Friday: I might faint.
God is good! You have grown so much in such a short time. (I’m not talking about the Mongolian 45 either). On the outside, you would be shocked at how protective you would be if necessary. I think your experience is something we should ALL do, at least once. Proud of you Anna.
Thanks T! Glad to have cheerleaders like yourself at home; you all mean a lot to me!
Anna, You impress me and teach me something everytime I read your blog. I think you should put them all in a book or binder for others to read. You are wise beyond your years. God is going to do mighty things in your life. By the way, maybe we can have you come share at our church sometime when you get back, Nope you won’t have to come to SK to do it.


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Do not submerge. Polish with a soft cloth and keep in soft pouch provided.


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Moderate rain tapered off and we were able to get good close-up views of the Redhead and Ring-necked Duck. We had good close-up comparisons of Greater and Lesser Scaup. We had excellent scope views of a large mixed flock of Cedar Waxwings and American Robins feasting on berries. A noisy flock of American Crows kept the airspace interesting, but the low clouds forced the Oakland Airport planes low overhead, drowning out most of the usual natural sounds.
Today was the highest tide of the year: eight feet at about 10:30 a.m. This gave us outstanding opportunities to view the marsh birds without their usual cover. Imagine an eight inch wide, five foot long raft of marsh reeds with two Sora and three Clapper Rails standing on tip toe! Common Yellowthroat, Marsh Wrens and two Virginia Rails also had nowhere to hide. Today’s total was conservatively 45 Clapper Rails and 20 Sora. Other highlights included a Wilson’s Snipe in the restoration area as well as a Merlin and a Peregrine Falcon.
By far the most common species today was Greater Scaup; about 400 were scattered in groups around the bay. We heard a Red-shouldered Hawk calling. Other species included Canvasback, American Wigeon, Brown Pelican, Osprey, American Kestrel and Spotted Sandpiper.
Light rain turned to heavy rain, so our trip was cut a bit short and restricted only to the lake area. We had good sightings of the Ring-necked Duck as well as Common Goldeneye and Barrow’s Goldeneye. There were five Grebe species: Pied-billed, Horned, Eared, Western and Clark’s. We also saw five species of Gulls and Forster’s Tern.
The clear highlight of today’s trip were the stunning views of a Yellow-billed Loon. There were also hundreds of Brant and three additional species of Loon: Red-throated, Pacific and Common. We found seven species of Gulls, as well as an excellent assortment of shorebirds.
We bicycled 19 miles from the Millbrae Intermodal Station to the Belmont Caltrain Station via the SF Bay Trail, longer than I had estimated it would be. It was a beautiful day as 10 of us left Millbrae at about 9 am and continued so until we got the 2:48 northbound train out of Belmont. The first stop on the bay just south of SFO at Millbrae Ave. gave us great views of shorebirds and ducks. Wandering Tattlers and a Common Goldeneye were the highlights here. We were not happy with the couple of gaps and lack of signage in the Bay Trail in Burlingame but found Ryder Park in San Mateo to be a great lunch stop where we found Least Sandpipers. Continuing into Foster City under the San Mateo Bridge we had some good views onto the bay with Brown Pelicans and shorebirds then Belmont Slough gave us American and Eurasian Wigeons. Thanks for the good spotting!
After the trip, about 6 participants went over to Garretson Point, where we found Green-winged, Blue-winged (5) and Cinnamon Teal, as well as Northern Shovelers and Northern Pintail. Best birds for the day were probably the Virginia Rails, which flushed out of the grindelia alongside the trail and flew to the adjacent marsh, giving most everyone good looks at their rufous wings. Greater Scaup and Marbled Godwits were seen in large numbers.
On this exquisite late fall morning with the air and vegetation refreshed by the recent rains, 20 of us gathered at the parking lot. Retired head naturalist Alan Kaplan and birder extraordinaire, Dave Quady, joined us. As usual, some of the best birding of the morning was in the shrubs and trees that edge the lawn. The big elderberry and higher trees above yielded up a number of birds including a colorful pair of Townsend’s Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and a Hermit Thrush who obligingly posed in full view so we could admire his specked chest, eye ring and handsome ‘mustache.’ The group of Douglas firs was equally productive. Dave managed to pluck out of the dense foliage a Golden-crowned Kinglet. Robins and Cedar Waxwings occupied at he highest branches. And lower down in the shade, a Varied Thrush showed itself briefly and sounded its haunting call. In the tall pines north of the Environmental Center we had good looks at a Nuttall’s and Hairy Woodpecker, Red-breasted Nuthatch and a Brown Creeper. Jewel Lake itself, a month ago shrunken away from its shore, once again was a ‘lake’ though brown with silt. The winter waterbirds have not yet arrived. At 10:30, with the temperature nearing 70 degrees, a small group of us lingered, unwilling to surrender what may well be the last truly warm day for the season.
The best bird of the day was the Ruff at Limantour Estuary. Other good birds included Red-throated Loon, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Red-necked Grebe, Brandt’s Cormorant, Green Heron, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Say’s Phoebe, Varied Thrush, and Tricolored Blackbird.
Today we saw five species of Grebe: Clark’s, Western, Pied-billed, Eared and Horned. There were a few female Canvasback, some Bufflehead, and most of us were able to see the Ring-necked Duck as it dove repeatedly in a milling group of Scaup.
Highlights of our trip included a selasphorus (possible Rufous) hummingbird, Western Wood Peewee, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Western Tanager, Clay-colored Sparrow and Black-headed Grosbeak.
We saw a few unusual species in the park today, including Bewick’s Wren and Stellar’s Jay. We got good looks at a Nuttall’s Woodpecker, Townsend’s Warbler and Brown Pelican. The first Eared Grebes have returned to the lake for the winter.
Today’s only surprise was a Downy Woodpecker. We usually see Nuttall’s Woodpeckers in this location. A few Greater Scaup have arrived at the lake.
We had a beautiful day at Point Pinole with highlights being eight Black Oystercatchers at the fishing pier, and every piling capped by a Forster’s Tern. Good looks at Lincoln ‘s Sparrows and several raptors. The scaup are just starting to arrive; we saw about 200 Greater Scaup.
We had barely started when Blair met a woman who had just photographed a Phalarope which was still opposite the parking lot just south of the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center . The Red-necked Phalarope was undoubtedly the bird of the day. We saw large numbers of White-Crowned Sparrows, noting their call, a cheerful upbeat “Here I am” and heard a Golden-Crowned Sparrow with its more mournful downbeat “Oh dear me”. The ducks are back, as are the White Pelicans, both in great numbers; we also saw a Brown Pelican. We did not see any Clapper Rails or Burrowing Owls, but had a great view of a Red-tailed Hawk landing on one of the transmission towers. The day was warm with a bit of a cool breeze, which made us turn off the SF Bay trail and head west along Mayfield Slough and Matadero Creek on the Adobe Creek Trail. The birds were also escaping the wind there, and we found Northern Pintails, Cinnamon Teals, Canvasbacks, American Wigeons, and at least one Green-winged Teal in addition to the Mallards, Ruddy Ducks and Northern Shovelers we had seen already. We had a big discussion about the sandpipers seen, and after more study I agree with Chris Bard that they were Least Sandpipers. The Semipalmated Sandpiper is not thought to be a common visitor to the West Coast of North America. We finally got to eat lunch overlooking Mountain View Shoreline Lake and then returned on the SF Bay Trail. Thanks to all participants for their enthusiasm and good spotting!
Feral cats being fed near Pier 94 was a lowlight. PG&E’s power plant is nearly dismantled. The future of this site next to Hereon’s Head Park and near India Basin is unknown. Smells from Darling International’s rendering plant were invasive. Birds included three Peregrine Falcons, Black Oystercatcher, Spotted Sandpiper, Long-billed Curlew, Mew Gull and Glaucous-winged Gull.
As we assembled, the sun was just breaking through the fog, and the tide was moderately high and slack. We walked over to the boardwalk in hopes of a Clapper Rail. The US Dept of Fish and Wildlife is working with PRBO on a rail monitoring program here, and one of the rails equipped with a transmitter, visible on its right wing, came into view. It also displayed a silver band on its right leg. The bird spread its wings in the morning sun and preened and warmed for about 5 minutes while the group observed feather details.
Today’s walk, under cloudy skies, was unusual due to the lack of birds. We saw only 14 species. A shrunken Jewel Lake had none of the usual visitors (herons) re even the resident Mallards. The Wild Turkeys were here, and fortunately a Brown Creeper, Bewick’s Wren and Spotted Towhee.
The weather was beautiful, and the day was only marred by one of us dumping his scope into the mud alongside the pier. With three helpers holding his legs, he managed to retrieve it, none the worse (well, a little muddy) for wear. We met a Clapper Rail census taker with a radio antenna, who assured us one clapper was hiding about 5 feet from us in dense spartina, but it was invisible to us. Birds seen included Elegant Tern, Common Yellowthroat, Savannah Sparrow, Black necked Stilt and Red-necked Phalarope.
We had a delightful walk around Jewel Lake seeing many migrants. As usual we gathered at the Environmental Center parking lot at 8:30 where it was deliciously cool, proving again that Wildcat Canyon has its own microclimate — cold when elsewhere its cool, and cool on the warmest days. The grass wet with dew was an additional refreshment. As is often true, the area around the parking lot produced some of the best sightings of the migrants — Townsend’s, Wilson’s, and Yellow Warblers perfectly lit by the low morning sun. Swainson’s Thrushes and Black-headed Grosbeaks are still around and you wonder whether these are birds that spent the breeding season in the area, or individuals who are passing through on migration. We were surprised to see two of our winter residents — a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and the Townsend’s Warbler, begging a similar question — early arrivals or migrants moving south? Whatever might be the answer, early September is a wonderful time to be out in the field. Other migrants included Western Tanagers and lots of Warbling Vireos who have an affinity for the white dogwood berries (as noted yesterday by Denise Wight). Jewel Lake has shrunk away from its banks, exposing mounds of silt usually covered by water. A Great-blue Heron maintained a statuesque pose on a protruding stump, while a few Mallards paddled around. Dragonflies darted about harvesting insects. At the dam, only enough water oozes out to support bright-green algae in the spillway — a lethargic scene that really makes you yearn for an early rain. By the time we made the return trip through the oak-bay woodland along Pack Rat Trail, the growing heat quieted both bird watchers and the birds alike.
Participants shivered through a cool foggy morning. The sightings were mostly resident birds with numerous juveniles in evidence. We sighted two nearly full grown California Quail immatures in the Demo Garden and saw at least 10 juvenile Dark-eyed Juncos.
We had beautiful weather today. Highlights were Semi-palmated Plovers and Western and Least Sandpipers. Nine of us enjoyed the ride from the SF Bay Trail from the South 51st Street trailhead north to Meeker Slough in Richmond then to just south of University Ave in Berkeley , doubling back to the bicycle bridge, and ending at Aquatic Park . We were glad to be on bicycles when we saw the cars piling into the Berkeley Marina for the Kite Festival. Nice picnic at the Sea Breeze Market.
The Common Goldeneye female remains on the far island. A half-grown Raccoon somehow made it to the second island out from the nature center. We had good looks at Caspian Tern and Forsters Tern.
The weather cooled to comfortable temperatures after the heat wave earlier in the week, and we had an enjoyable morning with a picnic lunch at the Marina at the end of our tour. We rode 15 miles from the Alviso Marina to the Visitor Center and through the Mallard Slough and Alviso Trails back to the Marina . Species seen included a huge number of American White Pelicans and quite a few California Gulls. On the slough coming toward the Visitor’s Center we saw the Green Heron and the Black-crowned Night Herons. Quite a few Wilson ‘s Phalaropes were seen on the ponds.
Two White Pelicans were keeping company with the rescued Pelican. One Lesser Scaup and one female Common Goldeneye are still here.
We started from the Fremont BART Station at 8:30 with the temperatures already quite warm. At Coyote Hills EBRP we sat in the shade to have an early lunch and got breezes off the bay. We saw several Barn Swallow families in crowded nests over the entrance to the visitor center. There were lots of American White Pelicans at Coyote Hills and we went to the end of the Alameda Creek Trail at the bay and saw the Chilean Flamingo. Confirming the observation in the SFBBO Wingbeats newsletter, there were quite a few California Gulls on the ponds at Coyote Hills. We started back to BART before noon, the earliest return ever on this trip. We drank lots of water on the way back. 37 species seen if we are allowed to include the flamingo.
We enjoyed a clear sunny morning with cool NW winds. The mostly resident birds were actively foraging to feed young in nests. A Pygmy Nuthatch was feeding young in a nest in a big cypress. A Red-shouldered Hawk tried to nab a gopher, but it proved too heavy to carry away. A Downy Woodpecker parent had two fledglings in tow.
This was the final GGAS Friday Jewel Lake trip for the season. We plan on regrouping in early September when with luck we’ll see some of the migrants traveling through the East Bay . This was the morning for thrushes – Swainson’s Thrush singing all around us. A month ago, they had been mostly silent letting us know of their presence only by call notes. What a difference a month makes. In early May, the dominate singers had been the Wilson ‘s Warbler and the Orange-crowned Warbler. Now we heard only a song or two and not until the end of the walk did we hear Black-headed Grosbeaks. It was a lovely mild early summer morning with none of the usual canyon chill. All the deciduous trees and shrubs that grow along the stream and around the lake are fully-leafed out into heavy bowers of vegetation. The lake, itself a leaf green, no longer spills over the dam – its still surface disturbed only by ripples made by a pond turtle as it slid off a log into the water. The day before one of the naturalists jogging along the roadway where Tilden Park becomes Wildcat Canyon Park , had a second recent (or is it third) sighting of a mountain lion.
There were two species of Oriole – Hooded and Bullock’s on today’s walk. A Warbling Vireo was singing on its nest. Also nesting were Bushtit, Red-tailed Hawk and Barn Swallow. We saw Bewick’s Wren and House Wren as well as Hermit Thrush and Western Bluebird.
The first-Friday-of-the-Month Jewel Lake walk is billed as a one-mile stroll around Jewel Lake . On this spring morning, overflowing with birds, we only went a few yards on the Pack Rat trail before we were waylaid by a glorious Western Tanager, singing Warbling Vireos, flocks of Cedar Waxwings — the beauties go on and on. And for once, I’m quite at a loss for words to describe the treasures of this spring morning among the oaks, bays, ferns, and flowering Thimble berries of Jewel Lake . The trip did not begin on a promising note. As I stood at the beginning of the trail trying to relocate the willow where the month before a Downy Woodpecker had been excavating a nest hole, a voice in the bushes called out: “Look, a tree has fallen and you can see the broken eggs and the remains of a nestling.” Alan Kaplan who sees, hears, and smells everything was brought to the spot by the smell of bruised willow leaves on which willow leaf beetles were feeding (I kid you not.) He then delivered up the small, slender beetle and a gnawed leaf with a cluster of tiny eggs. Our abundance of riches continued with the arrival of Dave Quady who upon seeing and hearing a Pacific-slope (“Pac Slope”) Flycatcher provided us with a mini-seminar about the subtleties of the lower mandibles on various flycatchers. Between Alan and Dave, the woods were forced to yield their secrets (did I mention that they’re both very funny guys which meant that I was more than usual challenged to keep my footing on the narrow trail)? I suppose ahead somewhere near where the trail drops down to the lake, a Winter Wren was singing, but that will have to wait for another day. The Swainson’s Thrush has arrived announcing its presence with call notes. It appears that these thrushes have to settle in for a couple of weeks before singing. Additonal sighting: The redoubtable Dr. Gilbert, patron saint for the Wilson ‘s Warblers and responsible for their leg bands, was glimpsed slipping through the trees suited out as usual with his oversized earphones.
The days were unseasonably warm, about 96 degrees in Palm Springs , which presented difficult conditions for all. We found many of the anticipated bird species including Scott’s Oriole, Verdin, Summer Tanager, Gambell’s Quail, Cactus Wren, Vermillion Flycatcher and Bell ‘s Vireo. In addition we found eight species of lizard and one snake species (Coachwhip). The wildflower display at Joshua Tree was a wonderful bonus.
of Common Mergansers. The weather was warm but pleasant on the trail and we saw the Wood Ducks again. We made it back to Sacramento for the 2:15 train back to the Bay Area, having started the morning’s ride at 8:30. We biked about 60 miles in two days and saw 72 species.
We observed a good number of diving ducks, many transitioning in plumage. Western Grebes were performing their ballet. Shorebirds such as Dowitcher and Willet were also transitioning. All three Teal species were seen as well as Caspian Tern.
We had a delightful morning at Jewel Lake , starting our walk to the cheerful chorus of robin song. At the beginning of the Pack Rat Trail we watched a male Downy Woodpecker customizing the entrance to a nest hole in a small tree to right of the trail. Below his chiseling, a cone of sawdust was collecting where the tree forks Wilson ‘s Warblers and Pacific-slope Flycatchers were the dominante singers along the wooded trail. From the willows below, newly-arrived Black-headed Grosbeaks were singing. Alan Kaplan pointed out that in the park Grosbeaks arrive when the box elder trees bloom. And for those confused by the robin and grosbeak songs, he says: “You can march to a singing robin (with its even phrasing), but not to the Black-headed Grosbeak’s song. ” Last month’s dominate singer, the Orange-crowned Warbler, now has receded into the background. Absent on this morning were Warbling Vireos and Swainson’s Thrushes who are usually the last to arrive. The wintering water birds have departed leaving the lake to the resident Mallards and pond turtles. In an alder at lakeside, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, soon to depart, belted out his big song, and a kingfisher clattered by. Overhead we saw a pale Cooper’s Hawk and a molting Turkey Vulture showing a big gap in its primary feathers. A regularly walk to Jewel Lake is a wonderful way to experience the changing seasons where a variety of riparian bird life and deciduous vegetation makes each month a distinctive experience. Next month, on the first Friday, the bushes and trees will be fully leafed out and all the choristers, including the Swaison’s Thrush, should be in full voice.
many of which already had the black head and some still had the white head with the black spot behind the eye characteristic of the winter bird. The bright orange legs could be seen on those standing on the islands in the pond. At about 1 mi. from the trailhead is a toilet and a few picnic tables. From here we saw a Ferruginous Hawk fly into a nearby field and White Pelicans flying over. Near where the trail crosses East Cypress Road we saw a Western Kingbird, a Red-shafted Flicker, and a Kestrel. We had lunch on the banks of Marsh Creek somewhere near Delta Road , where the sun finally came out and we watched the sheep, turkey and chickens in a local backyard. We got back to the trailhead at 2 pm having covered about 10 miles. The number of birds is similar to what we saw last year about the same time. On this trip we saw 45 species; the Sandhill Crane and the Red-tailed Hawk were seen from the car on the way into Oakley and the rest on the EBRPD Marsh Creek Trail.
We had a beautiful morning despite the forecast of showers. The Double-crested Cormorants are finally nesting in their rookery on the island, but they are in smaller numbers than in past years. The trees are completely barren of leaves, so the nests are totally exposed to the elements. There are no nesting egrets yet, but it is still a bit early. We were surprised to find a Saffron Finch (escaped cage bird) foraging tamely near Children’s Fairyland. The Black Phoebe is renovating her nest. The Tufted Duck is still here.
We had a still, sunny day and encountered American Crow, Common Raven, White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows, Cedar Waxwing, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler and Townsend’s Warbler.
We took the shuttle out to the point, and checked the fishing pier for ducks. Notable were a Wild Turkey scuttling across the path in front of us, and a nice male Red-breasted Merganser. Three Black Oystercatchers and four Spotted Sandpipers shared a small shoal, and a Pelagic Cormorant occupied one of the old pier posts. An Osprey flew over us as we started back down the trail. At a damp spot full of blackberry brambles, we found several glowing Allen’s Hummingbirds involved in courtship flights, rocking back and forth over the bushes. Western Bluebirds were seen at several stops, and returning migrants included both Barn and Tree Swallows.
The first singers of the morning were Orange-crowned Warblers singing from several locations. These warblers are usually the first arrivals to begin singing on their breeding territories and according to Joe Morlan’s list are about on schedule. The only other warbler observed was a colorful male Townsend’s Warbler, a lingering winter resident. That common winter resident, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, treated us to a brief burst of song – loud and vigorous out of proportion to the diminutive size of the singer. Resident birds singing included Hutton’s Vireo, Wrentit, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco and the warbling song of the Purple Finch. We all had good long looks at a selasphorous hummingbird – glowing orange and copper in the sun – probably a Rufous Hummingbird because it lacked green on the back. Winter birds remaining on the lake included Bufflehead, a female Common Merganser, and a female Common Goldeneye.
We enjoyed a beautiful and birdy morning. The many beginner bird watchers on the trip today had good looks and repeated observations. Many species were singing/calling including a singing Hutton’s Vireo. Three, quite distinct, song sparrow dialects were heard. Lots of Red-shouldered Hawk action including collecting nest twigs. A Raven was also collecting twigs. Dive displays by both Anna’s and Allen’s Hummers were observed.
The Double-crested Cormorants are not nesting yet. This is a little late, but not yet cause for alarm. We had a good array of grebes with five species and five species of Gulls as well. The Tufted Duck is still here.
13 of us started at the south pond of Aquatic Park at 8:30 and most of us finished at Meeker Slough around 2:30. It was cold and foggy to start and sunny although not really warm at the end. We all enjoyed the Great Blue Heron and the Surf Birds at Point Emery and the Red-Tailed Hawks and the Cooper’s Hawk in the Berkeley Meadow. The Sharp-shinned Hawk on a light standard on Powell Street was stunning, and the closeness of many birds, especially the Sanderlings and Surf Scoters along the Bay Trail was amazing.
The group was too large for the habitat, a narrow trail. The bird list included Brown Creeper, an excellent California Thrasher and Spotted Towhee. Heard only were Northern Flicker, Nuthatches and Goldfinches.
30 birders enjoyed great Delta weather (after a morning fog burnoff!) aboard the Delphinus, with Barbara and Captain Ronn. We toured the meandering sloughs and channels out of Antioch, and were rewarded with skeins of geese, swans and cranes, as well as numerous raptors, ducks and flocks of Bonaparte’s Gulls. Special were four Great Horned Owls and two American Bitterns.
The tide was moderately high, and we found three Clapper Rails along the boardwalk. There were great views of some roosting shorebirds along the western shoreline, including two Whimbrels with numerous Godwits and Willets. Sharp-eyed participants spotted a Burrowing Owl along the entry road in the remediation area, at the first artificial mound.
We had a good walk today. Dom found the best bird of the walk, a Hairy Woodpecker in the John Muir section. We all got scope views. Also had several quick looks at a Sharp-shinned Hawk, including a chase right over our heads after a pigeon. It was a nice wet, but birdy day.
Water, water, water everywhere! Today was very cold with ice on the railings and planks of the bridges. We had a low bird count. The best sighting of the day was a Green Heron in the reeds at Jewel Lake .
Today’s walk was during a brief dry spell in the midst of rain and showers. We watched the Tufted Duck and the Ring-necked Duck participate in the feeding frenzy with the scaups right at our feet at the edge of the lake. We had good long looks at an Oak Titmouse and long scope views of a Red-breasted Sapsucker. We had excellent comparisons of Barrows and Common Goldeneye. An immature Red-tailed Hawk perched low and close in a tree.
The North forest has been entirely quiet since goats were brought in two months ago to eat all the underbush. We had four raptors today: Cooper’s hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel and Merlin. We also had three warbler species: Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler and Townsend’s Warbler.

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Braun Strowman was not cleared to compete at the WWE TLC pay-per-view but he had help from some of the Raw roster and was able to pin Baron Corbin to get his Universal Championship match against Brock Lesnar.
Strowman will face Lesnar at the Royal Rumble next month at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.
Earlier in the night, Carmella and R-Truth won the Mixed Match Challenge so they will enter their respective Royal Rumble matches in the number 30 spot.

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Ong was appealing on the grounds that the bribes were actually loans he had taken to repay the joint account that he shared with his wife. However, contrary to his claims, the evidence presented in the case showed that Ong was motivated by greed as both he and his wife were earning substantial salaries, and he had said he was never in financial difficulty.
I am a taxi driver and would like to share what I heard when I sent 4 army boys to their camps on Sunday night. The boys were talking about how they can profit from Ed Sheeran tickets, one of them who went to queue claimed that he got 8 tickets and only needs 2, he is willing to sell the some of the remaining 6 tickets to the other friends and allow them to jack up the prices for profits. They started looking over the Internet for some cheaper tickets like maybe less than $1000 and prepare to sell them out again at $1500 so on and so forth.
I am wondering, are these army boys so desperate for money? Why are they robbing others of their livelihood with their own greed or advantage? I am hoping for the authorities or ticketing agents to take actions avian at these scalpers. Please be careful Ed Sheeran fans.
Yet another case of a doctor doing illegal things. Dr Tan Gek Young was charged in court for selling more than 2,300 litres of cough syrup illegally to drug abusers. He was jailed two years and fined S$130,000.
What is wrong with these doctors? Selling drugs knowingly to drug abusers? Just for the profit?
Sometimes, it seems like greed is a more important consideration.
IF PAP MAKES S'POREAN PAY-AND-PAY, WHY DO THEY STILL GET A DECISIVE MANDATE?
While the PAP IBs will tell you that this is because Singapore is more developed and its citizens richer and we should thus be happy to pay more. But the reality is that for most businesses, high rents means that they have no choice but to raise the prices of their goods. And who really benefits, except the government?
Imagine we pick up a passenger at 5.45pm when the surcharge is going to start at 6pm, why wouldn't we wait till 6pm then start to pick up? We will be earning more.
This letter to ST truly reflect the frustrations of users of the public health care system. It's not the private health care sector doctors are always better trained, skilled, even though quite often that's so, but it is the extremely long wait to see a specialist doctor in the public health care sector that is most frustrating and irritating.
So, to Great Eastern . Insurance is see how much you buy not how long you have been with them. They don't even want to waste a few piece of A4 paper to print out the econnect details which is already avaliable in front of their screen. They want to charge you $20 for information that can be printed when they send us the password form. they had been with your company for 18years and 11 mths .
SingTel a phone providing company in Singapore, has the worst customer relationship ever. A customer with SingTel for 11 years lost his job. He tried to find recruitment, unfortunately it wasn't possible.
A BTO HDB flat at Macpherson Spring is more than $460000, A Corolla Altis car is $110,000 for 10years usage, A Singapore Minister demands to be paid 4 times the salary of US President. No wonder aged Singaporeans are poor and don't have enough to live on. Should Singaporeans support a Govt whose primary love is money?
Most people are aware of the goods and services tax (GST), which is a levy imposed by the government on items in malls and supermarkets. This neighbourhood coffeeshop began to charge its customers GST recently, much to the shock and anger of the resident customers there as they were made to pay more than they were used to.

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Sharya (Russian: Шарья́) is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vetluga River 330 kilometers (210 mi) northeast of Kostroma. Population: 23,681 (2010 Census); 24,900 (2002 Census); 27,062 (1989 Census); 26,000 (1974).
Content on this page is licensed under CC-BY-SA from the authors of the following Wikipedia pages: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia, Sharya. Note that the data on Wikipedia is highly unreliable. In many cases, sister cities are missing or wrongly listed. Some cities also have different levels of partnership. If you find an error, please make a correction on the relevant Wikipedia pages and cite your sources.


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This August, at the 2008 annual convention of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Dr. Jacob Schor was both surprised and honored by his colleagues as the first recipient of the Vis Award. The creation of this award was inspired by the life of Bill Mitchell, ND, who was a mentor and inspiration to many naturopathic doctors currently in practice. Dr. Mitchell passed away in 2007, and this award was created to honor those naturopathic doctors who have exhibited similar characteristics of service to their patients and commitment to living and practicing naturopathic medicine in accordance to what is called the “Vis Medicatrix Naturae”, or healing force of nature.
The Vis Medicatrix Naturae, or Vis, is one of the fundamental principles that guides and distinguishes the practice of naturopathic medicine. The Vis is the belief that every living being contains a “life force”. When this force is given proper building blocks and freed from obstacles, each being will come to a state of ideal health and balance. Each naturopathic doctor strives in his or her practice to help each system of the body receive that ideal “nutrition,” whether it is in the form of vitamins, herbs, emotional wellbeing, or even adequate sleep. It is the highest goal of each naturopathic doctor to find this balance for each patient and the community in which they live.
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Important!! In order to be able to play this game you need an emulator installed. See the full list of available Amiga emulators for this game.
Spiderman 3 - Destino Incrociato!

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Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata (The Marriage of Figaro, or The Day of Madness), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro (1784).
Although the play by Beaumarchais was at first banned in Vienna because of its satire of the aristocracy, considered dangerous in the decade before the French Revolution, the opera became one of Mozart's most successful works. The overture is especially famous and is often played as a concert piece. The musical material of the overture is not used later in the work, aside from two brief phrases during the Count's part in the terzetto Cosa sento! in act 1.


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Oh, Miley. You may be a megastar. And you may be very good at what you do. But somehow - just SOMEHOW - we're not QUITE convinced that Bangerz will be remembered alongside The White Album.
BANGERZ IS BETTER THAN THRILLER !
Miley Cyrus is more talented than Queen/Beatles.


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I have a lot of random hobbies.
People ask me what my hobbies are in interviews, and I always say biking. But all I bike for is to get to rehearsal more quickly.
I have hobbies. I like being active. I like to surf a lot, play a little bit of golf.
I prefer hanging out with my small group of friends, maybe head to the beach once in three months, pursue my hobbies, and just be happy with the small joys of life.
People choose to read, and it takes effort. It's not one of those hobbies that asks nothing of the person who is doing it. It's more than a hobby.
The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences. They are hugely important in the affirmation of differences between groups and social classes and in the reproduction of those differences.
I do virtually nothing except my work. No hobbies.
Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.
Making people uncomfortable is one of my hobbies. I'm always hoping that half the people get the joke and the other half are the joke.
I'm a creative person. I love to write, I love to act, I love to perform, I love to create things with my hands, so I do all of these things that are kind of like hobbies in a way. They're things that I love, so it's not like a work-life balance; it's just a work-life marriage.


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Tope Alabi’s Ex-Spiritual Father’s Corpse Moved To Mortuary As Church Members Pray For His Resurrection.
“He died since Saturday, but the church members have decided to keep sealed lips.Instead, they have engaged in marathon prayer sessions. They held a vigil on Saturday where they prayed fervently for him to resurrect, but nothing happened.
His corpse has been taken to a local mortuary in Lagos State Nigeria.


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Monthly changing exhibition programme covering a wide range of media, periods and genre.
The Golden Thread Gallery is a neutral venue for the presentation and education of high quality contemporary visual art and associated activities, including exhibitions, events, projects, touring products/exhibitions, outreach activities/ workshops, located on an interface in North Belfast.
The Ormeau Baths Gallery is one of the foremost exhibition spaces for contemporary visual arts in Northern Ireland.The gallery is dedicated to showing a wide range of contemporary art at both a national and international level and is situated in the former Victorian swimming baths.
Nature reserve and wildfowl collection with gallery of wildlife themed art, mainly of Julian Friers' work, but with occasional other artists exhibiting at intervals throughout the year.
Local museum located in restored 18th C gaol. Exhibitions of local material including works of local artists and craftspeople.
Fermanagh County Museums has a well extablished education service offering curriculum support programmes based on its art and history collections.


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