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Cavalcade | Full Movie
- 1h 50m
Rotten Tomatoes® Score
A gloriously, heart-rendingly beautiful, stirring picture of a generation in British family life.
It's rife with fey, unintentional camp like the scene in which a newlywed couple pledge eternal lo...
Almost certain to be near the top of the list for 1933.
- Release Date:January 5, 1933
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What is Wellness? It can be an aspect of everything we do and are; from how we feel in our job, in our relationships, and ultimately in our body.
Our minds and bodies inherently want to be healthy and happy, and if given the optimal conditions will return to their natural balance. Mindfulness Based Stress and Wellness Coaching can help you find that path forward, free from old patterns and stories that may at one time have served you, but now hold you back, creating disharmony internally. Coaching can create the alignment you are seeking in all aspects of who you are.
Our work together may include assessing life values, inquisitive questions, visualization, meditation, metaphors, and many other options, all designed to create a place of discovery for you. And of course there is deep listening, my focused presence, and intuitive dialogue all along the way reinforced with trust and accountability.
As partners we will design the coaching structure that best supports your style and preference. Typically I find that working consistently once a week brings the most effective results for transformation. Each person is different and that's one great thing about coaching - it is all about you! Your agenda, your goals, your dreams...below are some possibilities.
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- 15 Whole Red Chillies (de-seeded and soaked for 30 minutes)
- 2 tablespoons Onion (chopped)
- 12 Garlic Pods (finely chopped)
- 1 inch Ginger Piece (grated)
- ½ teaspoon Vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Light Soya Sauce
- 2 tablespoons Tomato Ketchup
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- 1 cup Water
- 1 small Onion (finely chopped)
- ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
Take the soaked red chillies in a mixer jar and grind to a smooth paste.
Add little water for ease of grinding.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pan over low heat.
Add the garlic, ginger and the onion.
Cook until the onion turns soft.
Add the red chilli paste and saute for a couple of minutes.
Add 1 cup water, salt, vinegar, soya sauce, tomato ketchup, black pepper powder and simmer for 5 minutes or till desired consistency.
Check and adjust seasonings if need be.
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These are the words, images, and beers that have inspired the GBH collective this week. Drinking alone just got better, because now you're drinking with all of us.
READ. // "But tonight I’m not in Williamsburg. I’m in Indianapolis. And what’s playing in Indy, on this raw December night in Fountain Square, is a specific language of food, style, and cultural appreciation now spoken all over America and, damn, all over the world." Is your city Brooklyn yet? Brooklyn Is Everywhere.
LOOK. // Photographer Dave Sanford doesn't move mountains—they move him. And these are the liquid kind found in the Midwest.
DRINK. // Une Annee Le Seul Series
After a couple years of finding his way, founder Jerry Nelson is getting in to a groove ahead of his new brewery and taproom project in the Chicago burbs. His newest hit is a series of spectacular fruited sours using a solera method (blending old and new beer continuously) called Le Seul. The latest, Le Seul V is made with Kiwi and on tap at Plank Road Tap Room for Chicagoland drinkers.
READ. // "Small brewers make some incredibly flavorful beers; it is their intention to do so, but flavor is just one element of what makes people connect with craft beer." A case study of Penrose Brewing's Eric Hobbs on the redefinition of beer and why it's so special. The Reason It’s so Difficult to Answer, “Why Craft Beer?”
LOOK. // Darius Twin, the haunting and compelling and bright light-art media of artist Darren Pearson.
DRINK. // Cellarmaker Brewing's Dank Williams.
Cellarmaker's first foray into bottling beers—big, dank, bold, hoppy beers, to be exact. This Double IPA marks the first release in 22 oz bombers for these guys, and they plan to release one hoppy beer in a bottle each month. Limited run, sold at the brewery only, drink fresh and get it gone. Delicious stuff.
READ. // "The craft beer boom in the United States has placed unprecedented demands on malting barley supply." My Dad, Frank, works closely with the malt industry in the U.S. I asked him to write for me about the problems the industry may face as it stretches itself further than it ever has before. The Malt Profile - Malt and Barley Blues
LOOK. // Photographer Robert Götzfried captured these stunning images while driving the back roads on a trip from DC to Memphis, TN. I just can't get enough of the composition and colors.
DRINK. // The Five Points Brewing Co. Pale Ale.
I've worked a few shifts at my local pub recently and nothing has beaten the post shift thirst more than this mellow and citrus-y Pale Ale from The Five Points, who are based in Hackney, East London.
The GBH Collective
Inspired by master internet curator, Jessica Stanley, Read.Look.Drink. captures the most inspiring and thought-provoking content that burrowed into the mind of The GBH collective this past month. Great reads, stunning images, and beers that chart new territory submitted from our network across the US and Europe.
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admin Bedroom Decoration, 2018-04-28 21:56:41.Safety is always an important concern when it comes to buying kids bedroom furniture. Therefore, it is always important to buy only sturdy pieces that are well put together. Be sure the furniture pieces are capable of withstanding even rough use—you don’t even want to have your little kid falling when he or she jumps on the bed, right? And it goes without saying any possible safety hazards should be present, both visible or not, such as flimsy ladder or loose safety rails on bed.
admin Chairs Design, 2017-09-30 05:41:33.Actually, this secretary desk is not only for your home office as you can also place this desk in the living room or other rooms. It is because this desk can work as an accessory due to the antique design and expression. Therefore, you need to be sure about the design and style of this desk that can enhance your room interior design and decoration.
admin Interior Design, 2017-10-02 17:34:45.It is very sad sometimes to see pets being caged only in the cage. You can be sad if you find your dog or cat cannot run here and there, inside and outside. Basically, animals love to run and be free. They feel happy when they go outside. But, you sometimes feel worry if there is any harm coming to your pet. So, you think you need pet door such as cat doggie door or doggie door. You can make it on your backyard door, front door, or the gate.
admin Interior Design, 2017-10-02 06:22:46.To add the beauty of your vanity desk, you can add some accessories or room knick knacks. You can add a vase of flowers, candles, dolls, a framed-picture, and also other small accessories that can be the decorative element on the desk. Yea, it has been known that vanity is the furniture that can be functional for you but it can also be the decorative element also in your room. Vanity can be bathroom vanity or even makeup desk. If you want to find the vanity which has no mirror which is also called as vintage style, you can also easily find it.
admin Interior Design, 2017-10-01 22:09:06.The next important step is to make a floor plan for any of basement bar ideas you have in mind. It’s never easy to fit everything you desire into the available floor space, especially if you want to include a large sofa or pool table. With floor plan, you can also decide where the walls, doorways, and ceiling lights should be, including plumbing. And this is the step where hiring a professional and expert can be a truly great help.
admin Bathroom design, 2017-10-01 21:09:49.There are unlimited possibilities when it comes to bathroom wall decor. You can go with beautiful artwork to decorate your bathroom wall space, showing colors or designs that can either blend in harmony with the surroundings or pop to catch attention. You can use your wall decoration to draw the eye into certain section of the room. For example, hang an oversized painting over a freestanding bathtub to accentuate its presence of center of the tranquility and serenity of your bathroom.
admin Bedroom Decoration, 2017-10-02 22:14:12.While it is true that mirrored bedroom furniture makes it impossible for a bed, you can still have other possibilities, though. With mirrored bedroom furniture ideas, you can see there is beautiful mirrored nightstand, vanity table, or chest of drawer that can complement the look. When you decide to buy mirrored bedroom furniture sets, you also need to know how to clean and care for the mirrored furniture piece. This way, you can maintain the sparkly look that becomes the reason why you go for this route.
admin Interior Design, 2017-10-01 21:13:36.Replace your basement windowimmediately whenever you notice water or a draft seeping through the corners. Chances are there are decays or cracks around the window frame. The same concern can arise with the basement doors, FYI. Do the same if you notice similar issue. For window wells in older homes, issues related to leakage within a basement are also commonly found. The uncovered window well in basements may mean a buildup of debris, dirt, and water. Avoid the issues by cleaning out the well and consider investing your money for a window well cover. This way, you can keep the elements from affecting the basement.
admin Bedroom Decoration, 2017-10-02 22:18:11.How good you are as a host can be reflected on how well you design the guest room. With many guest bedroom ideas, starting from guest bedroom ideas modern even to guest bedroom ideas small space, there are actually many possibilities to explore. Even so, we personally find the most important aspect is the basics first. And here are some tips to create a well-appointed guest bedroom.
admin Interior Design, 2017-10-01 21:19:03.Basement is actually rich treasures that you can find. But some of you fail to find it and let your basement nothing. It is nothing because there is no benefit that you can take, except storing or putting some stuff. You need to be open-minded and see how you actually can do with your basement. These ideas of basement remodeling will help you transform it to be a more functional, comfy, and good looking space.
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There are times when you just need lemon and nothing else will do. And you talk about getting your lemon fix….this is it. Imagine, if you will, mixing all your ingredients together, pouring them into baking dishes and as they bake, the batter forms a moist pudding cake which rises to the top, and the rest forms a creamy, lovely lemon sauce on the bottom. Oh my ever lovin’ goodness.
I got this recipe from the food network kitchens 6 or 7 years ago and have made it countless times since. The recipe requires a 2-qt baking dish, and I usually make it in my round soufflé dish. If you’ve been following things here in Circle B Land, you know that we are in our California (Central Coast) digs (see here), and our kitchen here is rather modest, you might say. No 2-quart baking dish. But I found 4 ramekins that hold 1 ½ cups each, so this is what I used. Score!! I will never go back to using my big baking dish for this.
(little lemon pudding cakes waiting patiently in their water bath to go into the oven)
Usually, I just scoop out the lemon pudding cake with a large spoon to serve it, but with the ramekins, I had the great idea to invert them on a plate and oh, my, the lemon sauce just poured down over the cakey part and, well, you can see from the photo at top that this is just how this should be served. And eaten.
(little lemon pudding cakes just emerging from the oven)
If you're a lemonhead like me, you really should make these. Really.
Lemon Pudding Cake
For a printable recipe, click here
Adapated from the Food Network Kitchens
4 tablespoons butter at room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, separated
1 1/4 cups milk
1/3 cup flour
Grated zest of 1 lemon
1/2 cup lemon juice
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put the kettle on to boil. You will need about 4 cups of water for the water bath.
Lightly butter a 2 quart shallow dish (or 4 1½ cup ramekins) and set aside. If using smaller ramekins, decrease baking time by another 5 to 10 minutes.
Beat the butter until soft then gradually add the sugar, beating until well blended. Beat in the yolks one at a time, then add the milk, salt, flour, sugar, lemon zest and juice and beat to mix thoroughly. (Don't worry if the mixture looks curdled).
Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until they form soft peaks. Then lighten the lemon egg mixture with 1/4 of the beaten egg whites, then fold the remaining egg whites into this lightened batter.
Turn this mixture into the prepared baking pan (or ramekins) and set it in a larger baking pan. Pour in enough boiling water to come half way up the sides of the baking dish and bake for 50 minutes to an hour. If using individual ramekins, bake for 30 minutes. The custard will separate into a soft custard-like mixture on the bottom and a cakier spongy like texture on the top. If the top begins to brown after 20 minutes of baking, loosely cover the top with buttered foil. (I find the top begins to get really brown about 30 minutes into baking with the large baking dish and after about 20 minutes with the smaller ones).
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Nantucket Sings of the Braves MacOSX Free Download-GOG
Nantucket Sings of the Braves: Songs of the Braves expands Nantucket with 10 new sea shanties, adding more than 30 minutes of new music to improve your experience at sea.
The Roaring Trowmen, a Bristol-based band that created all the sea shanties heard in the game, performs all of the shanties.
List of features added to the game:
- Itches in me Britches.
- John Kanaka.
- Maid of Amsterdam.
- North Sea Ground.
- Mingulay Boat Song.
- Botany Bay.
- Donkey Riding.
- The Merry Fellows.
- Tow Rope Girls.
- Fiddler’s Green.
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July 29-31 will see the Brisbane Convention Centre treated to the city’s debut Bellydancing Festival presented by The Queensland Bellydance Academy (QBA).
Highlighting the festival is Salam Ya Raqs! A Dance Voyage, a collection of women’s dances from the Middle East and beyond. Salam Ya Raqs! A Dance Voyage features top professional Middle Eastern dance artists from around Australia and Europe; including Mercedes Nieto from Hungary, special guest star and festival headline act.
This festival will see Nieto visit and perform in Australia for the first time, she is one of the world’s leading Middle Eastern dance artists and teachers.
Nerissa Panagopolous and Ambyr Johnston, festival organisers and Co-directors of QBA, are amongst the most sought after Middle Eastern dance instructors in the country and have noted a surge in popularity of bellydance in Brisbane.
“We were inspired to host a festival in Queensland as we’ve seen the growing interest not just in bellydance, but also the folkloric dance traditions from which bellydance originates,” said Ms Johnston.
“Dance has the power to create connections between people, and QBA is passionate about using dance to strengthen community,” she added.
“Salam Ya Raqs! aims to celebrate the beauty of the Middle East by sharing the artistic traditions of its people.”
Salam Ya Raqs! will captivate audiences, leaving them dancing in their seats along with the best Middle Eastern dancers and musicians from Australia and abroad. Salam Ya Raqs! features dances from around the region including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey, Tunisia, the Gulf and Morocco.
This self-funded event has been years in the making and is driven by Ambyr and Nerissa’s passion for Middle Eastern music and dance.
QBA is Queensland’s leading school of excellence specialising in Modern Oriental Bellydance and Middle Eastern Folkloric Dance. Check the QBA website here for more information.
WHAT: Salam Ya Raqs! A Dance Voyage
WHEN: Sunday July 31 at 7.00pm
WHERE: Boulevard Auditorium, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (Grey St entrance)
Tickets: Online bookings only – buy tickets here
PRICE: $45 (including booking fee)
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Prices start at $8.50 for a bottle and go up to $30 for our 4 pack of sauces. We make hand-made small batch hot sauces.
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Sexual situations involving minors, vulgar language, murder, violence, drug use, rebellion against parental authority, suicide. What sort of rating would this work garner, and how can parents protect their children from such obscenity?
In case I slurred around the tongue firmly adhered to the lining of my cheek, the work in question is William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. I have recently read several online discussions regarding a trend toward a purportedly excessive use of realism in children’s and young adult literature.
Imagine a world with content advisories or ratings listed on the backs of middle grade and YA books:
The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton – gang violence, language;
A Ring of Endless Light, Madeline L’Engle – death, discussions of sexual situations, partial nudity;
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsburg — runaway children, theft, nudity.
The list could continue ad infinitum. I recognize the concerns involved in the exposure of children to the grittier side of reality. I recognize that a time and place exists for discussions of death, sex, violence, substance abuse, etc. However, as a mother of three, I am painfully aware that we do not always get to choose the time and place for such discussions.
Our children dwell in an imperfect world. We cannot and should not protect them from the knowledge of the darker sides of life. Death and violence will confront them regardless of whether they have been prepared. As they enter adolescence, sexual feelings and confusion will swamp them despite our careful censorship of their media exposure. The drug dealer on the corner or in the schoolyard does not care that we prohibited the book depicting substance abuse.
My oldest child is a frighteningly precocious 10-year old. She reads at the level of a high school sophomore. Discussions of appropriate content are not an abstract argument in our household. At the deepest levels of maternal terror and concern, I want my children to never have to face the darkness of violence, loss, or addiction. I’d prefer also for them to exist in a sexual vacuum until they are well gone from my house. However, this choice is not mine. My husband and I have instead made the decision to discuss rather than censor content with our children.
Have media ratings lessened the problems of sexual promiscuity, violence, and substance abuse in children and teens? I have been unable to find any data that suggests that these instances have declined since 1968. Personally, I would prefer my children to watch a movie depicting intelligent themes that spark meaningful discussion, even if that film contains scenes of sex or violence, than to have them watch some of the blather that passes for children’s programming. Given the choice between showing them Joss Whedon’s Serenity and SpongeBob SquarePants, I’m going to stick with Joss. There may be moments in which I experience discomfort, but at least I won’t have to watch the gray matter ooze from my children’s ears.
In a world that has become increasingly sanitized, polarized, and consequently unreal, books are one of the last havens of intelligent discourse and truly free speech. To have children’s authors constrained by arbitrary standards of “decency” would be a travesty. Should an author shy away from writing a book that deals with difficult topics such as drug use, rape, depression, or discrimination in a meaningful way for fear of being saddled with a “Mature” rating and thus becoming unmarketable for a publisher?
Discussions of book censorship are far from new. Notions of content censorship date back to the ancient Greeks. From the advent of the printing press, various groups have attempted to control the spread and content of the written word. In my opinion, placing content warnings or ratings on books would facilitate the descent into censorship.
It has become far too easy, and tragically common for parents to relinquish the responsibility of rearing their children. Warnings, Ratings, Parental Control devices and software have enabled parents to avoid looking critically at the exposure of their children to outside influences. Rather than look to outside sources to tell us what our children “should” or “shouldn’t” read, as parents, we need to accept responsibility. Books can be incredible jumping-off points for frank and necessary discussions. Classic literature is rife with examples of phrases and scenarios which many would consider unacceptable in modern society. Rather than avoiding a book or skimming over an inappropriate slur when reading to children, why not use the opportunity to discuss the changes in social ideals? A YA novel may contain discussions of sexuality or sexual situations that a parent considers inappropriate. Rather than forbidding the novel (which the child will then read in secret), the parent could have a frank discussion with the child about their family’s sexual mores.
The value of the written word lies in its ability to stimulate imagination and critical thought. If we seek to shelter our children from the richness of literature, we do them a grave disservice. Life the predator is not tamed simply because we choose to ignore the fangs. Let us send our children into the arena armed with the wisdom of storytellers. | <urn:uuid:9b1e0b03-62ab-4474-b76c-7b3501483fa4> | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | http://blogcritics.org/childrens-books-rated-e-for-everyone/ | 2013-12-22T12:34:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1387346051826/warc/CC-MAIN-20131218055411-00082-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949476 | 1,098 |
Cooee!! i'm back again, i'm on a roll now i've got my mojo back!!
For this card i have used a fab Tickled Pink Stamp and coloured her with Promarkers. I used a Spellbinders hearts circle die, MS Eyelet Lace punch to create a border, some Centura Pearl CS, KAISERcraft DP, embossed some blue CS with a Sissix folder and added some ribbon and gems.
For the Following Challenges
2 Sisters - Embossing
ALOTA75 - Heart Challenge
Bizzy Becs - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Picture Inspiration
Craft Your Passion - Colour Bingo
Crafty Boots - Inspired by a song title (Lost in Music - Sister Sledge)
Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - Music & Dance
Joanna Sheen - Celebrations
Lothian Crafts - Die Cuts
OSAAT - Round and round
Papertake Weekly - Buttons bows blooms and bling (used bow and bling)
PTT - Happy Birthday
Pixie Dust Studio - We're Going Dotty
Pollycraft Monday - Warm it up
Simon Says Stamp and Show - a Song Title (Lost in Music - Sister Sledge)
Stamp and Doodle - It's all about Birthdays
The Ribbon Girl - Blue & Pink
Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge - Something New ( Ribbon, punch and DP )
Winter Wonderland - An Easel Card
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Heritage throws support behind campaign to achieve better balance in banking
Heritage Bank today threw its support behind a national campaign that aims to change the face of banking in Australia.
That follows the release of new research which shows that:
- almost 80% of Australians believe the big banks make excessive profits;
- 65% believe there is not enough competition in the Australian banking system; and
- 71% agree the big four banks have an unfair advantage in the mortgage market.
Abacus Australian Mutuals this week launched the Balance Banking campaign, backed by consumer research showing banking competition is a major issue for Australian voters.
The polling by D&M research of 1000 Australian voters revealed 2 out of 3 want an independent inquiry into the country’s banking system.
“The research shows that many Australians are concerned about competition in the banking sector,” Heritage CEO Mr Minz said.
“We support the Balance Banking campaign and join this important national debate for change. An independent inquiry will leave us all better placed to compete in a stronger financial system.”
“We’ll certainly be having a say and encouraging our customers to do the same to achieve more competition and choice for consumers and banking rules that give everyone a fair go.”
Australians can join the campaign online and read the consumer research findings at www.balancebanking.com.au.
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As colleges around the country resumed in-person learning in the fall of 2021, many educators expected students to return to campus after taking a pandemic gap year. But a funny thing happened on the way to the Ivory Tower: even fewer students showed up than during the worst months of the pandemic in the fall of 2020.
The number of undergraduate students is expected to drop 3.2 percent in the 2021-22 academic year after plunging 3.4 percent during the 2020-21 pandemic year, according to preliminary data released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center on Oct. 26, 2021. That adds up to 6.5 percent fewer undergraduate students now than there were in the fall of 2019 before the pandemic. Continue reading. | <urn:uuid:0d57a7f6-dc65-4692-af97-65636a9a5fef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://professorvanry.blog/2021/11/03/many-young-adults-choose-work-over-college/ | 2022-08-11T04:47:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00693.warc.gz | en | 0.96405 | 151 |
The Luxury Hermes Suite, a fascinating combination of simplicity and elegance, offering a wonderful blend of modern comforts and traditional architecture. The rustic charm of each luxury room is a haven for guests. Pure elegance and sobriety.
These rooms can be reached through a green passage of scented climbers and lush plants.
A unique suite. The interior decoration combines original artisan furniture with other newly designed pieces, purposely made and combined with a harmony difficult to find anywhere else.
|Size:||Hermes Suite (30 square metres)|
|Descriziption:||Panoramic terrace with view of swimming pool and Valle d’Itria|
|Bed:||Super king-size double bed|
|Bathroom:||Stone bath with basin, glass shower enclosure with chromotherapy and exclusive taps and fittings|
|Capacity:||4 people. Ideal for couples or families with one or two children|
|Services:||Mini-bar and safe. Lounge area with double dormeuse, 42” LCD TV with video and music on demand, satellite channels and connectivity panel for plugging in your own devices to the TV via cable or bluetooth. Internet via cable, via TV and via Wi-Fi|
The price of your room includes:
Special welcome in room, minibar with mineral water and non-alcoholic drinks, breakfast in room, Wi-Fi, air conditioning, telephone, safe, LED TV with satellite channels, Nespresso coffee machine and tea maker with selection of teas and herbal teas. | <urn:uuid:47c86ecf-a748-45e6-ad53-f0ec55f27590> | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | https://www.trulliresort.com/en/appartamento/suite-hermes/ | 2020-02-28T22:01:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875147647.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20200228200903-20200228230903-00411.warc.gz | en | 0.871588 | 323 |
18 Stunning Peachy Orange Paint Color : Peach Paint Colors
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Living in the country, one gets used to wildlife. Rabbits help themselves to our garden, deer prune our fruit trees and raccoons savage our trash can. I take them all in stride.
All that is – except gophers. Gophers and I do not get along.
I have four acres of pasture and the state set aside four hundred acres of prairie next door but in all that turf – do you think you could find a single gopher?
Not a one.
Which is odd because the lawn behind my pond suddenly became infected with them and I had no idea how they got there. They just showed up for no reason like zits on the morning before prom.
It is embarrassing… I have a reputation for taking pride in my place – which is why my neighbors now like to slow down and chuckle as they drive past.
Not knowing what to do, I called one of them. “How do you get rid of gophers?” I asked.
“You got GOPHERS!” he cried, barely able to contain his excitement
“Uh yes, I do…”
“Me and the militia will be right over. We LOVE to shoot gophers”
“Uh, let’s put that idea on hold until I talk to a few more people…,” I told him. Gauging from the deep sigh on the other end of the line, I probably broke his heart.
So I talked it around.
Everyone had their techniques and while no one else suggested a posse, all the solutions were equally as violent.
The consensus was this. If you didn’t poison them, you could snap their little necks with traps or possibly stink them out with sulfur gas. My personal favorite was to pump gasoline down the holes, light a fuse and run like hell. I had hoped for something less gruesome. But then I recalled an old trick I used as a kid when my hamster got out of his cage.
I found a five gallon plastic bucket and covered the bottom with bird seed. Then I rigged up a screen to allow the little guys to crawl up the outside of the bucket and drop inside to where the seed was.
I put the trap out that evening.
In the morning, there was a gopher in the bucket, and I might add, a hefty little fellow. So he and I took a car ride together. We drove about two miles down the road, where I released him in a field full of gopher holes, so he could play with his buddies.
The next morning, there he was, his cheeks stuffed with seeds, grinning at me from the bottom of my bucket. I drove him back home.
The next morning, he returned.
Now, I know what you are thinking. How can you tell one gopher from another? I asked myself the same question. The answer is – that toothy grin – but just to be sure, I took a paint brush and dabbed a blob of red paint on his belly before chauffeuring him back down the road.
The next morning, there he was again – red paint and all.
That’s when it dawned on me.
I called up my militia buddy. “Hey,” I said, “beside me, who won’t let you shoot gophers on their property?”
“Leon Forbes. He’s a catch and release woosie, just like you.”
“Where does he live?”
“Two miles north of your place, back in the trees behind the ground with all the gophers in it.”
“Yeah, he’s some kind of pacifist.”
“Explains a lot.”
So that night, I made a stencil.
The next morning, when I pulled the little guy out of the bucket, I slapped the stencil on his back and gave him a shot of red spray paint. He was no worse for the wear when I let him go at Leon’s.
That was the end of my gopher problem. I think Leon suddenly got the idea to release his pests somewhere else – but I would have loved to watch him check his live trap and read: “Property of Leon Forbes” on the back of a gopher. | <urn:uuid:3af01ab9-7535-41c7-b635-d9aa36fe5ebc> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | https://almostiowa.com/2015/07/02/the-gopher-express/ | 2018-07-15T22:59:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589022.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20180715222830-20180716002830-00127.warc.gz | en | 0.983126 | 913 |
RF App for Android is now live!
The Reasonable Faith App for Android is now available for download!
With this free app you get access to Dr. William Lane Craig’s weekly Q&A, articles, audio and video of debates and talks, including Dr. Craig’s popular Reasonable Faith Podcast and Defenders Podcast.
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Memorial University holds Affinity Newfoundland and Labrador Celebrations across Canada each year in Ottawa, Halifax, Toronto and Calgary.
The Affinity Newfoundland and Labrador program was developed to bring together Memorial University alumni, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, friends of the university, corporations and supporters to celebrate Memorial University and raise funds for student scholarships at the university. To date, these scholarships have supported 36 students in furthering their education.
The inaugural Affinity Newfoundland and Labrador Celebration took place in 2001 in Ottawa and has since expanded across the country.
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Considering the vast history of Italian wine, it should come as no surprise that a number of universities, both domestically and throughout the world, carry classes dedicated to this wonderful drink. In some cases, there are entire courses that revolve around Italian and international wines, allowing you to develop an in-depth knowledge about the industry that produces the wines that you love the most.
Of course, for the novice student it can often be a little difficult to determine exactly what such courses have to offer. After all, it is easy to figure out what you are going to be taught if you take a Math or Biology class, but it may be a little more difficult for the inexperienced to get their heads around what they may be taught when studying wine at university.
Here we will take a look at some of the subjects that you are likely to study as part of the course, or that may be available as individual classes that you can take in addition to your major focus.
You simply cannot talk about the Italian winemaking industry without paying homage to the great and storied history that has helped to build it into the behemoth that it is today. From the days of the Renaissance, when many winemakers were also extremely important movers and shakers in the regions that they called home, through to more modern times, where you will cover issues like the Barolo Wars and the rise of the Super Tuscans, the history of winemaking is packed with interesting events that you will be able to explore.
A good course may show you some of the most important events in the historical development of the industry. It will cover everything from the days of the early vineyards that were introduced into the country by the Greeks and Etruscans, through to the founding of some of the winemakers that have grown to legendary status in the modern day, right through to modern history and the emergence of many more producers. There is simply so much ground to cover and you could spend days of classes learning about it all.
Vineyards, Growing and Harvesting
Moving away from the historical, many wine courses also place a focus on the more practical aspects of the industry, allowing you to get an inside view of what goes into the growing and harvesting of the grapes that are used to make the wines that you love. For people with an interest in agriculture, or simply those who want to find out who the whole process works, this can make for extremely interesting lessons.
You will learn about different types of grapes, when it is best to harvest them and why. You may also learn about more complex subjects, such as purposefully allowing the grape to grow past the point of ideal ripeness, so that it can be used to add more texture and complexity to a bottle of wine. Finally, you will find out about the effects that the terrain and the local weather have on the growth of a grape and why it is that certain regions only used certain grape varieties. Italian wine as an industry is so popular, in part, because of the enormous amount of variety that it offers and this part of a course will show you just how big a part grapes have to play in this.
The Business Side
Of course, the Italian wine industry would not be where it is today without winemakers developing solid business strategies to ensure that their wines get out there and attain the popularity that creates the demand that allows them to stay in business. At the end of the day, Italian wine is a business and it is one that has been vitally important to the Italian economy for centuries.
As part of your course you may start to learn a little bit about the business of Italian wine and the methods that many of the great producers have used, both in the past and the present, to ensure the success of their productions. After all, you can have the greatest wine in the world but it won’t mean much if you aren’t able to develop an audience for it. You will learn how the industry adjusts to international tastes, particular after the internet allowed Italian wine to be accessible to everybody, and how modern trends are going to shape the industry for a number of years to come.
The Things That Make a Wine Great
You may have heard of the term ‘sommelier’ before and may even be aware that many of these men and women run courses of their own. Simply put, they are experts in the industry of wine and are the go-to people when you want to find out what makes a wine tick, why it is of a high quality and what work has been put into its composition that allows it to stand out against the competition.
Simply put, they are experts when it comes to tasting and appreciating wine, which is a job description that most people here would love to have. Of course, that also oversimplifies things, as sommeliers will also have vast amounts of knowledge about the history of the industry and the state of the current environment, but a grounding in identifying what makes a wine, such as the initial notes in the scent through to those found when the wine is tasted, is extremely important. During your course you may start to learn a little bit more about this aspect of wine tasting, allowing you to identify what has gone into the wine’s creation and ensuring you understand a little more about the science behind the industry.
The Final Word
University courses related to wine are becoming increasingly popular. There are already a number of places in Italy where you can go and study about various aspects of the industry, and that trend seems to be spreading internationally. They are the perfect starting point for people who want to gain a foothold in the industry but don’t know where to start. | <urn:uuid:c25681be-1ca7-40bf-a7ce-8080586a4889> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | http://blog.xtrawine.com/en/2015/10/what-you-might-learn-when-you-study-wine-at-university/ | 2018-01-22T14:13:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084891377.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20180122133636-20180122153636-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.974265 | 1,161 |
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I came up with the idea of this blog “Travelling essentials” while I was super busy this whole week as I am also travelling to a super fun place, so I had to complete all my packing but since I have also decided to write atleast one blog per week, I decided and said to myself that I had to manage everything at the same time and while packing my stuff I thought it’s a great idea to share about travelling essentials and I believe many people also look up for solutions too, I know that because messy people like me do the same and I know that for sure, some people considerably need plenty of time for packing and still till the very last minute before leaving the house they think that they might have left something but I have come across some great solutions which helped me a lot while packing and made my life much more easier than before and I am gonna share it with you all and I hope this might help every reader over here.
The first thing that you need to do is “Make a list” before you start your packing, this is the first thing I always do before I start my packing because when you make a list there are very few chances of missing anything out so even if you do not follow this rule make sure you do it next time before your packing. List out everything- your clothes shoes accessories makeup and every other little thing, it will help you to save your time. I am gonna list out things which must be there in your lists and rest other things depends on every individual.
Initially I forgot to add this to my essentials list and my mom literally forgot Identity-Card at home this week only and my father had to go back home for that so while editing this blog I thought this is most important thing that we must take care of and we must always carry our identity card with us.
2. Tiny First-aid kit.
While travelling especially when travelling for a wedding we tend to eat plenty of junk and unhealthy food and that may often result in bad stomach conditions so make sure you carry a small first aid box so that it is easy to carry and sometimes it is difficult to find medicines while travelling and also at a new place so make sure it must include some tablets for bad stomach conditions to reduce indigestion, bandaids, antiseptic cream.
3. Healthy packaged foods.
I know people who are health conscious try to avoid packaged foods because most of them are processed and are not good for health but there are some healthy packaged foods also available which you must carry with yourself while travelling especially when you’re travelling via train and I am gonna list some of them over here
- Dried fruits
- Whole grain snacks
- Canned beans
You can also carry dry fruits,peanut butter,digestive biscuits and some snacks as per your own preferences.
4. Silicon water bottle.
It is foldable collapsible and anti leakage too so its travel-friendly and easy to use and you can carry it anywhere anytime.
For me, it’s the most important thing and I make sue that I carry everything which is essential for me and I make sure that everything is well packed at one place so that I don’t have to waste my time looking for things so buy a organiser or a small bag in which you should carry
- Small bottle of shampoo or sachets.
- Paper soap.
- Small bottle of shower gel
- Any other thing as per your own preferences.
6. Portable pocket mirror.
In the era of selfies and front facing camera’s, pocket mirror’s are sometimes actually helpful because sometimes you cannot rely on the battery life of your mobile and this point takes me to my next essential thing.
7. Portable charger.
Charge your power bank a day before leaving for your journey so that you don’t have to search for plug points everywhere.
8. Biodegradable disposable plates,glasses.
You need to carry these things if you are travelling with your family or with a group and always opt for biodegradable products as we must not harm the environment.
Hope this blog will help you whenever you travel and if you are a lazy person like me then you don’t have to make your own separate list just read this blog and add other things as per your own preferences.
I am happy to receive all the love you guys are giving me and yes feel free to provide feedback and any other suggestions you have for this blog or my website.
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By Greg Cochrane
Newsbeat music reporter
Taylor Swift has enjoyed huge success in the US
For some, the sight of a ninth-month pregnant M.I.A. grinding with Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne might have been the most bewildering one at last week's Grammys ceremony in America.
However, for many of the British audience watching on television it would have been 19-year-old Taylor Swift performing.
Back in her native US Swift is a huge star. Four million records huge but in the UK she's yet - yet! - to be a household name. Last year, Swift was the biggest selling artist in America.
"I stop at red lights in my car back in Tennessee I'll have the car on either side of me roll down the windows and be like handing things to me," she says curled up in a London hotel lounge chair.
It's safe to say back home Swift doesn't live a normal life - mass adulation shadowing her every move.
"When I go to the mall now it's definitely different to how it was a couple of years ago.
"But I love talking to people and I feel like I'm the same person I was before all this started - I just have a different schedule now."
That type of mob reaction looks set to be mirrored in the UK where she was immediately greeted by hundreds of fans on her arrival.
"I was fully expecting it to just be me starting over and having no-one know who I was and having no-one care about my music," she blurts humbly.
Indeed, a pack of salivating paparazzi were instantly trailing her movements. Not that she is bothered.
"I've wanted one thing for me whole life and I'm not going to be that girl who wants one thing her whole life then gets it and complains."
After a brief visit last September Swift is in the UK to attend and "observe" the Brit Awards.
"I've heard that they're crazy," she giggles. "The Grammys are very classy. It's very prestigious and everyone's on their best behaviour and I think that at the Brits everyone will be on their wildest behaviour - which will be interesting.
"It'll probably be just a little more whimsical.
"I picked out what I'm going to wear last week - I know the dress," she smiles. "I think the afternoon of the Brits I'm going to try to figure out what to do with my hair."
While she'll probably keep her own autograph book under wraps she's looking forward to meeting up with a few new friends.
"Chris Martin walked up to me and Miley [at the Grammys] and said 'Hey guys!' and I was like freakin' out because I'd never met him before," she babbles. "He was like 'Taylor congratulations on everything you've had an amazing year' - I couldn't even believe that he knew who I was.
"Duffy, I remember meeting her at the Clive Davis party. We were all standing together, it was me Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus and Duffy.
"A fan came up and wanted his picture with us and he goes, 'Can someone take a picture of us' and Duffy says, 'Here I'll take it' and she grabs the camera and took the picture for him. She just didn't assume that she was wanted in the picture."
Therefore the Welsh songstress is Swift's tip for best female come the ceremony at London's Earls Court on Wednesday [18 February].
"Duffy would probably be my frontrunner just because of meeting her and she was so sweet.
"But people might be surprised to figure out that I'm a big M.I.A. fan too."
British artists did extremely well at the Grammys, and the Americans are expected to leave with a number of gongs at the Brits - something Swift finds curious.
"I think you could go back to the old thing about human nature and that you want what you can't have," she explains. "The grass is always greener on the other side so you always admire what isn't in your backyard."
After the chaotic dust of the Brits inevitably settles Swift will release new record Fearless on 2 March.
"A lot of the ideas from Fearless came from love and boys," she concludes. "I wrote Love Story on my bedroom floor."
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Son Pons is an enchanting 11-room agroturisme located on a vast private estate just outside Búger village. The estate is owned by the charming Siquier family, who restored their 16th-century finca with enormous care, and now pour the same energy and dedication into caring for their guests. The original buildings date back to the 1500s and a real sense of history pervades in its rough stone walls, ancient wooden beams and hefty arched doorways. Beyond the finca, the estate extends over 150,000m², with glorious country views and the UNESCO-classified Tramuntana mountains forming a spectacular backdrop. Whether you come for a romantic break, a walking trip or a relaxed family holiday, the feeling of space, peace and well-being in this magical spot is simply addictive
The Son Pons estate enjoys protected status as a wildlife sanctuary, with its own olive groves producing high quality oil for the hotel kitchen. As befits an agroturisme establishment, tasty local produce is all part of the Son Pons experience, so you can start your day with a rich buffet breakfast, with light snacks available at lunch and through the afternoon. Dinner is a romantic, candle-lit affair served in the courtyard; meals are home-cooked to order with fresh ingredients sourced daily, so you’ll need to book for dinner by lunch time if you plan to eat in. Nearby Búger has a couple of restaurants of its own too, and even if you prefer to dine at Son Pons, it’s worth spending some time taking in the authentic atmosphere of this pretty country village, which is well off the usual tourist trail.
Once you’re feeling deeply relaxed after a few days by the pool in the friendly care of Inès, Christophe and the team, you might like to explore the old towns of Pollença and Alcúdia, each a leisurely 15-minute drive. Playa de Muro – 6km of pristine pale sand and turquoise water – is around the same distance away. For a gently pampering break as a couple, with family or with friends, Son Pons offers an indulgent alternative to a villa holiday in one of the most tranquil parts of the island.
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- 11 rooms and suites (sleeps 2-4) in 3 categories
- Double classic
- Junior suite deluxe with Jacuzzi bath and terrace
- Junior suite superior with Jacuzzi bath and terrace
Please note: specific room numbers may be requested but cannot be guaranteed
- See separate Suites tab for individual details and photographs
- Complimentary WiFi
- Heating available
- Satellite TV (limited English-speaking channels)
- Simpson Travel pool towels
- Concierge service
- Reception service from 8.30am – 3.30pm (Thursdays until 5pm)
- Telephone service until midnight when reception unmanned
- Buffet breakfast included
- Restaurant for dinner (5 days per week)
- Outdoor lounge area by pool
- Freeform saltwater swimming pool 14m x 6m (depth 0.2m – 2m)
- Themed events
- Massage treatments available (payable locally)
- Cooking lessons available
- Extensive olive grove used to produce their own olive oil
- A daily tourist tax applies, which means that an average of €2.20 per person per day (16+ years) will be charged. This should be paid in cash during your stay.
- Private nanny service offering babysitting and full or half-day childcare packages. Please ask one of our Destination Specialists for details or visit Jelly and Ice-Cream.
- Buffet on the terrace or in the dining room (8.30am – 10.30am)
- Selection includes Mallorcan local products such as sobrasada, different muesli cereals, pastries, bacon, fried/scrambled eggs, seasonal fruits
- Bistro Son Pons
- Snacks served daily (12pm – 5pm, Tuesdays from 12pm – 3pm)
- Classic lunches include tuna salad, spaghetti Bolognese, ham and cheese baguette, toasted sandwiches, pizza, various desserts
- Mediterranean lunches include Son Pons Salad, Mediterranean baguette (Serrano ham, tomatoes, olives, olive oil Son Pons), tuna baguette, Spanish omelette with salad,
- Sandwich Mar: tuna (tomatoes, onion, black olives, selection of cheese and Iberico sausage)
- Includes a range of local cuisine served on the courtyard
- Dinner served 5 days a week (not Thursday or Sunday)
- All dinners should be pre-booked by 2pm on the day
- All properties with WiFi are able to support basic functionality such as web browsing and checking emails*
* We aim to offer an uninterrupted service but sometimes due to factors beyond our control reliability can be affected.
Hotel access times
- Check-in time – 1pm
- Check-out time – 11am
- Restaurants/shops (Búger Square) 2min drive or 15min walk along a countryside road (no pavement)
- Restaurants (Campanet) 5min drive
- Restaurants/shops/train station (Sa Pobla) 5min drive
- Restaurants/shops (Pollença) 15min drive
- Restaurants/shops (old town Alcudia) 15min drive
- Beach (Playa de Muro) 20min drive
- Beach (Puerto Pollença) 25min drive
- Palma airport 40min drive
Based on the number of people travelling, the following hire car(s) are included in the package price of your holiday:
- 2 guests – 1 Group A3, Hyundai i10 or similar*
* All our cars include comprehensive insurance with no excess charge. For details of exclusions please view our Mallorca Booking conditions here.
Group A3 – 1.0 litre engine, 1 medium and 1 small suitcase*
The following cars are available as alternatives on request (supplements apply). Please call our travel specialists for details.
Group B5 – 1.2 litre engine, 2 large suitcases*
Group C3 – 1.4 litre engine, 3 large suitcases*
Group E3, Citroën C4 Automatic or similar, 1.2 litre engine, 1 large and 2 medium suitcases*
Group P1, Peugeot 5008 (can be a 7 seater 5+2) or similar, 1.6 litre engine, 4 large and 1 small suitcase (less luggage space when being used as a 7 seater)*
Group P6, Ford Transit 9 seater or similar, 1.6 litre engine, 5 large suitcases*
* Suitcase sizes are based on a large suitcase being approximately 75cm x 41cm x 31cm, a medium suitcase of approximately 65cm x 46cm x 29cm and a small suitcase of 55cm x 40cm x 20cm.
This hotel is a one off. In the middle of the countryside, surrounded by very little and a mile from the nearest very small village. The accommodation is excellent, the staff are wonderful and the food very good. Particular reference should be made to the cook who is a star.
The setting of Sons Pons is idyllic. A really tranquil feel to the place. Marike and Ameka at Sons Pons were so friendly and helpful. Nothing was too much trouble. Sarah our local concierge was always on hand and responded immediately when a particularly worrying situation occurred.
The overall service from Simpsons from start to finish was none other than excellent. I have never been so impressed. The Sales team when organising the holiday was exceptional. On arrival we were met by Barbara who handed us the keys to our hire car. We were contacted during our stay by Sarah who was so helpful. The staff at Son Pons were unbelievable. Maika and Amaka made our stay beyond incredible. The service of ALL staff there was impeccable. The location was beyond our wildest dreams......quiet, peaceful and spectacular views. The mood at Son Pons is just dreamy - whilst there is always somebody there to help, you can relax in the incredible surroundings without being disturbed. We would without doubt use Simpsons again as they made the whole journey and holiday effortless. Everything was organised. If you want peace, tranquility, beautiful rooms, views to die for and wonderful food with incredible customer service then this is the place for you! A dream holiday......I fell in love with it!
This is an excellent hotel. Sited in the countryside near Buger, this is a great place to stay for a week or so.
A lovely old finca converted into 11 rooms in various buildings around the area. The breakfast area had lovely views over the mountains and the restaurant was delightfully situated in the courtyard. The pool was always very clean and there were plenty of sunbeds and parasols. The friendly staff spoke very good English and were very helpful, particularly with booking restaurants. We found the location very good for exploring the mountains and beaches of the NE area of the island. All in all, we had a lovely holiday at Son Pons.
A beautiful old building, delightfully restored into a small hotel in a superbly peaceful location. A joy to return from the towns & beaches to such tranquillity. All the staff at Son Pons were so friendly, kind & helpful providing me with gluten free meals at both breakfast & dinner. The food was delicious. Our grateful thanks to all, we had a wonderful holiday.
The hotel was lovely especially the pool environment. The food delicious particularly the beef carpaccio. The Paella evening was superb and great fun.
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Just back from Son Pons Mallorca - what can I say!! Excellent Simpsons Travel very professional from start to finish. Rep. Very knowledgeable. Service at hotel excellent. Would definitely recommend and will be going back.
Relaxing hotel in an idyllic setting. We particularly enjoyed eating dinner on the terrace with the personal attention from the chef, rarely found these days. An excellent choice for anyone wishing to visit an area of Mallorca that remains unspoilt.
Simpson Travel gives good customer service and we would use them again. The Son Pons is a haven and we’d happily go back there. The food is marvellous and the staff attentive and friendly. Its location is just beautiful and peaceful and we had a marvellous time – thank you !
We had the misfortune to have our inbound flight cancelled by EasyJet due to bad weather – there was absolute chaos in Palma airport – however within minutes Sonia Blagg appeared and took us straight out of the chaos. At the same time Rosie Springett was on the phone to me from the UK arranging alternative flights and accommodation. I cannot speak highly enough of the “rescue operation” that was deployed by Simpson via Sonia and Rosie. Sonia took us to a quiet part of the airport and got us seated and fetched us drinks and within a very short space of time Rosie had us booked on flights and on our way to our hotel for the night. The other thing I found exceptional was the speed with which we were reimbursed for the expenses we incurred through the flight cancellation. We very rarely use travel agents for our European holidays but this experience has shown us the value of using one and Simpson, you were nothing but outstanding and we thank you.
Overall we had a very enjoyable holiday at Son Pons. The hotel is situated in a rural area within easy reach of the majority of the island and in a very peaceful setting. There are some excellent restaurants within an easy drive of the hotel. The hotel also offers lunch and dinner some evenings including a paella demonstration cooked by Amaka which was very good indeed and allowed the guests to get to know each other.
The Son Pons Hotel is ideal for guests who want some peace and quiet, surrounded by pretty countryside and a garden full of fruit trees laden with figs, limes and other fruit in season. The staff are extremely friendly and very helpful and the hotel is situated within easy distance of many places of interest, restaurants and the sea. We felt very rested at the end of our 2 week break. Thank you to all the staff there - you are all treasures!
Lovely hotel and great overall experience.
Never have we known holiday accommodation that offers such a tranquil location. Oh how we miss those mornings on the terrace, enjoying breakfast, the peace only disturbed by the occasional birdsong or chicken. Bliss!
We had an excellent holiday at Son Pons Hotel. The location of the hotel was excellent and everything else about it made for a very relaxing and enjoyable holiday.
The hotel itself was wonderful – quite, beautifully kept with lovely private room and terrace. Poolside was warm and clean – fellow guests friendly and quiet themselves. Paella night was a great success – cooked via a demo in front of our eyes over a Sangria or two. Overall – as our first experience of Simpson Travel – we have come home as big fans and hope to use you again in the future.
All the reps at the airport and the staff at the hotel were so helpful and friendly – made our holiday.
Lovely little hotel. Very helpful and friendly staff. Could not fault it!
We much enjoyed our stay at the very pretty Son Pons Hotel. The staff were very helpful and friendly and the position was good for visiting the island.
Our week at the Son Pons Hotel was very enjoyable, made even more so because of the beautiful surroundings and excellent staff. Our suite was extremely comfortable and we could not tire of the view from our balcony.
Son Pons is a Mallorquín rural idyll – tranquil and characterful. The food is really very good and home cooked to order. The special paella night ‘theatre’ cooked by Amaka was excellent and a work of art and of taste. The hotel's position in quiet countryside, but only 20 minutes’ drive to the coast is perfect for getting out and about and for speedily returning to rest after a busy day. The hotel staff are all very good and cheerful. Amaka and Miranda are very good hosts. I would also add that the car rental booking, pick-up and return arrangements were the easiest, slickest and best I have ever experienced in my world travels. Graham Leonard, the Simpson Travel representative at Búger, was also very helpful and friendly.
We really enjoyed the rural setting of the Son Pons Hotel and we felt instantly at home. It was lovely to see the sun come up over the mountains. I enjoyed wandering around the fields, olive groves and orchards before breakfast looking for hoopoes. There was a great choice at breakfast with plentiful and tasty dinners in the evening. How relaxing to sit in the courtyard under the vines in the evening with a vase of freshly picked bougainvillea on the table. It was good to come back to the hotel after a busy day on the beach or exploring the pretty towns nearby and then cool off with a dip in the pool. The staff were very friendly and helpful.
Our choice of Mallorquín properties is as diverse as the island itself, ranging from simple seaside charm to comfortable and stylish. Much of our portfolio is privately owned, and price alone is therefore not a universal guide. We contract all our accommodation in person, and each property has its individual appeal.
To help you make the right choice based on your own priorities, we have devised a simple grading guide to be considered in conjunction with each individual property description, awarding up to a maximum of five stars for the below categories.
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For centuries an inspiration for writers and painters, Pollença continues to capture the imagination and makes the perfect Mallorca holiday destination. The town square, with its array of bars and restaurants, is at the heart of town, while the Calvari Chapel at the top of the famous 365 steps offers stunning panoramic views. Just 7km from the town is Puerto Pollença whose sandy beach boasts crystal clear waters, watersports and the much-loved seafront Pine Walk, perfect for a pre-or post-dinner stroll.
To complete the picture of your luxury holiday in Pollença and Puerto Pollença, we offer a selection of handpicked villas and a delightful agroturisme hotel, an inspiring blend of old and new for families and couples alike.
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Unlike many other types of supplemental plans, seniors do not have to pay a fee to join any of these plans. Even though the cost of participating in these plans may be higher than some other insurance plans, seniors are generally healthier and therefore will have a lower risk of becoming ill.While seniors are more likely to remain healthy as a result of supplemental plans, there are still some people who may choose to purchase supplemental insurance from their employer instead of using it. It is important to remember that seniors are still considered employees, and the same rules of employment apply to them as to all other employees.When it comes to Medicare supplement plans, seniors are not required to pay the premium payments out of their own pocket. Instead, they will simply pay a monthly fee that covers the costs of the plan.
With many seniors opting to purchase supplemental insurance through their employer, it is important to know that they should receive a referral from their primary care physician before taking up supplemental coverage. This is important for seniors because they should still be monitored by their primary care physician even though they are covered through their employer.For seniors who are enrolled in a supplemental plan, the overall cost of the plan will be paid through their company’s payroll taxes. In most cases, this means the policyholder will only pay an amount that is less than what they would pay on their own.
Seniors who are insured through their employers are usually able to save hundreds of dollars each month by paying less on their insurance premiums. They will not have to pay out of their own pocket any of the money that they save from reducing their insurance costs, because the extra money that they pay towards their premiums is deducted from their paycheck through their company’s payroll taxes.Of course, there are some drawbacks that are not present with supplemental plans. One of the biggest drawbacks is that seniors may not be able to take advantage of all of the benefits that Medicare provides.Seniors who purchase supplemental insurance plans will generally only be able to take advantage of coverage that is offered through their employer. Seniors who are not covered by Medicare could also choose to purchase supplemental insurance policies from their local insurance agent.
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THE temptation to take your shoes off on flights is understandable — feet swell and sweat, so it’s easier to relax in your socks.
But think twice before you decide to go barefoot on a plane, because the hidden germs lurking on the floor are worse than you could imagine.
Flight attendants and passengers have been sharing on Reddit some of the worst things they’ve witness end up on the aisle or toilet floors, in a bid to prevent travellers from going shoeless, The Sun reports.
From faeces under the seat, to vomit in the galley — there is nothing passengers won’t stoop to.
THAT’S NOT WATER ON THE FLOOR
Nothing makes cabin crew cringe more than a passenger padding into the bathroom without shoes on.
A flight attendant who goes by the nickname HausofDarling said: “I promise you, 9 times out of 10, that is not water on the floor.
“The toilets are often absolutely disgusting and get deep cleaned only at the end of a route, for us this could be from one side of the world to the other … imagine how lovely they are at the end of a 12-hour flight with 200 people using them.”
VOMIT IN THE GALLEY
Often planes have just two tiny toilets to share between hundreds of passengers — so those who need to get to the loo quickly often don’t make it.
A flight attendant who goes by the nickname PeanutSlinger said: “Had a 21-year-old male come to the back galley, puked all over it twice, then proceeded to projectile vomit on the aircraft door before heading into the lavatory and then puking again.
“(Another time) a man had explosive diarrhoea which flooded the lavatory and soaked into the carpet down the aisle. Had to divert because of the stench.”
SOMETHING HIDING UNDER YOUR SEAT
The area under your seat should be a safe bet for going barefoot, but it turns out that even that area could have been exposed to human excrement.
An ex-flight attendant who goes by the nickname Boopboopster said: “People are generally disgusting on planes — I once found human faeces under a seat.
“Planes are cleaned between sectors (at least at my airline they were, not sure about US flights where they do multiple sectors a day), but still, consider that before you put your stuff everywhere.”
DIDN’T MAKE THE TOILET
Travel sickness goes hand-in-hand with plane toilets, so it’s hardly a surprise to learn that there has probably been plenty of vomit on your floor.
A passenger who goes by the nickname Crowslanding said: “Boarded plane bound for Oslo when I suddenly start feeling weird — suddenly I am projectile vomiting everywhere in the bathroom.
“When I was done, more vomit was outside the toilet than in it. As a bonus I had also vomited a bit on myself, so the poor people sitting next to me had to smell it the rest of the way as well.”
HIT A BUMPY SPOT
For those passengers who have to stand when they use the toilet, turbulence can be an especially tricky business.
As a passenger who goes by the nickname McChicken19 said: “Once I was in the bathroom on an plane and we hit some turbulence causing me to p*ss everywhere.”
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As a published author of many differing types of works, most of which are academic peer reviewed journal papers and dozens of reports and other outputs to academic, commercial and governmental organisations, I have found that over the years, it is much easier for me to write academic and factual based works than it is to write fantasy works. Now, don’t get me wrong, when I say ‘easier’ I don’t mean more enjoyable, far from it, but what I mean by that statement is that the words flow much more quickly and with less angst than when I am world building and writing conversational sentences, expositions and so on.
The two differing styles of writing are enjoyable to me for differing reasons. In academic and professional works, all I need to concentrate on are the facts and to relay them succinctly and accurately and to present them well. This can be a challenge in itself as I research and analyse data, but overall the process does not take me too long. I get great enjoyment from completing the work to the best of my abilities.
The second type of writing which is fantasy based works can often be akin to writing with a pen that is doused in my own blood. I write a first draft and I know what I want to say, but the words seem childish, sentences are untidy and overly long and the text just doesn’t ‘shine’. So, I go back and re-edit the work, attempting to craft the words in a shorter and more concise way, again, something doesn’t sit right and I seem to spend an age in looking at it and changing the text.
When I read about some very successful authors, such as Amanda Hocking who apparently wrote some of her best sellers in a week (think of Switched), I just can’t imagine being able to do such a thing that I wouldn’t think was worth anything more than placing inside a garbage sack. I am aware that she stated that the work needed editing, but the fact that it was so well received, well quite frankly I am in awe as I know that I could never write a book of that type in such a short space of time. However, I must balance this by saying that I am also in awe of authors such as Ernest Hemingway who once said that when he writes he has to ‘sit at a typewriter and bleed’.
My conclusion as an established author is that I am as prolific as Amanda Hocking in academic and professional works, but more like Hemingway in my abilities to write fiction works (although no near as talented as him I’m sure). On some days when I sit down with a cup of tea and write nothing more than a few paragraphs on my fantasy books, having spent several hours that evening laboring over several pages that have been reduced to almost nothing, I frown in frustration, but ultimately my efforts pay off and I am satisfied with it and I am able to move forward. I do not follow the approach of some people of ‘just get it all down and go back later to edit’. To me, that is like building a house of straw and no self respecting architect builds a sloppy, badly formed house and ‘goes back later’ to build a proper one. Yet it works for some people and all the best to them on that.
For me, it has to be right first time, otherwise it is an itch that I just want to scratch, niggling at my conscience until I go back and bleed over it until the text ‘shines’. I know when the transition has happened as the words bounce off the page and I can see, hear, feel, smell, taste the world that is relayed. When that happens, the blood loss was worth it. | <urn:uuid:4ae085a6-9bb9-42f4-94e6-fd3943fb4750> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | https://magickingdoms.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/how-i-write-my-books/ | 2018-10-19T08:33:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583512382.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20181019082959-20181019104459-00116.warc.gz | en | 0.98375 | 785 |
Posted on 11th Mar, 2017
Professor Stephen Westaby began his extraordinary career as a hospital porter, eventually finding his ultimate calling as a heart surgeon. After 35 years on the frontline of British medicine, his memoir Fragile Lives stands as a remarkable, candid account of a life lived for the salvation of others.
A Harvard Professor of Chinese History, Michael Puett found he was repeatedly being asked the same question: how can the ideas, taught in his classes, be put to use in modern life? Intrigued, he teamed up with Christine Gross-Loh to write The Path, a fresh and accessible look at Chinese philosophy that makes the bold claim that the teachings of Confucius, Zhuangzi and Mencius can change your life for the better. Exploring ancient Chinese thought within the framework of modern culture, the book has one simple, essential lesson to impart: the smallest actions have the most profound ramifications. Here, Christine Gross-Loh explains how we could all use a little steer in the right direction.
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At seventeen, Victoire Dauxerre was plucked from the streets of Paris to enter the apparently intoxicating world of high fashion modelling, unaware of the pain and psychological darkness that was soon to follow in her quest to follow the industry’s brutal expectations. Size Zero: My Life as a Disappearing Model is Dauxerre’s frank account of that experience.
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Mark Chapman is a familiar face to anyone watching or listening to sport on the BBC. He first came to prominence as a sports reporter on BBC Radio 1 when he became a regular on the Scott Mills show. He now presents Match of the Day 2 as well as the NFL show.
His brilliant new book, The Love of The Game, explores the many ways sport can shape our attitudes, our ambitions and, ultimately, our lives; it will resonate with anyone who has participated in sport, at any level, whether a coach, a supportive parent, or a mid-week five-a-sider. In this piece written for Waterstones, he outlines the inspiration for the book and the many positives he discovered while researching the role sport plays in his own family.
Posted on 4th Dec, 2016 by Sally Campbell
The Sunday Times/ Peters Fraser and Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award is synonymous with fresh, bold, startlingly unique approaches to fiction, non-fiction and poetry. In the second of our articles probing the enviable minds of its shortlisters, Andrew McMillan, Benjamin Wood, Max Porter and Jessie Greengrass share just what books they have lying on their bedside table.
Posted on 2nd Dec, 2016 by Sally Campbell
Every year, The Sunday Times/ Peters Fraser and Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Prize shortlist showcases the most inventive, unusual and down-right brilliant young writers. Andrew Holgate, one of this year's judges, said: "This is a sensationally strong list of books and writers, all of whom have a real future in literature, and any of whom as winner would stand comparison with the prize’s extraordinary list of past recipients." Showing us just how it’s done, shortlisters Andrew McMillan, Benjamin Wood, Max Porter and Jessie Greengrass provide their hints on how to be a better writer.
Posted on 25th Nov, 2016
Mankind's fascination with the cosmos stretches back long before the first unmanned mission of Sputnik 1 in 1957. The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures can attest to this long-held curiosity; taking place almost every year since 1825, the lectures have so often been devoted to unravelling the mysteries of our universe. Freelance astronomy writer Colin Stuart was lucky enough to gain access to the RI's archive and has published a hand-picked selection of the lectures in the handsome and insightful collection, 13 Journey's Through Space and Time, with a foreward by astronaut Tim Peake. Stuart shares some thoughts on our passion for space exploration.
Collins Life-Size Birds is as much a celebration of photography as it is of Britain and Northern Europe's rich and varied birdlife. For the first time, owing to recent advances in digital imaging, contemporary photographers can capture images of birds in as much detail as can be seen with the naked eye. The resulting imagery is simply breath-taking. Here, Collins Life-Sized Birds co-creators Paul Sterry and Rob Read explain their ground-breaking work.
Posted on 15th Nov, 2016 by Sally Campbell & Peter Whitehead
Since 1999, the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction has reigned as Britain’s pre-eminent award for non-fiction writing. From Anthony Beevor’s Stalingrad onward, each year has brought us a winner that has moved on to become a Waterstones staple – Anna Funder’s Stasiland, for example, her engrossing, insider account of pre-unification Germany, or the groundbreaking melange of genres that was Helen Macdonald’s bestselling H is for Hawk. Now running under its new name, The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, this £30,000 award continues to be the literary benchmark for factual writing published in the UK.
Under the Chair of Stephanie Flanders, the five-strong judging panel have chosen a new successor to that fine list with Philippe Sands’ East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, which tonight conquered a superb shortlist to claim The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2016.
Posted on 3rd Nov, 2016 by Sally Campbell
Helen Czerski is a physicist, oceanographer and broadcaster with a passion for revealing the wonder in our everyday lives. Her fascination with the world of fast-moving, small-scale phenomena led her first to undertake a PhD in Experimental Explosive Physics at Cambridge University and has since led her to the study of ocean bubble formation. Her first book A Storm in a Teacup is a brilliantly entertaining introduction to physics in general that manages to make this hugley complex topic accessible to all.
Shaun Tan is an award-winning artist, illustrator and author. Beloved for his quirky, surreal style, Tan is best known for his illustrative work on the picture books The Lost Thing and The Rabbits. His latest book, The Singing Bones, is an exquisitely unusual, entirely original and simply beautiful collection of art inspired by Grimm’s Fairy Tales. We are honoured to present this behind-the-scenes glimpse of Tan's artistic process, exclusive to Waterstones and perfectly apt for All Hallows' Eve.
Dr Adam Rutherford is a science writer, broadcaster and the author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, his talents extending from being an editor of the prestigious journal Nature to acting as a scientific advisor to the films World War Z and Ex Machina. In the following article, he takes us on a brief journey through the history of human genetics, taking in our species' fascinating pre-history, the erroneous uses of genetics to justify racism, and along the way provides a glimpse of the many shades of ambiguity in the human genome.
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Having run the gamet of life-problems, Sophie White is pretty convinced that books are the answer to all life's questions and the cure for all life's problems
Today is National Book Day which got me thinking just how much I owe to the books in my life. More so than any family or friends (sorry guys, you can't compete), books have seen me through some pretty crap stuff. From adolescence to grief and bad boyfriends to bad hair decisions, I've always found comfort in books.
I'm not the only person who rates the medicinal properties of the novel. A few years ago, artist, Ella Berthoud and novelist, Susan Elderkin published an A-Z anthology, The Novel Cure, in which the authors offer book recommendations for a wide selection of common and less common physical afflictions and psychological and emotional ailments.
In 2008, they took their idea of 'bibliotherapy' to a more formal setting and began treating 'patients' in one-to-one sessions at The School of Life in London.
For more general diagnosis, their book The Novel Cure is the perfect guide to 'shelf help', anyone seeking self medication can look up the index and be paired with the perfect literary remedy.
The physical ailments and psychological disorders are as far-reaching and idiosyncratic as the novels recommended. Opening the book at random throws up the following complaints and recommendations; death of a loved one (Incendiary by Chris Cleave), arrogance (Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain), man-flu (Les Miserables by Victor Hugo) and being a goody-goody (The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov) each accompanied by a wry explanation of the recommended literary tonic.
Under ‘children, under pressure to have’, our book-doctors advise sending a copy of Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk About Kevin to the next person who enquires after the pitter patter of tiny feet.
Other entries are as lyrical and beautifully written as the books they prescribe such as the recommendation for ‘pain, being in’, The Death of a Beekeeper, in which Lars Gustafsson reveals a fundamental truth about pain: that bearing pain is an art form. Berthoud and Elderkin go on to advise those in pain to “think of yourself as an artist practicing something so demanding and hard that you are elevated to a master by the act of your endurance…with the beekeeper you will discover a terrible but wonderful truth: that pain makes you more alive.”
The curious epilogue of The Novel Cure playfully tells of a meeting between two readers (the authors themselves perhaps) where one reader poses the question ‘are books “a defense you set up to keep the outside world at a distance”, “a dream into which you sink as if into a drug”, or “bridges you cast towards… the world that interests you so much that you want to multiply and extend it’s dimensions through books”?’ It’s clear from the Novel Cure that Berthoud and Elderkin believe that the answer to this question is all three.
Here are my own top 10 personal literary balms for the pain of living:
1. Childhood, escape of
The Witches by Roald Dahl
2. Adolescence, need for feeling less alone
Fat Chance by Louise McSharry
3. Addiction, moving on from
Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
4. Depression, living with
Possession: A Romance by AS Byatt
The Year Of Magical Thinking by Joan Dideon
6. Unrequited Love
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugendides
7. First time motherhood, surviving of (see also: running away, resisting urge to)
Making Babies by Anne Enright
8. Bad hair decisions, the making of
I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
9. Hanger, assuaging of (see also: madness, weathering of)
Recipes For A Nervous Breakdown by Sophie White (that's me, shameless plug alert)
10. Housebound during unprecedented weather event
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Live Among The Trees
The Rappahannock Collection is a selection of stately homes on wooded homesites that can only be found in Giles Preserve. Here you’ll find new homes from the $390’s to the $430’s with square footages ranging from 2,300 up to 3,500 square feet. Homes in Giles Preserve feature flexible floorplans with open living spaces, gourmet kitchens, the option of first and second floor master bedroom suites, two-car garages, basement opportunities, and of course, a Giles-standard Hardiplank exterior. There’s also plenty of outdoor spaces to enjoy in and around your home. In fact, 50% of the community is being preserved as open space for residents to enjoy!
In addition to the serenity and beauty created by living in a mature canopy of trees, residents of The Preserve at Giles are close to the Magnolia Clubhouse and pool with waterslide, a treehouse playground, a zipline, one of the community’s two catch and release ponds, pocket parks, nature trails, and more.
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4+ Bedrooms with 6 Bathrooms (Sleeps 8+)
Prices start at $20,570 week. Can be rented with only 3 bedrooms.
7 night minimum except Christmas/New Year's when it's 14 nights
Located on the Caribbean's most exclusive island of Mustique in the Grenadines, Seastar is a charming, fully staffed oceanfront house designed by famed British set designer Oliver Messel. This lovely compound is very private and consists of four stone houses and a pool with a pavilion overlooking a rocky and beautiful cove. A small beach is adjacent to the property and a lovely long beach is just down the road. The Cotton House with its restaurants, spa, shop and beach is just a few minutes walk.
Two lily pools flank Seastar's entrance courtyard, which is surrounded by an allamanda laden trellis. From there a pair of wooden doors open into the very pretty living room that effortlessly flows into a dining pavilion with a trompe l'oeil ceiling and walls. Floor to ceiling French doors open onto the seaside terrace and pergola, which overlook Honor Bay and the islands of Bequia and St. Vincent. Flower lined paths lead to the air-conditioned bedroom cottages set in a garden full of fragrant frangipani trees. Also on the property is a vegetable garden with tiny tomatoes, lettuce, arugula, basil and mint as well as banana and papaya trees.Seastar's very nice and attentive staff pamper guests, some of whom find it hard to even leave the property. Attention is paid to everything including the delicious meals served on the terrace (breakfast), pool pavilion (lunch) and the demi-lune dining room (dinner). Even the picnics at Macaroni Beach are a treat. This is a romantic and very special house in a divine location.
- Airy drawing room with French doors on three sides
- Dining pavilion surrounded by French doors
- Powder room
- Kitchen and pantry
- Very spacious air-conditioned bedroom with a king-size four poster bed draped in filmy mosquito netting, ceiling fan, TV/VCR and telephone. Charming French doors open onto a private terrace with comfy seating that faces the water.
- Two separate bathrooms: one has a fabulous outdoor shower and the other has an indoor shower
Large air-conditioned bedroom with a king-size bed, ceiling fan, TV/DVD and big bathroom with a shower. French doors open into the garden and a small terrace. It is attached to the below cottage though each bedroom has its own entrance.
- Large air-conditioned bedroom with twin beds, ceiling fan, TV/DVD and big bathroom en suite with a shower. French doors open into the garden and a small terrace.
- Large air-conditioned bedroom with a king-size bed, TV/VCR and bathroom en suite with a shower. There are doors to a terrace and to the below bedroom.
- Small air-conditioned bedroom with a double bed and bathroom en suite with a shower and a door to the terrace. In addition to a connecting door, this room has its own entrance. This room is best for a child or nanny.
- Living and dining areas
- Wet bar with a wine cooler
- Powder room
An electric Gem car, air-conditioning in all bedrooms, stereo/CD; portable modem with Broadband Internet (works in 3 rooms), satellite TVs; lock boxes, mosquito nets and ceiling fans in all the bedrooms and hairdryers in all bathrooms
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June 2020: NEHA Climate and Health Position Statement (PDF)
February 2017: NEHA Climate Change Policy Statement (PDF)
NEHA's President's Column: The Impacts of Climate Change Are at Our Doorstep!
Please see NEHA's President's column in its November 2018 Journal of Environmental Health, The Impacts of Climate Change Are at Our Doorstop. The column stresses the need for the environmental health profession to address the impacts of climate change on our work in areas such as air, water, vector control, food, safety, and the built environment.
4th National Climate Assessment
The National Climate Assessment is a congressional-mandated report released about every four years on what climate change means for the U.S. The report is produced by federal agencies comprising the U.S. Global Change Research Program, a presidential initiative started by President Ronald Reagan and mandated by Congress in the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The findings consolidate key messages and supporting evidence from 16 national-level topic chapters, ten regional chapters, and two chapters that focus on mitigation and adaptation response strategies.
Webinar Recording: NEHA and ecoAmerica: A Sneak-Peek at Two AEC Climate and Health Sessions, May 23, 2018
Climate and Health Blogs:
As part of its partnership with ecoAmerica’s Climate for Health, NEHA is contributing blogs on climate change.
December 2018: NEHA’s Declaration on 100% Clean Energy by 2030 written by NEHA Staff.
October 2018: NEHA and Climate for Health Release New Video Addressing Climate Change Impacts & Solutions written by NEHA Staff and members of NEHA's Climate Change Committee.
August 2018: Climate Change and the Built Environment: It’s Time to Make Changes written by Felix I. Zemel, MCP, MPH, DrPHc, Co-Chair of NEHA's Climate Change Committee.
June 2018: Humans Have a Right to Clean Air and a Healthy Climate written by Richard Valentine, NEHA’s Climate Change Technical Advisor and Chair of its Climate Change Committee.
May 2018: NEHA Members’ Climate and Health Awareness: Challenges, Growth, and Solutions written by NEHA staff. The blog is written based on NEHA's Climate Metrics Survey results report in partnership with ecoAmerica and Climate for Health.
February 2018: Honoring Our Heritage, Leaving a Legacy: Environmental Health and Climate Change written by NEHA's Climate Change Committee member, Richard Hicks.
Please see other related climate change blogs.
Asthma, Allergies, Chronic Disease, and Climate Change: Healthy Living Healthy Planet Radio
Protecting Food, Air, and Water: Environmental Health: Domestic Preparedness Podcast
AEC Climate Change Sessions and Related Topics
NEHA 2019 AEC Educational Sessions
NEHA 2010 - 2015 AEC Recorded Climate Change and Sustainability Sessions
Articles by Journal of Environmental Health:
April 2017: Reframing Climate Change for Environmental Health
April 2017: A Comparison of Heat Wave Response Plans From an Aged Care Facility Perspective
March 2017: E-Journal Bonus Article: A Study of Parents’ Perception of Air Pollution and Its Effect on Their Children’s Respiratory Health in Nanchang, China
November 2016: An Assessment of Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated With the Use of Water, Sand, and Chemicals in Shale Gas Production of the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale
May 2016: Association Between Asthma Hospital Visits and Ozone Concentration in Maricopa County, Arizona (2007–2012)
May 2016: Associations Between Ultrafine Particles and Co-Pollutant Concentrations in the Tampa Bay Area
January/February 2016: The Impact of Extremes in Outdoor Temperature and Sunshine Exposure on Birth Weight
April 2014: 2012 NEHA/UL Sabbatical Report Vulnerability to Potential Impacts of Climate Change: Adaptation and Risk Communication Strategies for Environmental Health Practitioners in the United Kingdom (PDF)
October 2012: Altitude and Environmental Climate Effects on Bronchiolitis Severity Among Children Presenting to the Emergency Department (PDF)
Articles by Dr. David Dyjack:
September 2014: The Implications for Public Health when “Weird Weather” becomes the New Normal
April 2014: Local Public Health Department Funding for Climate Change
March 2014: Water Scarcity: California Drought Prompts Tough Questions for Public Health
APHA Climate Change Information
CDC/APHA Climate and Health Meeting, February 16, 2017, Atlanta, GA
NACCHO Climate Change Information
NACCHO Report: Local Health Departments Prepare for the Health Impacts of Climate Change
Climate and Health Innovation Challenge Series
EPA Climate Change Information
United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals
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U.S. Climate & Health Alliance
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit: Tribal Nations
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State police at Lehighton are investigating the theft of a vehicle in Monroe County.
Troopers said a 1995 Hyundai Accent two-door coupe was stolen from in front of a residence along Astolat Road, in Polk Township, sometime overnight of Dec. 10-11. The 74-year-old female owner left the doors unlocked and the key in the ignition, troopers said. The car has state registration plate DVE-5321.
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Charleston, SC – South Carolina welcomed the largest container ship to ever call the Port of Charleston when the MSC BRUXELLES docked at the Wando Welch Terminal on Wednesday.
The 109,000-ton ship is more than 1,100 feet long and 150 feet wide. It can carry the equivalent of nearly 9,200 twenty-foot long shipping containers and has a maximum depth of 49 feet.
Jim Newsome, President & CEO of the South Carolina Ports Authority, said this latest record-setting vessel demonstrates what is happening in the shipping industry now and into the future.
“Big ships are here today, and more are coming,” said Newsome. “Based on the attractive economics, carriers will continue to deploy larger ships in ports with the infrastructure to efficiently handle them. With deep channels and a $1.3-billion capital plan — including a new terminal — Charleston will continue to strengthen its capabilities to handle big ships.”
Today, Charleston routinely handles post-Panamax ships actually drawing up to 48 feet, with the benefit of the tides. This year the port expects more than 200 post-Panamax vessels, or ships too big for the existing Panama Canal, and the Corps of Engineers recently started the next phase of a future deepening project. Even more big ships are expected on the U.S. East Coast following completion of the Panama Canal expansion project in 2014.
The BRUXELLES is operated by Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC), the world’s second-largest container shipping line and a major employer in the Port of Charleston. The ship is deployed on MSC’s “Golden Gate Service” between the U.S. East Coast and China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
The vessel arrived from Norfolk and sails to Freeport before heading back through the Suez Canal.
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The relationship between the Cincinnati Bengals and Hamilton County has been tenuous at best. When the economy hit rock bottom, the county tried to revise the existing lease. Bengals owner Mike Brown said in late June '10 that those problems are Hamilton County's problems. During the summer of '11, the Hamilton County Commission voted in favor for a scoreboard upgrade, only because county lawyers advised it.
That's because the lease clause 12.3, covering "Level I Enhancements." The clause refers to a "stadium-related improvement" that was not prevalent when the lease was signed in 1997 but is "capable of being added" later. Examples cited in the lease include a "holographic replay system" and "next generation video screen."
Now Hamilton County is clearly on the hook for further upgrades at Paul Brown Stadium.
According to a report by Sharon Coolidge with the Cincinnati Enquirer, if the Bengals request a scoreboard replacement with a high-definition scoreboard, the county has no choice by to comply.
"It’s required by the lease," said county Commissioner Greg Hartmann. "But the money not being there is a reality as well."
The lease specifically says if new technology – including a scoreboard – is installed in 14 other NFL stadiums – Hamilton County taxpayers must buy the same thing for Paul Brown Stadium if the Bengals request it.
According to the Enquirer's report, 21 teams in the NFL already have a high-definition scoreboard, requiring the county to fork over nearly $10 million for the upgrade. And if the county says no, the Bengals "buy a scoreboard and bill the county for it."
However the threshold with other NFL teams having at least 14 HD scoreboards has been reached for several years without the Bengals requesting one during that time.
Stuart Dornette, the Bengals’ lawyer, told The Enquirer Tuesday the Bengals hadn’t formally demanded a new scoreboard "because the Team has been sensitive to the County’s budget issues over the past few years."
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Having failed to think of some clever Star Trek paraphrase beginning with "Beam me......" I'll just say that the crew performed some amazing handling tricks moving 40 foot long beams down the long narrow driveway and sliding them into precise position under the cottage. The day was cold and a steady wind blew snow flurries off the lake all day long.
I'll let the following pictures tell the story of how the day played out.....
|First thing this morning the crew filled in the trenches used to excavate the west end of the cottage.|
|Sand was removed from under the cottage to make room for beams.|
|Two 40 foot beams showed up by semi at the end of the driveway.|
|The beams were moved down the drive using the large end loader.|
|The length of the beam can be seen here.|
|The beam was positioned using rollers set on top of the cribbing.|
|The beam on the south side was installed in a similar manner.|
|But, since it had to start in at an angle some extra shifting|
|At the end of the day both Main Beams were in place under the cottage.|
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For those struggling to pray, one challenge in prayer is entering into silence. It seems the moment one goes into a chapel or room or some other private place, a thousand thoughts and feelings suddenly flow. Sometimes, in fact, it is to find some relief from particularly painful feelings or haunting thoughts that we find ourselves driven to prayer. Whatever the case, it can happen that the psychological activity in terms of thoughts, feelings and memories are so intense that they completely prevent someone from praying. Brooding over injury, feeling sorry for oneself, stirring up anxious thoughts, entertaining one’s self with various visual or emotional fantasies – none of this is prayer. Prayer is interpersonal and it requires leaving all of these efforts behind and searching for Jesus in one’s heart.
If we keep the eyes of the heart fixed on the Lord, all these distractions are quickly left behind. So, Teresa of Avila suggests thinking about a scripture passage or reading the Bible as ways of turning our attention away from distracting thoughts. She also advises thinking about our lives and how Jesus has been present to us. Thérèse of Lisieux, in her spiritual struggles, identifies with the bride from the Canticle of Canticles and calls out to Jesus, “draw me.” Elisabeth of the Trinity asks Jesus to fixate her on him. Occasionally, even naming the distraction and offering to Jesus is helpful. For example, one might pray, “Lord, this anxiety or injury is distracting me from seeking you. I entrust this to you with all the love of my heart. Have mercy on me and free me from myself so that I can find you. I know you are waiting for me.”
Whatever the method, God’s love is stronger than our self-occupations. If we are confident and determined in prayer, He comes and frees us from distractions. In fact He is coming now, in an eternal act. He is the God who comes. We have every confidence because the abyss of his mercy is much deeper than the abyss of our ego. We can be determined because He is even more determined. Once we have found Him, whatever we had to suffer along the way seems like nothing at all. Most of all, He has confidence in us.
Art: Detail from “The Adoration of the Child” by Piero di Cosimo, ca 1500, PD-US, Wikimedia Commons.
Editor’s Note: For more of Anthony’s insights on prayer, don’t miss his new book, Hidden Mountain Secret Garden, an experience like no other. Anthony has an unusually profound understanding of mystical theology and lives a life of deep prayer. Among his many accomplishments and responsibilities, Dr. Lilles now teaches theology for the Avila Institute. | <urn:uuid:b8f9bd06-43e9-4521-9dae-396f31fb4320> | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | https://spiritualdirection.com/2014/03/08/entering-prayer | 2022-12-07T23:23:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711221.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20221207221727-20221208011727-00445.warc.gz | en | 0.959427 | 572 |
ECA Group successfully demonstrates its R7 ROV’s operational efficiency to the Belgian Navy and Police
Securing inshore areas and city harbours from underwater mines is essential to guarantee the safety of populations and to protect a nation’s economy. At ECA Group, supporting government authorities’ capability to address underwater mine threats is crucial.
During the trials, in operational conditions and in a harsh environment, the R7 ROV inspected the port, detected and approached a suspicious object, and, neutralised it with Alford Technologies’ device.
- The R7 ROV is easy to manipulate thanks to its 100% digital architecture and highly intuitive Human/Machine interface.
- Designed to perform a wide range of tasks, the R7 ROV’s modular architecture can integrate several plugins such as sensors and manipulator arms.
- Compact and robust, the R7 ROV operates in restricted and difficult environments.
- Generating highly detailed real-time images, the operators can work on meticulous tasks.
This successful demonstration confirms the R7 ROV as a concrete solution in support of harbour protection.
Philippe Roumegue, Business Director at ECA Group comments on this trial:
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Well as promised here is Giveaway #3 on my blog.
It is for a collection of DMC Variegated Floss. These have been in my stash for a very short time and I have realized I likely do not have a use for them. So I figured a giveaway was in order.
You will receive all the colours you see in the picture below.
How to enter:
- Leave a comment on this post (and this post only) that you would like to be entered and please include your email address if it is not public on your profile.
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There's nothing better than a burger and fries! But Burgers have been reinvented, and have ceased to be a fast food dish to become a gourmet dish, where the most exquisite and quality meats are the protagonists.
These elaborations are applauded and demanded throughout the world, and here we present a recipe to treat yourself to one of the most emblematic cuts of Vaca Vieja meat: Rib Eye. The combinations are endless, leading to possible flavor mixes you wouldn't expect. While the ingredients may sound odd for the likes of a burger, this is truly one of the best burger combinations we’ve ever had!
- 1 Rib-Eye
- Brie cheese
- 2 tbsp of berries jam
- Black rub
- Burger bun
- ½ red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 tomato slice
- Smoked salt
- 20 gr arugula
- Mayonnaise and ketchup (optional)
- Dress both sides of the rib-eye with the Black Rub.
- Cut the Brie cheese into thin slices to melt and place over indirect heat at 350F/180C for 15min.
- Add the two tablespoons of berries jam to the melted cheese.
- Cut the onion into julienne strips, and macerate with a tablespoon of olive oil and a pinch of smoked salt, set aside until ready to serve.
- Sear the rib-eye meat over direct heat at 650F/350C for 4 min on each side, then over indirect heat at 350F/180C for 8 min.
- While the meat is cooking, toast the bread only on the inside.
- For plating, put the base of the bread with the melted cheese and jam, the meat, the tomato, onion and arugula and the top of the bread. You can accompany it with french fries or roasted potatoes. | <urn:uuid:8448529b-ab74-4e84-a535-059fa751312f> | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | https://eatcampogrande.com/blogs/cooking/rib-eye-burger-with-brie-and-berries-jam | 2023-02-08T00:03:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500664.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20230207233330-20230208023330-00067.warc.gz | en | 0.907971 | 387 |
Steamboat Pilot & Today — The Yampa Valley Housing Authority’s touchy relationship with the city of Steamboat Springs was the topic of Monday’s meeting of the Housing Authority’s executive committee. It was the group’s first meeting with new Housing Authority Executive Director Donna Howell.
In advance of a meeting of the Housing Authority’s Board of Directors on Thursday and a joint meeting between the Steamboat Springs City Council and the board in February, the executive committee discussed the best way to define the two bodies’ roles and responsibilities and how to resolve tension and mistrust. All options for the Housing Authority’s future appear to be on the table, with committee member Tony Seaver even suggesting the possible dissolution of the quasi-governmental body.
“That’s a discussable option as far as I’m concerned,” Seaver said. “In many ways, that would be better than this limbo.”
Howell suggested the city and Housing Authority hold a “pre-meeting” with representatives from both sides to define a process for dealing with one another that will include a commitment to honesty, candor and respect.
“My concern is if we don’t have an agreed-upon process, we’re never going to resolve the issues,” said Howell, who began working for the Housing Authority this month.
One topic for discussion at the joint meeting will be city funds generated from affordable housing legislation passed last year. Housing Authority President Mary Alice Page-Allen said the city should share estimates for how much money is being generated for the affordable housing fund and intentions for its use.
“I think there’s a need for people in the community and us in this room to have an idea of the magnitude of this fund,” Seaver added.
City Councilman and Housing Authority executive committee member Scott Myller described the money and its potential uses as an “800-pound gorilla,” but Seaver said the larger issue is how the city and Housing Authority are going to work together – or not work together.
“Is the Yampa Valley Housing Authority supposed to be in competition with the city department,” asked Seaver, “or is the Yampa Valley Housing Authority supposed to be the focal point for the provision of affordable housing in the Yampa Valley? That’s my 800-pound gorilla.”
Howell said it’s necessary to resolve this and other issues if the Housing Authority is to ever build the trust necessary to get voters to approve a dedicated funding source for it. County commissioner and executive committee member Nancy Stahoviak noted that this was the county and city’s goal when the Housing Authority was created with an intergovernmental agreement four years ago. She said such a funding source would be preferable because it would eliminate conflicts arising from the county and city wanting such a large say in how their money is being spent.
“I frankly get very tired of all these tit-for-tat discussions,” Stahoviak said.
In lieu of a dedicated funding source, the city and county jointly fund the Yampa Valley Housing Authority. Its 2008 operating fund is $310,999, which includes $105,000 from the city of Steamboat Springs and $80,000 from Routt County. The remainder of the budget consists of revenues from the management of housing projects, grants, fees and other sources.
Howell was hired late last year to replace former executive director Elizabeth Black. Her annual salary is $100,000.
Project Manager Curtis Church served as interim executive director between Black’s resignation and Howell’s hiring. At its meeting Thursday, the Housing Authority Board of Directors will consider a recommendation to raise Church’s salary from $56,000 to $65,000 in consideration of added job responsibilities that include responsibility and oversight of the Housing Authority’s real estate assets. | <urn:uuid:20eede36-338a-4ade-9698-b463400788f2> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | http://yvha.org/2008/01/08/housing-authority-discusses-relationship-with-city-its-future/ | 2019-05-23T15:45:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257259.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20190523143923-20190523165923-00512.warc.gz | en | 0.957461 | 819 |
Current Position: Pledge Educator
Past Position: Membership VP (Spring 2013)
Class Year:: 2015
Pledge Class: Spring 2012
Major/minor: Economics Major/Education Minor
Hometown: Marysville, CA
Hobbies/activities: dotadotadotadotadota and video games — come play with me!
Favorite service event: My very first service event with my pledge class at the Ronald McDonald House.
Favorite fellowship event: Pokemon Stadium in CroLounge! I should’ve won — Lapras super effective, one hit KO Rhyhorn — Scyther is OP (PLee cheated)!!
Favorite Stanford memory: Paintball with Arroyo — A-Love!
What I love about APhiO: Bros got yo back.
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To say that Panasonic surprised when it announced the launch of an Android tablet at CES would be an understatement.
At the company's press conference on Wednesday, Panny's president Shiro Kitajima only touched on the tablet briefly, but a visit to Panasonic's stand today reveals that there's not just one Viera Tablet – there's three.
Joining the 7-inch Viera Tablet is a 10-incher and a cute little 4-inch model that looks more like a phone than a tablet.
Our colleagues at T3.com grabbed some Panasonic Viera Tablet video footage which you can watch below.
All three Viera Tablets run Android 2.2 and are designed to partner the latest generation of Panasonic's Viera TVs. That said, at their core, they are still just standard Android tablets, and you can still install apps and browse the web on them as normal.
There's no access to the Android Market, but there is a Viera Market for all of Panasonic-endorsed apps.
The core function of the tablets, though, is for real-time interaction with your TV. Panasonic launched its new Viera Connect IPTV service this week, and the Viera Tablets are designed to help you browse the content and add value to your viewing experience.
When you switch on the device, Android boots as per normal and from the Home screen you can load up the Viera Connect app.
The first basic function of the app is to act as a remote control for the TV, so you can use it to choose content to watch from the Viera Connect service, and to browse available apps.
To choose and watch a programme you need only flick the thumbnail over in the direction of your Viera TV.
You can also stream live TV from your Panasonic telly so that you can continue watching your programmes even if you're walking around your home.
The tablet is also compatible with multi-angle content, like the kind you get with live sports broadcasts. So while you're watching the footy on the big plasma, you can watch alternative angles and replays on the tablet.
In the same way, if you see an interesting product advertised during a break, the Viera Tablet will allow you to quickly navigate to read more about and even buy the product.
Unfortunately, we were unable to test most of these features because the tablets only had early builds of the apps installed. Plus, most of the tablets on display were not paired with TVs.
However, we were able to test them as Android tablets in their own right, and in this regard the Viera Tablets are nothing to write home about.
While no official specs have been announced yet, it's clear that the hardware is rather basic. In its press release, Panasonic claims the tablets feature a 'slim and lightweight design'. However, while they are certainly lightweight, slim they absolutely ain't.
Unless of course you consider 1cm+ to be slim.
The screens are also low quality. The resolutions seemed very low indeed – individual pixels could be made out easily. These are not high-end devices by any means.
Of course, the large form factors could mean that the battery life on these things is excellent, but as they were all plugged in and secured the the stands, we were unable to test this.
Essentially these Viera Tablets, while running Android 2.2, are unlikely to send ripples across the tablet market. If you're planning to buy one of Panasonic's sexy new plasma screens and want to make best use of the new Viera Connect service, they may well be worth considering.
But otherwise we can't see these first-generation efforts making much of a splash when they finally go on sale. Ultimately, it will probably come down to how much they cost.
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Magnolia Clubhouse Announces New Board of Trustees Members PR Newswire CLEVELAND, April 8, 2013 CLEVELAND, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Magnolia Clubhouse, a non-profit organization serving the needs of adults who live with mental illness, announces the addition of 6 new board members: Helen Jones-Toms, Christopher Morgan, Lynn Quintrell, Cassandra Richardson, Siobhan Thompson and Christeen Tuttle. Helen Jones-Toms is the director of marketing and communications for the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University.Previously she led the university's marketing efforts in engineering and fundraising as well as served as a campaign communications consultant for the Cleveland Museum of Art. Chris Morgan is an Associate General Counsel at Parker Hannifin Corporation and handles litigation, import/export, regulatory and intellectual property matters. Chris is the Chair of Magnolia Clubhouse's Capital Campaign Committee which seeks to raise $3.5 million to doubleMagnolia's capacity to serve those in need. Lynn Quintrell, a graduate of Lafayette College with a Masters from Case Western Reserve University, has a background in corporate finance administration and retail administration. She currently works at Appletree Books in Cleveland Heights. Lynn is a valued volunteer at Magnolia Clubhouse for Bloomin', the onsite resale shop. Cassandra Richardson is the former Chief Financial Officer of the Alcohol Drug Addiction Mental Health Services Board from 2009 – 2012 and previously was Chief Financial Officer of the Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Board from 2003 – 2009. Cassandra also served as Executive Financial Administrator for the Cuyahoga County Office of Health & Human Services. Siobhan Thompson is an attorney who has practiced for over twenty years in the mental health field.She primarily represents people in involuntary commitment and informed consent medication hearings.She also represents developmentally disabled people in continued commitment hearings. Her legal practice background also includes products liability litigation support and general practice. Christeen Tuttle is a valued volunteer at Magnolia Clubhouse for Bloomin', the resale shop located onsite.Christeen is involved in the development of a six acre urban park on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, at the grounds of Dunham Tavern Museum, where she is on the board. Magnolia Clubhouse (formerly known as Hill House) has been promoting recovery for adults with mental illness in Northeast Ohio since 1961. Magnolia Clubhouse supports employment and education for 347 members. Psychiatric services and primary care services are offered in its Carriage House Clinic. 11101 Magnolia Drive Cleveland, OH 44106 www.magnoliaclubhouse.org SOURCE Magnolia Clubhouse Website: http://www.magnoliaclubhouse.org Contact: Sarah Ott-Hansen, Director of Development, 216.721.3030, firstname.lastname@example.org
Magnolia Clubhouse Announces New Board of Trustees Members
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Mass market, mystery boxes and metric-driven design: The legacy of FarmVille
With the original FarmVille shutting down after 11 years, we explore the impact the hit social game had on the industry
FarmVille is one of the most influential games of all time.
Debuting on Facebook in 2009, the browser-based casual farming sim went on to change the course of the industry in various ways so it's perhaps surprising to learn of its humble origins.
As Zynga's former senior vice president Mark Skaggs, who led the original FarmVille team, recalls, they had been asked to create a strategy title for Facebook following their success with Mafia Wars. But he soon realised it wouldn't get off the ground.
"I know some people would want an Age of Empires but running in Flash on Facebook," he says. "And that wasn't going to happen."
A peer suggested a farming game instead, and Skaggs and his small team believed that would be simple enough to produce a game within a month. It actually took six weeks.
"It was a very fast and loose project because for some of us who had been in the console space, it was a very simple game to do," he says. "So we cranked it out... Completely unaware of how big it would become."
In the office, the FarmVille team used a whiteboard to place bets on how many day one active users they would get, with guesses ranging from 2,000 to 9,000.
"We thought that last one was insane -- 9,000 people weren't going to play a farming game," Skaggs recalls. "We woke up the next morning and it was already at 12,000. By the end of the day it was 25,000."
FarmVille launched on Friday, June 19, 2009. By Sunday, it had reached 100,000 players. Monday, 500,000. Tuesday, one million.
Skaggs and his team had struck gold. FarmVille was by no means the first of its type, but it had somehow tapped into something wide audience wanted, a demand that developers the world over didn't even know existed.
The co-creator partly attributes this to timing. In the summer of 2009, the world was recovering from the stock market crash of 2008. People were low on disposable income, and here was this free entertainment they could access just with a computer browser.
That last point cannot be emphasised enough. While the Nintendo DS and Wii had launched in 2004 and 2006 respectively, reaching wider audiences than most consoles before them, their triple-figure price point was still a barrier to entry for many. Similarly, the iOS App Store had launched the year before, but smartphones were prohibitively expensive and app developers had yet to push free-to-play experiences on the scale they do today.
"We'd tapped into this thing that we couldn't quite imagine how big it was"Mark Skaggs, FarmVille developer
So to have a casual game that could be accessed on a device most people already used removed all friction, and Skaggs and his team found themselves racing to keep up with the growth.
"It was a little scary but we loved seeing reports of people setting alarms to get up to harvest their crops," he says. "There were pictures of people carrying their laptop into a bar so they could harvest their strawberries."
Zynga conducted player interviews to find out why FarmVille was so popular. The first question was how long they had been a gamer, and yet users who admitted to playing FarmVille every day said this label did not apply to them.
"We were like: 'Wait a minute, there are people who are not identifying as gamers, who wouldn't buy a Wii, never bought a game console, who are now suddenly playing this,'" says Skaggs. "It was a big shock and surprise... We'd tapped into this thing that we couldn't quite imagine how big it was."
Will Luton, founder of game design and product management agency Department of Play, points to FarmVille as the first game that captured the attention of the mass market, at least in the West.
"It's kind of hard to overstate the impact of FarmVille as it is so integral to the explosion of social and free-to-play gaming," he says. "For many years before FarmVille, video games really meant PC and console games for men aged 12-40.
"While it became popular to be snobby about FarmVille, in the first few months everyone was playing: from hardcore shooter players all the way to Karen in accounts. It was a big wakeup to the Western industry to look beyond traditional business models, platforms and audiences. But very few really understood how it was working."
Nicholas Lovell, director of consultancy Gamesbrief, believes the world will look back on FarmVille as "a turning point in the whole of the games industry."
"In the game shutting down, we lose an important part of history. If you played every hit game of every year up to FarmVille, you'd notice this profound leap"Will Luton, Department of Play
"It was the game that punctured the idea that games were for gamers, and allowed the industry to break out of the tribal, controlling mindset that still dominates in certain subsets of the community," he says.
Lovell recalls the moment FarmVille won Best New Social/Online Game at the GDC Awards in 2010 -- the revelation was booed and heckled, with other developers shouting "FarmVille is not a game." But its success "started the end of that elitist snobbery in video games."
"It showed that millions of people -- 80 million every day on FarmVille -- enjoyed games where they didn't need hundreds of dollars of special equipment to play, where they didn't need to learn new skills like mastering a controller or installing software or worrying about drivers," he continues.
"These 'ordinary people' could play video games in the same way that they could do a daily crossword in the newspaper or watch a soap opera. And, because it was part of Facebook, they could do it in a lightly-social way, with an awareness that their friends were playing too."
Game and extended reality consultant Tadhg Kelly adds that FarmVille's rapid growth also turned the heads of investors: "For a few years, VCs and similar folk were amenable to investing in game companies -- that had a large impact on the industry, and further on into mobile. That in turn had a massive effect on the shape of the industry leading to the weird world we now live in where the biggest gaming markets are not those that excite traditional gamers."
Perhaps the biggest market FarmVille influenced was free-to-play. In 2009, it was the very literal embodiment of that model, in that there were no monetisation mechanics at all.
"We just didn't have time," says Skaggs. "As soon as it became clear the game was a hit, [Zynga founder] Mark Pincus was like: 'Hey, we need to put in monetisation.'"
The team decided to sell coins, then added more and more items and features that players could spend those coins on. It established a system where transactions are once-removed from real currency, so it's not immediately clear how much real-world value the in-game item holds -- something that has become the bedrock of the free-to-play market.
It was a new experience for Skaggs. Prior to his time at Zynga, he had served as executive producer on titles like Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, and as such was used to a model where the games he made were shipped to retail with the hope that people would buy them. But as the FarmVille team grew from ten people to 100 in a short space of time, there were suddenly bills to pay to keep this free game running.
However, he observes that how FarmVille was monetised is different to most free-to-play games of today: "We started with a great experience and then layered in monetisation over time. We knew if we added value players wanted, they would buy it. But [in 2009] this was new, it was fresh. Today, the market is so much more competitive, especially on mobile, and teams need to successfully integrate that monetisation very early on in the process.
"The ones I like let you enjoy the game first and then decide if you want to pay to continue enjoying it, but there are some games that hit you with monetisation within the first minute. It comes down to personal philosophy. Good long-term games make you feel good while you're playing them."
FarmVille's mechanics were also adopted by other casual and social games developers, and are today established as staples of free-to-play. Real-time loops where players have to wait for tasks to complete before progressing, collecting items and decorating a custom space, inviting friends to help you complete quests, exchanging items and boosters -- Skaggs acknowledges that FarmVille didn't invent any of the mechanics in the original version of the game but did bring them "to the masses."
"Every day, I look at games and I'm like 'Oh, here's the evolution of this mechanic and there's the evolution of that one,'" he says. "Even stuff like daily return bonuses -- come back and you get stuff -- all of that goes way back to 2009 and FarmVille."
One mechanic in particular has gone on to have a legacy of its own: mystery boxes. While Skaggs has previously used them in Mafia Wars, the concept was adapted for FarmVille, granting players a random reward. The gacha-inspired mechanic is perhaps better known today as the loot box, and has been under increased scrutiny in recent years as governments around the world debate whether this constitutes gambling -- especially when connected to monetisation.
Skaggs recognises the evolution from FarmVille's mystery boxes, but adds there was a crucial difference in how his game handled this versus the more insidious methodology behind it in more modern titles.
"We didn't have all these odds tables and calculations everyone uses now," he explains. "I don't think anyone even did the original maths on how many mystery box things happen, I think it was just like spinning the wheel.
"But right now, it's evolved. And some countries now have laws about how you have to publish the odds -- when it's taken to its extreme, like anything, a strength that's overused becomes a weakness, it becomes a problem. It creates a situation where it taps into people's psychological compulsions and makes them spend more money.
"FarmVille was one of the titles that enabled us to grow from an audience of a few tens of millions of gamers to nearer a billion. That is some legacy"Nicholas Lovell, Gamesbrief
"Is that a bad thing? There are casinos all over the world where people go in and play and have fun. I think it becomes a problem when there's the overpromising, where it suggests that if you spend again, maybe you'll get that gold thing that only one in a million people get. When it becomes dishonest like that, that's the problem."
While there was less of a data-driven ethos behind its monetisation, Skaggs says this mentality certainly increased when it came to post-launch game design. Zynga had already dabbled in this on Mafia Wars, YoVille and other titles, but suddenly metrics were as prominent a part of the team's day-to-day as creativity.
Game consultant Tadhg Kelly points to FarmVille as the moment behavioral analytics really became integrated into game design practices. In turn, this "clearly genericised design" and has moved much of the industry "into ethically grayer spaces."
Luton observes that other developers quickly broke down the success of FarmVille and tried to replicate it in their own title. This changed the way games were being developed; it was no longer just about the core experience, but also who was playing and how they played.
"A new design ideology began which incorporated traditional game design alongside disparate fields like behavioural economics, business management and data analysis," he says. "The industry started to have a new language to talk about games as designers began to discuss core loops, sessioning, pinch points, return triggers, ARPMAU and the like. It sort of academialised and challenged a lot of the received wisdom and art of game design, which push games forward even outside of the free-to-play and social space.
FarmVille itself has been described as a clone, likely referring to the Chinese-developed 2008 title Happy Farm, and Luton says enough clones followed that people soon began talking about farming as a genre.
"Hay Day was ostensibly a tweaked version of FarmVille and Supercell's first real success," he observes.
Yet for all its impact on the games industry, FarmVille's days are numbered. Zynga announced earlier this year that the original game will be shut down on December 31, 2020. While it doesn't leave a void -- there are countless FarmVille-like games on mobile, not to mention Zynga's own sequels -- it does have a more detrimental effect on an industry that has a terrible track record for preserving its own past.
"FarmVille's historical importance is profound," says Luton. "In the game shutting down we lose an important part of history, and the connections between games and design ideas are lost to future generations. If you played every hit game of every year up to FarmVille you'd notice this profound leap -- the otherness and non-conforming nature of it.
"So I hope that Zynga have ways of preserving the code of not just the final iteration, but all iterations, so that next generations of game designers can learn not just how to build time-based core loops but how ignoring the rules of the current zeitgeist can lead to unexpected success."
Skaggs, meanwhile, recognises why the original game is being retired. FarmVille was written in Flash, which has been losing support over the years -- you even need a special browser plug-in to run the original game now -- so its shutdown is perhaps inevitable. In fact, technology had advanced so much by the time his next title, CityVille, launched that Skaggs describes it as "almost like a console transition."
And, inevitably, the audience has moved towards mobile over the years, smartphones being more ubiquitous and convenient than lugging a laptop to a bar so you can harvest strawberries.
"I'm 100% sure if someone had the time, energy and money, they could rewrite the whole thing maybe in HTML5 and keep it going," he says.
"Part of being in the console and PC business for such a long time, there's a lot of games I've made that don't exist anymore other than as a package on my shelf. It's bittersweet, it's nostalgic, and it's good getting to relive these moments.
"FarmVille lasted 11 years. Not the longest for a game I've had -- C&C Generals has an active mod community, people are still playing Red Alert 2. But this one's a little bit special to me because of the crazy ride that it was."
Lovell concludes: "FarmVille showed developers, investors and most importantly players that there was a world of games that could appeal to anyone. That you didn't have to be a 'gamer' to play games. That games are a fun, enjoyable, accessible pastime for everyone, no matter their age, gender or technical proficiency.
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Star gazers who are trying to gain a better grasp of the universe came out to hear an American UFO researcher speak at the Mind Vault in Thunder Bay on Sunday.
One of the 50 people in attendance was Thunder Bay Observatory operator Randy McAllister, who said his belief in UFOs and extraterrestrials evolved from his interest in astronomy.
"Our reasoning tells us that there's more going on up there than meets the eye and science is just finally catching up,” he said.
Thunder Bay resident Randy McAllister says science is just finally
catching up with what's going on in the universe. (Nicole Ireland/CBC)
“And I could give you lots of examples, like the Kepler space telescope the last couple of years, [and] how many planets it's found. Science is starting to catch up to our understanding of the universe."
The man McAllister came to see — Richard Dolan — has been researching UFOs for 20 years.
Dolan said multiple military and intelligence sources have told him the US government has been actively studying UFOs for decades. He also pointed to several documents that have been declassified and predicted more secrets will be uncovered in the coming years.
UFO researcher Richard Dolan came to The Mind Vault in Thunder Bay, where about 50 people watched his presentation called "UFO's for Modern Thinkers." The presentation is part of a cross-Canada tour called the Modern Knowledge Tour. (Nicole Ireland/CBC)
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Parallel Justice: Creating Causes of Action for Mandatory Mediation
60 Pages Posted: 17 Jun 2014
Date Written: 2013
The American common law system should adopt court-connected mandatory mediation as a parallel system of justice for some cases that are currently not justiciable, such as wrongs caused by constitutionally protected behavior. As evidence that such a system is practical, this article describes systemic and ethical parallels between court-connected mediation and the rise of the equity courts in medieval England, demonstrating that there are no insurmountable practical objections to the creation of "mediation-only" causes of action. The article then explores the constitutional concerns surrounding the idea of "mandatory mediation-only" causes of action, using constitutional hate speech and invasion of privacy cases to test the validity of these concerns.
Keywords: mediation, mediate, ethical, ethics, court-connected, equity courts, mandatory, non-justiciable, dispute resolution, ADR, alternative dispute resolution, conflict, constitutional litigation, restorative justice, cause of action, common law, arbitration
JEL Classification: D74, J52, K4, K41, K00
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Washington State University football coach Mike Leach was preparing for a game against the University of Colorado two weeks ago when another foe leapt into his mind.
“They are outright crooks at Texas Tech,” the coach declared about 15 minutes into his weekly press conference, referencing the school where he worked before going to Washington State. “Are there crooks there? Yeah. I mean, like, felons. They ought to put them in jail.”
Leach was fired by Texas Tech University nearly eight years ago. But his outburst against his former employer surprised no one. Ever since he left, he has been waging a fight to get more than $2 million he believes Tech owes him from his coaching tenure. He has taken that fight to court, the Texas Capitol and to social media. But so far, state law has left him helpless in the quest to get the money he thinks he’s owed.
He has been stymied by Texas law, which protects the state and its entities from lawsuits — even if the entity violates a contract. So with the legal route blocked, he has turned his focus in recent months to shifting public opinion against Tech and the law that is protecting it.
About six weeks ago, he hired a former Houston investigative television reporter, Wayne Dolcefino, to try to dig up dirt and increase public pressure on Tech.
“Mike Leach went through the legal system, and he got shafted because there is a law that protects Texas Tech — that allows them to cheat someone out of a contract,” Dolcefino said last week. “The sad thing about that is I am sure it happens throughout the state. We have a law that allows the government to totally screw you around and get away with it.”
Whether Leach actually got screwed is a question that remains hotly debated. Leach was relieved of his duties in the final days of 2009 — right before a longevity clause on his contract kicked in that would have paid him $800,000. He had been arguably the most successful football coach in Tech history and was a hero to many students and alumni because of his eccentricity and innovative play-calling. His postgame press conferences were legendary, as he was known to indulge reporters in chats on his obsessions like pirates and the artist Jackson Pollock.
School officials said at the time that allegations of mistreating players and “insubordination” gave the school little choice but to fire him. His removal had been set in motion a few weeks earlier when the family of wide receiver Adam James complained that James was told to sit in a dark closet while suffering from concussion symptoms.
‘The facts and circumstances that led to his termination for cause are clear,” the school said in a statement. “He admittedly ordered that a student-athlete with a concussion be placed in a darkened area — not an athletic training area — and forced to stand. This occurred on two occasions.”
Leach and his supporters, meanwhile, argue that he was actually fired over personality conflicts with Tech’s leadership at the time, which they say were stoked during a tense contract negotiation from months earlier. Most of those leaders have since departed Tech — the school has had turnover at president and chancellor positions since Leach left.
The distinction mattered. Leach’s new contract had a five-year term, and it promised him $400,000 for each remaining year if he were fired before it ran out. But the buyout only kicked in if he were fired “without cause” — basically if he hadn’t done anything wrong but lose football games. The school fired him “with cause,” however, so it claimed it didn’t have to pay him the $1.6 million it would have otherwise owed him.
Leach was outraged and demanded that buyout money, plus the $800,000 he would have received if he had stayed on as coach for one more day. But he soon found there was little he could do. He tried to take the school to court, but his lawsuit was tossed out due to “sovereign immunity,” the legal concept that protects the state from lawsuits. The concept stems from the idea that the state wouldn’t be able to conduct its necessary business if the threat of lawsuits was constantly hanging over its head. The concept isn’t unusual — the federal government is also protected by sovereign immunity. But Texas’ sovereign immunity provision is particularly strong and applies to lawsuits over government contracts as well.
Leach's frustration is not unusual, said Michael Shaunessy, an Austin attorney with experience suing and representing government entities and who trains lawyers across the state on sovereign immunity. The immunity does serve an important purpose, Shaunessy said, but also leaves contractors vulnerable if their interpretation of the contract differs from that of the state.
“It adversely affects people’s willingness to do business with the state of Texas,” he said. “I have clients who charge more when they are doing work for a government entity in Texas.”
Still, he said, he doesn’t have that much sympathy for Leach, who makes about $3 million per year as Washington State’s coach. (Washington State has traditionally been a bottom-dweller in the Pac 12 Conference, but has a strong 7-2 record under Leach this year.)
“If we are going to make a change about sovereign immunity on the contract side, we need to do that because it has a greater impact on businesses that do business with the state — and the impact it has on the state,” Shaunessy said. “To get into it over Mike Leach just doesn’t make sense to me.”
Leach has shown no sign of giving up. In 2011, with the pro bono help of a leading Austin lobbyist, he urged lawmakers to pass a bill that would have allowed him to sue Tech. A sympathetic House member, Rep. Craig Eiland, D-Galveston, filed a bill on his behalf, but it never made it out of the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee.
Eiland and Leach then enlisted two other House members to ask for then-Attorney General Greg Abbott’s opinion about whether Leach should be allowed to sue, but they didn’t make any progress on that front.
Now, Leach is making a public relations push. Dolcefino recently launched a website, paycoachleach.com, that features a petition signed by about 1,800 people and background information on sovereign immunity. The site compares Texas’ sovereign immunity to laws in oppressive regimes like North Korea, Iran and Syria.
Dolcefino also hosted a rally outside a recent Tech home football game, giving out balloons and urging people to visit the website. And he has submitted multiple open records requests to the university in search of evidence of waste, abuse or fraud at the school. The goal, Dolcefino said, is to put so much pressure on Tech that it simply decides to pay Leach the money he believes he is owed.
Tech has expressed no interest in reopening the discussion, saying in its statement that “the courts decided this case years ago, and there is nothing more to add.” But Dolcefino said he is just getting started.
“Mike Leach is not the kind of guy who surrenders,” Dolcefino said.
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I think that Conner has Laverne and Shirley for teachers. That’s all I’m going to say about that. But one’s totally the level headed even-keel one, and ones the artsy fartsy love your guts kind of a one. I find it amusing.
And that is all.
It’s the same conference every year. He’s super bright (I’m talking crazy bright here… I don’t talk much about it, but Conner tested REALLY REALLY high here…. I’m talking REALLY high, cough and choke on your gum while you’re reading the results high), but he rushes to get through stuff and he’s obsessed with the laptops. Oh, and he’s chatty. He can still learn while chatting with a friend, but most people can’t. So, he needs to shut it.
Sometimes I feel like I’m living with Rain Man.
It doesn’t help that P is Rain Toddler.
Anyway, after I came home I really need him to focus. We came up with 5 goals that we’re going to assess daily. They are:
1. Be organized — No missing assignments and not lose our stuff (huge problem for him)
2. Be a listener– No talking when the teacher’s talking — they get detention if they do it too much so I put in there NO detention.
3. Be Industrious — 1/2 hour of table homework and then 1/2 hour of computer (and that is all, for playing or homework, I’m stickin’ to my guns on this one, a least for the next month)
4. Be Smart — Raise math grade to an A (he has a B, mostly because he sometimes forgets to do the back. Seriously. Also, he rushes through tests to get to play on the laptops)
5. Be Focused — Conner recently added some less then appropriate artwork to a power point presentation he was doing, it had nothing to do with it. He also sometimes likes to add Justin Beiber. Either way, no extra “stuff”
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This time of year, the school run is always a joy.
It’s dark. It’s cold. It’s tipping it down with rain. And all I really want is to be at home, snuggled on the sofa in front of a roaring fire.
Today was no exception. Apart from the fact that I knew there was no food in the house, so we needed to stop off at the supermarket for supplies on the way home.
“Come on, let’s be super quick,” I said to Flea, as we dodged the rain crossing the car park.
We raced up and down aisles collecting chicken, spinach, bread – and in double-quick speed we’re at the checkout.
Except – oops – no eggs for breakfast.
“Flea, go grab a box of eggs,” I whispered, and Flea scampered off.
I suddenly realised I could have been a bit more polite. After all, I tend to think your kids will only speak to other people politely if you’re polite to them.
“Thanks, sweetheart,” I called after my daughter.
I was just thinking about what an amazing parenting role model I am when a voice jolted me back to the real world.
“You’re welcome,” said the man in front of me in the queue, who had just put down the divider thing on the conveyor belt between his shopping and mine.
“Oh, I wasn’t talking to you,” I laughed, nervously, looking around. “I was talking to…”
My daughter. Who was nowhere to be seen.
“Course you were, sweetheart,” said the man, paying for his banana-flavoured Minion Tic Tacs. (sidenote: what sort of man buys Minion Tic Tacs, anyway?)
He winked at me. And left, with a spring in his step.
Ten seconds too late, Flea came back.
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J.HORACE McFARLAND, President, Harrisburg, Pn.CLINTON ROGERS WOODRUFF, First Vice-President, Philadelphia WILLIAM B. HOWLAND, Treasurer, New York RICHARD B. WATROUS, Secretary, Washington, D. C.Vice-Presidents: JAMES R.GARFIELD, Cleveland, Ohio JOHN WESLEY HILL, D. D., New York W. W. HANNAN, Detroit, Mich. GEORGE W. MARSTON, San Diego, Cal. MRS. EDWARD W. BIDDLE, Carlisle, Pa.American Civic AssociationMAIN OFFICE: WASHINGTON, D.C.Executive Board Dr. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, New YorkHENRY A. BARKER, Providence, R.I.FRANK CHAPIN BRAY, New YorkMISS MARY MARSHALL BUTLER, Yonkers, N.Y.Dr. KENYON L. BUTTERFIELD, Amherst, Mass.MRS. CAROLINE BARTLETT CRANE, Kalamazoo, Mich.Executive Board GEORGE OTIS DRAPER, New YorkFREDERICK L. FORD, Hartford, Conn. EDWARD HATCH, JR., New York J.L. Hudson, Detroit, Mich. MRS. MELVILLE P. JOHNSTON, Richmond, Ind. HARLAN P.KESLEY, Salem, Mass. 0FFF1CE OF THE SECRETARY 913-914 UNION TRUST BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. C.Executive Board WARREN H.MANNING, Boston, Mass.MRS.A. E. McCREA, Chicago,Ill. MRS. EDWIN F. MOULTON, Warren, Ohio JOHN NOLEN, Cambridge, Mass. GRAHAM ROMEYN TAYLOR, Chicago, Ill. BRAINARD H. WARNER, Washington, D. C.Oct.22, 1910.Dr. William F. Bade, Berkeley, Cal. Dear Dr. Bade:-[I have your letter of Oct. 17th.] I have indeed seen the editorial in the INDEPENDENT of Oct. 13th and enjoyed its reading greatly. It was called to my attention the other evening by Mr. William M. Ellicott, of Baltimore. He had been on the program at the Conservation Congress to read a paper entitled THE PROPOSAL FOR A NATIONAL FOREST ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF WASHINGTON and it was an article which would have presented some of the things we stand for, but it was crowded out by the more material and political phases of the Conference. I understand that it is being printed in a report.[I may say to you rather confidentially that I think Mr. Ellicott was quite disappointed at not having it presented and he told me that he was writing a letter to the INDEPENDENT along the line of your editorial, which, by the way, I had concluded at once you had written.] I went over to Baltimore to see Mr. Ellicott and have secured his promise to give us that paper which he will illustrate with stereopticon pictures at our convention to be held in Washington, December 14th, 15th and 16th.I sent over06305
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When I did my customary Google search on a subject I wanted information on, in this case it was to the question “why do books have a preface?“, I got what I felt was a decent answer on my first hit: “The preface is a place for the book’s author to tell the reader how this book came into being, and why. It should build credibility for the author and the book … Here the author should explain why they wrote the book, and how they came to writing it. The author should be showing the reader why they are worth reading”. I had been thinking of going straight into the main content but it only seemed right and proper I produce this “I hope folks will read” preface beforehand. I also have to confess, even though I have often been guilty in the past, my aversion to giving too many personal anecdotes and reflections in a book that is meant to be mainly objective. While I use the first person in this preface, I will avoid doing so in the chapters that follow, at least until I get to the last two, where I will offer a personal view.
Sometimes personal perspective is inevitable, and by having a preface we can get the personal bits out of the way, clear the decks by stating the axioms on which we base our writing, and partly to cover ourselves from accusations of being an omniscient, narcissist, know it all. My approach to understanding scripture is non pre-tribulation (rapture), pre-millennial, advocating engaging with the culture, Israel has not been replaced, prophecy can be and often is fulfilled on more than one level, OT types matter and unless it is clearly not the case should be taken literally, and this will affect my writing. I do so mindful of better and more learned people than me who see things differently. It is helpful before delving into the important, objective exegesis to try and ensure it is not about me, but rather the Prophets of the Bible and what they said. As a gospel preaching, community activist, I want to be true to my calling when I write, as well as to be beholden to the truth and the need to respect sound scholarship.
According to Wikipedia: “In religion, a prophet is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on that entity’s behalf, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the supernatural source to other people. The message that the prophet conveys is called a prophecy. Claims of prophethood have existed in many cultures throughout history, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, in ancient Greek religion, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and many others”. When I did another Google search looking for something more “Christian”, one response to the question: “What is a prophet in the Bible?” was “In a general sense, a prophet is a person who speaks God’s truth to others. The English word prophet comes from the Greek word “prophetes”, which can mean “one who speaks forth” or “advocate.” Prophets are also called “seers,” because of their spiritual insight or their ability to “see” the future. In the Bible, prophets often had both a teaching and revelatory role, declaring God’s truth on contemporary issues while also revealing details about the future”. As for this book, I am going with this broader definition.
I am sure readers will agree with me that defining key terms is important to save misunderstanding down the line, and while I go with this definition it will be with a couple of caveats. Clearly there are many characters in the Bible who meet this criteria, and the principal ministry of many was simply to hear God and speak His truth applicable to the situation prevailing at the time, regardless of any future predictions they might make, and there are many who did just that, who traditionally are not regarded as prophets, yet what they said / did was significant. Some, not usually regarded as prophets, relayed God’s message and sometimes that included predicting future events, and that too was significant. Besides being seers, prophets were watchmen, whose job was to stand watch over the land and warn them of impending danger. As well as true prophets, the Bible tells us of false prophets, whose message was NOT of God, just as is the case today and, as for us, we need the spirit of discernment, to “Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good” 1Thessalonians 5:19-21. Putting aside the question “are there prophets today?”, we need people now who will simply step up to the plate to be watchmen.
“Significant” is important, because in God’s dealing with his people, Israel, especially, and also with the nations generally, there were invariably prophets around saying what needed to be said. At least it was the case in Old Testament times. But it is not just for that time and the setting in which the prophets spoke, but also for our own time, including prophecies yet to take place, although over-dwelling on what could be a controversial subject can be unhelpful. Trying to maintain that balance on what the prophets taught, how it was received and understood at the time and lessons we can take away, including on unfulfilled prophecy, is why I am keen to write this book. I hope to cover all well-known prophets as well as those less well known, with the focus on what made them tick and why their message was relevant then and now. I recognise, to do full justice to what is a significant section of the Bible (well over a quarter) would require a library of books, and what I am producing is one book of not many pages. I hope to cover or at least introduce the more significant lessons and apologise in advance for what I anticipate as many important things I might miss. I will attempt to open up my subject, say something about the prophets themselves, reflect on their message, state pertinent facts and suggest possible present-day applications. I hope this book will encourage earnest readers to do deeper study on prophetic scriptures and the context in which these are placed. When it comes to scripture, might I suggest the following be borne in mind:
- “(The Bereans) received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so” Acts 17:11
- “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works” 2Timothy 3:16-17
- “No prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” 2Peter 1:20-21
It is worth explaining how I came to tackle a subject, which could well take me way out of my depth. Whether or not I am listened to or read, I know I am in good company with the prophets, who were often dismissed in their day and treated abysmally, even when doing something as important as speaking on God’s behalf. I regard writing this book is an important undertaking, possibly my most important project to date, mindful as I rapidly approach my three score and ten years, and with failing health, my time will soon run out and there are many other things I could be doing. Yet it may be my way of passing the baton to future generations to help them treasure the Bible and live it! I write, I hope with due humility, because I believe what I say needs saying, and I may be one such to do so and thus make a difference. It is true “of making many books there is no end” and, while most of what I am about to write may have already been written, we do well to reinforce these points. While I have seen much, there may be much I don’t get or miss, and gaps in my understanding on subjects, such as New Testament prophecy, prophecy today and unfulfilled prophecy.
I explained earlier, why I have a fixation on the prophets of the Bible. While I don’t know the Bible as well as I ought, I know it better than most, especially this part of it, which from what I can make out is not anywhere nearly as well covered in standard church teaching contexts as it ought. There is something else though – around the turn of the millennium, I embarked on my third career, which might be best described as a community worker. I wrote about this in my book “Outside the Camp”, which along with many of my writings is freely available online in my website. The title that has some bearing on my PB background is based on the text: “Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach” Hebrews 13:12,13. In the past six years I have regularly maintained a blog. It covers all manner of subjects, many, controversially, trying to figure out the world about me. I think reflecting on the prophets, their message etc., will help. I add a caveat though, the need for humility – good, well-read people, including on the prophets, may reach different conclusions when applying this to current events, often to do with their beliefs and understanding (or lack of) but also no-one knows for sure.
It seemed to me that a common theme of the prophets, especially when it came to Israel, the main intended audience of many prophecies, was the need to be faithful to YHWH, but also to do justice when it comes to the people around them, especially the poor. I am exercised that having gone inside the veil (which separates the Holy of holies) (Hebrews 6:19) in order to commune with the Almighty, we need to then go out into the wider world with all is contradictions and counters to godly living. What takes place there matters a lot, including our own involvement, even if we can’t fully understand many of the reasons for and implications of. This can be a contentious area, yet one if we are to follow in the footsteps of the prophets we cannot avoid. Even as I write, I note well known Christian leaders speaking in God’s name, offering a view of the world and an understanding of scripture I cannot support. It makes me realise, not only are there true prophets and teachers today, there are false ones, who lead people astray. While we can disagree on things of lesser importance, it is important we are beholden to the truth and we “earnestly contend for the faith”, Jude 1:3.
When we think of what was prophesied, some of it related to things that were to happen in the prophet’s lifetime, but much that happened centuries after, e.g. concerning the first coming of the Messiah (Jesus – the helpless Babe of Bethlehem), and some is yet to happen, e.g. concerning the future of Israel and the second coming of the Messiah (Jesus – the all-conquering King of kings). This may be a controversial subject with views among Christians polarised. As a young man I found such subjects occupied older, Bible savvy men – and now I am one! I do not believe Israel (people and land) has been replaced and there is a body of yet to be fulfilled prophecy that helps us understand world events, although I recognise some scholars will think differently. Some prophecy, e.g. the latter chapters of Daniel, have considerably occupied some and, while I do not intend to duck the exegetical challenges, I realise I may disappoint some.
While I intend to focus on what prophets said at the time and how it applied to the situation in which they were placed or reflecting on, one would be doing a disservice to ignore there is good deal that has yet to come to pass. Besides considering prophecy from a view point of what was understood at the time, we cannot ignore future fulfilments or the Jewish mindset that allowed for an initial fulfilment and a final one. While focusing on Old Testament prophets and prophecies, one significant New Testament prophecy is the Book of Revelation, where a blessing is promised to those who read it and many intended recipients underwent persecution. While this book will not consider Revelation (or any other book come to that) in great depth, it will help to prepare the ground for a study of events prophesied that are yet to be fulfilled and which complement and incorporate many of the prophesies of the Old Testament prophets.
When I began writing this book, at the start of 2020, I could hardly have reckoned on the rapid unravelling of tumultuous events taking place in the world, along with culture and other wars and conflicts, changes in the church, such as persecution of believers globally, revival in difficult places and moves toward apostacy and false ecumenism where Christianity had become better established, all of which is consistent with what the prophets did predict for these Last days (and that was before Covid-11 lockdown and civil unrest due to Black Lives Matter and who know what the next calamity is to befall, subjects which in the past would have interested the Hebrew prophets). While diversity, equality, and tolerance can be good things, these preoccupations have often been distractions replacing the emphases on the three things the Holy Spirit is in the world to convict people of – “And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment” John 16:8. There is a widespread tendency to cherry pick the Bible to suit people’s views. For many it includes ignoring the Old Testament, including the prophetic. Because I believe studying the prophets can be a necessary corrective, I write as I do. While it is true, we are under the New Covenant, not the Old, God has not changed and we need to study both Old and New Testaments to get a balanced, complete view of what God thinks. As for studying the prophets, it will enlighten and encourage us living in a world that is a long way from what God intended. Even when we feel powerless, we can prepare, knowing whatever happens, His will prevails!
My final point, before introducing the prophets, is that while I see my role as a watchman on the wall, I don’t see myself as a prophet in any traditional sense. I am God’s unprofitable servant at best and have often rebelled against the one I claim to serve. In the process, I have experienced brokenness and as a result I have been able to value more my covenant relationship with a patient, holy, gracious God, and this along with my prophecy insights enables me to inform and encourage others and not be over bothered what other people think. While the focus of this book is on the Old Testament rather than the New, it is chiefly because there are many more OT prophets than NT and present-day prophetic gifts, given my church background, is not an area I felt qualified to speak on, even though I believe in the gift of prophecy and prophets exist today. For the sake of balance, I will consider the place of prophecy today, including the gift of prophecy, and will add my own personal perspective. Some I reckoned had a genuine prophetic gift, whose ministries I have personally benefited from, as well as false prophets who do the opposite, just as the Bible warned us would happen. I have found lack of knowledge of the Bible to be sadly rife among Christians, especially the Old Testament. But as one of my teenager mentors told me: “the New is in the Old concealed and the Old is in the New revealed”. Nowhere better is this seen than in prophetic utterances. Besides encouraging those wanting to better understand the prophets, I want this book to honour the Lord. I intend in the chapters that follow to expand on these considerations. | <urn:uuid:dc363e1e-1000-4c1c-87e8-9457cd41a03f> | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | https://jrbpublications.com/2020/02/04/preface-to-my-forthcoming-book-the-prophets-of-the-bible/ | 2020-10-28T00:33:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107894890.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20201027225224-20201028015224-00318.warc.gz | en | 0.974356 | 3,390 |
Contents: Includes discussion of child rape.
This is a fascinating post to read and to ponder over: Are we returning to the nineteenth century economic circumstances?
Samantha Geimer in the UK Guardian argues that we should be more nuanced about the rape of children if the culprit had a horrible life and creates beautiful and moving art and if the victim herself thinks that children should take some responsibility for their behavior. I don't agree, at least not in the sense that Geimer adopts. Or rather, the crime remains the crime. If other factors are to be considered in the sentencing of the criminal, that is a different question altogether.
Kevin Drum asks where the rage of the Tea Party comes from. The answers (many in the comments to his post) are both obvious (loss of power and prestige for just being born into a certain group, real loss of income and relative standing, gerrymandering of districts which benefits the most extreme candidates, Fox News and other capitalist-funded populist movements) and elusive (why now? why no real anger aimed at the out-sourcers, the inequality-creators, the free-marketers? why is the populism right-wing?).
I don't have the miracle answer to this one, but I'd argue that one important straw to carry to the pile is the fact that the Democrats, due to needing the money from the wealthy, stopped being blunt and open about being for the working classes. They have dropped the unions and now employ euphemisms about that group (working families which sounds like child-labor to me). So when the right-wing radio began, there were few opposing voices, if any, and all the foaming anger was channeled into the river which tries to sweep out immigrants, minorities and uppity women, to leave the majority of us fighting for the crumbs which fall from the dinner tables of the powerful few.
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By LuAnn Edwards
Isn’t it amazing how God can use us even when things don’t go the way we planned? If we are willing to follow Him, He can use us in any situation. He sometimes surprises us with what He can accomplish through us.
In June, my husband and I along with my sister and her husband took a trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We loved spending time together and realized how much we are alike. Since we live 1500 miles apart and do not get to see each other often, our time together was very enjoyable.
I originally planned this trip to be a time for my husband and me to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. When I told my sister that Ken and I were taking a trip to Michigan, she asked if she and her husband could join us. I told her yes, but in my selfishness, I also told her, “It will be great to get away just the four of us.” That was my way of saying, “Please, no grandkids on this trip.” My sister’s grandkids are precious and spend a lot of time with her. However, I wanted this to be a “grown-up” trip only; after all, this was our anniversary celebration, right? I had it all planned!
The Lord had something else in mind. In the end we had my sister’s oldest grandson, along with other family members totaling 15 people! It turned out to be a wonderful blessing!
God’s Word says, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28). God did work; He worked in the heart of a nine-year-old boy, my sister’s grandson, Tey.
Tey was a pleasure to have along. He hiked with us, didn’t complain about the food or mosquitoes, and seemed to like hanging out with his Great Aunt and Uncle. We were all so proud of him when he was sworn in as a Junior Park Ranger and received his badge.
Tey was so open to our praying before each meal. He wasn’t accustomed to doing this at home. He thought it was so special that when he received his meal before the rest of us, he said he couldn’t eat until we all prayed. He even volunteered to pray a couple of times.
Something simple, this prayer of thanksgiving before a meal, spoke to his tender heart. Upon returning home, he taught his brother and sister to pray before their meals too. My husband sent Tey a recording of Bible stories that he is listening to and sharing with family members as well.
I am thankful Tey was able to join us on our trip even though it meant a change in my selfish plans. Only God knows what He has prepared for this young man. I am expecting great things and feel so blessed to have shared in just a small part of it.
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LAHAINA - How would you like to live on one of the American Planning Association's 2011 "Great Streets in America?"
Front Street in Lahaina lives up to its latest accolade from very humble beginnings. It was originally a simple dirt road flanked by a few houses and a small strip of shops in 1900. Walk this fascinating street with its amazing oceanfront setting and eclectic architecture, and even now it reflects of Lahaina's rich history as an ancient Hawaiian capital, major whaling port, missionary battleground and plantation town.
Today it balances an exacting role as a thriving tourist attraction and the art capital of the Pacific with this past. Front Street is unlike any other seaside strand in the world.
459 Front St. has a 72-foot frontage directly onto beautiful Kamehameha Ike beach.
459 Front St. is just south of Lahaina Shores and the Shops at 505 Front Street. Its 16,016-square-foot lot has a 72-foot frontage directly onto the golden sands of Kamehameha Ike beach, a retreat and playground of Hawaiian Royalty in years gone by. Today, Kamehameha Ike beach is one of the best places to learn to surf on the gentle waves of the inner break.
This three-bedroom, 1,140-square-foot cottage comes with an open great room and large covered lanai. Should you want something bigger on this oversized 16,000-square-foot lot, there are building plans available for review.
This home was built in 1951 - the same year the 315-foot-long tunnel between Lahaina and Wailuku was opened to complete the modern Honoapiilani Highway, replacing the hazardous lower road that came along the base of the Pali (cliff) with 115 scary hairpin turns.
This is a gorgeous piece of land which will fulfill your dreams of living island life on Maui.
Imagine taking your morning coffee with the waves lapping at the end of your lawn. It's truly the stuff novels are made of - in fact, I remember reading one where the heroine lives in a cottage on the beach in South Lahaina!
Take a very short stroll into Lahaina on a Friday evening, and you will be in the center of the art walk. With more art galleries per capita than any other town in America, and home to some of the world's best-known artists, Lahaina's merchants and craftspeople put on a show with wine, pupus and music. Every night, you can enjoy world-class cuisine at one of Lahaina's numerous award-winning restaurants or take in the nightlife at Warren and Annabelle's, 'Ulalena, the Feast at Lele or the Old Lahaina Luau.
It's also just a short drive north to four championship golf courses in Kaanapali and Kapalua and more exciting dining and shopping experiences.
Alternatively stay home, enjoy the famous lingering West Maui sunsets and our winter visitors, the humpback whales, in the calm waters framed by the islands of Molokai and Lanai. Then watch the beautiful, colorful rainbows and moonrises over the West Maui Mountains. You are sure to catch a moonbow some misty evening.
Originally called Alanui Moi, the King's Road, Front Street, Lahaina truly is a very special place and one of the "Great Streets of America."
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Since active galactic nuclei (AGN) comprise only a small fraction of all galaxies, it is more relevant for our general understanding of galactic processes to observe normal galaxies. With the availability of imaged X-ray observations, galaxies not necessarily dominated by a point source in their nucleus have now been studied in detail. This review will give an overview of these results, with an emphasis on galaxies exhibiting moderate or low amounts of activity in their nuclei.
In this paper, a low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN) is considered to be a galaxy with Seyfert-like optical spectra and an X-ray luminosity less than 1042 ergs s-1. A starburst galaxy is a galaxy in which evidence of enhanced star-formation rates are observed, particularly in kpc-sized nuclear regions. Most often this is observed by the presence of HII-region like optical emission lines, however other signs include high IR luminosities (i.e., LIR > 1010 L; c.f., Telesco 1988). In LINER galaxies the optical emission lines are observed with line diagnostic ratios that differ from both starburst and LLAGN ratios. The most likely scenarios for the ionization flux in LINERs are a LLAGN (albeit with different physical properties than LLAGN with Seyfert-like spectra), shocks (Dopita et al. 1996) and hot stars (c.f., Shields 1992). Interestingly, 15% of LINERs exhibit broad H emission (Ho, Filippenko, Sargent, & Chen 1997). These ``LINER 1'' galaxies are almost certainly LLAGN, and the fact that the ratio of LINER 1 to LINER 2 galaxies is similar to the fraction of Seyfert 1/Seyfert 2 galaxies is suggestive that most LINERs are indeed LLAGN. | <urn:uuid:ea54eac4-930f-4cfc-8485-6fcf27dd99d6> | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Ptak/Ptak1.html | 2015-04-25T12:05:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246648338.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045728-00112-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897313 | 389 |
by Chiot's Run
I have always loved this quote:
What fabulous rules to live by. If you follow this advice you'll save tons of money and not end up with a house full of stuff you don't need. Mr Chiots and I try to live by this rule. When we first got married we didn't have a dining room table for several years, we simply ate on the sofa or floor. We had hand-me down furniture and a really old TV someone gave us. We have replaced most of these items over the course of the 12 years we've been married, but we've always waited until things have died before replacing them. Using things up can be difficult in our society that emphasizes hip, shiny, new and trendy. We look at magazines and watch TV shows and then notice that our old hand-me down sofa looks dated, old and doesn't match the curtains. We start to feel inadequate because our stuff looks shabby. I'll admit, we went through a phase where we bought some shiny new items, but that phase is over. Now when we think we need something we usually try to figure out something we have that will do the job. If we can't do that we try to find it secondhand or used. We only purchase new as a last resort (except in certain areas, like cordless tools, certain appliances and some business equipment).
We've saved a lot of money in our garden by using native rocks gathered from the woods surrounding our property to build our retaining walls, edge our flowerbeds and to use as stepping stones. Since we live on a very sloped lot, we need small retaining walls to help with erosion (don't want to lose all that hard work amending the soil). We could have easily bought stepping stones and retaining wall stones, but that would have cost us a small fortune. We invested some sweat equity gathering all these rocks (Mr Chiots bearing the brunt of that work). I think these look much better than the ones make of man-made stones. They're beautiful and FREE!
Using items you already have, instead of purchasing is kind of like a scavenger hunt. It's fun trying to think of things in a less conventional way to fulfill a need that you have. I have to laugh every time I make tea because we don't have a proper teapot, even though we've avid tea drinkers. Our teapot is a 2-cup pyrex measuring cup that gets used for cooking and as a teapot several times a day.
There are times when making do is a little more work than buying new. When we built and installed our rain barrel system we wanted it to be high so we'd have some water pressure and so we could store things underneath the barrels. We didn't want to go out and buy wood for the platform, so we tore out half of our deck and used that lumber. We didn't like the dimensions of our deck anyways and it wasn't build very well, so we killed two birds with one stone so to speak. Sure it took a lot longer and was a lot more work than a trip to the lumber yard, but we ended up with a studier smaller deck and a free rain barrel platform.
Wear it out - gardeners know about this rule. The garden is usually the final stop for those clothes that are no longer fit to be seen in public. Do I really need to say anything about these? This photo was take a year and half ago and these jeans are still in service, but barely. I'm sure they'll end up as something else in their second life after they can no longer be worn.
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Henry Ross Perot
Henry Ross Perot "is an American businessman from Texas, best known for seeking the office of President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. While fighting Texas' "War on Drugs," Mr. Perot embarked on a rescue mission to save employees of his company taken hostage by the Iranian government. The mission was successful and saw the release of those held hostage, including 10,000 other prisoners. For his personal courage in the dramatic rescue of captives in Iran Mr. Perot was given the Raoul Wallenberg Award." In 1996, he was the Reform Party's presidential nominee and received 8.4% of the popular vote.
- President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
- Winner of a 1986 S. Roger Horchow Award, Jefferson Awards
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Scandinavia SVOD service Viaplay is moving into the short-form horror genre with a YA series from French/Swedish crime drama Midnight Sun.
The platform, which is operated by Nordic Entertainment Group, has given a greenlight to Cryptid, a ten-part series of 22-minute episodes that centers on the idyllic lakeside town of Mörkstad, whose peaceful existence is suddenly shattered by a series of terrifying and unexplainable events.
The series is one of the most interesting concepts to emerge out of Europe since Norwegian teen drama Skam and is sure to draw the eye of U.S. producers.
The high-concept Swedish-language drama is based on an original pitch by graphic novelist Sylvain Runberg, and is being written by a writer’s room that includes YA novelist Anna Jakobsson Lund.
Viaplay Owner Nordic Entertainment Group Eyes U.S. Division Following Picturestart Investment & Corporate Restructure
Mörkstad is a small town in the northern hemisphere near a beautiful lake. But there’s a dark side to Mörkstad’s idyllic image: an ancient legend claims that beneath the serene waters of the lake, evil lurks — a malign creature that sows chaos and fear, and feeds on young people’s angst. The story starts with the horrific and bizarre death of a high-school student, followed by a series of creepy and unexplainable events. A group of high schoolers must club together to try to find out who or what is behind their friend’s death. And the closer they get to the truth, the more they are drawn to the dark waters of the lake.
It is produced by Dramacorp, the Stockholm-based production company founded by Patrick Nebout in a joint venture with Jan Mojto’s Beta Film. Production stars in August in Finland and it will launch in early 2020. Nebout exec produces with Mia Sohlman (Blue Eyes), Fredrik Ljungberg with Hadis Jabbari (The Lawyer) producing. Daniel di Grado (Hidden) and David Berron (Black Lake) will direct the series.
Elsewhere, Dramacorp, the company is developing international thriller series The Head, in co-production with Spain’s Mediapro.
Nebout said, “Cryptid is our first foray into short-form production and the horror genre, so we thought we’d aim for another first in the process and create a new genre — Nordic Comic Noir, with a unique tone and look inspired by pop graphic novels. Cryptid is an elevated, sexy, scary coming-of-age thriller with a supernatural twist. We were drawn to it not only because it’s a clever, edgy horror series for a young-adult audience, but because it’s genuinely very different. The creative team is amazing and has one main guideline: in Cryptid’s universe, anything can happen. Nothing like this has ever been produced in Scandinavia, this is definitively not your typical Nordic Noir, so don’t expect the usual brown-grey shades and look. This show is a very colorful and scary ride. In fact, I’d go so far as to say there’s nothing like Cryptid anywhere.”
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Ladies, I think it is time we have our own nursery thread. I can't be the only one who is the most excited about decorating the nursery! Hope this will be a fun place to share ideas.
Post your inspiration, decor, progress and eventually reveal photos here.
Me: 33 PCOS, DH: 32TTC since spring 2014IUI #1-3, Dec 2015 - Feb 2016, BFNIVF #1, Feb 29 2016, ER 3/12/16, 2 PGS normal
FET #1: June 17, Beta: June 30, BFP! 480, MC 8w2d
FET #2: Sep13, BFN
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A note on the possible impending death of human space exploration
by Roger Handberg
|The age of space exploration is not equivalent to the earlier age of European exploration of the world when ships and their crews embarked on multiyear voyages of discovery and conquest. It becomes more similar to the early Greek voyages of discovery within the Mediterranean Sea where the shoreline was usually just over the horizon.|
Human prospectors will scour the solar system exploiting the resources found out there among the asteroids and other objects in space. One could harvest the water from comets after stripping the lunar craters of their ice. Using water from comets may be more problematic than once envisioned, but the idea is that water in some accessible form exists in the solar system and that can, in time, be provided for use in space operations or habitats. Arguing about how to supply future explorers or inhabitants of space is intriguing, but may be moot given the other apparent hazards of space.
Given our limited exposure, it has become clear that human bodies are compromised when exposed to the space environment for extended periods of time. It was always understood that special preparations had to occur if humans were to survive spaceflight. Those hazards include the intense temperature changes that occur, the effects of radiation that are often exacerbated by solar storms, and the deleterious impact of microgravity on human bodies. More recent medical observations have found significant deterioration in vision, which may be linked to the effects of microgravity on spinal fluid.
The Kelly brothers, both NASA astronauts and identical twins, were employed in an experiment in which one, Scott, flew to the ISS for a year while his brother, Mark, remained on Earth as a “control subject.” The twins will be studied in the coming years to assess the effects of space habitation on the two. Comparable experiments are obviously difficult to establish since experimentation on humans is a delicate matter at the best of times, so such “natural” experiments are likely to be the norm.
|Ironically, expanding the future of space exploration may come from the ongoing development of enhanced autonomous vehicles for purposes of war.|
When space habitats are established with the possibility for long duration habitation, the effects of space may become even clearer. But regardless, in the present context, space remains a hostile environment whose long term impacts are not truly understood. There have been discussions of one-way missions to Mars, although their ethical aspects could be problematic.
The quest to explore the solar system will continue, but the question is, how will that occur? Will humans lead the way or will it all be accomplished by machines? NASA’s effort, the Journey to Mars, assumes that machines will be the precursors exploring the environment and helping set up the basics while awaiting the arrival of human explorers. This building block approach assumes the humans can survive the realities of the long voyage to Mars and then work on the surface once they arrive. The NASA plan is for safe return of the explorers.
Alternative approaches assume that humans will live on the lunar surface first, for purposes of both research and proof of concept in terms of human habitation of a celestial body. Aritifical gravity, one potential solution to the problems of microgravity, has largely been dismissed is because of the difficulties inherent in spinning a spacecraft with people on board (see “The weak pull of artificial gravity”, The Space Review, October 31, 2016). Early visions of space stations, including Wernher von Braun’s iconic “wheel in space,” envisioned such arrangements in order to get gravity for the human crew. Roger Launius and Howard McCurdy have envisioned a different approach where humans become something more than human with artificial augmentation in order to survive the perils of the space environment (see “Review: Robots in Space”, The Space Review, February 18, 2008.)
All of the above approaches are based on the critical assumption that humans can survive long-duration space voyages. Failing that, the alternative becomes continued robotic missions. Ironically, expanding the future of space exploration may come from the ongoing development of enhanced autonomous vehicles for purposes of war. Defense budgeting is always more robust than civil space activities and even more so today with the heightened emphasis on commercialization of US space activities. The link between space and the military has been a long-standing relationship given that the original launch vehicles were usually derivatives of ballistic missiles developed for reasons other than space exploration.
|The politics of human space exploration is infused with factors that prohibit rational employment of resources, including political fads, lack of real interest in space exploration, and simple impatience.|
The use of drones have become a prominent feature in US security policy, but what is more important is their growing sophistication in terms of being able to operate autonomously for increasing periods of time. There is more money for those military developmental efforts than what’s available to NASA. Its rovers on the Martian surface are programmed to conduct their activities for specified periods of time before another set of commands is uploaded through the Deep Space Network. That means there is no opportunity for operator intervention as can occur during aerial operations on Earth: the distances are too great for such fine-grained control. Increasing the autonomy of the rovers and other robotic vehicles will be key to the future of space exploration, especially if the human presence remains limited. The central argument for humans being on site is their curiosity and ability to generalize off their observations to a non-logical but satisfactory conclusion that a robot cannot match. Improved autonomy could at least partially bridge that distance gap while the question of a long-term human presence in space is worked out.
NASA’s lack of interest in developing some form of useful artificial gravity for human passengers is puzzling, although it may reflect the reality of budgets and other constraints. The politics of human space exploration is infused with factors that prohibit rational employment of resources, including political fads, lack of real interest in space exploration, and simple impatience. Building a long-term human space exploration effort needs to emphasize the long-term aspect.
A new presidential administration is rolling into Washington with unknown effects for NASA and its programs. Does a restructuring occur again or do we simply make a detour to the Moon on the way to Mars? The unknown is whether humans will be on that mission. American space exploration to this point has not been a series of suicide missions; rather, the point is to get there and back safely, barring the unforeseen of accidents not the normal harsh realities of the space environment. Ironically, the fate of human space exploration may not be in funding and the technology to get there but the reality of human survival in space. I would hope I am wrong but these realities must be faced. | <urn:uuid:e9288cab-0030-4e07-a88a-3882dd13d00e> | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | http://thespacereview.com/article/3119/1 | 2017-02-26T12:16:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501172000.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104612-00343-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944933 | 1,376 |
For the third profile in our series on the Interaction Awards Jury, we've talked to London-based designer Matt Jones. Matt has been designing digital products and services since 1995. Creative director for the launch of BBC News Online, he co-founded and designed Dopplr.com, a service for frequent travellers since sold to Nokia. Between 2003-2005, he worked at Nokia on areas as diverse as tangible/ physical interfaces and the human experience of play. He is now Principal at BERG, a design and invention company in London. He originally studied Architecture, has written on interaction design, amongst other things, for 10 years at magicalnihilism.com and teaches on the Design Interactions course at the Royal College of Art.
For the second profile in our series on the Interaction Awards Jury, we've talked to Design Researcher Younghee Jung. Younghee is leading the NokiaResearch Center in Bangalore, India. Her research centers on the social potential of mobile technology and behavioral change. Over the last decade, she has managed and created interdisciplinary teams of insight, design and innovation in Helsinki, Tokyo and London. She earned a B.S. in Industrial Design at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and M.A. in Interaction
Design at Carnegie Mellon University as Fulbright Scholar. Her current work focuses on basic enablers of mobile technology use for growth markets, suitable for the local culture and its potentials.
We asked Younghee two questions, and here's what she had to say:
The Interaction Awards is honored to have the support and participation of an international panel of expert jurors, and we'd like to introduce them to you. For the first in our series of jury profiles, we spoke with Interaction|12 Keynote speaker Jonas Löwgren.
Jonas Löwgren is professor of interaction design and co-founder at the School of Arts and Communication, Malmö University, Sweden. He specializes in cross-media products, interactive visualization and the design theory of digital materials. Jonas has taught interaction design in university courses and in companies since the early 1990’s and initiated the influential two-year master’s program in interaction design at Malmö University in 1998. He has published some 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers and three books, including Thoughtful Interaction Design. His design portfolio comprises some 50 projects from explorative research and professional contexts.
We asked Jonas two questions and here's what he had to say:
It's time to celebrate our achievements as interaction designers. It's
time for us demonstrate that the work we do is impactful, it's
everywhere and it is absolutely necessary in designing the best
products, systems and services. IxDA is proud to have added the
Interaction Awards as a new platform for us to celebrate our discipline,
and reflect amazing work back out beyond our communities to the broader
design and business communities.
I encourage you to take pride in the work you've done and submit it
for consideration to the IxDA Interaction Awards. Encourage your
colleagues. Encourage your design communities. Here's your chance to
shine a global light on the good work happening in your area of the
world. We're extending the deadline until September 22, so you have few
weeks to submit your work! Please enter the awards by Thursday,
Since the launch of the Interaction Awards last week, a few people have asked us why there are fees for entry, and where all of that money goes. The answer is simple: the entry fees are in place to fund the Awards program itself, and to create a new platform within IxDA for recognizing tangible examples of design excellence.
The scope of the Interaction Awards is ambitious. The impact of our growing field is wide and diverse, and it is our mission to reach beyond our community to demonstrate the value of interaction design within the global economy. Creating this conversation on an international scale requires commitment, logistics, infrastructure, and, well, travel. It’s these things, and hopefully a lot more, that your entry fees will support.
We’re very excited to open the inaugural Interaction Awards for entry, as announced in Fast Company this morning. We created the awards to celebrate excellence in our field, and to encourage the global interaction design community to share our work. The 2012 Awards will start a dialogue, inspire designers and businesses alike, raise the profile of interaction design, and demonstrate its value in the global economy. Any projects completed within the past two years are eligible, so please submit your past projects and tell all of your friends. Reflecting the diversity of the global IxDA community, entry fees are tiered according to your geography and professional status. Prizes will be awarded to professionals and students alike, for production and concept work within six interaction categories.
There are several opportunities for talented and motivated community members to be a part of the planning committee. All Interaction Award committee members get a free registration to Interaction 12 in Dublin.
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Much has been said by many about different bits of the UK's somewhat messy (to say the least!) constitution, the layers of government, the electoral system, and the various devolution settlements. It must be time for us to sit down and think about it properly in an adult way via some kind of 'convention' so that we can arrive at a lasting settlement and system that works for EVERYONE.
That, for me, is the big problem with current and most often discussed settlements - they aren't for EVERYONE in the UK. There's this system for Scotland, that system for Wales, another for London, and maybe some more for other big cities. I don't think that's really the best way to go about devolving government - I don't buy the whole 'let's have a local referendum on devolving responsibility to this particular city' thing. What about rural areas, for example? We have a system in which some places will deal with their own healthcare and education, and others will have it dealt with by Westminster. We have a massive democratic deficit developing across England in particular, and that isn't healthy for any of us - as well as causing general confusion about what applies where, it breeds resentment among those who don't have devolution in their area. Frankly, it's all a bit of a shambles.
What I think we need is a single coherent constitutional system that applies equally across the UK - a proper federal system that sees everyone having the same kind of governmental structure. Devolution for everyone - good Liberal localism in action, and for every citizen to participate. So how could such a system work? Be warned - this is where I will get into a lengthy personal muse! It's not meant as a final answer to the situation, but just a set of my thoughts about general directions that could be considered. It may take some time, but it is a complicated issue to address!
To start with, let's define that everything applies equally across the UK as it should, and that one system will be implemented for everyone (a brief note about Northern Ireland here - there are specific circumstances surrounding the way in which it is governed, and I certainly wouldn't want to upset any apple-carts there. Any change there would obviously have to be carefully managed with due care and attention to the specific issues, though that doesn't mean nothing can change at all, especially in the context of UK-wide change). So how many levels of 'government' should there be? Obviously I think we need to be both localist and internationalist in our outlook, and work out the appropriate issues to be dealt with at the appropriate level, as close to 'the people' as practically possible.
I'm going to suggest 4 levels of elected government is sufficient, and any more becomes wasteful - European, UK, National/Regional and Unitary Local. I will deal with each of these in turn, but there's actually not too much to say about the European level other than that the current system desperately needs democratic reform!
You'll have noticed straight away, I guess, that I've swept away the idea of separate 'County' and 'Town' type councils in favour of a single unified local government structure (broadly along the lines of what we have in Wales). I think the confusion of who does what between those two levels is an unnecessary distraction, allows potential for conflict and even 'passing the buck' on a regular basis, and creates an unnecessary cost. Indeed, I'm going further, and suggesting we get rid of all of those 'Parish', 'District' and similar councils - while I don't deny that some of them do good things, they create a democratic and practical deficit for those places that do not have them. For example, one Unitary Authority in Wales decided not to pay for Christmas Lights in their two main towns in 2014 - one had a Town Council that sorted out lights, one did not so had none. That is not as frivolous an issue as it sounds, since such things attract shoppers that are important to the local economy, but it's just one small example of what can happen.
So how do we deal with the things those smaller councils used to do? It's actually quite simple, in my opinion - we create an electoral system using multi-member council wards with 5 members in each ward (in every area across the UK, so some may be large enough to cover multiple villages in rural areas and so on), and give those elected members collective direct control over a 'Ward Budget'. We really don't need a whole extra layer of elected members, with associated costs, to fulfil those functions - I think 5 elected members (with the support of a central administrative section) should really be enough to provide a democratic decision-making process in consultation with local people, and it makes those members more directly and obviously accountable to their local electorate for what goes on locally. It also means that they are a direct part of the democratic process in determining the budget allocation for wards, so there is no longer such a danger of one council trying to pass responsibilities to lower councils without guaranteed attached budgets, and so on (as we sometimes see in a climate of difficult financial times with regard to things like public toilets, for example). And yes, I do think that Councillors should be paid for their services - not a huge wage, but enough that they can be realistically able to do such an important job on a full time basis.
Next we need to look at the 'Regional' part of the structure. We have models in Wales, Scotland and London to look at (and it is logical for those 'Regions' to remain as they are), but if we are applying devolution across the UK we need to look more closely at the sharing of responsibilities between those bodies and Westminster (if Westminster is where the UK government remains - I think there is a strong case for it not doing so, but that's a slightly separate issue). If each region is responsible for its own Education system, for example, what does the UK parliament have to do with Education any more? I think the answer to that is that it should set the basic rules and standards that the Regional governments have to adhere to - children should be educated to age XX, for example, and should reach certain defined standards in certain core subjects, and so on. Since it sets those standards, it should also be responsible for carrying out assessment exercises to ensure they are met (so we no longer have the nonsense of a government inspecting itself to ensure it has reached its own standards, even via a quasi-autonomous body, which has so much 'conflict of interest' potential). We can extend the same principles to all areas of policy (apart from issues like defence, which clearly needs to be done at a UK level) - the UK parliament merely sets rules, standards and guidelines within which the Regional parliaments need to operate.
As another example, we can consider Income Tax. Regional parliaments will be spending most of the money, so should have responsibility for raising it - responsibility breeds accountability, and accountability is vitally important. Of course a set amount will need to go to the UK parliament, but there's no reason for it to set the overall rates. Again it can set the overall rules, though - instead of 'Tax Varying', we're now talking about a UK parliament that sets possible bands (eg. Band A Income Tax can be charged at a starting threshold between £X and £Y, and be of a rate between a% and b%, and so on) rather than actual rates. So to sum up, overall, now we have reached a point where the UK parliament is responsible only for setting the basic guidelines and standards (in 'home' policy areas), and Regional parliaments are responsible for setting policies within those guidelines in order to meet those basic standards (along with any other standards they want to set for their own areas in non-UK-defined policy areas). Now we are beginning to get a basic definition of what these different institutions exist for, and a general picture of how their responsibilities are divided.
So how big should the 'Regions' be, and how many elected members should each have? I'm not about to define precise numbers, but we already have 'Regions' with populations from about 3 million up to about 10 million or so, and these seem like reasonable 'minimum and maximum' levels to set. As far as possible, they should be divided according to 'natural boundaries', of course, and each Region should have a number of representatives in some way proportional to their population. Every region will have exactly the same responsibilities, though - it doesn't make sense to do things any other way (and as far as 'some regions want it some don't' goes, one UK-wide referendum could be used to make a decision whether to implement such a change for everybody, since half-measures and a mixed system simply won't work effectively - it would leave Westminster with a frankly silly set of mixed responsibilities for different places!).
So on to Westminster. Now it would only have responsibility for 'home' policies in the sense of setting the basic groundrules, and they shouldn't need to be changed significantly too often. It still has responsibility for 'foreign' issues, of course, aside from those quite rightly being dealt with at a European level, so it does still need to exist and have enough members to function. It will have considerably less to do, though, so it should need considerably less members (again I'm not going to try to define a specific number, though). The members of its primary chamber should be elected by some system of Proportional Representation - that is the ONLY way of ensuring that it is properly democratically accountable, in my opinion. There are various systems that can be used, but personally I always favour ones that maintain some link between members and constituents at a reasonably 'local' level.
That brings me on the the second chamber. I must confess I'm a huge fan of second chambers. The current House of Lords is not a great set up - it does some very good work as a 'Revising and Advising' chamber (which is what it should be doing), but the current system of appointments is a mess. I am, perhaps surprisingly, not going to advocate a directly elected chamber, though, in the context of the kind of overall structure I'm suggesting here - that could potentially present a 'democratic threat' to the primary chamber, and that's not healthy. It would also mean an extra set of elections, and elections cost money. Rather, I'm suggesting that it should be a 'Chamber of the Regions', with members appointed by (and accountable to) their parties in the Regional parliaments, proportionally allocated according to the number of members a party has in the regional institutions (and proportional to the populations of each region). Regional elections already have different outcomes to UK elections, especially if they are 'mid-term', and that could be reflected in a UK second chamber - members would be appointed for 'terms' that are different to the primary chamber, and could be removed or reappointed by their Regional parties. There have to be clear and strict limits to its ability to 'defeat' the primary chamber, though, as with the current 'Parliament Act' (but possibly more so) - it can Advise, it can Revise, it can Suggest, but it can't be allowed either to try to overrule or to try to delay and filibuster in order to frustrate the expressed will of the primary chamber (filibustering is another issue that badly needs to be addressed in our system in some way!). It's members shouldn't be able to hold governmental office any longer (because they are not directly accountable to the electorate in the same way as primary chamber members), but should be able to serve on parliamentary committees to help keep the chambers working together in harmony.
As I said, I'm a fan of second chambers. There has been much talk of increasing the number of Assembly members in Wales, for example, but I actually tend to think, under this kind of proposed system, that a second chamber would be more useful. Again, like Westminster, it could be an 'Advise and Revise' body comprised of representatives from the parties in Unitary Authorities, appointed proportionally according to their local election results and accountable to their local parties (not the Regional parliamentary 'whips'). What this kind of system gives, for both Regions and the UK, is two chambers of different make up, changing at different times, accountable in different ways, and a very good practical level of communication and interaction between different levels of government (though with one chamber having clear practical 'supremacy').
So, in most areas of policy, we have a UK-level parliament broadly dealing with 'Groundrules' and a Regional-level parliament dealing broadly with 'Policy' - so what does the Local level of government do? Well, its remit should, I think, be effectively one of 'Implementation'. Gong back to the example of education, where the UK set the basics and the region set the policies of meeting those basics and deciding on other standards for regions, it is locally that the schools should actually be run, and they should be run by that relevant democratically accountable institution. The same extends to other areas of 'Groundrules' and 'Policy' - the UK decides what needs to be done in general terms, the Region decides the specifics and general policies for doing it and the local authority (in some policy areas in conjunction with their 'Ward Committees') decides how it can best be implemented in their area. Clear definitions of general roles for the different democratic institutions dealing with all policy areas, rather than saying that this policy area is 'devolved' and this one is not, while this other one is 'partially devolved'. And all of it is universal across the whole of the UK - a coherent system so that everyone knows who is responsible for what in their own, and every other, part of the UK, and everyone knows what accountability lies with which bunch of politicians.
That last point is an important one - at the moment we have UK General Elections partly fought on, for example, Health issues that are little to do with the provision of Health in Wales or Scotland (aside from the 'Barnet consequential' issues, which is not exactly the most transparent of things!). It's just confusing, and fudges the issue of why people should vote for different parties, and who they might want to vote for on which issues and when. Funding of the regions is an issue to be addressed, of course, and a new formula would be needed to address the budget for each Regional government - that is partly dealt with by having local taxation responsibility, of course, but let's not pretend that a new, needs-based kind of funding formula isn't long overdue anyway!
That then leaves us with elections to the various bodies, which can be defined on a rotating basis (and we can get away from the nonsense of 'partial local elections' where bits of councils are elected at different times, too!). for example, Year 1 (the one the UK doesn't directly control!) is the European Elections, Year 2 is the Regional, Year 3 is a year off, Year 4 is UK Parliament and year 5 is councils - all institutions having fixed 5 year terms, and 4 out of 5 years having an election (in mid May, I would suggest, so there's always a year between elections). It should be noted that the second chambers would be appointed at a different time from the primary chambers (UK in year 2, Regional in year 5).
Oh, one more thought on the democratisation of the European Union - by now you know I like second chambers, appointed proportionally via the make up of the 'next institution down', so to speak. Yes, I would favour that as a useful thing for Europe - a second chamber comprised of 5 year term appointments made by parties according to the make up of national parliaments, taking and 'advise and revise' role for the primary chamber of the parliament on behalf of their countries (and directly accountable to the parties in their national parliaments). One benefit of this system (at all levels) as I see it is that parties that do well in one institution's elections get an element of representation in the 'next institution up', even if they don't do so well in elections to that institution's primary chamber (as sometimes happens - Plaid Cymru, for example, do considerably better in Welsh Assembly elections than they do in UK parliament elections, though the different electoral systems are partly to blame for that) - I think that could be very useful in ensuring that all views are properly heard. Such a system for Europe could help us to pull away from the current governmental model of a pretty much unaccountable Commission and a constant roadblock of national governments acting in their own short-term home electoral interests.
So there we have it - my thoughts on the kind of direction we should be looking to go in - 4 layers of elected government for everyone, each layer with its own defined role and responsibilities across all relevant policy areas. Yes, I realise that this is more of an essay than a 'blog', strictly speaking, but that's the way things are likely to go with me trying to write stuff down! I've never claimed 'brevity' as one of my overwhelming virtues! There are many more issues surrounding the system to consider and explore, of course, and I'm not claiming to know everything (or even anything, necessarily!), it's just a personal musing on how I think things could be done for others to consider or ignore as they see fit. Some elements might be a little controversial, I guess, but that's personal views for you!
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LOSSES TO S&T LABORATORIES DUE TO HUDHUD CYCLONE
Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL) located at Visakhapatnam was severely affected by Hudhud cyclone, which struck Visakhapatnam on 12th October 2014. Roof structures of buildings, doors, windows, rolling shutters, interiors of buildings, street lights, trees, compound walls, etc. were damaged due to high velocity winds.
A Board was constituted by the Director, NSTL to assess the damage. The Board estimated the cost of repairs due to damage to be approximately Rs.8.10 Crore.
Three agencies i.e. Military Engineering Service (MES); Chief Construction Engineer (CCE) South; and Chief Construction Engineer (CCE) Estates, Hyderabad have been assigned repair / replacement jobs to handle the huge volume of work simultaneously for the restoration.
DRDO initiated repair / restoration work on priority by utilizing its own resources to restore the basic amenities / facilities to enable day to day functioning of the Laboratory, immediately after the calamity.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved FoundationOne Liquid CDx, a new pan-tumor liquid biopsy test that is indicated for use as a companion diagnostic for four FDA-approved precision therapies.
Britain’s AstraZeneca clinched expanded regulatory backing for two medications, including one for the blockbuster cancer treatment Lynparza, in a development pipeline that now includes a possible coronavirus vaccine.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Clovis Oncology Inc.’s drug Rubraca for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, whose tumors have a genetic mutation.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved AstraZeneca and Merck’s Lynparza (olaparib) in combination with Roche’s Avastin (bevacizumab) for the maintenance treatment of adults with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy and whose cancer has been tested to have either a deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA mutation and/or genomic instability.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has managed to stay fairly on track in terms of evaluating new drug and supplemental new drug applications. Here is a look at what is on the schedule for the next two weeks.
AstraZeneca and Merck announced that the Phase III GY004 trial of cediranib in combination with Lynparza compared to platinum-based chemotherapy in platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer failed to meet the primary endpoint.
Oncology is one of the most exciting areas in healthcare, as novel therapies continue to emerge that move forward our molecular understanding of the disease and offer effective treatment advances. This Q&A explores oncology innovation with Kantar’s Stephanie Hawthorne, Vice President of Oncology and Specialty Therapeutics.
AstraZeneca and Merck’s ovarian cancer drug Lynparza received U.S. regulatory approval for the treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer.
GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca both reported late-stage clinical trial results that will likely make their competing medicines available to a wider group of ovarian cancer patients, possibly helping GSK catch the company’s rival in a highly contested drug class.
The European Commission approved Pfizer Inc.’s Talzenna (talazoparib), an oral polypolymerase inhibitor, as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with germline breast cancer susceptibility gene 1/2-mutations who have human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. | <urn:uuid:70ee52be-d742-4dd7-8a4c-439d68d6caff> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://www.pharmalive.com/category/mutations/brca-mutation/ | 2021-07-29T06:45:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046153816.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20210729043158-20210729073158-00561.warc.gz | en | 0.903841 | 579 |
Cook's Flat is a second floor apartment situated on the 1000 acre Cefn Park Estate, close to Wrexham and Chester in North Wales. This cottage sleeps two people in one king-size double bedroom. The apartment also has a shower room and an open plan livingarea with kitchen, dining area and sitting area with open fire. Guests also have private use of an external games room with full size snooker table, a bar, and a woodburning stove. Within the grounds there is the added bonus of shared use of a tennis court, as well as off road parking for one car. Cook's Flat is an ideal romantic retreat close to many attractions throughout North Wales, Cheshire and Shropshire.
All second floor. One king-size double bedroom. Shower room with shower, basin and WC. Open plan living area with kitchen, dining area and sitting area with open fire. Shared external games room with snooker table and woodburning stove.
Automated woodchip eco central heating with open fire and woodburning stove. Electric oven and ceramic hob. microwave, fridge, washing machine, dishwasher, TV with Freeview, DVD, iPod dock, WiFi, selection of books and DVDs in games room. Fuel, power and starter pack for fire inc. in rent, additional fuel available to purchase from owner on request. Bed linen and towels inc. in rent. Off road parking for 1 car in courtyard. Bike storage. Horse stabling available at additional cost, by prior arrangement with owner. Shared use of tennis court by arrangement. Shared patio with furniture and 1000 acres of grounds, farmland and BBQ areas. Sorry, no pets and no smoking. Shops and pubs 2 miles. Note: Guests will need to be responsible for their horse whilst staying at the property. Note: Patio shared with other holiday property. Note: Adults and babes-in-arms only.
Steeped in family history linking back to the Battle of the Light Brigade, Cefn Park is set in over 1000 acres of parkland and dates back to 1730. The town of Wrexham offers a number of shops, pubs and restaurants, whilst nearby are the National Trust owned Erddig and Chirk Castle. Within driving distance is the historic city of Chester, the North Wales coast and Snowdonia National Park.
Famous for its choirs, stunning mountain ranges and beautiful valleys, this wonderful country has something for everyone. From Snowdonia in North Wales to the Brecon Beacons and the Pembrokeshire Coast in the South. | <urn:uuid:815dec19-375f-4b27-8e3c-401e9e7bf607> | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | http://www.iknow-uk.com/accommodation/171988-cook-s-flat-cefn-park-estate.htm | 2017-03-29T19:31:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218191353.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212951-00372-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936705 | 523 |
Isles of Scilly project to explore using EV batteries to support energy system
A £10.8m project is to be carried out on the Isles of Scilly to provide a global model on how electric vehicles and home batteries can be used in smart energy systems.
The Smart Energy Islands (SEI) project, part financed by £8.6m from the European Regional Development Fund, will see smart home battery company Moixa develop platforms allowing electric vehicles and smart home batteries to be used to help balance supply and demand within the islands’ energy system.
The Electric Vehicle Management System will control and optimise how electric car batteries can be used by the islands’ energy system. It will develop learning algorithms to ensure that when electric vehicles are deployed they are maintained at a state of charge best able to support the energy system and the needs of their users.
Moixa’s systems will integrate with an Internet of Things (IoT) platform developed by Hitachi Europe, which is leading the SEI project. It will use home batteries, electric vehicles and smart heating technologies to balance supply and demand of electricity.
The Isles of Scilly were chosen for their project due to their remote location, 28 miles from the UK mainland, which means the 2,200 islanders have no gas supply and rely heavily on imported fossil fuels and electricity to meet their needs. This results in one of the UK’s highest household electricity consumption levels. The SEI project will see rooftop solar PV systems installed in 100 homes, a tenth of the island’s housing stock, and two 50kW solar gardens will be built.
The SEI project lays the foundations for the wider Smart Islands programme, which aims by 2025 to cut electricity bills by 40%, meet 40% of energy demand through renewables, and see 40% of vehicles being electric or low-carbon.
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Late Middle-Late OrdovicianSwan Peak Formation, Bear River Range: Further Evaluation of Provenance and Depositional Controls
USU Student Showcase
The Bear River Range in Northern Utah is composed of a thick succession of Paleozoic strata. Limestone and Dolomite almost entirely comprises the Paleozoic sequence. A siliciclastic sequence is seen in the middle of the Ordovician strata, the Swan Peak Formation (SPF). The SPF is a coarsening upwards series of sequences: first shale, then a purple to buff quartzite, and finally a supermature white quartzite. Petrography, detrital zircons, carbon and oxygen isotopes, sequence stratigraphy, and biostratigraphy were used to determine provenance, and depositional controls of the SPF, such as whether the SPF was deposited in response to changes in climate such as glaciation. During Middle to Late Ordovician time, regressions exposed the Canadian Shield to extreme tropical weathering. The consequent weathering of the metamorphic and igneous provinces produced vast amounts of quartz sand and clay into riverine systems and ultimately the oceans. The resulting detritus was swept by northern trade winds and riverine processes to the oceans where it was transported via alongshore currents southward to where it was deposited as the Swan Peak Formation in northern Utah. Detrital zircon analyses from both the middle and upper member show bimodal ages of 2.7 Ga and 1.9 Ga. Showing the detrital zircons were most likely derived from the Canadian Shield and the Wyoming Craton Province. _13 Ccarb and _18Ocarb analyses from the lower member of the SPF and upper Garden City Formation range from -2.50/00 to -5.80/00 (vs. PDB) and -70/00 to -130/00 (vs. SMOW) respectively. The lower member was deposited in a somewhat restricted shelfal environment, with decreased bioproductivity, and oxidized organic carbon. These and other factors likely drove down _13 C values. It is postulated that unconformities between the middle and upper member as well as the upper member and the Fish Haven Dolomite are periods of glaciation. Consequently it is also argued that Swan Peak Formation was deposited in response to the onset and subsequent intervals of those glaciations.
Brikerhoff, Garrett, "Late Middle-Late OrdovicianSwan Peak Formation, Bear River Range: Further Evaluation of Provenance and Depositional Controls" (2014). USU Student Showcase. Student Showcase. Paper 31.
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I’m Radhika, the writer, home chef, photographer, stylist and all other roles behind the scenes of Just Homemade, based out of
Houston, Texas Namma Bengaluru, India.
A native Mysorean, I’m also a dreamer, hopeless perfectionist, ex-data warehouse consultant and a mom of two who enjoys baking, photography and container gardening in my small balcony.
Why “Just Homemade”?
For the love of a pure vegetarian home cooked meal.
I started Just Homemade the blog in the fall of 2010 in Houston, TX as a journal of good food, fond memories of home, nostalgic childhood moments and my culinary journey.
I have been a life long vegetarian by choice. Eating all home-made is to me, the best way to eat and stay vegetarian. No unpronounceable ingredients, no cross contamination of food, no guessing games, hence “Just Homemade”.
I believe in the Ayurvedic way of eating according to body type. I try my best to eat and feed my family, foods that are seasonal, natural, wholesome, local, fresh, unprocessed, organic and non-gmo. I consider it important to know what I am eating, where the food comes from, where the ingredients were grown and how the food is prepared. My dream is to one day, self sufficiently live life without a refrigerator, eating the freshest produce grown in our own backyard garden.
I am passionate about cooking in traditional cookware – bronze and stoneware, cast iron ware, wood, porcelain and glass. I do not own non-stick cookware and avoid plastic as much as practically possible. When not cooking for the blog, I rely mostly on approximation and eyeballing the ingredients and ratios and proportions for measurements, the way my grand mom did and my mom and mom-in-law do till date, like in any other Indian home.
What you’ll find
100% vegetarian, naturally (effortlessly) vegan, egg-less, made from scratch recipes – Native or regional, traditional or contemporary, simple or fancy, festive and elaborate or just for the everyday.
Given my cultural background, you’ll find a mix of home style South Indian recipes from Mysore-Bangalore regions of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra or anything from a different cuisine that fancies me at the moment including egg-less bakes.
If ingredients inspire you to cook, I’m sure you might find something that resonates with you here.
About Iyengar Cuisine
It is an ancient pure vegetarian cuisine, a traditional way of cooking of the sub sect of Tamil Brahmins in South India and also my heritage. Aimed at nurturing the spiritual self along with the body, mind and soul, it is strongly rooted in Ayurveda. It revolves around a holistic saathvic lacto-vegetarian diet strictly excluding onion and garlic. A typical everyday meal always starts with steamed rice and a drizzle of cow ghee. Puliyogare is one of the most popular among the lip smacking dishes Iyengar cuisine offers.
I shoot hand-held with my Nikon D90 and 50mm/1.4f prime lens only in natural light.
About using my photos or content
As a blogger, I juggle all the roles from cooking, recipe testing, props selection/collection, food styling, photography, writing, editing, publishing, marketing, site upkeep, administration, maintenance, theme customization. That takes a serious amount of my time and effort in shaping this blog.
All photographs and content on this blog unless otherwise mentioned are my copyrighted work and may not be used or reproduced without permission. All rights reserved. If you would like to use or feature any of my images or recipes on your blog or website, ask me first. | <urn:uuid:31700fdc-3d3c-4af3-853f-89612a65c792> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | https://www.justhomemade.net/about/ | 2018-06-23T15:26:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267865098.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20180623152108-20180623172108-00283.warc.gz | en | 0.908798 | 811 |
In a recent study of 5,000 individuals, those individuals classified as “wealthy” possessed common traits like optimism, resilience, grit, and curiosity. Jean Chatzky, auther of The Difference and commissioner of the study, also shares a few more of the benefits of humor in a Reader’s Digest interview:
- “…optimism is a wealth magnet. Study after study shows that people with faith in themselves and in the future get more jobs and keep more jobs.”
- “Word puzzles, number games, brain teasers–they all help stimulate the growth of nerve cells, which makes your mind sharper over time…and that’s essential for wealth.”
- “Alice Isen, a professor of psychology at Cornell, found that subjects in a positive mood were much better at the sort of flexible thinking and problem solving associated with wealth.”
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Centerplate CEO Desmond "Des" Hague is on "indefinite probation" while the company looks into his bad behavior in a Vancouver elevator where he repeatedly kicks and violently yanks the leash and lifts the young dog off the ground. The video is disturbing and there are many animal lovers sharing their desire on-line to see Hague fired from his position.
If you aren't aware of Centerplate, the Stamford, Connecticut based international company is a supplier of food to sports, entertainment and historical venues in the U.S.A. and Canada. Centerplate has contracts with teams in the NFL, MLB, NBA, MLS and the NHL.
According to ESPN, Hague was dog-sitting the Doberman pinscher puppy for friends and after what he calls a "minor frustration" lost control and started kicking and yanking on the puppy's leash and lifting it into the air.
Initially Centerplate considered this incident a personal matter, but now the company has issued an official statement.
“We are aware of the incident involving Centerplate CEO Des Hague and the attention surrounding it. The company has now gathered all of the current facts from local authorities and is in the process of conducting an internal review. Centerplate does not condone the mistreatment of animals by any of its employees. Mr. Hague has agreed to attend counseling to address his anger management issues and has publicly expressed he is deeply ashamed and remorseful for his behavior. He has apologized to everyone directly involved as well as to the company’s clients and employees, and has pledged a significant, personal, multi-year financial commitment to help support the protection and safety of animals. There will be a public statement as soon as Centerplate completes its review.”
In addition to the "indefinite probation" from Centerplate, Hague will donate $100,000 toward establishing a foundation in the name of the dog he has admitted to abusing, and serve 1,000 hours of community service to an organization that supports animal welfare and safety. The fine of $100,000 is likely less than 1% of the multimillionaire's annual compensation.
The Huffington Post shared this update: "A spokeswoman for the BCSPCA told UT San Diego on Monday that the dog Hague was abusing in fact belonged to him, not his friend. The spokeswoman also said the BCSPCA has taken custody of the dog. Centerplate did not immediately return a request for comment from The Huffington Post."
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If you’re thinking about promoting a classic vehicle which you intend to get rid of, get it done just once you double-check as well as make sure the vehicle isn’t classic. Aged traditional vehicles might not imply a great deal for you if you’re no hardcore vehicle enthusiast. Nevertheless, promoting classic vehicles without having understanding their own really worth enables you to lose out on the actual possible obtain you’d have experienced within your money or else. Becoming part of classic vehicle exhibits may help remind a person concerning the countless bucks that you could obtain through promoting these types of vehicle components. To increase this particular, should you personal a classic vehicle which functions, you’ll be able to be sure of creating excellent gain promoting this.
Prior to you choose promoting the vehicle you have possessed for a long time, it is essential that you simply realize it’s really worth, particularly if the vehicle may be worth greater than a person believe it is. Any kind of specific automobile which was stated in between your many years 1920 as well as 1950 are thought classic automobiles. There are plenty of people all over the world who’re in to accumulating traditional vehicles as well as this type of person known as vehicle fanatics. So it’s essential to investigate when the vehicle that you simply really regarded as rubbish is actually or even isn’t rubbish prior to you choose promoting this.
Very few individuals are fortunate enough to possess classic vehicles. You will find ways you are able to determine in case your vehicle is actually classic or even not really. Probably the most appropriate as well as simplest way is actually through being attentive to the entire year associated with produce. These details can be acquired through discovering your automobile info quantity that is also known as because VIN as well as looking at with regard to particulars on the internet. The web provides you with lots of info concerning the design as well as model of the automobile. The web will even provide you with details about the actual production day of the automobile that enables you to determine when the vehicle is actually classic. | <urn:uuid:7fbff4ff-91a5-4125-ad4b-37038c740df5> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | http://www.ddhgms.net/vintage-cars-ireland/the-actual-elements-which-make-your-vehicle-classic/ | 2019-04-23T15:04:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578605510.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20190423134850-20190423160850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.968962 | 422 |
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will conduct written examination for admission in Army, Navy and Air force wing of NDA on 15 April 2012. Candidates who have applied for the exam can download the admit card from the official website of UPSC from 29 March 2012 till 15 April 2012.
The minimum qualification required to take this exam is matriculation (12th pass). The approximate number of vacancies to be filled on the results of this examination will be 335 [(195 for the Army, 39 for Navy, 66 for the Air Force and 35 for Indian Naval Academy (10+2 cadet Entry Scheme)].
Note: The e-admit cards of the candidates who opted for Delhi centre in respect of NDA & NA examination (I), 2012 shall be made available on UPSC website later. | <urn:uuid:07a16e43-1bd7-448b-9663-02e48b64344b> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.jagranjosh.com/articles/download-admit-card-for-national-defence-academy-naval-academy-examination-i-2012-1333351478-1 | 2017-05-29T02:13:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463612008.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170529014619-20170529034619-00300.warc.gz | en | 0.924231 | 164 |
Coalition welcomes new Forum Chair
14th March 2017
The Coalition welcomes Mr. Modibo Dicko as the new Chair of SECONAF. Mr. Dicko is Director of the successful Informed Push Model project at IntraHealth Senegal, which reduced the national contraceptive stockout rate in Senegal to an all-time low two per cent. (Informed Push now operates under a new name – Yeksina – which means “I’ve arrived at the destination” in Wolof). After completing a doctorate in thermodynamics and energetics from France’s Perpignan University in 1986, Mr. Dicko returned to his native Mali; through his work around the refrigeration of vaccines, he became involved in supply chain systems and management. Mr. Dicko has 40 years’ experience in the public and private sectors, including more than 20 years in public health at national, inter-country, regional and global levels within WHO and international NGOs. He is a long-time member of the SECONAF Forum whose Executive Committee supported his application unanimously. He will lead the implementation of the new SECONAF Strategic Plan 2017-2019. “Working on the Informed Push Model project in Senegal made me realize the ripple effect of product availability on the contraceptive prevalence rate,” he says. “An interruption in contraceptive supplies at the central level leads immediately to interruptions at all levels, including service delivery. The SECONAF Forum is a crucial platform which will address contraceptive security on every level,” Mr Dicko says. We welcome Mr. Dicko on board SECONAF and the Coalition. | <urn:uuid:aa3f58a1-af6b-47e5-97a3-55c3a6b052e8> | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | https://www.rhsupplies.org/news-events/news/coalition-welcomes-new-forum-chair-1604/ | 2021-04-10T12:45:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038056869.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20210410105831-20210410135831-00353.warc.gz | en | 0.95416 | 335 |
Considering the Options: A Guidebook for Investigating Early College Entrance If students pass both sections of the CHSPE, the California State Board of . they have an exceptionally strong high school record and the recommendation of a .. as Auto Collision Repair Technology, Pre- Dental Hygiene and Biotechnology.
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What are the required courses for dental school? Generally these include a year each of General Chemistry, General Biology, General Physics and Organic. That means UMass students can participate in programs at these exchange institutions without tuition charge i. There are grants for public and private schools, merit-based scholarships, no-interest loans and tuition waivers aplenty. So with that being said, the fact that I haven't even noticed High Point's religious aspect, probably means that it's not very large, but there if you want it. Unable to qualify for state assistance? Framingham State offers a RAM TRAM shuttle bus service to popular Rt. Individual student awards for an award period vary. | <urn:uuid:66a867c3-d49d-46f0-a43c-cb15724ef540> | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | http://murrayutah.info/philosophy/dental-hygienist-cal-states-by-strong-subjects-college-confidential | 2018-02-25T13:52:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891816462.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20180225130337-20180225150337-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.961034 | 279 |
Today, I would like to write about the net as a source of endless influences. In the last weeks I've stumbled over some sites that I would recommend as high quality aggregators for visual stimuli. Recently I read a german blog post of a design professor, who criticized these aggregators. Sadly I lost the link. He believes this type of sites is a driving force for design copy-cats and kills true creativity. Sounds plausible, and after thinking a while about it, I changed the title of the post from the word inspirations to influences. In my humble opinion inspiration is a moment of true creativity to solve a problem. You might find influences of other works in your solution, but inspiration connects the dots. Nevertheless, visual influences might be useful for a lot of things: User experience in software, decorating your home, etc. One further warning: Some of them are highly addictive, because of infinity scrolls, also known as scrolls of procrastination. So if you're working, I give you the advice to visit the sites in your spare time. Okay, still there? I tried to balance neutral, female and male sites.
I start with a classic: Vi.sualize.us is a well-known visual bookmarking site, and very gender neutral. Not my favourite, but aggregates high-quality stuff. For the girls, WeHeartIt. WeHeartIt's layout is very similiar to Vis.ualize.us. Another way of organizing and representing visual stimuli is Pinterest. An alternative is Indulgy. By now both are sources of influence for female surfers. So if you're male, check out Tapiture. It's based on the same principles, but satisfies male needs. Okay, next up: the Tumblr folks. For those of you who haven't heard of it yet, it's a pretty easy and hip way to set up blogs. Just search for tags, e.g. #design, #art, #photography and some trending images show up. The previous sites are open communities, feel free to join. The following sites are aggregators of design agencies or freelancers, therefore closed communities. I start with Ffffound, very minimalistic, the quality is varying. The sites Behance and Dribbble are places where designers meet, discuss and present their work. The content on these sites is very inspiring and if you belong to the craftsmanship of design or similiar you should definitely catch a glimpse. Last but not least, Designspiration as a general source of product influences and BlessThisStuff, a magazine for guys, which aggregates innovative products. And for those of you, who are just searching for a good wallpaper: Wallbase.cc is a must-visit. I bet there a lot of other cool pages out there, but I guess these sites are great for starters. Happy exploring! | <urn:uuid:092cfef6-9ecc-45c4-9986-7415dc274408> | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | https://www.madewithtea.com/sources-of-visual-influences.html | 2019-03-25T18:13:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912204086.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20190325174034-20190325200034-00433.warc.gz | en | 0.949046 | 586 |
Profile: Acro Paints Ltd. manufactures paint. We offer acrylic emulsion paints for exteriors & interiors, synthetic enamels, primers, premium cement paints, decorative & protective paints, coatings and specialized paints. We provide construction chemicals, concrete additives, admixtures and water proofing systems. We are accredited with ISO 9001:2000 certification.
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Not even a full week after releasing his comeback project, You Only Live 2wice, and getting a second chance at life, Freddie Gibbs announced earlier today, he’s now set to embark on the You Only Live 2wice Tour.
A U.S. tour in support of the comeback project, which will be his first stateside trek since he avoided sexual assualt charges in Austria last October. Starting on May 16th in Santa Ana, California, Gibbs will hit up such big name cities as Chicago, Atlanta, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto and more during the tours current 19 dates, which you can see on the flyer up above.
Though he said he plans to add more dates throughout. You can currently cop tickets at ESGN’s website here. For those here in the Gary, Indiana natives second home of Chicago interested he will be at the Metro on June 22nd. | <urn:uuid:8fe95720-ec67-4e16-9363-b80b128b3fd3> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | http://thehiphopdemocrat.com/2017/04/05/freddie-gibbs-announces-you-only-live-2wice-tour/ | 2018-07-16T16:44:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589404.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20180716154548-20180716174548-00574.warc.gz | en | 0.960023 | 187 |
I am staying inside today! Currently it is -6 degrees at my house! I'm using today as a great opportunity to catch up on all of the things that I have neglected over the past week of sickness at our house!
As I've been working, I've been thinking of how much I'm enjoying Westin at this stage and how I need to write down all the things he's into and my favorite things he says :) He is so 150% boy and we wouldn't want him any other way! He keeps me hopping all the time! He is very into matchbox cars (he loves playing with Kreg's old collection and has a few new ones of his own). My striped rug in my bathroom has become a perfect little road for his cars and he very much enjoys playing with them at the very bottom of the stairs and driving them up and down the first couple of steps. (Yes, this is hazardous... he is careful but Kreg & I are always stepping on a stray matchbox car as we come down the stairs) He's also very into mega-blocks and can entertain himself for very long periods of time building towers and such... many times, his towers turn into cars that are driven around the living room with the appropriate sound effects. He also loves trains, especially Thomas, and "Melmo" (Elmo) from Sesame Street. When he's not playing with his cars or his blocks or watching Melmo, he loves to fix things with his little tool set. There's nothing he can't hammer or screw or drill or saw! And believe it or not, nothing gets him more excited than a great big, loud vacuum! He is always right there when he hears my vacuum start and is ready to "help." He also has his own little dirt devil that actually picks up dust here and there. His very favorite vacuum is my mom (Mimi)'s big Kirby.
Some of my favorite phrases of his right now are:
okay-- pronounced very drawn out-- "Ohhh-ka-aayyy"
"hand hold" rather than hold hands :)
"Bob On" TV on... reminiscent of when he only wanted to watch Veggie Tales
"Ball Bong" soccer ball
"Uh LU LOO" I love you
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Jason Moran is known as an incomparable jazz pianist and composer of personally expressive, challenging, and groundbreaking work. He has also long incorporated aspects of contemporary mixed-media art into the stagecraft of his performances. Now the Walker Art Center presents Moran’s first museum exhibition. Included in the show are his sculptural vignettes STAGED: Savoy Ballroom 1 and STAGED: Three Deuces (both 2015), inspired by historical music venues. The works were a highlight of the 2015 Venice Biennale. There’s also a new commission from the STAGED series that harkens back to New York’s Slugs’ Saloon. Moran’s charcoal drawings and time-based media works are on view as well, along with collaborations with such art world luminaries as Joan Jonas, Lorna Simpson, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, and Theaster Gates. | <urn:uuid:f9913879-befb-4f09-a585-70be3003a1ea> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | http://restaurants.citypages.com/calendar/jason-moran/480559911 | 2018-06-18T23:15:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267861456.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20180618222556-20180619002556-00515.warc.gz | en | 0.955686 | 190 |
The Duchess of Cambridge, who is seven months pregnant, has joined guests ranging from dinner ladies to diplomats at the Queen’s Buckingham Palace garden party this afternoon.
Looking radiant in a yellow silk Emilia Wickstead coat and Jane Corbett hat, the Duchess is there to meet and greet the Queen's guests. The coat in question is available on MatchesFashion.comright now and could be yours for £1,285. We thought we'd seen that hat before and our suspicions were correct! The Duchess Middleton donned the same sculptural white hat by her favourite milliner Jane Corbett to the Order of the Garter, with a matching white coat dress by Alexander McQueen.
Around 8,000 guests have been invited, including Olympians, Paralympians and officials from London 2012, and they will drink more than 270,000 cups of tea and eat 20,000 sandwiches and slices of cake.
After the playing of the national anthem at 4pm, the assorted royals mix with partygoers, each taking a separate route to ensure that as many people as possible can meet a royal.
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This lovely French Chocolatier Marble Top table would be the perfect accent for your kitchen, dining, or entry hall! Sporting a solid marble top (white with gray veins) and a perfectly worn painted patinaed aproned frame in a distressed blue which appears to be original to the table. This chocolatier table, circa 1870, has survived and will bring charm and whimsy to your home.
Chocolate first came to France in 1615; it was a gift to the 14-year-old King Louis XIII from his 14-year-old wife to be – Anne of Austria. It was said the chocolate was placed in a chest as a gift of great value, as indeed it was. Chocolate in those days was only for the nobility and the bourgeoisie. It was expensive and exotic.
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What Texas Wines do you Serve to Napa Valley Winegrowers?
Saturday evening, we hosted a wonderful dinner party for Chuck and Lisa Reid. They are long time friends and Texans that live in Houston this part of the year and then return to Napa Valley for the summer where they grow Cabernet Sauvignon at their Farmhouse Vineyard location on the Silverado Trail (https://vintagetexas.com/?p=56). Lisa is also an artist that shows her work online at: http://lisamreid.fineartstudioonline.com. The interesting question is….What Texas wines do you serve someone who is up close and personal with the fine wines that come from Napa Valley, California? Rather than try to be Napa, I though it better to be Texas and serve the wines that define Texas’ wine character.
After pondering the question for a while and I worked on my menu and then the wines to match. The pairings ended up to be the following:
Appetizer – Smoked olives served with a goat cheese/hummus spread combined with fresh chopped garlic (Becker Vineyards Raven – www.beckervineyards.com).
First Course – Corn and lemongrass soup steeped with Kaffir lime leaves and pureed with shrimp (McPherson Cellars Viognier – www.mcphersoncellars.com)
Main Course – Smoked Cornish game hens with chicken andouille sausage dirty rice and roasted asparagus with herbs d’ Provence and balsamic vinegar (Inwood Estates Vineyards Cornelious Tempranillo – www.inwoodwines.com)
Dessert – Chocolate Mousse, complements of Lisa Reid (Dry Comal Creek 1096 – www.drycomalcreek.com)
The two red wines that I selected, I experienced before and was impressed with both. They are intense red wines from Texas, but each having its own special character. The first was Becker Vineyards Raven. It is comprised of ninety percent Malbec and ten percent Petite Verdot from Drew Tallant’s Vineyard in the granitic sands just north of Mason Texas. The other wine was Inwood Estates Vineyards Cornelius Tempranillo featuring Texas High Plains (near Lubbock) fruit from both Inwood and from Newsom Vineyards (www.newsomvineyards.com) in Yoakum County Texas.
The Becker Raven was a deep dark yet medium bodied red wine offering a fresh fruit forward qualities of blackberries overlaid on plums and hint of tart beetroot, decidedly new world in character carried by a rush of crisp acidity. [Added note: Two days later, I tasted the remnant of the Becker Raven. It was much more open than at dinner with a richer taste and feel. This wine definitely needs heavy aeration or extended decanting before you can get the full enjoyment from this wine.]
The white wine selected as a pairing for the pungent corn/lemongrass soup was McPherson Viognier which yielded an aromatic citrus/stonefruit accompaniment to the soup. It lingered on the palate with a silky feel and elements of peach and a hint of ginger (as in the ginger ale experience without the sweetness).
In contrast to the Becker Raven, the Inwood Tempranillo provided a counterstatement in older world Rioja style with extended oak aging, intense dark color and thick body seen by eye and felt on the palate. Cherry, bramble, earth and bit of oaken vanilla provided grace and complexity.
The selection of the dessert wine actually came as more of an afterthought more than through a statement of advance planning. Previous that day, I was writing on my book project and was presenting the old wines of the Spanish missionaries and the wines of El Paso that were predominant in the commercial Texas wine industry through the end of the nineteen century. In my readings, I discovered descriptions of the techniques used and they were far from the reductive methods commonly used today. These wines of yore were likely of a distinct oxidized character from exposure to the elements during harvesting, aging and storage.
The Dry Comal Creek 1096 wine presented the highly oxidized winemaking style called Rancio (www.wein-plus.com/france_guide/Banyuls+AOC_B62.html) common to the Banyuls regions of the French Pyrenees as applied to the Texas Black Spanish (Lenoir) grape. It gets its name from the in-barrel exposure to the ambient Texas environment for a total of 1096 days that yielded a thick, intense and concentrated wine with a caramel, nutty character.
The comments from our guests were very complimentary for Texas wines. They were impressed with the deep dark qualities of the red wines from Texas and especially the contrast between them: Fresh and fruit forward and rich and old world earthy. The Viognier was not overblown with over ripe fruit, yielding a style that they agreed was the best. The Black Spanish 1096 was a real surprise for them, nothing like it from California, but Chuck remembered the rancio wine style from his race car days running through the steep hillside curves of southern France.
Wonderful wines and wonderful selections, Russ. Best yet, yhour sentiment — let Texas be Texas.
Really enjoyed this — looking forward to trying the Tempranillo! God bless Texas.
Thanks Jeff and Elizabeth for your interest and readership
Can anybody tell me what those creatures are in the photo between the wine bottles. They are salt and pepper shakers that my wife’s family had for over 60 years. Not rabbits and not bears, what are they?
Nice to see the Napa vintners not falling into the classic French trap of thinking that their wines are the correct ones and anyone not trying to copy them isn’t making good wine.
Variety is important in the industry and it would certainly be nice to find a great Tempranillo producer as that is one of the easiest wines to pair with given some of the classic Texan food choices.
The “inverse” of your comments are just as bad. Texans that think that wines aren’t good because they are not like those of California. I have seen that before.
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