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I wanted to design (actually took reference on a couple of existing design) my quadcopter frame. My main purpose is to have a quadcopter carry a gopro for aerial video/photo for our surfing trips and maybe used it for scenery / other video usage. I am still a noob at autopilot system so I am having a hard time figuring out which flight control to use... By the way, I will be using an all aluminum frame with dampening cushions to absorb the shock and vibrations. Aluminum is environmental friendly unlike carbon fiber and fiber glass... Just my own thought..
MY first design was derived from xproheli but i had made it with 600mm motor to motor distance.
I like the idea of sheet metal frame-- just like the real aircraft construction.
I have access to shops that can cut my design through a sheet of aluminum. Bending it would not be a problem. I have designed some jigs for my arm and center housing.
The height of the landing gear is designed for gopro or min dslr.
My second design is based on a square aluminum tube (3/4 x 3/4). But when I measured it from a caliper, It is only 17mm x 17mm. Anyways, I had made my centerplate a bit large to accommodate my electronics cleanly. The landing gear is also the same as the previous design.. Landing gear and centerplate is connected t by vibration resisting shock absorbing balls (I dont know the real name of it).
Solidedge calculated the weight of Frame+motor+props - 1.1kgs. aprox. the same as the previous quad's weight.
Now I am a bit confused in which design to go. the first design is kind of work extensive than the 2nd one. The second one is plain simple design, sheet metal bending to do and jigs to make.. But honestly The first quad looks kinda cool and professional.
I will be posting new developments soon..
Good work, keep us posted.
Thanks Morli. I think I am going with the first design (the xp2-like quad).
BTW did you mean "First blog or Fist blog " ?
I mean first blog Morli.
Forgot to mention - don't forget to add mount holes for the electronics deck. Should make raising the APM easier to do.
Thanks Euan for the reminder.I was so busy drawing the frame that I forgot to plot the mounting plates for the APM. I am gonna read blogs regularly so I will learn on how to install and set-up my electronics.
Just like 3dr's quad. A stacked-up electronics bay for my apm 2.6 or other electronics.
The weight of the motors and battery are the usual things that really add the weight. Especially the motors and arms, because they're the weight times X. The motors you're buying seem to weigh in at 120g. That's a bit on the high side for 700kV as there are others (T-motor?) which have (according to spec) 80-90g. That doesn't seem like much, but it's 30g * 4 == 120g less. 120g for a quad is a lot and makes the difference between mounting a gopro or not. In terms of endurance on your quad it's probably around 20% flying time. You can also decide to go with CF props that you can mount directly on the motor without using the hub. That also has the advantage that the CCW props won't rotate off the spindle and CF props are better at fighting off vibration, because the props don't bend during flight.
The battery is another thing to look at for shaving off weight. A high C-rating is desirable when you want to use the quad aggressively or for large weights or when you increase prop count. So as always it's a trade-off. The best you can do is define the type of flying you expect to do and the max weight you'll carry. Then you can choose the correct C-rating battery. There's a lot of quality differences in terms of how batteries deliver current considering the capacity left in the battery and when voltage reduces, the current increases slightly which you need to take into consideration. In general you can't choose cheap batteries that are very close to the C-rating you need for general flight because they're not actually delivering that much consistently.
There's an online utility called e-calc, which you can use to get an idea how the multi-rotor will perform for specific setups and the differences some components make for flight time, power reserves, current, motor temperature and so on.
Don't feel bad about using floppy materials either (1mm thin epoxy) for body plates. Slightly larger plates reduces the force on the plate a bit and they allow you to build a stronger center section. You need to make sure however they're never in the prop wash. I'm using two round 1mm r=8.5cm epoxy plates as the body, giving a sizable platform to mount electronics on (and more top plates to increase distance between metal and compass). These plates by themselves are flimsy and bendy, but every arm is fixed with 4 metal 2-2.5mm nuts and bolts, two through the arm near the center and two at the edge around the arm. The space between the arms has additional plastic spacers which are eventually used to mount the top plates and a battery holder at the bottom. In the end the two body plates act like a single rigid body and work out any bending stress that would otherwise occur.
My landing gear is made of strong black plastic in a T-beam shape with feet made of RC antenna tubes. It weighs 53g. What you could do as an alternative is attach the legs on the arms directly, but then using plastic made of two beams with some hexagonal shape inbetween (should be around 25g each). Also here: if you use two strips of 0.5mm alu with some spacers inbetween it's going to be stronger than a single 2mm alu strip, yet lighter. That way you can also ditch the bottom alu tube and just bend the final part over.
I had a quad from bent alu before and the legs were bent from 2mm alu. Since it's a single piece, the bending stresses aren't resolved properly, so a slightly rough landing will bend the gear. After a couple of landings that way the material tires out a bit and the quad will not be completely level when started, which could lead to drifting when the electronics are initialized.
You might want to consider making the arms more narrow towards their outer ends where they obstruct downward airflow from the props. I have no data regarding that but it seems pretty obvious that any reduction (and streamlining for that matter) there would be beneficial to some extent. | 2019-04-26T13:40:16 | https://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/fist-blog-designing-my-quadcopter |
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BBS Consultants and Actuaries Ltd has released the results from its end of year pension survey which reveals that 97% of employees under 40 are not thinking about their pensions. The research also showed that 73% of trustees believe that they have a full understanding of their roles and responsibilities.
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WAI Chun Mining Industry Group has scrapped the planned purchase of two Cambodian iron mines.
According to a filing on Friday with the Hong Kong stock exchange, the company has terminated an agreement over the possible acquisition of the mines together with a 74 percent interest in a South African manganese mine from Guangxi Non-ferrous Metals Group Company Limited and Guangxi Sincerity Investments & Trading Company Limited.
The two Cambodian mines were described in a November statement as being in the Kohkeo and Phnom Thmar regions of Cambodia.
Wai Chun was to purchase the mines through a combination of cash and a share issue to state-owned Guangxi, which would have seen the firm become “the flagship enterprise of Guangxi Non-Ferrous Metals in undertaking business activities in the mining and mineral resources sector,” it said in the November statement.
However, the two parties had mutually agreed to terminate the provisional agreement, said Hong Kong-based Wai Chun on Friday. “The company and the Guangxi Parties are unable to reach an ultimate agreement on the final structure and terms of definitive agreements in relation to the proposed acquisitions,” it said.
The buy “would require reorganisation and compliance with the relevant laws and regulations which provides uncertainties to the proposed acquisition”, it added.
Its board considered that the termination of the Heads of Agreement and the terms of the termination “have no material adverse impact on the existing business operations of the group”.
For the six months of 2010, the group recorded a turnover of HK$133 million (US$17 million) largely attributable to demand for its footwear business.
The company’s main business, according to its website, is the holding of 65 percent equity interest in Nority Limited, a manufacturer of athletic and athletic-style leisure footwear and golf shoes.
Gross profit during the same period was HK$17 million.
Shares in Wai Chun ended at HK$0.184 at close of trade on the Hong Kong exchange on Friday. | 2019-04-26T04:44:02 | http://khmernz.blogspot.com/2011/03/wai-chun-axes-plans-to-buy-kingdom.html |
Today, March 3rd, 2014 marks the 52nd birthday of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, a woman most people should know. Considered one of the world’s greatest athletes (female or otherwise), Jackie is a 6 time Olympic medalist (winning 3 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals in 4 Olympic games) and STILL holds the World Heptathlon Record she set in 1988. But did you know that this athletic super woman also suffered from severe asthma?
According to the National Library of Medicine, while Jackie was a top student-athlete at UCLA in the early 1980s, she was diagnosed with asthma. She hid that fact from her coaches, afraid they would make her stop running.
Despite her asthma, Jackie developed into an elite athlete whose credentials are unquestionably among the best ever, in all of sport. The 6 time Olympic medalist, including 3 golds, dominated the Olympic heptathlon and long jump events throughout her career which spanned 4 Olympic Games. During that time, Jackie became the first woman in history to earn more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon.
Amazingly, even with all the advancements in technology and training used by athletes around the world over the last two decades, Jackie Joyner-Kersee still holds the World Heptathlon Record she set almost 26 years ago at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea… 7,291 points.
In addition to her unparalleled prowess in track, Jackie was also a basketball star while she was at UCLA. Today, she is considered one of the 15 greatest players in UCLA women’s basketball history.
Seems about right that Sports Illustrated named this super woman The Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century.
In addition to her remarkable accomplishments on the field of competition, Jackie has defined her post-athletic career as a philanthropist, a dynamic public speaker, and a tireless advocate for children’s education, health issue, racial equality, social reform and women’s rights. In 1988, she established the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation as the vehicle through which she provides youth, adults and families with the resources to improve their quality of life.
Happy Birthday Jackie Joyner-Kersee! Thank you for being a role model to women and girls everywhere. | 2019-04-21T20:22:47 | https://womenyoushouldknow.net/happy-birthday-greatest-female-athlete-20th-century-jackie-joyner-kersee/ |
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In the fall of 1933, a temporary metropolis unfolded in northeast Montana. Unlike the boomtowns of the century prior, men came clamoring not for gold but for government-subsidized jobs. FDR’s New Deal had provided a path forward for unemployed Americans, and of the many construction projects sanctioned by the program, Fort Peck Dam was among the most substantial. By 1936, upwards of 10,000 workers and their families inhabited the area.
When the dam opened in 1940, that number quickly began to decline.
By 1970, the Army Corps of Engineers—the agency that literally built the town—was ready to pull out entirely.
Among the domiciles and other structures that the government was prepared to let go was the Fort Peck Theatre. Built in 1934, the theatre was intended to be a temporary complex—a 24-hour movie house to serve the community until the dam’s completion. As the building began to fall into disrepair, a group was formed to save, restore, and refocus it. The Fort Peck Fine Arts Council began renting it as a live performing playhouse in 1970, and in 1987, they bought it outright.
Patt’s daughter, Christen Etchart, certainly appreciates the opportunities the Fort Peck Theatre has afforded her. She got hooked on drama at age eight, playing a munchkin in the theatre’s production of The Wizard of Oz.
Christen performed every summer at the playhouse until she left for college, where she earned a degree in acting and directing. She spent the next several years building her résumé before returning home to the place that first sparked her passion for theatre.
Over the years, the Fine Arts Council has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to sustain the Fort Peck Theatre’s vitality. The incredible playhouse is a treasure in itself, and its talent is similarly impressive.
Seventy percent of Fort Peck Theatre’s visitors come from outside Valley County. License plates from across Montana are represented in the parking lot. Tour buses shuttle people in from Canada and Williston. The playhouse’s reputation precedes it.
On June 28-30, 2019, the Fort Peck Theatre will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a reunion. Christen, who serves as the reunion coordinator, says they’re planning for a full weekend of festivities that will honor the playhouse’s history. Paid company members from throughout the years have been invited to attend (and perform) at this celebration, and the theatre anticipates that its production of Mama Mia (showing throughout the weekend) will pack the house.
“What it has to offer our area and the people that live here is incredible,” says Patt. | 2019-04-25T06:38:56 | http://treasurestatelifestyles.com/small-town-drama/ |
One of the most important things in life is to ensure that you’re able to enjoy the fun things when you have the strength to enjoy yourself. Many people usually do a lot of fun activities for example, going on holidays, playing different kinds of sports and in addition to that, looking for some peculiar activities for example, the escape room experience. After entering the escape room, you’ll be required to look at the different clues that are there so that you can be able to solve the challenges of getting out. Because of the major benefits that you can get from the experience, many people are considering the source one of the best experiences. When you enter the room, you are usually not alone, you have to get in with a number of people and mostly, it’s usually your friends or even colleagues. Solving these challenges is very critical and it can really help you out especially if you’re able to stay within the amount of time given which is usually one hour.One of the best escape room experiences can be found in the Dayton area and therefore, it’s one of the things you have to consider. This adventure is going to be great for you and therefore you should be able to consider it because of the different reasons that are going to be discussed.
One of the major benefits of this kind of experience is that you will be able to build teamwork because you enter together with your colleagues or your friends. The main reason why teamwork is very critical when you go for the experience is simply because, you have to help each other so that you can solve the clues that are given to you. There is no danger involved when you go to the escape room and that’s all the other reasons why it can be an interesting experience. If you love challenges, this is going to be one of the most thrilling experiences that you are going to have especially because of the challenges.
Another great benefit of the this service is that you will be able to understand how to solve different kinds of issues in life especially because you have to solve the puzzle. Whenever you have this kind of experience, it would be possible for you to look at different experiences that you have in life as puzzles so that you can solve them. You do not have to pay so much money so that you can participate in the puzzle experience, it’s usually very easy to pay for the escape room. | 2019-04-25T16:11:41 | http://bursaevdenevenakliyat.us/why-games-arent-as-bad-as-you-think.html |
What If Humans Are One of the Ancient Species of the Galaxy?
Science fiction’s trope of humans being the children of the galaxy may just be wrong.
In the near future, our robot cousins will need to behave if we are to avoid an apocalyptic robot war.
How Many Stars Are Really Visible?
Millions and billions… or at least a few dozen.
What makes the difference between a regular Algorithm and a Machine Learning Algorithm?
Integrating theories on cryptocurrency with the town in a mall concept to bring us closer to a more sustainable future. | 2019-04-26T02:37:07 | https://medium.com/predict?source=---------2------------------ |
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Veteran Graphic Designer // Art Director. Obsessions include precision layout and typography, movie trivia, and timely sarcastic quips.
A Monogram — Trying to play with perspective with this mazelike "A" monogram.
Forging Frontiers Headline — I got to get all rustic for this editorial headline. | 2019-04-25T04:36:38 | https://dribbble.com/davebartondesign |
Lychee Soup with Coloured Tapioca Pearls or Abstract Painting?
Posted by Sam at 3:09 a.m.
Hi Sam! Wow - sounds like a lot has happened in the last little while! I hope all is well on the west coast, and I wish you best of luck with your art teaching and pastry endevours!
The coloured tapioca pearls are very easter appropriate.
Hey Sam! Happy to hear from you! I am looking forward to hearing more about the pastry job. | 2019-04-25T04:50:10 | http://sweetpleasure.blogspot.com/2007/04/missing-in-action.html |
Us Pyrates! be playin' a pirate festival in Germany!
There will be performances from a large numeber of entertainment groups including pirate enactors, riders, fire jugglers, walk acts and much more!
Their website be in German mates, as be most o' the shows! | 2019-04-19T08:57:31 | http://www.pyrates.co.uk/gigs/details/id:56 |
This is a second part follow up to our mention in DNAInfo.com. Q&A by lead stylist of the West Village hair salon, Seagull, Shaun SureThing and Johanna Fateman. Scroll down for the original post after the Q&A of Riot Grrrl Pioneer Fights to Keep Salon Amid Skyrocketing Rents.
DNAinfo New York sat down with Fateman and Cottle to talk about their fight to stay in the West Village despite sky-rocketing rents, how they've seen the neighborhood and the city change around them and what it means to run a feminist hair salon.
Talk about your commitment to staying in the neighborhood.
JF: It’s sort of ridiculous to talk about gentrification in this neighborhood anymore because it’s, like, the most expensive neighborhood in the city. But there’s this strange paradox where local independently owned businesses are why people want to live in the West Village, because there is McNulty’s [Tea & Coffee] and Seagull. So we’re trying to stay here and find a business model that works, that’s true to who we are but also can work in this climate. We have to constantly kind of go back to square one and be like, how can this work? How can we preserve the legacy of Seagull and its connection to gay liberation in this neighborhood and make something that can generate enough revenue to stay here? It hasn’t always been easy.
SC: I’m so proud that we are a business that has been here since 1971. Gentrification is behind us, urban blight is happening and we’ve managed to find a weird hole and dig ourselves into it, and we’ve managed to make it a really glamorous spot.
How has the neighborhood changed around you?
JF: I feel a lot of sadness to see these ground floor spaces taken up by these huge bank lobbies and by CVS. It just seems like the square footage is exorbitant and it really affects — the way we walk through this neighborhood is different. In that sense I was sad to leave the ground floor. There was something nice about having the storefront. But at least we’re still here.
SC: The other thing that’s sad that’s happening in this neighborhood is that landlords are like, "You can’t afford it, I want $25,000 a month" and then it just sits empty. It’s like, "Oh, congratulations on the huge profit you’re making."
JF: It changed too with the outrage of people who have bought into these luxury buildings, their outrage at the queer youth populations and communities that still hang out on Christopher Street and the Christopher Street piers and still have that as kind of a citywide destination for hanging out. We’ve had some arguments with people about that.
SC: I think the neighborhood is definitely less queer or the queers here are older. But because the queers haven’t died off there's some kind of weird bohemian energy hanging in the air still. I don’t know if it’s the ghost of HIV past or if it’s just like this neighborhood was so much entrenched with that spirit that no matter who moves here it still sort of feels that way.
What does it mean to be a feminist salon?
JF: I think that the way in which it’s feminist for me and probably for Shaun, too, is in the sense that we come from like this punk feminist culture, DIY culture that’s very irreverent towards expertise. And we were like, "We can do it. No, we don’t know how to run a business but we can figure it out."
Our feminism is also about paying living wages to our employees and making a sustainable small business where we can employ people and allow them to be their selves and express themselves on the job and pursue their other creative projects and have flexible schedules.
SC: In terms of it actually being a feminist salon as far as beauty goes, one of the things I’ll often say to women if they’re like, "I have a really high forehead so I feel like I can’t do xyz," I’m like, "Okay, well, I don’t see that as a stylist but if that’s how you feel there’s ways to address that. But that’s not a concern of mine that’s jumping out at me."
JF: Also what’s wrong with having a big forehead or a fat face or a long skinny face?
SC: Yeah, we should exaggerate it. If you want to look really fabulous in New York, maybe we should do the thing of taking your flaw and exaggerating it. Let’s take your round face and make a bob at your cheekbones.
All of our stylists first and foremost are very, very, very specific about not imposing any specific style onto any one person. We really listen. Like, what do you want to present? Who are you? Do you want to be blond? People don’t take women with blond hair as seriously as women with brown hair. Do you want to be taken seriously? Do you want to be able to sneak your ideas through the office because you’re blond? Because we could do that. Pulling out of women who they want to be in the world and then trying to bring that to fruition. That, to me, is the most feminist thing that I do in the salon everyday.
Despite a tragic month and a rather turbulent 2016, we here at Seagull Salon are more committed than ever to show our love and support this year and celebrate Gay Pride. And while the world might seem too hectic at times, we still have a lot of love and good vibes in Seagull.
We were very excited for the wedding of our stylist Jeanise's parents, who got married earlier this month.
Jeanise gave her mother a very soft and lovely lavender color that was perfect for their special day.
Also, our amazing assistant Humby will be marching in the Gay Pride Parade as Mr. Gay Latino NYC! We're so proud to have him on board at our new location.
And, as I write this, Obama has just announced that The Stonewall Inn, our neighbor here in the West Village, is now not just a LGBT landmark but a national monument. We couldn't be more proud this June.
This is just west of Seventh Avenue South.
We are SUPER excited over here at in between Seagulls!!! Our new space will be fully operational by this Wednesday the 2nd of December. Some of you may already have appointments and we are looking forward to seeing you in our new space. We're sure you are going to be as blown away by it as we are. It's a total fantasy come true with beautiful custom furniture, a unique decor that will blow yer socks off! Also, we've acquired some great new art by Kathe Burkhart, Allice O'Malley and A.L Steiner as well as our old favorites Sam McKinniss and Nolan Hendrickson.
We are happy to welcome Steve Karas into our fold. Along with beautiful,natural Balayage highlights and the crazy blondes and pastels Seagull is highly regarded for Steve brings a diverse set of skills to our new biiger space. Currently his is offering blow outs at $60 which is unbeatable for the West Village. His pricing is great and his work immaculate.Specializing in cuts for both men and women Steve in a well season Stylist apprenticing and styling in The French Rivera before coming to NYC where he has worked in a couple of the most innovative salons in NYC. Pass this info on that we have an exciting new stylist in our fold. He's pals with Seagull Stylist Sarah Fenoglo. They've worked together in the past and we're pleased to have him. Steve is also the first stylist at Seagull to offer Hair Extensions! Anyone who has ever been interested will have a chance to stop by and talk about options for the long hair of dreams! Soon we will also have wigs on display as Steve is a master wig worker.
OVERTONE shampoos and conditioners will be arriving this week! For all you you Muted Mauves, Slate Grays, Smokey Blues and all the other variations that have been custom created at Seagull.... We now will have the product you need (and have been ordering directly from Overtone online) and can help you to formulate which colors to best mix and match!!! We're so excited to finally have the space to order enough to meet yer needs.
Well, that's about it for now. Please take note of our new address and call when yer ready for your end of year hair. We CANNOT WAIT to see all of you in our beautiful new space. Again we are all so happy and know you will be to.
If you haven't heard of it already, Balayage is a term that is being used more frequently in salons recently and is swiftly becoming the industry standard for certain blonde looks.
I’ve gotten a lot of questions about what the difference is between Ombre highlighting and Balayage over the last year or so and feel compelled to write this post. As a way to kind of clear the air of all the clutter and misinformation that has been tossed around in magazines, style blogs, comments sections... And a few hair stylists with a somewhat less than thoughtful choice of wording.
The first and foremost thing to understand, before moving forward, is what distinguishes Balayage and Ombre from each other.
It is simply this: Ombre (Adjective) is a look or style and Balayage (Noun/Verb) is a technique used to achieve a certain look or style (BTW neither of them have anything to do with dip dye).
Very frequently the technique of Balayage is used to create an Ombre look and this is why the topic has been such a huge source of confusion.
Many women in search of a style that is comprised of gradation from darkness to lightness in the hair or, simply, natural and realistic looking blondes have been given incorrect information and left wondering why they did not achieve the desired color they came to the salon to get.
So all that being said. Balayage is a French word that translated to english means “sweeping” or “to sweep” that originated in the 1970’s to describe a way of applying lightener or color to the hair.
Balayage highlights can start very close to the scalp (unlike Ombre) and can be placed as densely or sparsely throughout the hair as desired depending on the amount of lightness trying to be attained. Baylayage can also start further away from the scalp (typically 4-6 inches) to achieve an Ombre feel.
Because Balayage is painted or swept on to the hair, it is not as precise or *stripey* as traditional highlights utilizing foils or papers can sometimes appear to be. Though hand painted Baylayge sections of hair can be placed onto a foil to speed up a lightening process.
Now onto Ombre. The word Ombre is derived from the French present participle Ombrer which means “to shade”. Ombre the way we know it now is a signifier of a color that appears to be shaded or graduated from darker and lighter toward/at the ends.
There are about a million ways to achieve an Ombre look. From dying some of the ends, using woven foils diluted with water to the most popular method, Balayage. Ombre can be a very subtle gradation from the natural hair color to 2-3 shades lighter toward the ends or very bold with darker color applied to the root of the hair and lightener applied to the ends up to 7 shades lighter than the natural hair color.
But the important part of an Ombre look to remember is that the lightened parts of the hair are almost never meant to go any higher up than the temples. Ombre was created to look as if the sun had naturally lightened the hair and about six months have passed. This is why you see it so frequently paired with layered and lose fall clothing. Ombre is not intended to look like it’s time to get one’s roots done. A perfect Ombre look can be done once in the salon and grown out completely and never look unfinished or in need of touching up.
Balayage, though more subtle and soft than traditional foiling techniques, is intended to be maintained more frequently, usually between 3 and 6 months depending on the density of the lightened hair.
Hope this clears some things up and if you are interested in getting these types of hair color you can always book a complimentary consultation with any one of our four outstanding colorists at Seagull Hair Salon.
xoxo Shaun SureThing for Seagull Hair Salon.
We are SUPER jazzed on our Seagull VIP client of the week: composer, electronic music diva and stylish stone cold fox Natalie Elizabeth Weiss, the mastermind behind Baby DJ School.
As a longtime wildcard in Brooklyn's electronic music scene performing as Unicornicopia and in various collaborations, Weiss has been on our cultural radar for years; old school Seagull readers may remember her first appearance on this blog all the way back in 2010 for her Camp Wanatach residency at Ramiken Crucible. Since then, somewhere between staging a sold-out musical at La Mama, farming with Greek nuns, scoring a fellowship with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and continuing to compose, DJ and perform under various guises, she came up with the THE business idea of the century: teaching babies and toddlers aged 3 months to 3 years how to DJ using Traktor Pro and a midi trigger.
When she launched Baby DJ school last summer, the internet promptly went buck-wild, and for good reason. The concept itself is high grade media catnip: equal parts WTF, truly original, and eerily right on time, perfect for our technology-mediated, digital native-spawning culture—and coinciding neatly with EDM’s meteoric mainstream takeover.
Part of the genius in the idea lies in the fact that, at first, it does sound a little outrageous to teach babies to DJ— even though it's actually not too different from more traditional music lessons for kids. Anyone who's ever seen a toddler go off on an iPad can attest that kids are drawn to techy toys, and Weiss points out that babies as young as three months can recognize songs, that the 3 month to three years age range is a golden period of motor skill, memory and language absorption. No wonder every DJ in town was so heated on Twitter when they first heard the news.
The story broke accompanied by memorable, can-this-be-real press shots depicting Weiss leaning beatifically over an M-Audio trigger pad and a laptop, chilling with a fedora-clad baby against sun-dappled Seurat parkscape.
After the lol-worthy wave of miffed DJs and handwringing on the social feeds, Baby DJ School quickly leveled up from viral clickbait to the Wall Street Journal and NYMag Approval Matrix to global news sensation.
Now that Baby DJ School classes are selling out, Weiss is extending the brand by producing an original Baby DJ School children's album, featuring songs about the history of techno music and elements of disco. Perfect for electronic music lovers who are also parents of babies! We can't wait to hear it, and we might not have to wait too long—when Weiss dropped in to get this deconstructed mid-length cut from Shaun, she was on her way to a major meeting, and she's determined to win a Grammy for best children's record. She's squeezing all this in in addition to collaborating on a sound piece with Brian Chase of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and dropping vocals on the new Eaters record.
We are loving what Shaun did with Natalie Elizabeth Weiss's iconic blunt dark bangs and long hair: a nod to Shaun Surething signature nowhere length with killer mod statement bangs and the perfect hint of texture.
Here's to Natalie Weiss holding it down while her DJ school blows up! Here at Seagull we have endless love for women on the midi controller, female entrepreneurship, tech education, electronic music and of course BABIES. Props to our VIP Client of the week for bringing these things together!
PS- If you want to know more, of course there's a short VICE doc about Baby DJ School. It's good- check it out. | 2019-04-25T09:59:41 | https://seagullhair.typepad.com/seagull/current_affairs/ |
According to a report issued by the Pew Research Center, American adults have a sub-par knowledge of basic science. The organization surveyed 3,278 Americans of various social, racial and academic backgrounds. The questionnaire involved a simple set of 12 questions that assessed basic science competencies. Despite the quiz was far from demanding, most test-takers answered only 7.9 questions out of 12 correctly. That’s 66% or a big fat ‘D’.
See the rest of the questions and take the quiz yourself here.
Only 6% of the quizzed participants answered all 12 questions correctly. At the other end of the spectrum, 1% of those surveyed missed 11 of the questions, 2% missed 10 and 3% missed nine.
formal education predicted how well respondents fared on the quiz. Those who earned at least a graduate degree got 9.5 questions right, on average, compared to 6.8 for those who only finished high school.
men answered more correct questions than women, even when correcting for social background or education. Men outscored women, 8.6 to 7.3, on average.
whites did better on the test than Latinos or African Americans. Their average scores were 8.4, 7.1 and 5.9, respectively.
more than one in five respondents thought “the study of how the positions of stars and planets can influence human behavior” was astronomy, instead of astrology. For quite a few, it seems, the two are interchangeable.
Now, I don’t think this poll was the best way to gauge American interest or general knowledge in science, but it was interesting nonetheless. It shows the American public is still lagging behind the needs and expectations of an increasingly technology-driven society. It also means that people are more susceptible to fraud and rhetoric when discussing topics like climate change, genetically modified organisms or energy policy. The more you know, the harder you are to fool. | 2019-04-22T11:07:26 | https://www.zmescience.com/science/americans-d-in-science-53543/ |
Final EuroPS Conference - "Bridges within Europe"
This was the final project conference for EuroPS consortium and it was organised together with the annual meeting of Monica’s Erasmus Network that brings together partners in European projects on academic exchange and collaboration in different projects in Political Science, Public Administration and International Studies. The conference brought together more than 50 participants – coordinators, lecturers and researchers – from www.erasmus-network.eu and networks at Western Balkans such as www.euro-ps.org and partners in Erasmus+ Credit Mobility activities in the Black Sea region.
The participants in the conference exchanged experiences and discussed development of new collaborations and activities within the Erasmus+ framework. In addition, the conference served to intensify the cooperation between Western European networks of coordinators and teachers in these fields with experienced partners from Western Balkans and the Black Sea region. Third, lecturers and researchers received orientation about Erasmus+ program opportunities from exchange up to capacity building like Jean Monnet etc. | 2019-04-23T20:09:00 | http://euro-ps.org/activities/final-europs-conference-bridges-within-europe/ |
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Here’s your chance to make it a reality!
How would you like to have a private audience with the Mayor, County Executive and a group of potential funders to explain your idea to make Pittsburgh a better place? That’s what the winners of the Pittsburgh Tomorrow contest will get: a chance to make a lasting contribution and help make Pittsburgh the greatest city in the world.
Email your idea to . In under 500 words, describe your idea, why it’s needed, how it would improve Pittsburgh and any other pertinent details. If you have back-up materials, including any visuals, please attach them to the email.
We will notify you if your idea is chosen as a finalist. Finalists may have their idea published in future issues of Pittsburgh Quarterly. The winners will be notified of their date with destiny, and the Mayor and County Executive.
Together, we can make Pittsburgh the best city in the world. Send us your idea!
Other stories in this category: « What’s the Big Idea? | 2019-04-26T12:16:54 | https://pittsburghquarterly.com/pittsburghtomorrow.html |
Hemp oil is extra widely known to be in the Cannabis plant family. Nonetheless, hemp does not supply the customer with high quantities of THC (like its relative equivalent does). Rather, it shares its mass amounts of cannabidiol, or CBD, with the customer.
For very first time buyers of CBD oil, it can be a little bit of an obstacle, as there are numerous things to take into consideration as CBD oil can be available in many different types. There is additionally a large variety of various products and brands on the market.
So as to get the CBD oil that best fits your needs, the two crucial things to take into consideration are the stamina and focus. Various other aspects to consider include purity and also the quantity of CBD oil within the product itself.
The very first point you need to find out about choosing a CBD Oil product is that they can be made from extracts from either Hemp Plants or Marijuana Plant Kingdoms. And, currently, those from cannabis plants are not legal in several states, nor can they be delivered throughout many state lines.
if you intend to acquire cannabidiol (CBD) oil products, you have to dig deep to locate precise and also current info. That’s because, while CBD is raising in appeal, reliable information is usually scattered throughout the internet.
What’s even more, CBD is just one of one of the most misunderstood nutritional substances offered today. Lots of people confuse it with THC, the main psychoactive component in cannabis.
Even if you’re absolutely clear on the distinction in between CBD and THC, there are still numerous other aspects to think about prior to buying, including brand names, concentration, kinds of items, and most of all, your very own requirements.
One typical false impression some people have regarding hemp oil is to assume this is marijuana. Despite the fact that hemp becomes part of the cannabis family members of varieties, it is very different from cannabis in several methods.
CBD Oil to buy includes 0.3% THC (the legal limit for this item) and also often much less. Due to the reduced uniformity of THC, CBD products are not psychotropic and does not create any type of results in the individual whatsoever.
Hemp additionally has fatty acids which have actually been recognized to be great for the body. Unlike its cannabis counterpart, hemp contains high quantities of CBD and also reduced quantities of THC for which its expanded. While cannabis is illegal to eat in numerous states, hemp is gradually coming to be a lot more popular as well as more states are legislating making uses of hemp oil for its residents.
CBD derived hemp oil is an all-natural substance grown for lots of objectives, among which are the well-being benefits attached to this plant. Produce your own possibilities and also learn for yourself just how CBD derived items can benefit your day-to-day life.
When looking for the very best CBD item, you’ll see 2 forms mainly about, offered out there; full range CBD and also CBD isolate. The distinctions in between the two are quite noticeable. However the method of consumption, measurable dosage, as well as time intervals can play a vital duty in the effectiveness of CBD. As full-spectrum CBD is extra preferred, isolate has certain advantages that could not be negated.
CBD isolate explains its name effectively. It describes pure CBD that has actually been separated from all other substances in the cannabis plant, containing absolutely nothing else. A 2014 research additionally showed that CBD isolate can be beneficial as there is no opportunity of THC accidentally making its method into the product. Individuals who stay in states where THC is strictly prohibited, it might additionally profit them. Separate is likewise beneficial for sensitive to various other cannabinoids such as THC. Separate products are usually considered as having 99+% pure CBD.
Full spectrum CBD refers to CBD products consisting of CBD along with all various other active cannabinoids in the plant such as THC, CBG, CBN, terpenes and all the other nutrients found in Marijuana plant. Generally these are in normally occurring proportions in the drawn out form, from the certain strain of the plant. They are additionally added intentionally into products to raise the strength. Complete Spectrum must be taken with some safety measures by those that get their medications examined. The THC found much less than 0.3% completely range hemp items can make medicine examinations favorable.
Are you aiming to purchase CBD-rich oil? Finding the appropriate CBD oil can be a daunting task, specifically if you are a novice. There are several means of obtaining your Cannabinoid (CBD) oil. You can acquire the product online, from physical shop, co-ops, dispensaries, and also all-natural herbalists. CBD oil products can be made from extracts of either hemp plants or Cannabis Plant kingdoms. Depending upon your recommended mode of ingestion, the hemp-extracted oil is readily available in a range of applications including casts, topicals, vaporizers, vape pens, transdermal patches and as infused edibles. | 2019-04-19T00:33:07 | https://cipamericas.org/buy-cbd-oil-woodbridge-va/ |
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Plastic and cosmetic surgery, as well as cosmetic dermatology, are among the most popular specializations driving individuals to travel abroad for, rather than consulting a local doctor at home. Anything from a reasonably simple and quick treatment – like laser teeth whitening – to more complex procedures involving multiple surgeries – like a mommy makeover – are fair game and changing the traditional view of what medical tourism is. A vast country, Mexico’s medical tourism scene is as varied as it’s scenery, and it caters adeptly to all-comers, no matter what their expectations are.
Medical tourism is a term you’re sure to have heard about, even if you are not exactly certain what’s involved in it. In a nutshell, it is when people who live in one country travel to another for medical, surgical or dental care.
The traditional view of medical tourism is that it is primarily for people who cannot afford health care in their home country, or they want access to care that is better than that provided in their home country, or not provided at all.
While all this is still true, the affordability factor is something that is bringing many different people to the medical tourism sector, and much of this is fuelled by their desire to look as good as they can, for as long as they can. It is not really anything to do with healthcare, as such, but more about body image and esthetics. The difference between these and traditional medical tourists, is that traditional medical tourists opt to go abroad as a medical necessity, whereas cosmetic treatments are more about psychological rather than physical needs.
This is not to denigrate anybody who wants to change their appearance (usually for the better). We live in an age when taking care of our appearance is expected, and whether we like it or not, we are constantly bombarded with The Body Beautiful in the media. Airbrushed images, photo-shopped Celebs and the new cosmeceuticals that blur the lines between cosmetics and pharmaceuticals ensure we’re all aspiring to look younger for longer. Mexico’s cosmetic and plastic surgery clinics are fulfilling a need, but at prices that are a fraction of the cost medical tourists pay at home.
The modern way of looking good extends far beyond slapping on a bit of makeup and coloring our hair. Now we can remove unwanted hair from our bodies with laser hair removal; replace hair when it’s gone with hair transplants; reduce or increase the size of our breasts; get rid of fat from where we don’t want it with liposuction – and place it somewhere we do, like in our butts!
And, of course, there are the increasingly bizarre ingredients found in anti-aging treatments for the face, including snake venom, bee sting and snail slime, which makes vampire facelifts and Botox seem relatively innocuous.
While we can joke about it, the point is that these procedures don’t come cheap. Cosmetic surgery is more expensive than the non-surgical cosmetic dermatology treatments, but both are extremely popular among medical tourists. So, what, is driving this?
It is doubtful that one single factor is behind the growth of medical tourism, but rather several that have created a tipping point. Take these reasons together and it’s not hard to see why medical tourism has become so appealing.
Frequent, low-cost flights to all corners of the Globe means the economics of traveling abroad is a viable option. In turn, this also means travelers are savvy and used to going abroad. So, turning up in a different country for a medical or surgical procedure is hardly more daunting than attending the local hospital.
The ability for individuals to research far-flung places online, read testimonials or reviews, check-out photos, compare prices and book appointments can’t be under-estimated. Although there are medical travel companies around to help with finding suitable medical facilities abroad, as well as booking accommodation, flights or packages, for a great many medical tourists, do-it-yourself is very much the order of the day.
It’s fair to say that most countries with a successful medical tourism sector have achieved this with the support of their governments. Initiatives like the Fast Pass Medical Lanes in Mexico’s border cities enable patients to miss out the long waits to cross the border and is a contributing factor to the boom in numbers of cross-border patients.
The overriding factor in the success of medical tourism is the cost – and with prices being around 60% less, the savings are more than enough to persuade most people looking seriously at medical tourism to make the trip.
Who are the medical tourists?
For want of a better word, these are the ‘proper’ medical tourists – who, by definition, travel abroad with the primary aim of receiving medical care.
Even in this group, the motivations behind individuals becoming medical tourists is as varied as the treatment they seek. Reasons include availability of procedure and/or technology; lack of insurance cover and lower costs.
Often, the vacation part of the trip is not the overriding consideration for these patients but rather the expertise. So, for patients looking at, for instance, bariatric weight loss surgery, they are more likely to choose a facility based on expertise rather than location.
While for some in this group, cost is not so important as to the availability of a treatment, for most, cost is a primary factor – particularly on expensive treatments.
For example, bariatric surgery in Mexico costs a quarter of the price of the $20,000 in the United States, saving patients some $15,000. Even with accommodation and flight costs, that is still a huge amount.
These patients make up the bulk of medical tourists. This group also includes those who organize a vacation with a view to combining medical care. As such, these patients will be looking to make the most of their time abroad by traveling to holiday destinations and taking part in holiday activities as their medical procedure allows, such as sightseeing and shopping.
These patients consider the vacation part of their trip to be as important as the medical procedure, and are more likely to choose typical holiday destinations, such as Cancun, Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas.
If they are having surgery, they may well choose to go a week before their scheduled procedure to enjoy the ‘holiday’ part of the trip, and spend the following week recuperating, before traveling home and back to their normal routine.
Procedures like breast implants lend themselves very well to this scenario, and once again, the savings gained by traveling to Mexico make it more than worthwhile. While the surgery in the United States costs an average of $12,000, breast implants in Mexico are only around $5,000 – saving more than enough to pay for a decent holiday.
3: Those who live near enough to a border where it isn’t unreasonable to get the procedure in the country next door, particularly if it saves money.
This group of patients includes those that are near enough to drive to their chosen location, but also cheap, frequent flights means it’s also an option for patients from slightly further afield.
Mexico’s proliferation of healthcare options along the length of the border make it a particularly appealing destination for these travelers. Americans have long taken advantage of Mexico’s lower costs in terms of shopping, and medical care is no exception. Border towns, such as Los Algodones, are doing a roaring trade in dental care, whereas Tijuana is popular for cosmetic surgery, bariatric surgery and hip replacements.
4: There are also the ‘frequent’ visitor group of medical tourists. Again, this may include business travelers, who often travel to a specific location and may decide to top up their Botox or dermal fillers for less while they are aware. Treatments like this have virtually no downtime and can be carried out with very little in the way of side-effects – perfect for travelers on the move.
This group also encompasses American and Canadian snowbirds – those who travel south for the winter to the warmer climates in the states along the US-Mexico border. Many of these are retirees, with limited finances, and make the most of cut-price pharmaceuticals, optical and dental services in the Mexican border towns, with Los Algodones being a key destination for dental care.
There’s no doubt that medical tourism fulfils a need, but there are caveats to be aware of for anyone thinking of jetting off for a surgical holiday in the sun.
Give this some serious consideration. If you like peace and quiet, then popular tourist destinations like Cancun are unlikely to float-your-boat. Other aspects, like language, tourist facilities and accessibility must also be factored in.
This is with regards to the outcome of your procedure, as well as to what you can do on your holiday post-treatment. The glossy photos may look great with pristine white beaches and azure waters, but if you have had surgery, keeping your wound dry means swimming is out of bounds, and do you really want to get sand in there?
This is something that can’t be stressed enough. Do facilities measure up? Are they affiliated with any international organizations, like the Joint Commission International (JCI)? Is your surgeon a member of a professional organization, like the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ISAPS)?
You can find plenty of information online, but you may have to do a little digging to authenticate the veracity of what you find. An alternative is to find a reliable medical tourism company, where the information has already been verified. These companies can also help with other aspects of your trip, from hotel bookings to airport transfers – and can also offer good deals on all-inclusive package deals.
Medical tourism is a realistic proposition for many people now. As spa treatments are as much a part of relaxing on holiday and treating ourselves, then medical tourism is very much part of this ethos. Mexico has come into its own as a global medical tourism hub, rivalling Asia as a reliable, go-to destination with the expertise and prices to match. It’s little wonder that medical tourists looking for cosmetic treatments are now making the country their number one choice. | 2019-04-20T11:14:49 | https://thriveglobal.com/stories/looking-good-mexico-s-medical-tourism-scene-is-booming-thanks-to-our-desire-to-look-good/ |
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An all-out strike by state sector teachers in Nigeria has ended after four weeks with a government recommendation that teachers get a 27.5 percent pay increase.
Teacher’s pay is awarded locally in Nigeria’s 36 federal states, but the Nigerian Union of Teachers demanded that the government introduce an enhanced teachers’ salary structure to improve and regulate their wages nationally.
The strike did not achieve this, but the pay award it did win has been an enormous boost to workers’ confidence in Nigeria. | 2019-04-20T00:13:57 | https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/15446/Nigerian+teachers+win+their+dispute |
yo zee man...hows it hanging.
Dhonis nonchalant hitting is having a bigger role in psychologically scarring the bowlers. That's his biggest USP.
Amazing batting by Dhoni this season. Hope he replicates this against powerful attacks in international cricket.
Hanging in there. How ya doing?
Do you remember the Sanju training montage from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar?
I think Dhoni must be doing something on the same lines.
Positive is uncapped cricketers as well as those who are not in T20i temas have started earning huge money. It increases employment. Team managers are required, coaches get more work, assistant coaches are required. Apart from this other firms into event management, advertising agencies, commies, analysts, cricinfo / cricbuzz revenues get boost. The bookies get lot of money due to around 60 matches. Experience for cricketers playing against as well as along with worlds best is great. Moe T20 matches prepare our cricketers for the T20i format. Different matter though that our T20i team has never won T20 cup since IPL started. Yet, the positives are too many.
Markande is a positive from this edition.
Avesh Khan, Ankit Rajpoot, Nitish Rana.
English pitches demand the art of leaving the ball on 4th, 5th stump. Vijay is world's best at that. Not sure if Shaw has it.
Double edged sword in ODI's. Not in tests.
I don't watch much of IPL or T20 cricket in general. But what struck me was the general talent available when it came to wrist spin or genuine pace bowling and its clear that we have quite a bit of talent coming through which can be considered international standard. Impressive!
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I visited Twante first in 2016, and again in 2018. This area was devastated ted by Cyclone Nargis and many kilns were destroyed and livelihoods in the pottery industry here vanished overnight. And of course, the cyclone impacted every aspect was of life.
Afterwards, the Myanmar Ceramic Society, under the leadership of Dr Myo Thant Tin, created a ceramics centre here to support the potters and help revive some of the ancient traditions in stoneware with celadon and other ash glazes. Some of the potters were commissioned to make water filters after Cyclone Nargis, using some new techniques and materials (more on this later).
Since then, the number of working potteries has declined, and only a few families continue to make their traditional range of pots, fired in large kilns and shifted to nearby Yangon. The market for some of their wares is declining as plastic bottles take over from the traditional ceramic water pot.
Dr Myo Thant Tin, with Ilona Van De Braak, have recently achieved a grant through the Australian Embassy in Myanmar to undertake a project designed to enable the potters to develop new products as well as sustaining their traditional ceramics – it is hoped that together these two elements can help build sustainable livelihoods in the pottery industry at Twante. | 2019-04-19T00:24:33 | https://placematters.net.au/inspirations-2/twante-pottery-area-southern-myanmar/ |
On October 1, 2018, Relman, Dane & Colfax filed suit against the Village of Coxsackie, New York, on behalf of UMH Properties, a developer seeking to build a community of affordable manufactured homes in the Village.
UMH began planning Mountainview Estates in 2004, initially with the support of Coxsackie officials, and bought property for the project in 2005. But official support for the development evaporated when some local residents mounted a campaign to keep the affordable housing out.
While Coxsackie Village is more than 96 percent white, neighboring towns and cities are much more diverse. The development’s 300 homes would address Coxsackie’s dearth of affordable housing, meeting demand for housing among lower income households, many of them African American and families with children. Most homes would cost $100,000 or less or could be rented at affordable rates. Resistance from the Village excludes a disproportionate number of African Americans and families with children, perpetuating current patterns of segregation.
Responding to pressure, Coxsackie officials repeatedly rejected well-planned designs for the community, and eventually resorted to rewriting the Village zoning code to prevent UMH from building any manufactured home community on the property it had purchased for the purpose.
Filed in the Albany Division of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, the case alleges that the Village engaged in race and familial status discrimination in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act, and that its obstruction of Mountainview Estates and alteration of the zoning code violated state law. The Relman, Dane & Colfax litigation team includes Reed Colfax, Joseph Wardenski, and Andrea Lowe. | 2019-04-24T16:13:49 | https://www.relmanlaw.com/news-Coxsackie |
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As we’ve been seeing more reports of oil overfill occurring on the Jeep JL, we’d like to remind everyone that the oil capacity is 5 quarts for both the 3.6L Pentastar V6 and 2.0L turbo 4 cylinder engines in the Jeep JL Wrangler.
Mistakes are being made and engines overfilled with oil — particularly on the 3.6L Pentastar V6, because the version of the Pentastar V6 in the JL Wrangler is the latest PUG (Pentastar Up-Grade) version, and one of the changes seen on this version is a decrease in oil capacity. The 2018+ JL Wrangler requires 5 quarts of engine oil, not 6.5L like 2012-2018 JK models.
Hence, many JL owners are reporting that dealers are overfilling their engines when performing oil changes. So, please remember to remind your dealer/shop when having your oil changed, and check your dipstick after oil changes to be doubly sure the engine wasn’t overfilled. Or, you can avoid taking a chance and change the oil yourself. Here’s DIY instructions on changing the Jeep JL engine oil.
Excessive oil overfill can result in engine damage. Since there is nowhere for the excess oil to go, the crankshaft turns and oxygenates the oil, turning it into a foamy mixture. Foamed oil doesn’t lubricate effectively and can cause overheating and damage engine parts. Overflowing engine oil can also damage seals and gaskets as the excess oil is forced out of the engine.
When Did Your JL Get Its First Oil Change? | 2019-04-23T14:47:09 | https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/psa-beware-of-oil-overfill-in-your-jl-wrangler-engine/ |
About a month ago, at the Blogosphere Cover Reveal party for the issue I'm in the myself and the attendees were so lucky to receive some products from a number of different brands to try out, there was one brand I was most excited for though and that was Burt's Bees. They were doing hand massages on the night but thanks to my dislocating joints it wasn't something I could join in with so I was so happy when I was handed a bag filled with basically a whole new skincare routine for me to try out. I'm trying to get better with my skincare and slowly but surely I am improving and developing a better routine but these products were definitely the boost and motivation I needed to start taking skincare seriously.
Believe it or not I've never actually tried a cleansing oil before, I feel like I might be quite late on this trend! I'm used to using micellar waters and simple face washes so the prospect of using an oil to wash my face and remove my makeup excited me, especially as I have quite dry skin so I welcome anything that might inject some moisture into it! I've only been using this at night to remove my makeup, because that is what it does best! This has been wiping away even my most stubborn of mascaras, Benefit's They're Real, I'm looking at you. It's designed for normal to dry skin so it's perfect for my skin type, but I can see why someone with oily skin might be wary of giving products like this a go!
For the past few months I've been a big face mask fan, I've been trying everything from tissue masks to clay ones and I've built up quite a love for popping on a face mask once or twice a week. I think it's one of the simplest and easiest ways to give your skin a bit of a boost! I often go for masks that will hydrate my skin or give it a complete refresh, unblocking my pores etc and this mask ticks the hydration box. It has a thick consistency and I definitely didn't go with the less is more approach but I really felt the benefits of piling it on. It's not a cheap face mask but I cannot deny how soft and hydrated my skin feels after using it. It's one that you can massage into your skin after letting it rest, so it almost stays on as a moisturiser after, which I really love and I feel like I'm getting the most out of it when I use it. This is definitely my favourite product out of the four and I can see myself replacing it when it runs out, it's such a treat for my skin!
After I've cleansed my face I use my eye cream and serum (both from Boots Botanics) and then it's time to pop on a moisturiser! I find that my serum often gives me most of the moisture I need so when it comes to a daily moisturiser I'm quite flexible on what I use and find that I don't always need something designed for dry skin, something simple will usually suffice. Whilst I don't have sensitive skin I do like to exfoliate quite often as I have flaky skin so I always welcome using something that will soothe and not irritate my face. This basically ticks all of my boxes! It's light, a little goes a long way and it sinks into my skin quickly and without leaving any kind of sticky residue. It does what it says on the tin and I love that it comes in a pump bottle, it makes application very easy. If you're looking for something simple that does what it says on the tin, whilst catering for sensitive skin then this is the moisturiser for you.
You know what I said about wanting a simple day cream? Well, when it comes to moisturising at night I want the complete opposite. I want something thick, hydrating and moisturising so I wake up with baby soft skin in the morning so I was immediately drawn to this product because of it's claims of intense hydration. This comes in a pot, rather than a pump bottle like the day cream which initially I was disappointed about but once I felt the consistency of the product I accepted that it was probably better off in a pot. I didn't expect it to be so thick so the first time I used it I slathered it on like I was plastering a wall, ending up with way too much product on my face. On the plus side I quickly discovered how fast this sinks into your skin, especially if you really massage it in but I do now know that a little goes a long way with this product! For a while now I've not bothered with a separate night cream, I've just been using day creams but this has definitely brought home to me how beneficial using a night cream can be!
I honestly never expected to love every single product, this is the first time I've tried Burt's Bees skincare range and I've been totally blown away. Their range might be a little above my usual budget for such products but I can't definitely see that they are worth the price tag, my skin has never been happier!
These products were kindly gifted to me at an event but I was under no obligation to review them and this does not affect my opinion.
This skincare sounds amazing, especially the Treatment Mask, I'm always on the look out for new products to try.
Great products surely gonna try these. My skin care routine includes lifecell all-in-one anti aging cream as it is a good moisturizer. Everyone has his idea of beauty, and we need to have things, people and places of beauty in our everyday life. In the words of a poet a thing of beauty is a joy forever.
We definitely should all have beauty in our lives! | 2019-04-25T20:13:24 | http://www.shonalouise.com/2017/07/burts-bees-skincare-routine-my-thoughts.html |
wealth of colourful blooms in winter months.
Cyclamen produce upward facing, waxy flowers which grow from stalks above a mound of heart shaped green/silver variegated leaves.
Numerous variations of pink, red, white, purple, violet, burgundy and bi-colours as well.
Colorful, multi petaled flowers adorn the stems of jagged leafed foliage. A classic houseplant available in daisy and cushion varieties.
Yellow, Bronze, White, Purple, Red, Lavender and Bi-Colours.
Numerous large, white, trumpet shaped flowers pour out from stalks lined with thin, glossy leaves. | 2019-04-18T13:20:41 | http://westlandgreenhouses.ca/products.htm |
Easy Word Search - no musical experience needed.
Any age and level. A great sheet to keep students entertained while learning.
Make sure to follow for news and updates. | 2019-04-26T15:46:19 | https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Musical-Word-Search-Word-Find-3238165 |
Quick Torrent converts torrent downloads to direct downloads by downloading torrent files to a server and providing a direct download link to the torrent’s content.
Do you know a Quick Torrent profile? Please leave it in the comments. | 2019-04-20T07:23:10 | https://torrents.io/site/quick-torrent |
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The WMA has formally adopted the policy condemning bullying and harassment in the medical profession proposed by the NZMA at last year’s General Assembly.
“Bullying in the health workplace is entirely unprofessional and destructive, and should not be tolerated. It is time the profession took steps to prevent, confront, report and eliminate such behaviour at any level,” says WMA President, Dr Yoshitake Yokokura.
“This policy is based firmly on our 2010 position statement on this serious issue,” says NZMA Deputy Chair Prof Harvey White. “We believe it’s the responsibility of all in the profession to ensure that this destructive behaviour is not tolerated.
Delegates in Chicago agreed on a statement condemning bullying under any circumstances and encouraged all national medical association members, medical schools, employers and medical colleges to establish and implement anti-bullying and harassment policies. | 2019-04-26T03:52:49 | http://www.nzma.org.nz/news-and-events/media-releases/nzma-policy-on-bullying-adopted-by-world-medical-association |
This project runs on 2 different schedules: every 3h from 7:00 to midnight and every 30 minutes if the display is on and the battery > 30%.
The task gets the JSON for the top post on a subreddit, parse it (in a terrible way, feel free to contribute) and obtains the url to the image. If this image is not the last one set as a wallpaper by this project then downloads it, sets it as a wallpaper and stores the url for further comparison.
You may want to change the subreddit (I was using /r/pics but /r/iWallpaper has images that better fit phones) on the first action of the task.
You may want to adjust the times and intervals at which it triggers under profiles.
Refactor names to be more generic.
Store and compare the JSON we receive directly from Reddit so that it doesn't has to manipulate strings if the post is the same of the last run.
Use a generic icon for the project. | 2019-04-20T13:12:53 | http://tasker.wikidot.com/reddittopimagetowallpaper |
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When entering the first exhibition room at the James Cohan Gallery in New York’s Chelsea district, an imposing site-specific, brick wall created by the Mexican artist Jorge Méndez Blake immediately confronts visitors. Titled Amerika, the structure boasts hulking dimensions: 33-feet long and 6-feet tall. Its domineering presence physically separates patrons from other artworks in the show—Borders—and acts as a striking, visual spectacle infrequently seen in such a space.
considers how contemporary artists engage with political, ideological and formal borders. Borders are synonymous with state power, sovereignty and national identity. They define both belonging and otherness. In the face of rising nationalism and the growing global refugee crisis, borders across the world are tightening and also unraveling. This exhibition will seek to create a framework and a dialogue about borders as both places of productive exchange and barriers of exclusion.
This exploration of barriers as both a cause and emblem of otherness and exclusion appears to address our aspiring autocrat’s longing to shape an American ideology predicated upon nationalism, isolationism, and xenophobia.
To this extent, then, Amerika functions not only as a material barrier that blocks patrons’ view and impedes their movement, but it also acts as a metaphor for the border politics and debates that currently occupy our national and global conversations.
On closer inspection of Blake’s installation, one notices a slight undulation along the top of the wall. This disruption calls attention to itself in an otherwise uniformly level structure. The source of the disturbance is a hardbound copy of Franz Kafka’s unfinished novel Amerika tucked underneath the wall’s base.
The novel, according to the gallery’s press release, “tells the archetypal Kafka story of a young man who navigates the travails of life in New York as an immigrant from Europe.” More specifically, Kafka’s Amerika conveys the narrative of Karl Rossman, a German-born immigrant who flees his homeland at the age of sixteen in order to establish a new life for himself in the United States.
The story opens with imagery that tacitly promises hope: as a ship enters “the harbor of New York, a sudden burst of sunshine seemed to illumine the Statue of Liberty, so that [Rossman] saw it in new light…and round the figure blew the free winds of heaven.” Indeed, the sun’s “new light” illumining a monument that pledges respite for the tired, poor, and huddled mass, all the while ensconced in the “free winds of heaven,” surely provides readers—and the protagonist—with a sense of possibility and opportunity for a “homeless and tempest-tossed” immigrant.
Unfortunately for Rossman, such idyllic imagery does not portend future prosperity. Rather, the young man succumbs to a series of personal and professional calamities that result in de facto slavery. Before the unfinished novel unravels into fragments, three unsavory characters—named Delamarche, Robinson, and Brunelda, respectively—imprison the protagonist and force him into servitude, using the threat of arrest by authorities as leverage in his capture.
Art establishes a different lecture of a text than the one given by professional critics or common readers. One thing is ‘to read’ directly from a book, and another is ‘to see’ a work of art related to a book. Art should provide something different, something that you can’t explain using the academia.
In this sense, Blake argues against a traditional literary critique or reading. Instead, he insists upon engagement with a text as a visual object or material artifact. Further supporting this position, he notes: “the physicality of a book is very important. It gives a ‘preview,’ a first visual approach.” But, he also goes on to say that: “in the case of a well-known book, it will make an immediate reference to its content or to its author,” which cultivates an “interaction between collective memory and personal thoughts.” To this extent, the “physicality of a book” does not act simply as a material object, but also as a catalyst for abstract “collective” or “personal” thought: in other words, a concept.
As previously noted, Kafka’s Amerika operates as a physical and visual disruption that undercuts the formal symmetry of the installation. It alters the wall’s structural regularity and interrupts its red-hued color scheme. A literal foreign body inserted into more or less homogenous barrier. On a material level, then, the book artifact demonstrates the precarious nature of constructions that posit continuity and stability.
By extension, the book’s placement also challenges conservative claims that a wall can facilitate the establishment of a singular American populace or identity. Kafka’s Amerika, to this extent, ruptures the veneer of purity and orderliness which Blake’s Amerika would otherwise foster.
Moreover, while Blake’s wall impedes audience members from seeing the contributions of international and national artists such as Yinka Shonibare CBE, Candice Lin, Dread Scott, and Elias Sime, the artworks are still viewable by circumventing the installation. Certainly, for every wall, there are determined people willing to breach it for a greater good. Such transgressive intentions, ultimately, undermine the exclusionary impetus of such barriers.
As Blake mentions, though, a literary artifact is more than just a material object. It also stimulates personal thought and assists in the development or recognition of collective memory. For instance, an immigrant’s story physically inserted into a wall reminds us that the United States—as we know it today—was created, populated, and built by foreign-born people. To wit, our country—as Emma Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus” claims—is the “Mother of Exiles” who offers a “world-wide welcome” to all those “yearning to breathe free.” No amount of isolationist rhetoric can alter this national history and the collective memory of our shared past.
Of course, Kafka’s Amerika focuses on the hardships a newcomer to the United States encounters. Likewise, the material object bears the weight of the bricks composing Blake’s Amerika. These dual facts suggest that viewers can also conceptualize the installation as a cautionary tale. For even if Trump’s wall never becomes a physical reality, the lives of immigrant populations in—or entering—the United States are fraught. Material barriers aside, there exists within our country ideological, ethnic, racial, and national barriers that degrade or weigh down both the lives and the spirits of those viewed as “foreign,” “illegal,” “alien,” “undocumented,” or “other.” And these barriers, perhaps, are more damaging because they are abstract and cannot be located as easily. Thus, they are more difficult to dismantle.
Jorge Méndez Blake’s Amerika—and, surely, all of the artworks displayed in James Cohan Gallery’s group exhibit Borders—challenges us to question the construction, purpose, and value of physical walls. But it also asks us to locate and raze the abstract walls of nationalism and xenophobia we have constructed within our collective, American consciousness.
Borders runs from January 10 through February 23 at the James Cohan Gallery, located at 533 West 26th Street and 291 Grand Street in New York, NY. In addition to Jorge Menedez Blake’s Amerika, the group exhibition features work by Etel Adnan, Edgardo Aragón, Yael Bartana, Jorge Méndez Blake, Mounir Fatmi, Susan Hefuna, Federico Herrero, Yun-Fei Ji, Byron Kim, Mernet Larsen, Sol LeWitt, Candice Lin, Teresa Margolles, Misheck Masamvu, Jordan Nassar, Katie Paterson, The Propeller Group, Matthew Ritchie, Hiraki Sawa, Dread Scott, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Elias Sime, Mikhael Subotzky, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Tomaselli, Hank Willis Thomas and XU ZHEN®. | 2019-04-25T08:26:50 | https://entropymag.org/amerika-on-jorge-mendez-blakes-big-beautiful-wall/ |
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Carlo Navarro is a Filipino-American entrepreneur, husband and proud dad to three kids (the ultimate startups) with roots from Detroit, Michigan. His 15 years of startup experience began in 2002 with a career in media-advertising, and later joined IGN Entertainment (IGN.com) in 2005, which was acquired by Fox Interactive Media.
His passion for tech led him to join various startup roles at Pandora Radio, Apple Inc., Startup Institute Chicago, as well as founding several tech startups in Chicago beginning in 2007 in the areas of music, ad-tech, and education focused ventures.
Carlo’s experience has led him to speak at SXSW, Technori, Chicago Ideas Week:Youth, and he was named one of ChicagoInno’s 50 on Fire Entrepreneurs in 2017. | 2019-04-26T01:40:26 | https://www.carlonavarro.com/about/ |
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For 60 years, there’s been one place where friends and families shine together…smiles sparkle…and dreams really do come true. And during the Disneyland® Resort Diamond Celebration, dreams are coming true in amazing and unforgettable new ways.
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So whether you come to relive fond memories or experience the dawning of an exciting new era of Disney magic, now is the time to be here. You've never seen the Disneyland Resort like this before! This exciting celebration, which also features sparkling decor, themed food and merchandise will conclude on Labor Day, Monday, September 5, 2016.
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Imaginative play in vivid settings and Disney-themed entertainment are just some of the onboard offerings to keep your child having fun. | 2019-04-20T12:16:56 | http://vacations.travelleaders365.com/promotion-details.aspx?promotionid=855 |
Stop, and smell the FLOWERS!
In my personal albums, I am used to scrapbooking for two boys. No need for flowers! But, here at Creative Memories, I have the ability to create and use all these wonderful flower embellishments. So, I just couldn’t stop at the video showing you how to create these beautiful flowers with your Corner Maker. I took it a step further to show you how you can incorporate them into your layouts! The flowers are also a great touch to just about any card sentiment you are sending out–birthdays, thinking about you, sympathy, anniversary, etc. So, I am going to continue to “smell” the flowers on many projects to come! Continue reading Stop, and smell the FLOWERS!
I honestly can’t think of a more simple, fun, quick way to highlight the high school years, than putting those photos into the FABULOUSLY beautiful Achievements Fast2Fabulous Album. Not only are you able to add photos from throughout high school, but add in a few embellishments or designer papers, which will add a little “pep” to the already fantabulous scrapbook pages! Continue reading Celebrate the Achiever–Scrapbook style!
There are so many pre-made party favors as options at the retail stores, but why not add a personal touch of homemade to the party—and WOW your guests! Not only will your guests be wow’ed, but you will have a sense of pride that you put your personal touch on the event for your loved one. Pair the Achievements Paper Pack with any colored cardstock-perhaps their school colors, and you can create several unique pieces for your gathering. Below you will find several ideas and instructions for which to do this in just minimal time! Continue reading Let’s Party—with the Graduate!
Every little girls dreams of being a princess—heck, who am I kidding–I am still dreaming! What would your crown look like? I envision mine with sparkles and the color pink! What would yours look like? | 2019-04-19T13:26:49 | https://blog.creativememories.com/2016/05/ |
I had so much fun recording another Facebook Live Q&A on Tuesday, Oct. 10th. From forgiving your man for having a baby on you to vocalizing your desire for a relationship, this segment covered a variety of topics. To view the live recording, check out the link below. I've also listed the timestamps of each question. Don't forget to like/follow my Facebook Page, Miss T.N. King.
0:55- How do I move on & heal? My children's father he left me for his mistress & marries her.
5:30- My boyfriend never buys me anything (not even holidays or birthday). Am I a money digging hoe?
10:40- My fiance got another woman pregnant toward the beginning our relationship. I love him and I know I should forgive him. But should I stay with him?
17:30- How do I tell him I want a relationship? If he doesn't want the same, should I cut him off completely?
Thank you to the brave Queens who've submitted questions. I look forward to doing another Facebook Live segment! | 2019-04-22T08:00:04 | http://www.misstnking.com/askking/2016/10/27/facebook-live-qa-101116 |
Daphne Butler, hardback, 31 pages, Simon and Schuster Young Books, Take One Series.
Take One is a very first reference series for young children. It combines a thematic approach an a planned text with large clear photographic illustrations.
Under the Ground encourages children to consider what might be in the ground beneath their feet and develops an awareness of change over a long timescale. | 2019-04-25T09:54:56 | https://www.moorebooks.co.uk/-USED-Under-the-Ground.html |
This diagram is loosely based on something we had tacked on our cubicle walls when I worked for Daimler-Chrysler’s elearning division about five years ago.
These layers are not necessarily in any meaningful order, although I think it is sensible to begin with learning objectives, and of course, usability is paramount.
This entry was posted in Learning Experience Design and tagged Learning Experience Design, LxD by Joanna Wiebe. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-19T23:04:35 | https://joannawiebe.com/2010/05/17/lxd-layers/ |
Twelve months of a laureate: in 2008 Michele Leggott wrote a poem a week to record her term as the inaugural New Zealand Poet Laureate. In her new collection of poems Mirabile Dictu ('mi.rah.buh.lay dik.tu' - Wonderful to relate; amazing to say), she relates the wonders of those 12 months, which took her to Matahiwi Marae in Hawke's Bay to receive her brilliant sky-blue, specially carved tokotoko, Te Kikorangi; through a time of mourning for and celebration of former poet laureate Hone Tuwhare; to Florence, across a 'poetic bridge'; and to Wellington 'hand to hand' with four other laureates. With her is Te Kikorangi as guide and companion - 'almost as good as the blue from Kapiti/ we eat when the good times roll'. Leggott also delves back into the past, layering poems of today with poems of then - and finds, among others, Isabella - growing up in a colonial town, 'named for a grandmother over the sea'. The poems in Mirabile Dictu are gifts; they are lush and supple; they glory in language; they go 'looking for a good time' and find rose cuttings, great-aunts, an elephant, several feasts, adorations and assumptions - 'the breathing world'. Through the poems Leggott explores languages within languages, hearing and seeing, coming and going, the porousness of experience and its representations. In this collection she is a daily traveller, crafter of words and maker of fire.
Shortlisted for PANZ Book Design Awards: Non-Illustrated Book 2010.
Michele Leggott MNZM is an award-winning poet and literary scholar who has published six previous collections of poems and edited several influential anthologies and collections of essays. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at The University of Auckland and is the founding Director of the NZ electronic poetry centre. In 2007 she was appointed inaugural New Zealand Poet Laureate (2007-9) and she was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in the 2009 New Year's Honours for her services to poetry. | 2019-04-23T22:31:42 | https://www.mcleodsbooks.co.nz/p/poetry-mirabile-dictu--7 |
DURING our first six hours on Greek soil we attracted very little attention. We arrived at the port of Piraeus on 18 March on one of those hot, pale afternoons that put a circle of primrose light round the horizon. On the rim of the circle we could see the Acropolis, but not very clearly.
After we had landed and stood for some while in three ranks we were told to fall out and stay within call. Greek labourers looked up from the huge trench they were digging near the wharf and accepted cigarettes. Only one person took any real notice of us and he was the proprietor of the little wineshop at the dock gates. He responded to our presence by doubling the price of his wines and spirits. And that was all that happened. We were disappointed, for we had expected to be made a fuss of.
We were disappointed, too, in what we could see of Piraeus, and a third disappointment was the long wait at the docks. After the excitement of the past week and our dash through the Mediterranean—Perth had made the trip in just over twenty-four hours—it was felt as an anti-climax. Ten-ton diesel lorries had taken away one load of men, and here we were sitting on our gear on the wharf, hot and uncomfortable in pith helmets and battledress, waiting for their return.
A diversion was caused when the Araybank, very high in the water, sidled into the space lately vacated by the Perth, presenting the men ashore with a side like a red cliff, from the summit of which the drivers in charge of vehicles peered down excitedly, shouting abuse to their friends and being taunted in return with comparisons between the Perth's quick journey and the eight days it had taken the Araybank to cross.
At last, after we had waited six hours, the ten-tonners came back and we climbed aboard. As we rumbled through Athens the shadows were bunching at the street corners and at every corner there was a crowd of people, their faces turned up to us, their eyes bright. Here was the welcome we had been waiting for. They page 52 neither cheered nor called out to us, but as each lorry went past they threw flowers and there was a burst of clapping as though we were beloved actors.
We did not start singing until we had left Athens behind and were rushing through the leafy darkness towards Kephissia, eight miles north-east of Athens, with the cold, sweet air tasting in our throats like the aftermath of peppermints.
When we reached the camp we came down to earth with a bang. Most of the tents were only half-pitched and there was nothing to eat. Our advanced party—not his fault—had gone to the wrong camp.
We were up early the next morning—almost before the wet, white mist had cleared from the pine trees. Those of us who were not on duty (thirty lorries were employed in carting supplies and ammunition from Piraeus to various dumps near Athens) were away as soon as breakfast was finished.
Everything was a delight and a wonder—strange and yet not altogether strange, for this, too, was our heritage. Grimm was a German and Hans Andersen lived in Denmark, so half our babyhood, including Christmas trees and Santa Claus, came from Europe. The castles we saw were of the kind that Grimm's ogres emerged from; the cottages were no different from the one Hansel and Gretel lived in; the tailors sat cross-legged in their shops as they had done since fairy tales were first told; the huts of the charcoal burners and woodcutters were exactly as we had known them in childhood and the forests were the forests of our first memories.
Soon after we arrived at Kephissia everyone was given a 500-drachma note worth rather less than a pound. Such a quantity of notes had never before been seen in the neighbouring cafés and page 53 wineshops and within a few hours the whole district was swept clean of change. Messengers had to be sent to Athens to relieve the situation.
During the afternoon and evening we became acquainted with the delicious wines of the country: mavrodaphne and the ordinary crassi, as well as with Metaxa brandy, the not-so-delicious ouzo (we had known it as zibbib in Egypt and as arrack in Palestine), and a noisome liquid that tasted of turpentine and pine needles and made everyone who took too much of it allergic to fir trees for about a year afterwards.
For a little while we listened to the fruity baritones and thrilling tenors of the Greek police. (Afterwards they had to listen to us.) They wore olive-green uniforms and they seemed to be the only men of an age and condition to be called up who were not in the forward areas. They sang beautifully but with rather too much emotion, their voices reminding one of massed violas anguished among whipped cream. (Our own singing, later in the evening, was even more emotional and not nearly as good.) Their favourite chorus went to the tune of the Woodpecker's Song but the only word we could distinguish was Mussolini.1 It sounded tremendously gay and gallant and defiant: it expressed the very essence of the Greek Evzones. The whole of Greece was singing it at that time, and it was still being sung more seldom, more sombrely, no less gallantly, sometimes by a group of Greek soldiers struggling home, sometimes by a single small boy, at the end of April. Doubtless the Fascist guards heard it whistled in the streets of Athens long after we had gone.
You and your cowardly conscripts.
The Greek flag will be flying.
But how hopeful it sounded then! Hopeful for us and hopeful for the Greek people; hopeful for everyone who knew nothing at all about what was going on. Possibly there never had been a more hopeful convoy than the one that pulled out from Kephissia camp for northern Greece at six in the morning on 22 March 1941.
Soon we were passing through Athens, old and shabby and page 54 graceful, birthplace of half we were fighting for. The city was not wholly strange to some of us, for on the day after our arrival at Kephissia, as the Major had discovered on ordering a check parade, over sixty drivers had absented themselves from camp. With Athens behind us we came into a country of rounded hills, soft as green velvet and knotted all over with little holm-oaks: it was like tapestry. From between two of these hills, winging its way towards the convoy, came a large, black bird about the size of a young gobbler. This was too much for A Section's anti-aircraft gun crew and they started dusting it with tracer bullets as with a kind of monstrous red pepper. Two minutes later they were under arrest.
On through Thebes—pretty and full of colour as a cottage garden —through Levadhia, through Atalante, and by this time the headlamps and bonnets of the lorries were bedecked with flowers and the cabs were full of flowers too. We must have resembled a convoy of sacrificial bulls. At every halt the people came to us with wine, cakes, and eggs. ‘Kalimera, New Zealand!’ they cried—all the rosy-cheeked children and handsome young women and shepherds and old men.
As the shadows became larger—shadows as big as sheep stations cast by tremendous hills—the halts occurred more often and it was dark when we arrived at Kamena Voula, our halting place for the night. If it had been daylight we could have looked across the water to the island of Euboea. We had covered 150 miles in a long day full of incident.
The next day we moved off at first light and travelled through fairy-tale country—pocket-handkerchief fields, patchwork-quilt farms, little laughing streams rushing from openings in the hills as from school, with, behind them and above them, terrific, towering, gold and green and purple mountains, like sleeping heroes, like sleeping gods, with huge lazy limbs sprawled carelessly everywhere and muscles like bits of the Elgin Marbles blotting out a quarter of the sky. We refuelled at Larissa railhead, camping for the night ten miles north of the town.
That night we were not so tired and some of us went to a small, tumbledown village and drank rough red wine in a little dark wineshop where Greek soldiers were singing their defiant woodpecker song. Our battledress and the badness of the wine were the only things that would have surprised Homer had he come strolling in.
Off again early the next morning and on till we reached the foot of the Olympus Pass. Then a long, winding crawl to the summit and a crawl down the other side at twelve miles an hour. Those of us who were not driving gazed wonderingly at the calm and unutterably lovely outline of the great mountain, whose top, so the ancients had said, reached Heaven, on whose grassy slopes centaurs had browsed and galloped, in whose shadowed or sunlit folds the old gods had lived human and irritable lives, feasting, quarrelling, and making love. Those of us who were driving, though, looked only at the road. Hundreds of feet below, a sheer drop from the road's edge—you could have spat down at them—were the tops of pine trees. Small and tender as asparagus tips they looked, but as menacing as massed spears.
We made camp beside the Larissa-Katerine road, a few miles west of Katerine. Our area was a tongue of land looped off from the surrounding woods and meadows by a bubbling, rock-filled stream, which could be crossed only by a narrow stone bridge. We parked our lorries beneath tall beeches. Behind us were soft hills mossy with fruit trees and old farms and browsing sheep. Beyond them was the mountain.
We had arrived at our destination and it was a lovely place.
During the next few days we were very busy. A Section supplied a guard for ammunition at Katerine railhead, the clearing of which was the first transport job we were given. Ammunition was delivered to New Zealand units in and around Gannokhora, a village two or three miles north of Katerine, and between 26 and 30 March our lorries plied between railhead and neighbouring dumps, meeting the trains as they arrived. At that time the New Zealand Division was preparing a line that ran inland from a point on the coast fourteen miles beyond Katerine and south of the mouth of the Aliakmon River. This was part of the Aliakmon line. Farther north was a fortress line manned by Greeks—the Metaxas line.
When we were not working we were enjoying ourselves among our new surroundings. We went for long walks; we washed our bodies and our clothes in the icy stream and every evening we feasted on new-laid eggs and fresh bread, in payment for which page 56 the country people accepted empty petrol tins. There was leave to Katerine, but on our arrival the Major had held a sort of quarter sessions to deal with the accumulated charges of a fortnight, as a result of which many were confined to barracks—what a phrase to use when we were living in the very shadow of Olympus in a wood crazy with birds! It was spring, too, and the mountain's snowcaps glinted like silver in the spring sunlight, which flowed over the foothills and slanted in bright bars between the tree-trunks. Drifting mauve and white clouds blundered against the snowcaps and descended on us in fine rain, making the stream chuckle fiercely among the boulders.
The enemy went away and there was nothing sinister any longer under the mountain in the clear sunshine. Spirits were high at that time; the whole green spring was only a breath away and the note was hope. Ours was the Woodpecker's attitude towards the war and we never doubted that it was shared by Generals Papagos and Wilson.4 Probably they whistled that gay tune (or felt like whistling it) at their conferences.
We had no newspapers and no wireless sets, and when Yugoslavia signed a protocol to the Berlin-Rome-Tokio pact on 25 March it is probable that only a dozen men in the company knew what had happened. A few days later a small group of our drivers was accosted by a Greek priest in a great state of excitement. Speaking page 57 in Greek and pointing to a Greek newspaper, he put it into our heads that Mussolini had been assassinated and that the whole of Italy was aflame. The drivers lost no time in passing on the good news. What he had been trying to tell them, perhaps, was that the Government of Yugoslavia had been overthrown and that General Simovitch, who had replaced the pro-Nazi Prince Paul, had pledged his country to neutrality.
When we heard the news we began to talk about leave in Athens.
On 2 April the company was ordered to unload its second-line holding of ammunition at Kilo 9 on the Larissa-Katerine road and report to Headquarters 81st Base Sub-area at Larissa.5 The whole company, with the exception of Workshops, which stayed where it was, moved the next day, pitching camp among smooth green hills a few miles from Larissa. That evening the Major was told that his transport would be needed for an indefinite period, and during the next five days and nights we carted ammunition, petrol, and rations from Larissa railhead to supply dumps near Servia, between forty and fifty miles north of Larissa, and to others still farther north on the far side of the Aliakmon River. These were for a mixed British, Australian, and New Zealand force—the Amyntaion detachment—that had been organised to fight a delaying action in the event of a German thrust from Yugoslavia.
We were employed in this manner when Germany invaded Greece and Yugoslavia on 6 April and swept away the last vestige of that agreeable feeling that we were guests at a Grecian picnic. We were ordered to carry arms at all times and to be on the alert for paratroops and fifth columnists. Everyone began to listen to and repeat page 58 alarming rumours: three New Zealand machine-gunners had not been heard of since a party of men dressed as Greek soldiers had lured them into a dark wood with promises of bread and eggs: two RASC drivers had died in agony after accepting a gift of cognac from a Greek shepherd. Probably neither of these stories—and there were scores like them—had any foundation, but can you wonder that the charming old gentleman who peddled tobacco leaves in our area became suddenly a sinister figure? That behind the tinkle of sheep bells we heard the clink of Lugers? We saw a party of Greek soldiers trooping silently against the skyline, purposeful, mysterious, a led mule in the midst of them, and we wondered….
We were still excited and eager—more so than ever—but the Woodpecker was glancing uneasily behind him, which was what the Germans had hoped he would be doing. André Maurois records that Jean Cocteau said to him after the disaster at Sedan: ‘All you see now on the roads of France are nuns winding on their puttees’.
On the night of 8-9 April—the night before the Germans occupied Salonika—we returned to the old area at Katerine, travelling without lights and with only the slanting rain showing ahead. We had been told to pick up our second-line holding of ammunition and bring it south. The Germans were driving swiftly through Yugoslavia and Macedonia and the New Zealand Division had been ordered back to the Olympus line—not really a line at all but a series of fortified positions running from the north-west corner of Greece, near Florina, to Mount Olympus.
The roads were so greasy that they might have been smeared with lard and it was so dark in the pass that the spare drivers had to stand on the running-board and give directions. Many of us had already taken out our windscreens in spite of the cold.
The next day we took our second-line holding to an area near Dolikhe, just south of the pass on the Larissa-Katerine road. Here we unloaded and stood by to assist with the withdrawal of part of the 6th Brigade from positions forward of Katerine to a reserve position north of Dolikhe. This job was done on the 10th and on the same day we sent a convoy to Gannokhora to salvage engineers' stores.
Meanwhile the Wehrmacht was winning battles. The Greeks, who in comparison with the Germans were fighting only with the weapons of the spirit, had been overwhelmed quickly in their fortress posi- page 59 tions near the frontier, and now the British, with too few troops to meet the attack in their hastily-prepared northern line, were withdrawing south to a shorter one. By the 11th the Amyntaion detachment, which for one had not withdrawn but had advanced, was fighting a delaying action against motorised troops and armour south-east of Florina near the Yugoslav and Albanian borders. It was outnumbered and could be expected to hold only for a little while.
We, of course, knew little or nothing of what was going on. As we saw it the deluded Germans were being allowed to hurl themselves against our impregnable positions at Servia and Olympus. Accordingly we tackled our salvage jobs with the comfortable feeling of making everything snug and shipshape enjoyed by the yachtsman as he heaves to—by Crusoe while securing his flocks.
On 11 April—by which time all New Zealand troops had withdrawn from the positions forward of Olympus with the exception of the Divisional Cavalry, one troop of the 5th Field Regiment, and a section of engineers—the Major, Captain Moon, and Second-Lieutenant Toogood took a convoy to Sphendami, nine miles north of Katerine, to salvage stores left behind by the 6th Brigade. While these were being loaded the Major received a message from the Divisional Cavalry asking him to supply transport for carting road metal. Some lorries had started for home already but the rest were put to work at once and by late evening the worst parts of the Cavalry's withdrawal route had been repaired. The lorries then went home—all, that is, except three. These, led by Major McGuire and Captain Moon and accompanied by a machine-gun party composed of A Section's ack-ack crew, set out for Aiginion, a village some seven miles north of Sphendami, where there were valuable stores that would have to be abandoned to the enemy unless they could be gathered up within a few hours. By the light of burning supply stacks the officers and drivers collected what was most valuable and by eleven o'clock that night the lorries were loaded to capacity. They headed southwards with fires bobbing behind them in the windy darkness.
The NZASC was functioning well at this time but the panzer divisions were also functioning well. There was a lot to take away and not much time. Colonel Crump, Commander NZASC, must have experienced all the sensations of a man who hurries down page 60 crowded streets with armfuls of Christmas shopping and has valuable parcels flung at him from all sides. The hour for destroying instead of salvaging was in sight.
For us it arrived on Easter Sunday, 13 April. That morning Captain Sampson took a convoy to Amyntaion near the Florina gap to pick up petrol from a dump in that neighbourhood. Unaware of the exact position of the dump he led the convoy right into Amyntaion just as a barrage was feeling its way towards that doomed village. It came marching down the hillsides by the Florina gap; it crossed Lake Petron and entered Amyntaion. Little time was lost in stopping and turning but shells were landing among the houses as the last lorries gathered speed. Early that evening—it was late afternoon when our lorries arrived—the Germans were to drive in great strength down the centre of the Veve Pass near Lake Petron and force a withdrawal.
The petrol was discovered about six miles down the Amyntaion-Servia road and as soon as the lorries were loaded our drivers turned their attention to the ration section of the dump. They were shown where the luxuries were stacked and told to help themselves. It was their first experience of what was to be known later as an ‘open slather’ and many of them were pink with excitement as they scrambled among the stacks, breaking open cases of tinned fruit, tinned vegetables, pickles, jam, tobacco, cigarettes. You just helped yourself. It was a childhood dream come true and for a quarter of an hour they behaved like greedy small boys. They stuffed their blouses with tins and threw cases on top of the loads of petrol.
Often, in the days that lay ahead, we were to be wet and cold, sick and sorry, tired and frightened—never hungry. Empty and half-empty tins of peas and beans and pears and raspberries were to mark the passage of our convoys. It is probably fair to say that from the day of the first ‘open slather’ until the day we left Greece most of us over-ate.
After our drivers had taken all they could cram into the lorries they were told to destroy what was left. It was forbidden to use fire so they spiked the petrol tins and poured kerosene over the food. While they were doing this they were ordered away by British officers who wanted the area for their guns.
The drive back to Dolikhe was unpleasant. There was mud page 61 everywhere and the road was jammed by British armour. It was snowing too. The petrol was dumped south of the Portas Pass for the 6th Australian Division and the 4th Brigade, and it was well after midnight before our drivers got home.
They slept uneasily—‘cramm'd with distressful bread’.
After a week of rain and snow and cold winds Easter Sunday dawned bright and clear, promising fine weather. By midday our sodden hillside was drying out well. If the rain held off, we prophesied, the RAF would be able to knock hell out of the German columns.
After a big lunch of tinned meat, pickles, and fruit salad—in every section the cook's lorry was well stocked now—a convoy left to pick up the 26th Battalion at its reserve position a few miles north of our area and take it by way of Servia to a debussing point west of the nearby Portas Pass. From there the infantry would march eight miles to occupy a part of the line overlooking the village of Rymnion and the Aliakmon River.
By this time the battle for Portas Pass had begun. The Luftwaffe had opened it that morning with bombers and fighters. The Divisional Cavalry, in its position forward of Olympus, was also in action.
Those of us who stayed in camp hung out our blankets to dry in the bright sunshine, washed our clothes, kicked footballs. It was a lovely afternoon and the sunshine was spilling over the foothills by the Olympus Pass like golden syrup. At afternoon-tea time there came a hollow coughing from below the nearest of these hills, and a number of white puffs, like dabs of cotton wool, appeared on a level with the hilltops. Then we saw a flight of black Stukas come falling out of the sky. None of us had seen Stukas in action before and for a moment we wondered if they had been shot down. Then we saw black mushrooms of smoke materialising around the Bofors emplacements. After they had dropped their bombs the Stukas climbed back into the sky. Then the Messerschmitts came, diving and climbing among the woolly puffs with tremendous energy. They were followed by more Stukas, which stood on their yellow noses and fell like plummets towards the gun emplacements. A single woolly puff appeared high above them and the guns were silent. After a while the Stukas and Messerschmitts turned north page 62 and disappeared over the mountains. The smoke drifted away from where the guns had been and presently there was nothing to show, in all that sunny afternoon, that a raid had occurred.
Chattering like monkeys, the drivers came down from their vantage points. A Section's cooks went back to their interrupted task of cornering and killing a large porker that had been driven into a gully. Washing was resumed and the footballs were brought out again. It was still a lovely day. There was a sound—you could hear if you listened carefully—that suggested that other and larger footballs were being punted about beyond the mountains: Pomp! Pomp! Pomp! Pomp! Anti-aircraft guns were in action.
The drivers who had been with the 26th Battalion returned to camp. They had been dive-bombed but without damage or casualties.
Easter Monday was another lovely day.
A convoy set out to collect ammunition from a field supply depot south of Servia for delivery to Australians on the Servia front. It was not an easy trip. The earth was still ours but the Germans had already conquered the skies and there was no safety any more. Schools of Dorniers in the kind of formations you see in an aquarium swam sedately over the mountains and dropped their loads on bridges and gun positions. Slim Messerschmitts, like furious wasps, flew along the valleys and above the roads, stabbing spitefully at traffic blocks and convoys. These were our particular enemies—these and the bright-nosed, crooked-winged, black-spatted Stukas, with their swinish squeals, their mad zest, their Gadarene plunge.
The traffic was thick on the roads and it was difficult to keep any distance between the lorries. The spare driver rode behind the cab and watched the skies. As soon as he saw aircraft he banged hard on the roof. The lorry jerked to a stop and both drivers tumbled into the ditch or ran into the waist-high crops and lay quiet and quaking. As soon as the aircraft had passed the lorries moved on. The idea was to save your life without holding up the traffic more than you could help.
After one heavy raid Wally Mosen6 was the first to get to his feet and the first to return to his lorry. A fighter-bomber, following page 63 in the wake of the main wave, came up the valley strafing and Wally, who was one of the most popular drivers in B Section, was killed by an explosive bullet.
After delivering their loads the drivers headed for home, very thankful to have got rid of their ammunition. A fork in the road was now under German observation and it was being shelled, but the lorries rushed through at wide intervals and all got safely past.
The convoy was machine-gunned again and Jim Nichols7 and Dave Forbes8 were wounded—Jim in the forehead and Dave badly in the thigh. Both were on the same B Section lorry.
It was sundown by the time the company area was reached and everyone was very tired and shaken. It was a new area, those of us who had stayed at home having moved four miles down the road in the afternoon. We, too, had something to talk about. No sooner had we settled in than half a dozen bombers, flying close and fast like wild geese, had appeared from the east. They were quite low and there was a clicking of rifle bolts as we got ready to engage them. As soon as they were within range the rifles began to crack, sounding under the beat of engines like snapping twigs. We were too excited to feel afraid, and when the first bomb started to whistle down one or two of us had our rifles pointed straight up in the air and were almost over-balancing. The bombs came striding across the paddock, punching great brown holes in the soft ground, but the only casualties were two sheep.
That evening we told stories of our escapes and gathered in the last sunshine to examine a lorry that had been towed in with bullet holes in cab and windscreen.
In A Section's ack-ack truck, Percy Sanders and Jim Stanley9 were loading Bren magazines. The floor of the truck was littered with shell cases.
Presently shadows covered everything—the bomb craters, the two dead sheep, the faithful Bedfords—and everyone who was not on picket duty turned in. We had a feeling that we should be wise to lay in a supply of sleep.
2 Maj S. F. Toogood, m.i.d.; theatre manager; Wellington; born Wellington, 4 Apr 1916; Ammunition officer 2 NZ Division Sep 1941-Feb 1946.
3 The chief appointments on 2 March were: Company headquarters, Maj McGuire, Capt R. C. Gibson (posted 22 Jan 41), WO II W. L. Dillon (appointed CSM 10 Nov 40); A Section, Capt Moon, 2 Lt S. F. Toogood (attached 28 Feb 41); B Section, Capt Sampson; C Section, Capt Torbet, 2 Lt Fenton; Workshops, Lt Aitken.
The following had left us: Lt Roberts (appointed OC Base Training Depot, NZASC, Dec 40), Lt Radford (posted to HQ Command NZASC, 16 Dec 40), WO II Colton (posted to OCTU, 10 Nov 40).
4 Commanders-in-Chief of the Greek and British forces respectively.
5 Second-line holding of Divisional Ammunition Company of three sections each carrying ammunition for an infantry brigade and for one-third of divisional troops units: 5400 rounds of 25-pounder ammunition for 72 guns,* 2304 rounds of 2-pounder anti-tank ammunition for 48 guns, 18,000 rounds of .55 anti-tank ammunition for 360 rifles,† 390,000 rounds of .303 ammunition for 1360 light machine guns,† 42,000 rounds of .303 ammunition for 28 medium machine guns, 7000 rounds of .5 ammunition for 28 heavy machine guns, 320,000 rounds of .303 ammunition for 8000 rifles,† 8400 rounds of .38 ammunition for 1400 pistols,† 1296 bombs (HE and smoke) for 18 three-inch mortars, 5184 bombs (HE and smoke) for 108 two-inch mortars, 1620 grenades, 1800 rounds for 300 signal pistols,† five tons of miscellaneous explosives, and 1000 active and 1000 dummy anti-tank mines. Total loads: 57 3-ton, 12 30-cwt.
* Scale per weapon: 53 rounds HE, 17 smoke, 5 AP.
6 Dvr W. V. Mosen; lorry driver; born Raetihi, 6 May 1916; killed in action 14 Apr 1941.
7 Dvr J. Nichols; labourer; Matamata; born Auckland, 12 Jan 1912; wounded and p.w., Apr 1941.
8 Dvr D. C. Forbes; general store-keeper; Hamilton; born Scotland, 20 Jan 1904; wounded and p.w., Apr 1941.
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I love this morning’s parable of the Wedding Feast—the way Luke tells it. Matthew’s version, not so much!
Matthew’s version challenges so much of what I believe about God’s graciousness, God’s invitation to be part of God’s community. It pushes against the parts of me that make serving a Lutheran church so comfortable—my conviction that salvation is all about God’s gracious call, that we do nothing to earn God’s love and acceptance.
Fortunately, scholars generally believe Luke’s version is closer to the original, and Matthew ‘tweaks’ it a bit to fit the community for whom he was recording it. Remember, the Gospels were not written down until a long time after the events they record. The letters of Paul were written first. The Gospels were not written down until after AD 70, when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem to put an end to rebellion. The loss of the Temple was cataclysmic for that community, it shook the foundations of Jewish faith, and caused those who followed Jesus to break away from their roots. It also led those Jesus-followers to start writing down the stories that would eventually become the Gospels. Until AD 70, they had been able to tell those “Jesus stories” to one another in person. But after the fall of Jerusalem they were scattered all around the Roman Empire. They wrote them down, and as they developed into separate communities, they began to reflect on things he said a little differently, seeing them through the lens of their own experiences.
Each Gospel reveals the writer’s underlying bias or purpose. Mark, believed to be the first, has a sense of urgency in it. Everything happens IMMEDIATELY! and the narrative is a little choppier. (The writer of the Gospel according to Mark could have used a good editor.) The Gospel according to Luke was written with Gentile converts to Christianity in mind. Jewish word and customs are often translated or explained, and we see a much more ‘global’ Jesus, one who interacts with Gentiles and strangers more comfortably and freely, and a much more ‘social justice’ Jesus, who reaches out to the marginalized.
The Gospel according to Matthew, from which our readings are taken for lectionary year A, was written for Jewish Christians (yes, that may sound odd to us), people who had been born into Judaism but had become followers of Jesus.
Matthew needs them to shift their primary allegiance away from the old traditions, leadership, and interpretations of Jewish Law to Jesus, and to the things he taught and did. But Matthew keeps as much of their familiar framework as possible. Matthew gives guidelines for how to be community of faith in this new, post-Temple world, and so is a lot more critical of Jewish leadership. Matthew needs to hold the Jewish leadership accountable for the terrible things that have happened, so that others can see hope and new life in this Jesus Movement, and Matthew keeps the idea of judgment in front of them, so that they’ll stay on the straight-and-narrow and survive the chaos that followed the destruction of Jerusalem by staying in community with one another.
Matthew is not my favorite Gospel. As I said earlier I much prefer the way Luke tells this parable: there’s no violence or harsh judgment, it’s a parable about God’s desire to include the “undesirable”—the poor, the lame, the sick, the outcast—which is Luke’s underlying bias.
So why is it so different in the Gospel of Matthew? It has shifted it to more of an allegory, where each character/action relates to something in life. So we are to see the “king” is God, the wedding party is the Community of God, the slaves sent with invitation are the prophets, the people who reject the invitation are those who have rejected Jesus, particularly leadership of Israel. This bias against Jewish leadership has had tragic consequences in the two millennia since it was written, and I imagine the writer of this Gospel might tone the rhetoric down if he knew what would be done with it—but in Matthew, Jesus passes pretty harsh judgment on those who have failed to fulfill the covenant with God.
And the city that is destroyed is Jerusalem.
Matthew is trying to help them process this devastating event, to find meaning in it. I don’t like how he does that—he sees it as God’s judgment on them, a la Jerry Falwell—but I recognize what he’s doing. Something horrible has happened, and he’s looking for a way to give them a sense of hope and new purpose. So he offers an interpretation that may sound familiar to us, in these days following hurricane, flood, earthquake and fire. In Matthew’s world view, it’s simple: reject the invitation, come up with flimsy excuses why you can’t participate in God’s purposes for the world and live with the consequences. Accept the invitation, participate in God’s Feast, and all is well.
And that’s lovely, of course…until you get to that second part, that “parable within a parable” about the guy without the right clothes. (Generations of uncomfortable “Sunday Best” clothing can be tracked back to this parable!) I don’t think it’s about what actually wear on Sunday, of course. But what does it mean? What is Matthew’s point in adding this extra chapter to the parable of the Wedding Feast?
Theories abound, some good, some not so good. And although I don’t like the way it’s phrased, I think there is an important message in it, particularly for American Christians today, who too often act like ‘getting saved’ is having your ticket for heaven punched, so you can rest easy about what’s going to happen to your eternal soul, but don’t have to think much about what you do in the meantime.
Matthew’s version of the Wedding Feast says that it’s not that simple. There is a complicated balance of grace and responsibility. Grace has brought us through the door—but we have a responsibility to put God’s grace to good use, to share this good news we’ve received. Do we reflect joy at being included? Do we allow ourselves to be transformed, changed? Do we become people of celebration and gratitude? Do we look for ways to extend grace to others? Or do we walk around this party as though we were still toiling away? If we don’t “put on Christ” we’ve missed the point. We may be standing in the middle of the feast, but we’re not participating. We’re not part of it, and we might as well be outside weeping and gnashing our teeth.
We can be in the middle of a wedding feast and be in hell because we aren’t able to enjoy it, and we can be in prison and write words of such beauty and joy that people remember and cherish them 2000 years later. | 2019-04-20T04:19:54 | http://christchurchnorway.me/2017/10/17/october-15-2017/ |
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Danke für deine Anfrage. wir werden dich benachrichtigen, sobald Souplesse Base Layer - Sleeveless erhältlich ist. | 2019-04-18T13:34:11 | https://www.rapha.cc/at/de/shop/souplesse-base-layer-sleeveless/product/WSB07SL |
randomness that is… putting “you” first.
How can I teach children to dream if I’m not following my own?
How can I tell children they can be whatever they want to be if I’m not living to what I believe is my full potential?
How can I give my all to children who need that and more, when I’m not really sure of my own purpose?
Those are all questions that came to mind when I decided not to return to the field of teaching early childhood education.
Actually, it was a little more than that.
randomness that is… the “have to” method.
So talking to bae one day (shoutout to bae by the way), I found myself using “have to” to a lot. You “have to” do this. This isn’t a want to, this is a “have to”. And no I wasn’t only scolding him about having to put his clothes away, or something like that. We were actually discussing how the “have to” method is more of a mindset needed for personal development.
We all have things we don’t want to do, things we know won’t stop the world if they aren’t accomplished, but what would happen if you turned those want to’s – and don’t wan’t to’s – into “have to’s”? | 2019-04-23T14:17:55 | https://actuallyitsalexandra.com/category/unsolicited-advice/ |
Kenny Ali serves up a lyrical filled record today titled, “Horizon”. The Mid-West rapper delivers a new piece of work with statements directed towards anyone doubting Ali and his vision. With some witty punchlines and crafty lyrics the artist continues to prove that his lyrical ability is above average. Kenny has a solid record to vibe out to with a laid back instrumental produced by Kevin Deane that includes some soothing vocals punched in from Kisharra B. | 2019-04-22T00:48:06 | http://mechanicaldummy.com/2015/01/kenny-ali-ft-kisharra-b-horizon/ |
The newest cabin in the area. Built in 2006 with all the amenities you might expect to find at home. Nestled among tall Ponderosa Pines in a remote area north of Young, AZ, enjoy 7 acres of heavily forested private land and several additional acres of adjacent National Forest Service land. Drive up or fly in to experience the perfect long vacation or a weekend/weekday getaway in an affordable log style vacation rental cabin located just south of Woods Canyon Lake, near the Mogollon Rim, southeast of Payson and southwest of Heber, Arizona. Fully stocked with kitchen utensils, bedroom and bathroom supplies. Bring food, clothing and personal items. That's all you need! R.V. hookups are available with an accompanying cabin rental.
Advanced reservations are required. Book reservations online.
Please verify all details with owner before booking.
Located along Highway 288 in Young, this family owned cabin lies on an historic 400-acre ranch. Whether you are in search of family fun or looking for a romantic retreat, you will find peace and quiet here in your home away from home. The cabin itself is surrounded by hundreds of acres of private land at a comfortable elevation of just over 5000 ft. Young is located 26 miles from Highway 260, about an hour and a half drive from Payson. Close to several major fishing lakes and creeks, hiking trails, and campgrounds. This is the spot to be for outdoor fun and relaxation. Dirt road travel is required sometimes 4x4 also. If you have never been to Young, please call for specific driving directions.
Located at the south end of town, there are two cabins available for rent. Look for the sign on the west side of Highway 288 just before you leave Young. Just south of The Antlers Cafe and Bar. We will update this listing once we have more information. For now, please call the manager for all the details.
Located close to the center of town. Amenities include: full kitchen, furnished with all cooking supplies, living room, couch, recliners, hida bed, electric fireplace, bedroom with queen size bed , walk in tile shower, with restroom separate from shower, nice front porch for relaxing and looking at the mountain views, small bedroom off kitchen for extra beds, extremely clean and comfortable, air conditioning, cable wifi, video library, historic videos and books on our historic pleasant valley war, large brinkman grill, picnic table, firepit for campfire under the stars galileo telescope for looking at the stars.
No added tax. No Cleaning Fees. No Pet Fees. Book reservations by phone.
Would you like your cabin, motel or RV Park to show here? Email the webmaster with the information necessary to complete a listing. We will add your property for free!
We are a small ten unit motel in a small historic ranching town. I built the motel myself fourteen years ago and personally take care of ever aspect of the business including cleaning and individually decorating each room. Customers are very important to me and can expect to be treated like family. Each room has a fireplace, full coffee maker, fridge, and Direct TV. Otherwise, Young is a great place to relax in the country, go hunting or hiking, or get a big dose of Arizona History and the Pleasant Valley War! We will update this listing once we have more information. For now, please call the owner for all the details.
R.V hookups available. Overnite, week, monthly, yearly rates. Please contact manager for details. We will update this listing once we have more information. For now, please call the owner for all the details. | 2019-04-19T08:25:05 | http://youngaz.com/Stay |
Rail allows each nation to extend the movement of their ground units each turn. Each nation may move up to 2 ground units from one rail station to another during the non-combat movement phase. There is no limit to the distance these units may travel, only number of units allowed to use the rail. An uninterrupted line of controlled territories must connect rail stations. Only units that have not moved during any other phase may use rail. Units may not move prior to, or after using rail. For gaming purposes a nation may only use rail stations and railroad they control.
Rail stations may be built in any territory controlled for at least 1 round. It is not required for these units to be built in factory locations. As the non-combat movement phase precedes the place units phase, newly purchased rail stations and railroad markers may not be used the same turn they are purchased.
Rail stations and railroad may be captured by enemy nations. Players must maintain control of captured rail for one full turn before they are allowed to use them. Players may destroy their own rail stations and railroad, however this must be done during the controlling players turn. Players may attempt to destroy enemy rail stations with strategic bombing. Apply same rules for strategic bombing. | 2019-04-22T06:59:11 | https://www.shapeways.com/product/QYCZ5FYEU/rail-depot?optionId=63383248 |
If you have children, they are the very first thought that flashes before you when considering separation or divorce. Their happiness, health, and best interests should remain at the forefront of your proceedings, and at the Trugman Law Group APC, our Beverly Hills, Southern California child support attorney will ensure that remains true by pursuing the best financial care agreement available.
At Trugman Law Group APC, our Beverly Hills child support lawyer has represented parents in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and Riverside County who are involved in child support disputes and require the superior legal representation that will allow their children live their best lives in the State of California.
How Is Child Support Determined in Southern California?
The California Legislature provides an outline of the reasons why child support is issued in the state, and its reasons are sensical to everyone involved: Each parent’s most important obligation is to support their children – before and after a divorce.
These obligations are further investigated and weighed when determining the overall amount to be paid through each parent’s abilities to care for their children physically, emotionally, and financially.
How Long Are Parents Ordered to Pay Child Support?
According to the California Department of Child Support Services, parents who are paying child support are mandated to do so until the child turns 18 years old. If the child is 18, but still in high school and living with the custodial parent, the payments will continue until s/he graduates or turns 19.
How Can Trugman Law Group APC Help Me Get the Financial Support I Need for My Child?
At the Trugman Law Group APC, our Beverly Hills child support attorney understands that the details behind your child’s quality of life are the driving factors in pursuing financial care.
Our experienced Beverly Hills child support attorney will ensure that each avenue of income is accounted for before the final payment determination is made.
When these figures are not made available immediately, our Beverly Hills child support attorney will investigate their existence through our partnerships with forensic accounting specialists to ensure the whole of your child’s needs are fully covered.
Can Parents Determine Child Support Arrangements Without the Courts Reviewing the Agreement?
When parents can agree upon an amount, the frequency of payments, and the duration, they do not have to appear in court to solidify their child support agreement in California. At Trugman Law Group APC, our Beverly Hills child support attorney works closely with parents who would like to keep their family matters private – and outside of a courtroom. When this is possible, our Beverly Hills child support law firm will support our client through the negotiations while providing stellar legal guidance that leaves no detail to chance.
Our Beverly Hills child support lawyer will create a legally binding document that will be signed by both parties and kept on file. Should one party forego their legal obligations, as outlined in the child support agreement, it can be used before a judge for enforcement purposes.
Even if parents are unable to come to an agreement right away, our Beverly Hills child support attorney will enter mediation to resolve any disputes outside of the courtroom. When child support can be determined through mediation, a legally binding contract will be signed by both parties and is enforceable through the courts.
If an agreement cannot be made between the parents, a judge will determine the outcome through a court proceeding where all applicable terms are outlined by our Beverly Hills child support attorney and taken into consideration for his or her ruling. Our courtroom experience is second to none in Southern California, which allows our clients the confidence they need to move forward with more stringent demands.
If you have children and are currently separated or going through a divorce, child support is a large factor in how you proceed with your child’s care, and our Beverly Hills, Southern California child support attorney can help you identify their overall needs with an initial phone call to the Trugman Law Group APC at (310) 273-8834. Your child’s well-being and overall quality of life are directly influenced by the child support you receive. Do not settle for less. Call the Trugman Law Group APC today. | 2019-04-19T16:54:15 | https://www.trugmanlawgroup.com/practice-areas/child-support-attorney-los-angeles/ |
CORTEN is a specialised product made from of a group of steel and alloy materials. When it is left unprotected or sealed and exposed to the elements it will develop a very unique rust patina. The Corten Steel was originally developed for its versatile strength and its earthy rust finish has made it a popular building material for facades and art pieces. Despite the corrosion on the surface of CORTEN Steel, the material still contains twice the tensile strength to that of mild steel making it an ideal structural building material as well. | 2019-04-19T06:40:59 | https://www.decorativescreensdirect.com.au/corten-steel-decorative-screens/ |
A bed or it is red?
Why are you making it tense”?
Do I take undue pride? | 2019-04-24T14:19:21 | http://www.empiricallyinnovative.com/2018/05/i-stand.html |
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"Take any one song and Edelmann is its master. Perhaps over the whole sequence one could wish for still more variety of vocal colour, but then on disc we are really not obliged to hear the whole cycle at a sitting, since Brahms expected only a few of these songs to be done at a time."
"The son of famed bass-baritone Otto Edelmann, Paul not only has a lovelier voice (but is no less fine an artist) but is even more handsome than his father—a potent combination nowadays when visual attractiveness counts nearly as much as acting skills and vocal ability."
"There is also an element of emotional sincerity in Mr. Edelmann's performance that makes his Eisenstein unusually sympathetic ..."
"Paul Armin Edelmann is the perfect song-poet with a wonderfully balanced and seamless voice; a dreamy, soft legato binding every phrase, text and music in an exemplary manner into a single unit of song and story. A feast for the ears."
"Paul Armin Edelmann as Allazim wound his beautiful baritone voice effortlessly through the registers, the pianissimi cleanly audible and his articulation deft and clear -- with his acting a joy to watch as well."
"Paul Armin Edelmann sang the Count with ease, a polished style and richly varied phrasing."
"Paul Armin Edelmann, son of Otto Edelmann, made for an honorable Conte who sang the aria 'Vedro' with the requisite authority."
"...Edelmann's Conte glittered with a round register, crisp enunciation and powerful projection... "
"Paul Armin Edelmann has a lyrical baritone timbre and a youthful, well-focused voice."
"Paul Armin Edelmann (son of the famous Otto) was an excellent Conte, well-played and powerful."
"The Viennese baritone Paul Armin Edelmann sang Count Almaviva with a noble and richly colored voice."
"The true stars of the evening were world-class soprano Chen Reiss and her baritone colleague Paul A. Edelmann, who presented Schumann's Lieder in the extremely sound interpretative style one so rarely experiences. Worked out to the last detail, one could still understand every word in the farthest row of the hall. In addition, excellent acoustics ensured that none of the vocal quality offered by these exceptional singers was lost."
"The Austrian baritone Paul A. Edelmann, a "Papageno" and "Eisenstein" of international repute, impressed with a powerful, energetic voice, and knew how placing grim stresses (Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan No.1) and painful ones (Aus den hebräischen Gesängen) contrasted with tenderly flattering piano (Zwei venetianische Lieder), aggressive emphasis (Hauptmanns Weib) and hovering legato (Du bist wie eine Blume). The warmth of a manly, sonorous voice was again used to most beautiful effect."
"Paul Armin Edelmann in the leading role embodies it with assurance and passion. He is an artist of international repute and captivates with wonderful professionalism."
"Viennese Paul Armin Edelmann delivers a lush, lithe Orfeo whose great musicality and warm vocal timbre artistically makes the most of every nuance."
"There were also wonderful singer-actors: Paul Armin Edelmann sang a playful but powerfully masculine Eisenstein."
"Paul Armin Edelmann, the only Austrian in the ensemble, is a handsome, maturely experienced, relaxed and naturally fluent presence as Eisenstein, equipped with a powerful baritone featuring robust tenorlike highs."
"Gabriel von Eisenstein's role was rendered by Paul Armin Edelmann with elegance, a restrained Viennese humor, and a baritone secure on the highs."
"A pair of really notable vocal performances stood out. One was the Eisenstein of native Viennese Paul Armin Edelmann, in terms of both voice and theatrical presence the equal of an Eberhard Waechter."
"All the roles were glossily handled; Paul Armin Edelmann sang his Eisenstein with near-lyrical beauty."
"Paul Armin Edelmann made a flexible and powerful Eisenstein."
"...Much depends on the singers' ability to set the mood so essential to a successful Fledermaus, and these singers were highly acceptable actors as well. This was especially true for Paul Armin Edelmann as Eisenstein."
"Not merely dominating the stage but ruling it, in top vocal form, is Paul Armin Edelmann as Papageno."
"Above all, Paul Armin Edelmann's fabulous Papageno does Mozart credit in every possible way."
"From the start of the opera spectacle, excellent soloists were in play; baritone Paul Armin Edelmann bore off the palm, closely followed by Staatsopera regular Walter Fink as a powerfully-voiced Sarastro."
"Paul Armin Edelmann was a Papageno with a great voice and lots of humor and playfulness."
"Paul Armin Edelmann's hilarious Papageno had the audience eating out of his hand, and his singing was distinguished by deep firm tone and impeccable control. In their tender Act One duet, he and Huang Ying's exquisitely lyrical Pamina gave an object lesson in singing Mozart."
"Standing out from the rest of the ensemble is Paul Armin Edelmann, whose performance as Don Giovanni features both a polished delivery and a timbre both virile and manly; displaying both dramatic and vocal agility in a most attractive title performance."
"Dublin recently witnessed the debut of a new "Don Giovanni" from Austria. Paul Armin Edelmann, recognised as a first-class new singer since his 2007 'Christmas in Vienna' appearance alongside Elena Garanca, took on one of the most demanding opera roles and proved he was ideally cast. This stylish charmer has all he needs to make women weak at the knees - he flatters, he radiates joie de vivre, he struts like a rooster, he's got a sense of humour; and he trumps it all with his velvet baritone voice."
"The opera stage has set a new standard for "Don Giovanni"! Those who saw the last 'Christmas in Vienna' concert, where Edelmann performed superbly alongside Elina Garanca and Juan Diego Florez, won't be surprised by the huge success of the new Don Giovanni in Dublin. If you want drama, then this seducer's voice flatters and entices from the outset: he sings the serenade like a Schubert lied, the champagne aria like a pop-song, and holds that high A in the finale. When it comes to "that certain something," performers either have it or they don't - and Paul Armin has it in abundance!"
"The visual and auditory wonder of Elina Garancia's radiant Mezzo voice harmonised beautifully with the melting voice of tenor Juan Diego Florez, and equally so in every way matching all of them the baritone voice of Paul Armin Edelmann and the brilliantly lyrical voice of Genia Kühmeier."
"As regards Danilo, [Edelmann] is not just a very handsome man, but a handsome Viennese. He makes you really believe in his portrayal of Danilo. With his soothing and refreshing baritone voice, he not only wins the heart of 'Hanna' but also the hearts of all the audience members."
"Paul Armin Edelmann, singing 'Count Danilo' is vocally a special performer who not only sings with a round, full, bright timbre, but takes you in from the first moment he sings the opening aria for this leading part."
"'Count Danilo', 'Hanna Glawari''s old flame, projects the right combination of youthful recklessness and full bodied baritone timbre. He gives the 'good-for-nothing' character charm and passion."
"The 'Papageno' of Paul Armin Edelmann, son of legendary baritone Otto Edelmann, was the sole saving grace of the performance. The younger Edelmann's voice has a beautiful sheen, like a bass clarinet, and he uses it well. "
"In an exquisite, intimate setting, baritone P. A. Edelmann sang early Schubert songs, accompanied by the delicate fingers of Barbara Moser at the piano. Here is a singer not to be missed: Edelmann's youthful baritone has a particular beauty and warmth, and he is an especially charming interpreter of ardent springtime mood and melancholy yearning. Later he sang Tosti and Respighi, and as in the Schubert, the total commitment of the artist was a pleasure as his elegantly-balanced, agile voice matched song to text."
"...Paul Armin Edelmann is a high baritone or perhaps "baritenor", usefully for his burgeoning operetta career -- with the ability to float high-flying phrases. He boasts sterling diction and a forthright approach to text. Edelmann sang Wolf (Three Songs to Poems by Michelangelo), enjoyably done) and Schubert: "Musensohn" blended youthful exuberance and fresh tone with particular aptness. ...His is a genuinely attractive voice; given his enthusiasm and charm, one sees why Frankfurt and San Diego have signed [Edelmann] for Papageno."
"Paul Armin Edelmann's "Papageno" was mimetically, dramatically and vocally outstanding."
"The Vienna State Opera has a new Papageno; Paul Armin Edelmann made a brilliant debut. He captured the audience with his well-trained, resonant voice that was up to any transformation, and his infectious acting talent made his performance thoroughly entertaining without ever becoming pushy. We should watch to see what this charismatic artist will be up to next."
"Paul Armin Edelmann is a very Viennese Papageno -- cute and with a beautiful voice, and he shows how to be entertaining without overdoing it."
Especially the artist playing Papageno caused a bit of a stir - it was Paul Armin Edelmann (son of the famous Otto Edelmann) making his debut at the State Opera. And a very successful debut it was, too, as Edelmann not only possesses a beautiful baritone voice, but is also a highly talented comedy actor."
"The sensation of the evening was Paul Armin Edelmann, who played the comical 'birdlike' figure knowing how to bring out all the qualities, nuances and expectations this role demands: a warm baritone voice, a good sense of humour, a playful talent with a good sense of acting complimented by a touch of Viennese charm."
"Franz Hawlata and Paul Armin Edelamnn were both in good voice, and both exceeded in displaying humour and spontaneity."
"Excellent: the singers: Eva Mei, Patricia Petibon, Markus Schäfers (a real Mozart tenor), Paul Armin Edelmann singing with a smooth Baritone voice and Franz Hawlata possessing a profound Bass voice."
"Paul Armin Edelmann is a baritone of exceptional class. He has sung more than 40 roles from the Operatic and Operette repertoire and also sings Oratorio and Art Song. To his recital in Graffenegg he brought a quality seldom heard in Respighi and Tosti. His voice has a rare and distinctive melting quality, a lightness, a full top, that in piano dynamics does not sound stressed. Barbara Moser not only accompanied him but helped shape and mould every song with him. A gorgeous evening!" | 2019-04-22T07:15:13 | https://www.paul-armin-edelmann.com/5-1-Reviews.html |
A Dong Son style drum was discovered in the northeast province of Thai Nguyen in Vietnam.
When upgrading a road in Dong Hy district, northern Thai Nguyen, the workers found the drum with a height of 30 cm, top diameter of36 cm, bottom diameter of 45 cm and weight of 12 kg. The Thai Nguyen Museum assumed that the bronze is 2,000-3,000 years old, and belongs to a period in the Dong Son Culture.
Previous Post: You mean the Hobbit’s a clown now? | 2019-04-22T14:09:33 | http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2008/04/21/dong-son-drum-found-in-northeast-vietnam/ |
First Stand – the stand and feeder we took care of first was my dads stand. This is a simple tri-pod stand wrapped in a camo tarp and burlap.
About 100 yards from the stand is a deer feeder. The feeder is 55 gallon drum on three legs, a lid to keep the rain out, and a spinner on the bottom of the drum.
Dad backed his truck up to the feeder, I stood on the bed, took the lid off, checked the corn level, then put 6 bags of deer corn in the feeder.
The 6 volt battery was a little low on its charge, so we put a new battery on the motor. Feeders have a test setting, you push the test button for a few seconds, then there is a 10 second count-down. The motor spins just like it would during its time to go off.
Dads stand was in rather bad shape. The tarp was tearing in places, the boards holding the roof up had rotted through and some vines had grown up through the stand.
I climbed into the tri-pod, then used some cable ties to hold the tarp up. Some of the rotten boards were removed. From the looks of things, the framework will have to be reworked after this hunting season.
After we finished the stand and feeder, Dad and I drove to the top of the hill to the next feeder and stand. | 2019-04-26T00:48:53 | http://www.survivalboards.com/tag/deer-stand/ |
Cairo, NY (January 4, 2019) – A woman was tragically struck and killed by a motor vehicle on Thursday evening, January 4, in Cairo. The deadly collision took place at around 6:00 p.m. when the victim, now identified as 67-year-old Darla Vincent, was struck by a car operated by an unidentified 35-year-old man.
According to police, deputies responded to the area of Main Street, in the vicinity of Railroad Avenue, to evaluate the incident. The driver of the vehicle involved was reported to have been traveling eastbound along Main Street when Vincent appeared to have stepped in front of his vehicle for unknown reasons.
Emergency medical crews were dispatched to the accident site, however, it was not stated as to whether or not Vincent had been transported to a hospital or pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators do not believe that drugs or alcohol played a role in the incident.
Our sincere condolences are wholeheartedly extended to the loved ones of Darla Vincent, first and foremost. Tragically, New York pedestrian accidents are commonly fatal or at least seriously injurious because of the vulnerability of the victim at the time of impact. While it can be horrendously difficult, it is essential for the loved ones of a deceased victim to know that they may have the right to file for compensation following their loss.
At Hach & Rose, our New York accident attorneys can greatly assist you along the regularly complex path toward obtaining financial reimbursement. Our lawyers are absolutely passionate about holding careless drivers and other negligent entities accountable for their actions. If you have lost a loved one in a New York pedestrian accident, please don’t hesitate to call 212-779-0057 today. | 2019-04-20T16:57:22 | https://www.unionlawfirm.com/blog/2019/01/05/cairo-ny-police-investigating-pedestrian-accident-that-killed-woman-near-intersection/ |
This is your resource to memory care in Waterford, CA. Memory care communities provide housing and care for people age 65 and older with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. Memory care enables seniors with memory impairment to stay as active and engaged as possible, while living in a dignified, safe and supervised environment. Our local Senior Living Advisors are widely knowledgeable about memory care in Waterford, CA and surrounding areas. After an initial assessment, your advisor will send you a list of memory care facilities that fit your loved one's essential requirements for care and living preferences, as well as your family's finances.
The official website for the city of Waterford is http://cityofwaterford.org.
Waterford is represented by City council Mayor Michael Van Winkle,and City manager Ken Krause, and.
Waterford, California is the eighth largest city in Stanislaus County, California, United States. The population was 8,456 at the 2010 census, up from 6,924 as of the 2000 census. Waterford is part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Expertly prepared meals are provided to residents, an occupational therapist visits and helps residents, resident parking is available to residents who drive, this community provides complimentary transportation, and the staff speaks Russian in the community.
Rooms have a private bath, high tech wander guards can prevent residents from exiting the property, hospice is an option available at this location, the staff speaks Croatian in the community, and the staff speaks Spanish at this location.
Appetizing and healthy meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, they serve vegetarian food at Pacifica Senior Living Modesto, caring nurses are on staff to help you, the property has a nurse that is able to administer injectable medicine, and hospice is an option available at this location.
Delicious and wholesome meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, the minimum allowable age of residents is 55, staff can help residents monitor their blood sugar, St. Francis Assisted Care has the capacity to resolve any aggression that residents may have, and wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location.
The minimum allowable age of residents is 60, residents can self manage their diabetes, caregivers at Blossom Home Care II can address potential disorientation presented by residents, caregiver employees can deal with any wandering issues memory care residents may have, and hospice is an option available at this location.
Delicious and healthy meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, caregivers at Orangeburg Manor are trained to spot potential disorientation presented by residents, staff is trained to deal with any wandering behaviors that might present themselves handled, this community provides complimentary transportation, and respite care is offered.
Delicious meals are provided to residents, the minimum allowable age of residents is 60, an occupational therapist visits and helps residents, transportation is available for additional cost, and wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location.
Full-service medication administration is available, hospice is an option available at this location, respite care is offered, the staff speaks Spanish at this location, and this community was built in 1988.
Residents can self manage their diabetes, high tech wander guards can prevent residents from exiting the property, respite care is offered, the staff speaks Romanian in the community, and this location was renovated in 2007.
Residents can self manage their diabetes, Guardian Angel Home Care II can handle behavioral issues that some residents might be inclined to, this community provides complimentary transportation, the staff speaks Portuguese in the community, and this community was built in 1994.
Residents who need help with medication management can be given reminders and be monitored to make sure they are taking their medications, this community provides complimentary transportation, hospice is an option available at this location, the staff speaks Portuguese in the community, and the staff speaks Spanish at this location.
Residents can self manage their diabetes, staff is trained to deal with any exit seeking behaviors that might present themselves handled, resident parking is available to residents who drive, hospice is an option available at this location, and respite care is offered.
Licensed nurses are on staff to help you, staff can help residents monitor their blood sugar, the community is secured for the safety of memory care residents that might be prone to wander, the property has a nurse that is able to administer injectable medicine, and wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location.
Appetizing and nutritious meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, high tech wander guards can prevent memory care residents from wandering off the property, the community is secured for the safety of memory care residents that might be prone to wander, full-service medication administration is available, and the staff speaks Spanish at this location.
Nurses are on staff, the community is secured for the safety of memory care patients that might be prone to wander, the Oak Terrace Memory Care is has particular expertise to handle memory care and behavioral issues, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and respite care is offered.
The minimum allowable age of residents is 55, Casa Del Sol is trained to handle behavioral issues that some residents may have, this community has been built specifically to support memory and dementia care, complimentary transportation is available to residents, and hospice is an option available at this location.
A dentist visits this location regularly, physical therapy is handled by the physical therapist that makes regular visits to this location, regular occupational therapy by a visiting therapist helps you stay active and engaged, the community is secured for the safety of patients that might be exit seeking, and this community was built in 1990.
Caregiver employees can deal with any wandering issues a member of the community may have, resident parking is available to residents who drive, complimentary transportation is at the disposal of residents, Sarina's Comfort Care Home is close to major busses, and this community was built in 2001.
An occupational therapist visits and helps residents, this community provides complimentary transportation, hospice is an option available at this location, aging in place allows residents to remain in one location as their care needs change, and the staff speaks Filipino in the community.
Physical therapy can be done on-site by a visiting physical therapist, residents can self manage their diabetes, the community is secured for the safety of patients that might be prone to wander, this community provides complimentary transportation, and this community was built in 1989.
Regular occupational therapy by a visiting therapist helps you stay active and engaged, Villa Marche Residential Care Facility is skilled in behavioral issues that residents may have, this property is its own free standing building, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and the community is licensed for 84 residents.
Physical therapy is handled by the physical therapist that makes regular visits to this community, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, the staff speaks Spanish at this location, this location was renovated in 2007, and the community is licensed for 64 residents.
a visiting podiatrist helps keep your feet healthy, Somerford Place Stockton has the skill to resolve any aggression that residents may present, trained staff monitors medication and reminds residents when it’s time to take them, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and residents can arrange for a room at this community that will allow them to live in this location whatever their healthcare needs are and become.
Nutritious meals are provided to residents, vegetarian food is provided, caring nurses are on staff to help you, physical therapy is handled by the physical therapist that makes regular visits to this property, and staff are able to assist residents that may present a danger to themselves.
Tasty and nourishing meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, this property is its own free standing building, respite care is offered, aging in place allows residents to remain in one location as their care needs change, and the community is licensed for 56 residents.
Expertly prepared meals are provided to residents, resident parking is available to residents who drive, transportation at cost can be arranged, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and aging in place allows residents to remain in one location as their care needs change.
The community is secured for the safety of residents that might be exit seeking, this community has been built specifically for the purpose of memory and dementia care, Valley Comfort Inc. is close to major bus lines, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and respite care is offered.
There is a doctor on call, physical therapy can be done without leaving the community by a visiting physical therapist, the facility has staff that can help residents with insulin to manage diabetic needs, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and hospice is an option available at this location. | 2019-04-19T00:50:58 | https://www.alzheimers.net/resources/california/waterford/ |
I was recently thinking about how I love to find out about, and dig up little-known books. I get a rush from it, sorta like I’m discovering a treasure; which they are; treasures of forgotten and/or little-known stories!
I then found myself thinking about the first novel I recall reading, which in some ways may be part of that category of little-known books, at least depending on where you live. This book in question is by German author Heinz G. Konsalik, titled Natalia (French edition).
Throwing caution to the wind, Tassburg enters the premises. He’ll be greatly surprised to find there a proud and wild young woman: Natalia. She’s run across the taiga, tracked down by the brutal Kassougai, who passes her off as a murderer. And now she’s hiding… But is it really Natalia whom Tassburg has in front of him? Or is it not the ghost of the one who was killed there long ago, the countess Albina Igorevna?
I guess it was meant to be because it felt right up my alley, and I gladly dived in!
Of course, I can’t say that this was the actual *first* book I read. After all, by then I’d already read quite some popular Belgian comics, not to mention all the animal books and baby books that had come my way… But this is definitely the first novel I read, and I do recall a sense of a ‘rite of passage,’ and feeling grown up at the thought of graduating to this kind of ‘adult’ genre. It was several hundred pages after all, and no images, haha! 😀 What might’ve looked intimidating quickly proved to be a thoroughly enjoyable read, encompassing adventure, paranormal themes, and romance topped with a strong—if wounded—heroine.
It’s interesting that up to that point I didn’t have anything to compare it to, so there was something about this type of story that interested me. I’m not against the view that I may have been energetically picking up on its themes, long before I knew anything about these things (after all, children are naturally sensitive if often unaware of that ability to ‘sense’ things; a trait which we may unfortunately suppress and/or ignore as we get older).
In retrospect, it’s easy for me to see that reading this book may have—at least in some ways— influenced my subsequent tastes in books. I’ve realized a while ago that some of the stories I tended to be drawn to involved a combination of strong women… and rather dramatic / sad narratives. Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, and Flaubert’s Salammbo are a few that come to mind. This was a bit of a revelation to me, since the drawing point for me wasn’t the sadness per se; perhaps I was looking for something bigger to come out of that, and which I suppose perhaps I found, if subconsciously, while reading the stories. It’s not that I ‘liked’ sad endings—I rather love happy ones!—but I suppose part of me did feel that the sadness made the stories a bit more ‘real,’ for who can go through life without hardships? Or maybe it was seeing characters go through these things and still come out fine (at least at times?) that fascinated me… Like most things, there are likely multiple, complex reasons for my early interest in such narratives. | 2019-04-22T04:59:24 | https://sirenedelamer.wordpress.com/2016/06/11/remembering-the-first-novel-i-read-konsalik-natalia/ |
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As part of Evergoods Global’s commitment to continuously refine our product portfolio and to expand into new markets our management will attend the 2015 Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS). This Exhibition will take place at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center (KLCC) and is part of the 2015 World Halal Summit (WHS). As depicted in the WHS Framework, aside … Read more ..
Ms. Rita Zhong, Evergoods’ Chief Administrative Manager, is attending the fourth instalment of the Beauty Professional exhibition, which will take place in the Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. If you are interested in our products or doing business with us, please let us know. Ms. Zhong is looking forward to taking the opportunity and meeting wit… Read more ..
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As part of our company’s declared commitment to protect the environment on every conceivable level the Evergoods management attends this two-day summit on sustainability issues in cosmetics. Ms. Rita Zhong and Ms. Karen Kung have devoted themselves to a continuous process of advancing their knowledge in novel procedures and ingredients, and are looking forward to me… Read more ..
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The influence of the exhibition captures increasing attentio… Read more .. | 2019-04-25T08:59:49 | https://www.evergoods.com/blog/category/archived-news-events/ |
The page provides the exchange rate of 1500 Chinese Yuan (CNY) to Indonesian Rupiah (IDR), sale and conversion rate. Moreover, we added the list of the most popular conversions for visualization and the history table with exchange rate diagram for 1500 Chinese Yuan (CNY) to Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) from Sunday, 21/04/2019 till Sunday, 14/04/2019. Latest update of 1500 Chinese Yuan (CNY) exchange rate.
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1500 Chinese Yuan to Indonesian Rupiah, convert 1500 CNY in IDR. | 2019-04-21T12:39:10 | https://cny.currencyrate.today/idr/1500 |
I stream so I bought it on Vimeo. In fact I might have to watch it again as I haven't for ages.
I am about ready to watch it again as well. Need the inspiration to rock!
Just got an email regarding the 3 disc version, since they feel bad it's actually going to be 4 discs now. Sounds like it will be done shortly.
Just got this beauty today. High quality, nice bonus goodies. Worth the wait. Love the Sgt. Pepper riff.
Holy crap I did get an email that mine shipped and is currently in Chicago so hopefully I get it by the end of the week.
Nice! Thanks for posting pictures.
i have not yet received a shipping email, but hopefully the european packages go out soon.
thanks for posting the pics, the content looks very cool so far!
Ordered during the kickstarter for the melvins documentary.
Wasn't there an extra disc, a live show from 2014?
That comes with the regular release of the movie.
This box is limited to those (of us) who donated $300 to the kickstarter. According to USPS tracking mine should arrive today. | 2019-04-23T06:07:25 | http://www.themelvins.net/forum/index.php?topic=20140.msg619605 |
At Wellness- und Vitalhotel Böhmhof, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM. | 2019-04-21T11:41:16 | https://www.lastminute.com/hotels/germany/bodenmais/wellness-und-vitalbhmhof-hotel |
As someone who works in retail and has been blogging and publicly trying new trends for 7 years now one thing that drives me INSANE is when people say, “Oh I could never pull that off!” Why do I hate it so much? Because we can all wear whatever that we want. If it’s not your style, then ok, it’s not your style. If it doesn’t flatter you, ok, it doesn’t flatter you. But I just feel as if we’re putting ourselves down when we say, “I can’t pull that off!” As in you’re not (fill in the blank) enough for that article of clothing.
One thing I’ve really been studying in on lately is my personal curated style. That’s why I shared my Shopaholics Anonymous posts a few months ago. I’m really learning to love my closet, study what I actually wear and buy things with purpose. That allows me to get more out of what I do own and have way less clutter in my closet. Sure there are a lot of things that don’t fit my personal style. A WHOLE LOT of things actually. But that doesn’t mean “I can’t pull them off”. There are plenty of items that with a little work and styling expertise I could totally make my own and pull off! But then those things are forced, probably won’t get a lot of wear in my closet and if I don’t love, I won’t wear, therefore don’t need.
So can we stop with the “I can’t pull that off” phrase and just say it’s not our style? Or the right thing for us? Please?!
I’ve also really been studying mindset and how words and phrases positively and negatively affect our mindset. This is one thing that I feel can negatively affect us and our thoughts on ourselves. For example, if I love pink and wear all things pink all the time, but you have a totally different complexion and pink doesn’t flatter you, you don’t have to make that a negative. There are plenty of colors that don’t look great on me! Instead of saying “I can’t pull pink off” let’s say ah I love pink on you, but it’s totally not my color! I go for more reds! By comparing ourselves to each other you’re putting yourself down because we don’t wear the same colors! How silly is that? By complimenting my color and your color, now we’re getting somewhere!
I’ve always hated when people say “I can’t pull that off” but only when I really started to really dig into the mindset thing did I realize how negative the phrase is! So I’m challenging you, friends! Stop saying it! Choose to look to a positive instead of a negative and if you feel as if an article of clothing isn’t for you just don’t say anything! And better yet if you’re pointing out a friend’s find, just say ah that will look great on you!
I’m fully aware these grandma-esq shorts aren’t for everyone. But I love them and have worn the heck out of them ALL summer and am definitely transitioning them into fall with some cute cropped sweaters. So what if they’re not for everyone and so what if you don’t think you could pull them off! I’m sure you’re rockin’ whatever you’re wearing today!
My goal here is to encourage you to feel YOUR best in your clothes! Let’s do it! | 2019-04-24T04:45:11 | http://www.pearlsandtwirls.net/why-i-hate-the-phrase-i-cant-pull-that-off/ |
Occasionally we may need to dispatch on a Wednesday for instance due to bank holidays or unforeseen circumstances.
Minimum Order £30 EXCLUDING POSTAGE, spend £50 for FREE delivery.
We have a next day delivery courier (not guaranteed next day). We will pack your products to ensure they will be fine if the delivery process does last 2 days just in case. Our couriers work Monday to Friday.
We will email you on the day your box has been dispatched. On the day of delivery you will receive a text from the DHL courier letting you know your box is out for delivery that day, no time slots given I’m afraid.
Your chilled Lettices products must be refrigerated upon arrival.
If you are not at home to accept your delivery you will get a card through the door which will ask you to contact DHL to rearrange for another delivery attempt the next working day, please do this asap. If you know you will not be in to receive it, to avoid this disappointment please have your order dispatched to your work location, to a family member or neighbour who is able to receive it for you.
In the ‘ORDER NOTES’ at the Checkout we advise you to put an additional contact number just in case. If you have any courier requests i.e. leave in basket in porch you are welcome to put them in this section, however the courier does not guarantee that they can follow those instructions.
All orders are packed with reusable ice packs and biodegradable packaging nuggets.
POSTAGE COSTS – As we’re a small, artisan company the actual delivery cost to us is £9.55 per box. We understand that this is not competitive in comparison to larger food delivery corporations and so we subsidise this by £4.56 ourselves. So the cost of delivery to you is just £4.99 per box (the maximum we can fit into a box is about 20 cheeses or 30 meats).
Ham, Ribs, Popperoni, Burgers – 3 weeks refrigerated or can be frozen for up to 6 months.
Blue Beauty, Better fetter – 2 weeks refrigerated, up to 1 month refrigerated if unopened.
Camembear, Smokey Bakon – limited lifespan of 1 week refrigerated – these can be frozen for up to 6 months (defrost in the fridge the night before you want them).
An ADDRESS that you are certain that you or someone else will be able to receive the package at, we are not responsible for any missed deliveries. If for some reason the address you provide us is wrong, or if your items are spoilt as a result of you being unable/not in to receive your package, unfortunately we cannot refund the purchase amount.
PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK YOUR MOBILE NUMBER IS ACCURATE WE WILL NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR MISSING PACKAGES DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.
On the dispatch date of your package you will receive an ‘Order Complete’ email from Lettices letting you know that it has been collected by the courier for next day delivery.
On the day of delivery you will receive a text from DHL the courier letting you know that your package is being delivered that day (this is to be expected the day after you receive your ‘Order Complete’ email, but not guaranteed).
Please feel free to get in contact if you have any questions, have a specific dispatch day request, or if you’re concerned about your delivery – it’s our priority that you experience the best service possible. | 2019-04-26T00:54:30 | https://www.lettices.com/order-info-delivery/ |
A group of conservative House Republican are a step closer to filing impeachment documents targeting the deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein.
The move, first reported by Politico on Friday, comes just hours after Rosenstein announced a dozen new indictments against a dozen Russian intelligence officers who targeted the 2016 US presidential election.
Members of the House Freedom Caucus have floated the impeachment idea recently, citing what they see as Rosenstein's "slow-walking" of an investigation into perceived political bias against Trump at the FBI.
For his part, Rosenstein has previously slapped down the impeachment threats, saying May, "The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted."
A group of House Republicans are reportedly ramping up their effort to impeach the deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein. | 2019-04-26T00:08:13 | http://newstimes.top/u/business-insider/house-conservatives-prep-push-to-impeach-rosenstein.1J.2 |
Come and join us for any of these events and activities: everyone is welcome!
Toy Service – a service to start the Advent season, led by Trinity's worship team: the service will include an opportunity to offer donations of toys for Action for Children's The Pines centre. It will be followed by a cake sale to raise funds for Extraordinary Gifts, care of the charity All We Can.
Nativity Service – a service led by the children and young people of Trinity Church, including performance of a very special Nativity playlet.
Christmas Lunch – all are welcome to this festive meal! There is no charge for the lunch; simply an invitation to make a donations you are able. Please join us!
Carol Singing – together with the Knebworth Family of Churches: an opportunity to join in some favourite carols or just come along to listen.
Carol Service – Join us for this festive service of carols, readings and poetry, for all the family... followed by mince pies and refreshments!
Christmas Eve Holy Communion – known in many churches as 'Midnight Mass', join us as we hail the beginning of Christmas Day, and the coming of Christ, the light that shines in the darkness.
Christmas Worship – A festive, family-friendly service for Christmas morning. Bring your presents to show and tell!
United Epiphany Service – joining with our friends in the Knebworth Family of Churches to celebrate the Epiphany: the Epiphany celebrates the manifestation of Christ to the world and is the time when we remember the visit of the wise men to Jesus. | 2019-04-20T07:15:52 | https://trinitychurchknebworth.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=535609 |
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Our TimesCoin converter gives you the price of TMC in USD Dollars. Convert TimesCoin to USD or choose from over 1600 other Cryptocurrency conversion comparisons. Prices and rates are updated live to give you the most accurate TimesCoin (TMC) to USD value. | 2019-04-19T04:22:39 | https://www.datacoinz.com/coins/timescoin/converter/ |
What's a CO-OP. A co-op refers to a co-operative type of ownership whereby a setting up is owned by a corporation (the co-op). The attainable buyer of a co-op apartment is buying into the corporation and being a result becoming a shareholder in that corporation. The co-op in flip leases the particular person apartment back again in the direction of the particular person. For this reason, the ownership and funding of the co-op is significantly far more complex than it truly is for any other assortment of housing. The widespread co-op transaction entails a purchaser, seller, co-op board and also the management firm.
What's a SHARE mortgage. Whenever a property owner buys possibly a condo or single loved ones residence, a loan is often supplied to assist the person invest in the house. That mortgage is known as a mortgage. When purchasing a co-op, the mortgage construction appears the exact similar and is also commonly known as a mortgage loan but, in reality, the loan is ordinarily a share mortgage. Generally due to the fact the purchaser is gaining shares of the corporation, they could be borrowing the money to acquire these shares. The loan is secured by the shares is as a result named a share mortgage.
HOW lengthy does the process consider to acquire Co-op Financing. The approach is decided by 1) Our processing from the mortgage software; two) The pace where the buyer can meet together with the co-op board and three) The completion and recording in the recognition agreement. The normal technique for obtaining a letter of dedication is comparable to that of a condo or single cherished ones residence. Nevertheless, only proper immediately after the letter of commitment is issued, can the board interview get place. Closings may potentially sometimes be delayed, depending upon how typically the co-op board meets. We execute with every borrower to choose when the board software is due for their individual transaction. | 2019-04-20T14:30:08 | http://co-opmortgageny.com/Coop-Mortgage-Financing-New-York-Loans-Rates-Brokers-Fha-Lending-in-the-State-of-Montana.html |
Ride Port and challenge yourself! The team at ‘Trail Terra’ present the inaugural Port MTB Festival – a new series of events for mountainbike competitors, featuring an XCO at the Urban MTB Park on the Saturday, and an XCM event at Bago Vineyard on the Sunday.
Competitions over a variety of distances and age groups will be run through both purpose built single track and rough, rocky MTB style fire roads atop the stunning Bago Bluff. Challenging and inspiring.
Bring your riding buddies and your family and have a great weekend in the beautiful Port Macquarie Region. | 2019-04-20T09:18:24 | https://reflectionsholidayparks.com.au/events/port-macquarie-mtb-festival/ |
David is our second Google + expert in as many days. Because I am starting to be convinced that Google + is critical to small business success. Maybe twice or three times as important as all the other social media combined! Big words. David writes books on SEO, social media and online marketing. They regularly appear on the Amazon best-selling charts. He also writes for Forbes, journalism.co.uk, socialmediatoday.com, business2community.com and the HP UK website. David holds an annual SEO and Social Media conference in the summer.
James’ first book, Shake the World, is about the job market, social entrepreneurship, business in the 21st century, philanthrocapitalism, and the change generation. Penguin Publishing is releasing the paper page version next week! He also is founder and CEO of The Guild Agency, which is home to many of the most talented scholars, business leaders, social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, ideators, diversity experts, authors, political figures, actors and musicians in the world. | 2019-04-25T19:45:31 | http://schoolforstartupsradio.com/2013/08/august-21-2013/ |
John Calvin comments on the Parable of the publican and the need to continue to remember our inborn and ingrown sin and how far we are from the righteousness that God requires. Should this leave us feeling like miserable wretches? No, but this reminds us of the importance of the righteousness of Christ. It is only then that we can value the perfect active obedience of Jesus Christ that’s imputed to us by faith. Indeed, there’s no nope without it. | 2019-04-26T00:13:20 | https://brendenlink.wordpress.com/tag/imputation/ |
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Very spacious home with amazing natural light on almost 1 acre of scenic property in Cul de sac. Raised Ranch style offering large living room, oversized dining room and large eat-in kitchen. Kitchen boasts creamy cabinets, granite countertops, computer station and lovely breakfast peninsula. Lovely eat in area has large bay window that overlooks the rear yard. Three bedrooms on this level include large master bedroom with walk-in closet and stunning private bath. Two more generous bedrooms are serviced by bright, white hall bath complete with vanity station and tub shower combo. Lower level has bedroom, full bath, large open family room with glass sliders, Separate laundry center and access to the two car garage. Home has curb appeal galore as it sits on lovely green lawn with wide driveway and two car garage on the side. Hardwood floors, central air, whole house generator, sprinkler system, central vac. All Mechanicals serviced 2018. Taxes appx $17, 250 with star. | 2019-04-22T22:01:57 | https://www.nancybweber.com/-/listing/NY-WPMLS/4905972/8-Morningside-Court-Ossining-NY-10562?display_page=1&index=6&lpp=20&total_listings=2783&ss_id=300802290&from=saved_search |
Is a company envisioned in 2006 under the leadership of Mrs Surbhi Gupta , an astute professional from the HR background having worked in leading organizations like Infosys,TCS and IBM global and the company re-founded in 2017 under the proprietor ship of Ms Mini G. ,to help various businesses into healthcare and allied verticals grow and thrive. GlobalSevak is supported by highly qualified and successful professionals from Healthcare Industry into sales and marketing ,Digital marketing Space, Qualified talent from HR industry to support acquisition of right talent in the healthcare among non-medicals, Backing of Financial services experts and also in retail food segment, Non-Implantable Medical device import and export.
Our operational expanse spreads from New Delhi (North India ) ,Bangalore and Mumbai (Western India) in digital marketing and medical tourism with our teams based out of both the places. Digital from New Delhi and creative from Mumbai, Our Recruitment firm is managed from our Pune city and Medical Tourism based out of Gurgaon. We currently manage several leads both from Domestic Geographies like Delhi / NCR,UP,Punjab,Bihar and Assam as well as International geographical areas like south east Asia, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Russia, UK Europe and USA. We are slowly making inroads in the African markets as well.
We are ones who doesn’t’t follow any trend and only believe in results, that’s what GlobalSevak believes in while giving solutions with astute professionalism and through disruptive mechanism making you stand apart from competition helping you grow leaps and bounds.
A leading brand management and integrated marketing agency specializing in Medical Tourism and other Healthcare Solutions,has untiringly and constantly reinvented themselves. GlobalSevak has always embraced challenges as opportunities. Sectors as far as Strategy and Process formation consulting, Digital Marketing, Healthcare Retail, Talent Acquisitions, Medical Tourism and Consulting comprise the success story blueprint that the company showcases and boasts itself of!
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Sometimes one wants more control over how features are added to the site. Giving the option to either use a plugin or a jQuery scripts creates better control over the site one is working with. Most of the below jQuery lightbox – popup scripts also have a WordPress plugin available.
Adding a lightbox is one of areas I choose to use jQuery probably because I can. When I find a lightbox/gallery plugin that offers a lot more features then what I show below I might instead use it to cover my needs in this area. I might also create an article for the lightbox/gallery plugin as well.
There are mulitple demos available. Go to the above link and check them out.
->> A clicked image which shows a title top left, image 1 of 8 (depends how many images are on the page), Arrows left and right. There are different styles to choose from.
1. Go to the Colorbox web site and download the colorbox master zip file.
2. Check out the various examples and find one you want to modify.
3. In the root of the child theme folder add a new folder and call it colorbox.
4. Copy the images folder along with the content and the colorbox.css from the master colorbox example into the new colorbox folder.
5. From master colorbox folder also copy over the jquery.colorbox-min.js to the child theme colorbox folder.
For additional options see: www.jacklmoore.com/colorbox/ -> Settings.
An images folder (with content), colorbox.css, jquery.colorbox-min.js and the colorbox-init.js.
I decided not to use any transition.
Rel groups images together. Adding this also adds the arrows to go left and right.
Adjusted the opacity so one can see through the black background.
Title function is there so the title is added above the opened image.
7. In the child theme folder: functions.php file. Add the following code.
I added the zoom-out icon which shows up when moving the cursor outside of the lightbox image. To make it clear that one can click outside to exit the lightbox.
If you want to check out the plugin there is a Lightbox Plus Colorbox plugin and WP colorbox at the WordPress repository.
The following is some extra info regarding wp_enqueue_script and style.
handle: unique name for script or style.
source: the url of the script/style.
dependencies: An array of assets the script/style depends on. Loaded before the enqueued script.
version: A version number which will be appended to the query. To make sure that the user receives the correct version.
in_footer: For loading scripts in the wp_footer() at the bottom of the page.
media: How the media should be displayed.
Example: screen, print. handheld etc.
There are examples on the above link to see what the lightbox – popups look like.
A magnific popup image. Stand alone images do not contain arrows. Gallery images do.
2. Unzip and go to the dist folder.
Copy the jquery.magnific-popup.min.js and the magnific-popup.css. Create a a new folder you can call magnific-popup in the root of your theme folder paste the two files there.
3. Create a new js file and call it jquery.magnific-popup-init.js. It is to initialize the lightbox.
Save the file into the newly created magnific-popup folder inside the child theme folder.
The second line says that the various images are to use magnific lightbox when clicked on.
Then a section for single images and then for galleries. There is a lot of code and I am looking into improving it and making it shorter.
5. Since I have some images that are taller then the vertical viewpoint. To be able to scroll while seeing the tall image I have to add some extra CSS to the magnific-popup.css file. Scroll to where you see the img.mfp-img css class. Add the max-height:100% !important for all the images to show their original size.
There is also a WP Magnific lightbox WordPress plugin.
The process is very similar to colorbox and Magnific.
1. Download 3.0.zip from one of the above links.
2. Unzip and open fancybox-3.0 -> dist and copy jquery.fancybox.css and jquery.fancybox.min.js.
3. Create a new folder (I called mine lightbox) in the root of the theme you are using. Paste in the css and js files.
4. Create a new js file save it as jquery.fancybox-init.js.
The above is the bare bones code to get it to work.
Titles and descriptions are not showing up. But the rest seems to work fine.
2. Copy the nivo-lightbox.css, nivo-lightbox.min.js and the themes folder.
Create a a new folder you can call nivo-lightbox in the root of your theme folder and paste the files and folder into it.
3. Create a new js file and call it nivo-lightbox-init.js. To initialize the lightbox.
Save the file into the newly created nivo-lightbox folder inside the child theme folder.
effect: 'slideUp', // Options slideUp, slideRight, slideDown, slideLeft, fall, fadescale.
Fluidbox is more limited then Colorbox and Magnific lightbox.
It does not add a specific gallery feature, or captions and limits the height of taller images to fit into the viewport.
2. Create a new folder inside the root folder of your child theme and name it fluidbox.
Copy and paste the following files to the new folder.
Go to dist -> js and copy the jquery.fluidbox.min.js.
Go to dist -> css and copy the fluidbox.min.js.
3. Create a new js file and name it fluidbox-init.js. To initialize the lightbox.
Save the file into the newly created fluidbox folder inside the child theme folder.
Add the following code into the fluidbox-init.js file.
Resources I want to take a closer look at.
Did you manage to integrate in WordPress “Lightgallery Lightbox” (https://sachinchoolur.github.io/lightGallery/index.html)?
If so, could you pass me the code or tell me how you did it?
I could implement gallery with colorbox effects without any plugins!
I am thinking that you will need to add some jQuery code to the colorbox-init.js. Do some searching on using conditionals in jQuery.
Very nice and easy to follow tutorials.
Could you also walk me through adding PhotoSwipe to WordPress?
I will look into it and update this comment on the progress.
Thank you so much! This helped me finally get my WP gallery to not redirect to a new page with Nivo Lightbox.
Can I look at a sample of this?
I have links to examples on using Colorbox, Magnific Popup and FancyBox.
The other tutorials and not fully working yet. | 2019-04-22T01:14:39 | https://easywebdesigntutorials.com/adding-a-lightbox-to-wordpress-without-using-a-plugin/ |
As a grandparent, you love your grandchild and want the best for him or her. You may want to spend time with the child and play a role in his or her life. But what if one of the parents objects and denies you access to your grandchild? Do you have any rights? Can you go to court to secure visitation rights?
The answers to these questions involve a number of complex legal issues and depend on the specific circumstances of your situation. Some grandparents can obtain visitation rights and even full custodial rights. Others may obtain access to their grandchildren only by the sufferance of the parents.
Family law judges in California always decide child custody and visitation cases in ways that are in the best interest of the child. When one parent or the custodial parent objects to providing grandparents with access to a child, it is necessary to show the judge that the grandparents’ involvement will indeed have a positive effect on the child’s life.
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Voiceovers have long been an important tool used by advertisers and marketers to strongly convey their messages to potential customers and other audiences. It should be noted, though, that the use of voiceovers is not without hazards, including alienating listeners and the production of comparatively uninteresting ads. The following paragraphs contain some useful advice for optimizing ads that use voiceovers and getting top value for the money spent on them.
The best voiceovers are those that assist with regard to communicating a message. Voice overs artists are most effective when employed as a means to strengthen what is being shown in a visual form or perhaps just as a way to articulate a key phrase or motto of the brand. Though simply stating a brand’s tagline may seem superfluous, it actually is quite powerful.
A voiceover will be most successful if it flows naturally with the visual elements it complements. It is never good for the voiceover to have to compete with what the audience is seeing, because the end result can feel scattered and unfocused, with the overall message lost of the shuffle.
This is a common scenario if the visual elements are supposed to explain a storyline, but the voiceover is trying to carry the burden of the full message. Viewers’ attention is typically divided to severely by such a technique, and the message usually is not retained. Ads capable of blending the sound and sights of a message will generally be the most useful in terms of getting the desired message across.
Consistency: Research suggests that audiences react more positively when a single voice is used in a series of ads. Try to find someone who can become the hallmark sound of the brand and stick with that individual if at all possible.
Target Group: Cater to the specific people you need to be reaching. Thus, it makes sense to narrow the candidates to just a few and ask a focus group to offer critiques of each. This will help identify the right voice to use across numerous spots.
Skillfully utilised voiceovers are wonderful mechanisms for ad professionals. However, they can sometimes backfire when not done well. While an ad that lacks a voiceover may be seen as interesting or different, it may not make its point fully heard. It is necessary to find a happy medium in terms of when and how much of a voiceover should be used.
There is no denying that voiceovers can be memorable, valuable and an integral part of an ad campaign. It can be tough, though, to avoid falling victim to the deceptive ease that comes with simply stating directly what the message is supposed to be. Of course, there remains a risk of using so much voice work that the outcome is one that is muddled and noisy.
By paying attention to the guidance presented above, it really is possible to use voiceovers to their greatest possible advantage and maintain the artistic integrity every ad strives to achieve. Audiences of all descriptions will assuredly appreciate the careful amalgamation of visuals and sounds.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The outgoing chair of the California GOP — the nation’s largest state Republican Party — has issued a dire warning that his state represents “the canary in the coal mine” for the party‘s national fortunes unless it confronts demographic shifts that have already turned California into a majority-minority state.
“We have not yet been able to figure out how to effectively communicate and get significant numbers of votes from non-whites,’’ said former state Sen. Jim Brulte, who’s held the job of state GOP chair since 2013 and will retire in February.
Despite trend lines that show the “the entire country will be majority minority by 2044,’’ he said, the GOP has failed to confront the reality of those changes — or recognize the possibility that the recent "blue tsunami" midterm election in California was a harbinger of what lies ahead for the national party.
But he said those warnings about the changing political and ethnic landscape have gone unheeded.
“And that’s why I have said that I believe California is the canary in the coal mine — not an outlier,’’ for the GOP in the coming cycles, he told POLITICO.
The California chairman’s comments come days after some state party leaders — including former state party chair Shawn Steele — charged that the party’s shellacking in 2018 was less about demographics and more about Democrats’ use of new practices at the ballot box, suggesting they could have involved voter fraud.
Brulte told POLITICO he categorically rejects the notion that voting irregularities may be the source of the party’s historic beating in the 2018 midterms in California, where Democrats flipped seven House seats and left the party with just seven members in the congressional delegation, the lowest number since the 1940s. He said Republicans were repeatedly informed of ways that Democrats were marshaling new and effective ways to get out the vote — but campaigns failed to take action.
“We personally briefed the candidates, the congressional delegation, the legislators,’’ and even staff inside the White House in 2017 on the upcoming changes in California laws that might affect turnout,’ said Brulte, who lead his party for decades in the legislature.
Brulte pointed to new laws that allowed for “motor voter” registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles, same-day registration, and new efforts to register younger voters. And, he said, campaigns were specifically informed of changes which legalized “ballot harvesting” — coordinated efforts to gather and return absentee ballots with voters’ permission, a program which backers said would assist older or disabled voters.
While Democrats used ballot harvesting with great success in a collection of key races here where mail ballots made up the margin of success, “we’ve not been able to find Republicans having a lot of success anywhere related to ballot harvesting,’’ he said.
Brulte, who said in 2013 it would take a minimum of six years to rebuild the dilapidated state party, has taken heat within the GOP for speaking out about the dangers it faces.
Despite Brulte's stark assessment of the GOP's future, three potential candidates are vying to replace him as chair when his term ends next February — and all of them insist the real problems lie somewhere other than in its message to the changing ethnic electorate.
Steve Frank, a conservative Republican activist and former party official, said that the GOP has “unilaterally disarmed itself,’’ by failing miserably in outreach to church-going conservatives and other GOP voters — and by standing by helplessly while laws that have advantaged Democrats, including the state’s top-two primary, act as “illegal voter suppression” against Republicans in California.
Former Assemblyman Travis Allen, a favorite of the party’s far right conservative wing — who failed to get the GOP gubernatorial nomination last year — says he strongly rejects Brulte’s suggestion that demographics are at fault for the party’s 2018 battering.
“We need to start with the central matter at hand: the Democratic Party, and the special interests that control it, are the mightiest political machine in the history of American politics,’’ he said.
In California, as in the national party, Republicans continue to dismiss the stark evidence of growing ethnic voter clout in hopes of returning to “an America that was the way it used to be,’’ Sragow said. “They’re rubbing the rabbits’ foot and think they’re going to take back the homeland." | 2019-04-19T07:12:59 | https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/07/california-elections-2018-republican-party-jim-brulte-1048192 |
When it comes to studying modern languages at Millikin University, students are taught to master four basic skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. The Italian courses at Millikin, like programs in Spanish and French, place heavy emphasis on understanding the language, but more importantly, learning to appreciate the culture.
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I'm testing with an LMAX demo account. Why backtest does not work? It should use LMAX data.
Why backtest does not work? It should use LMAX data.
Backtesting on LMAX is working. Please, send more details.
- What the strategy do you use?
- What the error do you see in Logs?
Thanks, Probably I've made a mistake during db creation. What would be the difference using LMAX or Dukaskopy data?
Data LMAX you can automatically upload in our AlgoStudio.
2. manually import them into PTMC AlgoStudio. When importing, you will need to make certain format the data for download in AlgoStudio. | 2019-04-20T17:25:17 | https://protrader.org/forum/algostudio/algostudio-bugs/not-enough-data |
Blank Canvas is a brand that is one worth getting to know and one which I have featured a few times on this blog with this amazing palette. As well as makeup there is also makeup tools and I have a few to share today.
Make-up brushes are items that we all will have within out stash, of all varieties, shapes, sizes and brands I am sure and there is possibly one thing that we all collectively hate having to do with those brushes - washing them! What if there was a product that could make tis boring but vital task less of a faff? Well there is and it comes in the form of a Solid Brush & Sponge Cleansing Soap.
We all know that taking care of our brushes is a vital task, not only does it help to keep maintain the quality but it also helps to avoid bacterial build-up which can harm you and your skin. So this Brush & Sponge Cleansing Soap comes packaged in a tin and inside is some soap which you moisten with water. Once that has been done you rub the bristles over that now damp soap to create a lather and then rinse your brush under lukewarm water until it runs clear before laying it flat on a piece of cloth to dry. Before cleaning any other brushes, wipe the soap of any suds and residue and repeat the same task until all of your brushes are clean and shiny. Before putting that lid back on the soap, again wipe it free of any residue and suds and store it ready for next time.
The Blank Canvas Cosmetics Solid Brush & Sponge Cleansing Soap costs £12.87 (here) and it is worth every single penny.
When it comes to makeup brushes and blenders, again I have quite a few different ones and the Blank Canvas Hero brushes have had a bit of a classy looking makeover and now come in various colours including the gorgeous Champagne Pink and Rose Gold. Now anything that is shiny and metallic is going to capture my attention and the F20 and F08 are simply stunning.
The F20 Multi-purpose Brush has the Champagne Pink metallic finish and ideal for creating light, medium and full coverage makeup. Perfect for foundation, cheek blush and even contouring and because it is made from short synthetic fibres it works really well with cream, powders or liquids and is ideal for buffing. Priced at £12.95 (here) if rose gold really isn't you, there is a choice of 7 other colours to choose from for your brush handle.
The F08 Rounded Dome Multi-purpose brush has a Champagne Pink finish and is ideal For the application of foundation, concealer, bronzer, blusher and can even be used for contouring because of Its soft dome shape. Again it can be used with cream, powder and liquid products and to use you simply buff the product onto the skin first and then blend using a stippling motion. I find this brush really easy to use and the handle is just the perfect size and is weighty enough to keep hold of. Again it is handmade from extra soft, high quality anti-bacterial, easy to clean synthetic fibres. Priced at £12.95 (here) you can choose from 5 different finishes.
Beauty Blenders for me right now are like a revelation, I just love them. The two I have from Blank Canvas are the Airbrush Blender Sponge ( Pink Teardrop Shape) and Airbrush Blender Sponge (Slim Pear Shape In Pink).
Both of these beauty blenders are perfect for using with liquids and even cream products, but the star of the show for this blender is the pointed edge which is just perfect for blending hard to reach areas such as the sides of your nose and it is great for the application of concealer. Priced at £6.04 (here) they are not going to break the bank.
If you have yet to try any product from Blank Canvas the definitely look them up, there are so many amazing products and accessories that you need to add to your stash.
Never heard of this brand before but I will look out for it now. I really like the look of that brush cleanser, I've been looking for something like that.
I've read a few reviews of the brush cleanser and it sounds like a 'must have' product!
Another brand I haven't heard of, but they sound reliable and useful. The blender sponges look like such a good shape, great idea.
I've heard nothing but good things about Blank Canvas makeup brushes but have yet to invest in any. Truth be told I don't really wear makeup often enough to warrant having alot of brushes.
That brush cleansing soap looks amazing!! I really need to be better at cleaning my brushes!!
I need a beauty blender like like this. Don't have any in this shape.
I'm in the market for some make up brushes now A has moved out and taken hers with her! I'll be sure to give these a closer look. | 2019-04-21T08:22:30 | https://www.beautyqueenuk.co.uk/2017/02/blank-canvas-brushes-sponge-and-solid.html |
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We send a professional confirmation of receipt to the applicants and also provide the other services belonging to the Basic version.
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Built and maintained vendor relationships and material library.
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How Can a Child Adoption Attorney in Katy, TX Help You?
Choosing to adopt a child is an enormous undertaking, albeit an exciting one. In order to welcome a new member of the family to your house, you have to think about the preparations that you will have to do in your own house, and there is a large number of documents that you will have to go through and sign. This process can be incredibly overwhelming if you are not adequately prepared for it. Thankfully, there are people who understand how stressful it might be to face these preparations. A child adoption attorney will work with you to help you understand what you have to do to adopt a child so that you can be more than ready.
As you might be able to imagine, a child adoption attorney in Katy, TX will work with you through each and every step of the way when it comes to adopting a child. From the eligibility screening to the medical evaluations, even the home assessments, these attorneys will explain why these steps are so crucial to the adoption process and help you understand what you can do to improve how you do. A child adoption attorney will also help you understand the extensive paperwork, rules, and regulations that are involved with child adoption so that when the time comes, both you and your house will be prepared.
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If you choose not to rely on the help of an experienced attorney, you might find yourself facing difficulties down the line during the evaluation process of adoption. You might not understand the paperwork, leading you to sign something that you shouldn’t. There is a whole myriad of things that could happen if you choose not to rely on the experience and the expertise of an attorney. By choosing to talk to an expert child adoption attorney, you can rest assured that you and your home are prepared to welcome home a new member of the family. | 2019-04-25T13:54:51 | https://www.legalutopia.com/how-can-a-child-adoption-attorney-in-katy-tx-help-you/ |
Seeds at the Svalbard Seed Vault, were replaced with sterilised versions; WORMS now plans to release Hybridized Cochliobolus Heterostrophs, a modified fungal plant pathogen which attacks maize and corn, via encapsulated particles in jet fuel.
00:39 < UKspook> as I do... the question I originally asked (in my usual blunt, if you don't ask, you don't get kinda way) was "please define 4BHJ intent at Svalbard"
01:41 < UKspook> g'night all... i'll see if i can make some sense of all this when i've had some sleep.
Benjamin Disraeli is a possible interpretation, so I did a check on the years associated to him, which can be seen in the above logs. We know PM has a penchant for international history, so he could be referring to such things as The Congress of Berlin.
An alternative is that Disraeli is simply Agent D's name, which would mean that he is within the 'Cleveland branch' of the agent system (if not geographically), supported by his apparent control of the Vaughnsville map and this was possibly simply a subordinate making a referral to him.
Possible Next Steps My theory is that the Appendix A Codes are a way to leave messages for specific people and/or locations (whether in the agent system, bases of operations or places). With this in mind A16395 (Johnston), fount in the shopping lists, could be for J and sending him a message saying something to the effect of: Unable to contact Disraeli for 4(B)H-J briefing and 9482.9M objectives, please advise.
If you have any better ideas, feel free to use my talk page.
30 seconds of pulsing sounds, rising in pitch.
MD: OK, your message for Lima?
Me: No, that's it thank you.
MD: Alright, I will submit that, do you need a response?
10 seconds of MD guy making odd whistling noises, followed by 30 seconds of silence.
25 seconds of pulsing noise, plus brief hiss, rising in pitch.
Vocaroo Note: Suggested by Adah, as 1320 is agent system number for Abism Maps.
MD: OK, 1320 is Hulme, that's H.U.L.M.E.
Note: Appears to be a named location either Hulme an inner city area of Manchester UK or Cheadle Hulme a town on the outskirts of Manchester, UK. Global Response Codes - A42132 Cheadle Hulme. Could also be a referral.
This page contains my research, intel and theories; some might be relevant, but some might be completely rubbish dead ends. Please feel free to comment, criticise or otherwise chime in on my talk page.
Although I've been monitoring developments since early 2012, I only joined in the discussion on IRC #ARG during March 2013. The new name was chosen in honour of my most useful asset, who is a retired GCHQ cryptanalyst. My only other skills are speculation and old-fashioned research.
My contact worked for GCHQ in the late 1980s to mid-1990s, but is now retired and has tentatively agreed to assist the OTP-ARG community with generalised knowledge, through informal discussions. This is presently being done on the educated-assumption that OTP is in fact an Alternative Reality Game or a Recruitment Exercise run by an unknown organisation and is not a presently classified network.
It is a very real possibility that the contact could just be 'playing along' for a bit of retirement fun, as they have an odd sense of humour and know that I have always been fascinated by their former career. These will only be casual conversation, so out of respect for their privacy, there won't be any recordings or personal information. I will however try to keep a transcript of anything relevant.
Also, no known classified information, will ever be divulged by my contact. Mostly because it would be totally irrelevant the OTP; but it would be very illegal (see The UK Official Secrets Act). This is a line which will NOT be crossed and any requests to do so will be ignored. Incidentally I also had to sign the Official Secrets when I briefly worked in a British Telecom building (apparently that's enough reason); but its binding for life and basically the UK's modern version of treason law, so forgive me if i'm a little cautious.
GCHQ which stands for Government Communications Head Quarters, is the civilian code-breaking branch of the British Government and provides intelligence to both the government directly, MI5, MI6 and operates a commercial wing which tests and grades encryption hardware/software for corporations. They are also believed to work closely with the United States' National Security Agency. GCHQ also operates 'Black Boxes' connected to every telephone exchange in Britain, so it should be assumed that everything passing through these is traceable and recorded.
An employee at GCHQ (not contact) is also now credited with inventing the Public-key Cryptography method used all over the internet, however this was not known until it was recently officially de-classified. However this method was originally credited to another non-governmental organisation, who developed an almost identical system after GCHQ, but which was not classified and this is how it became commonplace on-line.
GCHQ also released details of a World War 2 coded messsage found, attached to the skeleton of a pidgeon, during building work in a British home. This code (5 Grams in 4 Blocks) closely resembles the codes used by OTP.
There have also been several recruitment exercises run by GCHQ, via both their website and Xbox. They have not been known to run a public exercise on the level of infrastructure and complexity as that of the OTP ARG.
Recently they have also been rumoured to be involved with the Prism project, allegedly designed to allow the UK to spy an US citizens and the US to spy on everyone else. Seen by some as a route around the local privacy laws of the US, UK and EU. However it is seen by the US and UK governments as the legitimate exchange of intelligence between allies.
Contact: Zeus, now that’s a bit old-hat, you’re probably right in thinking it a codename for satellites.
Contact: I’d be careful if you’re getting them [NATO messages] but it could be a recruitment exercise I suppose.
UKspook: I’ve got some stuff from that game I told you about.
Contact: Oh, goodie, let’s have a look.
Contact: Well this certainly beats Sudoku!
UKspook: It looks really well thought out, from what I’ve seen most of these games are bit rubbish.
Contact: Did you say there was a code book?
UKspook: Well, what do you think?
Contact: This is a game you say?
UKspook: Yes, alternative reality gaming it’s called.
Contact: Well it’s a very silly game.
UKspook: What do you mean?
Contact: Err. Have you got anything else?
Contact: Did you sign the [official secrets] act when you were at BT?
UKspook: Yes, but only the mini version.
Contact: So are you applying to the Civil Service or something?
UKspook: How do you mean?
Contact: Shut up and eat your dinner.
UKspook: *later* So what do you think it’s all about?
Contact: What, what’s all about?
Contact: I think you shouldn’t play silly games.
Contact: Look, just don’t do anything until I’ve cleared a few things up.
Contact: *flustered* Look [the name I’m called when they’re angry with me] you know I can’t tell you, now just drop it.
Contact: I’ll let you know what I can, when I can, but until I do, please [my childhood pet-name], leave it alone.
It appears that whether the OTP is an ARG, Real, a training or recruitment exercise; something in the Worms book and/or NATO messages was enough to concern the ex-GCHQ cryptanalyst so much, that they want to examine the material more closely before commenting or are going to call someone (presumably GCHQ) for clarification on how to handle it. This response is pending.
After asking if my contact had spoken to anyone, they said that the information they had was that OTP was "not classified by 'us' but can't comment on current investigation".
Who this came from or who ‘us’ represents was not clarified, however I assumed it to either be an intelligence organisation or my contact’s idea of a joke/playing along. The conversation then shifted to a lot of questions about OTP, which I answered as best as I could.
Then the subject of placing a message onto the agent system came up. The rationale for this was to ‘probe’ the system. Much like the cold-war tactic of Russians flying jets near to NATO borders, then listening to the radio chatter that would result, in an attempt to understand how their command and control responds; even without decoding messages, the transmissions themselves can be very enlightening as to the capabilities and structure of defences.
My contact then suggested a ‘provocative’ message which could be sent, that may cause a significant enough response from the PM, which might reveal previously unknown connections. This was the basis of the message that was sent, but the final draft was a combination of my contact’s suggestions, which mostly consisted of telling me “that’s a bad idea” or “I can’t comment on that” (meaning it’s possibly a good idea) and a lot of my own supposition.
The key points which could be needed were: 1) A strongly worded message, demanding more information. 2) A possible result for not cooperating. 3) The use of codes which the PM may not understand. 4) The use of the PM’s own codes, preferably the most recent. 5) Encoded in a format familiar to the PM.
I noted down the message, then when I returned home (still a little tipsy) I relayed this information to the group on IRC #ARG, to see what they thought and whether someone would be able to send such a message.
It is important to point out that I do not know whether there was a plan by the undisclosed ‘us’ to get more information or if this was simply my contact playing along with the game, through me. As I’ve always been careful to point out, my contact has a dry sense of humour and so I can’t confirm whether what they’re saying is true, them having some fun with me or a bit of both. Either way, I thought it would be worth a go, just to see what happened.
So far as I’m aware, this experiment has not yet yielded any confirmed results.
Here you can see some of my theories about different aspects of OTP, along with some of the research links, upon which I base my assumptions.
It would appear from conversations to date, that ZEUS is in fact an old satellite based communications network/method. Based upon information gained in the Designing Compelling Worm Sanctuaries book, it is suggested that this system utilises phased array antennas on orbital platforms for reception with a normal domestic FM radio within an area no smaller than 6 meters in diameter, thus preventing the transmission from being overheard by anyone outside that area.
If the ZEUS system is old, then it is possible that it has been re-purposed either to a non-governmental organisation, for training or recruitment purposes. However the complexity of achieving such a small reception footprint, suggests this is not the case. It seems much more likely that the PM will use short range FM transmitters, much like those for using MP3 players through a car radio.
Deliberate Destruction of Satellites by Governments - http://articles.cnn.com/2008-02-19/tech/satellite.shootdown_1_uss-lake-erie-spy-satellite-sea-based-missile-defense?
It appears that the Agent System and call center desks are reliant, at least in part, upon ABISM, which in turn are reliant upon the AS36 equipment; which seems to be portable and protected by a potentially hazardous security system. It is also possible, that each AS## provision in the Worms Book, is a separate Agent System in their own right or they are unknown parts of a larger modular system.
A set of theories about the possible origins and aims of OTP. This is based upon what evidence is available, plus a lot of conjecture and circumstance.
Its an ARG plain and simple - It's scope including over 10 phone numbers, numerous dead drops around the world, enciphering techniques and postal packages would not be impossible to accomplish in a purely 'game' scenario, however it would need to be undertaken either by an extremely dedicated group of volunteers, with private funding it could be a small group, but if they funded it themselves then the group would probably exceed 10 people, given the costs involved.
Its a recruiting exercise - This isn't unprecedented, however the scope of OTP22 is quite beyond what has been acknowledged by the usual government organisations in the past, but it could be a logical extension of this ethos. If the 'agents' are really using satellite systems for example, then this could indicate that they have re-purposed some of their 'almost dead' systems for a civilian oriented aim before decommissioning; re-purposing technical assets has also been seen before, such as with the gift to NASA of defunct spy satellites, by US intelligence agencies.
Its a private or commercial operation - Re-purposing military hardware or the use of military grade techniques is quite common in the commercial sector, especially when operating abroad. The use of NATO coding types could be put down to organisations such as Blackwater and other 'mercenaries' coming from a former military background; however as with the 'real world' scenario, it should be inconceivable that we (those participating in this website) could get into their communications systems as easily as we have. So either they're monumentally stupid, they can't adapt quick enough or they intend for this information to be known.
Its real but old and non-critical - As in a back-up system, either being re-commissioned or left dormant for us to re-awaken. The former proposition is worrying and I cover it next; however the latter option holds much merit, but does not necessarily account for everything. This is the possibility of a low-tech cold war era communication system, being left active as a kind of fall-back or back-up for NATO and/or Secret Agent communication using pre-public-internet methods. Its possible that curious citizens stumbled upon this network, purely by chance and have deciphered long-ago encoded messages using now readily available tools, but this does not account for the responsive nature of messages to our interaction with the systems, although a non-critical nature could suggest that 'they' are willing to engage with 'us' as a form of research or threat analysis. Also a switch to the ZEUS Spot Beam system, which appears to have a geographically precise delivery method using FM radio, could suggest an attempt to adapt and secure the network. However none of this would necessarily rule out the following.
Its a real activation of an old system - I'll be honest, this is my 'worst case scenario' position (best case being light, fluffy, with a well paid and ethically sound job at the end of it). With increased tensions surrounding North Korea and talk of a resurgence in US missile defence, particularly in relation to Alaska; plus the China-US Anti-Satellite manoeuvres around 2010 and anti-ballistic missile rhetoric coming from Russia; the possibility does present itself, that this is a system from before or during the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I & II). A system which has been hastily reactivated and cobbled together with other military/intelligence communications systems, such as activating a polar satellite (as per the Alaskan Schools Zeus Satellite project), in existence but not used since SALT 1/2, to cover any newly deployed payload(s) of Anti Ballistic Missiles in the Arctic, possibly as a new/revived/updated version of the IceWorm project in which nuclear equipped Zeus missiles would be stationed within the Greenland ice cap. Zeus 'fly-bys' and both the pre-ship and ship phases could fit into this scenario. However Svalbard, other than simply as a downlink for the Zeus satellite system, is not entirely accounted for here.
Its two systems, Zeus and OTP - It would appear that we have several inter-twined entities here, Svalbard relates to both a satellite link location (over which the Zeus satellites has given a fly-by) and a 'facility' to which the component drops are to be used to provide access. OTP on the other hand appears to be a purely an agent communication system, allowing 'them' to communicate internationally via VOIP and PSTN (public telephone lines), as well as satellite phones. ABISM (in the sense of Asynchronous Broadcast Integrated Serial Multiplexer modem... or something like that) could be seen as a device that could when connected to a computer and or EMTANON 18k (Embedded Media Terminal Adapter Non Volatile 18k Memory, used for autonomous telephone/exchange switching) and allow a communication or instruction coming from a number station radio, layered FM audio transmission or any other source; to connect via landline/mobile/sms and request information to be delivered via yet another method, such as satellite (in much the same way as one-way satellite internet connections work).
Its about Svalbard and it's lockout - Some prominent messages would suggest that a 'facility' on Svalbard is the ultimate goal, with other aspects supporting the eventual assembly of the metal pieces, found in the component drops, which by coordinating through ABISM, ZEUS and OTP will eventually give them access to this unknown place. It would also appear that the 'uplink' and 'zeus fly by' messages could be considered as technical back-up to this primary mission. It can't be said what is in this elusive facility, however it can be assumed that whoever is running the agent system (probably J Blackweather), desperately wants to get inside, but can't at present.
Its a research exercise - This is a highly probable scenario, where a research group has set up the agent systems to in some way examine human behaviour or otherwise 'crowd-source' data for an unknown purpose. It should be noted here that there are several organisations, tentatively linked to OTP, which could have the motive and resources to conduct such a project. This stems from the circumstantial association of Godlikeproductions.com, where the first telephone number was posted and who's parent company Zero Point Ltd, which is located in the tax-haven of Jersey, has a postcode ending in OTP (Zero Point Ltd., PO Box 818, St Helier, JE4 OTP, JE). This conspiracy website is also rumoured to be associated with "The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations a British charity concerned with group behaviour and organisational behaviour. It was launched in 1946, when it separated from the Tavistock Clinic". Moreover the website is run by a gentleman by the name of Jason, who could be a candidate for 'J'.
Any more? - I've got a few other ideas which I want to write about when I can; I'll also be updating these as new info becomes available and after banter with other participants.
Please add your observations, related information, questions or comments on my talk page.
Cached 2019-04-20 05:42:36. This page was last modified on May 28, 2014, at 21:50. | 2019-04-20T17:06:30 | http://otp22.com/?title=User:UKspook |
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