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This is a pin-up of Kevin Scalzo's great character SUGAR BOOGER, commissioned by Scalzo for the forthcoming second issue. Measures about 8 1/4" x 12 1/2", ink on illustration board. This scan doesn't really do the detail in this one much justice. HYUK! | 2019-04-24T16:02:48 | http://comicartcollective.com/detail.cfm?page=5A575D49-17D9-4252-9C382E5FBED5292A |
Mooney was a skier growing up, and now has become one of the top rowers in the country.
Raised in rural southern Vermont on the grounds of a prep school where her father was the resident headmaster, Brooke Mooney grew up with cross-country ski trails literally in her backyard.
A talented sprinter (1.2km and 1.3km races), Mooney was a member of New England’s Junior National Nordic Ski Team for three winters, posting four top-three finishes at U.S. Junior Nationals.
She liked soccer and tennis, too. Rowing? It was just a cross-training option for skiing suggested by a summer-camp coach when she was an eighth-grader. Yet the sport’s appeal grew on her each subsequent summer until, for her senior year at Vermont Academy in tiny Saxtons River (pop. 565), she joined the varsity crew. The newbie excelled, first being named team captain and later Most Valuable Female Rower.
That was an eye-opener. Mooney elected to pursue rowing as a collegian and began filling out online recruiting forms for various colleges, “just putting my name out there across the U.S.,” she said, to gauge potential interest. One form arrived at Washington.
At UW, which has a tradition of converting diverse high-level athletes into rowers, Conor Bullis was the freshman coach at the time.
“He responded to my email probably within 30 minutes,” Mooney recalled. “The next day I was on the phone with him learning about the program, and by the end of the week I was setting up an official visit. It all happened really fast.” She soon committed to rowing for a college 3,000 miles from home. Good move.
Mooney has grown to become one of the nation’s strongest collegiate rowers, anchoring the engine room of UW’s top-ranked varsity eight boat from the 4 seat with a stroke considered among the most powerful of any U.S. female rower at any level.
The 6-foot-2 senior will put that talent to work this weekend as the No. 1 UW women seek to defend their 2017 national title at the three-day NCAA rowing championships that begin Friday in Sarasota, Fla.
Mooney’s skills have already earned her an invitation to train this summer with the senior U.S. National Team, along with teammates Karlé Pittsinger (a converted shot putter from Chelan) and Jessica Thoennes.
How substantial is Mooney’s stroke? During an early-season one-minute training test on an ergometer (a stationary indoor rower), Mooney recorded a sustained pace of 615 watts — an astounding figure.
UW coach Yasmin Farooq asked national team coaches Tom Terhaar and Laurel Korholz how that stacks up. “They did not recall anyone having ever gone above 600,” Farooq said.
Plus, in what’s known as a 10-stroke test, in which a rower is scored on the highest number of watts generated in a single stroke, Mooney pulled 854 watts — another unprecedented number, according to what U.S. coaches told Farooq.
When Farooq was hired in 2016, she became Mooney’s third head coach in three seasons. Mooney had spent her sophomore season deep on UW’s depth chart, rowing in relative obscurity with the fourth varsity eight. Yet Mooney’s physical gifts were obvious to Farooq, and she asked volunteer assistant coach Elle Logan, a three-time Olympian whom Farooq had coached at Stanford, to take Mooney out in a pair and evaluate her.
In 2017, a newly motivated Mooney swiftly ascended from the fourth V8 to the first, and her growth has continued. In a timed training session this spring, she and freshman teammate Sofia Asoumanaki, who rowed for Greece in the 2016 Olympics, both broke UW’s 2,000-meter record on an erg (6 minutes 35 seconds). Mooney has improved her 2017 erg time by a whopping 15 seconds.
What propelled Mooney’s leap from the fourth boat to first? Flipping a mental switch.
“When she started to realize her true potential, she really embraced every opportunity,” Farooq said. “We told her, you can pull way harder than you think you can. You don’t think you’re holding yourself back, but you are. You have to give yourself over to this and go harder and realize you’re not only going to survive but you can keep going at this level.
Farooq praises Mooney for embracing self-direction in her development.
Farooq marvels at how quickly Mooney rebounded from an unusual health scare. Last April recurring headaches led Mooney to discover she had a cyst sitting near her optic chiasm (the part of the brain where optic nerves cross), pressuring both nerves.
In late June, after UW won the NCAA championship, she underwent a delicate endoscopic brain surgery where the mass was removed via her nostrils. After a six-week recovery, she resumed normal training.
“No lingering effects,” she said cheerfully.
• Last year UW claimed its first NCAA championship in women’s rowing since 2001 (and fourth overall) by sweeping all three races — varsity eight, second varsity and varsity four, the first time in the event’s 21-year history any school accomplished that feat. | 2019-04-23T20:18:39 | https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/brooke-mooney-brings-serious-power-to-uws-varsity-eight-as-team-seeks-to-repeat-as-national-champions/ |
CRYOCHAPS can be placed flat in a standard freezer (-24° Celsius) overnight, to receive the optimum cooling effect. Alternatively place in freezer for approx. 4 hours before immediate use. If you have no freezer at your yard or you are travelling a competition, tests have shown that if you place in a freezer overnight and then place in an insulating cooler bag with ice blocks, then Cryochaps will still achieve effective cooling after up to 4 hours in the cooler bag. Cool boxes may achieve far longer.
Cryochaps cool bags have been tested to keep the Cryochaps cool for up to 4 hours (ambient temperature between 18-24° Celsius), this is with the bag packed out fully with cool blocks.
Using Post Exercise, apply to the leg for 10-15 mins. For best results wet the leg before application. Temperatures are maintained below 10°-15° for this time period. If your horses’s leg is not cool to the touch when you take Cryochaps off, they were not frozen adequately before application.
Within the first 24-48 hours after injury, apply for up to 20mins, temperatures against the leg will be maintained below 10°-15°. Application can be repeated every 2-3 hours, ensure you take advice from your vet before using after injury. CRYOCHAPS should not be used on open wounds or if suspected infection. If your horse has sensitive legs, or clipped legs, it is advised to cover. CRYOCHAPS should not be left on the leg longer than 20 mins, there is no medical benefit to be gained by leaving them on for longer. You run the risk of damaging the skin.
The right leg is signified by R on the outer label above the horse head. L for Left.
The branded label and Velcro should be on the outside.
The branded label also signifies the top of the wrap. Layout opposite for right leg.
The Left leg will be marked L and have either HH or HF marked to signify hind and front leg of the horse.
The end of the gel section of the wrap, is placed to the front of the leg so the top of the wrap is just under the bony projection of the side of the knee or side of the hock.
Wrap around the leg and secure the straps to the Velcro. I find it easiest to secure a middle strap first and then attach the top strap and work down.
Do not cup underneath the fetlock with the bottom strap, place around the fetlock for the best uniform compression.
Tighten after a couple of minutes to ensure the boot is secure to the leg as the Gel will soften once strapped on.
If your horse is uncomfortable with wearing boots or bandages and kicks out or significantly curls the fetlock joint when applying wraps or boots, you may run the risk of splitting Cryochaps. It is strongly advised to monitor the horse on the first few applications to make sure they are comfortable. Place the Cryochaps as high up the leg as feasible on the first few applications and do not ‘cup’ the fetlock with the bottom strap, just place around the fetlock not under it. If significant force is applied by mistake to the wrap, you could see signs of the gel leaking out, it is non toxic so do not panic, however you could void the warranty so apply with care initially until your horse is relaxed to wear a wrap! | 2019-04-20T22:43:58 | http://www.cryochaps.co.uk/how-to-apply/ |
I turned the key and pushed the door open. It’s usually about this time I see the little squirrel run to the babygate, tail wagging vigorously. She emitted a high pitched noise that sounds like car tires squealing on the street. It was one of my favorite sounds ever.
But today, there was no little squirrel, no squealing, no Ms. Moneypenny. It reminded me of when my wife is away on business and I get home from work and the entire apartment is this dead space. You never know how much life they give it until they are no longer there.
I’d sit down on the couch. Moneypenny would run around and scramble up furniture. Her body was so erect it was like she was on the summit of some mountain. She was a tiny Chihuauhua, but she always managed to climb high enough to look you in your eyes.
Her favorite thing was to be rubbed on the belly. Even when my hand got tired I continued rubbing because I knew that she had been waiting all day for this moment. With every sweep of the hand her eyes would slowly close.
Each night Ophelia and I would settle into bed, and after a few minutes Moneypenny would prance up and find a nook to tuck her little body. It was usually behind my knee or against Ophelia’s belly. A couple of times I almost rolled over her in the night, but she never moved.
I never had a dog that trusted me so much. I’m not sure I ever trusted anyone so much as she trusted me and Ophelia.
For three nights we watched and waited. Penny didn’t eat. She didn’t drink. So we handfed her, and used a syringe to make sure she drank. She was too tired to walk to her favorite pillow. So we picked up her weakened body and placed her nice and comfy in her favorite spot.
I watched as Ophelia fed Penny saliva out of her mouth, at times the only water Penny would take. From her mommy.
Penny would sometimes lift her body into a sitting position, fighting to get herself upright. I imagined she must have trouble seeing with her weary eyes. It was in those weary, sagging eyes that Ophelia knew that it wasn’t good.
Before the surgery, they brought Penny in to see us. Her tail wagged vigorously, just like it always did. If I had a tail, I would have wagged it too.
Her eyes were bright and clear, and she looked like she was going to make it through. So I hugged and kissed her. I swept my hand over her belly, and her eyes started to drift off. We handed her back to the nurse. She was so happy to see us. I reached over one last time and kissed her on her little forehead. Then she was gone. | 2019-04-23T18:23:22 | https://womenspeakout.org/tag/relationships/ |
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The soundproofing of the cab is complete.
We'll be hearing that motor soundproofing or not ..
and the exhaust also promises to sound "healthy". . .
and yet .. .he soundproofs.
I don't ask. . .I just document.
The mechanism for the power windows .. .
This may sound like I am surprised . . . but every time something works for the first time rod builder . .
With all the talk about gas pedals that stick.
I took a good look at ours. . .
and no worries .. .
the only reason it will be on the floor will be well intentioned.
And that. . .my friends who's husbands are interested in the ongoing saga of building the 1950 Mercury Truck Rod. .
Soundproofing. That's something I never thought about in a vehicle.
Bravo to the rod builder!
I dare not show the Great Dane - it would just encourage him!
omg...i would love to have one of those trucks!!!
I'm sure the restoration process is 3/4 of the fun - but I can hardly wait to see a picture of you two zooming down the highway!
You must be proud of him. My husband is enjoying this journey. Old vehicle restoration is my husband's dream, so you can see he is thankful that you are sharing the progress with us.
You just document and rejoice when things work well the first time. Sounds like excellent advice. It's looking good. I can only imagine what it's on its way to becoming.
Right away, when I started reading...I was hoping too that you had taken care of the gas pedal.
It's coming right along...and looking mighty fine! The power windows had me floored...but hubby informed me this is actually a state of the art truck in an antique body. What fun! | 2019-04-22T08:02:08 | http://www.lovella.ca/2010/02/soundproofing-and-gas-pedal.html |
MarketSmith is a remarkably flexible stock-charting and screening application, and Born To Sell gives covered call traders some great ideas.
Two new tools came to our attention recently, and they are both worth a look. The first, MarketSmith, is a remarkably flexible stock-charting and screening application, and the second, Born To Sell, gives covered-call traders some great ideas.
You may be familiar with the MarketSmith (http://www.marketsmith.com) product line if you’ve ever accessed Daily Graphs or Daily Graphs Online, founded by William J. O’Neil, the money manager who created Investor’s Business Daily. Daily Graphs started out in dead-tree form in 1972, then went online in 1998. In 2002, the service added mutual-fund and options data. Subscriptions are $999 a year, or $112.25 a month. Renamed MarketSmith last fall, the company is now run by O’Neil’s son, Scott.
Scott O’Neil says that his firm spent “an incredible amount of time designing the layout and scaling to make sure that each chart is representative of that particular security.” The design is extremely elegant, as all the components are accessible from a single screen. MarketSmith is intended to cover the entire research process behind making a trade, starting with idea generation, managing ideas and then analyzing them.
The tool runs in Microsoft Silverlight and launches from most popular browsers. We ran it on Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer; it behaved best on the last.
The central tool is, of course, a price/volume chart, but other capabilities are available through tools that slide in and out from the four sides of the chart. A screening tool slides out from the left side, and you manage all your watch lists through a tool at the bottom. There is a panel on the right side that provides related information, such as criteria from investing gurus. The tools slide open over the chart you’re viewing, then slide back when you’re done with them. There’s no digging through menus to find a particular tool in this very modern interface.
You can choose from over 200 data points in the screener, including the usual suspects in fundamental and technical analysis. You can set up your own screen, which is then saved for you, or go to the MarketSmith stock screens that match the style and approach of various investing legends such as Warren Buffett, Martin Zweig, Peter Lynch and Benjamin Graham.
The list panel, located at the bottom of the chart, is the program’s hub. This is where you store the results of your screens, so that you can go through them more completely. As you run a screen, you can drag and drop your ideas onto a watch list. The lists are displayed in a table with column headings that are customizable with any of the 200-plus data fields in the system.
The charts can be displayed as daily, weekly, monthly and one-minute intervals. One intriguing feature that sent me on a walk through history is the “Change Date” box, which lets you set the date for any individual stock back to 1962 (when available). You also can look at movements in the Dow Jones Industrial Average back to 1900.
While viewing a chart, you can slide out the panel on the right and find information on institutional ownership or see how the company’s industry is performing. There is also a news feed on the right panel. Options data are also included, though the options analysis isn’t very deep.
There is also a community you can join to get feedback or to share screens. In the blogs area, you can mark up a chart and share it with others in the community. You have to be a MarketSmith member to post or read the blogs. A feature I would like is the ability to link a MarketSmith membership to your online brokerage account, which would avoid a fair amount of manual data entry.
MarketSmith is pricey, but has excellent tools in a well-designed interface. It’s worth a trial, at the very least.
FOR COVERED-CALL WRITERS, the site BornToSell (http://www.borntosell.com) offers a customizable screener that searches through approximately 150,000 available transactions and displays the results in an easy-to-read table.
The basic search screen uses slider bars to set your options criteria, including expiration date, whether they are in, at or out of the money and the price of the underlying stock. The screen’s results display instantly, with visual cues, such as earnings dates, highlighted in red if they will occur prior to expiration.
Advanced filters let you see market capitalization, the price of the option and the industry. You can also exclude various stocks. The results are ranked by the transaction’s annual return and will definitely generate some ideas for you.
Born To Sell analyzes only covered calls, but is a terrific tool for those who generate income by selling calls against existing positions. After a two-week free trial, subscriptions run $499.95 per year, $149.95 quarterly or $59.95 monthly. Check it out. | 2019-04-20T04:48:15 | http://www.investorbrain.com/index.php/logicalblocks/comments/two_new_ways_to_make_money/ |
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Our high quality Mady TV unit consists of 7 drawers of different sizes and shapes and two spaces, this will allow you to store many things.
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I think so, I'm def. addicted to some extent.
I think for me its connectivity. It could be my laptop or my Android phone, which is really just a mobile computer.
Recently it became apparent when I was driving deep into the Death Valley desert, with no voice or data connection. That many miles from being connected was a weird feeling. And imagine, two decades ago that was the way it was everywhere.
The Internet is fast acceptable just addition allotment of accustomed life, abundant like the TV and the computer itself. What started as something amazing, exciting, and generally out of reach, has become commonplace and advisedly available.
I dont feel addicted because i have work so i am on net.but it has been ages that because of internet i am not watching Tv properly.
It sounds like your addiction is TV, like so many others I know (including my wife). Now that is SICK, because there are no positive benefits like there are by being addicted to the Internet.
I am not much addicted to the internet I only use it when at work and often use it for logging in facebook just for sometime, and I think the test has shown exactly similar answer because i have filled all the questions honestly. | 2019-04-25T18:24:21 | http://money-talk.org/msg106769.html& |
Feb 23 – 25: “Race Fans! tickets for the 34th Annual NHRA Arizona Nationals are on sale NOW! Last season Leah Pritchett (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car), and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) enjoyed victories at the 450-acre multi-purpose motorsports facility.
Tickets can be purchased online by clicking here or by calling 800-884-NHRA (6472). Purchase your tickets early and save! | 2019-04-26T16:52:02 | https://racewildhorse.net/index.php/events/2018-nhra-arizona-nationals/ |
Bring your mountain bike or running shoes and get fit. We have lots of fresh air and safe roads.
Buy fruit - fresh, dried or jarred!
Visit Gamkaberg Nature Reserve - Home of the endangered mountain zebra.
Pick your own grapes at De Krans during February or apricots during November.
Enjoy a meal at one of the local restaurants – there are at least 4 restaurants within 1 km from the guest house. | 2019-04-25T21:55:45 | http://welgevondenguesthouse.co.za/activinfo.htm |
For those that don’t know, Steven Landes is our representative in Virginia’s House of Delegates. Every year, he sends out a mailer asking his constituents to fill out a legislative survey. The survey is here; my longstanding belief remains – if you don’t voice your opinion (especially when it’s requested), it’s not worth very much.
Learn more about Del. Landes’ legislation at Richmond Sunlight and find out who is donating money to him at the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP).
Next PostNext Pool Enhancements coming To Crozet Pool? | 2019-04-23T04:22:02 | https://www.realcrozetva.com/2008/12/31/take-steven-landes-legislative-survey/ |
Located on E. Washington Street, the Belleville Library was constructed in 1916 by way of a $45,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Over the course of his adult life, Andrew Carnegie made it his personal crusade to build libraries all over the world. All said, Carnegie spent $55 million to build 1,679 libraries in the United States and 830 abroad.
Other than an addition made to the building in the 1970s, the original building stands almost unchanged. Updates and upgrades have been made throughout the years but otherwise, she stands just as she did in 1916.
Here’s where the Romeisers come in.
When Peter died in 1916, he left a detailed Will & Testament. Everything was covered from the house and land all the way down to each share of company stock. He divided up 300 shares amongst his children and left a reserve for philanthropy. His daughter, Emma, spearheaded the idea that the remaining children (herself and her three brothers Theodore, Edwin, and Alvin) use that reserve to make a public donation to the library.
The amount at the time, $1,680, was the first public donation to the Belleville library and equates to more than $20,000 in today’s terms.
After months of pondering what to do with the money father left as a reserve, I have finally decided that a book shelf in the Public Library as an “In Memoriam” for father would be best of all. Alvin, Edwin, and Theodore are all agreed that it would please father. In this way, the money would be put to a fine purpose and serve to keep green his memory in the town in which he was so much interested. The best kind of monument.
The details and arrangements, I’m afraid, I must leave to you. After the stock is sold and the money available, would you still be willing to act as trustee of the fund until it has been used up? My idea is that from time to time books of real value shall be added to the library, fiction excluded. Books perhaps like Carl Sandburg’s ‘Abraham Lincoln’ and Emil Ludwig’s wonderful ‘Napoleon,’ books that will be permanent additions to the library. Of course a library committee must be appointed and I would be pleased to have the list submitted to me if possible.
Please let me know what you think of the plan, and what you would suggest in the matter. With greetings from all here to you and your family.
The connection between the Romeisers and the library doesn’t end here… there’s a second part to this story that I’ll be covering next week. So be sure to hit ‘subscribe’ and check back next week for Part II! | 2019-04-24T03:01:31 | https://thebrickandmaple.com/tag/belleville/ |
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We had our first Moving Digits EU project meeting in Tallinn on 17/December 2018. Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava were great hosts, and we had a very productive day. We toured the facilities, updated the other partners with news, planned the 18-19 February workshop, prepared the call for participation and its dissemination, and met with two choreographers who will assist us during the workshop. | 2019-04-22T13:02:20 | https://movingdigits.eu/2018/12/1st-project-meeting-tallinn/ |
Coperion K-Tron has introduced a unique new electronic pressure compensation (EPC) system for its high-accuracy loss-in-weight feeders. The main advantages of the new system include improved accuracy and reliability as well as lower initial cost and easier installation compared with traditional mechanical pressure compensation systems. Retrofitting options for existing feeders are available. EPC can be installed on a majority of Coperion K-Tron gravimetric feeders in almost any application and all industries.
Depending on set-up and requirements, sensors can be positioned on the feeder hopper and, if required, on the material discharge tube. The software implements a self-optimizing compensation algorithm for best performance and dynamics identical to those of Coperion K-Tron’s SFT load cells, which allows for highly accurate feeding results, even in systems with perceivable pressure fluctuations.
A separate field evaluation kit allows for the assessment of potential pressure issues in existing installations. | 2019-04-21T06:37:57 | https://www.petfoodindustry.com/directories/114-pet-food-product-database/listing/3580-coperion-k-tron-electronic-pressure-compensation-system |
This update brings back the much-requested province names and the terrain is now slightly 3d to make nations even easier to distinguish. Coalition features are now fully implemented into our team matches and you can freely switch languages in your account settings. Additional bugfixes are listed in the detailed news on the main screen.
Similar to "Call of War - WW2 Strategy Game" | 2019-04-25T01:46:27 | https://downloadapk.net/Call-of-War-World-War-2-Strategy-Game.html |
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We be crafting books and book boxes into clutches ya'll! I used a book a couple years back to make a ring bearer box and while it turned out amazing some people wrote into the show saying they were angry that I cut up an actual book so this time around I used book boxes and turned them into clutches and go figure ...... some people were angry that I didn't use a real book hahaha! I know, I know, I can't win. OK, so let's do it this way: If you want to use a book box .... it's super easy and the magnet is already in place so it holds together and it's less of a process, butttttt if you want to use a real book, you will need to do a little more work and use an X-acto knife to cut the pages out and buy your own magnets and youse glue to secure your pages in place. The link to the tutorial in which I cut the book is here. And if you would like to make the book clutch below then check out the video on HGTV Handmade's YouTube channel! | 2019-04-26T06:36:09 | https://www.jessiedaye.com/diy/2018/1/11/diy-clutch |
This expedition aims to drill and core into the Chicxulub impact structure to recover cores from, and above, the peak ring. In doing so, the expedition aims to address several questions, including: 1) what rocks comprise a topographic peak ring and how are peak rings formed; 2) how are rocks weakened during large impacts to allow them to collapse and form relatively wide, flat craters; 3) what caused the environmental changes that led to a mass extinction and what insights arise from biologic recovery in the Paleogene; and 4) what effect does a large impact have on the deep subsurface biosphere and can impacts generate habitats for chemosynthetic life?
The expedition will drill and core a single 1500 m deep borehole at site about 30km northwest of Progreso, Mexico, on the Yucatan shelf, Gulf of Mexico.
Alternate Sites: .Chicx-02A and Chicx-04A. | 2019-04-24T18:27:36 | http://www.j-desc.org/about-iodp/expeditions/364-chicxulub-impact-crater |
Day 41: June 25, 2013. Dawson City, Yukon to Chicken, Alaska on Top of the World Highway. Chicken Gold Camp Site 5. 108 miles traveled in about 7 hours.
To get to Alaska from Dawson City, the shortest route is to travel across The Top of the World Highway on mostly gravel road with few guard rails and spectacular views.
Our journey began as we got in line for the ferry about 8:00. We watched the ferry make several trips across the river before it was our turn to board about 9:00.
The free George Black Ferry crosses the Yukon River from Dawson City to Top of the World Highway.
Once we exited the ferry in West Dawson, we were on our way on the Top of the World Highway. It was originally called the Ridge Road because it was built on top of the ridge.
We were excited when we came to a paved section of road!
After that, the road was even worse than before! There is construction work on the American side. The road is very narrow in places and has very soft shoulders and no guardrails. After about 8 miles we turned onto the Taylor Highway which was the scariest part of the trip. Soft shoulders, narrow, and straight drop offs. The view of the valley below was supposed to be beautiful but I had to keep looking straight ahead!
We arrived in Chicken, Alaska and got the last electric site there. There are only three places in Chicken – Downtown Chicken, The Town of Chicken, and Chicken Gold Camp where we stayed. You can walk from one place to another. Each one has a campground, store, and restaurant. There’s a post office down the road a short distance. The mail plane only comes twice a week.
The Pedro Dredge in Chicken is a National Historic Site.
Chicken Gold Camp Site 5, the last electric site in the park when we arrived. | 2019-04-21T06:55:14 | https://wanderingdawgs.com/2013/06/30/day-41-on-top-of-the-world/ |
Melton just about deserved victory for a first half display in which they dominated the scrum and moved the ball well through the backs and forwards.
Wonderful line breaks by Martorano, Evans, Spence and Williams put Melton on the front foot, while the scrum drove Oakham back, allowing Wade to take several balls against the head.
Skipper Greaves bounced several would-be tacklers out of his way, while back row partners Peters and Prior added the more delicate touches. The front row of Kerr, Wade and Spence belied their combined age of 150-plus years with great performances.
Young half-backs Haywood and Grindey probed with useful breaks, and several times Grindey turned the Oakham team with good rolling kicks.
Clemmons drew his centre partner Freeston on to some lovely lines of running, and allowed wings Clarke and Forfar chances to run at Oakham, while full-back Williams ran the ball back strongly.
The forwards nearly got a pushover try, but moved too quickly to control the ball. But from the next scrum Wade took one against the head and the pack drove Oakham over the line.
Melton went further ahead when good handling from forwards and backs allowed Prior to score.
Just before half-time Oakham replied with a breakaway try to turn round at 17-7.
Both teams made several changes with Blagburn, Underwood and Farrish coming on in the backs and O’Reilly and Broughton came on in the forwards.
Melton struggled to get their game back together in a much tighter second half, and an Oakham try with 10 minutes left set up a grandstand finale.
But Melton held out to shade a keenly-fought and enjoyable match. | 2019-04-22T13:57:08 | https://www.meltontimes.co.uk/sport/other-sport/oakham-rfc-12-17-melton-rfc-1-6487079 |
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Through this series, local creatives from a variety of disciplines push the notions of what a museum can be—for visitors, for the creative community and for the institution itself. Things will get wildly creative and maybe a little messy too! Find out more about the current Creative-in-Residence Juntae TeeJay Hwang.
Beginning October 1, meet local creatives and watch demonstrations every weekend in the Print Studio. | 2019-04-22T14:28:35 | https://denverartmuseum.org/programming/artists-work |
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Amar Pujo Durga Puja Festival: Some Best Durga Puja in the City of Joy, Kolkata!
Durga Puja Festival: Some Best Durga Puja in the City of Joy, Kolkata!
It is not necessary to tell that Durga Puja is one of the biggest festivals of the Bengalis. Here Durga Puja is considered as the biggest celebration of the country. In Durga Puja, the city's grandeur and dazzling bring a new hope of hope among the devotees.
In the last six days of Dussehra, in the people of Kolkata and in the decoration here, the prosperity here and the immense blessings of Mother Durga are clearly seen. These days the city of Kolkata fulfills its nickname "City of Joy" (the City of Hershalas). Calcutta does not sleep for 10 days, all day long the dancing of Durga is full of devotion, dance songs, colors, different types of dishes and its culture.
Bagabazar Pandal is one of Kolkata's old Pandalas over 100 years ... here you can see Durga Puja in a traditional style.
Address: 13, Sun Sen St., Bobazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700012.
The statue of Durga Maa is built in Kumartuli Park situated in the northern part of Kolkata .. and is worshiped .. It is famous for the grandiose decorations of the statue of the park mata.
Address: Abhay Mitra St., Sovabazar, Kumatauli, Shobabazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700005.
It specializes in mimicking Pandal's design of popular temples across the country. In addition to the structure of this division, the walls are the main attraction of this pavilion.
Address: 15, Ekdaliya Road, Ekdeliya, Baliganj, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019.
If you are planning to visit Pandit especially to see your themed decorations, then the Badlapur Aashar Sangh is definitely going! This has been the attraction among the people for the last 76 years, during the Durga Puja, thousands of people gather here to see the mother and see the decoration here.
Address: 5, Zodiac Bihari Avenue, Anami Sangha, Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal 700026.
Where Ekadla Evergreen is known for its replica of the temple, while the elegant Sangh is decorated for its decoration, which shows different aspects of the state of India. The outstanding craftsmanship in this division gives many rewards to many names each year.
Address: 500 and 505, Block-M, New Alipur, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053.
Address: 1 / D, Jodhpur Park, Kolkata, West Bengal 700068.
Situated in Bobazar near College Square Pandal, Santosh Mitra Square is one of the other popular pandals in Kolkata.
Address: Lebutla, Bojazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700014.
*There is also more Glittering & incomparable Puja which is sooo good you can visit there and give a entertain to yourself. | 2019-04-21T20:29:15 | https://www.pranerpujo.ooo/2018/09/durga-puja-festival-some-best-durga-puja-in-the-city-of-joy-kolkata.html |
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It’s been three weeks since the presidential election, but the ballot counting is far from over. On Thursday, Wisconsin officials started the laborious process of recounting every presidential ballot cast in the election, thanks to a lawsuit from Green Party candidate Jill Stein. Recount initiatives in Pennsylvania and Michigan are currently making their way through the courts, and there’s even a chance Nevada will conduct a recount. Some are now wondering if North Carolina will have a recount as well.
In fact, there’s already a bit of a recount underway in North Carolina, but it has nothing to do with the presidential election. It involves the governor’s race, which Democrat Roy Cooper won by around 10,000 votes, according to an unofficial state tally. However, incumbent Republican Pat McCrory is challenging the vote count in court. In response, a judge ordered a partial recount of ballots in Durham County on Thursday. So technically, there already is a North Carolina recount of sorts.
As for the presidential election, however, there’s no reason to believe there will be a recount, because nobody has filed for one. While the vote there was close, it wasn’t that close: Donald Trump won by around 177,000 votes. Since no statewide recount in the last 15 years has resulted in more than 1,247 wrongly recorded votes (that was in Florida in 2000), there isn’t any reason to think a recount in North Carolina would change the state’s presidential results.
Similarly, the overall recount effort itself almost certainly isn’t going to result in Hillary Clinton becoming president. It would if the results were overturned in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, but Trump leads by around 100,000 ballots across those three states. While there is a chance that 100,000 ballots in three states will change hands, it’s a very, very small chance.
Although the vote in North Carolina wasn’t close, that doesn’t guarantee it was fair. For years, the state’s Republican Party has gone to great lengths to prevent as many black people from voting in the state as possible. The most onerous of those provisions was struck down by a judge in July, but the GOP-controlled boards of elections at the county level nevertheless succeeded in severely limiting early voting, a service used disproportionately by black voters in the state. That is but one of many voter suppression techniques some states use to disenfranchise black voters.
Unfortunately, voter suppression isn’t something a recount can undo. The problem in North Carolina isn’t that the votes were improperly cast. It’s that a lot of its residents weren’t able to vote in the first place. | 2019-04-22T08:35:49 | https://www.bustle.com/articles/197997-will-there-be-a-north-carolina-vote-recount-the-states-2016-presidential-election-results-havent-been |
Combinators that can be used for aggregating independent queries. See my article about aggregating mget queries for more information.
We can merge any two arbitrary mget queries.
Reify aggregation into a target functor. | 2019-04-25T07:33:59 | http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hlrdb-core-0.1.3.0/docs/HLRDB-Primitives-Aggregate.html |
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Any public methods you place on your POCO classes that are annotated with the [Coalesce] will get built into your TypeScript ViewModels and ListViewModels, and API endpoints will be created for these methods to be called. Both instance methods and static methods are supported. Additionally, any instance methods on Services will also have API endpoints and TypeScript generated.
Primitive values (numerics, strings, booleans, enums) and dates (DateTime, DateTimeOffset, and nullable variants) are accepted as parameters to be passed from the client to the method call.
Any object types may be passed to the method call. These may be existing EF Entity Models or External Types. When invoking the method on the client, the object’s properties will only be serialized one level deep. If an object parameter has additional child object properties, they will not be included in the invocation of the method - only the object’s primitive & date properties will be deserialized from the client.
If the method has a parameter of the same type as your DbContext class, the current DbContext will be passed to the method call. For Services which don’t have a defined backing EF context, this is treated as having an implicit [Inject] attribute.
If the method has a parameter of type ClaimsPrincipal, the current user will be passed to the method call.
If a parameter is marked with the [Inject] attribute, it will be injected from the application’s IServiceProvider.
If the method has an out IncludeTree includeTree parameter, then the IncludeTree that is passed out will be used to control serialization. See Generated DTOs and Include Tree for more information. If the method returns an IQueryable, this will supercede the include tree obtained from inspecting the query.
Any primitive data types may be returned - string, int, etc.
Any of the types of your models may be returned. The generated TypeScript for calling the method will use the generated TypeScript ViewModels of your models to store the returned value.
If the return type is the same as the type that the method is defined on, and the method is not static, then the results of the method call will be loaded into the calling TypeScript object.
Any custom type you define may also be returned from a method. Corresponding TypeScript ViewModels will be created for these types. See External Types.
When returning custom types from methods, be careful of the types of their properties. As Coalesce generates the TypeScript ViewModels for your External Types, it will also generate ViewModels for the types of any of its properties, and so on down the tree. If a type is encountered from the FCL/BCL or another package that your application uses, these generated types will get out of hand extremely quickly.
Mark any properties you don’t want generated on these TypeScript ViewModels with the [InternalUse] attribute, or give them a non-public access modifier. Whenever possible, don’t return types that you don’t own or control.
Collections of any of the above valid return types above are also valid return types. IEnumerables are useful for generator functions using yield. ICollection is highly suggested over IEnumerable whenever appropriate, though.
Queryables of the valid return types above are valid return types. The query will be evaluated, and Coalesce will attempt to pull an Include Tree from the queryable to shape the response. When Include Tree functionality is needed to shape the response but an IQueryable<> return type is not feasible, an out IncludeTree includeTree parameter will do the trick as well.
An ItemResult<T> of any of the valid return types above, including collections, is valid. The WasSuccessful and Message properties on the result object will be sent along to the client to indicate success or failure of the method. The type T will be mapped to the appropriate DTO object before being serialized as normal.
A ListResult<T> of any of the non-collection types above, is valid. The WasSuccessful Message, and all paging information on the result object will be sent along to the client. The type T will be mapped to the appropriate DTO objects before being serialized as normal.
The class created for the method in TypeScript will be used to hold the paging information included in the ListResult. See below for more information about this class.
You can implement role-based security on a method by placing the [Execute] on the method. Placing this attribute on the method with no roles specified will simply require that the calling user be authenticated.
Security for instance methods is also controlled by the data source that loads the instance - if the data source can’t provide an instance of the requested model, the method won’t be executed.
For each method you define, a class will be created on the corresponding TypeScript ViewModel (instance methods) or ListViewModel (static methods) that contains the properties and functions for interaction with the method. This class is accessible through a static property named after the method. An instance of this class will also be created on each instance of its parent - this instance is in a property with the camel-cased name of the method.
Here’s an example for a method called Rename that takes a single parameter ‘string name’ and returns a string.
return FullName; // Return the new full name of the person.
Declaration of class that provides invocation methods and status properties for the method.
Default instance of the method for easy calling of the method without needing to manually instantiate the class.
Function that takes all the method parameters and a callback. If reload is true, the ViewModel or ListViewModel that owns the method will be reloaded after the call is complete, and only after that happens will the callback be called.
Class with one observable member per method argument for binding method arguments to user input.
Default instance of the args class.
Function for invoking the method using the args class. The default instance of the args class will be used if none is provided.
Simple interface using browser prompt() input boxes to prompt the user for the required data for the method call. The call is then made with the data provided.
Observable that will contain the results of the method call after it is complete.
Observable with the raw, deserialized JSON result of the method call. If the method call returns an object, this will contain the deserialized JSON object from the server before it has been loaded into ViewModels and its properties loaded into observables.
Observable boolean which is true while the call to the server is pending.
If the method was not successful, this contains exception information.
Observable boolean that indicates whether the method call was successful or not.
Page number of the results.
Page size of the results.
Total number of possible result pages.
Instance methods generate the members above on the TypeScript ViewModel.
The instance of the model will be loaded using the data source specified by an attribute [LoadFromDataSource(typeof(MyDataSource))] if present. Otherwise, the model instance will be loaded using the default data source for the POCO’s type. If you have a Custom Data Source annotated with [DefaultDataSource], that data source will be used. Otherwise, the Standard Data Source will be used.
Static methods are created as functions on the TypeScript ListViewModel. All of the same members that are generated for instance methods are also generated for static methods.
If a static method returns the type that it is declared on, it will also be generated on the TypeScript ViewModel of its class.
Methods can be annotated with attributes to control API exposure and TypeScript generation. The following attributes are available for model methods. General annotations can be found on the Attributes page.
The [Coalesce] attribute causes the method to be exposed via a generated API controller. This is not needed for methods defined on an interface marked with [Service] - Coalesce assumes that all methods on the interface are intended to be exposed. If this is not desired, create a new, more restricted interface with only the desired methods to be exposed.
The [ControllerAction] attribute controls how this method is exposed via HTTP. By default all controller method actions use the POST HTTP method. This behavior can be overridden with this attribute to use GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, or PATCH HTTP methods. Keep in mind that when using the GET method, all parameters are sent as part of the URL, so the typical considerations with sensitive data in a query string applies.
The [Execute] attribute specifies which roles can execute this method from the generated API controller.
The [Hidden] attribute allows for hiding this method on the admin pages both for list/card views and the editor.
The [LoadFromDataSource] attribute specifies that the targeted model instance method should load the instance it is called on from the specified data source when invoked from an API endpoint. By default, whatever the default data source for the model’s type will be used. | 2019-04-23T02:54:45 | https://coalesce.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pages/modeling/model-components/methods/ |
Here in the UK the terms of Brexit dominates the headlines on a daily basis. Still bitter from the marginal vote to leave the EU some who voted to 'remain' appear to be seeking to put as many roadblocks in the way as possible. Petitions are being signed, demonstrations attended and books are being written as Pro-EU activists desperately seek to stop the juggernaut which is Brexit. In this week's Bible in the News we consider the likelihood of Brexit being scuppered in the light of Bible prophecy.
Currently, the British government and the EU are in negotiations to untangle Britain from the EU. Much work has to be done to detach the UK from laws and obligations that have been entered into as part of the close relationship between the two parties.
“As it stands, the UK will leave the EU in March 2019 whether it agrees a deal on the terms of withdrawal or not. Prime Minister Theresa May has said she believes the two sides will reach a deal but the UK must prepare for all eventualities. The so-called divorce bill, the amount the UK will pay to settle its liabilities when it leaves the EU, remains a major sticking point in negotiations.
Hopes that negotiations would move on to Britain's future relationship with the EU this month were dashed after EU chiefs said more work was needed first on the divorce talks. Mr De Rynck [an adviser to EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier] said "sufficient progress is not far away" but the UK must set out how it believes the divorce bill should be calculated to end the deadlock over money.
Also this week the UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, was again in the headlines telling the EU to “get on with Brexit”. Also on the BBC this week the BBC ran a headline “Brexit: Theresa May says 'important progress' made at EU summit.” So the politicians are forging ahead with the Brexit paperwork but many are also at work attempting to put a stop to it.
The notion that the people have spoken in the EU referendum - and that therefore, under the rules of democracy, Brexit should continue with all the authority of democracy - is one which is constantly under challenge in some parts of British politics. The main sticking point is the question of what Brexit looks like and what deal Britain might do in regards to the terms of Brexit. A few “remainers” want to sink the Brexit ship and stay moored to the EU.
Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg is one such “Remainer”. He has written a book entitled “How To Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again)” published on the 12th of October. The leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, published an article in the Guardian this week entitled “We must stop this tragic farce – Brexit can be reversed”. The Liberal Democrats are pushing for another final vote by the British public to agree, or not, the terms of the Brexit negotiations in an attempt to reverse the leave outcome from the last one.
There is a track record in relation to the EU of democratic decisions being overturned by sheer persistence.
For example, in 1992 Denmark voted against adopting the EU’s 'Maastricht Treaty'. With a few tweaks though the treaty was amended and another vote was held in 1993 and was carried. In 2001, in a referendum to approve the EU ‘Treaty of Nice’ the Irish voted 53% against. A few tweaks to the wording of the treaty took place and the vote was again put to the Irish people in 2002 along with a major educational campaign around the vote. Ireland then voted 62.9% in favour. Again in 2008 Ireland voted against adopting the 'Lisbon Treaty'. A few tweaks and another education campaign and in 2009 the EU got the vote it was after and the Irish voted in favour.
This tactic of making a few tweaks and then having another vote until the answer comes out in favour of the EU then, in human terms, is a very real possibility to Brexit.
As a side point, it might be worth observing that any vote in a sovereign nation which has gone in favour of the EU has ever been rerun!
“I cannot emphasise enough that there is no going back on Brexit. We will be leaving the European Union completely and there is no question about that. I have been one of the heartiest advocates of properly getting out of the EU and holding the Government to account while this process is ongoing. A number of constituents have written to me under the misapprehension that transitional agreements somehow mean we won’t be leaving the European Union or that somehow they will be used to sneakily create a situation whereby we leave in name only. I can reassure voters that this is not the case… I must emphasise to constituents that there is zero chance of our staying in the European Union. Transitional agreements will exist to help us to leave the EU – not to frustrate our leaving. No-one has been clearer on this matter than the Prime Minister – leave means leave."
There is then this division in UK politics at the moment. On the one hand, the people have spoken to leave and politecians are working to fulfil that desire. On the other, some politicians do not want this to happen and are seeking to reverse the vote causing, in turn, other politicians to defend democracy and the will of the people.
"Will Brexit be reversed?" is a question on the minds of those engaged in politics. By looking at the implications of Bible prophecy we can confidently say that this is very unlikely and that Brexit will happen.
The majority of those currently in power seems to be reluctantly accepting the vote of the people - even if they voted to remain. The basis on which the system works is democracy - and the people voted out. To remain in power the politicians, therefore, are, on the whole, following this route set out by the people they are supposed to represent.
Unlike Ireland with it’s Catholic Heritage and leanings to Europe, Britain's heritage is Protestant. In the backbone of the country is a spirit of independence from the continent and a reliance of Britain as a separate entity. This spirit stems back to the days of Henry the 8th and the Reformation when England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church to forge its own way in the world.
These ancient political and religious undertones, are not obviously in the public's consciousness - but certainly they seem to be there in an almost unconscious way - and, no doubt will contribute to Brexit continuing to the conclusion which will see the British power outside of the EU.
In this God’s hand can be seen. He has been at work, unbeknown to the people involved down through time to use the British power for His requirements. Britain and it’s protestant spirit was heavily involved in spreading God’s word in English across the globe through the British Empire. This, in turn, led to Britain aiding the establishment of the nation of Israel, supported by Protestants who had grown up with Bible in hand and an understanding and sympathy of God’s people, the Jews. It also led to the true gospel being rediscovered in the 1800’s and defined in the book “Elpis Israel” in 1848 by John Thomas who began the radical Christadelphian movement. None of these things would have happened without the Protestant spirit of Britain.
But there is more in relation to God’s purpose with Britain.
Written before the EU referendum.
The connection with Britain and the Biblical nation of Tarshish has been well documented in recent years (for information on this see this Bible Talk, given just after the Brexit vote and a booklet on the subject can be purchased on Amazon.
We would suggest that the only power to fit these characteristics is the British power. No other power fits these ‘Tarshish clues’.
It is reasonable therefore to identify Britain as the Biblical nation called “Tarshish”. This being the case the prophecies of the “Latter days” are interesting to note.
In Ezekiel 38 we read of the state of the nations just before Jesus Christ returns to the earth. This gives us clues as to how we might expect the nations will be behaving. As we’ve already mentioned, Tarshish is there in verse 13 and is trading in the area of the Gulf with those Southern Arab states called by their ancient family names of “Sheba and Dedan”. Set apart from these trading powers, is described between verses 1-6, another block of nations who unite to invade Israel. Within this set of nations are grouped peoples who make up the EU, namely Magog and Gomer.
The Jewish historian Josephus, writing around 93AD, records that “Magog founded those that from him were named Magogites, but who are by the Greeks called Scythians.” (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book 1:6:1, c. 94 AD). The Greek historian Herodotus gives a detailed outline of the land of Scythia (Herodotus, Histories, Book 4:46-47, c. 400 BC). He lists eight rivers which went through it, all of which are in Eastern Europe stretching from the river “Ister” (the modern-day river ‘Danube’ which originates in Germany) to the river “Tanais” (the modern-day river ‘Don’ in Russia).
From these historical accounts, we learn that the “Magog” of Ezekiel 38 is the territory of most of Eastern Europe inclusive of modern day Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine and even parts of Western Russia.
Ezekiel 38, is “Gomer” in verse 6. It is Josephus who again states: “Gomer founded those whom the Greeks now call Galatians, but were then called Gomerites.” (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book 1:6:1, c. 94 AD). Interestingly “Gallia” remains a name of France in modern Greek.
The Greek historian Diodorus Siculus tells us that another name for “Galatia” was “Gaul” (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Book 5:24, c. 50 BC). The area of Gaul was eventually conquered by the Romans and then, in turn fell to the “Franks” in AD486.
the “Gomer” in Ezekiel 38 to be describing Western Europe and in particular France.
According to the Bible then, we would expect these territories of the EU to unite at the time just before the return of Christ. We would not expect the British “Tarshish” power to be amongst them but instead forging its own global relationships based on trade in the Gulf.
For the Bible student then it is significant that since the Brexit vote EU leaders have called for even further integration of Europe. This is what we’d expect. The EU powers getting to the point where they have an army and can collectively invade Israel with other allies as described in the prophecies.
So we watch and wait as we see the great powers of the day falling into place as God has determined they would and revealed according to His holy word. With the prophecies set out and the destiny of the nations foretold we have a good idea as to the direction they will move in and it would certainly appear “Brexit means Brexit”. From this understanding of Bible prophecy we conclude that ultimately the eurosceptics will not have their way and Britain’s destiny lies outside of the EU.
Indeed, despite what man thinks the “most high God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.” Daniel 5:21 and “there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” Romans 13:1.
Let us be encouraged then by the signs of the times. Watch with us here in the Bible in the News as God’s purpose unfolds until our Lord returns. This has been Matt Davies. Join us again next week God willing. . | 2019-04-23T17:02:31 | http://bibleinthenews.com/Podcasts/583 |
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A 'digital transformation' panel discussion at this year's EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers check) in Copenhagen on June 11 showed how everything with digital technology changes, once senior managers take an interest.
The panel included the SVP E&P for North Sea and Russia with Total, the director of geoscience with Repsol, and the EVP technology with Schlumberger. Also a distinguished advisor for seismic imaging with BP and the head of the subsurface functional excellence group with Woodside (Australia).
The reason everything changes is because senior managers are primarily interested (or solely interested) in the organisations' overall performance today. Digital technology is a component of that, but so are people - whether good people can be recruited, motivated and continually developed. Probably, in their minds, people are much more important.
So they can see digital technology in a way which technology and IT people don't - as a tool to support people. They observe that the best business results often come from computers and people working together, maximising the strengths of both.
They recognise the importance of making data more widely available to people, rather than locked up in software applications only available to a handful.
They recognise that advanced technology can play a role in making the industry more attractive to the top students, but also that the industry does not have to be a world leader in technologies such as cloud and AI - its primary business is.
They ask if technology is making work more enjoyable, such as helping test out the hypotheses which people develop. They ask about maximise the capabilities of the human brain. They ask how technology can do more to reduce the less interesting work, and they care about how easy the technology is to use.
They ask which vendors of technology are most capable of delivering this, observing that both gigantic cloud system vendors and small oil and gas specialist IT companies have something to offer which the traditional oil and gas large software companies and consultancies don't have. These seem like important questions but are not asked very often in the pages of Digital Energy Journal.
We heard how Total is evaluating where specifically analytics can add value to the business, in a program called 'DAVE' (Data analytics Value Exercise, and also the name of one of Total's asset managers). The program found that the fastest payoff for analytics was in predicting production from wells.
We heard Repsol's director of geoscience and digitalisation saying he sees data adding value to subsurface analysts similar to how it adds value for oncologists interpreting cancer images, where in experiments typically computers get it right 30 per cent of the time, people get it right 70 per cent of the time, and people plus computer get it right 70 per cent of the time.
John Etgen, distinguished advisor for seismic imaging with BP, noted that seismic data was the original 'digital' part of the industry, being digital since 1955.
The 'digital' emphasis at BP today has three components - connecting people and data (and making data available to many different people across BP); connecting physical and digital assets (including reservoirs, wells and facilities); and connecting machine intelligence to business decisions.
There are about 50 machine learning experts and data scientists in BP's Houston office (out of a staff of about 5000), and probably their work 'touches' about 2500 people.
Mr Etgen stressed that you should not just go to big IT companies.
Ashok Belani, EVP Technology, Schlumberger said that until now, most work in oil and gas has been structured around software applications - a large software package which includes database, processing and the user interface.
In the future all of these layers will be separated, with data kept in various storage systems, and made available all the time to different applications. This brings about new capabilities.
The oil industry is still not able to work with all of the data that it has. For example, 'We should be able to work with all the North Sea data, but we don't do that,' he said.
Mr Belani thinks artificial intelligence could enable a computer to copy the way a person does a task. So a person could do 10 per cent of a salt interpretation, and that 10 per cent could be used to train the computer to do the salt interpretation for the rest of the data set.
It could be possible for computers to make decisions if you had a stack of technologies which together can work out all the parameters to make a decision. In this case, computing is an 'enabler' of the whole thing, performing tasks seamless to a user.
Francisco Ortigosa, Director of Geoscience and digitalization, Repsol, said that the company is keen to use digital technology to help reduce 'time to first oil', and one component of that is the time taken to process data and make decisions around subsurface.
Repsol also sees that digital technology can help make work more enjoyable, similar to the way that people enjoy a new smart phone.
At the moment, the fragmentation of digital technology means that key decisions, such as to apply for licenses, do exploration drilling, are made on seismic interpretation, reservoir characterisation and so on, are not made using the core data.
Repsol sees cloud technology as a way to improve this. For example, until recently, only 12 people could directly access Repsol's supercomputer for subsurface data. Now, all of its 500 geology / geophysics professionals can access it through the cloud.
Mr Artigosa also believes AI can make a big contribution to reducing 'time to first oil'. He showed an example of a seismic cube 'interpreting itself,' with a computer mapping out the faults and horizons in a few minutes.
Repsol plans to stop using the name IT and call it 'operational technology' instead, emphasising that the technology is support the operations. IT has 'a sort of history in every company,' he said.
It will also employ specialist 'data practitioners', handling everything related to data, including the infrastructure and cybersecurity.
Michael Borrell, SVP E&P North Sea & Russia, Total, said that company has a research budget of $1bn a year, and about 10 per cent of that is specifically spent on digital. That's about a third of its exploration and production research budget.
Total puts its digital development in three areas - 'subsurface' (including drilling), 'industrial' including platforms, pipelines, refineries and terminals, and 'work practises' - how people work.
One of the most interesting applications for Mr Dorrell is when digital technology can help 'flatten our organisations', by making data available to all staff.
One example of changing the way people work is the 'smart rooms,' where people from different disciplines can work together collaboratively, he said.
Total recently embarked on a project called 'Data analytics Value Exercise', to work out where data analytics could add value. The acronym 'Dave' was also the name of one of Total's North Sea asset managers.
The most promising use was making predictions of production from 'cyclic wells', he said. The project started three months before the conference (April 2018) and was expected to make a payback by July 2018.
Maersk Drilling [part of Maersk Oil, acquired by Total in __ check] had a long standing relationship with IBM to develop predictive drilling.
Total also has a collaboration with Google to try to generate 'digital assistants' to help its geoscience and geophysics staff, automatically doing some of the number crunching and data sorting.
Total put in place a 2 year plan, but it is turning into a 10 year plan.
Mr Dorrell estimates that geoscientists typically spend about half their time doing repetitive tasks and about half their time doing value adding tasks, and it would prefer if the amount of time on value adding tasks could be increased. 'So it is not just about digital it is also about people,' he said.
The company has a special 'digital officer' in the role of keeping a connection between the operations teams and the digital teams, working out if it is possible to develop solutions in different areas.
There were many interesting comments about the decision making process of moving data and software to the cloud.
For standard computing requirements, it will always be cheaper to do it in the cloud than on your own computers. But it may be better to have your own computers if you have a special need, such as full seismic wave conversion on a computer with a ratio of 8 GPUs to 1 CPU.
Mr Etgen portrays the cloud vs in-house discussion like the decisions people make about their own toasters or printers. Nobody cares about sharing printers, but when it comes to toasters, it is different. When we want toast, 'you want it right now, exactly as you want it.
Taking the same argument to cloud, if you want to do very specialised research and development, you may find the ability to finely control your computer power as still valuable.
The panel was asked what kind of skills and young people they need. 'That's easy, we want people who run towards problems, as simple as that,' BP's Mr Etgen said. 'Jobs are always changing. We want people curious, eager.
There could a trend towards even more specialisation, for example instead of being a geophysicist we will have subdomains of geophysics like 'signal processing geophysicist. I don't know how you function with that many specialists. Perhaps people will need to multiple skill sets,' he said.
Repsol's Mr Ortigosa said there is something of a bidding war for data scientists, with stories about some making billions of dollars. 'The people you recruit, they know this,' he said.
But oil companies also need people who are 'absolutely passionate about rocks,' like the ones he saw at a recent university talk he gave to geology students. 'Reserves will be found by people not machines,' he said.
Mr Borrell believes it is important that companies like Total are perceived to be in the forefront of technology - in particular for recruitment reasons. The industry was in the forefront in the past, and has 'certainly been caught up' by other industries now.
The panel were also asked what they see as the future role of geoscientists, and whether they expect people to be replaced by machine.
Schlumberger's Mr Belani noted that a great deal of work is already done by machine. For example, machines are used to do the initial processing of seismic data, getting it to a point where a person can start to understand it, perhaps reducing the file sizes by 10,000 times.
The question is more whether machines can help make people more 'performant', and perhaps also make their work more enjoyable. For example, a computer can enable a person to generate and test out more hypotheses, and provide better visualisation.
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Shiny! I want the stonewashed version.
Blackout makes even bright orange G10 stealthy (or at least super-cool looking), make mine DLC!
From a brief search of the forum it seems like more people are anticipating the DLC version, though I'm certain that they'll both sell through in just minutes or hours at the most!
I'm going for both. I love me some Spydie stonewash! I love the black/orange look! Definitely Both!
When do the para3s drop? Couldn’t find anything on their website or Facebook.
I have never heard of an announcement about exactly when a sprint or exclusive will become available.
Most of the exclusives I've seen have had very precise announcements. I believe that the last three I saw (DLT 20CV Para 2, Fradon Manix 4v and St Nick's P3) all gave exact "to the minute" release announcements.
I did a forum search and a few people have said they're supposed to be out early 2019.
Going for both. Stonewash for a user and DLC for a looker. Big fan of XHP on my Chaparral LW, would love to try it on a bigger/tougher model. Can't wait for these!
What price point are we figuring, $140-$150?
Currently have 15 's in 11 different steels.
This demonstrates that I’m not keeping up with exclusives or sprints.
I'm a sucker for black and orange so definitely going for the DLC version first but will probably end up with both.
I think the black and orange Native 5 LW looks amazing. I'd go for a para 3 in the combo.
I love Spyderco's stonewash and wish it was still on standard models. It's stainless so no point to me in DLC. I think it's too far away to know a release date yet. I wish they would do this combination on a PM2, or if the old one was stonewashed (which I couldn't find anything saying it was) do another run of the PM2 as well.
Really hoping it gets released before 2019! That's much too long to wait, lol. This would make a nice Christmas present to myself!
Will likely try for both. This one ticks all the boxes for me. I wish they would have done the Native LW and Manix LW in XHP instead of S90V. I would love to see a G10 Native, G10 Manix, and Military with DLC XHP and orange G10 at some point as well.
Attn dealers: I will buy any exclusive in CPM-3V, CPM-4V, and CPM-CRUWEAR. DLC always preferred. Thank you!
The stone washed version will drop next month, but the black DLC not until possibly January.
I talked to the Cutlery Shoppe.
A non-coated blade is always my choice on stainLESS. As for finish, satin or stonewash is fine.
Totally not a fan of the way DLC coatings look over the long haul from hard use. Seen enough pictures to know its not for me.
I don't get why anyone would actually want DLC on a stainless blade that they plan to use. Judging from the poll results so far, most agree 2 to 1.
Now, for stainMORE high carbon steels like (52100, etc), if DLC helps hold your favorite rust inhibitor product in place, i'll give you that.
But even so, just not a fan of the way that blade will look years from now (if you actually put it to hard use).
Why am I expressing my opinion? Because the DLC lovers are extremely vocal, and not many of us opposed to DLC have taken the time to express our lack of love for it.
So far, I believe the poll results backup what I'm saying (well if you delete the undecided folks lol).
So far, I believe the poll results backup what I'm saying.
IF you have enough knives, you can rotate them and not have to hard use one in particular. Making them all last a little longer. I know if I'm going to be doing a lot of cutting on a particular day, I'll definitely grab a satin blade knife. If just opening packaging or cutting a bit of cardboard, I have no problem with a DLC blade. I guess having a variety and being prepared for whats at hand can help preserve the look of a DLC blade.
Not sure if 10G in Spyderco's qualifies as enough (pale comparison to some here), but so far only one of mine has DLC. The want for 4V ffg P3 overrode my dislike of DLC. So yea, begrudgingly bought it because had to have the 4V.
Can one truly own enough Spyderco's ? | 2019-04-22T06:22:21 | https://forum.spyderco.com/viewtopic.php?p=1269977 |
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The top executive at a global chemical manufacturer and a social media marketing expert have joined hands to launch a $50-million earlystage fund that will invest in technology-focused Indian startups.
Sudhir Menon, chairman and MD at Mumbai-based Dorf Ketal Chemicals India, and Atul Hegde, who was CEO at Ignitee Digital, have pooled in their own funds to start Rainmaker Ventures.
The fund is already in talks with a couple of startups and is likely to announce its first investment in the next two months, Hegde told ET.
Hegde said the aim is to go beyond seed capital and provide hands-on mentoring to entrepreneurs. “There is a dearth of people actually focused on helping startups build a real business. We know through our experience that building a business takes time,“ he said. The fund is looking to make an average investment of under $1 million.
The two cofounders have not raised funds from outside and Hegde said he did not see that happening in the near future.Based in Mumbai, Rainmaker Ventures will use Dorf Ketal's global presence and have offices in the US, Brazil and Singapore. | 2019-04-23T09:53:41 | https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/startups/rainmaker-ventures-50m-early-stage-fund-startups/50132328 |
It has been a busy couple of months for Lytro, even if the camera start-up has been publicly silent since its splashy debut in June.
For those who need a quick reintroduction to Lytro, it’s the Mountain View start-up focused on building a new kind of camera using a technology that allows for instant image capture, 3-D pictures from a single lens and the ability to refocus images after they are shot. It is that last feature that most captured public imagination when the company revealed itself. Lytro uses a new type of image sensor that captures an entire light field as opposed to just the total amount of light hitting a particular spot.
Since its big coming-out party, the team has been focusing its work on two fronts — getting the hardware ready to go on sale later this year, and continuing to seed early units to pro photographers and having its own staff take plenty of pictures.
The company has had no shortage of inquiries from folks wanting to be the first to use Lytro’s cameras to do this or that.
While the company says no a lot more than it says yes to such requests, it has gotten a few offers that were too good to refuse.
Days after the launch, the company got an unsolicited email from model Coco Rocha, volunteering to be the first high-fashion model to be shot using light field photography.
“I thought it was spam,” said CEO Ren Ng.
But sure enough, it was from the Canadian model. A couple of weeks later, Lytro photography director Eric Cheng was taking pictures with her on the streets of Manhattan.
Lytro also got an inquiry from photographer Philip Andrews, who wanted to use a Lytro camera to shoot the final space shuttle trip. Andrews had a very short time frame to learn the ins and outs of the camera before the final mission, but was able to capture some cool shots of both the cockpit and the emotional scene of that last landing.
More importantly, Lytro’s “living pictures” have become the expectation at Wampler’s home. Conventional pictures are “boring,” five-year-old daughter Sophie informed her mom.
“That’s a lot of the spark we are igniting,” Wampler said.
Meanwhile, many on Lytro’s team have been shuttling between Silicon Valley and the Asian manufacturing facility where the first cameras are being produced. While the design itself has been fully baked for some weeks now, the company has been working on smaller refinements and on validating the manufacturing and supply chain process.
The company has also been growing its ranks as it gears up to launch its first products. It now has 55 employees, up from about 35 in June, and is looking for bigger digs near its current offices.
“We’re out of space,” Ng said. | 2019-04-22T20:23:07 | http://allthingsd.com/20111003/camera-start-up-lytro-fueling-up-for-launch/ |
Last week I was lucky enough to attend opening night of the domino shophouse – the magazine’s first ever shoppable showhouse. Basically, domino teamed up with four different interior design firms and had them each design an apartment on the 37th floor of 15 William, an apartment building in the Financial District. Each design firm was also paired up with a home furnishings brand, and they were to use primarily items from that brand when decorating. In addition, the designers used Hunter Douglas window treatments, Benjamin Moore paint, vintage pieces, and art supplied primarily by Voltz Clarke. The pairings were Dekar Design (the current domino cover girls!) with Ballard Designs, Jenny J. Norris Interiors with Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, Antonino Buzzetta with Homeware, and J+G Design with Thomasville.
The first apartment I visited was done by Dekar Designs, in collaboration with Ballard Designs. This striped hallway with that amazing gilded mirror was the first thing I saw – showstopping. Also, there I am in my own picture…hi!
I am obsessed with this peachy piece by Elaina Sullivan.
How gorgeous is that studded headboard? I also love the gray pom-poms on the pillows and the fabric on the bolster. Such a wonderful mix!
Subway tiles in all of the apartments’ showers.
The views, guys…the views in these apartments. Insanity.
What a beautiful, elegant crib.
I was of course super psyched to see the J+G Designs apartment in collaboration with Thomasville, since I’m a huge fan of these girls and featured them recently on the blog.
I thought it was interesting how they designed a room in mainly blue and white, and yet it didn’t feel nautical.
See the hints of mint green?
This banquette at the dining table bridged the space between the living area and the kitchen.
Colorful Biscuit Home bedding in the kids room.
A colorful rug as well!
I loved everything about J+G Designs’ bedroom. The fabric panels (reminiscent of what they did at the 2013 Holiday House), the stunning studded headboard, the bed linens, the nightstands (with cork surfaces), those lamps…gorgeous. If you’re wondering what those slats are on the right, just scroll down.
They made the most of an awkwardly shaped nook by turning it into a cozy writing corner (complete with incredible view out that window).
So, about those slats – they conceal (and reveal) a bathtub/the bathroom! Which at first I found a little weird, until I realized that this allows the bathtub dweller to glance past the bed and take in the INSANE VIEW outside the bedroom windows…so yeah, I can see the point. Also, I guess it allows light to flood into the bathroom, whereas if it was just a wall the bathroom would be a cave (not fun getting ready in the AM without natural light)…so the more I think about it, the more it makes total sense. Good thinking, builders.
Another view of the bathroom and down the hall. Also, obsessed with those blue geometric pillowcases.
Gorgeous bathroom…I love the bathmat.
I’ve never seen flowers arranged like that – so nice. I also loved the super slim profile on that console table – perfect for a really tight space.
These gorgeous geode art pieces were in the Jenny J. Norris Interiors apartment, in collaboration with Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams.
I adore this piece by artist Elaina Sullivan.
And this piece (also by Elaina Sullivan).
Gorgeous lacquered and studded dresser.
Not only are the apartments for sale, but all of the furnishings are as well (through domino) – that’s why it’s called a shophouse (i.e., shoppable showhouse). Alternatively, the apartments can be purchased along with all of the amazing furnishings, saving the new owners the trouble of having to decorate! The apartments are open by appointment through September and you can e-mail shophouse[at]elliman[dot]com if you want to schedule a viewing. There will also be a feature on the shophouse in an upcoming issue of domino.
photos by me – which I have to apologize a little for. The apartments were super crowded and as the night went on, rather dark (lots of mood lighting – lovely in person, not so great for pictures). I did my best!
Ahh this has basically all the elements of my dream apartment! I love the little writing nook.
The details still come through despite the mood lighting. I love the red-brown color of the Dekar Designs bedroom, as well as the settee. How would one describe the pattern of its fabric?
Omgsh… I’m drooling. Can I please move into this apartment!? It is so beautiful and perfectly decorated!! Thank you for sharing this, I’m sure I’ll be pin’ing all of these images for decorating ideas in the future!! | 2019-04-21T12:05:59 | https://yorkavenueblog.com/domino-shophouse/ |
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For the ganache, heat the cream until it just begins to simmer and then pour this over the 8 ounces of chopped chocolate. Let this sit a minute, then gently stir with a spatula starting at the centre and widening the circles until the chocolate has fully melted and the ganache is smooth. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
For the buttercream, place the egg whites in a bowl and whip with the 2 Tbsp of sugar until just past foamy. Place the remaining ½ cup of sugar in a small pot with 2 Tbsp of water and bring to a full boil over high heat, boiling until the sugar hits 240 F on a candy thermometer. With the mixer on medium speed, carefully add the hot sugar to the whipped whites by pouring it down the side of the bowl (this helps to avoid splashing), then increase the speed and whip until the whites have cooled to room temperature, about 4 minutes. While beating, add the butter a few pieces at a time until combined. While adding the butter, if it appears that the buttercream is not fluffy, or seems curdled, not to worry - simply keep adding the butter, continue to beat and it will come together. There is no risk of overbeating. Add the coffee extract (or espresso) and the vanilla and use at room temperature.
For the coffee syrup, stir the coffee and sugar together until the sugar dissolves.
For the assembly, remove the sheet of cake and cut into three rectangles (about 6-x-11-inches). Brush the bottom of one of the layers with the melted coating chocolate and let this set until firm (or chill 3 minutes). Place this layer, chocolate-side down onto a flat cake board or platter. Brush the layer with coffee syrup, then spread half of the butter cream on top. Top this with a second cake layer, brush it with syrup and now spread two thirds of the cooled (but still spreadable) ganache layer over the cake. Place the final cake layer over the ganache, brush it with syrup and spread the remaining half of the butter cream on top (or you can save about 1/4 cup for garnish).
For the ganache glaze, re-warm the remaining one third of the ganache, adding the coating chocolate and vegetable oil, stirring until smooth. Spread this over the top of the cake (but not the sides), and chill until set, about 2 hours.
Before serving, trim the sides away to reveal clean layers, then slice into 6 rectangle portions (a hot, dry knife makes this easy). If you wish, pipe a little coffee buttercream on top of each and place a coffee bean on top. | 2019-04-26T16:21:35 | http://www.foodnetwork.co.uk/article/christmas-desserts-gallery.html |
Stan Jam 2018 Review: Bluegrass Extravaganza!
On a cold, isolated hilltop in the mountains of Colorado there resides an historic hotel containing many secrets. To this remote locale once embarked a man, his son and his wife on an adventure that would forever change their lives. What started off innocently quickly elevated into a story of terror, horror and death.
On another hilltop, not quite as cold and not at all isolated but also in the mountains of Colorado, there resides another historic hotel. To this beautiful locale embarked hundreds of music fans who soon discovered that this hotel is actually one of Colorado’s newest and best music music venues.
Put on by Stanley Live, Stan Jam is the latest in what is hopefully to become an ongoing theme at the Historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado: Live music enjoyed in a beautiful and iconic setting, with all of the comforts you could imagine right on site.
Stan Jam guests began arriving for the 2-day festival on Friday afternoon. It was a gorgeous sunny Colorado afternoon, and the drive to Estes Park was beautiful. After checking into their accommodations, most of the early arrivals made their way to the Cascades Whiskey Bar for the Welcome Reception and the first music of the weekend.
The Whiskey Bar sets the mood for a bluegrass event at the Stanley perfectly. Boasting Colorado’s largest whiskey collection, the Whiskey Bar immediately gives one a mood of warmth and nostalgia.This place feels classic and classy.
Guests felt the same as they sipped on samples of craft beer from Estes Park’s Lumpy Ridge Brewing Company while enjoying an intimate performance from Denver’s Modern Whiskey Market.
As more and more guests arrived, and the sun began to fade, the first of the weekend’s snow began to flurry, and we knew we were in for an epic Colorado weekend!
Between the welcome reception and the beginning of the Concert Hall festivities, the snow had begun to fall in earnest. Several fresh inches had already accumulated by the time we entered the hall, but the precipitation didn’t dampen any spirits. Far from it, as the majority of guests had only to traverse a few yards outdoors from their hotel rooms to the main stage.The result was an electric excitement as festy goers filed in to kick things off with Rapidgrass.
We’ve come to expect nothing but an energetic throw-down from Colorado’s own unique ensemble, and Rapidgrass did not disappoint at Stan Jam. The Concert Hall was rocking as Stan Jam fell into full swing.
After Rapidgrass’ lively performance, folks either stuck around in the concert hall or made the incredibly short journey in the snow back to the Whiskey Bar for a time-out before the evening’s headliner, The Jeff Austin Band.
The Jeff Austin Band has been on fire with a number of Colorado engagements. Fans of Jeff Austin could not be happier with the song selection he has been featuring lately, dusting off some old favorites that many fans have not heard live in far too long. His newest band is as tight as a tick, and are all featured prominently throughout the show.
As the Jeff Austin Band had the crowd swirling like the many snowflakes right outside, most of us could not help our amazement at seeing such an incredible show in such an intimate setting.
As the Stan Jam Concert Hall winded down, many of the crowd were not yet quite ready to put to rest all of the accumulated energy of the evening thus far.
The snow continued to pile on, and we were all high on bluegrass music, so the natural response was to return to the Whiskey Bar. By the time we got to the Whiskey Bar, to our delight, there was already a pick in full swing.
Just like the doomed family from that hilltop Colorado hotel of lore, the artists of Stan Jam are also trapped, in a way. No – no one is to be murdered with an axe or frozen in a maze, but when everyone in attendance, musicians included, is staying right upstairs, there’s always bound to be a party somewhere!
On Friday evening, it was in the Whiskey Bar and adjacent lobby where official performers and pickin’ fans alike joined in for more music to round off what was an epic first day for the first Stan Jam!
As morning dawned on the Historic Stanley Hotel, festival goers who had spent the evening or had arrived early on Saturday were treated to a variety of activities before the music kicked off in the Concert Hall.
There was Vinyasa Yoga with music by K.C. Groves in the newly erected Stanley Pavilion. This spot aims to be the next iconic live music space in Colorado, and the morning yoga class treated attendees to a sneak peek of the beautiful new music hall.
For those who would rather get down with the Dawg than do the downward dog, there was a Bluegrass Workshop hosted by Rapidgrass in the Billiard Room. This was followed by a group pick and jam that brought us right up to the start of the main festivities in the concert hall.
The Concert Hall began to fill in as folks showed up for the first act of the day, Wood Belly. As Wood Belly delivered a set filled with traditional bluegrass and their own carefully crafted originals, the room began to come alive again for the day and the get-down that would ensue for hours began in earnest. The music continued with heartfelt sets from The Lonesome Days and K.C. and The Side Hustlers.
As the day progressed, it quickly became apparent that Saturday would play host to a much larger crowd than Friday evening. The Stanley Concert Hall was filling up, but the intimate room was always cozy and easy to navigate. The bartenders were serving drinks quickly and happily, and the facilities were never hard to reach. Basically, it was an all-around comfortable experience for everyone involved!
“Comfortable” is the word that comes to mind most often for an event at the Stanley Hotel.Everything is easily within reach. There are no pushy crowds for the bar or the bathroom. There are plenty of coat racks to support as many layers as you may need to wear, and the staff is welcoming and friendly, happy to join in the fun with everyone else.
Chain Station is a good time. There’s no better way to describe them.
Sure, they are extremely talented pickers who can hang with anyone on the scene, and sure they write original tunes that easily get stuck in your head and sound like old favorites. They also have a wide array of covers that range from classics to ‘I-can’t-believe-they’re-playing-this’! But the overall feeling of this band, on and off of the stage is a good, fun time!
Their Saturday set at the Stanley was no exception, and when they finished up the crowd was amped and ready to go!
A palpable excitement could be felt throughout the room for what was to come next. It was almost unbelievable to many, that such an icon of the industry, a living legend and his band of best-in-the-land pickers was about to grace the stage. THIS stage, in this intimate setting, with this amazing sound system and this amazing crowd. It seemed unreal, but it wasn’t!
The Del McCoury Band took the stage, and the place erupted!
Del and his boys delivered as only they can. Playing through their array of classic bluegrass tunes that we all have come to know and love, Del was classic Del!
He joked with the band and the crowd, took requests, forgot the requests and played what he wanted – and put on a show that will ring in the Concert Hall for ages so that the ghosts who live there will have a reason to dance.
Every soul in the room was elated. “My face hurts from smiling so much” was overheard on more than one occasion. We all sang together when Del requested, and we sounded pretty damn good! The entire room danced and reveled in our good fortune to be able to be a part of such a special, intimate night of music.
And it didn’t end there!
The final act of the festival was billed as “After Party with Surprise Guest.” However, it was no surprise to those in attendance that we were to be treated to yet another show by the Jeff Austin Band.
Jeff and his talented foursome threw down yet again, and the foot stomping of the Stanley Concert Hall surely echoed off of the peaks of Rocky Mountain Park!
Just like the previous evening, there was too much energy created to extinguish it when the show came to a close. Folks milled around a bit between the Whiskey Bar and the hotel lobby, catching their breath and regrouping.
It wasn’t long, however, before another pick broke out, this time in the Billiards Room.
A dozen or so musicians sat in a circle and kept the party going well into the wee hours. It was casual, with laughter and chatter between songs, the lines blurred between performers and fans as they often are in many a good bluegrass pick.
Most of the chatter was on the events of the past 36 hours or so, and what a magical weekend it was. | 2019-04-25T12:51:02 | https://stanleylive.com/stan-jam-2018-review-bluegrass-extravaganza/ |
Come and learn the knot work used to make an intricate macrame plant hanger. Perfectly timed to make all your friends and loved ones handmade gifts for Christmas!
Workshops will be held after hours at Moo and Two tea and coffeeshop on Catherine Hill, Frome. Our classes will be kept to a maximum of 5. Each workshop will be two and a half hours long. | 2019-04-20T06:28:25 | https://www.pileaplantshop.com/events/2018/8/12/macrame-plant-hanger-workshop-2rkzm-nybwd-73p2t-zlcx4 |
Certified water flavour standard used to train professional tasters to recognize and scale the intensity of DMS character. Dimethyl sulphide is formed as a result of bacterial growth in water. It can also arise from decomposition of algae following an episode of algal bloom. This compound imparts a sulphury, 'muddy' odour, reminiscent of sweetcorn or tomato sauce.
The best way to assess DMS flavour in water is as follows. Without covering the glass, swirl the sample to release the aroma. Take a single short sniff. Repeat as necessary.
The flavour threshold of dimethyl sulphide in water is 20 µg / l.
DMS is formed by bacteria growing in water. It can also arise from decomposition of algae in surface waters following an episode of algal bloom.
Dimethyl sulphide is associated with sulphury and ‘muddy’ odours notes. The presence of DMS can also be indicative of contamination of the water supply chain with faecal bacteria.
Indole and skatole may often be found in water in which the DMS has been produced by bacteria. 2-Pentanone may be present in water in which the DMS has been formed by algae. | 2019-04-19T08:58:40 | https://www.aroxa.com/water/water-flavour-standard/dimethyl-sulphide |
It’s been a heck of a couple of weeks.
We’ve been gone a lot, for a variety of reasons. Things around the house didn’t get done. Cleaning–that tawdry-toilet syndrome that comes from neglected focus; refrigerator surprise–the green things that were never meant to be green; trash–the stuff that didn’t get taken to the curb that now has scented the garage in an unsavory way.
Our car was looking like we’d gone mudding in it.
No time to wash it ourselves, and frankly no desire to do so, we chose to take it to the carwash. John’s invested in a monthly deal so we can keep our car in better shape than our last one had been.
The carwash experience was enlightening. We’d had gross things on the car, and as the multi-colored soap and funky strips of whatever material bathed and wiped the surface, what the car was supposed to look like was revealed.
It was quick. What would have taken me at least an hour to do was accomplished in under five minutes. Including the wait.
We went in one side dirty and messy. We came out the other side shiny and clean.
I wish my life could look like that.
I’ve lived in–and have raised my kids–in a culture of instant gratification. Where you don’t have to wait for anything for long. Amazon has redefined shopping. Social media has reconstructed connections with people. Snail mail and delivery in six to eight weeks are things of the past. And if something isn’t available immediately, I’ll opt for something else.
Waiting and working through stuff isn’t fun.
Dealing with the loss of my mom is something I’d like to do quickly. I want to do it well, but I don’t want to have to dwell on the pain. One and done.
Grief doesn’t ever work that way.
Loss isn’t something you plan for. Death becomes an uninvited guest for all of us. For some, it’s timely. For others, it’s intrusive.
When Mom died, I had many thoughts about how her life and death affected me. I’d be laughing one minute about some unplanned stunt she’d pulled–like an impromptu trip to the Milwaukee Zoo which ended in a four-hour bottleneck of traffic just to return home–to crying about the loss of her never seeing her great grandsons.
Grief hurts. It’s a reminder that I have no control over this life. That my days are numbered–just like everyone else’s. Death is as much about life as is birth.
There’s a beauty in living in the present with no regrets. Taking time to talk to those I care for. Making time to be present with those who matter to me. Not putting things ahead of people. Allowing time for grief.
Jesus made us to live together. Relationship came first. Stuff and clutter came as a result of our disobedience. We’re intended to value each other because He values us.
Mom’s loss isn’t something that will fade quickly. Learning to embrace loss is as important as learning to value each day.
I can’t wash that hurt out of my heart.
I don’t really want to. It helps me recognize what really matters.
Posted by daylerogers on February 12, 2018 in Uncategorized and tagged birth, carwash, community, death, grief, instant gratification, Jesus, life, loss.
Oh, so true. The hurt tells us how much she mattered. Take your time, dear friend. There is no timeline for grief. No right or wrong way to do it. Just you and her and Him. You decide. Love you.
Thanks for your wise words, my friend. Time is not something I easily give myself–for anything. You’re right–there’s no right or wrong way to do the whole grieving thing. Love you, friend.
My sincere condolences Dayle. But you’re right, there are no quick car washes for life. Nothing that can wash grief away or clean up our messes. It’s got to just be one day at a time, eyes firmly fixed on the Lord. Knowing that he is walking along with you. A big hug to you in this moment.
Oh, Sheila, thanks so much for your kind and caring words. There’s no other place to look than Jesus.
Thanks, sweet friend. I appreciate your compassion. | 2019-04-25T23:45:29 | https://daylerogers.com/2018/02/12/im-gonna-wash-that-pain-right-out-of-my-heart/ |
Columbia Institute's Centre for Civic Governance organizes an annual forum for elected officials and civil society leaders every spring. This forum features a series of keynotes, presentations, panels and workshops dealing with the issues and challenges facing our communities, both locally and nationally. Our 2017 event - High Ground: Leadership in Transitioning Times - was held from March 31 to April 1 in Vancouver, BC. Click here to learn about the event. | 2019-04-25T18:50:07 | https://www.columbiainstitute.ca/news-events/2017-high-ground-leadership-transitioning-times-1 |
HIGOS turned NE near Macau after skirting the Guangdong coast earlier yesterday (10/05). At 23 HKT, HIGOS was centred about 90 km (50 NM) NNW of Hong Kong.
HIGOS will continue to move NE along the northwestern periphery of the subtropical ridge.
HIGOS is expected to dissipate as it goes further inland.
Winds and rain subsided as HIGOS's rain bands are now east of Hong Kong. As HIGOS's intensity decreases, prevailing wind direction will turn from southwest to northeast and HIGOS's effect will fade away.
This is the final bulletin on HIGOS.
HIGOS turned eastward after landfall last night, and from RADAR/satallite images its rain/cloud bands consolidated early today. As it is coming close to Hong Kong bulletins are issued again for this system. At 17 HKT, HIGOS was centred about 90 km (50 NM) WSW of Hong Kong.
HIGOS will continue to move NE to ENE along the northwestern periphery of the subtropical ridge.
HIGOS is expected to maintain strength until it eventually hits inland and weakens.
Winds equivalent to that during the issuance of the Number 3 Strong Wind Signal is currently observed in Hong Kong. It is expected strong winds from the south or southwest will blow in Hong Kong, with a chance of observing cyclonic winds if HIGOS hits Hong Kong. Occasional heavy rain is possible from HIGOS's rainbands. Winds should subside after passage of HIGOS later tonight.
HIGOS made its second landfall near Wuchuan in western Guangdong at 17 HKT today. At 20 HKT, HIGOS was centred about 350 km (190 NM) WSW of Hong Kong.
HIGOS will turn to NE as it moves along the northwestern periphery of the subtropical ridge.
HIGOS will weaken rapidly as it moves inland, and dissipation is expected before t+24.
Moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds will be observed in the next two days, together with occasional heavy rain.
HIGOS made its first landfall at eastern Hainan last night and will soon make landfall again at western Guangdong. It has also weakened into a tropical depression. At 14 HKT, HIGOS was centred about 360 km (190 NM) WSW of Hong Kong.
HIGOS will turn to NE after landfall as it moves along the northwestern periphery of the subtropical ridge.
HIGOS will weaken rapidly as it moves inland, and dissipation is expected before t+36.
Fresh southeasterly winds will be observed in the next two days, together with occasional heavy rain.
HIGOS has gradually slowed down and is now travelling north along eastern Hainan. At 20 HKT, HIGOS was centred about 490 km (270 NM) SW of Hong Kong.
A pressure col is developed as the trough erodes the ridge north of HIGOS. It is expected that HIGOS will move north towards eastern Hainan and western Guangdong before recurving northeast inland.
HIGOS still failed to intensify in good ambient environment. It is expected that HIGOS will gradually weaken as it makes landfall at Hainan and weaken rapidly after landfall.
HIGOS's threat is reduced as it travels more west than expected. However, fresh (strong in offshore waters and on high grounds) southeasterly winds turning clockwise to southwesterlies should still be observed in the next three days together with occasional heavy rain. The wind speed observed in Hong Kong depends critically on whether HIGOS will make landfall at Hainan and the time of recurving to the northeast.
According to the forecast track, HIGOS will have weakened into an area of low pressure before its CPA to Hong Kong on Monday.
HIGOS's speed remained rather high and is now edging closer to Hainan Island. At 14 HKT, HIGOS was centred about 550 km (300 NM) SW of Hong Kong.
A pressure col is developed as the trough erodes the ridge north of HIGOS. It is expected that HIGOS will move north towards Hainan and western Guangdong before recurving northeast inland.
HIGOS's threat is greatly reduced as it travels more west than expected. However, fresh (strong in offshore waters and on high grounds) southeasterly winds turning clockwise to southwesterlies should still be observed in the next three days together with occasional heavy rain.
HIGOS travelled west into the South China Sea early today. At 20 HKT, HIGOS was centred about 680 km (370 NM) S of Hong Kong. The Number 1 Standby Signal was issued at 19:30 HKT today.
The subtropical ridge north of HIGOS is about to be weakened by a passing mid-latitude trough. This should induce a weakness for HIGOS to complete its recurvature and its forward speed should decrease soon. After recurvature HIGOS is expected to land somewhere in Guangdong and will re-accelerate as it escapes from the pressure col.
Convections bursted around the storm which has led to its increasing coverage in terms of cloud bands but HIGOS still failed to effectively wrap the clouds around its centre. Shear in the South China Sea continues to stay at low levels and sea temperatures are quite favorable for storm development. Together with better divergence associated with the arriving trough, HIGOS should be able to intensify in the next 48 hours. Intrusion of dry air should have a negative impact on HIGO's intensity as it nears the Guangdong coast.
From the current forecast track, HIGOS is expected to bring strong winds to Hong Kong during the weekend. However, as landfalling positions are much more difficult to predict in recurvature scenarios, it is not yet possible to tell the exact change in wind direction during the approach of HIGOS. Please refer to official bulletins for the latest forecast tracks.
As forecast speeds are lowered due to the increased possibility for HIGOS to position in a pressure col, time for CPA has delayed by almost a day. According to the forecast track, HIGOS will be closest to Hong Kong in the night time on 2008/10/05 (Sun). Wind speed at CPA is estimated to be about 55 knots (100 km/h) in 1-min standard and 50 knots (95 km/h) in 10-min standard.
HIGOS has weakened to a marginal tropical storm due to land interaction. At 20 HKT, HIGOS was centred about 30 km (20 NM) WSW of Manila.
The subtropical ridge north of HIGOS is expected to bring WNW movement in the next 24 to 36 hours. A mid-latitude trough should arrive at that time to weaken the ridge so that a recurvature scenario could be observed with the storm making landfall in Guangdong.
HIGOS is expected to enter the South China Sea soon. As wind shear has decreased significantly and sea surface temperatures remain good, HIGOS should be able to intensify at climatological rate from t+12 to t+60. Improved outflow may be possible as the trough arrives.
21W was named HIGOS by the JMA today and has made landfall at the Philippines. At 20 HKT, HIGOS was centred about 340 km (180 NM) ESE of Manila.
The subtropical ridge north of HIGOS is expected to bring WNW movement in the next 48 hours. A mid-latitude trough should arrive at that time to weaken the ridge so that a recurvature scenario could be observed with the storm making landfall in Guangdong.
Potential for intensification remains rather limited in the next 36 hours as HIGOS moves across the Philippines. According to the present track, 21W will move into the South China Sea in 36 hours' time, and it may intensify further as it reaches open waters.
No threat to Hong Kong is expected within the next 72 hours. However, as HIGOS is expected to edge closer to Guangdong, there is a chance that the weather will deteriorate later this week.
Disturbance 99W intensified into a tropical depression (21W) this afternoon and was soon upgraded to tropical storm status. At 20 HKT, 21W was centred about 1130 km (610 NM) SE of Manila.
A subtropical ridge is anchored north of 21W. It is expected that 21W will travel W then gradually turning poleward in the next 72 hours as it moves along the southwestern periphery of the ridge. The motion is highly dependant on the extent that the ridge extends westwards after JANGMI moves further northeastward.
Potential for intensification remains rather limited in the next 72 hours as 21W moves to the Philippines. According to the present track, 21W will move into the South China Sea in 72 hours' time, and it may intensify further as it leaves Philippines. | 2019-04-25T02:34:46 | http://www.hkww.org/weather/2008/200821w.html |
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A number of people suffer from scoliosis in Mt Pleasant. Typically, scoliosis begins as a minor bend in the spine that gradually progresses. In fact, for the diagnosis of scoliosis to be made, there must be a minimum 60 degree sideways curve of the spine. Once the spine has advanced to this stage there are often severe health consequences. The good news is that if the bending of the spine is discovered and cared for properly during its early stages, it can be prevented from advancing over time. This article discusses how chiropractic care can help.
An x-ray examination performed by your treating physician is the most effective means of detecting scoliosis. However, various orthopedic examinations such as Adams position test can assist in the diagnosis. Our chiropractors at Patriots Point Chiropractic will also examine the hips and shoulders for un-leveling and also check the legs for variation in length which can be a clue to the development of a scoliosis. Finally, with years of experience our Patriots Point Chiropractic doctors have become proficient at identifying the presence of a scoliosis by evaluating the range of motion in the spine.
As with any condition, a person should always consider the most conservative approach to treatment first. Chiropractic care has been demonstrated in numerous research studies to stop the progression of scoliosis and in many instances reverse the condition once present. Our doctors at Patriots Point Chiropractic have the resources and experience to provide you the most appropriate care and as a result, eliminate the need for more invasive and aggressive treatments. To accomplish this, our office will perform a full health history to identify any factors that could be contributing to the presence of scoliosis. Often occupational factors, lifestyle habits, previous traumas, and recreational activities are at the roots of the problem.
After these factors have been considered, our chiropractors will perform specific spinal adjustments to reverse the body’s compensations and assist in the restoration process. If you have any questions regarding scoliosis or chiropractic care, please call Patriots Point Chiropractic in Mt Pleasant to schedule an appointment as soon as possible. | 2019-04-20T16:54:30 | https://www.patriotspointchiro.com/scoliosis/ |
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reunion, Amber Portwood gets candid about her ups and downs of the past few episodes, calling Matt Baier’s Las Vegas behavior “disgusting” and revealing she’s ready to date again (!!! Perhaps the most disturbing scene of the whole season (aside from Ryan Edwards nodding off at the wheel) was in Las Vegas, when Matt asked Amber to elope. “I'm here alone, he’s not with me,” she replies of filming in New York.
She declined, saying she wanted her family there for her wedding, and he went off on a tirade, calling her brother a “f—king f—got” and later asked producer Kerthy to keep the Amber/Matt wedding drama off the show, regardless of who she’d have to give “oral pleasure” to. I had no f—king clue,” Amber tells host Nessa of the scene. “I’ve been here for almost a week now and I'm okay.
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Are you looking for an inexpensive way to make-over your room? Wall art is a fabulous way to inject some life into a room and it doesn’t have to cost a small fortune.
Prints come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, if you are looking for a lower cost option make sure the wall art will fit into a standard size frame. If you need to have a print custom framed then it can end up costing anywhere between $100-$300 depending on the frame size. I always suggest a trip to your nearest Ikea and looking at their range of Ribba frames, many of the prints featured in images on our homewares site are pictured framed in Ikea frames and they look fantastic.
Prints come in a wide range of colours, styles and sizes so they make a fantastic addition to the home. Wall art is also easy to move around the home or take with you when you move house. Enjoy making your house a home with wall art! | 2019-04-21T00:44:36 | http://www.se10gallery.com.au/blog/how-to-makeover-your-room-with-wall-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-makeover-your-room-with-wall-art |
and why does one cost so much more than the other?
Answer: Champagne is from France and Prosecco is from Italy and they’re produced using different methods. the winemaking method is partially responsible for the price difference.
Technically speaking, Champagne is more expensive to produce than Prosecco. However, one of the biggest factors in the big cost discrepancy is market demand and positioning.
Tasting Notes: Since Champagne is aged longer on the yeast particles (called lees), it will often have a cheese rind like flavor that in finer examples comes across as toasty or biscuity. Since the wines are aged in bottles under high pressure the bubble finesse is fine, persistent and sharp. Vintage-dated Champagnes often have almond-like flavors along with orange-zest and white cherry.
Tasting Notes: Prosecco tends to have more present fruit and flower aromas which are a product of the grape. Because the wines are aged in large tanks with less pressure Prosecco bubbles are lighter, frothy and spritzy with less persistence. Finer Prosecco wines often exhibit notes of tropical fruits, banana cream, hazelnut, vanilla and honeycomb.
Food Pairing: Prosecco leans more towards the sweeter end of the spectrum and because of this it’s an ideal match with cured meats and fruit-driven appetizers like prosciutto-wrapped melon and middle-weight Asian dishes such as Thai noodles and sushi.
It doesn’t matter if you spend $10 a bottle or $100 a bottle. Find the best sparkling wine choices in your budget. | 2019-04-22T00:12:00 | https://winefolly.com/review/champagne-vs-prosecco/ |
Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone Group have successfully completed the first international roaming trial in Europe using licensed NB-IoT technology on Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) networks. The trials were performed under the auspices of the GSMA, as part of its Mobile IoT Initiative to standardise licensed LPWA technologies including NB-IoT and LTE-M in 3GPP releases.
Given the dire warnings about the relatively tiny percentage of IoT connections that will be cellular, it is becoming an ever-greater priority for the GSMA to help better position its mobile operator members to capitalise on the IoT opportunities. What’s more, given the new operator focus on industrial IoT, as opposed to domestic “smart home” IoT, it’s going to be crucial to ensure cross-border and cross-network roaming connectivity.
“First commercial offers are available on a national basis already, but now, operators need to satisfy customer demand for international coverage and service continuity as well,” said Ingo Hofacker, IoT Business, Deutsche Telekom Group.
“I am confident that it will lead to a raft of new applications for NB-IoT, such as the cold chain monitoring of goods across borders,” added Stefano Gastaut, Director of IoT, Vodafone.
London: The GSMA today announced that mobile operators Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone Group have successfully completed the first international roaming trial in Europe using licensed NB-IoT technology. The service will ensure seamless coverage and service continuity for millions of connections using Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) networks. The trial was performed using global SIMs from Deutsche Telekom on Vodafone Spain’s network and global Vodafone SIMs on T-Mobile Austria’s network and commercial NB-IoT modules. The trials will also provide guidance to other operators in delivering a consistent level of implementation.
Roaming is particularly important to manufacturers deploying LPWA devices on a global basis and looking to benefit from economies of scale. It is also critical for use cases such as logistics tracking, which may involve containers crossing numerous international borders on a single trip, as well as for devices that may be manufactured in one country but deployed in another, such as smart meters. The roaming test cases were jointly developed by Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone and include important power saving features such as Power Saving Mode (PSM), Long Periodic Tracking Area Update (TAU) and various throughput and round-trip-time measurements. Underscored by the success of these trials, the industry is working to accelerate the adoption of NB-IoT roaming around the world.
The GSMA’s Mobile IoT Initiative has helped standardise licensed LPWA technologies including NB-IoT and LTE-M in 3GPP and to date, 29 mobile operators have launched 51 commercial Mobile IoT networks around the world. The GSMA is working to accelerate the adoption of Mobile IoT through 36 Open IoT Labs, enabling operators, module vendors and application providers to develop LPWA devices and applications for a wide variety of verticals. The GSMA’s Mobile IoT Innovators Community is supported by an expanding community of over 900 organisations. According to GSMA Intelligence forecasts, by 2025 there will be 3.1 billion cellular IoT connections, including 1.8 billion licensed LPWA connections.
The GSMA Mobile IoT Initiative is backed by over 70 global mobile operators, device makers and chipset, module and infrastructure companies worldwide and helped the industry to standardise and deliver commercial Low Power Wide Area technologies in licensed spectrum, in particular the complementary technologies NB-IoT and LTE-M. These networks are designed to support mass market IoT applications across a wide variety of applications such as industrial asset tracking, safety monitoring or water and gas metering, that are low cost, use low data rates, require long battery lives and often operate in remote locations. | 2019-04-23T13:53:11 | https://www.telecomtv.com/content/iot/gsma-announces-completion-of-first-european-nb-iot-roaming-trial-31056/ |
Generic Interactive Application. An application framework based on Common Lisp and OSF/Motif, designed to simplify the construction of graphical interactive applications.
GINA consists of CLM - a language binding for OSF/Motif in Common Lisp; the GINA application framework - a class library in CLOS; the GINA interface builder - an interactive tool implemented with GINA to design Motif windows.
Version 2.2 requires OSF/Motif 1.1 or better, Common Lisp with CLX, CLOS, PCL and processes. It runs with Franz Allegro, Lucid, CMU CL and Symbolics Genera.
Germany. N. America. Mailing list: gina-users-request@gmdzi.gmd.de. | 2019-04-24T17:53:05 | https://www.computer-dictionary-online.org/definitions-g/gina.html |
Robert Aldrich’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? has done more to define later generation’s ideas about who Crawford was than perhaps any other movie that she was actually in. Unfortunately, most of those ideas center around Crawford’s supposed feud with co-star Bette Davis, which began as a marketing ploy and turned into something quasi-real - or, at least as real as certain celebrity “feuds” of today. | 2019-04-22T12:29:22 | https://www.wbez.org/shows/you-must-remember-this/six-degrees-of-joan-crawford-bette-davis-what-ever-happened-to-baby-jane-and-crawfords-last-years/973a14e6-c0ab-48af-9bb0-18bd9f416b54 |
The City of Logan is growing at around 2% per annum with the current population now 326,615. Annual figures from Tourism Queensland indicate that there are approximately 1.047 million visitors annually to Logan City.
It is uniquely located to access the best in South East Queensland, including the Gold Coast tourism destination, immediately to the south. Here are world renowned beaches, hinterland and theme parks, and host city to the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Immediately to the north is the capital city and business hub of Brisbane. Surrounding the City of Logan is the vibrant rural lifestyle and rich farmlands of the Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley and Darling Downs.
It is a young city, with several fresh and contemporary residential neighbourhoods. New estates are flourishing, giving locals a wide range of lifestyle options from leafy suburbs to bushland acreage.
Logan's cafe, restaurant, hotel and club scene has flourished in recent years. Today in Logan you can experience a diversity of tastes in a range of quality venues. Logan’s cultural diversity makes for a wide variety of dining options.
The natural environment is an important facet to life in Logan, and a popular place to enjoy the bushland and its wildlife is the Daisy Hill State Forest and Daisy Hill Koala Centre and the Berrinba Wetlands, and along the Logan River. More than 200 bird species have been recorded here among the woodland, cane fields, melaleuca and brackish areas, freshwater lake, and open grassland.
The City of Logan is home to several sporting teams. Facilities that currently exist such as the Logan Metro Indoor Sports Centre offer a significant cost advantage over such cities as Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane for sporting groups and organisers holding state and national competitions.
Various community groups including Logan City Council play host to events and festivals of local, regional, state, national and international interest.
The City of Logan has a vibrant education and training sector, with over 100 education and training institutions. Overall the sector employs more than 10% of the City’s workforce.
The City of Logan has a young population and provides excellent educational facilities including early learning/kindergarten, preparatory, 38 government primary schools, 11 government secondary schools, several non-state primary and secondary colleges including three major private schools, several vocational/technical colleges, trade training centres and a University campus. There are several other high performing universities in the region which are easily accessible from Logan. | 2019-04-26T09:37:50 | https://www.loed.com.au/why-city-of-logan/lifestyle |
Election officials sailed boats and ships, trekked through dense forest and summited mountains to carry voting machines to even the most remote parts of India for national elections.
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's ruling party released its election manifesto on Monday, three days before the start of a multi-phase general election in the world's largest democracy.
NEW DEHLI, India (AP) — There are contentious issues in cricket that, it seems, just aren't cricket.
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian security forces say they have killed five militants and one civilian in gunbattles in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. | 2019-04-21T12:15:52 | https://apnews.com/India |
I had the Chocolate Banana Pancakes with Caramel Sauce and Pecans. Heaven. Literally, heaven. I had the biggest Gregory (food baby) ever afterwards, but it was so, so worth it.
Cait had the Sourdough toast with Avocado and Rocket which not only looked incredible but tasted amazing too - I don't know what dressing they put on the avocado, but it was delicious!
As well as the awesome food, the fresh juices were also really tasty! You could mix the flavours together at no extra cost, so I had Orange, Apple and Lemon. Yumsk! Plus they come in these cute mini jugs with a straw.
The interior is typical Freo; hipster-ish, trendy, and totally cool. The cafe has random pieces of retro and vintage furniture - almost every table and chair is different, the lights are hung up in jars, and there are awesome pieces of art on the walls.
I just could not get enough of the Zebras, so I made Cait stand in front of them. So incredibly jealous of her tan! I had a tan like that once, I swear!
The rest of the day was spent in the back yard laying in the sunshine helping Cait with her Uni revision and keeping her doggy Indie entertained. She's a Dingo mix, isn't she just gorgeous!? | 2019-04-21T12:52:02 | https://www.luxlife-blog.com/2013/04/ootong-and-lincoln-fremantle.html |
There is no easy option for Northern Ireland after Brexit.
Deciding on post-Brexit border arrangements between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic is becoming an issue for which the phrase "the devil is in the detail" could have been coined. Finding a satisfactory solution that delivers a border flexible enough not to damage international trade and commerce and doesn’t undermine the spirit, or the letter, of the Good Friday Agreement settlement is foxing Whitehall’s brightest.
The dial seemed to have settled on David Davis’s suggestion that there could be a "digital border" with security cameras and pre-registered cargo as a preferred alternative to a "hard border" replete with checkpoints and watchtowers.
However the Brexit secretary’s suggestion has been scotched by the new Irish foreign minister, Simon Coveney, who says electronic solutions are "not going to work". Today’s Times quotes him saying that "any barrier or border on the island of Ireland in my view risks undermining a very hard-won peace process" and that there is a need to ensure the "free movement of people and goods and services and livelihoods".
The first is to ignore Dublin (and just about everybody in Northern Ireland for that matter) and institute a hard border along the 310-mile demarcation between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Given it takes in fields, rivers and forests it’s pretty unenforceable without a Trump-style wall. More practically, it would devastate trade and free movement. Metaphorically, it would be a powerful symbol of division and entirely contrary to the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement. The Police Federation in Northern Ireland has also warned it would make police officers "sitting ducks for terrorists". Moreover, the Irish government will never agree to this course. With the EU in their corner, there is effectively zero chance of this happening.
The second option is to actually keep Northern Ireland inside the EU: offering it so-called "special status". This would avoid the difficulty of enforcing the border and even accord with the wishes of 56 per cent of the Northern Irish electorate who voted to Remain in the EU. Crucially, it would see Northern Ireland able to retain the £600m a year it currently receives from the EU. This is pushed by Sinn Fein and does have a powerful logic, but it would be a massive embarrassment for the British Government and lead to Scotland (and possibly London?) demanding similar treatment.
The third option is that suggested by the Irish government in the Times story today, namely a soft border with customs and passport controls at embarkation points on the island of Ireland, using the Irish Sea as a hard border (or certainly a wet one). This option is in play, if for no other reason than the Irish government is suggesting it. Again, unionists will be unhappy as it requires Britain to treat the island of Ireland as a single entity with border and possibly customs checks at ports and airports. There is a neat administrate logic to it, but it means people travelling from Northern Ireland to "mainland" Britain would need to show their passports, which will enrage unionists as it effectively makes them foreigners.
Unpalatable as that would be for unionists, the fourth option is simply to recognise that Northern Ireland is now utterly anomalous and start a proper conversation about Irish reunification as a means to address the border issue once and for all. This would see both governments acting as persuaders to try and build consent and accelerate trends to reunify the island constitutionally. This would involve twin referendums in both Northern Ireland and the Republic (a measure allowed for in the Good Friday Agreement). Given Philip Hammond is warning that transitional arrangements could last three years, this might occur after Brexit in 2019, perhaps as late as the early 2020s, with interim arrangements in the meantime. Demographic trends pointing to a Catholic-nationalist majority in Northern Ireland would, in all likelihood require a referendum by then anyway. The opportunity here is to make necessity the mother of invention, using Brexit to bring Northern Ireland’s constitutional status to a head and deal decisively with the matter once and for all.
In short, ministers have no easy options, however time is now a factor and they will soon have to draw the line on, well, drawing the line.
Kevin Meagher is a former special adviser at the Northern Ireland Office and author of "A United Ireland: Why unification is inevitable and how it will come about" | 2019-04-22T10:24:08 | https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2017/07/irish-sea-border-and-3-other-tricky-options-northern-ireland-after-brexit |
Авторы: Karitskaya E.A., Bochkarev N.G., Goranskij V.P., Metlova N.V., Klochkova V.G., Yushkin M.V.
We continue the study of photometric and spectral variability of Cyg X-1 based on the 40-year long series of multicolor photometric observations and the 12-year-long series of precise high-resolution spectral observations accumulated by us up to now. For the first time the optical component (O9.7Iab supergiant) temperature decrease and its size increase over 7 years (1997-2003) have been revealed in 2006. The photoelectric photometry performed at the SAI Crimean Station shows that the variability of the supergiant continues in the time scale of decades up to now. In average, the mean level of brightness decreases since 1999. The variations in time scale of a year superimpose on the light decay. There is a connection between X-ray and optical changes, which suggests that the overall drop is due to the temperature decrease of the supergiant, while its radius increases approaching a ctitical Roche lobe. This is a cause of unstable matherial flow and leads to frequent, non-irregular "hard" and "soft" X-ray changes. The variability of photospherical spectral line depths found in available high-resolution spectra is also in agreement with this idea. There are evidences of possible presence of a variable optical thin gas component. During an X-ray flare in 2009, we observed essential brightening in the U band, while it was absent in the B and V bands. This event may be result of appearance of a large amount of the hot optically thin gas component.
Изучение переменных звезд. Составление Общего каталога переменных звезд. | 2019-04-18T10:18:20 | https://istina.msu.ru/conferences/presentations/30279310/ |
Why take a bus tour when you can have day trip to Thailand's ancient capital Ayutthaya from Bangkok with a private, car and drive. Enjoy a boat ride, river-side lunch and a stop to see the rambling collection of royal summer palaces at Bang Pa-in.
Tour the Victorian-era palaces and grounds of sprawling Bang Pa-In , an historical summer retreat of the Chakri, Thailand's ruling dynasty. Most of construction was begun under the reign of King Rama IV in the latter half of the 19th century.
The complex includes a number of palaces, separate villas for other members of the royal family, two spectacular throne halls (one resembling a Chinese temple and another that looks lie it had been moved from Versailles), a Chinese throne and even a palatial house boat. Golf carts are available for those who do not want to spend all their time walking.
On our popular Ayutthaya side trip you will venture upcountry to marvel at monuments from ancient Siam's glorious past. Our guests have discovered the advantage of having a personal, knowledgeable guide and private transportation to travel at their own pace, stopping along the way at Bang Pa In, the Summer Palace of Thailand's former Kings. During the day you also get a scenic boat.
If this is your first visit to Ayutthaya, we suggest that you take your time seeing the ruins of what was one of the world's most important trading capitals in its day.
Wat Yai Chai Mongkul is famous for its peaceful sleeping Buddha, towering chedi (stupa), and plumeria-scented courtyard of meditating Buddhas.
Arrive inside the perimeter of the ancient capital of Ayutthaya and wander through haunting ruins which still evoke the glory of a once-golden kingdom. There are dozens of unique archeological wonders scattered inside this river-ringed metropolis. Your guide knows many rarely-visited sites which have fascinated discerning travelers through the centuries.
Next you can enjoy one or both of the following two activities as part of your Ayutthaya adventure. You can visit a local elephant training camp and enjoy a scenic boat ride to view some of the major monuments as they were designed to be seen - from the waterways of the three rivers which converge on this fabled jewel of Siamese history.
If time allows, you may also visit the lovely historical museum (closed Tuesdays), the Angkor-influenced Wat Chaiwattanaram , or Wat Na Pramen , the only temple to have survived the 17th century blaze set by the invading Burmese Army.
If you have already seen all of the "tourist" things in Ayutthaya your guide suggest other things worth doing in this culturally-rich archaeological park. | 2019-04-18T12:22:37 | https://www.purpledrag.com/thailand/ayutthaya.htm |
Eric and I bring on a guest host, Ron Talbot, to discuss Mass Effect Andromeda. We all took an afternoon on release day to play single player and multiplayer in the same room. We all came away impressed at the overall mechanics but less impressed with the user interface and numerous bugs. And while the character generation system seemed to need more cooking, we still managed to create some interesting characters. We also have thoughts about the idea of early release schemes, and how they might adversely affect the overall impression of the game for potential players.
We also spent a little time on multiplayer, and discover Bioware avoided screwing up a good thing. Multiplayer in Andromeda feels like Mass Effect 3 multiplayer with just a few twists. And that’s a good thing.
So Eric buys a pair of Apple Airpods and has fallen totally in love with them. He thinks that the Airpod team somehow epitomizes the old Apple magic that seems to be gone from the rest of the company. He also wrapped up S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes, the first novel in The Expanse series, and loves it. And on the purely tools front, Eric’s migrated from Arduino Uno to Mini Pro for maker projects.
I’ve been giving a go with Razer’s Black Widow X Chroma, which uses the Razer Green key mechs while eliminating the cruft that comes with the standard Chroma — it’s just a barebones IBM keyboard layout, though I do wish for dedicated media controls. The Ryzen 1800X system survives Andromeda Day with a big thumbs up — the system experienced a single crash the entire afternoon, which bodes well. On the reading front, I’ve started on John Scalzi’s The Collapsing Empire, which has an interesting take on faster-than-light travel and its implications. I’ve also been rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the seminal Joss Whedon series that still seems fresh after twenty years. | 2019-04-22T09:12:45 | https://uncertainty.com/podcast-mass-effect-andromeda/ |
If you would like to view a StudyBed our main showroom is in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire where the full range of models in various finishes are on display. We also have showrooms attached to our Northern distribution hub in Warrington (Cheshire) and our Head Office in Thame (Oxfordshire).
It may also be possible to view a StudyBed nearer to you at one of our customers’ houses.
Further information and opening hours can be found below.
If you are making a special journey to visit our showroom, please give us a quick call first to double-check that we have not had to unexpectedly close. Although this is extremely unlikely, we would not want anyone to waste their time, so please call either the showroom on 01494 520020 or Head Office on 01844 214484 if no reply.
Our Northern Showroom is currently open every Saturday from 9.30 am to 5 pm.
If you’d like to come to our Head Office please do give us a call prior to your visit to let us know that you are coming.
It may be possible to view a StudyBed nearer to you – we have a number of customers willing to demonstrate their StudyBed in their own homes. Please email us with your contact details and postcode and we will come back to you with further information.
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I’d like to thank everyone I have had dealings with in regard to the Studybed over the last 2 years.
Every last person has been charming, knowledgeable , efficient, patient and kind.
Please pass my thanks to everyone. | 2019-04-26T06:38:40 | http://www.studybed.co.uk/buy-now/showroom-location/ |
Are we the sum of our thoughts?
We usually take ourselves to be the sum of these thoughts, ideas, emotions and body sensations, but there is nothing solid to them. How can we claim to be our thoughts or opinions or emotions or body when they never stay the same?
Teachers often suggest considering your thoughts to be like clouds in the sky. Some are dark and stormy, some are beautiful and fat, while others are wispy and ethereal. Sometimes there are no clouds at all. No matter. Just like clouds in the sky, thoughts pass through your mind. And just like the sky, your mind can contain it all.
Previous postWhy do we let things get so complicated? | 2019-04-23T16:37:48 | https://mindfulbalance.org/2011/02/24/are-we-the-sum-of-our-thoughts/ |
“April showers bring May flowers.” To that well-known spring-related proverb one might soon add “the Spring Regulatory Agenda brings new groundless complaints from corporate interests and their anti-regulatory allies in Congress about so-called regulatory overreach.” Last Wednesday, the Obama Administration issued the 2013 edition of the Spring Regulatory Agenda, one of two documents the President must issue every year (the other is published in the fall) that compiles and summarizes the various regulatory actions that the Administration expects to take in the near future. Over the past few years, regulatory opponents have grown fond of pointing to the Spring and Fall Regulatory Agendas as still further evidence of the so-called “regulatory tsunami” that is allegedly hindering the economy and to support their campaign to “reform” our regulatory system. I expect that these same groups will waste little time in the coming days to misrepresent the latest regulatory agenda to bolster their attacks on our system of regulatory safeguards.
In fact, a careful comparison of one Regulatory Agenda to the next reveals just the opposite of what regulatory opponents claim: progress on needed safeguards has all but stalled, as new rules have become subject to new delay upon new delay. Rather than documenting a flurry rulemaking activity, the semiannual Regulatory Agenda has become more of a litany of the latest delays of and extensions to expected timelines for issuing proposals or final rules.
Spring 2010 Regulatory Agenda (first time listed in an Agenda; rule categorized as a “long-term action,” which means that the agency responsible for the rule doesn’t expect to take any significant rulemaking action within the next year or so).
Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 Regulatory Agendas (now rule is categorized as being at the “proposed rule stage,” which means that the agency responsible for the rule expects to issue a proposal within the next year or so).
Fall 2011 Regulatory Agenda (rule still categorized as in the “proposed rulemaking stage,” but the expected completion date for the notice of proposed rulemaking (NRPM) has been pushed by four months).
2012 Regulatory Agenda (note that the Obama Administration issued only one Regulatory Agenda in 2012; rule still categorized as in the “proposed rulemaking stage,” but the expected completion date for NRPM has been pushed by another 17 months and the expected completion date for the final rule has been pushed back by 25 months).
Spring 2013 Regulatory Agenda (the rule has been re-categorized as a “long-term action,” and now there are no expected completion dates for the NPRM and final rule).
I have been following the EPA’s stormwater rule for over three years now; it is one of the first rules I check whenever a new Regulatory Agenda is released. With each new Regulatory Agenda, I’ve watched as the Obama Administration has kicked the rule down the road little by little. As of the 2012 Regulatory Agenda, this critical rulemaking—which is essential to tackling the problem of nonpoint source water pollution, perhaps the leading cause of degraded water quality in this country—was at least two years behind schedule. With this latest twist in the Spring 2012 Regulatory Agenda, it’s not clear when—or even if—this rulemaking will ever see the light of day.
Of course, opponents of regulation like to pretend that these delays in regulation are at worst “cost-free.” Nothing could be further from the truth. Each month of delay for these safeguards inflicts real harm on real people—lives lost, illnesses and injuries suffered, ecosystems irrepealably damaged, and money wasted. And because these costs are the result of delay, they are all by definition preventable.
Several other rules are subject to new delays according to the new Regulatory Agenda, but there are no data with which to calculate what the costs of these delays will be. Some of these other rules include the EPA’s coal ash rule (at least 6 months more delay) the Mining Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) rule to protect miners from black lung disease (at least 3 months more delay), and OSHA’s rule to strengthen protections for workers against exposure to beryllium, a known human carcinogen.
The cause of these repeated delays are many. Throughout the rulemaking process, agencies are subjected to near-constant political interference, most notably through the centralized regulatory review process superintended by the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). To complete a rulemaking, agencies must negotiate an expanding universe of regulatory and analytical requirements. Some, such as OIRA’s review process, offer powerful conduits for political interference; others simply tie up agencies with time-consuming and resource-intensive analyses. These analyses do little—if anything—to improve the quality of individuals. Rather, they succeed only in adding months if not years to the rulemaking process. Finally, agencies must overcome all these obstacles while facing constant or even shrinking budgets, essentially forcing them to do more with less. Taking all these factors into account, it’s clear why repeated delays are the rule and not the exception.
Rather, these delays demonstrate clearly that agencies are being prevented from implementing the statutory missions that Congress has assigned to them in a timely manner. The resulting delays impose unconscionable costs on the American public. Congress and the White House need to take responsibility for their contribution to this unacceptable state of affairs, and they must begin finding ways to affirmatively support—rather than obstruct—agency efforts to protect people and the environment. | 2019-04-22T10:48:24 | https://regstalk.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/by-the-numbers-the-costs-of-new-regulatory-delays-announced-in-the-spring-2013-regulatory-agenda/ |
Jay has been corrupting his classmates at SAIT by getting them hooked on Ante League. KYT has been “delving” into Khans of Tarkir draft, but hasn’t quite figured it out yet. Scotty has a ManaDeprived $6K Super Series tournament coming up this weekend in Toronto, and it’s MODERN! What new tech from Khans has he added to Jeskai Geist? Speaking of Jeskai, there’s a hot new combo deck in Modern using Jeskai Ascendancy, and Jeremey is pumped about it. Some of the decks the team has been looking at for the new Standard. KYT has launched a Patreon campaign to help support his work for ManaDeprived.com. Come drop a Loonie and support him!
Previous articleKaspar So is the MDSS Toronto 2014 Champion! | 2019-04-18T12:25:24 | http://magic.facetofacegames.com/eh-team-197-theyre-abzan/ |
The next Salon at Forest, the 26th of the series, welcomes Huy Bui, Megan Offner, and Danielle Trofe to discuss sustainability design.
Every month, we invite presenters to our studio to share their own creative journeys: why they do what they do, what motivates them, the struggles they face and how they overcome them. This series, which began in early 2017 has had over 50 presenters from wide-ranging disciplines including ceramics, glass, painting, sculpture, poetry, neuroscience, taxidermy, live action role playing, textiles, dance, film, and set design. Come join us for a conversation.
© 2019 Danielle Trofe Design. All rights reserved. | 2019-04-18T16:26:08 | https://danielletrofe.com/workshops-events/2019/4/16/salon-at-forest |
Lessons in Life & Leadership by Thasunda Brown Duckett | JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Currently, I oversee a banking network with more than 5,300 branches, 18,000 ATMs and more than 47,000 employees serving 23 million households nationwide. One of the most important steps I took when becoming CEO of Chase Consumer Banking was to focus on people and inspire diverse thinking on our team. Reflecting back when I was leading the auto finance business from 2013 to 2016, I learned that many people in the auto industry “grew up,” so to speak, in the auto business and have deep subject matter expertise. That level of knowledge and historical perspective is critical—especially because Chase Auto Finance has been in business for over 60 years and the relationships our people have built and sustained are key to our ongoing success.
It was also important for me to balance out that subject matter expertise with people from outside the industry to bring a fresh perspective on issues and challenge the status quo. I always look for four key attributes in people when building a team: passion, good character, people who are intellectually curious and team players—those who know that winning is a team sport.
With this rich and diverse array of skills and knowledge, the business is constantly innovating and pushing the bar higher. At the end of the day, every team needs offense and defense—get the two of them in sync, and you’re in business. As a leader, I feel the responsibility to build this belief and mindset.
My road to becoming a CEO was unconventional at best. I come from very modest beginnings, but from the time I was very young, my parents encouraged me to think big, take risks and grab the opportunities that came my way. I guess you could say these life lessons have been relevant and prevalent in all that I do.
Rather than let my economic status define me, I worked hard in school, excelled in sports, went to college and got involved in career training and development programs. I was accepted into a corporate internship program called InRoads that taught me and my classmates the real value of building and sustaining a professional network.
And that’s exactly what I did. I met other people with similar backgrounds who were interested in financial services and shared a passion for succeeding in a corporate environment. Through those connections, I landed my first job at Fannie Mae, which led to a 15-year career in the housing industry and eventually to JPMorgan Chase where I’ve now run two major businesses for one of the world’s leading financial institutions.
Networking and building lasting friendships has given me the support and confidence to take on bigger job responsibilities and a strong sense of community. I have truly benefited from my mentors, friends and colleagues who represent very diverse backgrounds.
Don’t be afraid to take risks. There will always be highs and lows in a career, but as long as you’re able to learn from every experience, and you have confidence in your ability, you will be successful.
My father would often tell us kids growing up to, “Reach for the moon, because even if you miss, you’ll be among the stars.” I think that’s true not only in business, but in life.
As a leader, don’t be afraid to empower your team and give them the tools to succeed. But no matter what, always listen, be humble and tap into the needs of individual team members.
Everyone’s journey is different. To paraphrase Sheryl Sandberg, “Careers are a jungle gym…if I had mapped out my career when I was sitting where you are, I would have missed it.” You’ll have to make tough choices along the way—but the journey and the experience is what makes you who you are. Embrace it and find passion in all that you do.
Real success does involve some sacrifice along the way, but always be mindful of the things you should never sacrifice—your integrity, your health, your family and how you treat others. That is what will bring you to the very top.
Thasunda Brown Duckett is the Chief Executive Officer of Chase Consumer Banking. She is a member of the Consumer and Community Banking Leadership Committee. From 2013 – 2016, Duckett was the CEO of Chase Auto Finance, one of the leading bank providers of auto financing in the country with a portfolio of more than $60 billion in assets and relationships with 75% of U.S. franchised automotive dealers. Prior to that, Thasunda served as National Retail Sales Executive for Chase Mortgage Banking, where she managed 4,000 mortgage bankers who provide home financing to customers across the nation.
Thasunda has been recognized widely as a leading executive in the financial industry. She was named as a “Top 100 Leading Female Executive” by Automotive News; one of the most powerful women in banking by American Banker magazine; one of the 50 most powerful women in corporate America by Black Enterprise magazine and among the top most influential blacks in corporate America by Savoy magazine.
Thasunda is a Board member of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the largest African-American Greek-lettered organization, and the Executive Leadership Council. She has a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Marketing from the University of Houston and a Master of Business Administration from Baylor University.
Learn more about Women on the Move, our initiative that supports female employees by addresses the unique challenges they face. | 2019-04-25T00:53:39 | https://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/news/insights/tduckett-life-leadership-lessons.htm |
Managing you water bills means that regardless of your size, industry or consumption, you can reduce your water and waste water costs.
Here at Love Energy Solutions we have a number of services which fall under the water management bracket, all of which can be put in place to save you and your business money on your water bills.
Love Energy Solutions will work alongside your business to identify your organisations needs and offer tailored solutions to assist you in reducing both cost and consumption.
Your complete guide to the water market deregulation.
Every year millions of businesses overpay on their water bills due to supplier billing errors, our water audits help you to lower your water bills and reclaim any monies owed. | 2019-04-23T03:57:53 | https://www.loveenergysolutions.com/services/water-audit-management/ |
Are you planning to grow your blog to increase the traffic? If yes then learning the in and out of the blogging industry can make things easy for you. Applying the right strategy along with the right blogging tool for specified tasks can help you to grow your blog and reach new heights in blogging. Today, more than 75% of websites use WordPress as the site-building platform. This platform is known for versatility making it the most popular platform for blogging.
In the recent years, the WordPress platform has become a kind of standard in the industry allowing millions of developers to develop exceptional applications and tools that integrate into the WordPress sites to enhance the functionality. Whether blogging is your passion or profession, a WordPress website can become one of the authoritative engine sources especially when you are looking for exponential growth.
The WordPress infrastructure along with third-party blogging tools and resources can make your site work wonders for you which was unavailable few years ago for bloggers. The WordPress plugin market offers you more than 45,312 options, good enough to confuse as to which one is best for your blogging website. To guide you in the right direction, here are & WordPress tools every blogger should use for exponential growth.
It is a well-known fact that content is king irrespective of the type of website. Creating, curating and promoting blog content is one of the tedious jobs of blogging and needs a lot of time to researching, gather ideas and implement the concept. If your content is not compelling then probably no visitor wants to subscribe and return to your blog.
Content Upgrades Pro is one of the favourite tools for blogging which will take care of all the content related issues and promises to turn up to 59.2% of your audience into email subscribers. But if you are wondering how does the plugin do it? Well, then the plugin allows you to add a piece of extra or bonus content to your blog post which may be accessed by the visitor only by providing an email address. It is a win-win situation for the blogger and the visitor as the visitor gets to read more of the content and the blogger a potential visitor.
SumoMe is a package of 12 add-on tools which is designed to enhance the functionality of your website. The heat maps of the blogger tool will display the areas which the visitors are clicking or not. The free to exit email list builder promises to increase the sign-ups at least by 20% daily.
The SumoMe tool aims not only to improve the traffic to the blog but also help grow your blog exponentially by increasing the conversions. You are not obligated to use all the 12 plug-ins that comes in the package but can use only those needed on a timely basis.
And if you are still worried which ones to use? The great showcase library can guide you in using the ones that suit your requirements by showcasing how some of their customers achieved desired results using different plug-ins in the package.
Kissmetrics has created an ultimate analytics platform for WordPress websites and has spent several years to craft the plug-in. The tool digs deep into the metrics of the website and analyses the traffic to discover the techniques to optimize the on-site experience. The tool does not focus on page views and bounce views but emphasizes more on the end consumer.
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SumoMe is an incredible package. | 2019-04-18T15:36:41 | https://themefuse.com/tools-wp-bloggers-use-for-exponential-growth/ |
At the first time I thought this lens a cheap and crap Japanese lens like Soligor,Hanimex, Porst etc. That was wrong this lens surprised me really.
Lens very sharp even at wide open, it has good color rendering. Seems good deal, only the problem not appear frequently on the market, pretty rare item. I will sell out after testing because not fit into my collection lines. No manual switch on the lens body it has only fully automatic aperture handling, this is a problem if you want to use on DSLR bodies. You have two choice, look forward a right M42 adapter, what can handle auto aperture stick or use some strong glue and solve this problem for ever with glue :) What can I say more this lens has same quality than best ones in 135mm category like CZJ Sonnar 135mm or Super Takumar 135mm,perhaps comparable with Canon or Nikon equals too.
No reason to modify the lense as adapters which push the preselection pin are easily available. | 2019-04-19T20:30:03 | http://www.mflenses.com/petri-135mm-f28-mc-m42-lens-review.html |
Our mission is to nurture, protect, encourage and assist men and women transition from incarceration to the community. Our goal is to create a positive support system and community family for the released individual by utilizing faith based institutions and community resources. Our focus is to build these relationships during incarceration increasing the possibility of successful re-entry thus reducing recidivism.
Massachusetts Community Outreach Initiative (MCOI) is a Boston based non-profit organization that is a liaison to church and community agencies for confined adult offenders. The mission is to nurture, protect, encourage and assist men and women as they transition from incarceration to the community. MCOI’s vision is to provide clients with a greater opportunity to succeed by utilizing church and community agency resources to provide a positive spiritual support system. In our initial phase, MCOI will receive referrals from Department of Corrections (DOC) chaplains in conjunction with the Department of Corrections Treatment Directors of individuals seeking a change in their lives spiritually.
MCOI identifies, encourages, and promotes the individual’s talents and skills to build the individuals’ faith in self-sufficiency and individualism. While providing support, training, and updates of the individual institutional visits for the respective churches and community agencies. Our goal is create a positive support system and community family around the released individual that will ease their transition into society, and reduce the rate of recidivism.
Our target population includes male offenders’ ages 25 yrs. and older moderate to high risk releasing to Suffolk County currently incarcerated in Massachusetts Correctional Institutions. This population was chosen because of the solid partnership developed through the experience and expertise of its founder coupled with the community focus and a concern for community violence. According to the MA Department of Corrections, this target population (i.e. those in the age group of 25-29) is the largest incarcerated cohort. In 2011, the number of releases to Suffolk County was over 60% higher than any other city in the Commonwealth. Also, many programs have focused on the younger population leaving the target population to the correctional institutions and court system. Reportedly, there are over 300 youth organizations in the City of Boston.
Our collaboration with the Department of Corrections and subsequent, pilot program at the Boston Pre-Release Center (BPRC) can be viewed as our initial success as an organization. We conduct weekly sessions geared towards providing the men with faith, self awareness and confidence in their ability. The positive results and feedback opened the door for other DOC facilities.
During this past fiscal year MCOI increased its volunteer pool significantly. This boost is partially due to the success of our first Women’s Day luncheon. The luncheon highlighted women that have survived and overcome life threatening adversity including but not limited to incarceration.
MCOI was a grantee recipient from the Gloria Dei Foundation which allowed us to expand our reach via internet, website, and social media.
We are extremely excited about the upcoming year. We look forward to starting the program in Massachusetts Correction Institute (MCI) Shirley this fall. It will represent our first foray into a medium security facility at the program level.
We have scheduled a men’s revival to capitalize on the success of the Women’s Day Luncheon which touched many people in ways we had not anticipated. The shared stories of divine intervention in life and death situations revealed an appetite and a yearning for more modern day miracles. We will utilize the revival to share many more stories that have been revealed to MCOI through our relationships to touch the hearts of many, and recruit people to help transform communities from the inside out.
The DOC executives conduct bi-monthly dialogue session with its volunteers to discuss real issues and innovative ways to improve the system. The CEO has been invited to join these sessions after the summer break giving MCOI an opportunity promote its mission and vision.
MCOI has supported the DOC’s application for the Bureau of Justice’s Second Chance Act Mentoring Grant. Our goal is to become a vendor under this solicitation.
2) Funding for ADE tracking database and two new computers= 10k. The database allows the organization the opportunity to track clients, volunteers, and assisting agencies as well as produce a variety of assessments.
3) Funding for the Executive Director and Program Director salary 75K. Both are currently providing full-time efforts to the continued advancement and development of the organization without pay.
4) Finances for day to day operations= 50k i.e. utilities, supplies, incidentals annual dues and fees.
5) Board member(s) =to strengthen and revitalize board participation in overall vision and mission of the organization.
The Massachusetts Community Outreach Initiative (MCOI) is a culmination of the experiences and lessons of its founder and CEO Eustace Payne, Jr. Having spent twenty-five years in what can be described as the misery of other people’s lives has trained my emotional, mental, and spiritual being that people need to feel loved and cared for. Working in the Department of Youth Services, the Department of Social Services, Boston Municipal Court and U.S. District Court has provided me with the expertise, empathy, and understanding for this faith based vision.
As a social worker in the Department of Social Services, one must assess the needs of the family taking into consideration numerous social factors before designing a case plan for implementation. A probation officer in the Boston Municipal Court assesses the risk vs. need factors of a given individual always being mindful of public safety. A probation officer in the U.S. District Court combines social work by assessing the needs of the individual in consideration of their family, neighborhood, and public safety. In U.S. District Court, a court report is written for the sentencing process it is then forwarded to the probation officer. This report details the personal, educational, and family history of the individual prior to an initial meeting. This proactive approach allows for a more aggressive plan before the problems materialize. For example; your doctor will advise preventative medicine today to circumvent potential serious illness down the road.
MCOI takes this progressive approach with its clients before they are released from the Department of Corrections (DOC). We have partnered with the DOC and conduct weekly sessions in designated facilities. Our referrals come from DOC chaplains. These DOC chaplains work under extremely adverse circumstances to change the minds and hearts of their incarcerated congregation; however who continues to support these individuals spiritually upon their release?
We do. MCOI spends time building relationships to identify, encourage, and promote the individual talents and skills to strengthen their faith in self-sufficiency and in their God given ability. While providing support, training, and updates for the respective churches and community agencies partners regarding the sessions within in the DOC facilities. MCOI’s goal is to create a positive support system and community family around the released individual that will ease their transition into society, and reduce the rate of recidivism.
From the governance perspective what can be viewed as a challenge and a success is that as the founder and CEO is still the Board Chairman. One perspective could argue that an organization with a distinct and unique approach needs consistent leadership until it has been firmly established while an opposing viewpoint is that the organization could be limiting its opportunity for growth and diversity by having the same leadership in place. To its credit, the Board has discussed the issue at length and agreed that the consistency is necessary at this stage.
The Department of Corrections (DOC) Chaplains have been very receptive and confirmed that there is a tremendous need for follow up with inmates and MCOI’s intervention provides validation for the work of the chaplains. DOC policy does not allow the chaplains to contact inmates once they are released. As a result, we’ve been invited to other facilities; however we are cautious about growing too fast. Another challenge that has become evident is that each facility is as different from each other as one child is from another. We must tailor our program to the uniqueness of the facility. For example: At the Boston Pre-release Center (BPRC), many of the individuals leave the facility for work, school, and looking for work. Due to this fact, we are able to deal with conflicts and potential struggles that have become evident as they are reintegrating. While the individuals at Northeastern Correctional Center (also a pre-release center) in Concord are more sheltered and less distracted vs. BPRC. As a result, sessions at BPRC are more direct and aggressive. We anticipate starting in Massachusetts Correctional Institution (MCI) Shirley by fall, a medium security facility with walls, and barb wire where freedom is limited. Neither BPRC nor NCC has walls or barb wire. The cookie cutter approach i.e. presenting the same program in the same manner would not be effective.
I became involved in MCOI because in my previous occupations, I found that people respond to love, caring, and discipline like that of a good parent. Our caring means that there are expectations of success and excuses are just the things we overcome. We show them that the difficult life that they may have had led has provided them with the strength to succeed. For example; one woman acknowledged that she had faced death at least twice and the question was purposed, “If you have faced death then how scary is a job interview?” Translation, the necessary strength was within her she merely needed to access and utilize it. Life is difficult and we want build mentally strong and committed individuals to become part the solution instead of part of the problem.
Our approach has attracted volunteers from many different walks of life from a vice president of a communications company to a founder of a professional writing company, not to mention several individuals that have turned their lives around. The challenge has been to train each individual and place them in the best place for them to be successful.
Our primary geographic focus is individuals that will reside in Suffolk County which is considered part of the Greater Boston Area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2008, the population of Suffolk County is estimated to be 732,684. Economically speaking, the poverty rates for Suffolk County are the lowest in Massachusetts; its median household income is the third lowest in Massachusetts. However, we have worked with inmates releasing to other areas within the Commonwealth.
Massachusetts Community Outreach Initiative is a faith-based mentoring program designed to aid men and women as they transition from incarceration back into the community. The organization does not have any isolated programs within the program. The development plan for the organization would likely include family mentoring as well as a job search and soft skills training.
Evaluations of the program and feedback from Prison Chaplains, prove the faith based approach to mentoring to be a success. Men and women are less stress, more focused with and genuinely hopeful for change.
From a shared view point Department of Corrections (DOC) officials, DOC Chaplains, and MCOI acknowledge that a crucial step is missing. The program will provide the missing ingredient to bridge DOC services to the community and community resources.
The Community and the DOC is equally benefited by the ongoing support and efforts of MCOI. The community benefits as MCOI trained and certified mentors buffer the individuals’ re-entry experience. The DOC benefits from the intervention of MCOI to build on DOC re-entry services which cease upon the individual’s release. Programming through MCOI better prepares the individual to navigate with the obstacles that occur. In short, MCOI fills a void, the rate of recidivism is reduced, families and communities are restored.
MCOI currently conduct quarterly program evaluations in order to monitor success. For instance a survey conducted at the end of our first quarter in Boston Pre-release Center proved the initial teaching materials to be less effective. The hunger these gentlemen displayed required a custom curriculum designed for their personal collective strengths and concerns. Through hours of collaboration with MCOI program volunteers which include ministers, psychiatrists, prison chaplains and, our most valued contributors, men of God that had been previously incarcerated, a new curriculum was created.
MCOI has been invited to extend the program in multiple Department of Corrections facilities.
Rev Eustace Daniel Payne Jr.
Eustace Payne Jr. is the founder and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Community Outreach Initiative (MCOI). Mr. Payne is a graduate of Framingham State College with a Bachelors of Art in Sociology. He is currently a licentiate minister on the ministerial staff at Bethel AME church in Boston, MA. Recognizing the importance of stability as it pertains to re-entry Mr. Payne is an advocate and a voice in the community educating and assisting churches interested in developing, training and implementing prison ministries. Under the auspices of the Massachusetts Community Outreach Initiative (MCOI) Mr. Payne provides faith based leadership of integrity, maturity, and humility as he reconnects the incarcerated with their families, churches, and communities.
Mr. Payne has 21 years tenure in the Federal and State court system as a probation officer. His experience in the judicial system taught him that the standard Cognitive Behavioral Therapeutic approach although direct, is moderately effective in producing results within the target population. Consistent focus on an individual’s dysfunction by the law enforcement community, court system, correctional system, and often times family members leaves an individual in an emotionally vulnerable and abused mental state. Mr. Payne’s experience as a probation officer, as well as his experience as a Department of Social Services Case Manager has equipped him with the unique ability to advocate firmly but effectively for clients with perspective employers, continuing education facilities, churches and communities. Additionally, Mr. Payne has completed the Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership Certification program at Boston University School of Management.
LaShaun Shaw is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Massachusetts Community Outreach Initiative. LaShaun was born in New Haven Connecticut, she her mother and three siblings moved to Massachusetts when she was four years old.LaShaun has 19 years of experience as the Administrative Manager at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston MA. In her tenure with the MGH Ms. Shaw was responsible for budgets, financials, grants, departmental and organizational compliance, The National Institute of Health (NIH) compliance, Joint Commission Accreditation Health Organization (JCAHO) compliance, community outreach, as well as program and project management. Ms. Shaw’s experience and responsibilities included staff and day-to-day operations management as well as new programs implementation. Ms. Shaw is a graduate of Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration. Ms. Shaw has a Graduate Certificate in Biblical Studies from Hartford Seminary in Hartford, MA; she is currently pursuing a Masters of Arts in Spirituality with a primary focus on Women’s Leadership also at Hartford Seminary and has recently completed the Institute for Non-profit Leadership at Boston University.
Our most important collaboration is with the Department of Corrections (DOC).
Our most intimate collaboration is the home church of the ED, Bethel AME Church in Jamaica Plain. The senior Pastor, Reverend Dr. Ray Hammond has been instrumental in encouraging and supporting the vision and mission. Bethel AME is a Massachusetts Access To Recovery (MA-ATR) service provider (Massachusetts-Access to Recovery is a Federally-funded program designed to give people with substance use disorders wider access to community services to help them start or continue on the road to recovery). Through this collaboration, clients would be referred to Bethel AME to receive services ranging from basic needs, educational services, and employments services.
Many of our volunteers attend Morning Star Baptist Church (MSBC) in Mattapan. Through these volunteers, collaboration became a reality earlier this year. Minister Donald Osgood, Head of the Men’s Ministry at MSBC has been a Godsend.
We have a working relationship with Holy Tabernacle Church in Dorchester which ministers at MCI Norfolk and MCI Pondville.
Friendship Apostolic Church in Dorchester has expressed a desire to join the fold. The details have not been worked out.
We await word from the Congregation Lion De Judah of Boston.
The collaboration between the Massachusetts Community Outreach Initiative (MCOI), The Department of Corrections (DOC) Chaplains, and The Department of Corrections quickly exposed a size-able void. The need for expansion has become obvious however limited resource affect our ability to hire full-time staff, purchase computers, and offer ongoing training to staff, clients, churches and other collaboratives.
Funding also allows the CEO flexibility to build relationships and be a positive commodity within the community. This year networking opportunities opened the door for me to participate in several panel discussions in the City of Boston. The panel discussion at Andover-Newton Theological School led to collaboration with Partakers (www.partakers.org), a college behind bars program. MCOI now has clients that were accepted to the program and will begin classes with Boston University this summer.
We believe that through faith-based mentoring, love and direction under the support of the organization many more success stories can be realized.
Financial summary data in charts and graphs are per the organization's IRS 990s. Contributions from foundations and corporations are listed under individuals when the breakout was not available. Specific details about expense breakout was provided by the organization.
For FY 2011 specific information about revenue and expense totals was provided by the organization, as the Form 990-N did not contain this information. | 2019-04-18T14:33:08 | https://givingcommon.org/profile/1107712/massachusetts-community-outreach-initiative/ |
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Niki is extremely knowledgeable and was able to bring Olympia alive for our group of 4 adults. This tour was a highlight of our vacation.
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: What a wonderful day it was and how much I enjoyed my time with you, you can’t imagine. Thank you for everything!
We had a great tour of Olympia with Niki. She is very knowledgeable and was totally committed to our needs. Most amazing, we felt like great friends after only a few hours together. Hope we can meet again Niki, maybe in Athens!
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you so much. Yes I also hope we see each other again soon. Till then have fun!
Niki was a terrific and knowledgeable guide. She perfectly combined knowledge and anecdotes with history and mythology. We enjoyed our tour with her a lot and would highly recommend her and this tour! Thank you Niki!
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: One of my best groups for this year, a wonderful family and a fun audience. Thank you for everything!
We enjoyed our tour with her and found that she was very knowledgeable, which made our visit much more enjoyable and educational.
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you. It was great meeting you all and showing you around Olympia.
Our guide Niki was excellent. Very educated regarding Olympia and Greece overall. There were seven of us on the tour, she met us at the dock in a very nice a/c van that gave us ample room. She allowed us time to explore Olympia and the shopping areas at our leisure while still covering all the important points of Olympia. The crowning treat was a delicious home cooked Greek meal at a private home sitting on a hill top with beautiful views and wonderful hospitality by the home owner.
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you Paulette. It was more than a pleasure meeting you and taking you around and from the beginning you made me feel like a member of your family. Happy living to all of you and hope to see you again soon!
We loved our day with Niki. It was a great day with several different and unique sites. In addition to Olympia, we were able to visit an olive press (so interesting), a winery (also interesting) and a short stop at the beautiful beach. Lovely day, great guide.
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you Madeline!! I had a great time with all of you and wish to see you again one day!!
Extraordinary tour. Warm, educational, knowledgeable, flexible. Niki adapted to our needs. We had arranged a tour of the site only, thinking we would see the museum on our own. When we arrived we didn't have time for the museum separately and she was somehow able to seamlessly work it into our itinerary. Good thing - we would never have appreciated the museum as much. Her explanation of the stories in the sculptures was exquisite. Simply the best!
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you!!! It was absolute pleasure meeting you! Enjoy the rest of your explanation of Greece the most!
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you so much Christiane. Have a happy new year!
Excellent Guide, passionate about her country and very knowledgeable. I would recommend her services to anyone who wishes to experience Olympia through the eyes of a local. I had a group of 11 people and everyone just LOVED her.
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you Irene. I absolutely enjoyed being on this tour with all of you and had fun. You are all very special people and hope we meet again one day!
Niki is six stars out of five if I could rate it that way! Tours are not just about what you learn, but the time and experience you had learning it, and Niki was the best and most fun of our entire trip! She was quick to make changes for the tour given the crowd sizes, and is well respected by everyone who spotted her during our tour. She made us feel like VIPs everywhere we went and kept the attention of our teenagers on the tour which is not easy to do! Bottom line -- we love Niki!
Niki was a great guide for our family tour. She was very knowledgeable of the history of 0lympia and made it interesting for everyone aged 4 to 71. While on the tour one of our grandchildren wanted a gyro and she found the perfect place. This was a very kid friendly tour. If we return to Olympia we would differently use Niki again.
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you Linda. It was great and fun meeting all of you and showing you around and would love to have you back again in the future. Best Wishes and happy living to all of you.
We visited Katakolon/Olympia on Aug 25th. Niki was waiting at the port for us! She absolutely made our day in Olympia fantastic. Her knowledge of the history of the ancient Olympics was outstanding. We were a group of 4 and although we had a planned itinerary we changed it at the last minute based on Niki's suggestions. She was spot on! All 4 of us enjoyed Niki's personality and professionalism. She is simply the best we have encountered!
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you Stuart and co. You were a pleasure to be with all along and all day I had the feeling I was touring with dpfriends. Hope we get the chance to meet again soon!!
Niki is a fabulous guide. She knows her subjects cold and has a warm and engaging personality. She was very attentive to one of our participant's physical limitations yet did not have to compromise tour content. It was like being guided by an old friend. The best guide we've experienced.
Niki was a well informed and excellent guide for our tour of Olympia, a pleasure to be with.
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you very much for your kind words. I enjoyed very much meeting you and taking your around.
Niki was really great! She is extremely knowledgeable and made our experience at Olympia so much richer than we would have had on our own. I highly recommend her and find myself still re-telling stories she told us. You won't be disappointed. She makes Olympia come alive and the history is so much more than I had previously understood. Book her!!
Niki was an excellent guide and my family enjoyed our tour of the Olympic site. She told us many interesting facts about the various statutes in the museum and about the life of the athletes and visitors during the games. We enjoyed being able to see the site where the Olympic flame is lit ang being able to run the length of the sports field. Niki "made my grandson's day" as she made him an olive branch crown for him to wear on his 10th birthday.
Niki was very friendly, down to earth yet very knowledgeable. I would highly recommend her. And take the added lunch package--delicious food and beautiful sitting.
Our entire group just fell in love with Niki. She custom designed a tour just for our group and it fit us perfectly. Her enthusiasm for the area was wonderful to see, and she made it come alive for us. She actually lives in a little town not far from the main tour site, and even gave us a tour of her little town, often running into locals and chatting with them. Great fun. Highly recommend her!!
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you so much for your great review and for appreciating the Greek hospitality. I loved the experience of meeting you and your beautiful family and really hope we meet again one day! All the best to you!
Our group of 7 travellers had Nikki V. for our tour of Olympia. We were picked up at port of Katakolon and she gave a wonderful narrative as we drove through the countryside. We were free to ask questions. Olympia museum and site is amazing but without her insight and history, I can honestly say we would not have understood the site fully - she made it real for us. Nikki enhanced our touring experience. She is a fun, knowledgeable guide who made our day very special. Highly recommend her.
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you so much for choosing me and for giving me the chanse to meet some more very nice people! It was my pleasure taking you around and really hope to see you again one day!!
Niki was a pleasure to have as our guide - we totally enjoyed her vast knowledge of Olympia site and museum - she was great - would totally recommend her and her English was excellent. Thanks so much. | 2019-04-20T10:25:01 | https://www.toursbylocals.com/reviews&guide=4889 |
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Apple has filled its need for an executive to oversee its stores, and in a big way: The company has hired Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts to the newly created position of senior vice president of retail and online stores.
It’s the latest move in the fallout from the 2011 departure of former Apple retail chief Ron Johnson, who built Apple’s strong retail presence with Steve Jobs but left to become CEO at retailer JCPenney. Johnson was fired by JCPenney’s board in 2013; Apple hired John Browett (previously CEO of tech retailer Dixons and supermarket chain Tesco) as a replacement in 2012, but that hire fizzled and Browett was fired later that year.
Burberry is a British luxury fashion brand—you may know it from its plaid? Being a successful leader of a style-conscious retail brand has long been considered an ideal trait for a new Apple retail head; All Things D’s John Paczkowski put Ahrendts on his Apple retail short list back in January. Prior to Burberry, she was an executive at Liz Claiborne and Donna Karan International. Though Burberry is very British, Ahrendts isn’t—she’s a native of Indiana. She also adds a female face to an Apple executive team that is currently entirely male.
Ahrendts’ hire can’t come cheap for Apple. Last year she was the highest paid CEO on the London Stock Exchange’s FTSE 100, with total pay of roughly $27 million. (That included stock options; her current Burberry salary is reportedly just under $11 million.) But Apple's retail presence is amazingly lucrative and clearly needs to remain a focus for the company.
Ahrendts won’t join Apple immediately. The company said she’ll arrive next spring. Burberry chief creative officer Christopher Bailey will replace her as Burberry CEO. Her position also differs from the position previously held by Browett in that she will be explicitly in charge of not just Apple’s physical retail efforts, but its online store as well.
Followers of Apple will recognize Burberry from recent news: Just before the release of the iPhone 5s, Burberry used the phone to shoot its 2014 fashion show. | 2019-04-24T05:04:43 | https://www.macworld.com/article/2054427/apple-hires-burberry-ceo-as-its-new-sales-chief.html |
Well, getting Back to Basics is good idea and philosophy with the new menu in Genji Japanese Restaurant, Hilton Petaling Jaya that focuses on delivering authentic dishes with a mix of traditional artistry and pops of bold and a hint of spicy flavours to excite our taste buds. Mainly the menu inspired by Tokyo and Osaka the two biggest cities in Japan.
Genji Japanese Restaurant interior décor is traditional and unpretentious Japanese setting, the environment is serene. There are private dining rooms available for reservation too.
Osaka as the capital cuisine of old Japan that emphasis on the simplicity, original, traditional taste and has a milder palette of flavours. So most of the dishes are very light at the same time brings out the core flavours of each dish. However, Tokyo in contrast is a modern, fast paced and vibrant cosmopolitan city which features bold and strong flavours. When both combined it bring out the mild and bold, rich and light, traditional and modern Japanese cuisine. During the food review session we tried some of the major dishes which really stirred my appetite and taste buds; making me craving for more.
A combination of simple and bold in this salad, fresh lightly boiled fresh seafood, fresh greens and seaweed and drizzled in bold homemade house special sesame and wasabi dressing. The homemade sauce is the kick, it has a hint of spiciness and the fragrant of sesame.
This is my favourite and also part of Chef’s recommendation. I love sashimi and some of the highlights in this Sashimi and Sushi Combi are the Toro (Fatty Tuna Belly), soft shell crab roll and Seabream with ikura leaf and salmon roe sushi. The whole combi is ultimate fresh and the Toro and Salmon just melt in my mouth.
The clear soup with combination of prawns, salmon, scallops and mussels steamed with assorted vegetables and mushrooms come with Ponzu (a tart citrusy dipping sauce) with grated radishes, Yuzu Skin and a dash of Tabasco. I like the simple, sweet and clear soup as I can taste the original sweetness of the seafood and its flavour. The dipping sauce is something different, but sourish and hint of spiciness.
Kaki Chilli Mayo (US Oyster with mayo topping and a hint of Chili padi), Gindara Teriyaki (Cod fish in Teriyaki Sauce) on a radish, Nameko mushroom and spinach puree.
This main dish is usually available in Omakase Kaizeki Menu set. I like the Cod Fish more, its only lightly flavoured with teriyaki sauce and I can still taste the freshness and smoothness of the cod fish.
Banana wrapped in in-house made Dorayaki (Japanese pancake) with Red Bean and Goma (black sesame) ice-cream. By the time I reach dessert I am quite full already but that does not stop me from finishing the Banana Dorayaki and Red Bean and Goma ice cream.
Overall, the Back to Basics menu is very authentic and light that I will never get bored with. The seafood is fresh and most of the ingredients are imported from Japan as well as other countries.
Chef Richard Teoh, Head Chef of Genji Japanese Restaurant one of his highly recommended signature dishes is the Omakase Kaizeki which means I’ll leave it to you. Chef Richard will prepare a meal according to the fresh seafood selection of the day. Omakase Kaizeki menu start with zenzai (apperizer), dobin mushi (fish broth), tsukuri (sashimi), yakimono (grilled fish), shokuji (deep fried selection) and mizugashi (dessert). | 2019-04-20T06:47:45 | https://www.sunshinekelly.com/2014/04/back-to-basics-genji-japanese.html |
My story starts in a small town in Kentucky with a Barbie Polaroid Camera my parents gave me when I was just five years old. Camera in hand is my m.o. and always has been. From small town life to big city livin', my partner and I packed up and shipped out for New York City where I dabbled in the different avenues of photography. I learned from some of NYCs best, but most importantly, I learned that photography alone wasn't enough for me. I needed more, I needed to get out and explore, high up in the tops of mountains and down in misty valleys splashing in waterfalls. I needed to tell a story, a story of love, of growth, of passion; I wanted to help people see the beauty I saw in them. NYC and I danced the night away but I soon came to realize we just weren't meant to be so, once again we gathered our things and this time we traveled clear across the country until we landed here, in Eugene, Oregon. Since touch down, my partner and I have found an incredible community, we've added an adorable little cherub to our little family, and we've explored some of Oregon's most beautiful locations! Now, it is my mission to go on as many glorious adventures with amazing folks as I can; capturing the emotion of the moment and creating beautiful memories that will last more than a lifetime.
Come adventure with me and lets capture your story. | 2019-04-26T13:49:32 | https://www.thebeatificlens.com/me |
i so should be asleep right now, but cannot turn off my mind.
piggy thoughts, bike thoughts, stretching thoughts. yikes.
1. i'm really excited about my next piece--it's gonna be a good one! i lurve playing devil's advocate.
2. my new year's resolution (ok, so i'm working ahead) is going to be to bike more, drive less. even to work, even to the market, even to the gym, even in the dark, even all over the place. right now, i try to not drive one day a week. maybe eventually, i'll get to the point where i do drive only one day a week. besides the environment, let's face it: i'm cheap. and, i want to exercise more, and differently, and use different muscles than we use at the gym. and, i want to stretch out my legs and work on my alignment, and cycling is all good for that. plus, after all of these months of mostly anaerobic exercise, it's time for some good ol' cardio, and since running is out of the question, cycling is IT.
so, i've been spending a ridiculous amount of time googling bikes and searching craigslist, but unfortunately, i know nothing about parts or doodads or metals or anything. that's where cycling friends come in, and luckily, around here, they're a dime a dozen. it sounds like i'll probably end up having a bike made for me, but that could take some time, which is why i had to get on the resolution train early.
3. turkey: i'm so over brine. but cut the effing legs off, people, and braise them! or roast them separately, at least.
pork: so loving brine. brine makes any cut of pork better. even really old, tough pork.
4. highlight of fullerton: yogurtland.
5. back on the high protein train. trying to dump out sugar to help expedite the healing of my shoulder. i tore a muscle in my rotator cuff and it's not pretty.
how do vegetarians--and even worse, vegans-- do it? seriously, getting a sufficient amount of (lean) protein to just carry on through life is practically a full-time job for me and i LIVE IN A KITCHEN! imagine if i didn't eat egg whites, or yogurt, or chicken or fish! or turkey?! what do those poor people do? that much tofu will kill you. and don't even get me started on the fact that pretty much every soybean outside of some very small areas in japan is GMO. blech.
ok, i think i've sufficiently worked myself up to be able to fall asleep. good night. | 2019-04-24T10:44:21 | http://ciaosamin.com/ciao/aosamin.com/2008/11/i-so-should-be-asleep-right-now-but.html |
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