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The Candy Cane Express, the newly-decorated 219 locomotive, is shown following a lighting ceremony at the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre in Capreol, Ontario, on Saturday, November 30, 2019. Ben Leeson/The Sudbury Star/Postmedia Network
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January isn't exactly the most heart-warming of months; it's cold, snowy, dark and full of post-festive blues. Still, there is one bright light shining amid the gloom, navigating us through the murk to cheerier shores – Burns' Night. Every year, on the 25th of January, Scots the world over gather in celebration of our national poet, Robert Burns, and dinners are hosted from Moscow to Miami, Aberdeen to Auckland to honour this, our most prodigal of sons. Toasting the bard is more than enjoying clever poetry and pithy observation; it's a once a year stare-in-the-mirror look at ourselves, our culture and our proud contribution. But, it also reflects that most Celtic of natures: a wry understanding that we don't take that pride too seriously.
Robert Burns was a genius, lets make no mistake; but he was not the first, nor will he be the last, but across the globe no-one sits down to celebrate a Mozart Dinner or a Shakespeare Evening, so it seems that Burns' fame has a deeper reasoning.
<|fim_middle|> the immortal memory. The evening became ritual, formalised, and firmly ingrained into the national psyche.
Outside Scotland, Oxford University's Scottish students held their first formal Burns' Supper in 1806; inIndia the first was held in 1812 and by 1844 both Australia and New Zealand were holding official government funded Burns' Suppers. At the same time the Royal Family also got in on the act hosting their own versions, and thus stamping regal approval. The event continued to grow legs, gaining ever greater popularity among ex-pats and those of Scottish ancestry in the United States, Europe and beyond. Robert Burns' had become the world's greatest posthumous superstar – and arguably remains so. His famous song, Auld Lang Syne, cementing that immortality.
The ceremony has hardly changed in over two centuries: The Immortal Memory, the toast to the lassies, the reply from the lassies, Tam o' Shanter, the piping and recitation to the haggis, dancing and drinking. Done right, and lightly informal, it is the most magical night you can imagine. Who else, dead 200 years still gets that kind of ovation? | At heart he was a product of the Scottish Enlightenment – a beneficiary of the education system that walked hand in hand with the movement, a part of the Zeitgeist rather than a mover and shaker directly. From a young age it was clear he was clever: as his school friends often asked him to compose poems and ditties to impress the lassies they were after themselves. Not that Burns wasn't fond of fair skin, and bumps in the right places himself. This may in itself answer part of the conundrum. Who, reading this, ever actually enjoyed poetry at school? What a lot of guff – teachers are apparently pre-determined to choose the most mind-numbingly boring poets possible for their students to study. Wordsworth – yawn! Keats – yawn! Shelly – yawn! And on it goes, but once you get to ladies-man, have a whisky, Burns then it all became a bit cool. The Scots, even teenage Scots, love their Gods to have feet of clay, and no-one has slippier feet than Burns; but no-one speaks their language better either.
Here for the first time was a man who not only spoke in the vernacular of the people but understood their vices, and hated the hypocrisy of those who condemned it – no better shown than in Holy Willie's Prayer one of his finest poems: even today, in Scotland hypocrites are known as Holy Willies. He was a man who ordinary hard working folk could identify with, and more importantly he could identify with them. From a personal point of view I think that Sir Walter Scott was more technically gifted than Burns, but he lacked the all important ingredient: the ability to connect beyond his own class and contemporaries. From Green grow the rashes o' to the Selkirk Grace, and from A man's a man to Tam o' Shanter Burns displays a unique ability to pitch his wares to the audience at hand: from a farm bothy in Ayrshire to the fancy townhouse in Edinburgh.
His understanding of the minutia of people's lives and how they could be parodied sets him apart from among poets of his time; by being humorous and yet serious at the same time. While Wordsworth was wandering blithely after daffodils, Burns was contemplating our place in the world by the simple observation of a louse on a fine lady's head – Wad some pow'r the gift tae gie us, to see ourselves as others see us – beat that for depth of thinking. So, we understand why he's popular in Scotland: a man o' pairts we all identify with, but how did it come to world-wide adoration and suppers?
Burns' poems had been published and were gaining fame at roughly the same time as Scotland started exporting her finest commodity – her people. Over the course of the 18th century Scotland exported hundreds of thousands to America, Canada, Australia, and across the British Empire; and where these people went they took Scotland with them. Five years after Burns death some of his friends including fellow freemasons, met on the 21st of January (the date of his death) to commemorate the life and times of their friend. They recited his poems, sang his songs and drank to his health.
It was so successful that they agreed to meet again the following year, but on the 25th of January to celebrate his birth. This time there was a meal, formal toasts and recitals, and music: and the first Burns Supper was born. It was hugely popular and Burns' Clubs and Societies appeared all over Scotland. The date became sacrosanct, becoming known as 'Burns' Night'. In 1815 Sir Walter Scott organised the first big formal event in Edinburgh, with James Hogg giving | 786 |
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Ants aboard the International Space Station showed a surprising ability to regain their footing as they slipped and tumbled through zero gravity, according to a new study that released an ant colony in space just to see what would happen next.
The ants were ferried on a supply rocket to the International Space Station in 2014, where researchers observed how different species might adapt their search habits to a radically new environment.
"The ants showed an impressive ability to walk on the surface in microgravity, and an even more remarkable capacity to regain their contact with the surface once they were tumbling around in the air," researchers wrote in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
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Autodromo De Terramar – The Sleeping Legend
October 2, 2015 By Neill Watson Leave a Comment
It's early, before 9:00am, but even in late September, the heat of the day is making itself felt in Catalonia. I'm in Sitges, just south of Barcelona in Spain, tracking down a circuit I'd heard mention of on occasion, but had never really been able to find out much about. While Sitges may be more widely known as the gay capital of Spain, for me, the Autodromo Terramar holds significantly more fascination.
Built in the hedonistic, golden age of the birth of modern motorsport, Autodromo Terramar was constructed in the same grand ethos as Monza and Brooklands – that containing the sheer velocity of these incredible 1920's racing machines was only possible by building a racing oval.
While Brooklands and Monza went on to become legendary names in the history of motorsport, for some reason, Autodromo Terramar has dropped between the cracks in the paving. I need to find this place to investigate more – is it intact, or just a collection of sad broken concrete?
The main straight of Terramar
Google Maps makes the location easy to find and while I'm on foot, it's actually just a short distance from the beach, Tapas bars and cafes of Sitges. Even so, as soon as you turn inland away from the sea breeze, the temparature escalates. By the time I've found the side turning off the main road, I'm feeling the heat on my back.
There's no grand entrance or Art Deco styling. Just what could easily be mistaken for a mountain biking track down away from the tarmac road.
I double check Google Maps to be sure this is really correct as there's no evidence of any huge oval circuit visible from the road. One hundred metres down the track, there's what might possibly have been a grandstand behind a chain crossing the track. What looks like a sign for private property, but with no fencing or any boundaries marked, so I stroll around and up to the building.
There's evidence of recent work, with modern rolling shutter doors covering some of the old arches. Several cars are parked a few metres away, but no sign of life. So if this really was the rear of a grandstand, then the circuit should, in theory, be around the other side. I stand for<|fim_middle|> an ice cold Estrella beer to reflect on what might have been for Terramar.
The rear of what I imagine was the main grandstand
Private property, it says I think….
I wish the old track well. While it may not spring immediately to mind like other great racing ovals of the period such as Avus, Brooklands, Monza or Montherey, it is in fact the most intact and best preserved. A testament to the dry Catalonian climate and the quality of the original workmanship.
At least the current owners have shown no wish to dismantle those spectacular curves. Perhaps one day the olives groves around Autodromo Terramar will echo to the sound of racing engines. Until then, she sits dormant, the piercing white of the concrete baking the feet of anyone standing on it.
Still totally intact, the circuit runs to 2 km in length
It took some courage to drive into this….
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Grant Ford says
Great story Neill, nice pictures obviously. I believe they raced both anti and clockwise with four wheels and two. Would have been an amazing special, huge crowds and brave souls battling it out in that heat. Cheers Grant
neillwatson says
Yes you're correct, I believe they raced in both directions. To be honest, unlike a traditional track, there's no 'safe' direction.
Each one is equally suicidal!
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[…] Sitges is better known as the gay capital of Spain, so there are plenty of immaculately groomed men strolling about, holding hands. Brilliant for people watching, but if you're homophobic, perhaps it's not for you. For me, one of the most remarkable places was Autodromo de Terramar, around 2 kms from the beach. You can read about the amazing 1920's speed oval on Historic Racer. […]
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Copyright © 2019 Neill Watson and respective creators · Log in | a while, waiting to be chased by an angry Catalonian landowner, but while there are a few people around, nobody is taking notice. The crunching of gravel beneath my feet breaks the silence as the heat goes up a few more notches.
Majestic banking of the western end
Around to the 'front' of that old building and the angled roof is covered with sheeting behind which I imagine there may have been a grandstand.
And suddenly, there it is. I step out onto a vast expanse of cast concrete track, stretching into the distance, before curving majestically around and upwards into huge, arching speed bowl. There's no wind whatsoever here and as I feel the hairs on my neck stand on end, sweat is dripping onto my sunglasses. This is a remarkable, majestic place.
The story goes that Autodromo Terramar was constructed in just 300 days starting in 1922, opening for a race weekend festival. The driving force behind the project, Fritz Armangue, completed the project which resulted in a 2 kilometre track with 60 degree banking.
The opening race weekend was less than spectacular. Project overruns meant that the builders hadn't been paid. The solution, they concluded, was to take the prize money in payment. This resulted in no reward for the winning drivers. It would seem that from that inauspicious start, the circuit never regained it's momentum. Standing on this main straight in the sunshine, I can imagine the excited exchanges that would have taken place when it became apparent that, after risking your life in the Catalan heat, you weren't going to be paid.
Control tower on the back straight, which actually has a high speed kink to it
I walk down the straight towards the closest banking and elect to walk a lap. The surface hasn't really distorted or deteriorated at all. While it may be totally unsuitable on so many levels for modern racing, the structure is intact, complete with joints in the concrete that must have felt like riding a bronco in those early cart sprung racing cars.
I climb the banking of the bend. Or at least try to. Two thirds of the way up, it's almost impossible to stand, the final few feet almost vertical. I elect for discretion, as taking a tumble back down with nobody in sight would not be a good thing.
Out onto the second straight, there are the remains of the control building, while opposite this in the undergrowth are some garages, apparently used by the Bugatti team when they raced here. The infield shows signs of life, with several houses who's Catalonian architecture pre-dates the track.
Cutting through the rock, there's nowhere to go on the inside….
The opposite end of the straight, the second section of banking is quite remarkable. These old ovals were never designed for safety at any time but this one takes it to a new level. Carved out of a section of stone embankment, the concrete sections cut into the rock. You have a choice of being launched skywards over the outer banking or, even worse, crashing into a rock face at the foot of the curve. Intimidating is perhaps the kindest way to describe it….
In recent times, attempts have been made to develop Terramar into a Spanish motoring heritage centre. For sure, all of the ingredients would be there. It's a short drive from Barcelona airport, the town of Sitges has a superb selection of bars and places to eat, together with a marina and the weather is perfect for much of the year. So all of the things that we love to do are at hand. The video created here is full of promise.
Despite the publicity created by Carlos Sainz and Red Bull lapping Terramar in an Audi R8 LSM, right now there is little sign of any movement. Plans were developed by the present owners, but funding for such a project must surely prove a difficult task.
I stand on the straight for a few more minutes, for no reason other than to take in the majesty of the oval before I stroll back down the hill to Sitges and the breeze from the Mediterranean in search of a Tapas bar for a snack and | 865 |
The reasons for the hearings are pretty basic: whenever some policy implementation goes horribly awry, someone needs to be held accountable. The checks and balances of Washington mean that Congress gets to run the oversight hearings — and, though the Healthcare.gov launch could certainly have been messier, Congress's mistrust of the new healthcare law means a small reason is as good as any.
Testimony suggests that the problem behind the Healthcare.gov glitches lies in the fact that the process of building the website was decentralized. Different contractors took on different parts, with a federal agency overseeing the whole process from above. Then the parts were all pieced together, and — though it probably should not have been a surprise, given the construction process<|fim_middle|> partisan political climate. Politico's David Nather worries that they'll be corrupted by Republicans who want to see Obamacare fail, rather than to get to the bottom of the mess.
"The problems with Obamacare are so pervasive that they bear a deeper examination," Texas congressman Kevin Brady told POLITICO Wednesday. "You think this website is bad? Wait until the government starts making the decisions about patient care, and reimbursements and treatments."
Erm, yeah. That's how that works. There needs to be some real accountability for the glitches, and it's clear that the White House won't provide transparent information. But is trusting Congress to figure this out really the right solution? Let's just hope Republicans keep in mind how quickly their approval ratings plummeted when they tried to hold firm during the debt ceiling debate. | — they failed.
The Washington Post's Lydia DePillis reports that CGI Federal, one of the contractors coming under scrutiny in the healthcare hearings, has a long history of playing rough to get and keep government contracts. In the current hearings, CGI Federal blames the website failure on a part of the site built by another contractor.
"Unfortunately, in systems this complex with so many concurrent users, it is not unusual to discover problems that need to be addressed once the software goes into a live production environment," wrote Cheryl Campbell, a senior vice president, in her advance testimony. "This is true regardless of the level of formal end-to-end performance testing — no amount of testing within reasonable time limits can adequately replicate a live environment of this nature." The company says that its own parts of the site underwent eight technical reviews.
The part Campbell and CGI blame for the failures was designed by Optum, which in turn blames the government for the Oct. 1 disaster. It says the government decided to make users register for an account before browsing insurance plans, which meant everyone rushed to do that, first.
And so the cycle of blame goes on and on.
Plus, there's the congressional hearings themselves to worry about. The federal government is still recovering from pushing the nation to the brink of default. In addition to the finger-pointing that's to be expected from the contractors — who probably want to get another contract in Washington someday soon — there's the added bonus of the hearings happening in a highly | 298 |
Battle<|fim_middle|> Nicholas Hoult and Michael Fassbender in 'X-Men: Days of Future'
Filed Under: Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Patrick Stewart
By Kevin Wicks
Kevin Wicks is the founding editor of Anglophenia.
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By Kevin Wicks | 6 years ago
Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy. Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen. (Photos: AP)
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck? So 1997. Brad Pitt and George Clooney? Yeah, to the left. The Europeans have arrived to perfect the modern art of bromance, raising the bar on the craft of platonic, same-sex bonding.
Few pairs can lay greater claim to the title "Best Bromance" than those British acting legends and geek gods, X-Men co-stars Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart. New Yorkers have watched in delight as the two knights—in town for a stint on Broadway together—gallivanted around the city, bopped about in bowler hats, and played the part of wide-eyed tourist. (Take a look of their NYC experience in a gallery of joyous selfies. If you're having a bad day, it's a pretty effective pick-me-up.)
Christmas Tree! #gogodididonyc @TwoPlaysInRep pic.twitter.com/xgaaU6m6kq — Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) December 11, 2013
Liberty! #gogodididonyc 14 shows left! pic.twitter.com/oP5PdOvkDE — Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) March 20, 2014
But their bond has some competition from two stars who just so happen to play the younger versions of their X-Men characters. The budding bromance of German-Irishman Michael Fassbender (Magneto) and Scotsman James McAvoy (Professor X) has been on the radar of Tumblr admirers and fan-fiction authors for a while now, but now they don't just belong to us anymore. Their partnership is going truly mainstream.
On this week's Graham Norton—airing Saturday (May 10) at 11:15 pm ET— you can watch FassAvoy (or McBender, if you're nasty) in action. No, not that way, you dirty birds. But, admittedly, we did think a few unpure thoughts watching Fassbender, McAvoy, and X-Men castmate Hugh Jackman jumping off Graham's couch to groove along to some "Blurred Lines." Well, watch. I know you want it, indeed.
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(By the way, Sirs Ian and Patrick aren't so bad at hoofing it themselves.)
But…there's more. Like McKellen/Stewart, there's photographic evidence of a long-standing bromance here. If Sirs Ian and Patrick are the types to make a madcap dash to the top of the Empire State Building, FassAvoy are the fellas tucked into a corner of a smoky saloon, cigars skyward.
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Who do you ship, Fassbender/McAvoy or McKellen/Stewart?
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PHOTOS: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James McAvoy, | 730 |
Randy-Zefiretto/Bono wedding reception at The Carolina Inn
Valerie and Matthew chose the Hill Ballroom at The Carolina Inn for their afternoon wedding reception on a gorgeous March day in Chapel Hill NC. The cocktail hour for the 20<|fim_middle|> Valerie and Matthew had picked up lots of props for guests to wear. There were literally 150 people in this conga line going all around the room to Don Omar's "Feeling Hot, Hot Hot".
After guests filled the floor to oldies, disco, 80's and some current dance tracks it was time to call it a wrap after their last dance to Beyonce's "At Last". There were so many people dancing that they didn't all fit on the dance floor. Valerie and Matthew left first to host a receiving line after the reception and guests made their way to the front of the Inn for a bubble exit after going through a "hugs and kisses" line.
2014-08-12T14:42:36-04:00By Joe Bunn|Uncategorized| | 0 guests at noon was held in the hallway in front of the room and I had a mix of standards playing, heavy on Sinatra of course! After some pictures were taken by photographer Renee Sprink, the doors of the ballroom opened and guests made their way to their tables with floral arrangements by The English Garden. I then introduced the wedding party to "Marry You" by Bruno Mars. I still love that song! The wedding party danced in and lined up in front of my table. Valerie and Matthew came in to a huge roar from the crowd and Valerie looked beautiful in her white dress and dark shades. She handed her bouquet and glasses off and they had their first dance to Journey's "Faithfully". After a couple minutes the wedding party joined them for the dance. Valerie then danced with her father to "Butterfly Kisses" and all the fathers & daughters joined them after a couple minutes. Matthew escorted his mother to the floor to dance to "What A Wonderful World" and, you guessed it, all the mothers & sons shortly joined them. Everyone took their seats and Valerie's father welcomed everyone and said the blessing.
The individually served salad's and entrée's came out and I had a mix of soft rock and classic soul playing. After dinner we had the Ashley's cake cutting to "L.O.V.E." by Nat King Cole and the staff passed the cake and the dessert table opened while we sang happy birthday to 3 guests and had toasts by the best man and maid of honor. I then opened the floor with "My Girl" and it filled immediately. Shortly we did a conga line and | 331 |
Arsenal took on West Ham at the Emirates stadium on Wednesday night as the gunners thrashed the hammers by five goals to one on a night filled with goals and memories for thousands of proud gunner's supporters.
Having won the previous five meetings against the hammers, Arsenal looked confident for a sixth victory against their London rivals.
Arsenal went down early on the eighteenth minute, from a corner which was poorly dealt with by Giroud, allowing Collison to blast home a sizzling strike from the edge of the box.
It took the gunners only four minutes to respond as Podolski came back with a long-range effort of his own. The Germany international pounced on a clever pass from Jack Wilshere to hammer the ball into the net from 25 yards, leveling the score 22 minutes in.
Olivier Giroud put the gunners ahead within two minutes of the second half with his first of the night, connecting a corner with a precise left-footed shot to<|fim_middle|> the winger made no mistake making it 4-1 just a minute after Cazorlas goal.
Olivier Giroud added his second after some more good work from the hardworking Podolski, once again released by Wilshere in midfield, as he poked home the winger's cross to leave West Ham floundering at 5-1 down after 57 minutes.
Arsenal, however, could not recapture their goal scoring sparkle in the early minutes of the second half but they continued to look comfortable as 12 minutes of stoppage time were added as a result of a serious injury for West Ham player Potts.
Season ticket holder and long life Arsenal supporter Jason said:'' Tonight was absolutely unbelievable, a different team went out on the pitch in the second half and they played superb, it kind of reminded me of the good old invincible days, that was the Arsenal we know and love''.
Matt Williams who is another proud Arsenal supporter added:'' What we saw tonight was truly amazing, they showed a lot of character and I hope that this is not one of those matches that keep deceiving Arsene Wenger and his profit minded Board''. We need a few good signings if we want to keep performing like this tonight and more importantly to finally win a trophy after eight long years''.
The gunner's last trophy dates back in 2005 where they won the FA cup against Man United becoming the first club to win the Cup on penalties. | leave Jaaskelainen with no chance.
That strike triggered an Arsenal ambush that spanned 10 exhilarating minutes. Cazorla followed up Giroud's goal as he skillfully back heeled it from close range after a lovely one-two between Giroud and Podolski on the 53rd minute.
The Polish born German international was again involved as he charged down the right to feed on form Theo Walcott with a pinpoint cross and | 91 |
For solar thermal collectors in a forced-circulation system to operate as designed they need the correct amount of flow. Optimal collector flow rates are listed on the specification sheets and should be adhered to (See Table 1). To determine the total amount of flow required to be produced by the pump one would multiply the number of collectors plumbed in parallel by the listed flow rate required by each collector model. The flow rate value for pumps in a solar thermal system are always a function of the number of collectors used and the method of plumbing employed. This is one part of the puzzle in determining the pump and piping size to be used.
With the total flow rate value known the piping network can be designed accordingly. The piping used is generally copper tubing with rigid stainless steel piping and CSST (corrugated stainless steel tubing) line being used in some circumstances. This article will focus on copper tubing as it is the most common piping used in solar<|fim_middle|> Engineering Department. | water heating systems. The pipe size used is determined by flow velocity within the pipe, which should be limited to 5 ft./sec. Flow velocities exceeding this value can cause damage to the system due to erosive action (this is especially important when dealing with high temperature fluids). There are several different ways to determine piping sizes but this article will use the charts published in the International Plumbing Code for copper tubing per ASTM B88. Figures 1-3 below display flow rate, velocity, and pressure loss values for the three main types of copper tubing.
Start by determining the flow requirements of each branch of the piping system and determine the pipe size by matching the required flow to the pipe size corresponding to a flow velocity of 5 ft./sec. at that flow rate. Draw an imaginary horizontal line from the vertical axis at the flow rate in question until it intersects the 5 ft./sec. diagonal. This result is the minimum pipe size that should be used in this location. Note that larger pipe sizes may be used to decrease the friction losses in the system but will increase the cost of the system. After determining the proper pipe size the friction loss (pressure drop due to fluid friction inside the pipe) can be found by drawing a vertical line downward from that point. The values in Figures 1-3 indicate friction losses in PSI/100 ft. of tube. To find the specific pressure drop in the branch being analyzed multiply the pressure loss by the length of pipe (in feet) and divide by 100 ft. This should be done for all piping branches within the system.
Collectors contribute to pressure loss in the system but losses do not increase with collector quantity if all collectors are plumbed in parallel. One array of several collectors will only contribute the rated pressure loss of a single collector. Pressure loss is additive for collectors plumbed in series. This is analogous to voltage in electrical circuits in series (voltage being analogous to pressure and current to flow rate).
Fittings and valves must also be accounted for by the determining the equivalent length of piping they add to the system. Table 2 represents the equivalent length of tube for various fitting and valves. Using the equivalent length of tubing found in each case the friction loss can be found in the same manner as done previously with the piping runs. Because designs can have many fittings & valves and the design may be variable an alternate means of determining the friction loss due to fittings & valves is available. A conservative approach to quickly determine this value is to multiply the friction loss due to piping and collectors by 0.50. This value is then added to the values found due to piping and collectors for a total friction loss figure.
Additional devices such as heat exchangers also create friction loss due to flow and should be added to the calculation accordingly. Values for these devices are generally given by the manufacturer for various flow rates.
In direct and indirect glycol systems the only pressure losses that must be accounted for are friction losses because the solar loop is under constant pressure. However, for indirect, drainback systems there is an additional component of gravity head that the pump must overcome. Because these systems are not under constant pressure the pump must overcome the pressure caused by gravity as well as the pressure caused by friction in order to fill the solar loop and maintain the proper flow rate (this is similar to most solar pool heating systems using unglazed collectors). Gravity head is calculated by determining the vertical distance between the pump and the highest point of the system. This value is the number of feet of head that should be added to the friction loss calculated (each foot of head represents 0.4455 PSI).
With the flow rate and pressure drop known a pump for the system can now be selected. Circulator pumps used in solar water heating systems are generally single stage centrifugal pumps as typically used in standard hydronic and boiler applications. Pump bodies are typically made of bronze, stainless steel, or cast iron with composite impellers. Manufacturers of these pumps publish pump curves to be used in verifying the appropriate specification of that pump. These curves generally show head (pressure) capacity on the vertical axis and flow rate on the horizontal axis with a curved line indicating the pump's rated upper limit at that flow rate and/or pressure. The calculated flow rate and pressure loss found using the methods previously discussed make up the pump's duty point. The duty point should fall underneath (below and to the left of) the curve plotted on the graph. Figure 4 to the right shows various curves for Grundfos circulator pumps. Both "open" and "closed" system pumps are suitable for solar water heating systems. Closed system pumps are cast iron and open system pumps are bronze, brass, or stainless steel. Note that 1 PSI is equivalent to 2.31 ft. of head.
The duty point should always be comfortably underneath the pump curve to ensure that the pump has more than enough capacity to meet the system requirements. Pump's should be oversized by at least 20% which allows for the use of speed control or isolation valves to correctly calibrate the flow rate in the system. Having slightly too much pumping power is preferred over not having enough. That being said, pump's should not be so oversized that the pressure and flow rate are completely outside the range needed for the system in question.
There are many other complex issues involving pump specification that should also be accounted for including pump material, electrical requirements, NPSH, and efficiency. For most systems the methods above can be used to determine sizing for pumps and piping but for more complex systems please contact Solene's | 1,133 |
When is it normal and when is it Alzheimer's?
Forgetting keys, names, how to get somewhere, how to do something–How do we know when it's normal and when it's Alzheimer's?
The Alzheimer's Association has put together the 10 Warning Signs List.
My biggest tell-tale sign was when I'd gone shopping with my husband, and we went to a Best Buy store. I was looking at some CDs, and my husband had gone off somewhere else, and I looked up from the CDs, and I didn't know where I was or how I had gotten there. It's kind of hard to be in a Best Buy store and not know you're in a Best Buy store, you know, with all the Best Buy signs everywhere. The only way I can describe it, and it's so funny because in your book it was like this, it's like an out of body experience.
I sat there for a while and then went back in the store, and I recognized my husband. And I thought, 'OK. I got here with him, I'm still not sure where I am, but I got here with him and I'm okay because I know I can get home with him.' And I didn't say anything to him. I just followed him out to the car, got in the car, went home, and that night I still could not remember where I had been.
When I was diagnosed with Alzheimer's,<|fim_middle|> can be scary. Just think of the dangerous possibilities that could have happened. When AD starts,there's no stopping it. Sooner or later, it's effects will take over. The best we can do is to make sure that our dear family member with Alzheimer's disease gets the best health care possible. His/her health and wellness now becomes our responsibility.
Kris's story is frightening. My mom, who recently passed away from ALZ, said she pulled her car into the driveway one day and couldn't remember how to open the garage door. She sat there for a while thinking, until it dawned on her. Now I wish she had been more open with us kids about her difficulties. It's pains me to think she may have suffered in silence for even one minute.
That really is a scary story! I can only imagine that happening to my mother, who is 45. She does have moments where she forgets what's going on, but I really hope its not Alzheimer's.
u hve got 2 b kiding how close to my life can this be? help?
I and my sister are seeing somesigns with our mother now we seen subtle signs ten yrs ago… she is now 69 . getting her to go to the doctor is the hard part. and heaven help us if it is alzhiemer.. because growing up she always said if there was anythin serous going on she would just disapear… so wewalk on tip toesaround mom scart that , that iswhat she will do.. any sugestions. | I was relieved because now I knew there was a name to it. I know there's no cure, and it broke my heart, but by the same token, now I knew what I was dealing with and that I wasn't crazy.
Sometimes, it's really hard to believe that Alzheimer's can slowly rob a person of his/her mental dexterity at a quite early age. I mean, 46 years is not yet "that old". Episodes such as this | 94 |
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The Evolution Suite is situated in the North East Quadrant at Old Trafford and offers a sophisticated and modern environment in which to<|fim_middle|> North Stand on level 5, the Legends Lounge and the Sir Alex Suite, offering a stylish and relaxed setting for you and your guests. The Champions Suite is the perfect setting to enjoy the magic of hospitality at Old Trafford for a minimum of 2 guests or privately for 22 guests. The fully inclusive package including exceptional standard of service, will ensure that you will have a day to remember. After a three-course a la carte dining experience you will find your seats on the half way line near to the front of the first tier, where you can relax and watch the Manchester United team perform their magic on the pitch. | enjoy football hospitality at its finest. This magnificent facility is the only facility within the ground which is glass fronted and overlooks the pitch, stadium and Manchester city docks and quays. Guests can enjoy the ultimate in dining from an a la carte menu before taking their luxury padded seats in the North East Quadrant.
The Champions Suite is made up of two 22 seater suites in the | 79 |
Join us for a Fireside Chat with Jodi Detjen about her book The Orange Line - A Woman's Guide to Integrating Career, Family and Life. The evening will start with networking and continue on with a conversation with the author followed by a question and answer session and<|fim_middle|> they call the Green Line. This is when women, mostly in their twenties and thirties, identify themselves through their work, abandoning their own needs and exhausting themselves in the process. The Green Line career, despite the external rewards it may garner, often leads to a self-perpetuating and unfulfilling life story.
After time spent on the exhausting Green Line path, many women begin to seriously consider the prospect of opting out of their career. This might be to spend more time with their children, or because of a job loss, burnout or a health issue. In doing so they head off onto what the authors term the Red Line path. Now they make their career secondary in importance or even walk away from it completely, to focus fully on life and/or family.
In this book the authors describe a new career track opportunity: The Orange Line. Women on The Orange Line do not need to choose between work and life; they choose both and live both fully. Women can use The Orange Line as a launching pad to create a robust, whole life that integrates work, family, and self. Orange Liners learn to consciously pace themselves and design a career path that accommodates their own needs. They also take care not to do it all, but rather to assure themselves sufficient support in their home lives to preserve and enable their creative energy.
The Orange Line is the most radical call to arms for women in decades. It does not look to governments, corporations and other organizations to change. Instead, the authors inspire women to look inward. That is where women will find and claim their power.
Jodi has been a professor of management at Suffolk University since 1999. Jodi teaches management at the MBA, Undergraduate and Corporate Education levels both online, in the classroom and internationally. Jodi writes about the skills required and organizational aspects related to living an integrated life. She also is a principal partner of a boutique consulting firm, the InTrinsic Group. Jodi works with organizations to deliver outcome-focused leadership development and process improvements to better match performance to strategy, and coaching to foster effective performance. Prior to teaching and independent consulting, Jodi was as an international management consultant based in London, England working with Global 1000 clients focused on large-scale organizational change. Jodi received her MA in International Development Policy focusing on organizational development from Duke University and her BSc from Virginia Tech in Management Science.
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WEST's Fireside Chat Author Series has different authors presenting every other month. Another event in this series is a Fireside Chat with Betsy Myers on April 3, 2014 in Waltham, MA. | a related exercise. The discussion will be moderated by Debbie Dean, Vice President, DS Americas General Counsel, Legal Department.
Why do women find work-life balance so hard? Why is having it all such an elusive quest? Why haven't women yet reached equality in the leadership ranks?
Authors Jodi Ecker Detjen, Michelle A. Waters, and Kelly Watson probe these questions and more in their highly anticipated new book: The Orange Line - A Woman's Guide to Integrating Career, Family and Life. Through interviews with 118 college-educated women, they document real-world career stories and daily life anecdotes about women s experiences in the work-life struggle. In their research they uncovered how women trap themselves with outdated but pervasive ideals and rigid behavioral rules that define the ideal woman. The authors named this limiting belief system the Feminine FilterTM. Not surprisingly the Filter contains rules such as Do it all, Look good, and Be nice, but nowhere on the list is the rule, Be smart. Accordingly, the authors call on women to turn their belief system around, not only by starting to think and work smarter, but also to reframe their assumptions and shed their guilt.
The authors trace the professional path women follow on their pursuit of career success, starting with what | 254 |
The initial 196-acre tract was purchased by the Department in 2006. An additional 90 acres was added in 2008. A small addition was added in 2010 to put this area at 290 acres.
This area falls within the Green Ridge Focus Area as identified in the Greater Prairie Chicken Recovery Plan.
When acquired,<|fim_middle|>From Green Ridge, take Route B west 3 miles, then Hope Dale Road south 2 miles. | the habitat was intensively row-cropped with very little habitat for grassland wildlife. Since acqusition, the area has been converted to a variety of cool-season and warm-season grass mixtures.
The purpose of this area is to provide optimum nesting and brood-rearing habitat not only for prairie chickens, but also other grassland species. High quality grasslands are important habitat for many species.
Area managers use prescribed fire, grazing, and other management practices to maintain healthy grasslands, simulate disturbances, and limit the negative impacts of invasive species.
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A<|fim_middle|>). | sha is a 15-year old girl with the soul of a demon. She plans to wage war against heaven and hell using humanity as her main weapon. Asha begins the epic tale of the revenge of the dark goddess of demons.
Asha is a young adult urban fantasy short story featuring demons, witches, magic, and high school mayhem!
I'm not generally a fan of short fiction, but I quite liked Asha.
I almost wish the book was longer so I could see more of our world through Asha's eyes. In some spots her character came fully to life, especially during the scenes where she flexes her power. In other parts she tends to fall flat. I understand that on one hand she probably isn't supposed to have emotions, or show emotions like a normal person would, but I feel with some tweeking that would come across a lot better.
It would be interesting to see Asha when she's older, to see if her point of view changes at all. As much as she doesn't care about our world, she cares for her earth-mother (for some reason I love that she called her this). It would be interesting to see if as she got older more people would have this kind of an impact on people. If she'd fall in love or not.
All in all, this was a great short read. I certainly would recommend it to anyone who has a couple of minutes to spare and who enjoys a cold plate of revenge every now and then (you know who you are | 309 |
If you have been contacted by a company offering to purchase your cell tower lease, it can be exciting to think about the potential for a significant cash payment, which could assist you today and in future. The company's sales strategy is to present an enticing deal that property owners can't refuse. Remember to pause before putting pen to paper and ask the following questions: What is the true value of your cell tower lease? Are claims made by the company accurate? What are the short-term and long-term consequences of selling your cell tower lease? Your property is unique, and you deserve an agreement and purchase price that are specific for YOU. Stop and proceed with caution when you are presented with an offer to purchase your cell tower lease.
Look. Read the Fine Print.
If you have been asked to an existing cell site lease, make sure that you look at and understand all of the terms in the agreement, and not just the purchase price. Many companies have insider information and extensive experience negotiating deals just like yours. Therefore<|fim_middle|> If you decide to sell your lease, the tower company may ask to lease additional areas on your property. Restrictions could be included that prevent future development on your property. When selling your lease, not only are you forgoing the rent, but there is also a possibility that you will be held responsible for certain terms within the lease agreement. Therefore, before selling your lease, ask yourself, "What am I sacrificing and what am I receiving in this agreement?" The decision to sell your lease is a decision that will have long-term effects. Look at all aspects of the deal and remember to read the fine print.
Listen. Think About Your Future.
It can be overwhelming to think about all of the details and variables of selling a cell site lease. Listen to your gut. While an immediate reward can sound great, remember that a cell site sales agreement can be structured for periods of 30, 40, 50 or more years. Due to the fact that property owners do not have the right to terminate an agreement, it is critical to get the terms right. A costly mistake today can be detrimental for decades to come. Consider hiring a cell tower lease-consulting firm that has the expertise and experience to advocate for you by securing the maximum purchase price for your cell site lease. A reputable consulting firm will listen to your concerns, and put a structure in place that will protect you and your property from unforeseen hazards, possibly overlooked without the assistance of an effective cell site lease advisor. | , they have a clear advantage. | 7 |
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Fortaleza de Sagres, Fortaleza de Sagres, Sagres, Portugal
Sagres, a crossroads of routes between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, a fishing port and merchants of several nations, but also an area plagued by privateers. The imposing fortification of Sagres is the human extension of the natural rock and was for centuries the main piazza of war of a geo-strategic maritime defensive system. The policy of Portuguese Expansion in the 15th and 16th centuries led to the foundation of Vila do Infante. Thus, Vila do Infante and Sagres are confused in the evolution of the times. Integrating the Natural Park of Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina, the Promontory of Sagres presents an interesting fauna and floristic biodiversity and unique endemisms that all visitors can observe.Sagres, place of memory where nature, the sacred and man have always been combined in a symbiotic way, generating religious cults and historical, political, and tourist myths worthy of your visit!
Cabo de São Vicente, Sagres, Portugal
Walking through the Algarve, we reach the extreme of Europe. A few kilometers after Lagos, we enter the protected area of the Natural Reserve of Costa Vicentina, and in another Algarve away from the confusion of the most known tourist areas. Here, in<|fim_middle|> lover. A place still with few sophisticated services that reconciles us with the simple things of life and full of wonderful images to keep in the memory. If your way leads you to Sagres, you may know that its history is closely linked to the epic of Portuguese discoveries, for it was here that the great navigators who "gave new worlds to the world" were formed in the sixteenth century, more precisely in the school of navigation that was in the Fortaleza that still can be visited today. You can also visit some villages with interesting baroque churches, such as Vila do Bispo, Raposeira or Guadalupe. There are also wonderful beaches, a paradise for surfers and nature lovers, hidden among impressive cliffs: Zavial, Burgau, Beliche, Tonel, Castelejo and Cordoama. And the Cape of Saint Vincent, whose lighthouse continues to guide nowadays all the ships that leave Europe to cross the Atlantic. Every day there is one of the most wonderful spectacles we can witness every day: the sunset over the Atlantic. Farewell to the light. An experience I highly recommend. This little corner has a beautiful landscape that still remains wild, swept by the wind and beaten by the sun, a steep coast over a brave sea within reach of the hand.
Baleeira, 8650-385 Sagres, Portugal
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Literary Reflections, Now Reading | February 2014
Now Reading: February 2014
By Libby Maxey
I recently finished Jamie Quatro's I Want to Show You More, a mildly terrifying short story collection that roams through the ruined lives of modern southern women. Frankly, I didn't expect to like the book. I'm not enamored of literature that revolves around suburban dysfunction, peeling up the layers that conceal the dark undercurrents running beneath happy, shiny family lives. Besides, contemporary writers often weary me with their self-conscious, ham-fisted modernity.
That said, I have to hand it to Quatro for keeping me turning the pages. She is, unquestionably, a good writer, and she does something with dysfunction that makes me think (instead of just making me want to take a shower). I find<|fim_middle|> few minutes to jot down the story whenever the baby napped in her stroller. Now, with her kids at school all day, Robson is hard at work (from her home office) on her second novel, which features Lilly's feisty best friend Charlotte Brown, and is tentatively titled After the War Is Over."
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Senior Editor and Poetry Editor | that I like short story collections best when they are hung on a thread of continuity, and Quatro has strung threads of all kinds through I Want to Show You More. They imbue the stories with special complexity, especially those that otherwise seem to stand alone. Two in particular, "Ladies and Gentlemen of the Pavement" and "Demolition," read like strange fables of some kind. They don't seem to share characters or narrative with the rest of the stories, although they take place in the same geographical area. They start out intriguingly and end horrifically, but I can't stop thinking about them because I can't stop trying to figure out how they, as fables, reflect on the more "realistic" and overtly connected stories in the collection. Quatro's stories can be creepy and grotesque, but that's part of the reason they resonate. Even as you're not quite sure what she's saying over all, you know that moment after moment, with this sentence here and that image there, she's getting it right. Read on for more literary reflections.
"Birthing the Mother Writer" Columnist Cassie Premo Steele writes, "I recently read A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki. It was heartbreakingly beautiful and literary in the best sense of the word—the characters are tragic and funny and creative and lonely and philosophical and doomed and redeemed. And while the two main characters are not a mother and daughter to each other, the themes of parenting, grandparenting, family, honor and memory—and how all these fit into a writing life—are the emotional heart of the book."
Caroline Grant, Editor-in-Chief, shares, "I just finished reading Sara Houghteling's beautiful novel, Pictures at an Exhibition, which tells the story of a Parisian art dealer whose collection is stolen by the Nazis during the war. The recent discovery in Munich of a trove of lost art, plus the new movie Monuments Men, has brought the Nazi's looting of European museums back into the news; Houghteling's writing vividly brings this history to life. The novel is also very much a family story: Daniel Berenzon is a successful art dealer but a difficult father; he and his wife, a concert pianist, keep a secret from their almost-adult son Max, who longs to work at the gallery but is rebuffed. The Berenzon Gallery's collection isn't all that's lost in this book, which is a delicate exploration of how we handle all manner of losses."
Profiles Co-Editor Rachel Epp Buller reports, "I'm in the midst of reading Alison Bechdel's Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama. Having been thoroughly impressed by Bechdel's mix of wry humor, intellectual ponderings, and crudeness in Fun Home, the graphic novel memoir of her relationship with her father, I was eager to see how Bechdel might approach her difficult relationship with her mother. Only a couple of chapters in, I am already drawn into a story that weaves through analyses of the author and her mother, sexuality, dysfunctional family relationships and social perceptions of what it means to be a good mother."
Senior Editor Maria Scala raves, "I am reading Jennifer Robson's fascinating debut novel, Somewhere in France. The heroine of this tale is Lady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford (Lilly), who is feeling constrained by aristocratic British society and yearns to travel, pursue a career and find love. When World War I breaks out, Lilly sees her chance for independence and moves to London, eventually joining the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and securing a position for herself as an ambulance driver in France. In doing so, not only does she move closer to the Western Front, but also to Scottish trauma surgeon, Robert Fraser—someone who has always encouraged Lilly to follow her dreams. The book has already drawn comparisons to Downton Abbey, but as one reviewer wrote, "Downton Abbey fans will be thrilled to move beyond the estate and glimpse life on the front lines as Robson's heroine bravely defies convention, … leaving class strictures far behind." Robson first learned about the Great War from her father, acclaimed historian Stuart Robson; she served as an official guide at the Canadian National War Memorial at Vimy Ridge France, and holds a doctorate in British economic and social history from the University of Oxford. The research for this novel is exhaustive–from fashion, to war terminology, to food, to surgical procedures–and Robson brings it all to life with her sharp and evocative prose. I was personally thrilled to hear of the publication of this book, having known Robson from our years working together in book publishing. There is a wonderful story she tells about how she wrote down all her ideas for this novel in a notebook she carried in her daughter's diaper bag. While her son was at nursery school, she'd take the baby for walks around the neighborhood, hoping to catch a | 1,019 |
The Tapir (Tapirus Bairdii) is the largest land mammal of Central America. Known as the "mountain cow" in Belize, they are forest dwellers, active mostly at night as they forage along river banks and forest clearings. The Baird's Tapir is the national animal of Belize and is protected under the law; thus, the hunting of the tapir is illegal.
The tapir has a prehensile, long nose like an elephant or anteater, but is actually related to the horse and rhinoceros. Its general color is dusty brown with a white fringe around the eyes and lips, white tipped ears and occasional white patches of fur on the throat and chest.
This herbivore spends approximately 90% of its waking hours hunting for food. Feeding on grasses, aquatic vegetation, leaves, buds, and fruits of the low-growing<|fim_middle|>.
Today, there are large forest reserves in Belize to protect the remaining populations, and the tapir is found in these protected areas with the exception of Guanacaste National Park and Rio Blanco. The tapir is an extra special animal for its importance to Belize. The protection of these precious first animals is vital and we must all do our part in helping with the conservation process. | shrubs. Its long, flexible upper lip and flat molars are well suited for foraging and swallowing twigs, nuts, and other tough plant tissues found throughout river basins. Tapirs have splayed, hoofed toes, with four toes on the front feet and three on the hind feet, which help them walk on muddy and soft ground.
Although tapirs were once widespread, only four species endured into the modern world: three in Central America and the warmer parts of South America, and one in Southeast Asia. Size varies between species, but most are about two meters long, stand about a meter high at the shoulder, and weigh between 550 – 600lbs. The natural lifespan of a tapir is approximately 30 years, and a single youngster is born after a gestation of about 13 months. All baby tapirs have striped-and-spotted coats for camouflage, and while they appear at glance to be alike, there are some differences among the patterns of different species.
Tapirs are usually solitary except when mothers have young. They range over large territories and are excellent swimmers spending a fair amount of time in forest rivers. They are also agile climbers, crashing up steep hillsides and river banks with apparent ease. When surprised, tapirs generally head for water, but will sometimes stamp their feet loudly and sometimes whistle | 275 |
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LEXINGTON, Ohio -- In a season that hasn't come close to matching his expectations, Will Power found a hint of better days ahead during the afternoon practice session at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Power, the IZOD IndyCar Series championship runner-up three years running, is 10th in the standings entering the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on Aug. 4 -- Round 14 of 19. He's earned two Verizon P1 Awards, but third place at Milwaukee is the best result in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car.
"It's definitely hard to get the car right, this year period for me," he said. "We're starting to understand, so definitely we're on the right track."
Power's fastest lap (19 of 19) of 1 minute, 05.4332 seconds in the 45-minute afternoon session was more than two-tenths of a second faster than his 2012 pole-winning lap time. The track record of 1:05.347, held by Dario Franchitti (August 1999) and Gil de Ferran (August 2000), will definitely be challenged in the three rounds of knockout qualifications for the Verizon P1 Award on Aug. 3 (2 p.m. ET).
"We got a good time in at the end. A few mistakes during the session but we're narrowing it down<|fim_middle|> 18 cars were separated by less than a second.
A 45-minute practice (10:30 a.m.) precedes qualifications. | ," Power added. "I'd love nothing more than to get on the pole here and have a chance to win a race. But good so far, and we'll keep working hard."
Scott Dixon, who has won the past three races to vault to second in the championship standings with six races remaining, was second fast (1:05.4469) in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car. In addition to seeking his third consecutive victory at Mid-Ohio (and fifth overall), Dixon is seeking to become the first driver under INDYCAR sanction to win four races in a row. Sebastien Bourdais won four consecutive events in the Champ Car World Series in 2006.
"It's just a tough race being an old-school American road course," said Dixon, who has started fourth and on the pole in his past two victories at Mid-Ohio. "We've had other ones like this, but they've been taken away."
Reigning series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay was third (1:05.5018) in the No. 1 DHL car for Andretti Autosport, while Franchitti was fourth (1:05.7019) in the No. 10 GE car for Target Chip Ganassi Racing.
Luca Filippi, who hours earlier was confirmed by team co-owner Bryan Herta as the driver of the No. 98 Barracuda Racing car for the 90-lap race, checked in fifth on the time sheet at 1:05.7364. Filippi, an 11-time winner in five seasons in GP2, tested the car for the first time July 31 at Mid-Ohio.
Six different teams were represented in the top 10 as 24 drivers completed 797 laps combined in the two sessions. The top | 392 |
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On Writing: Interview with Noir Writer Philip Kerr
I recently interviewed British thriller writer Philip Kerr in front of a live audience at Chester County Book Company. Philip's latest novel is the The Lady from Zagreb, and it's his tenth Bernie Gunther thriller. Bernie Gunther is a private investigator who works to solve crimes which are set against the backdrop of the much larger crimes against humanity being committed in Nazi Germany. In these novels, Bernie often encounters top-level Nazis<|fim_middle|> writing, they have a few autographed copies of The Lady from Zagreb by Philip Kerr remaining. Oh, and thanks to Robb Cadigan for the top photo.
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I OCCASIONALLY WRITE ABOUT WRITING AND PUBLISHING, INTERVIEW OTHERS WHO ARE DOING COOL THINGS, AND WRITE REVIEWS OF BOOKS OR STORIES THAT BLOW ME AWAY. | such as Joseph Goebbels and Reinhard Heydrich, and he finds himself trying to do the right thing, while also trying to survive. Publishers Weekly calls the series, "A searing look at the inhumanity of the Nazis." The writer Jonathan Ames has called Philip Kerr, "the only bona fide heir to Raymond Chandler." The Daily Beast wrote, "The Bernie Gunther books are the best crime series around today." Here's some words of writing wisdom from Philip Kerr.
On where ideas for his novels come from:
"Sometimes it just seems as though books sometime arrive in your head and it's almost impossible to try and second guess where they came from. There's a painting by Rembrandt called Belshazzar's Feast and you see this disembodied hand writing on the wall... and sometimes that's what it feels like, there's a disembodied hand that's writing the books. I sometimes feel that the writer is the person who stays at home and the author is the person who goes on tour."
On visiting a concentration camp to research:
"I very much believe it's like being a method actor, you know, like Robert Deniro driving a cab around New York in order to make the film Taxi Driver, so I can feel it. So I stood alone in one of these cattle cars for about ten - fifteen minutes, just really trying to think myself into the situation of the people who were there... and got thoroughly depressed as a result, but that's kind of one's duty, one's job really, because you realize that in order to write about this sort of thing you have a duty to be careful of the memories of the people who met their ends there. I strive for as much factual accuracy, but emotional accuracy too, because I think it's really important that if you are going to write about this, you do it as well as you possible can and deal with it as sensitively as you can too."
On the balance of writing about Nazi officers:
"I believe the only way to write about them is to encounter them as men and women first, to find their humanity, because the only way you can understand them and get under their skin to make them come alive as characters is to understand that at one stage they were normal people and it was a gradual process."
On writing about women in his noir novels:
"The thing about the women in most of my novels is I like really intelligent women. I like women to be more intelligent than me, for instance, these are the women I'm particularly attracted to, like my wife for example, she is much more intelligent than I am. I can't see the point in being attracted to people who aren't more intelligent than you. For instance if you want to learn how to play tennis there's no point in playing someone who isn't any good, you want to play someone like John McEnroe, and you'll maybe improve as a tennis player, it's great to be with someone who is a sharp inquiring mind."
On learning the craft of writing and inspiration from P.D. James:
"I think I'm still learning. The day you think you stopped learning, you might as well pack up. I still think my best novel is ahead of me - I sincerely hope so. In fact, I did an event with the late P.D. James, who at the time - I think Phyillis must have been 91 - and I said this, 'I think the best work is ahead of me' and she said, 'I'm so glad you said that Philip because I think the same,' and I thought great! Good for you! It's fantastic! It's actually really important to a writer. You can't keep doing what you do without believing that the best is yet to come."
Thanks to Chester County Book Company for hosting the Philip Kerr interview and asking me to play a part. As of this | 790 |
Elizabeth Gilbert is in her second year at Ohio State, where she majors in data analytics. Ohio State's undergraduate data analytics major is one of the first in the country, and is uniquely interdisciplinary.
Data analytics majors receive a bachelor's degree from the College of Arts and Sciences through curricular partnerships with the College of Engineering, the College of Medicine and the Fisher College of Business. Gilbert is taking full advantage of these interdisciplinary collaborations, and is setting herself up for success in this rapidly growing field. She recently finished some research on stress levels in hair that allowed her to partner with the College of Nursing.
How did you first get interested in data?
I'm originally from the Chicago area. I got interested in data science as a sophomore in high school taking AP (Advanced Placement) statistics and computer science, and I found the topics really engaging and interesting. When I was talking to my mom about how much I enjoyed the AP exams, I realized you could combine statistics and computer science, and that it was called data science. That was an exciting realization because I knew I had found what I was passionate about.
What made you decide to attend Ohio State?
When I was looking at colleges and then deciding between them, I did my research and looked at the degree programs the schools offered. A lot of schools had statistics and computer science programs, but Ohio State has the most developed and specialized opportunities for data science specifically. I came to Ohio State because of the data analytics major and because I could see all the investment that the university and groups like the Translational Data Analytics Institute are putting into analytics here at Ohio State. Ohio State is the clear choice.
During your time here, you've been involved with some research with the College of Nursing. What's that been like?
I originally met Kate Calder, a professor in the Department<|fim_middle|> I also got some lab time. Kate knew it was important for me to spend some hands-on time in the lab working on collecting the cortisol data. I don't have any background in nursing, but Sam and Jodi taught me how to work with the hair samples and make sure all the data was going to be accurate when we measured it.
How is your experience here preparing you for life after graduation?
I think the way that this research opportunity has tied into what I want to do as a career most directly is just the experience of conducting and managing a research project, in the analytics especially, but also being exposed to the whole project and larger study. It's given me a good perspective into how the research was done and the technology that is used, and I think I'll be able to take a lot of those skills and have a very good basis for what that process can look like in the future. I found that my passion for data science really ties into how I can help improve and impact others' lives. | of Statistics, during an analytics project and later connected with her via email about possible opportunities. She invited me to do research with her, and connected me to a collaborator in the College of Nursing, Jodi Ford, who had data that needed analyzing. Jodi and her PhD student, Sam Boch, had hair samples where they were measuring the stress hormone cortisol. I was interested in helping with the research, so I applied for funding from the Office of Undergraduate Research and got approved. Over the summer I created a database to organize the data from surveys that Sam collected. We had a lot of background information about the participants and used multiple analytics techniques. I learned a lot of new things.
How valuable was it to get involved with hands-on research experience?
One of the most valuable parts of the research was the freedom to control the direction of the analytics. Kate and I would check in to talk about next steps. She gave me guidance, but she really left it up to me to decide what to do and how to communicate my results by creating reports. It was up to me to really be an expert on this data set we had. | 230 |
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The proposal is currently at the public information stage. Vickram Mirchandani, owner of Coronation Power, has stated that he intends to submit a full planning application shortly, at which point the public will be able to submit their objections. The latest information on the planning application is available via Perth and Kinross Council's planning portal.
Vickram Mirchandani, owner of Coronation Power, has criticised a leaflet attacking his company's proposal to build an energy storage facility beside the Coupar Angus substation.
"This leaflet contains information that is designed to scaremonger the local community into opposing our application for what is essential infrastructure!" said Mr Mirchandani.
Although the leaflet does not say who wrote or published it, it states "Further information can be obtained from the Community Council" and follows earlier criticism published by Coupar Angus & Bendochy Community Council on social media regarding the scale and appearance of the development, as well as its location on prime agricultural land.
Coronation Power has organised a second information event this Tuesday (19th March) from 4pm to 7pm in the main hall of Coupar Angus Town Hall. An earlier information event on 31st January was heavily criticised for the lack of disabled access and the failure of the attending consultants to answer the questions of many people who attended. The project designers, Arcus Consulting Services, have asked anyone requiring further information to forward their inquiries to Jamie Gilliland at JamieG@arcusconsulting.co.uk.
Coupar Angus and Bendochy Community Council has distributed leaflets around Coupar Angus listing objections to proposals for a 50MW electricity storage scheme to be built beside the electricity substation off Pleasance Road. The leaflet is shown below, and can be downloaded as a PDF file here.
"In our schools, all children and young people are encouraged to be curious, discerning, enquiring and to develop and express their views in many contexts on a range of subjects. Climate change is one example of a subject that is investigated, considered and debated across Perth & Kinross Council school. We welcome and encourage young people to take a pro-active interest in matters that will affect their lives and those of others.
The Strathmore Tattie Day will be an opportunity for you to pick up your seed tatties from the experts at Potato House, who offer specialty, heritage and organic seed tatties and advice.
There will be 30 varieties of seed potatoes on sale - so, bring your own bag!
You will also be able to swap seeds that you don't need with other growers and gardeners, and hear about how you can get more involved in growing local food.
Our highlight of the day will be a Tattie Talk at 1.30 pm by John M Marshall ' A Peruvian Tattie Adventure'. In this 45 mins session you will hear all about his latest adventure to find out more about the origins of the European Potato, Solanum Tuberosum, or as we call it locally the "tattie".
This is a free event. Complimentary tea/coffee and biscuits will be available, donations are welcome and will go towards supporting our community growing project. | closed. This school was a valuable resource for youngsters with autism and other special needs, indeed it was the only one in Scotland.
So far the local authority (Perth & Kinross Council) and the Scottish Government have remained resolutely silent on the matter despite repeated attempts to question them.
If you can support their appeal please do, if you can only spread the word that would be much appreciated.
A Perthshire based disability rights group is to host a series of public meetings starting on Wednesday 24th April at 10-11am at Coupar Angus Cycle Hub.
"We are a local disability group and we are working with the Scottish Community Development Centre who are doing the consultation about the accessible path from Coupar Angus to Blairgowrie. We are hoping to put a focus group together of people with disabilities to discuss this path and the issues/suggestions that disabled people have to make it as accessible as possible."
CILPK is a user led Disability Organisation that campaigns for equal rights and access for disabled people.
An application for full planning consent for a 49MW battery energy storage system at Coupar Angus substation has been submitted to Perth and Kinross Council. So far 5 comments, all objecting, have been received. The application can be accessed at Perth and Kinross Council's planning portal - https://planningapps.pkc.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=PP4N9SMKFRC00&activeTab=summary.
Previously, the applicant Coronation Power had held two information events at Coupar Angus Town Hall. At both events people expressed strong misgivings about the appearance and safety of the plant. The deadline for commenting is Friday 3rd May 2019.
GrowBiz XChange network evenings are informal and friendly events open to all – and a great opportunity to meet other local businesses and hear from experts in their field. The evening will kick off at 6pm with a buffet and networking.
CAN+I has written to Perth and Kinross Council to find out why Coupar Angus has been omitted from a recently announced trial of 20mph speed limits. The areas to be covered by the new pilot scheme include Errol, Rattray, Aberfeldy, Kinnesswood and Dalginross, Comrie.
Perth and Kinross Council has been considering the introduction of area-wide 20mph limits since 2008, when Councillor – now Provost – Dennis Melloy informed the local Community Council of the plan. However it was not until 2014 that the Council agreed to try out the reduced limit in four towns including Coupar Angus. All the streets in Coupar Angus apart from the A94 and the A923 were proposed for the 20mph zone.
In 2016 the Council abandoned the plan.
It remains unclear as to which elected members were involved in the decision to abandon the first pilot project. However, the convener of the Environment and Infrastructure Committee at that time, John Kellas, expressed his personal antipathy to the idea claiming that the widespread introduction of the lower limit would "dilute" the effect of existing 20mph areas near schools.
In 2018 a survey of local opinion in Coupar Angus showed that three quarters of local residents were in favour of a town-wide 20mph speed limit - https://data.surveygizmo.com/r/412325_5a5a8c349b50d6.61468434. The four elected members who represent Coupar Angus in Perth and Kinross Council were informed of the findings, but so far none have expressed their support for the idea.
Safety was uppermost in people's minds at yesterday evening's information event on proposals to build an energy storage system at Coupar Angus substation.
Local residents have expressed fury and frustration at the failure of Coronation Power to provide answers to safety concerns over their plans to build a 49MW battery array at Coupar Angus substation. The substation is approximately 350 yards from the outskirts of the town.
James Lindsay Deuchar expressed frustration that no technical expert was on hand to answer questions over battery safety, being told simply that safety was in the hands of Samsung [who will supply the batteries]. "Didn't Samsung mobile phone batteries self combust?", he commented.
Mr Deuchar also wanted to know about such issues as the length of time it would take to build the facility, traffic management plans, maintenance requirements and the life span of the facility, but again no one was able to provide answers.
One lifelong Coupar resident stated: "If he [the developer] really doesn't know the answer to basic questions such as 'what will happen if it blows up?' shouldn't we all be horrified? But of course, there might be another reason for his reticence. Does he not know - or would he rather not go into that subject too deeply?"
"It has been all too evident from historical events that industry blatantly couldn't care a doaken about the lives of those who live in the vicinity of large installations - otherwise would you or I have ever heard of such places as Bhopal, Chernobyl, Aberfan, Five Mile Island? No; painful experience down the years has taught us that those who hold the power will lie, deny, cover up and pass the buck remorselessly if it will promote their interests."
Lithium-ion battery facilities are equipped with high level monitoring, automatic alarms and fire suppression systems.
There are also integrated on-board fire detection and suppression systems which will be activated upon detection of smoke or heat. The system has a centrally located internal strobe light/horn to provide indication of smoke and fire detection for personnel inside the container, and three external strobe lights for personnel outside the container. The system uses a gaseous, clean, firefighting agent to suppress fire.
Company director Vickram Mirchandani has since informed us that he intends to provide further information which he hopes will allay people's concerns over the safety of the proposed plant.
In the meantime our initial research into the safety of large-scale battery arrays has revealed several alarming issues.
According to a report by the United States Department of Energy, if the temperature of lithium ion batteries rises above 50°C it "can lead to organic electrolyte decomposition and flammable gas."
A webinar published in the United States in 2016 by the National Fire Protection Association shows (at 1 hour 10 minutes) the effects of a fire in a lithium ion battery storage system. The fire emitted hydrogen fluoride, which is described in Wikipedia as "a highly dangerous gas, forming corrosive and penetrating hydrofluoric acid upon contact with moisture. The gas can also cause blindness by rapid destruction of the corneas."
In November 2017 a fire in Belgium's first grid-connected battery storage system at the Engie Energy storage Park in Drogenbos near Brussels caused safety concerns - see YouTube video. An article about the fire says that the facility's fire detection and extinguishing systems failed and the fire had to be put out by the fire | 1,474 |
Kalamazoo, MI Dickey's Barbecue Pit Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary With Record Sales
KALAMAZOO (Sept. 25, 2020) Local small-business owner and Dickey's franchisee Krage Fox is ringing in his barbecue joint's two-year anniversary this fall with record breaking sales.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Fox's sales have continued to soar with August, July, and June store sales all seeing an average increase between 7 to 35% month-over-month.
The Western Michigan University alumnus and Michigan native has kept his restaurant's doors open and continually serving the community throughout the pandemic with delivery, carry-out and online ordering. In addition, the Dickey's Owner Operator gave away free barbecue lunches to Kalamazoo's first responders as a thank you for their tireless efforts on the front line.
"We're excited to celebrate two years in the community that has supported our business from day one. When we opened in 2018, we never anticipated facing anything like this, but it's clear our Kalamazoo friends, family and neighbors love Dickey's barbecue just as much as we do," said Krage Fox, Kalamazoo Dickey's Barbecue Pit Owner Operator. "We're also so grateful to our valuable Pit Crew members and without their help or the community's, Dickey's in Kalamazoo wouldn't be the same."
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The Story of our Senior Resident 'Arthur Cavender'
Frontline Stories from Assisted Living at Stellar Care
Written by Mai Truong
"Hey, hey good lookin', whatcha got cookin'? How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?" You may hear these Hank Williams lyrics while walking through the hallway. If you follow the voice, it will almost certainly lead you to a pair of bright blue eyes and an easygoing smile that belong to Arthur Cavender. Arthur was born on May 7, 1931 in Elmer, Missouri to a family with a horse and cattle farm. Arthur had 1 older brother and four sisters. Growing up, he was no stranger to a strong work ethic, waking up early every day to help out on the farm, regardless of if it was a hot day, rainy or snowy one.
By the time Arthur was fourteen years old, he was already working with his father on pipelines in Illinois. The working days were long and arduous, as the men worked 12-14 hours a day, 7 days a week. He loved the hard work, however, and keeping busy. Arthur shared that he learned to operate very heavy equipment, but never found it to be too strenuous a task. Working in Illinois brought another joy as well. It was in there that he met his soon-to-be<|fim_middle|> children together, Annette, Steve and Tami. They later moved to California. According to Arthur, "Mary Lou decided that she wanted to move to California and I said, okay. Missouri is colder than the dickens! I like California weather, it's nicer." Arthur started working in auto repair and construction work and the family was able to enjoy day trips almost every weekend to Palm Springs, Big Bear, the desert and the coast. Arthur enjoyed attending to the house and even mowing the lawn, although he at times battled with daughter, Annette, for the "fun" of mowing the lawn. He had a mischievous side as well. He'd sneak by with the kids to buy some fireworks, come home and set them off. Mary Lou was once called home because Arthur and the kids were setting off fireworks in the neighborhood and causing a bit of a ruckus in the neighborhood. The mischief was always in good fun, however, and the family looks back fondly at these playful memories.
Visiting with Arthur today, you can still see lots of charm and a bit of mischief behind his handsome blue eyes and warm smile. Arthur will still sing for anybody that would like to listen. His days now are walking around the building, chatting and socializing with anybody that he passes in the hallway. He'll stop and take a break, converse with the nearest person, and start to sing. You really can't help but smile when hearing his voice fill the hallways and know that you are hearing a dear friend, Arthur.
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Stellar Care News | wife, Mary Lou. Mary Lou worked at a local coffee shop and Arthur would stop by almost every day to visit her and order a coke. She was a few years his junior and was hesitant to get to know the young man that came so regularly just to order coca cola. He'd sing to her in an effort to break the ice and she, with time, warmed up to his charm and persistence. He had dreams of becoming a country singer, but decided to keep singing as a hobby instead, as he saw marriage and a family in his future. After they dated a while, Arthur joined the air force in order to be able to support his new family. During the Korean War, he was stationed in Alaska for some time, near Russia, then was transferred to Texas, where he and Mary Lou got married.
Mary Lou and Arthur had three | 172 |
It takes some patience and time, but the results are well worth<|fim_middle|>" color so they were a steal.
Next we found an embroidered curtain panel at Anthropologie. It is beautifully embroidered yet much too busy for the already colorful living room that we are working on. One of these panels would be just what we needed (to take apart). It has enough embroidery work to edge 4 large solid linen panels However you can use any vintage piece of clothing, Suzanis, or anything else that is beautifully embroidered.
The first thing I did was identify those parts of the embroidery that I was going to use and carefully cut it out of the material. While cutting, leave at least 1/16th of an inch of fabric past the embroidery so as not to risk cutting through it. It helps to have a pair of small sharp scissors on hand to get into the corners and around the tight curves.
Next apply small dabs of Aleen's Stop Fraying Glue to all the edges with the aid of a small bristle brush. It helps to squeeze a bit into a small bowl to easily dip your brush into.
After allowing the Stop Fray Glue to dry, place your embroidery work on the surface you are attaching it to (in my case, the top left corner of the drape). I placed a towel under the drape and spread it on a large table. Then proceed to pin the piece to your fabric using long ball tip straight pins that just go straight through the fabric into the towel. This secures your design to the fabric.
Once your placement is correct you can start hot gluing. My favorite glue gun is the Aleen's Ultimate Glue gun. It has several nozel attachments including an elongated small tip which works well for fine embroidery work.
Time to glue! Start glueing from the center of your piece and work your way out. Leave the small petals, curves and edges for last.
Once your piece is dry you can gently brush over it with a toothbrush to remove any of those fine glue strings that are left behind. It's as easy as that!
I plan to add a few more embroidered flowers across the top of the curtain panels and then down the side. I'll be sure to take a picture for you when it's all hanging!
This technique can be used on pillows, lamp shades, and roller shades as well. You can even use ribbon for a more tailored look, with or without the embroidery.
Tags: "diy embellished drapes" "how to applique pillows and drapes" | it! Embellishment!
I'm currently working with a client that is very colorful, fun, and full of life, and so is her beautiful home.
We completed her home a few years ago, but she's ready for new drapery in her living room. Instead of the basic plain drape, I'm producing one of a kind beauties that will be colorful yet simple.
We purchased some fabulous Belgian Linen Drapes that are on sale now at Restoration Hardware. They're discontinuing the "Straw | 105 |
Q: positon element relative to parent.parent container in JS? no absolute/fixed positioning? I have a tough problem where I'm desperately trying to find a working solution.
A article#post and a<|fim_middle|> do this is so I can position the floated sidebar with a margin-top on the same height as the ´div.post-entry` is.
Here is a model of my current html structure:
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<h1>Title of the post</h1>
<div class="post-entry">
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So again, I'd like to find any solution to get a pixel-value of how far from the top div.post-entry is positioned inside section#content.
The main problem I have is that I can't even seem to post-entry.offsetTop to work. This should get the offset of div.post-entry relative to the article.post since this is its parent. That should actually work for me too.
var articleOffset = $('.post-entry').offsetTop;
console.log($('.post-entry')); //found and exists
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Any ideas why this does not work for me either? Why do I get undefined for the offsetTop value here. There is a big <h1> with a padding of at least "30px" that offsets div.post-entry.
Any ideas on that matter?
Maybe any other cool solutions on how to do that? I just want to have the aside#sidebar starting on the same height as div.post-entry but I don't want to change the markup.
A: You need to select the DOM element from the jQuery object.
var articleOffset = $('.post-content')[0].offsetTop;
| aside#sidebar are floated left side by side - fairly simple.
Inside my article#post is a h1 and a div.post-entry.
I wonder if I can somehow determine the relative offset of the div.post-entry to the outer container section#content. The reason I want to | 56 |
About Publication 17 Chapter 9 Useful Items
9. Rental Income and Expenses/Ingresos y Gastos de Alquiler
About Form 4562, Depreciation and Amortization (Including Information on Listed Property)
Information about Form 4562, Depreciation and Amortization, including recent updates, related forms, and instructions on how to file. Form 4562 is used to claim a depreciation/amortization deduction, to expense certain property, and to note the business use of cars/property.
About Form 6251, Alternative Minimum Tax - Individuals
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About Form 8582, Passive Activity Loss Limitations
Information about Form 8582, Passive Activity Loss Limitations, including recent updates, related forms and instructions on how to file. Form 8582 is used by individuals, estates, and trusts with losses from passive<|fim_middle|> cost of business or income-producing property through deductions for depreciation.
About Schedule E (Form 1040 or 1040-SR), Supplemental Income and Loss
Information about Schedule E (Form 1040 or 1040-SR), Supplemental Income and Loss, including recent updates, related forms, and instructions on how to file. Schedule E is used to report income from rental properties, royalties, partnerships, S corporations, estates, trusts, and residual interests in REMICs.
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About Publication 527, Residential Rental Property (Including Rental of Vacation Homes)
Information about Publication 527, Residential Rental Property, including recent updates. Publication 527 discusses rental income and expenses (including depreciation) and explains how to report them on your return.
Publication 534 (11/2016), Depreciating Property Placed in Service Before 1987
About Publication 535, Business Expenses
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Information about Publication 544, Sales and Other Dispositions of Assets, including recent updates and related forms. Publication 544 explains the tax rules that apply when you dispose of property. It discusses how to figure gain (loss), whether it is ordinary or capital, how to treat the gain or loss, and how to report gains and losses.
About Publication 547, Casualties, Disasters, and Thefts
Publication 547 explains how to treat casualties, thefts, and losses on deposits. It discusses definitions, how to figure gain or loss, how to treat reimbursements, and how to report them. This publication explains the tax treatment of casualties, thefts, and losses on deposits.
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I'm not someone who believes that everything happens for a reason.
We can debate that over a glass of wine sometime, but I truly think the world is full of chance and randomness.
I do, however, believe that there is a purpose to every single thing that happens. In most cases, that purpose is to teach a lesson.
Lately, I've been feeling incredibly sad. I'm not going to dive into a whole political debate (see aforementioned glass of wine), but the state of affairs these days is disheartening at best. Combine that with daily stress, work stress, few consecutive hours of sleep, and all those other pressures we all face day in and day out, and I've been feeling run down. Beat up. Burnt out.
So, I did what I always do in these low moments: I turned to my herd.
And I started to think about all the lessons they've each taught me along the way, and I was reminded just how flipping lucky I am and how grateful I feel every single day. Now, Violet could earn herself her very own post for all my gratitudes (OMG, you guys, she now has FOUR TEETH and she gives kisses! KISSESSSSS!), but I'm focusing on the furry herd for today.
I'd love to hear from you, too, about what lessons you've learned from your pets along the way. Good, bad, scary, ugly, poopy (often literally), what have you learned from the pets who have graced your life?
Emmett taught me about open-heartedness. He never met a stranger. Did I ever tell you about the time the significantly-inebriated woman stumbled up to us shouting and yelling and falling all over herself? She propped herself up on a fire hydrant and stared at us. Emmett stood there. He stared back at her, just wagging his tail, until she sort of calmed down and then stumbled away. I was anxious, tbh, but he was just like, "Look! A lady! Let's be friends!" He taught me that kindness for the sake of kindness should be the rule of the day, and it makes everyone happier to be around kindness. And that stubborn mule taught me patience beyond measure. I love him for that.
Lucas taught me to look far beyond the surface of someone to truly understand and relate to them. What you see as toughness or fear or anger or aggression or defensiveness on the outside very often masks a deep pool of sensitivity. Looking beyond that mask is the only way to really understand someone. He taught me that, no matter what's on the outside and whether it's authentic or not, the soul never lies. He taught me to dig in and dig deep, and to laugh always, but especially when you do something naughty. I love him for that.
Cooper taught me about limits. He taught me to understand limits, but he also showed me the value of stretching them a little bit now and again. Just when I start to consider a situation from the "oh, Cooper could never do that" angle, he proves me wrong. We work together and learn together every single day, and he reminds me again and again the most important lesson about limits: They don't define you. He may not ever be<|fim_middle|> with a terminal disease and I can become overwhelmed at times. I will be leaving my work and home to help her in the near future, and life has never been so strange and unpredictable. But when I have my dog out on our walks, well I can stay in just that moment watching her experience pure joy and feeling some as well. And Noel will be with me when I move to assist family, she is good medicine.
I'm so sorry for the heavy burden you're carrying right now, and I'm so glad Noel is by your side, seeing you through. Sending lots of light and love to you and your family.
Wow – I would really have to think about that given the ever rotating herd of dogs and cats (and one rabbit) that have moved in and out of my life. Some are easier to remember – like Jasmine, the cat who lost an eye and survived two strokes, but still kept going and going (persistence). Or BJC, who was not the timid little fur ball you would expect, but a very bossy bunny. She ran the house and protected her turf from an assortment of cats (assertiveness). Each one was an individual and brought their own lesson. Thanks for sharing!
I had such a chuckle over your description: "a very bossy bunny." I can just imagine it, and it's too cute!! I love the lesson of persistence, too. Thank you so, so much for sharing!!
Beautiful post, Maggie! <3 I especially love the lessons from Emmett and Lucas – we can all do well to keep these in mind!
Great post, Maggie! I have learned so much from each of my dogs that I wouldn't know where to start. Kissy taught me persistence. Callie taught me truly unconditional love. Actually, so did Kissy but in different ways. Shadow has taught me not to give up on finding solutions to problems.
And Ducky? Well, let's start with patience. Then there's learning to be observant, to not be complacent, and to enjoy every possible moment. But mostly patience. She pushes the outer limits of my patience almost daily in one way or another. But I love my little girl. Not more than Kissy, Callie, or Shadow. Just in a totally different way. She challenges me every day but then turns around and snuggles with me so sweetly my heart melts.
Ooooh!!! So, I totally get the patience piece, but what jumped out at me from yours was "to be observant." That is SUCH a huge lesson, and I think it takes a really special dog to bring that particular message/skill home. I love that so much. Thank you for sharing!!
Rusty taught me to live every moment to the max. We lost him in August to cancer at only age 4, but he lived every minute of that short life bursting with joy at full speed, loving everyone he met, loving us with all his heart, and never missing the opportunity to roll around on the ground in a state of pure bliss before zooming off on another adventure.
Rosie teaches me what it means to love and appreciate the good things life has brought She is a rescue that just soaks up every bit of love and comfort she can get. She gets up on the couch, rolls over on her back and just lets out a big sigh of enjoyment. She has also helped me learn to accept people and dogs as they are and that we all have baggage and need understanding as we grow and work though issues.
Jake is only 7 months old and has only been with us 4 months – he came to us not long after we lost Rusty and he has taught me to not be so afraid to open up my heart to love a dog again. I think we are truly teaching each other many small lessons every day about teamwork, trust and patience. He is very smart and a breed mix that likes to think for themselves and sometimes try to decide if what you want is the right thing to do. So I am growing as a trainer and learning new skills.
I'm so, so sorry for the loss of Rusty. We never have them for long enough, but his short life is particularly hard. My heart is with you.
Well done! I enjoyed reading this post. I've learned many things from my dogs as well as my parrots and cats. Probably I learn even more from my kids and husband, but those lessons aren't always as uplifting. You've got a good crew! | a restaurant-patio dog, and that's fine. He's a running dog, a backyard-chase dog, a hiking dog, a Violet-minding dog, a kitten-loving dog, a fun-loving-ball-chasing-trick-learning-snuggle-giving-kissing dog. His limits aren't who he is–no one's are. I love him for that.
Newt taught me that you always, always have to be you. Unwavering, unapologetic, authentic, and true to yourself and your spirit. She is just so Newt all the time. With her, you know what you're going to get in just about every scenario, even if that means having your hand nipped because she wants to sit on your keyboard right now, thank you very much, so you can work later. She lives an authentic life. I love her for that.
Ripley… well, Ripley's lessons are still unfolding, but I can say this: Ripley taught me that there's no reason ever not to have fun. So far, that seems to be her life's work: to have fun. We'll see as she gets older, but her goal in life is to enjoy every moment of it. If there's a second of downtime, she snatches a toy and dashes around the house with it in her mouth. If anyone pets her, her purrs start at full force. You're brushing your teeth? You better believe she'll be sitting in the sink playing with the faucet or the cap to the toothpaste! I love her for that.
There's so much more to learn from them, you know? This is just scratching the surface, but they're certainly the highlights that sprang to mind for each of my little furry charges. I think, no matter how each day unfolds, the reality is that I'm incredibly grateful to have these idiots to keep me grounded and in the moment.
How about you? What lessons have you learned from your pets, past or present? Please do share them in the comments! I can't wait to read them!
Daisy taught me never to do things by half measures. If you're going to fight, use teeth and claws and make sure to win. If you're going to play, get all four limbs off the ground while running, and have more fun than anyone else out there. Be loud–girls who laugh and yell and sing have more fun. If you're going to learn, show off your skills and use them to get more rewards. If you're going to nap, by god, don't do it with less than 3 blankets, 4 pillows, and someone else's bathrobe. And sprawl. Living your best life requires a fierce joy, and a streak of selfishness–and there's nothing wrong with that.
Happy tears. That is all. Oh, and hugs.
Noel has taught me to enjoy the moment. We take a long walk everyday unless the weather is less than 5 F. When this girl is off leash she runs with a joy that is beautiful to watch. This dog is the epitome of happiness, regardless of anything else going on. My New Years resolution was to find some joy in each day, my sister was diagnosed | 659 |
Brookwood raises big bucks for charity
Spearheaded by its Student Government Association (SGA) and school administration, Brookwood High School established the "Brookwood 100K Challenge" to encourage its student organizations to raise a collective $100,<|fim_middle|> said Principal Bo Ford. | 000 for charities during the 2014-2015 school year.
And, just as school the school year ended, leaders announced that Brookwood has met the goal.
A number of local charities benefited from the school community's generosity. A large portion of the $100,554.52 total was allocated to the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Helping Hands and Hearts, which raises money for people in the Brookwood community. Other beneficiaries included St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the Amanda Riley Foundation, Gwinnett Children's Shelter, Family Promise, and a local cooperative.
Nearly every organization at Brookwood High supported the effort. Clubs, teams, and staff created fundraising events and activities, classrooms participated in contests, and several groups donated money. "We've set a new standard for the school and fueled a passion for philanthropy that we hope lasts a lifetime with our students," | 197 |
Note: This series of Holy Week devotions is taken from Dr. Albert Reyes' upcoming book, The Jesus Agenda: Becoming an Agent of Redemption. All devotionals are posted here.
My story of redemption began in the early 1930s on a farm near Snyder, Texas. My paternal grandparents, José Maria Reyes and Francisca Rodriguez Reyes, carved out a living with their nine<|fim_middle|> that he was an orphaned as child. His passion for the poor and his calling to the community-at-large continues to shape my thinking and ministry today. I can see the story of redemption written all over my past, my calling, my journey in ministry, my mentors, pastors and coaches and my responsibility today as the leader of a vast ministry.
So as I celebrate Christ's resurrection this Easter Sunday, I celebrate his claim on my life. I offer myself, ready for his service because of his redemption.
Reflection: Would you offer yourself, all over again, to serve our Risen Savior? | children by picking cotton in the fields of West Texas as migrant workers.
My father recounts the story of picking cotton all day long with the hopes of filling a 100-pound burlap sack of cotton for 75 cents pay and living off of beans and tortillas three times a day.
During one of those harvest seasons, a missionary/church planter named Rev. Edward P. González gathered migrant workers and their families to hold evangelistic services. In those services my paternal grandmother, Francisca Rodriguez Reyes, opened her heart to the good news of the gospel of salvation. She prayed to receive Jesus Christ as her savior and was baptized there in the watering hole used for the cows and horses on the farm. My grandfather also prayed to receive Christ as his savior sometime later.
Then one by one, each of my uncles and aunts came to saving faith in Jesus. My grandfather, a first-generation native Texan and an orphaned child, was now grafted into the family of faith.
The Reyes family settled in Corpus Christi, Texas and began attending Primera Iglesia Bautista Mexicana, the First Mexican Baptist Church of Corpus Christi. My father's pastor and discipler at Primera was Dr. Ignacio E. González, who graduated with his classmate and friend, President Lyndon B. Johnson at Texas State University (formerly Southwest Texas State University), in San Marcos, Texas.
My father, Agustín Reyes, later married Gloria Garcia of Corpus Christi, and they began attending Primera. My mother was raised in the Roman Catholic faith tradition and began attending Primera with my father. By the time I was born, my mother prayed to receive Christ as her savior, was baptized and became a member of Primera.
After moving to Southern California in the 1960s, we became members of Memorial Baptist Church where Rev. Leonard Roten and later, Rev. Bill Thornton, were our pastors.
I remember the day I came home from church and asked my mother how I could know my sins were forgiven and how I might have eternal life. She shared her faith and showed me God's plan for my salvation. I opened my heart to Jesus and my parents led me in a prayer to receive Christ as my savior at home. The next Sunday, I shared my new faith with Pastor Thornton and the church. About a year later I was baptized into the fellowship of Memorial Baptist Church of Rialto, California.
My family returned to Corpus Christi in the early 1970s and we became members of my father's home church at Primera Corpus. Dr. Rudy Hernández was pastor when we first arrived at Primera. His evangelistic zeal shaped my thinking about my responsibility to share the good news of Jesus with friends and family. He was followed by Dr. Rudy Sánchez as pastor at Primera.
At the age of 15, I answered a call to vocational ministry under Dr. Sánchez's ministry. He immediately put me to work and asked me to lead the children's service on Sunday mornings. By the time I was 16, he invited me to preach my first sermon at Primera.
I remember Dr. Sánchez's heart and passion for the entire community, beyond the congregation he served. He was focused on developing relationships with leaders of other faiths as well as business and political leaders. He saw himself as their pastor, too.
After I left Corpus Christi for college and seminary, I later came to appreciate Dr. Sánchez's passion for the least of these, the alienated, the marginalized, the oppressed, the orphan and the widow. He seemed to always be concerned with the neglected, the underprivileged and the economically-challenged.
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High Sugar Ups Risk of Breast Cancer
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If you are obese or diabetic and have not yet had your breasts examined, it's time to visit the doctor. Scientists have now discovered why high blood sugar coupled with diseases such as obesity and diabetes can raise the risk of breast and other cancers. Mina Bissell, distinguished scientist with Berkeley Lab's Life Sciences Division, and her Japanese co-researchers Yasuhito Onodera and Jin-Min Nam, have shown that a dramatic increase in sugar uptake could transform normal cells into cancer cells.
"Furthermore, through a series of painstaking analysis, we have discovered two new pathways through which increased uptake of glucose could itself activate other oncogenic pathways. This discovery provides possible new targets for diagnosis and therapeutics," said Bissell, a leading authority on breast cancer. The three scientists examined the expression of glucose transporter proteins in human breast cells. The focus was on the glucose transporter known as GLUT3, the concentrations of which they showed are 400 times greater in malignant than in non-malignant breast cells. The study was carried out using a 3D culture assay -- an investigative or analytic procedure in labs -- developed earlier by Bissell and her group for mouse mammary cells and later with her collaborator, Ole Petersen, for human breast cells. The assay enables actual reproduction of breast cells to form structural units and for malignant cells to form tumour-like colonies. "Our<|fim_middle|> Eggs, Chana, Fruits And More Healthy Items In Canteen
UK Youngsters Are Replacing Biscuits In Favour Of Samosa With Their Tea, Reveals Survey | work highlights the importance of the context in studying pathways involved in tissue-specificity and disease, and sheds additional light on the relationship between metabolic diseases and cancer," Onodera explained. The study also confirmed the efficacy of anti-diabetic drugs, such as metformin -- which lower blood glucose levels -- in lowering cancer risks and mortality. The results of the study have appeared in the latest edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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Buffalo Rising Megaways (Unique Reel Design)
Captain America (Best for Progressive Jackpots)
One Hundred to One (Top Rated for Мost Paylines)
4th of July (Great American Theme)
White Buffalo (Incredible Soundtrack and Animations)
Douguie's Delights (Great Bonus Features)
Fort Brave (Breath-Taking Sounds and Storytelling)
Mustang Gold (Modern Game)
Western Belles (Best for Vintage Artwork)
Totem Treasure (Top Classic Slot Experience)
Buffalo Rising Megaways– Explore the Wilderness
America is many things, but first let's go back to the times when most of it was just wilderness, and the animals were its kings. Blueprint has created the perfect American slot to take is deep into the wild. Over at Buffalo Rising, you will meet some of the most iconic representatives amongst the animal kingdom, such as buffalos, bears, wolves, and reindeer. Furthermore, the slot has RTP of 96.50% and the striking number of up to 117,649 different paylines.
Speaking about bonus features, Buffalo Rising has a lot of them. If you land the perfect tiles combination, you can get the Free Spins bonus, which grants you 15 spins or up to 10x multiplier. Moreover, there is another special feature in the game called the Buffalo Bet.
The additional feature gives you plenty of other surprises to keep you always on your tips, ready to jump out of thrill. The wild game has great graphics and an outstanding soundtrack, further positioning the game as one of the best American slots. Finally, due to the game having a smaller bet range, it is more likely to be mainly attractive to low-stakes players.
Captain America – The First Avenger
What is more American than Captain America? There is rarely a person who does not know the iconic masked hero, who has remained in our pop-culture since the Second World War. The Captain America slot is following the latest Marvel adaptation of the superhero and will take you on a thrilling fight against the Red Skull and his troops. The Playtech game has RTP of 95.28%, 5 reels, 3 rows, and 20 fixed paylines.
During your time in Captain America – The First Avenger, you will have the chance to encounter many different bonuses. When you trigger the Super Energy Free Spins feature, you will receive 4 free spins and a chance to pick from up to 9 shields that can reveal additional bonus features. Moreover, any of the Avengers Assemble games has 4 progressive jackpots. Any player who plays any of these superhero USA slots can be awarded 1 of the 4 jackpots at any time, being Power, Extra Power, Super Power and Ultimate Power jackpots.
One Hundred to One – The Symbol of the American Dream
Speaking about USA slots we cannot skip to mention the 'American Dream'. Hence, what better symbol than the American dollar? You will be sure to find a lot of these while playing One Hundred to One slot machine by Novomatic. Regardless of the game being relatively new, it offers a straightforward layout with a classical appearance. The game comes with 5 reels and 5 rows and has an RTP of 96.21%, which makes it even more interesting.
Moreover, you will notice that while you play, you will be surrounded by various USA-themed images such as the American flag and the eagle. The 100 paylines at One Hundred to One are arranged in two columns on both sides of the game area. Furthermore, the game offers the Gamble feature and a Multiplier.
Ultimately, the game has overall low bets, which makes it perfect for players that do not want to risk losing too much money until they get a feeling of the game. If you want to try One Hundred to One, you can test the free demo here.
4th of July – Great Holiday and a Great Game
After we have talked about the flag, the eagle and the dollar, let's go American all the way! 888 Gaming have released an impressive slot called the 4th of July. The slot has five reels, three rows and 25 paylines, also the RTP is 91.80%. Once launched, the 4th of July shows you the background picture with some of the most iconic American symbols. Amongst them, you can recognise the statue of Lincoln, the American flag, the Capitol Building, the Hollywood sign, and the Statue of Liberty.
Regarding the game symbols<|fim_middle|> symbols in Fort Brave, and they can be divided into two groups. First, we've got the low-paying tiles, the playing cards. The other symbols are historical artefacts like drums, a soldier's hat, a cannon, a soldier and a war bulge. The wild card of the game presents two American flags, and it will help you to complete some combinations. The watchtower takes the role of the scatter symbol, and it takes the space of two regular tiles. When triggering it, you can win up to 20 free games with amazing multipliers and bonuses.
Mustang Gold – Feel the Call of the Wild
Now, it is time to go back to the wild west once again. Mustang Gold is an American slot created by Pragmatic Play, and it was released at the beginning of 2019. Because of its recent release, the game offers many new features, stunning graphics, beautiful symbols, and immersive storylines.
As one could guess, the black and white mustangs play a significant role in the game, being the highest pay symbols. They are followed by the cowboy and cowgirl tiles, which also boast decent rewards. In addition, Pragmatic Play has done a splendid job of illustrating the play cards symbols.
The Mustang Gold logo is the wild symbol, while the campfire image is the scatter. Moreover, the game has remarkable bonus features, such as the Money Collect Feature and the Jackpot Reveal Bonus Game, where you can get a jackpot as big as 1000x your bet.
The Scatter symbol awards the player with amazing free spin bonuses, which are always handy. It can easily be said that this is one of the best American slots out there, and you should definitely give it a go. If you would like to try Mustang Gold, you can test the free demo here.
Western Belles – Wild Western Classic
IGT has released an incredible game that we thought could not be excluded from the top 10 American slots list. Western Belles comes with 5 reels and 4 rows, and it tells the story of gorgeous western cowgirls. Furthermore, the game has RTP of 92.85%. While playing the game, you could encounter various themed symbols such as cowgirl hats and boots. Furthermore, the medium slot volatility makes Western Belles quite unpredictable. In other words, even though you will hit small prizes, you should get frequent winning combinations.
Western Belles has quite a wide betting range, presenting it as a suitable choice for both new and experienced players. One of this American slot's best features is known as "Wild Reel". When triggered, it will turn an entire reel into a huge wild symbol with another beautiful western cowgirl.
Finally, the menu of the game is really straightforward and intuitive. The background picture fits perfectly with the design of the play area, and it truly looks as if the game has just returned back from time-travelling in the wild west. If you would like to try Western Belles, you can test our free demo here.
Totem Treasure – Old-School Gem
Totem Treasure is a classic slot released in 2012. Games have really changed since then but this one has managed to stand the test of time with its relatively odd-looking design. As you can guess by the name, Totem Treasure is one of the typical USA slots that focus on the native American theme. Responsible for the creation of this bad boy is Microgaming. Moreover, the game features 5 reels and 3 rows, with only 5 selectable paylines and has an RTP of 96.28%. Similar to Mystic Dreams, the game boasts a simple and retro appearance.
After you launch Totem Treasure, you will recognise some of the symbols, and your brain will momentarily connect them with the native American and Indian traditions. You will see symbols such as totems, tipis, campfires. The bet range of the slot is rather narrow, which might not be up to everyone's preferences, but provides perfect conditions for low stakes players. Anyhow, Totem Treasure is lots of fun, and if you are a true fan of the classic slots, you can enjoy playing the game with just one payline active.
The USA is a large and fascinating place with a diverse and rich history and culture. It is no secret that many aspects of the American way of life have been influential to a big part of the world, such as movies, fast foods, games and many more. The online slots universe is not an exception. Therefore, we have taken the initiative to answer some of the most frequently asked questions regarding the American slots.
🥇 Where can I play top American-themed online slots?
When speaking of American slots, they are just too many and too different from each other. Henceforth, you might find them scattered over many online casinos. However, we've got a solution. For your convenience, we have prepared a list of the best slots casinos online, which will help you in finding the right casino to play USA slots.
🎰 Which adventure slot has the most exciting Bonus round?
This might be a difficult question; however, we believe we've got the perfect candidate for the title of the most exciting bonus round. Captain America presents to its players, many multipliers and bonuses. The best thing is the four huge progressive jackpots that are not to be missed.
🚀 Which American slot has the most paylines?
Honestly, there are some stark pretenders for the spot, but unfortunately, the right answer can be no other than One Hundred to One. This American slot illustrates an iconic segment of the American life, the dollar. While you are playing, you can benefit from the 100 available paylines.
🏆 Which are the top USA slots software developers?
Throughout our top 10 American slot machines list, we encountered multiple renowned software companies such as Microgaming, Playtech, Novomatic and others. They all have many top-quality slot titles, such as Buffalo Rising Megaways, that have proved to be complete hits amongst the fanbase.
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The wild symbol is a 4th of July sticker, and the scatter is presented as the sign of Las Vegas. If you get 3 or more Las Vegas symbols, you will trigger 15 free spins. But wait, it gets even better. You can trigger more free spins during the free spins bonus, which is truly amazing!
White Buffalo – Meet the Mystical White Beast
What is this top USA slots list going to be without talking about the winter aspect of the huge landmass? Once again, Microgaming has bettered itself by presenting this amazing American slot called White Buffalo. The game shows us a gorgeous winter picture of the North American wilderness. The only living creatures that dare to roam the lands are moose, rams, elks, and of course, the stunning White Buffalo, all of which being in-game symbols. Furthermore, the play area consists of five reels and three rows, with 25 paylines and 95.56% RTP.
Regarding the existing bonuses in the White Buffalo slot, the bonus event is triggered completely at random. As you could expect, it involves the sacred White Buffalo beast, which will stampede through the reels. Once the bonus is triggered, all other symbols will be transformed into buffalo tiles and then the six free spins will begin. Ultimately, 25 paylines can be triggered in this online American slot machine, presenting it as a lucrative choice that will surely reward the brave explorers of the wilderness.
Douguie's Delights – Try the American Fast-Food Culture
The next game on our list is the most emblematic American slot that exist. Douguie's Delights is an American food-themed slot that focuses on fast foods such as burgers, pizza, hot dogs and more. However, this game emphasizes on the "American" in all the foods, hence you will often see the national flag on the different symbols and all over the background. The game itself has 5 reels and 3 rows, with 9 paylines, with 96.30% RTP. The developers from Pragmatic Play have brought Douguie's Delights with an intuitive layout and an autoplay button.
Furthermore, the Stars and Stripes symbols act as the game wild symbols, and it can help you complete combinations with any other tiles, excluding the scatter and bonus game symbols. Speaking of the scatter symbol, in Douguie's Delights it's taken the form of a bald eagle, which is further referencing that this is an American slot.
Anyhow, the free spins bonus that you can get is a bit underwhelming as it grants you just 5 of them. Finally, the symbol that can trigger the bonus game is the Statue of Liberty. The bonus on its own can award players with between 4 and 20 bonus points. You can try the free demo version here on our page.
Fort Brave – Glimpse of USA History
Ready your wits and arms, we are going to war! Fort Brave by Bally Wulff takes us to experience another important moment from the American history, respectively, the American civil war. Prepare, not only to fight to defend your fort but for big wins as well. The entire background looks like a battlefield, where soldiers ferociously fight each other, while the assault on the fort is raging on. The American slot is user-friendly with 5 reels and 4 rows. Moreover, you get to choose if you want to play with 25 or the impressive 50 paylines and 97% RTP.
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Haken began proceedings on the Saturday. I know they divide opinions in Prog circles but I like them a lot, and have done since I first saw them at The Peel. This is a long way from there, and as a band they have come on a long way as well, refining their sound, bringing a lean feel to their songs as they tighten them up, and they are a top quality outfit to be kicking off the day. The crowd are in fine form as well, cheering the soundcheck and calling for an encore as it comes to an end. I particularly enjoy the way they craft their songs, sometimes going from the very serious big riffing into keyboards which sound like they are straight from a fairground, and it all comes together so well, driven by a solid rhythm department and led by excellent vocals, which remain enjoyable even when they go into growling. They certainly have an avant guarde feel, and their sound can be very busy at times, but they also head off into the realms of progressive metal and pure rock, so there is a lot to appreciate in their songs. They certainly took the crowd with them, with the crowd clapping along as the band jammed while a broken snare was fixed. The new song in their set sounded like they were taking things to another level and this is a band who are really going places.
Vanden Plas were new to me but clearly very well known by a large part of the crowd, and they produced a very good set which went down very well. Rattling drums, riffing guitars, thumping bass and surging keyboards behind strong, deep vocals – very firmly following the Prog metal course, and doing it very well. It drives along hard with a melodic layer on top, as they create huge sounds, epic at times, pounding away with the vocals growing and soaring, often relentless as the crowd clap it along. They are not one-dimensional, though, and have a more gentle feel within some of their tracks, which grows into a larger sound with a hard edge and holds the attention as it develops, and their set proves to be the same, a real crowd pleaser which drives to a crashing close.
I had been looking forward to seeing RPWL and they did not disappoint at all. Their set was very well balanced, full of excellently constructed songs which have a melody as their basis, and they rocked the crowd. The songs really bounce along, with a lightness to them even when they have a hard edge, so they do not drag, and the band are really tight, meaning that it does all come together and keeps flowing, giving the set an upbeat tempo. It helps that they are all such accomplished musicians who are having fun up there on stage, and this really comes across when they go into their medley of Prog songs – I lost count of how many snippets they threw out there, but they kept it running seamlessly. It is all very guitar focused, with a full, rounded sound as the guitar combines with the keyboards, and the bass and drums keep it rocking along. There is certainly a Pink Floyd feel at times but the band have really produced their own sound now and it really works for me – I was enjoying what they were producing as much as they were enjoying playing it. The sharp set produced massive, sustained applause from the crowd, who called for more even when it was obvious the band were not coming back. I will have to catch them another time for more.
I had not seen IQ since the 80s, and given that their current lineup is mostly the lineup from back then I was interested to see how they performed now. In addition to the lineup mainly being the same, given that they played a lot of the tracks from back then in this set it really was like being back there again and proved to be very enjoyable. The vocals seemed very low in the mix for me but the music was as tight as you would expect it to be from a band as experienced as this. Though they can have something of a deep sound I have always found it to be full of energy and this was certainly the case today, probably helped by a huge proportion of the crowd being there to see them. They rattle along with a real drive behind them, keeping the tempo high, the sound flowing with wonderful bursts, complex moments running together so well, the guitar riffing hard against thumping bass before screeching away, the keyboards rolling with it, the drums holding it together, which is not always easy with their varied compositions. It is an excellent performance before a very appreciative crowd and soaring guitar takes it to a superb finish.
The vast majority of the tshirts in the crowd had been Dream Theater tshirts and the excitement built as they ran through their soundcheck, and especially as the soundcheck turned into an extended one as they tried to figure out the bass drum sound. The drum kit itself was a bizarre one, featuring a holding frame which had cymbals in the air above where the drummer would sit. They got some use in his solo. Personally, I am not much taken with Dream Theater, finding them to be substance over style, a lot of notes and flourishes over solid, concise song writing, and there was nothing within this set which won me over from that opinion. They are clearly very accomplished at what they do, which for me is an overblown prog metal sound, and their many fans in the crowd appeared to be enjoying everything they did. I suppose if there is anything specific I could put my finger on it would be that what they do lacks soul. Even the drum solo seemed to be a matter of hitting things as hard as he could, or as fast as he could, or, given the structure of his kit, as high as he could. There was no subtlety to it, but it got a huge applause. So they must be doing something right for their fanbase, even if it does not appeal to me.
I had missed Anathema on their recent tour and was hoping this performance would give me a way into their album. I had listened to it many times but it was just not clicking with me. Unfortunately they ended up with a sound which made it impossible to properly appreciate their set. They seemed to get the same problem as Dream Theater with the bass sounds, but it was not corrected, and that left the bass swamping everything else. I am not sure they were aware of this and they pushed on regardless, seemingly with some other problems on stage, but this was not an ideal time to assess them. Which was a shame because their style of music should have provided a perfect ending to the festival, and when they | 1,362 |
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Ho-boy what a week for the gaming industry! Jordan and Keelan sit down to talk about Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard - The famed publishers behind such games as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Candy Crush, and MUCH more. Will those games move to being Xbox Exclusives?! It might be a little trickier than that... But one thing we know for sure, the original Playstation mascot: Crash Bandicoot is now owned by Microsoft. CRAZY EXCITING TIMES AMIRITE?! WE HAVE A WEBSITE. Shout...
#72 Flix: Another Brothers' Top 10 Movies
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#71 Flix: Hawkeye Season 1 Review
Jordan and Micah share their thoughts and review Marvel's fifth mini series. This time, about Clint Barton, | 1,421 |
Architectural Drawings & Additions - K. H. Davis Engineering Consultants Ltd.
We can come and take measurements of your house and prepare complete "permit-ready" drawings (from scratch) showing the changes that you are planning to make. The drawings that we prepare would include all architectural, structural and building code related specifications needed so that you can apply for and obtain a building permit for your project. If your project has a large aesthetic design component, then you may also want to hire an Architect or Interior<|fim_middle|>Download our comprehensive information package on Home Additions and Structural Services.
Learn more about specific information on Zoning Bylaws.
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This guide provides a general outline of the building permit process and will help first time applicants complete their projects.
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Learn more about Permits & Approval, Inspection Process and more Resources are available (Forms, Fees, Electronic Submission Guideline etc.). | Designer as well, but these professionals are usually not required for most of the home renovations and additions that we design. Our in house Architectural Technologists can provide you with the design advice that you need.
If you are not changing the exterior of the house, then we only need to draw-up the basic floor plans (see "Interior Renovations") , but if you are changing the exterior (creating new opening, enlarging existing opening, addition etc.), then we need to prepare both floor plans and exterior elevation drawings of your house, and also check local zoning by-laws to make sure that you are allowed to build your project. To prepare full permit drawings, we will also need you to provide us with a survey of your property, showing the property lines and location of adjacent buildings.
If you need architectural drawings prepared, then once we understand the scope of work, we can provide you with a proposal for the work; this includes a complete fee breakdown describing the steps and related design costs. Our fees vary significantly depending upon the complexity of the project. For example, a simple interior renovation may incur design cost of only about $3,000, but the design of a new rear addition can incur cost of $7,000 to $9,000, depending upon the need for Committee of Adjustment. Our firm works on a fixed-fee basis for most of our work which we find is most suitable for residential design work.
What if I want design changes made during construction?
Once we complete the design drawings, then our scope of work is finished, so if you then want to make changes to the design afterwards, additional fees would apply to make those changes. Again, we normally work on a fixed fee arrangement for all work, so before we start on your changes, we would again provide you with a quote for the extra work.
Do you know someone who can price and build this project?
Our sister company, K H Davis Construction Ltd, can price and build your project for you. Most of our construction work is structural in nature…foundations, underpinning, removing load-bearing walls, etc. If we can't build your project, then you may wish to consider contractors who are members of BILD. Also, make sure that your contractor is City of Toronto Licensed.
How long will it take to get the building permits?
For many simple house renovation projects, building permits only take about 10 business days to process. Larger projects, such as additions and new homes, take around 4 weeks to process. This does not include Committee of Adjustment applications, which typically take 4-5 months to complete.
Do you do brand new builds?
Yes, we design completely new houses. We have 3 full time Architectural Technologists on staff who do just this sort of work.
Can I build a third floor addition to my house?
Most house "structures" will allow for a 3rd floor addition, but before doing any structural assessment, you need to check if the local zoning by-law will permit the addition. Most municipalities place limits the size of a house, and it is possible that what you want to build may contravene those zoning by-law restrictions.
Assuming that there are no zoning restrictions present, then we can attend the house and carry out calculations to determine if the existing structure can safely support a new 3rd floor addition. Sometimes, a soil engineer is also needed to evaluate the bearing capacity of the soil, to determine if the foundations need to be underpinned and widened, to carry the extra load.
OK, then you should first check that the walkout can be built without having to obtain a minor variance from the zoning by-law. You will need a property survey which shows the location of your house relative to the property lines. Often, the city restricts the distance that a walkout can be placed from a property line. Front yard walkouts are sometimes too close the street and are not permitted due to zoning by-laws.
Basement walkout stairs need to be at least 2'-11" wide, must be properly lit, require a handrail and guard, and need to have a drain in the bottom landing. Also, the basement walkout must be designed to protect the footings of the existing structure from frost damage…since by digging down to the basement level, the insulating properties of the soil around the footings are locally removed and footings can be exposed to frost damage. Proper design for underpinning the foundations or providing equivalent insulation protection for existing footings, are common methods for dealing with this situation.
Check out a video of a renovation project we where involved with.
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Sample a wide<|fim_middle|> on the following maps: Hickory Mound Unit; Spring Creek Unit; Tide Swamp Unit; and Jena Unit. Note that some ramps are only accessible at high tide; check tide tables.
Experience Big Bend's habitat variety with a drive along unpaved roads. Pick up a copy of "An Afternoon at Tide Swamp" to guide you along a designated driving tour on the Tide Swamp unit. Check the vehicle use regulations in the Regulations Summary online for each unit you wish to visit. During hunting seasons, avoid early morning and evening touring. | range of activities, from duck hunting to paddling, within the varied habitats of Big Bend's five management units.
For many years, local people have hunted on the lands now constituting the Big Bend WMA. Hunting and fishing continue to be the most popular recreational activities on the area. Biologists manage habitats to provide high-quality forage for dove, quail, deer and wild turkey as well as for nongame wildlife. Each unit of Big Bend WMA offers unique hunting opportunities, from duck hunting to deer, hog and turkey hunts. Consult the hunt regulations and calendars for each unit of Big Bend (North Central Region) or go to Hickory Mound, Jena, Snipe Island, Spring Creek and Tide Swamp.
Creeks, streams and small ponds throughout Big Bend WMA support many species of game fish including largemouth bass, catfish and several species of sunfish. Enjoy crabbing and fishing platforms at several units. All Big Bend units except Snipe Island have boat ramps providing access to the Gulf for saltwater anglers. Spotted sea trout are abundant in March and April and October and November. Reference the following maps for boat ramp locations: Hickory Mound Unit; Spring Creek Unit; Tide Swamp Unit; and Jena Unit. Carry appropriate licenses and permits. Note that some ramps are only accessible at high tide and are not suitable for larger boats.
Big Bend WMA features abundant wildlife and unique viewing opportunities and several spots within the Hickory Mound and Tide Swamp units are highlighted on the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail. These include viewing towers at coastal vantage points, old logging trams through hardwood swamps and scenic vistas of uplands and wetlands along area roads. Up to 100 species of butterflies may be found here, sipping nectar from abundant roadside wildflowers. Visit the Wildlife page for more information about the area's wildlife. Download or print the Big Bend Bird List.
Within Big Bend, hikers, bicyclists and equestrians may explore over 300 miles of roads. Old logging trams are ideal places for hikers, birders and photographers. Marked hiking trails at Tide Swamp include Hagen's Cove and Dallus Creek. Additionally, there are several marked trails across Snipe Island. Wear orange vests or hats during hunting seasons. Horseback riding is allowed year-round on named and numbered roads on all units.
Camping is prohibited with the exception of seven designated island sites on the Big Bend Saltwater Paddling Trail that are reserved for permitted sea kayakers only. Camping permits and online reservations are required.
Sea kayakers enjoy vistas of seemingly endless salt marsh and cabbage palm hammocks along the state-designated Big Bend Saltwater Paddling Trail. The trail makes it easy to design individualized trips, which may include multi-day excursions with overnight camping at seven designated sites (see Camping). Or, enjoy short explorations by launching boats and paddle craft from numerous boat ramps. Find ramps and access points | 609 |
Are you considering shifting towards a vegetarian lifestyle? If so, then you need a high-quality tofu press at home to help with your meals. A tofu press helps you remove the moisture from your tofu bricks without losing the flavor. This took quite a bit of work in the past, but modern tofu presses make the job easy.
It is hard to say which tofu press is the absolute best. Instead, here is a review of the top three tofu presses on the market today. Each press has something unique to offer as well as their own pros and cons.
The gourmet tofu press from TofuXpress is a multifaceted tool that can press tofu, vegetables, and other foods to help make cleaner, healthier meals. It's a very versatile utensil that is suitable for any kitchen with a health conscientious chef. Whether you are cooking for yourself, for you and your spouse, or for the entire family: the gourmet tofu press from TofuXpress will help you create healthy meals without making a big mess.
The idea behind the press is to leave the flavor in while pushing the moisture out. It is a modern tofu press that is much easier to use than presses from years past that required significantly more labor and significantly more cleaning afterward. There is also less prep required before pressing the tofu. All around, it is an easy to use machine that makes it possible for anyone to live a healthy, vegetarian lifestyle.
Of course, no tool is perfect. The TofuXpress model does come with its flaws. In particular, some customers have complained about the spring breaking after prolonged use. The spring is replaceable for a small fee and it is likely that careful use and maintenance can reduce the likelihood of the break occurring.
The Super Tofu Press is a<|fim_middle|> as well as any food that can fit between the pressing plates.
BrevesDeFilles.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. Amazon, the Amazon logo, are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. | step above the TofuXpress is terms of durability and usability. It also features a more sophisticated and minimalist design. As with any tofu press, the tool helps you press water out of the tofu so that you can create healthy meals at home with less meat or no meat at all.
With the Super Tofu Press, those eating your meals won't be able to tell the difference between your tofu and that of an elite gourmet chef. This press works just that good. Of course, many tofu presses work similarly. What is really important is how easy they are to use, what sort of prep they require, how easy they are to clean afterward, and whether they can stand the test of time.
Most of the components of this model are guaranteed to work for at least fifty thousand cycles. They use BPA-free plastic and FDA approved stainless steel that is food grade quality. It is durable, safe, and environmentally friendly.
Number one on the list is the EZ Tofu Press. It excels in construction, usability, appearance, and price. Unlike many other tofu presses, it does not rely on the spring design. The springs are often the first piece to malfunction or break inside a tofu press. Without the spring the press can survive many more uses. It actually works must faster than spring presses as well.
There is a stainless steel grommet attached to the top plate so that no plastic presses into the tofu or food. It also makes for a smoother pressing experience. Tofu of large or small sizes can b pressed, | 312 |
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Lynne has been a talent agent in New York City for over 40 years, booking everything from Broadway, regional theater, TV, and film. Her love and passion has always been the theater.
Originally from Aurora, Illinois, Lynne Jebens received a BFA in Theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University. She worked on her masters degree at the University of Georgia with an emphasis in directing and acting under famed directing professor, Dr. Leighton Ballew.
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Andrew Dahredine
Andrew Dahreddine is a casting professional based between Los Angeles and New York. He currently works with Barden/Schnee Casting, working on several high-profile television shows and many films. (Click View More...)
Andrew Dahreddine is a casting professional based between Los Angeles and New York. He currently works with Barden/Schnee Casting, working on several high-profile television shows and many films. He also casts short films and other independent work on his own. Selected casting credits include: the upcoming FX limited series, The Patient (starring Steve Carell & Domhnall Gleeson); Aaron Sorkin's Oscar-nominated Netflix feature film, The Trial of the Chicago 7; and the first season of the Emmy-nominated Hulu series, Ramy.
Rita Powers
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Having worked in the industry for many years Ms. Powers has placed talent in everything from Broadway to national commercials, films, television shows, voice-overs and print advertisements.
Most recently, Rita was thrilled to have the opportunity to work with renowned Director Derek Cianfrance on the HBO series, I Know This Much Is True, with an Emmy award winning performance from Mark Ruffalo.
Based in Tribeca, Ms. Powers has been surrounded by influential producers and casting directors. Years of experience and determination has led Ms. Powers in a new direction. Since 2003, Rita Powers Management has been working on casting projects for principle, featured and background talent. Working with prominent Bollywood producers Karan Johar and Adiyta Chopra, Ms. Powers continues to develop international expertise as well as additional casting experience.
Rita has worked on casting for television shows, commercials, feature and independent films, including critically acclaimed Half Nelson and 2011 Musical Chairs with Academy Award winning Director, Susan Seidelman.
Rita began her career in entertainment in 1987 at Little Stars, a boutique children's talent management firm in New York City.
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He served as the Agency Director for The Mine Talent Agency for ten years, overseeing their offices in New York and Los Angeles, before joining the team at DHA in 2021. Dustin's unique hands-on approach, charisma, and knack at discovering raw talent quickly made him one of the most sought after agents and earned him the respect of prominent industry professionals. He still gets a thrill making dreams become a reality and over the years he has had multiple clients nominated for Tony Awards, including a win for best featured Actress. Through his experience and guidance, his clients book competitively in theatre, television, and film. Dustin grew up as a performer in California before moving to New York to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Dustin currently resides in Manhattan.
Aaron Sacks
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Aaron is a manager at Bohemia Group talent and represents children, young adults, and adult actors and actresses for TV and Film. Bohemia Group is an international Management and Production company with the main office based in Los Angels and satellite offices in New York, NY - New Orleans, LA - London, England - and Auckland, New Zealand. Bohemia Group has the ability to sponsor 01-Visa's for our out of country actors that move to the US. Aaron has clients on shows such as THE AMERICANS, CASTLE, HOUSE OF LIES, GAMERS GUIDE, AGENTS of SHIELD, INSTANT MOM, NCIS, CRIMINAL MINDS, MAD MEN, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, JANE THE VIRGIN, RAY DONOVAN, DOG WITH A BLOG, AUSTIN & ALLY and many more.Aaron grew up in San Diego, CA. He attended college at California State Northridge (CSUN) and graduated with a degree in Cinema and Television Arts. Right out of school Aaron worked at the Artistry Agency which is a below the line agency. He then worked at ICM Partners for a year in the literary department. Aaron then made the move into talent management and worked at Omnipop Talent Group for 7 years.
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Sunday Boling began her career in the feature casting office of 20th Century Fox assisting Christian Kaplan on Dude, Where's My Car?, Ice Age, Behind Enemy Lines and more. She then worked for CDs Sheila Jaffe, Debi Manwiller, Eyde Belasco and Francine Maisler before launching Morman Boling Casting with Meg Morman in late 2004. Award-winning feature credits include East of Middle West, This Game's Called Murder, Hard Luck Love Song, Dramarama, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Hello My Name is Doris, Hunter Gatherer and Waitress. On TV and streaming, you can see her work in Ish Hashuv Meod, The Dead Girls Detective Agency and Sneakerheads. You can listen to her work in the podcasts Blackout, 13 Days of Halloween: Devil's Night, Solar and Last Known Position. She has been nominated for 11 Artios Awards for excellence in casting and has won twice. Sunday served as the Vice President of Membership & Governance for the Casting Society for two years and is currently on the board for Casting Society Cares.
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Wolfie Tausch is a voiceover casting director and session director and works regularly on television, film, video games, commercials, industrials, and (Click View More..)
Wolfie Tausch is a voiceover casting director and session director and works regularly on television, film, video games, commercials, industrials, and English Dubbing projects. (Please submit voice actor/narrator clips.) Some of his credits include PEN15 (Hulu), SIGNIFICANT OTHER (Paramount +), FLAMIN' HOT (upcoming Searchlight film), and spots for Disneyworld and the LA Metro. As a dubbing casting director | 1,480 |
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There are many books on glaciers but most of them look at glaciers in the same way, focusing on glacier dynamics, climate change, physics, hydrology... at first glance it appears that the physical sciences have a virtual monopoly on the literature of glaciers. This new book steps back and takes a different point of view. Rather, it takes several different points of view. We look at important science topics such as the history of the ice ages, mechanisms of glacier motion, ways in which glaciers create landscapes, and the role of glaciers in the big global system of climate change and sea-level rise, but this is not enough. There is more to glaciers than just science.
There are many ways of looking at the world, and what we see depends partly on how we choose to look. The artist, the scientist, the politician, the engineer: we each have different points of view, and so we each see different things. Marcel Proust wrote that the only true voyage of discovery consists not in exploring new places but in seeing through new eyes, and in this book we will look at glaciers through different eyes: through the eyes of scientists, explorers, politicians, artists, poets and storytellers. We learn by seeing things in different contexts, from different perspectives.
To explore how glaciers inspire and affect people, this book considers glaciers both in nature and in culture. We look at how glaciers work, how they are intimately connected to climate and sea-level change, and how they threaten devastating hazards while creating some of the planet's most spectacular scenery. We also explore how glaciers have been witnessed, recorded, imagined and represented by artists of different types at different points in history, and how different cultures have regarded glaciers in very different ways.
From the Norse creation myth to the risk of 21st-century water-resource wars; from the 25,000 people killed by ice avalanches at Nevado Huascaran in Peru to the artist who connected a phoneline between a Venice art gallery and a melting glacier in Iceland; from Charles Darwin admitting he had been wrong about glaciers in the British landscape to the Canadian national stamp that was printed with a picture of the wrong mountain; from ice ages that happened before life on Earth to ice ages that will probably happen after life is gone: 'Glacier' is a wide-ranging and far-reaching story with implications for all of | 483 |
Home News DXC Technology receives unsolicited bid for all company shares
DXC Technology receives unsolicited bid for all company shares
Paris-based company Atos submits proposal to acquire Fortune 500 tech firm
Published January 7, 2021 by Sydney Lake
Tysons-based Fortune 500 IT services company DXC Technology confirmed Thursday it received an unsolicited, preliminary and nonbinding proposal from French information technology company Atos to buy all of the company's shares.
DXC will evaluate the proposal, according to a company statement.
"Prior to receiving this proposal Wednesday night, DXC Technology had no knowledge of any such interest from Atos," says a DXC statement. "We remain focused on<|fim_middle|> has annual revenues of more than the equivalent of $14 billion.
DXC Technologies finalizes $5B spinoff of health, human services business
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DXC Technology says 'non, merci' to French company's purchase bid
Paris-based Atos made unsolicited proposal to buy all of Tysons-based company's shares in January | delivering for our customers, people and shareholders as we execute our transformation journey."
Based in the Parisian suburbs of Bezons, France, Atos also confirmed the proposal on Thursday, saying it approached DXC with a "potential friendly transaction between the two groups in order to create a digital services leader benefiting from global scale, talent and innovation."
Neither company confirmed whether the proposal would result in an agreement or transaction.
DXC Technology was formed in April 2017 as a result of the merger of Computer Science Corp. and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The company has 138,000 employees worldwide and last year had revenues of more than $21 billion. Atos employs 110,000 people and | 156 |
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Custom Mentor is an application that allows mentors and mentees to connect and help each other succeed.
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"Hoops by Holly has been wonderful, and Holly White is one of the best people who I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Her team has been essential to getting CustomMentor up and running, and along the way I have observed and appreciated Holly's talents in a variety of fields."
Hoops by Holly originated in Little Rock, Arkansas as a hula hoop company. Throughout the years, Holly stepped away from hula hoops after becoming obsessed with creating unique techincal solutions to help businesses succeed. Hoops by Holly now provides web design and development, branding, and graphic design solutions. Hoops by Holly is now located in Denver, Colorado.
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Pre-order the sensational Sony Xperia XZ Premium through MTN from 21 June to 05 July 2017. The Sony Xperia XZ Premium voted the Best New Smartphone at MWC. Boasting the world's first super slow motion video in a smartphone, the Xperia XZ Premium offers a 960 fps (frames per second) capture, which can be played back four times slower than any other smartphone.
The first 100 customers that are credit vetted and pre-order the Sony Xperia XZ Premium, from MTN's pre-order facility http://bit.ly/1MCGW6y, will get a FREE Xperia Ear personal assistant valued at R 2499. The Sony Xperia Ear is a device that helps you manage your day, through voice commands messaging technology, calendar features to check your schedule, search functionality, navigation and more. All without picking up your phone.
With additional key features such as the beautiful 4K HDR 5.5" display, 19MP high resolution, the XZ Premium captures motion that the human eye can't see. Predictive Capture is included to ensure you always stay one step ahead and automatically started buffering images when it detects motion even before you press the button.
Taking intelligence to the next level, making it one of the first smartphones capable of Gigabit Class LTE, the Xperia XZ Premium is powered by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 835 platform. This feature ensures super-fast 1Gbps download speeds to get 4K movies in your hands in seconds, stunning graphics, superior performance and enhanced battery efficiency.
On Tuesday, 6 June 2017, MasterChef South Africa's inaugural winner, Deena Naidoo, opened the doors to yet another established eatery under the "Aarya" banner at the West Rand's number one entertainment destination, Silverstar Casino.
Aarya's menu epitomises our colourful South African nation. It brings people from diverse cultures and backgrounds together through tasty and innovative food. Speciality dishes include Durban Curry, Bunny Chow and Chef Deena's signature dish – Butter Chicken. Chef Deena is ready to welcome guests to a one-of-a-kind culinary experience at Silverstar's Aarya.
"Silverstar Casino prides itself in constantly improving its offering to its valued patrons. Aarya boasts a contemporary, fresh and lively feel, not forgetting extraordinary service. The menu includes an array of delightful food and drinks, and we cannot for our esteemed guests to come and experience all the culinary tricks Chef Deena has up his sleeve," says Sanele Ntombela, Marketing Manager at Silverstar Casino.
After an exciting build-up, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Monday afternoon, the successful eight T20 Global League team owners. In attendance at the reveal at the prestigious London hotel, The Bvlgari, was one of only two South African based team owners, Osman Osman, MD of leisure lifestyle brand, Blu Blood and now the owner of the Pretoria T20 Global League franchise.
"Going through this process, you needed to have the appetite for it. This is a huge achievement for us. With our core business being entertainment, this is the next step into the sporting sphere that we wanted to achieve excellence in. But more than being a diversification for our company brand, this is a huge opportunity for South Africa, in terms of the exposure that we are going to be getting globally from a tournament of this magnitude. The influx of tourists and highlighting the magnificence of South Africa, it is something that every South African can be proud of and benefit from," comments Osman Osman.
The South African marquee player representing the Pretoria franchise is the legendary ODI Protea Captain, AB de Villiers.
"This is a city close to my heart. It is the best city in the country, and by far the most beautiful. These are exciting times, and I am looking forward to this tournament. There is a lot of local talent coming through and getting the overseas players involved, it is great for cricket – and for the economy – of our country," adds AB de Villiers.
The player selection is scheduled for 19 August, with almost 400 players from 10 countries confirming their interest. Local and international cricket fans can expect an exciting season of cricket, with the tournament set to take place in South Africa in November of this year. Shahrukh Khan, Indian Bollywood King Khan also owns one of the team in this new franchise league.
Following the success of the first Bavarian Chrismtas in July Festival, Silverstar is bringing you another instalment of this winter spectacle. From Friday, 30 June to Sunday, 02 July, The Globe will be transformed into a typical Bavarian town square over the Christmas season, complete with a traditional Oompah band. Warm up to mouth-watering foods, a comprehensive collection of cold beverages and great family entertainment.
"The festival at Silverstar will resemble a Christmas experience synonymous with many Western European countries, marked by the distinct sound of the tuba and trombone from the Oompah band," notes Sanele Ntombela, Marketing Manager at Silverstar. The line-up will also include great South African bands who will be bringing local flavour to the Christmas in July festivities. The Dixie Hillbillies, a local folk-rock band, as well as one of the hottest Afrikaans-punk bands in the country, Beeskraal, will be providing great entertainment at the festival.
While the magnificent music line-up entices visitors to dance to the festive sounds, the food will tantalise taste buds. Various food stalls with the best selection of Bavarian delicacies will be available. Feast on quality food such as eisbein, bratwurst, roasted chestnut, cheese pastries, home-made jams, freshly-made pancakes and breads.
What is a Bavarian festival without a cold beverage selection? An array of beers, ciders and gins will be on offer, and it goes without saying that a range of winter-warming Schnapps will also be available. For those who prefer a hot drink, you can indulge in some gluhwein and rich hot chocolate laced with rum.
The kids can enjoy a ride on the carousel, while other members of the family sample delicious offerings from the various exhibitors at the village market. Town square vendors will be offering various interesting gift selections as well as candle making and glass blowing workshops. Roaming buskers will add to the fun-fare at the square, as they entertain and interact with the townsfolk.
"We anticipate another successful Bavarian Christmas at Silverstar, and have made sure that every element of the festival is as authentic as possible, giving our visitors a great escape into another world, right in their own backyard. It is going to be an unforgettable winter experience," concludes Ntombela.
The Bavarian Christmas in July festival will start on Friday, 30 June and run until Sunday, 02 July 2017. Tickets are on sale at R50 per person and are available at www.silverstarcasino.co.za.
Smart aesthetics – Until recently, technology could hardly have been considered aesthetically pleasing. Devices and appliances bristled with functionality and capability within square shapes and unnerving bristles. Form was evaded in favour of functionality. The white goods and cooking accessories as bland in style as they were rich with innovation. Today, however, design is as vital to the success of an appliance as its features. The ability to slip seamlessly into an environment, adding aesthetic value rather than taking it away, is as important a box to tick as power, functionality and warranty.
For the consumer, this trend has opened up an entirely new world of kitchen and home design. The dream kitchen doesn't have to hide the hob or the fridge, it can showcase it. The flair of personality and style can be found in the tiles and countertops, and in the appliances that surround them. This is no new trend, of course, the shift from functional apparatus to home accessory started as early as the 1950s, when designers were engaged by manufacturers to help them reimagine tedious blocky shapes. Well-known names such as Gino Valle, Pietro Geranzani and Makio Hasuike added softness, style and ingenuity, igniting a trend that continues to this day. One upheld by designers such as Gerhard Nussler, Siemen's Chief Designer who believes that design is as much a part of the language of progress as technology.
Manufacturers such as Siemens, a market leader in Europe for design and style, are now recognised internationally through awards such as the IDA Awards, Siemens Home Appliances Design Awards and the iF Design Awards. Siemens has snared its fair share of awards thanks to design that blends the art of engineering with inspiration, environment and potential. One of these was the coveted reddot award in 2016 for the built-in iQ 700 appliance series. The jury found the design to be distinctive and homogenous, seamlessly blending into the environment while adding distinctive elements that stand out and engage.
To achieve this level of design excellence, the company asks the question – what happens when technology meets everyday life and how can it transform its potential? The answer is that design is the language of modern urban living. It also lies in the evolution of two very specific consumer trends – work from home and open spaces. The change from the commuting employee to the anywhere-anytime employee who can choose their workspace dependent on mood and relevance has further pushed design into the eye of the beholder – the consumer wants solutions that they can admire and appreciate. They need the aesthetic of design to enhance the home and the spaces they live in. The same desire is driven by open plan living, a lifestyle choice in design and home that shows no sign of abating.
However, design is only one part of the whole. The technology and functionality that sit behind the façade are as important to the success of a solution, a fact that Siemens hasn't ignored. The company's awards don't just sit in design, they sit across engineering, innovation and technology. This has seen the company create interesting hybrids that take the old and make it new, like the new gas cooker range that blends gas with electricity to create something unique. Some users prefer gas, some electricity, most want clean and green – why not have it all in one? Simple question, answered.
In addition to interesting twists on common themes, Siemens has introduced smart features that tie into the rise of the smart home. Connected capability that can be used to enhance the home experience. The Siemens Home Connect App lets the app choose the best washing programme, lets the user look inside the fridge from the highway, the office or the shops, and even preheat the oven before leaving the office. All Siemens home appliances can be connected using the app and any mobile device, transforming not only what the consumer can do, but how they do it. Many of the appliances include automatic programmes that can be activated at the tap of a button – like the automatic cooking programmes that will deliver perfect results with minimal hassle.
The kitchen of tomorrow is today. It's elegant, refined and artfully designed. It's also functional and capable. It's cookers, microwaves, hobs, ovens, dishwashers, washing machines, fridges, coolers and dryers. It's aesthetic genius.
For more information about how Siemens can help you to bring recipes to life through innovation and technology, feel free to visit their website; https://www.siemens.com/za/en/home.html.
Cape Town combat sports series, PFC 10 Fight Night, returns with a banging fight card that will see some of the Western Cape's top fighters, representing their fight clubs, go to battle against fighters from Gauteng as well as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The much anticipated event takes place at Sun Exhibits, GrandWest on 24 June 2017.
South Africa's most dominant K1 fighter Adrian Van Wyk fights for his country when he goes up against the DRCs most dominant athlete, Mafils Ikuka. History will also be made as Dirk Kroon of Tricore takes on Justin Smith of Mad Fit for the ultimate prize, the welterweight strap. Smith comes down a weight division as he gets his shot at the strap but the powerful Kroon has promised his fans he will walk away the champion. One of the most dominant K1 fighters, Emile Brits of Tricore also has his shot at gold when he fights for the South African title in a five round war. Standing in his way is XKT Johannesburg's Tommy Strydom who is looking for revenge and has threatened that he will be taking that belt to Johannesburg.
Another highlight of PFC 10 Fight Night at GrandWest is the matchup between Chester Kruger from Tricore and Western Cape Champion fighter Wade Hammond representing Madfit. Also Stefan Gelderblom from Tricore and South African champion fighter Ashley Ash, representing Pinelands Fight Club.
Other fighters in the mix are Ewald Botha of Invictus, Alex Diadora from Redemption, Austin Clayton representing Silverback, Jade Mitchell of Viper MMA Academy, Tristan Emery from AMA Fighting Academy, Ryan Cockeran of Tricore, Jonathan Mutanda of Pinelands Fight Club, Shaun West of Thaiholics, Austin Lee of Pinelands Fight Club, Darren Dias of Monkon amongst many more.
"The staging of kickboxing and mixed martial arts events aligns with our strategy to provide diverse and exciting entertainment for our guests and community. We look forward to hosting this combat sports series at GrandWest," says Elouise Matthys, the PR and Promotions Manager at GrandWest.
Tickets are R500 for VIP, R300 for ringside and R200 for general. Tickets should be pre booked at Computicket to avoid disappointment. Like GrandWest on Facebook GrandWestCasinoAndEntertainmentWorld and follow on Twitter @GrandWestSA.
June 2016 was the time when I was busy every weekend seeing some of the great places every weekend with my parents and family. We travelled far till Clarens to Pretoria to Walter Sisulu to Emperor's Palace to Soweto to Fordsburg. I have still not shared the images taken from those times but be rest assured the same will come live on my Instagram channel soon.
1. A Memoir - This Month Last Year - June 2015 www.thelifesway.com #TheLifesWay - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/06/a-memoir-this-month-last-year-june-2015.html - Keep connecting the dots and you will understand how amazing are the wonders of life. I am grateful to the Almighty Lord for granting me more than I deserve and keep giving me new dreams to fulfill using the skills I have. Thanks once again!
2. A #Brand in Feature - @HuaweiZA #Huawei #SouthAfrica #TheLifesWay - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/06/a-brand-in-feature-huaweiza-huawei.html - I spent some long hours to write this piece of articles based on my experiences with the brand. I think they took it seriously and removed all the great gifts from the goodies bag they used to give in their smartphone launches. But I am still working towards and following up on getting a Leica dual lens smartphone sponsored from the brand but still no luck is on my side.
3. A #Brand in Feature - @SamsungSA #Samsung #SouthAfrica #TheLifesWay - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/06/a-brand-in-feature-samsungsa-samsung.html - I have been the consistent supporter of the brand for free and have used my social media channels to extensively aware everyone about the products and services of Samsung. This year I was not invited to the launch of S8 and because of the same I didn't get the Galaxy S8 smartphone which was given to invitees to keep and use. Such a bad luck for not getting invited and loving the brand I felt for the first time. Anyway, it took me some time to write this article last year and it's a nice memorial article to the brand.
4. Product Review - BeoPlay H7 @BangOlufsenSA #BeoPlaySA #TheLifesWay - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/06/product-review-beoplay-h7-bangolufsensa.html - Bang and Olufsen really creates an audiophile's dream world with their niche products but the only problem is the price tag they have on those products. To me that problem was not an issue as I could use the review device for some time and then return the same thinking that one day it will come back in my life but it doesn't happen in real world.
5. 3SIXTY Launches New Menu @MontecasinoZA #3SixtyNewMenu @TsogoSun - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/06/3sixty-launches-new-menu-montecasinoza.html - Montecasino has been my consistent supporter through thick and thin and I have also promoted all their brands from time to time. They might not call me to all the events because of the long list of influencers they have but I have covered their all activities on my social media channels. Thanks to the PR company and the brand for inviting me.
6. 13 Ways To Help You #Snap Like A #PRO @LGMobileSA #LGPlayMore - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/06/13-ways-to-help-you-snap-like-pro.html - As I told you earlier also the camera on LG G5 is awesome and I really admired the device a lot. But on a different thought, my blog is covered with so many LG Electronics posts in May and June and today I came to know that they have blocked me on twitter is really sad. I am unable to digest this information but read the article, you might discover and learn something new.
Do not blindly trust anyone and always ask for the benefits it will bring for all the associations you partake with all the brands. It's always best to set the expectations right from the start as you both go out winning and content. With my 1200th post, I vow that I will raise this question to all the brands with whom I am working currently and in future as to what benefits it holds for me and them?
Dates of all kinds are on the cards this winter, thanks to Montecasino's Night Out for Two promotion, taking place until 31 August at Gauteng's premier entertainment destination.
For only R300, you and your Plus One can enjoy a delicious dinner and dessert at your choice of three of Montecasino's most popular restaurants, plus drinks for two, and two tickets to a movie or a game of 10-pin bowling. With Montecasino's 'Night Out for Two' promotion the only thing you'll need to decide is who to take with you.
"Our Night Out for Two promotion delivers more of what you've come to expect from Montecasino at almost half the price – fabulous food and drinks, coupled with fun experiences. Whether you're planning a romantic night out, a night on the town with your BFF, or a father/son, mother/daughter outing, this is an experience you can't afford to miss – especially at such an affordable price," explains Glenn Joseph, GM of Montecasino.
He adds, "Our chefs at Donatella's Italian, Seafood, & Grillhouse restaurant; Beira Alta Portuguese Restaurant; and the vibey 3SIXTY Liquid Lounge have all sharpened their pencils to come up with a selection of menus to suit every palate." Various options for two main meals and a dessert include chicken schnitzel, various delicious pasta dishes, pizza, trinchado, grilled chicken, burger, or sushi, topped off with Italian kisses, homemade ice-cream nut cake with chocolate sauce, or gourmet milkshakes.
Drinks for two at the new Milk & Honey Bar include Pineapple Bellini topped with prosecco, or Pineapple Bellini topped with Appletiser, or homemade white hot chocolate, or two drinks of house wine, beer, or soft drinks on the casino floor.
For added entertainment, the promotion includes two tickets to a movie at Movies@Montecasino, or for 10-pin bowling at The Magic Company.
To take advantage of this saving of R240, purchase your voucher booklet at the Montecasino Box Office or the Grand Stair<|fim_middle|> for two people.
Join them on the 8th July for an educational and insightful evening on the art of drinking whiskey with our Glenmorangie Dinner. This Scottish whiskey tasting journey encompasses a three-course menu paired with single malt Whiskies in the Colony Room from 19h00-23h00. Price is R650 per person.
On 28th August from 18h30-22h30, hone those cooking skills or learn something new with our popular Asian Master Class. A fabulous evening of cooking, curries, sauces, noodle dishes and stir fries await. All things Asian, this evening includes a three-course dinner showcasing some of the dishes from the class. Price is R850 per person.
Back by popular demand, we will be hosting a monthly Dinner Dance in the famous Grill Room on the 29th July, 26th August and 30th September starting from 18h30.. Enjoy Grill Room favourites and dance the night away, with music by Wallace Nock. Price is R590 per person for three-course dinner.
Arriba!! August is party time with our Mexican Fiesta from 18h30-21h30 each evening. Gather your amigos and make your way to the Palm Court for a pop-up Mexican dining experience to remember. Enjoy an arrival cocktail followed by a set starter, choice main course and set dessert. Price is R390 per person.
Join The Oyster Box for Cognac in the Colony Room on the 5th August! This insightful evening will take you on a French journey discovering the nuances of Hennessy, the world's most popular Cognac. The Hennessy Pairing Dinner includes a three-course menu and an informative talk on the world's largest Cognac producer. Price is R650 per person.
Celebrate Women's Day on the 9th August with our Bubbles and Brie cheese-themed high tea buffet from14h30-17h00, along with our most famous sweet treats. Paired with a couple of glasses of sparkling wine, this Women's Day at The Oyster Box will be a lovely afternoon treat for the ladies. Price is R450 per person.
'Put (a) Spring in your step' on the 1st September with our Decleor Spring Brunch (10h00-13h00). All our glamourous guests will take away a goodie bag, with chances to win amazing prizes, spa vouchers and two Decleor hampers. Don your best Spring hat and you could win yourself a luxurious overnight stay at The Oyster Box. Don't miss it!! Price is R490 per person.
Tapas, tortillas, gazpacho and empanadas! Brace yourself for the Spanish Inquisition and pop in for a pop-up dining experience with a welcome cocktail followed by authentic Spanish-style food. Taking place each evening in September from 18h00-21h30 in the Palm Court, price is R390 per person.
Taste a little bit of history this Heritage Day with our Heritage Day High Tea. On Sunday 24th and Monday 25th September, our nostalgic South African-inspired journey into the past is a 'sweet treat' with syrupy koeksisters, creamy melktert and rich malva pudding are all on the menu, while a savoury balance of imfino, putu bites and ujeqe hit the spot. Price is R450 per person and High Tea runs from 14h30-17h00.
The famous Curry Masterclass, taking place on the 29th September from 18h00-22h00, puts participants through their paces on how to use traditional and modern Indian cooking methods to make a range of samoosa's, curries, sambals and accompaniments. A three-course dinner, showcasing some of the dishes explored in the class, finishes the evening perfectly. Price is R850 per person.
The hottest spot in town, The Oyster Box offers live entertainment every day of the week. The Lighthouse Bar is open daily for cocktails and snacks, with live music on Thursday and Friday evenings from18h30 - 21h30. Sit back and enjoy live music each evening (18h30 - 21h30) from Monday to Friday, in The Oyster Bar.
On The Ocean Terrace, popular Wallace Nock does the honours on Saturdays from 12h00 - 15h00 and new arrival, the velvet-voiced Eric Canham, from 12h00 -15h00 on Sundays. An a la carte menu as well as the popular Curry Buffet is served in this casual venue and it's the perfect spot for breakfast and sundowners.
Our legendary tea table is laden with sumptuous treats, from freshly baked scones, pastries and quiches, to exotic cakes, finger sandwiches and savories. Inspired by the hotel's colonial atmosphere and the accompaniment of our pianist, The Palm Court provides the perfect backdrop for any occasion. Booking is essential.
If you're a foodie or looking for something extraordinary for a special event or occasion, join Executive Chef Kevin Joseph and members of his culinary team at The Chef's Table in The Oyster Box Kitchen. Available for bookings from Sunday to Thursday, savour one of the delicious 5-course menus for between six and ten people.
With its long marble bar a focal point, the Oyster, Salmon & Sushi Bar is a popular meeting place with patrons for live music and cocktails. From Monday to Friday 12noon to 20h00, diners can choose from a selection of Sushi, fresh Oysters, home-cured Salmon, inspired Asian Tacos, Asian Prawn Cocktail and delicious Prawns and Crayfish. Items from the a la carte Seafood Menu may be ordered individually…. accompanied by a glass of delicious 'Bubbly or one of our signature cocktails.
The gift vouchers are perfect for all occasions. Choose from a tempting selection of experiences including food and wine discovery evenings, traditional afternoon teas, rejuvenating spa treatments or a monetary voucher to spend while visiting the hotel. Purchase online or at the hotel, vouchers may be emailed or sent beautifully presented to the recipient by post. | case Entrance until 31 August 2017. Booklets are valid for redemption seven days a week until 30 September. For more information go to www.montecasino.co.za, join on Facebook at www.facebook.com/montecasino or follow on Twitter at @MontecasinoZA.
With romance, family drama, devotion, re-incarnation and pumping dance moves, Bollywood fans are in for a treat in June. Three highly-anticipated movies are releasing on the big screen at select Ster-Kinekor cinemas this month and it promises to be a feast for the eyes.
First up is romantic thriller Raabta. It tells the story of a couple who are deeply in love with a strong, unexplained connection. They seem set for a fairytale life when a lover from a previous lifetime returns.
Following that is Tubelight, a family drama that tells of a man's unshakable faith in himself and his love for his family.
Lastly is the romantic drama, Heartbeats, in which a female American hip hop dancer travels with her family to India and falls in love with a young man and a new style of dance. Produced in the US, the film has global appeal, with a Bollywood twist.
Produced by Salman Khan Films, Tubelight stars Bollywood muscle man Salman Khan and Sohail Khan. The film tells the story of brotherly love and the inseparable bond between Laxman (Salman Khan) and his younger brother Bharat (Sohail Khan). Directed by Kabir Khan, the story is set in a small town north of India. The brothers have no other family and are devoted to one another. However, when war breaks out, Bharat is drafted into the army, leaving a devastated Laxman behind. News from the border only worsens, as the tension continues to escalate. Seeing the carnage around him and worried for his brother, Laxman decides he must stop this conflict and bring his brother back home.
Myriad Pictures, Das Films and Bowery Hills Entertainment's Heartbeats is a movie for dance lovers and romantics. Heartbeats is not your regular dance movie, with beats, drums and fanfare. Written and directed by Duane Adler, the movie stars professional dancer Krystal Ellswort, rising South Indian star Amitash Pradhan, Paul McGillion and Daphne Zuniga, known for portraying Jo Reynolds on the wildly popular show Melrose Place, which ran from 1992 to 1996.
Heartbeats, follows Los Angeles hip-hop dancer Kelli (Krystal Ellsworth), whose parents think she's in law school. However, they soon find out that she is pursuing another career — in dance. When Kelli travels to India with her family for a wedding, she finds a passion in a new dance style — and a romantic interest in an Indian wedding entertainer. Follow them on their journey as the beat brings them closer.
Heartbeats releases on 30 June at Bay West, Tyger Valley, N1 City, Cavendish, Promenade Mall, Boardwalk, Musgrave, Shelly Beach, Gateway, Mall of Africa, Brooklyn, Forest Hill, Newtown Junction, The Zone, Sandton and Carnival City.
For more information on Raabta, Tubelight and Heartbeats and to book tickets, visit www.sterkinekor.com or download the SK App on your smartphone. You can also book at the box office. For news and updates, go to Facebook: Ster-Kinekor Theatres | follow Ster-Kinekor on Twitter: @sterkinekor. For all queries, call Ticketline on 0861-Movies (668 437).
One of the world's most innovative live music experiences – the Red Bull Culture Clash – will storm its way onto the Orlando Stadium stage on 23 September 2017.
A sound system battle of epic proportions will unfold as four crews, each fronted by headline artists including AKA, DJ Tira, Patoranking and Admiral and Jahseed, will represent four of South Africa's biggest sounds – hip hop, house, afro-beats and reggae. The four competing sound systems will compete back-to-back over a series of rounds – all in a bid to get the biggest reaction from the crowd and be crowned as the 2017 Red Bull Culture Clash winners.
The Red Bull Music Academy, Red Bull's longest-standing music programme, now in its 19th year, introduced the Culture Clash concept in the UK in 2010, and it has since made its way around the world, including events in New York, Lisbon and Paris. Red Bull Culture Clash itself is based on the classic Jamaican sound system culture, but with a twist. It's defined by the use of cutting-edge lyrics, fierce competition and ridiculously loud sound systems.
An essential feature of every clash is the 'surprise factor' and South African fans can expect some epic surprises on the night. These include exclusive and custom dubplate specials made up of unique songs recorded by a crew that only they can play. Crews are encouraged to introduce special guests, including a host of artists, on the night as part of their arsenal of musical weaponry they bring to the battle.
More information to follow on redbull.co.za detailing the battle rules, full crew and event details as well as exclusive artist interviews. Follow Red Bull Culture Clash on Twitter @RedBullZA, Facebook @redbull, Instagram @redbullza and YouTube to stay ahead of the latest news and win exclusive Red Bull Culture Clash prizes. Join the conversation using #RedBullCultureClash. Be part of the action by getting your tickets for the Red Bull Culture Clash 2017 event from Computicket.
May is the time when a lot of products actually comes in the market and there is a sudden flood of review posts rising up across the internet across all social media channels. Last year, May 2016, I also welcomed my parents in the country and they really enjoyed their stay in Johannesburg. It was some great moments spent with them as I was meeting them after a very long time and we saw several new places in and around Johannesburg.
1. Product Review - Huawei P8 @HuaweiZA #IgniteP8 - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/05/product-review-huawei-p8-huaweiza.html - The packaging of this smartphones is still the best I have ever seen and after this one they started doing Leica dual lenses in their cameras and I didn't got the chance to review any of the Leica capable units. Within a year or so they have launched the P10 so how can think how fast Huawei is outgrowing the market in terms of it's market share. Whether I am part of the brand or not but I value the aggressiveness with which company is leaping forward. Kudos!
2. Product Review - LG G5 @LGMobileSA #LGG5PlayMore #Smartphone - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/05/product-review-lg-g5-lgmobilesa.html - I was part of the launch and also got the handset to review during April - May and the camera on this smartphone was awesome. I did win some Mall of Africa contests using LG G5 camera and uploaded a lot of photographs of the mall on my Instagram channel. This year, LG didn't invited me to the launch of LG G6 and today only I saw they have blocked me on their twitter channel. I wish they could have told me to unfollow or stop tweeting about their products etc and I would have simply obliged. Anyways, their LG G5 was awesome phone.
3. Product Review - Acer C205 LED #Projector @AcerAfrica #TheLifesWay - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/05/product-review-acer-c205-led-projector.html - This is something I would love to own as I immediately fell in love with this pocket but capable LED projector from the house of Acer Africa. I have never seen such cute projector and loved watching some movies with my family using this Acer C205. I am waiting for the price to fall on any online shopping websites for this product so that I can buy the same before my birthday.
4. Product Review - BeoPlay H2 #Headphones @BangOlufsenSA #BeoPlaySA #TheLifesWay - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/05/product-review-beoplay-h2-headphones.html - I love headphones and the sound quality on Bang and Olufsen headsets is simply amazing. This comes in various colors and I really loved these red colored headsets. I have not bought any new headsets this year but ANC from Bang and Olufsen are the ones I would love to buy.
5. A Memoir - This Month Last Year - May 2015 www.thelifesway.com - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/05/a-memoir-this-month-last-year-may-2015.html - It gives me immense pleasure to always remember how the past has served me to take me to the place where I am now. I had this small idea of starting my blog and now it has crossed 1.5 Million pageviews since Dec 2012. I have worked for so many brands, so many are still with me, so many have left but it's all part of the #SocialMedia game. With changing people in the PR companies, your work also gets migrated to the another agencies as people keep their friends and acquaintances close in this industry.
Looking forward to work on doing a lot of posts this year and take the pageviews to 2 Million by the end of Dec 2017.
Acer announced the launch of the #TakeaSpinwithAcer campaign in collaboration with Incredible Connection. The campaign will run throughout June and invite customers to take a risk-free trial with Acer's top tier products for up to 30 days.
Sounds too good to be true. It's not. If at any point the customer is unhappy with the purchase they can opt for a full refund within 30 days. All Incredible Connection stores nationwide have introduced the Walk Out Working (WOW) offering. The techxpert station will help customers' setup their new device for free in-store enabling them to walk out already working on their device. No hassle, no fuss, no risk.
Belinda Marais, Acer Africa Marketing Manager explains that the #TakeaSpinwithAcer campaign displays the complete confidence Acer has in their products. "We have done some research and found that people often don't purchase a new notebook due to the drawn out process of transferring data from one device to another, as well as the fear of buying a product they may not be able to return if it doesn't suit their lifestyle". Marais adds that customer satisfaction is important to Acer and we want to give the customer more than just a device but an experience.
Acer announced the latest version of its popular Spin 1 convertible notebook. With a sleek all-metal chassis, the Windows 10 device is lightweight, portable and supports Windows Ink through an Acer Active Stylus1 for creative users on the go.
Weighing in at just 1.25 kg (2.76 lbs), the 14 mm-thin chassis sports the latest Intel® Pentium® or Intel® Celeron® processors, 4 GB DDR3L memory as well as a choice of 32 / 64 / 128 GB eMMC storage. Its crisp 11.6-inch Full HD (1920x1080) touch-enabled screen with IPS technology displays vibrant colors at 178-degree viewing angles. Eight hours of battery life allows users to work, play, share, and draw all day with four versatile modes (laptop, display, tablet and tent).
The Spin 1 combines superb hardware with innovative features to make the user experience really pop. On all models the Precision Touchpad, which supports Windows 10 gestures, allows users to work faster and smoother due to accurate tracking of their fingertips and movements. To help with more complex projects, the Spin 1 is fully ready to work with the Acer Active Stylus1 accessory which enables precise and direct on-screen input, providing a natural pen-on-paper experience. Users can quickly turn thoughts into action, capture ideas swiftly and naturally with Windows Ink.
With fast and reliable wireless connectivity through 802.11ac 2x2 technology, the Spin 1 is capable of providing up to three times faster downloads compared to traditional 802.11n 2x2 devices. The device also features Acer BluelightShield which may help to reduce eye strain from prolonged screen viewing.
Speakers with Acer TrueHarmony™ technology are located on both sides of the device. Audio channels automatically reverse to ensure optimal sound quality in any mode, and are paired with a HD webcam for video chats. Additional connectivity options include Bluetooth 4.0, one USB 3.1 port, one USB 2.0 port, one HDMI port and one microSD (SDXC) card slot.
Smartphones have changed the lives of South African consumers and enabled them to be more connected than ever. Mobile devices are changing the way adverts are viewed, the audiences that are targeted and even how the media and publishing industry promotes the content.
The 2017 South Africa Mobile Report is based on a survey of nearly 5000 mobile internet users across the country. One insight in the smartphones stood head and shoulders above the rest: when it comes to the market's favourite brand, Samsung is four times more popular with consumers than the closest competitor.
"Clearly, people recognise Samsung as a leader in the market and use our devices because they most closely match their needs as consumers. Samsung has always focused on innovation and as such the phone display and user interface are optimised to make browsing the internet easy as possible," says Craige Fleischer, Director Integrated Mobility at Samsung South Africa.
The importance of mobile connectivity to consumers is highlighted by the fact that some 78% of those surveyed indicated that the last time they accessed the Internet via their phone was just the day before. In addition, 35% reach for their cell phone to browse the internet first thing in the morning and a further 36% browse on their phone while also watching TV. Some 13% even admitted to connecting while in the bathroom.
"The research shows that mobile has well and truly become a daily part of our lives. We rely on them more than we realise. Businesses marketing to their consumers need to keep this in mind when developing their strategies." says Greg Mason, Regional Lead at Effective Measure Sub Saharan Africa.
One of the most interesting statistics was the increasing number of South Africans who are happy using their phone to purchase items. Everything from airtime (47%) to apps (25%), books (11%) and concert or event tickets (10%) has been purchased by users in the past year, with a total of two thirds of consumers admitting to having purchased something using their phone.
"The lives of South African consumers are clearly changing as they become more connected than ever. Recognising this, Samsung continues to innovate and deliver better and more sophisticated devices to its users, to enable them to access and enjoy the Internet in new and exciting ways," concludes Fleischer.
Join The Oyster Box in the Palm Court from 1st to 31st July (18h00-21h30), for Christmas in July, for a pop-up dining experience featuring classic American dishes. Enjoy a Bulleit Bourbon cocktail on arrival, followed by a set starter and dessert and choice main course. Price is R390 per person.
Tip your race hat to Lady Luck and stop by the lobby on your way out to the big race for a pre-Durban July tipple. Our Gin Pop-up is complimentary.
Enjoy The Oyster Box's Indian Ocean views while tucking into a succulent Sunday Roast Sharing Platter with all the trimmings. Served on the Ocean Terrace every Sunday for dinner or lunch in July (lamb), August (chicken) and September (beef). Price is R420 per platter | 3,404 |
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Raidillon Watches, based in Brussels, is a little-known boutique brand that has been making its limited-edition, racing-inspired watches since 2001. The company's namesake is the famed "Raidillon" corner of Spa-Francorchamps, considered one of the most difficult corners on one of the greatest tracks in motorsport. But more captivating than Raidillon's connection to motorsport are its captivating designs; the brand has churned out dozens and dozens of them, each available in an edition of 55. The number is a reference to the number of cars allowed on the grid for Spa's 24-hour endurance race, but aside from being a neat gimmick paying tribute to Belgium's famed race track, it's a unique business model that allows for a lot of creativity.
Raidillon's watches are divided up into four different collections, each with their own specific personalities, characterized by a range of distinct dial designs: Racing, which has colorful, appropriately racy looks; Design, which is clean and minimalistic; Casual Friday, which is contemporary and restrained; and Timeless, with vintage-inspired aesthetics. The great thing about Raidillon is, if the looks of one watch don't do it for you, you'll likely find something within any of the four collections that will. Don't like the bright, colorful designs of the Racing 42-C10-133? Might we suggest the pared-down, industrial sheen of the Design 42-C10-127 instead?
But with Raidillon's latest release, the Timeless 42-C10-170, the brand seems less focused on motorsport or diverse styles, instead paying much more attention to detail. Great little touches like the "Clou de Paris" pyramidal texturing on the tips of the pushers, the movement's rotor etched out to look like the steering wheel of a vintage race car (and finished with guilloché patterning), the sculpted deployant clasp on the thick leather strap — all of these can be found not just on this watch, but across the whole Raidillon range, and it shows that the brand has paid attention to more than just the dials.
Inside the Timeless 170 — as well as every other chronograph from Raidillon — beats a Valjoux 7750. It may not be as unique as Raidillon's design, but as a 43-year-old movement used in countless timepieces, it's a smart, reliable choice. The drawback with this movement is the watch's considerable thickness — the 7.9mm height of the 7750 results in a bulky case profile. But really, it's the only sore spot to be found with the watch.
There is a number of reasons there seems to be such a strong association between cars and watches: the mechanical similarity between an engine and a movement, the relationship between racing and quick lap times, or in many cases these days, opportunistic co-branding. And that's all fine, but Raidillon feels different. Give a Raidillon watch to someone who's never even heard of Spa-Francorchamps, and they won't see | 691 |
Absent Friends is the eighth studio album by Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released in 2004 by Parlophone in the UK and Nettwerk in the U.S. Two singles were released from the album in the UK: "Come Home Billy Bird", which features former Kenickie vocalist Lauren Laverne on vocals, and the album's title track.
Neil Hannon was the only member of the Divine Comedy by this point, as the band had split up shortly after the release of 2001's Regeneration. Hannon had decided to continue using the Divine Comedy name for this album and was aided by long-time collaborator Joby Talbot, who arranged and conducted the orchestra.
The album was recorded at RAK Studios and Konk Studios in London by Guy Massey, with help from Raj Das and Chris Bolster. It was mixed at Mayfair Studios by Nigel Godrich, who was assisted by Dan Grech-Marguerat.
Reception
Reviewing the album for Pitchfork, Joe Tangari said:
Even if you're resistant to Hannon's grandiosity, it's hard to deny the lush sweep of the album's opening title track, a song that confirms his place as the closest thing to an inheritor of Scott Walker's mantle as we're likely to get. The orchestration is expert and economical, and Nigel Godrich, bumped from the producer's chair to the mixing board this time around, perfectly stacks the song's elements to make them sound absolutely huge. Hannon's tenor is commanding, and he spins an incredible melody as he runs through a series of tributes to <|fim_middle|> listing
All songs written by Neil Hannon.
Personnel
Millennia Ensemble Musicians
Orchestra arranged and conducted by Joby Talbot.
Everton Nelson, Charles Mutter, Warren Zielinski, Cath Haggo, Natalia Bonner, Giles Broadbent, Rick Koster, Matthew Scrivener, Alison Dods, Darragh Morgan, Richard George, Steve Hussey, Timothy Myall, Helena Wood, John Smart, Maya Bickel, Jenny Sacha - Violin
Vince Greene, Adrian Smith, Louise Hogan, Reiad Chibah, Dan Cornford - Viola
Chris Worsey, Ian Burdge, Nick Holland, Christopher Fish - Cello
Lucy Shaw, Bev Jones - Double Bass
Daniel Newell, Tom Rees-Roberts - Trumpet
James 'Spaddy' Adams, Mike Kearsey - Trombone
Matt Gunner, Simon Morgan - French Horn
Nick Cartledge - Flute
Chris Richards - Clarinet
Dominic Kelly - Oboe
Jo Cackett, Gareth Newman - Bassoon
Jay Craig - Saxophone
Lucy Wakeford - Harp
Additional Musicians
Miggy Barradas – drums on tracks 2, 4, 8 & 11
Rob Farrer – percussion on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 & 8
Simon Little – double bass on track 8
Crispin Robinson – congas on tracks 4 & 8
Joby Talbot – plucked piano on track 9
Matt Gunner – horn solo on track 9
Everton Nelson – violin solo on track 10
Nick Cartledge – flute solo on track 8
Technical Personnel
Neil Hannon – performer, producer, arranger
Guy Massey – recording
Nigel Godrich – mixing
Dan Marguerat – additional mixing
Guest performers
Lauren Laverne – vocals on "Come Home Billy Bird"
Yann Tiersen – accordion on "Sticks & Stones"
References
2004 albums
The Divine Comedy (band) albums
Parlophone albums | 20th century icons whose lives ended prematurely, from French actress Jean Seberg to Laika, the first dog in space.
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The agency's work is dedicated to developing and securing a more environmentally sustainable future for the public and the local authorities of Cyprus. Amongst others, the agency's work scope consists of assisting municipalities in reducing their carbon emissions through the development of Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans. Additionally, securing funding for the implementation of energy efficiency improvements and pilot sustainability solutions in communities, schools, and low-income households. Lastly, the agency often participates, leads, and acts as the national representative in international programs aiming to fund, guide and pilot sustainability initiatives in Cyprus.
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The Cyprus Energy Agency pledges to lead by example and become net-zero carbon by 2023
The CEA is currently preparing an action plan for the monitoring and implementation of the progress towards net zero that will include establishing an office point of contact responsible for ensuring the goal is achieved. The agency plans on providing live tracking of its performance on the organization's website and an annual report summarizing the trends and challenges observed. A plan of action, monitoring indices and a pledge officer will be established by the end of the first trimester of 2022. By 2023 become net-zero carbon emissions.
A small nonprofit organization, the CEA is located in Nicosia, Cyprus. In 2012 the agency moved its operations into an old building in the historic center of Nicosia, renovated, and significantly improved the building's energy efficiency rating by installing double glazing in all openings, energy efficient heating and cooling systems, and upgrading all equipment to Energy Star rated. The agency moved all paperwork to digital while also replacing its physical server with an online cloud. The agency is currently planning the installation of a green roof and solar PV array for its offices. When installed, the panels will produce enough electricity to cover most of the office's energy needs while the green roof will provide much-needed green space for the biodiversity of the historic urban center. The roof will not only act as a carbon sink but will also be a testbed and a showcase of the green roof technology for effective replication in Cyprus.
In 2020 the agency started offering incentives to employees that choose to travel to and from work using alternative modes of transport, such as buses, biking, and walking. Currently, 20% of the employees have secured additional paid leave because of their transportation choices. The shared office car will be upgraded from hybrid to electric in the upcoming years while an electric charging station will be installed in the public parking used by the office employees. Business air travel and all accommodation will be offset by 2023. All plastic and paper products are recycled and composting of organic waste has been introduced. All office supplies are EcoLabel certified and/or recycled.
By becoming net-zero by 2023, the Cyprus Energy Agency hopes to not only guide others but actively change its own operations to match the greater goal of reducing carbon emissions locally and globally.
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A remote village in southeastern Alberta is a proving ground for drone advancements in Canada<|fim_middle|>," says Cicoria. "(The federal government) wants to know you have tried this before, put procedures in place and put technologies in place for safety. They want to identify how you will be keeping track of a UAS."
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By Justin Bell
In the future, a drone could drop a pizza delivery order on your doorstep or a small package ordered online could be delivered by a drone minutes later. Major global corporations, such as Amazon and Domino's Pizza, are investing research and development dollars to turn this future into a reality.
Drones could very well be the future of home delivery for a variety of items, but there's a bit of work left to do to advance the industry – and much of that work is being done near a small Alberta village at the Foremost UAS Test Range.
Currently in Canada, the federal government requires all drone – or unmanned aircraft system (UAS) – operators to be able to see their aircraft. This is known as line of sight. The Foremost UAS Test Range is one of only two locations in the country (the other is in Alma, Quebec) being used by Transport Canada to test UAS flying beyond visual line of sight.
"Beyond line of sight is the holy grail," says Jordan Cicoria, vice-president of operations for Aerium Analytics. "UAS is a technology that is being integrated in every field. Amazons of the world want to deliver with UAS; in an urban environment, that's beyond line of sight."
Without being able to operate beyond line of sight, UAS applications for many industries are limited. Transport Canada has only issued four permits to companies to operate beyond visual line of sight outside of the two test ranges, so the search for the holy grail of beyond line of sight operations has put a village of approximately 500 people in southeastern Alberta and the Foremost UAS Test Range at the leading edge of UAS technology.
Located more than 300 kilometres southeast of Calgary, the Village of Foremost looked at its underutilized airport and small population spread thinly throughout the region as an opportunity.
"This test range is a business development initiative of the Village of Foremost," says Doug Hanna, general manager of the Foremost UAS Test Range. "There was a recognition that there was a lot of drone activity in the province. We needed a place to do testing and research."
The Foremost UAS Test Range is a long-time project that has come to fruition. In 2012, the village submitted a proposal with Nav Canada and Transport Canada to host the site. The proposal was approved in 2014 and by 2016 it received full authorization to operate.
"Drones are an enabling technology that will touch almost every sector of the economy," says Hanna. "They will make their way into oil and gas inspections, plant inspections, monitoring forest fire activity, hotspot identification, calculating lumber volumetrics; the uses in agriculture are limitless."
There is a two-fold advantage for using a UAS, according to Aerium's Cicoria. First, they save lives. Surveying work currently done by piloted helicopters and aircrafts can happen in dangerous areas, such as around electrical transmission lines. These operations could be replaced by a UAS and, in the case of a collision, the human operator would be well clear of the site and safe. Second, a UAS allows people to capture more data, more quickly and more economically. Especially in industries such as energy, which has thousands of kilometres of pipelines and transmission lines, often in remote areas.
Aerium uses drones to provide a variety of services for companies in a range of industries. Currently, the Calgary-based company's main focuses are applications in the oil and gas sector and working with airports. Both are complex environments that pose unique hazards. At airports, it's operating alongside incoming and outgoing aircrafts, and behind trees and buildings. For oil and gas, it's operating at long distances, and around large equipment and plant facilities.
Aerium's quest for beyond visual line of sight certification has led it to the Foremost UAS Test Range. In addition to proving beyond line of sight capabilities to Transport Canada, there's another reason a company would use the Foremost UAS Test Range. It's also a proving ground for equipment manufacturers to test their equipment and validate the performance they expect. This could be drone manufacturers or companies that make the subsystems, such as communication, controls or imaging.
While Aerium hasn't been approved yet, the company is working to obtain beyond visual line of sight certification, ensuring they have pilots trained and safety procedures in place to operate in complex environments and at long distances.
"There are a lot of procedures to apply for trials | 914 |
Homo Sacer
by Giorgio Agamben
The work of Giorgio Agamben, one of Italy's most important and original philosophers, has been based on an uncommon erudition in classical traditions of philosophy and rhetoric, the grammarians of late antiquity, Christian theology, and modern philosophy. Recently, Agamben has begun to direct his thinking to the constitution of the social and to some concrete, ethicopolitical conclusions concerning the state of society today, and the place of the individual within it. In Homo Sacer, Agamben aims to connect the problem of ... Read More
The work of Giorgio Agamben, one of Italy's most important and original philosophers, has been based on an uncommon erudition in classical traditions of philosophy and rhetoric, the grammarians of late antiquity, Christian theology, and modern philosophy. Recently, Agamben has begun to direct his thinking to the constitution of the social and to some concrete, ethicopolitical conclusions concerning the state of society today, and the place of the individual within it. In Homo Sacer, Agamben aims to connect the problem of pure possibility, potentiality, and power with the problem of political and social ethics in a context where the latter has lost its previous religious, metaphysical, and cultural grounding. Taking his cue from Foucault's fragmentary analysis of biopolitics, Agamben probes with great breadth, intensity, and acuteness the covert or implicit presence of an idea of biopolitics in the history of traditional political theory. He argues that from the earliest treatises of political theory, notably in Aristotle's notion of man as a political animal, and throughout the history of Western thinking about sovereignty (whether of the king or the state), a notion of sovereignty as power over "life" is implicit. The reason it remains merely implicit has to do, according to Agamben, with the way the sacred, or the idea of sacrality, becomes indissociable from the idea of sovereignty. Drawing upon Carl Schmitt's idea of the sovereign's status as the exception to the rules he safeguards, and on anthropological research that reveals the close interlinking of the sacred and the taboo, Agamben defines the sacred person as one who can be killed and yet not sacrificed -- a paradox hesees as operative in the status of the modern individual living in a system that exerts control over the collective "naked life" of all individuals. Read Less
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December 6, 2020 / 7:33 AM / CBS/AP
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A Chinese spacecraft lifted off from the moon Thursday night with a load of lunar rocks, the first stage of its return to Earth, the government space agency reported. Chang'e 5, the third Chinese spacecraft to land on the moon and the first to take off from it again, is the latest in a series of increasingly ambitious missions for Beijing's space program, which also has a orbiter and rover headed to Mars.
Right before the ascent vehicle lifted off, the lander unfurled what the space administration called the first free-standing Chinese flag on the moon. The agency posted an image — apparently taken from the lander — of the ascend vehicle firing its engines as it took off.
China's national flag is seen unfurled from the Chang'e-5 spacecraft on the moon, in this handout image provided by China National Space Administration (CNSA) on December 4, 2020. CNSA
The spacecraft "unfolded the five-star red national flag, a genuine one made from fabrics, marking a first in the country's aerospace history," state media said.
The Chang'e 5<|fim_middle|> Plans call for a permanent space station after 2022, possibly to be serviced by a reusable space plane.
While China is boosting cooperation with the European Space Agency and others, interactions with NASA are severely limited by U.S. concerns over the secretive nature and close military links of the Chinese program. On Tuesday, Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's science director, tweeted a congratulatory message to China after the spacecraft landed on the moon.
Congratulations to China on the successful landing of Chang'e 5. This is no easy task. When the samples collected on the Moon are returned to Earth, we hope everyone will benefit from being able to study this precious cargo that could advance the international science community. pic.twitter.com/2xoKouf3dq
— Thomas Zurbuchen (@Dr_ThomasZ) December 1, 2020
China is executing an incremental approach to its moon program, launching a series of increasingly complex robotic spacecraft to develop and test the propulsion, guidance, navigation and landing systems needed for long-term exploration.
The Chang'e 1 and 2 missions successfully reached lunar orbit in 2007 and 2010 respectively, followed by the Chang'e 3 lunar lander in 2013 and Chang'e 4, which landed on the far side of the moon in 2019. Chang'e 5 is the first of two planned sample return missions and China's most ambitious moon mission to date.
Bill Harwood contributed to this report.
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Software blamed for moon rocket engine shutdown | touched down Tuesday on the Sea of Storms on the moon's near side. Its mission: collect about 4 pounds of lunar rocks and bring them back to Earth, the first return of samples since Soviet spacecraft did so in the 1970s. Earlier, the U.S. Apollo astronauts brought back hundreds of pounds of moon rocks.
The landing site is near a formation called the Mons Rumker and may contain rocks billions of years younger than those retrieved earlier.
This image provided by China National Space Administration shows the ascender of Chang'e-5 spacecraft blasting off from the moon surface on Thursday, December 3, 2020. AP
The ascent vehicle lifted off from the moon shortly after 11 p.m. Beijing time Thursday (1500 GMT) and was due to rendezvous with a return vehicle in lunar orbit, then transfer the samples to a capsule, according to the China National Space Administration. The moon rocks and debris were sealed inside a special canister to avoid contamination.
It wasn't clear when the linkup would occur. After the transfer, the ascent module would be ejected and the capsule would remain in lunar orbit for about a week, awaiting the optimal time to make the trip back to Earth.
Chinese officials have said the capsule with the samples is due to land on Earth around the middle of the month. Touchdown is planned for the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, where China's astronauts have made their return in Shenzhou spacecraft.
Chang'e 5's lander, which remained on the moon, was capable of scooping samples from the surface and drilling 2 meters (about 6 feet).
While retrieving samples was its main task, the lander also was equipped to extensively photograph the area, map conditions below the surface with ground penetrating radar and analyze the lunar soil for minerals and water content.
Chang'e 5 has revived talk of China one day sending astronauts to the moon and possibly building a scientific base there, although no timeline has been proposed for such projects.
China launched its first temporary orbiting laboratory in 2011 and a second in 2016. | 434 |
A private garden laid out in 1938 by Dr Hilary Taylor associated with a Neo-classical style house of the same period. The garden is divided into rooms or compartments set at different levels and includes dahlia's, a sunken rose garden, Yew topiary and tall beech hedges.
Immediately to the south of the house is a lawn bounded by raised semi-circular flower beds, planted to display dahlias and backed by yew hedges. These screen but give access to a sunken rose garden, also enclosed by tall beech hedges. The main vista is terminated by topiary yew<|fim_middle|>' garden and he set about planning a series of rooms at different levels. | .
There is gradation of colour in both flower gardens; the dahlia blooms shade from pinks at either ends through reds to bronze and yellow in the centre. The garden has been well maintained without losing Willmer's original design intentions.
In 1938 Dr. Hilary Taylor, Fellow of Clare College, built a detached residence in the Neo-Georgian style and laid out a garden on the edge of the glacial moraine, which well marks the limit of the Gipping Glaciation. This well drained site is divided by gravel and heavy yellow clay.
Taylor asked his colleague Professor Nevill Willmer, also a Fellow of Clare, to advise on the layout of the garden on a flat field. Willmer's concept of garden design had been illustrated in Clare Fellows | 163 |
I see that, according to Lauren Collins in the May 2 New Yorker, HRH is known to Miss Middleton as "Big Willy."
on the palace balcony with their families and have their first public kiss.
Prince William and his brother and best man, Prince Harry, leave Clarence House for Westminster Abbey, the site of the wedding.
The groom's father, Prince Charles, and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, leave Clarence House for Westminster Abbey.
where they were married in 1947.
century-old, family-owned hotel blocks from Buckingham Palace.
in 1066. Fifteen previous royal weddings have taken place in Westminster; the last was Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson in 1986.
About 1,900 guests have been invited to Westminster Abbey for the wedding ceremony.
The newly-married couple leaves Westminster at the head of a procession of five horse-drawn carriages to Buckingham Palace.
William and Kate will ride in a 1902 State Landau coach that is frequently used during state visits and for royal weddings.
by a dinner for 300 hosted by Prince Charles.
While the newlyweds and their families greet well-wishers from the balcony, Royal Air Force planes will fly over Buckingham Palace.
Tornado and two Typhoon jets.
fly over Buckingham Palace on June 12, 2010.
O ... K. ... That's the time I usually get up. Maybe I'll get up a little earlier tomorrow.
Sounds like the seating chart is fair and respectful to all the families. Wonder why Diana's mother doesn't appear to be attending? Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought she was still alive.
Frances Ruth Burke Roche Shand Kydd (née Roche, formerly Viscountess Althorp) (20 January 1936 – 3 June 2004) was the first wife of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer and the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. After two failed marriages and the deaths of two children, she devoted her later years to Roman Catholic charity work.
She died on 3 June 2004 following a long illness that included Parkinson's disease and brain cancer, aged 68.
Her funeral at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Oban on 10 June was attended by many of her children and grandchildren, including Princes William (who gave a reading) and Harry. Their father, her former son-in-law, Prince Charles, did not attend because he was en route to another funeral—going to Washington to lead the British delegation at the state funeral of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan the following day.
Kate's Mystery Designer — Is It Sarah?
Mystery solved? Not quite yet. Web sites began burning up Thursday with images of a purported Sarah Burton checking into The Goring Hotel, where Kate Middleton and her family are staying. If accurate, the spotting would seem to confirm that Alexander McQueen's Burton — despite numerous denials — has designed Middleton's much anticipated gown for Friday's royal nuptials.
Another possibility is that Burton could have designed Middleton's dress for the evening gala Friday night for 600 people at Buckingham Palace.
The Goring Hotel is a last-of-its-kind hotel. It's been in the same family's hands since O.R. Goring opened it in 1910.
Kate is spending the night before the royal nuptials at the iconic hotel.
Kate Middleton and her dad Michael will leave the Goring precisely at 10:51 a.m. for Westminster Abbey on April 29.
on them the moment they leave.
private garden, has two bedrooms and bathrooms, a drawing room and a dining room with a baby grand piano.
Duchess of York, and members of the royal families of Denmark, Greece and Lichtenstein.
unlike the palace next door.
according to rates published in January. The royal wedding is expected to raise the global profile of this family-run luxury hotel.
I am on the Titanic. It has begun to snow, but there is no iceberg in sight. In the Empire-inspired red lacquer bar, I am seated deeply in a handmade leather arm chair. I feel only the warm undercurrent of good manners, good will and a sway toward a staff whose attentiveness borders on telepathy. Champagne and cognac, which costs a King's ransom, flow freely. A server appears with exquisite canapés. Guests speak quietly in the Queen's English. Their ease suggests they are at home among friends on a wintry evening.
It is my first evening in an inner sanctum favored by Royals, Prime Ministers, Ambassadors and international Presidents who covet a gentility that suspends time. The bar's elegant maitre de shakes my hand 'good night' as I prepare to return to my room, a distance marked by shining marble floors and carpets that smell of lemon. I turn the key. The interior lights have been dimmed to the setting "Cozy" by the housekeeper, my bed has been turned down and a box of Sir Hans Sloane of London chocolates placed on the nebulous cloud that is my comforter. The ivory ruffled curtains have been drawn. In the dim light the silk walls are a muted deep salmon, a color selected from the archives of the Gainsborough Silk collection of the British Embassy. Graham Copeman, the cherub-faced General Manager, had shown me another "Silk Room," one done in royal blue, the same color as the interior of the Queen's carriage, he pointed out, "so the next time you are in Her carriage you will recognize this color." He smiles.
Every Prime Minister since Winston Churchill has been a guest at the Goring. The Royal Family has entertained in its private suites. The Goring has, in fact, acted as a sort of annex to Buckingham Palace since it has always supplied personal luxury en plus. As the King of Norway put it in the late 1930s, "I prefer to stay at the Goring since at the Palace I do not have a private bathroom." The Goring was the first grand hotel in London to install a bathroom in each bedroom and use central heating. It is the last of the great Victorian hotels, King Edward having died months after its opening.
And yes, this is where I am installed, not on that ill-fated luxury liner reminiscent in style and grandeur but on terra firma that has been in the Goring family for four generations. My room, priced at 499.00 GBP, is best described as delectable. It faces the formal garden, the largest private garden in London apart from the Queen's, "<|fim_middle|> people moving in one direction (half of them seem to be us Americans — you're welcome, London). Cars and buses are still inching along at the same pace as the pedestrians; while most are filled with frustrated drivers, we did spot one neon yellow vintage Rolls Royce decked out in British flags and a convertible filled with a family all holding flags and waving.
Meanwhile, security around Westminster is quite noticeably more intense. Police are stationed everywhere to make sure people know where they can and cannot walk. We found one dude in a pub just a block away who seemed shell-shocked by the crowd: "I work just around the corner and this street is normally completely empty at this time of night," he said.
We also found a couple who were invited to the wedding! And will actually be inside Westminster Abbey tomorrow, breathing the same air as Kate and William, craning to see The Dress in person around all the hats. Security is very tight, the wife explained: "You have to bring your utility bill and a passport or drivers license to get in. You need your utilities bill because that has the address on it the invitations were sent to." She showed us the personalized ticket guests must also present and the separate invitation to the VVIP dinner that will take place at Buckingham Palace in the evening.
After the wedding and daytime reception their game plan is to dash home to change into their evening gear for the nighttime party at the palace (she's also heading to her hairdresser to undo the effects of seven hours of wearing a hat). It's unclear how they'll deal with the traffic between the afternoon and nighttime receptions. After the ceremony at Westminster Abbey they won't have to worry about it since guests will get shuttled from there to the palace in glamorous buses. But unless guests going to all the day's parties pack their sparkly nighttime things and change at the palace, they'll all have to figure out how to get home, change, and get back in a sea of excited — and by then, probably drunk — royal obsessives.
She looked like Maggie Smith. | but we allow Her that, given who She is,'" the Front of House Manager told me. In the morning, when I open the curtains, I see a whimsical sculpture of a dancer coated with frost. Word has it that she dances if you have imbued sufficient quantities of champagne.
This year, London's only family-owned five star hotel is celebrating its Centennial under its dashing CEO Jeremy Goring. The hotel prides itself on the longevity of its good name and its staff whose ethos is most evidently one of personalized service. One of the doormen has been at his post for 43 years. Most of the senior staff have spent at least 20 years at the hotel. Copeman says, "We are like a family and we treat our guests like family." One frequent visitor (neither a Royal nor a President) told me he had been gone for a year, but on his return the doorman welcomed him back by name, and his "usual Campari and soda" was waiting for him at the bar.
Life changes but not at The Goring. Certainly there has been the recent refurbishing orchestrated by Lord David Linley, the Queen's nephew, with the artistry of Tim Gosling, affectionately known as The Goose, but renovations have largely conformed to original photos, particularly in what Copeman calls "the most beloved public room, the Sitting Room." Gilt now overlays the domed ceiling and newly handwoven carpets have an antique patina. Carved moldings have been restored. The most dramatic change is in several bedrooms designed by Nina Campbell, with free-standing bathtubs and sophisticated hand painted wallpaper. Lord Linley's remodeling of the Dining Room has added a sense of spaciousness but the eye goes directly to the free form Swarovski crystal chandeliers in dazzling blue.
During its Centennial, head chef Derek Quelch (formerly of Claridge's) is featuring on the menu a dish favored during one of the "100 Years of Glorious Goring Grub;" to wit: Mrs Goring's Pig's Fry Salad with poached Duck Egg, served during The War Years. Inventive, yes. Haute cuisine, that too. Last year the Reunion des Gastronomes voted the Goring's menu, the "Menu of the Year.
Don't eat a large lunch if you plan to take Afternoon Tea, which won The Tea Award of Excellence by the British Tea Guild Council. Three tiers of delicacies commence with an amuse-bouche (perhaps lobster in cream) , then it's on to classic scones and thick clotted cream, finger sandwiches, cream pastries and the Goring's signature "Not a Trifle," a sponge cake drenched in liqueur. Tea is taken in the amber-swagged atrium, where one might spot a knighted actress or the wife of a Prime Minister. The Goring won't disclose names; it guards its guest book as it does its reputation.
Leaving is difficult. An heiress faced the same dilemma in the 1930s. One night was just not enough. She decided to stay on, for 30 more years. As time passed her girth broadened and it took a trio of maids to extricate her from her bathtub. The day she was carried out on a stretcher she paused, with her last breath, to thank each member of the Goring staff for their kindness.
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Rangers retiring No. 10 is about more than just Michael Young's legacy, it honors the culture he helped create
Texas infielder Michael Young circles the bases after hitting a homer during the Texas Rangers vs. Seattle Mariners major league baseball game at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on Thursday, April 12, 2012. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)
By Evan Grant , Staff Writer Contact Evan Grant on Twitter: @Evan_P_Grant
ARLINGTON -- The Adrian Beltre number-retirement ceremony earlier this month was apparently such a success, the Rangers are going to do it all over again in August.
They will gather people on Aug. 31 -- when it's sure to be a cool 105 degrees or so -- and roll video highlights, make speeches (maybe even a proclamation!) and say generally wonderful things about Michael Young.
On the way to retiring the number 10 in his honor, it will be mentioned that he played more games for the Rangers than any other player, that he had more hits than any other Rangers player and that he was the conscience of the team for more than a decade. At some point, Elvis Andrus will probably pull out a clown mask and Young will threaten to choke slam him. It will be good fun.
Then his number will be unveiled along the left-field club façade alongside the other four numbers the Rangers have retired and Jackie Robinson's 42, which is retired across the game.
It will hang there for all of a month before they close up baseball shop at Globe Life Park.
But it's not about this stadium.
It's about what the Rangers are building across the street: a new stadium and a legacy to take into it.
The retirement of Beltre's number, the induction of Josh Hamilton into the team's Hall of Fame later this summer and the retirement of Young's number are links to the greatest era in the organization's history. It may be painfully short of a World Series trophy, but it came as close as possible. And when the Rangers open their new stadium, there will be reminders of something this club has never had before: a legitimate and proud history.
"Legacy is huge," said Rangers manager Chris Woodward, who is trying to build a culture in the clubhouse that once again expects excellence, and living up to legacy is an important part of establishing those standards. "I've told many players this, you don't have to have a World Series<|fim_middle|> which were spent elsewhere, as the closest thing to a legacy.
It's impossible to truly define the intrinsic value of a legacy or identity. The best way to describe it: It creates a bond for fans of the last generation and expectations for fans of the next.
"It gives fans something to really connect them to the club," Young said. "There is a natural and organic connection that comes with it, I think. The organization grows from it. Pride grows from it. We have a pretty young organization, when you actually think about it. I think we are at a point where we are starting to get there. I'm really happy to be a part of it."
It's silly to even ask Young what this means to him. It means the world. He grew up in Los Angeles, going to Dodgers games and seeing the eight numbers retired before he left high school (there have since been two more). As a pro, he'd walk into stadiums, see retired numbers on the wall and discuss the attributes of the players who wore them. He knew he'd probably not make the Baseball Hall of Fame. If he could be part of a team's legacy, though, that would mean something. I asked him how he hopes his role in that legacy is interpreted.
"If fans thought I played hard and teammates thought I was a good teammate, that's good enough for me," he said. "I'd be very happy with that. I think we took this organization to a place it had never been before. It was a great ride."
And it will serve as a reminder to fans that the Rangers expect even greater things ahead. | ring to be a champion, man.
"That's something that I do believe in. You're a champion in life. You do things the right way, you prepare the right way, you compete the right way, you treat people the right way, you are a champion regardless whether you have a ring on your finger.
"So, the fact that the organization hasn't won a World Series, we can still all hold ourselves to championship standards. Those guys are representative of that. It's cool to be a part of that. It gives me goosebumps because of all those things those guys have done for the organization. To do it all in one year is pretty cool."
You don't need me to remind you of the Rangers' occasionally comical, oft-irrelevant history. Or of that fly ball. Put it this way: Two MLB clubs have been in their current locations longer than the Rangers without winning a World Series. They are San Diego, sans championship since 1969, and Milwaukee, since 1970. The baseball legacies in those places are mostly of a singularly fantastic hitter, of uniforms so ugly they have become beloved and of some sprinting sausages. In other words, mostly shtick.
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Tek<|fim_middle|>. | tronix Wins Logic Analyzer Market Leadership
New Prime Data Report Confirms Tektronix Sales Gains
BEAVERTON, Ore., May 12, 2005 - Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE: TEK), a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced results from a Prime Data market survey that shows Tektronix as the global market share leader in the logic analyzer market. Based upon the report, Tektronix achieved just over 50% of logic analyzer sales worldwide in 2004. This represents a key milestone in a long-term trend beginning in 1996 when Tektronix accounted for only 15% of logic analyzer sales.
"The requirements of modern digital design drive continuous technology advances," said David Bennett, Vice President, Logic Analyzer Product Line, Tektronix. "We have worked hard to deliver the performance and innovations needed to keep up with those advances, and we are pleased that customers have responded so favorably to our products. Starting in the late 1990s Tektronix' logic analyzer product line introduced a succession of significant innovations including integrating a Windows-based PC, MagniVu™, iCapture™, iView™, and connectorless probes. Customers have increasingly come to recognize the value provided by Tektronix logic analyzers and our share growth is a result of our success in satisfying their needs. Looking forward, we will continue our timely innovations to meet the evolving needs of customers."
"Tektronix' market share in logic analyzers has increased every year since the 1997 introduction of the TLA700," said Galen Wampler, President, Prime Data. "Our 2004 report indicates that Tektronix produced just over 50% of the logic analyzer products purchased last year, making Tektronix the leading global supplier."
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Dr. Jon Hall has been a 'good friend' of the NABBC for many years. His secure knowledge of psychology and ability to convey it to others has always<|fim_middle|> performance.
He also said that good conductors have a good sense of time; but whilst those with dyslexia often have a processing disorder, they don't have rhythmic awareness; and it's this sense of time that makes us musicians.
There is no doubt that understanding such a complex issue will take more time than was available, but this session's message had a strong impact upon all members; especially those who work in education. | been impressive and Dr Jon's session of how to help players to overcome nervousness when performing was one many members were keen to hear.
He began by endorsing that each of us fears failure and rejection; and that this is normal, and that parents can either help to contain or enhance this fear. However, it is when these fears are not suppressed that problems arise. He continued to outline the various effects fear can have on a | 85 |
While many teachers provide a study guide, creating your own can help you understand the material better. Outlining the important information you need to learn can be helpful, both in creation and to refer to during your studies.
Your professors and TA's are there to help! Ask them questions regarding the material and the exam so that you're prepared when exam time arrives.
Review sessions offer vital information on exam format, what will be on the exam and<|fim_middle|> be able to memorize or comprehend all the material at once. Balance is key – ensure that you reward learning with break times to recharge and relax.
There's a lot to be said about a good night's sleep. Make sure you're well-rested so that you can be fully focused during your exams.
Splitting the material into chucks you can actually achieve can be very beneficial. That way, you can keep track of what you've accomplished instead of looking at the big picture and getting overwhelmed.
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If you always start ahead of schedule, you'll never be cramming the night before an exam. You'll almost always perform better in doing so!
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AT PLUMB: Events for kids, income tax help and more
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AlphaBits — Thursday, March 20, 10:30 a.m. Preschoolers and caregivers work on learning skills to make them ready for kindergarten; drop in; siblings welcome.
Stay & Play — Fridays, March 21 and 28, 10:30 a.m. Open play dates for preschoolers and caregivers; chat over coffee or tea, juice provided, bring a snack and a friend.
VITA: Volunteer Income Tax Assistance — Tuesdays 1-4 p.m., Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. IRS-trained volunteers, income limits; no reservations, register at the children's desk. This year's sessions begin Tuesday, Feb. 4, bring in last year's return for speedier results.
Teen Saturday — Saturday, March 22. All-afternoon events for teens 13-18, 12:30 p.m. Booked for Lunch; 1:45 p.m. Create; 3 p.m. Movie Critics screen Divergent at Seymour Cinema to view Divergent.
Library Lego Club — Saturday, March 22, 2 p.m. For kids 3-12. Drop-in session to create original constructions using LEGOs/ Duplos provided by the library. Each child's creation goes on display until the next club meeting. Library Legos/ Duplos do not go home.
Budding Bookworms — Mondays, March 24 and 31, 10:30 a.m. A themed drop in story and craft time for kids 1-5 years old and their caregivers — Freezer Dance and Do Re Mi.
Fun for Little Ones — Tuesdays, March 25 and April 1, 10 a.m. Mrs. Fritsch offers stories, songs, and movement for babies and toddlers up to age 2 in this themed drop in program; siblings welcome.
Plumb Picassos — Tuesdays, March 25 and April 1, 2 p.m. Drop-in art based program for kids 1-5 and their caregivers that explore art through picture books and then create original pieces, Freeze Dance and play Miss Maura Says.
knit! — Tuesdays, March 25 and April 1, 6 p.m. Adult fiber fans meet to knit and crochet and chat, lots of support and fellowship in this drop in group, stop in and bring a friend.
Growing Readers Family Workshop — Thursday, March 27, 10:30 a.m. Shelton School Readiness Council sponsors The Approachable Non-fiction Book with Miss Maura. This drop-in parent/child session will offer adults lots of ideas on how to choose fun books they and their children will enjoy.
Repeat Reads — Friday, March 28, 6 p.m. Adults re-read (or read for the first time) classic favorites from youth; this month Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. One hundred years after its publication this famous tale displays human failings and foibles in the guise of well dressed animals … remember Mr. Toad and his friends Ratty and Mole? Descriptions of life along the river in all seasons stand true today, come debate the merits and values, share tea and snacks, drop in for a reader's Happy Hour!
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Information and supplies all provided at sign-up. To encourage families to read together, with the help of the Shelton School Readiness Council and Friends of the Shelton Libraries the Plumb Library is offering support for tracking all 1,000 books plus rewards and prizes along the way. Funding from the Valley Community Foundation and the Valley United Way supports this new adventure.
Shelton residents who cannot get to the library due to temporary or permanent disability are welcome to apply for home delivery of library materials. Contact the branch library, 203- 926-0111). A project | 917 |
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Brian Cullman on Nick Drake
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This piece is part of the Algorhythms project: artists telling stories about music they discovered from humans. Because where we discover music is an important part of its impact, and not all music is discovered through an algorithm.
Brian Cullman is a folk rocker, music producer, writer, and world traveler. At 15, he played guitar for Danny Fields while Edie Sedgwick observed and Jim Morrison napped (i.e. passed out drunk) on the couch. At <|fim_middle|> was so quietly confident, not a note was out of place, nothing was there by chance. John Martyn's music was always slightly slurred, messy and sprawling and fractious, it reached for the moon, but might kick you in the shins along the way. This was the other side of the same coin. Precise and intentional. And that voice! Intimate and young and weary and present, it felt like he was singing from deep inside the guitar. The sound and the songs were so delicate that I held my breath….it felt like the slightest wind would blow them away. And yet, they were so finely built, so well-wrought, that now, fifty years on, they are still here, still quietly devastating, still new.
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Copyright © 2020 greymatter.fm, Inc. All rights reserved. | 18, he moved to London and fell in with a crowd of English folk singers, including John and Beverly Martyn, Sandy Denny, and Richard and Linda Thompson, who provided mentorship and the occasional gig. Back in the States, Brian collaborated with Syd Straw and Vernon Reid but eventually traded the stage for the page to pursue music journalism with the Paris Review. When he returned to the industry in the 90s, Brian stayed behind the scenes, producing for Lucinda Williams, Sussan Deyhim, and Youssou N'dour. "Any way you slice it," Paul Opperman once wrote, "Brian Cullman is or has been that guy."
Brian released his first album, All Fires The Fire, in 2008, and his second, The Opposite of Time, eight years later. This September saw the arrival of his third LP, Winter Clothes, which American Songwriter described as "exuberantly sad," simultaneously "raucous and tender," and his "best record ever."
For his Algorhythm, Brian recalls the folk album that changed his life.
It's been a long time since a record changed my life. And for good reason. Changing your life is messy.
Years ago, I was at John & Beverly Martyn's house in London, and, as I was leaving, John insisted I take along a copy of Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left. John always had great music on his stereo, Hamza El Din and Geoff Muldaur and Pharaoh Sanders, but this record seemed different: it wasn't blues, it wasn't an old jazz record or Nubian oud music from the desert, this was recent and closer to home.
"You haven't heard this?" He looked skeptical. "How could you not know this. Man, it's alive!"
And it was.
And it is.
When I got back to my flat in Islington, I put on "Cello Song," and the colors in the room seemed to change. It was as if someone had opened up the window and let a fresh breeze into the room, blowing away the dust of the past. The sound of his fingers on the strings | 445 |
JOSHUA BORTHS
Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Joshua Borths (stage director, educator, and writer) is known for his innovative and thought-provoking productions. Borths is the currently the Director of Opera & Musical Theater at Capital University in Columbus, OH and a member of the stage directing staff at Des Moines Metro Opera. A prominent educator, Borths has been a guest panelist at the Opera America Conference, collaborated with TED Ed on their first opera resources, and been featured in Opera News for his innovative approach to opera. Previously, Borths was the Resident Stage Director and Director of Education and Community Engagement at Arizona Opera and has been on the directing staff of at Des Moines Metro Opera, the Crane School of Music (SUNY Potsdam), the Seagle Music Colony, and the Crested Butte Music Festival. This season, Borths directs Dido and Aeneas and Kiss Me, Kate for Capital University, The Magic Fl<|fim_middle|> University. Borths can be contacted at joshuaborths@gmail.com | ute and Little Red's Most Unusual Day for Des Moines Metro Opera (Opera Iowa), and The Elixir of Love for Opera Las Vegas before returning for his third summer season at Des Moines Metro Opera. Last season, Borths directed Madama Butterfly for Pensacola Opera, La clemenza di Tito for the University of Maryland, Il barbiere di Siviglia at Arizona Opera, and Song from the Uproar for Opera Ithaca. Past favorites include directing new productions of Rusalka and Florencia en el Amazonas for Arizona Opera, Hansel and Gretel and The Tragedy of Carmen for Opera Memphis, Suor Angelica for Crested Butte Music Festival, and L'elisir d'amore, The Music Man, and Il barbiere di Siviglia for the Seagle Music Colony. Borths has also directed gala performances featuring Frederica von Stade and Joyce DiDonato, and the southeastern premieres of Soldier Songs and La Hija de Rappaccini. As an assistant director, Borths has worked with many opera companies including Arizona Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Des Moines Metro Opera, and the Festival della Valle d'Itria.
His educational adaptations of classic operas have been seen at Toledo Opera, Atlanta Opera, Arizona Opera, and the Florida State University. Borths holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Michigan, and a masters degree in Opera Production from Florida State | 302 |
Arrival's Ambition is Undone by its Simplistic Screenplay
davecrewe / November 17, 2016
It wasn't supposed to be this way. Arrival was supposed to herald the ascendance of Denis Villeneuve as a critical darling. This optimistic, cerebral sci-fi – where aliens are greeted by a female linguist rather than gun-toting marines – was going to win over the haters – the detractors who mocked Prisoners and sniffed at Sicario – and we would walk in lockstep together towards a bright future where the Canadian auteur was ranked among the greatest directors.
Maybe that's the path we're headed towards. Certainly, Arrival's combination of optimism and emotion seems to have won over the same kind of critics who were underwhelmed by his earlier (excellent) works. But as the film's momentum grows, I find myself lagging behind, liking the film less and less the more I think about it. As befitting Villeneuve's filmography, it's hard to quibble with the technical aspects, whether its Bradford Young's crisp, contemplative cinematography, Jóhann Jóhannson's unnerving, Mica-Levi-inspired score or Amy Adams' central performance. These are worthy of praise, yet they're in service of a regrettably shallow screenplay that prioritises trite universality over necessary specificity.
To that end, let's get specific. Arrival is adapted from Ted Chiang's short story, Story of Your Life. Chiang's story is hard sci-fi, centring on the linguistic and mathematical particulars involved in understanding an alien species' unfamiliar language. So it's understandable that the feature film adaptation would take a different approach, paralleling Dr Louise Banks' (Amy Adams') quest to interpret the alien's objectives with mutinous military-types and questions of geopolitics and warfare. These additions aren't incompatible with the scaffolding provided by Chiang and the film, to its credit, retains the most unconventional aspect of Story of Your Life – its unique approach to time.
What follows requires some spoilers, so consider this your fair warning.
Both Arrival and its source material reveal that their aliens – dispersed across the globe in concave dirig<|fim_middle|> me as much when it felt like the film started moving from theoretical science and linguistics into 'science-fiction', per se.
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Leave a Reply to harrisonforth Cancel reply | ibles and referred to as 'heptapods' – experience reality differently to humans. Our experience is linear, a series of causative events strung one after the other. But the heptapods' perception of time is different – time isn't an infinite series of moments perched like dominos, but rather something concurrent, where there's no distinction between 'past' and 'present' and 'future.'
It's a heady idea and one that, to its credit, Arrival handles quite well. Its structural mix of flashbacks and flashforwards (and the very deliberate ambiguity over which is which) pairs with Villeneuve's talent for tone to develop a kind of teleological tension in the back half. Louise's understanding of the alien language allows her – with a nod to Sapir-Whorf – to experience time like the heptapods do, so we cut back and forth in time while blurring the notion of cause and effect. We know what Louise is going to achieve, even how she's going to achieve it before it's seen on screen, but the combination of cinematic elements maintains a heightening sense of excitement and interest even when the climax is a foregone conclusion.
Taken in a vacuum, this is a remarkable achievement – and no doubt the reason for my critical colleague's fervent praise of the film. The emotional resonances of the film diverge from its conceptual spine – the way we feel is distinct from what we know. But of course, that's always true. We might understand the physical principles that will predict the path of a ray of light through an optically denser medium, but this doesn't prevent us from marvelling at the prismatic scattering that eventuates. We rewatch a film or reread a story we know well and we are engaged even though we know how it will end, right down to the finest detail. We live our lives with the inevitability of our deaths hanging over us, but the choices we make are buoyed rather than deadened by our knowledge of our own mortality.
If only these ideas, so deftly and cleverly executed in Chiang's short story, could have been allowed to flower in its feature film adaptation! Alas, the screenwriter tasked with reinterpreting the story is one Eric Heisserer, heretofore known for remaking A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Thing. Faced with the understandable reluctance to weigh down audiences with linguistic minutiae, Heisserer instead pivots into familiar material: paranoia, the threat of war, geopolitical tensions. While this plays more neatly into Villeneuve's hands – the light tone of the short story, the joyous sense of discovery and exploration isn't really his bag – it's executed with such clumsiness and reliance on cliché that it almost scuttles the film altogether.
Arrival's crudely-drawn political landscape lacks any of the thoughtful nuance with which Chiang approached his subject matter (which, admittedly, omitted any mention of wider global ramifications). The boogieman of the piece is China, represented by one General Shang (Tzi Ma), whose upcoming impact on the plot is oft-foreshadowed with clunky dialogue like, "They call him the big domino, because whatever he does, four other countries will follow." One might wonder why China's greatest linguists choose to converse with the aliens using an innately adversarial medium, but don't expect any answers beyond 'it suited the plot.'
This is a deterministic, even childish view of international relations, and it's reflected in microcosm as well: for example, elite soldiers who mount an ill-conceived rebellion against the heptapods after listening to a few too many angry podcasts (said rebellion is the film's nadir, though it's thankfully quarantined away from the rest of the film for the most part).
The inevitability of these subplots are understandable, and arguably necessary within the film's unconventional structure. But by shifting focus from Banks' problem-solving to a facile, deterministic view of humanity, the film inadvertently reveals its own shallowness. I suspect most of Arrival's proponents forgive these misgivings by instead focus on the story's emotional spine, the bond between Louise and her daughter (seen in flashbacks that are later revealed to be flashforwards).
The core of this storyline, borrowed from the original short story, is a powerful one. Granted knowledge of her own future, Banks is forever aware of her daughter's impending death. It's not so much a choice to have her daughter in any case, but simply a recognition that the emotional resonance of the connections we make with our loved ones are powerful and worthy even if they are by necessity transient, ending with our death or theirs. The emotional heft is shouldered entirely by Villeneuve, Young and Jóhannson, with Heisserer relying upon cliché after cliché (want to show a heartwarming bond between mother and child? Maybe find something more original than the pair frolicking about on the grass.). The truncated romantic relationship similarly eschews specificity for the universal, but can't help but trip over itself with some egregiously dreadful dialogue.
Which is a shame. Arrival is far from a bad film, but its flaws are too persistent to ignore. Its political message – to strive for communication and understanding over antagonism – is admirable but eroded by its trite, thoughtless representations of international relations. Its emotional core is moving but empty, reliant on a soaring soundtrack and gorgeous cinematography rather than robust, idiosyncratic characterisation. I understand the praise for it; I only wish I felt the same.
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7 thoughts on "Arrival's Ambition is Undone by its Simplistic Screenplay"
Courtney Young says:
I can understand and appreciate your qualms with the film; my boyfriend had similar issues with this moreso than I did. The only minor complaint I have with this film is that it's a more user-friendly version of Interstellar. Despite it being based on a short story, it's hard not to see the obvious parallels between both movies. Other than that, I honestly really liked this one. Great review!!
Yeah, it definitely seems with films like this, Interstellar and Gravity, Hollywood is quietly embracing a more intellectual strain of sci-fi. Which is good, even if I haven't loved any of them as much as I wanted to!
polarbears16 says:
Completely agree. I admire the effort and appreciate the different approach to a typical "alien invasion film", but the film moved others whilst leaving me cold. Super rushed ending in particular.
harrisonforth says:
This one resonated with me unexpectedly. Right mood, right time I think.
See I latched onto Chiang's themes above all else and mostly Villeneuve and Young's understated portrayal of them. It hits all at once and I was in awe of the amount of subtext that could be conveyed through a single reveal, built up throughout the entirety of the film. Like all instruments finally playing together at once and hearing the symphony for the first time. I commend how they chose to convey these themes through a perspective by grounding them in character, with an apparent deep admiration for Lousie. There's a distinct level of respect for her ultimate choice which is echoed by the audience. I loved that.
I can see that, but I think that the film's mistake – and perhaps the short story shares this, depending on your interpretation – is framing it as a *choice*. If we take a non-linear interpretation of time, it's not really even a choice – it's an acceptance of inevitability, and I think the film broke it down into a binary that simplifies that. It's emotionally powerful, I'd agree, but ultimately too simplistic – even hollow – to work in the way I want it too. Also, the geopolitical stuff is ropey as all hell, even if the emotions land.
Yeah I definitely I interpreted it as choosing to accept, rather than resisting fate (that is if she had no control over it, which is suggested). It poses that intimate question, how would you live knowing your entire future? But also how would you let that effect the lives of those around you? Louise understands the value of life and that it is worth living to the fullest, however fleeting it may be. Her ultimate choice isn't to accept her fate and have a child, it's to live with this philosophy in mind and to give her child the life and love she deserves. I found that to be a devastatingly complex level of emotion.
As for the geopolitical stuff – yeah agree it's pretty dicey – but it didn't bother | 1,945 |
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17/08/2012 · Category Film & Animation; Suggested by SME Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye (Official Music Video<|fim_middle|> Ways to Say Goodbye; Artist Train... That's why, when it's time to say goodbye in the present, it's often helpful to draw on the vast eloquence of the past. In times of great change, it can be hard to find the words to express the strong emotions we feel and/or sum up a period of our life that's coming to a close. A famous quote – whether it's funny, inspirational, or melancholy – often says it best.
Funny Goodbye Sayings and Quotes. Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old funny goodbye quotes, funny goodbye sayings, and funny goodbye proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.... Funny Goodbye Sayings and Quotes. Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old funny goodbye quotes, funny goodbye sayings, and funny goodbye proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
And this will obviously bring about a whole new reason for you to be petty and argue with your friends. As if life didn't present itself with enough reasons for you to disagee, quarrel, argue, fight, squabble, debate, bicker, and disparage over differences and provide enough conflict between two parties. | ) Song 50 | 5 |
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March 18, 2008 — The $25,000 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded to Barton Gellman and Jo Becker of the Washington Post for their investigative report "Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency" The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy administers the award.
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Gellman and Becker's four-part series examined the most powerful vice president in history, providing a greater public understanding of the Bush-Cheney era.
"The judges concluded the Cheney story was the most important of 2007," said Thomas E. Patterson, acting director of the Shorenstein Center. "There were many deserving investigative reporting pieces, but the Cheney piece stood out for its startling revelations and deep investigation."
Launched in 1991, the Goldsmith Prize honors journalism that promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government, the making of public policy, or the practice of politics by disclosing excessive secrecy, impropriety, and mismanagement.
The five finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting were as follows:
Joshua Kors of the Nation for "Thanks for Nothing." Kors revealed how military doctors are purposely misdiagnosing soldiers wounded in Iraq as having been ill before joining the Army. His investigations resulted in a congressional hearing, bills in the House and Senate, and an added amendment to the Defense Authorization Act.
Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker of the New York Times for "A Toxic Pipeline." Bogdanich and Hooker uncovered what would turn out to be China's most lethal export: diethylene glycol, an ingredient in antifreeze that was used in medicine and is suspected of killing hundreds around the world. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has halted all imports of Chinese glycerin. China has reversed its position on diethylene glycol.
Tom Dubocq of the Palm Beach Post for "Palm Beach County's Culture of Corruption<|fim_middle|> Center:
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Loretta Tofani of the Salt Lake Tribune for "American Imports, Chinese Deaths." While the harmful effects of products made in China and consumed in America were being uncovered, Chinese factory workers were dying from carcinogens used in making these products. Tofani's reporting spurred Democratic proposals to require overseas enforcement of worker protections in trade agreements.
Dana Priest and Anne Hull of the Washington Post for "The Other Walter Reed." Priest and Hull exposed the deep and widespread problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Their reporting resulted in the dismissal of the commander of Walter Reed, the surgeon general of the Army, and the secretary of the Army and an overhaul of the system for treating outpatients in the military health system.
The Goldsmith Book Prize is awarded to the best academic and best trade books that seek to improve the quality of government or politics through an examination of press and politics in the formation of public policy. The prize for best academic book was awarded to John G. Geer for In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns.
The best trade book prize, meanwhile, went to Ted Gup for Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life.
The Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism was given to Paul E. Steiger, former managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, chairman of the Committee to Protect Journalists, and editor-in-chief of ProPublica, a new nonprofit investigative journalism organization.
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EMD Serono wanted<|fim_middle|> environment.
This space has made a positive impact on employee attraction and retention. A new employee shared that one of his favorite aspects about the company when he came to interview was the newly designed work space. Employees refer to the space as innovative, bright, airy, and biotech, and a few employee "favorites" include the writable walls and surfaces, as well as the standing-height desks. Employees are also very happy with amount of meeting spaces and the ability to have access to available meeting areas when they need it – whether scheduled or impromptu.
Employees feel that this space is a tremendous improvement from their previous space and truly represents the company's current culture and mission, as well as the company EMD aspires to be.
This project has been submitted for LEED Platinum Certification for Commercial Interiors. | to design for strict acoustical privacy while still embracing a collaborative and open office culture in their government and regulatory affairs office.
The concept of "permeation" is expressed through the main intersecting with the ceiling. Photo by Eric Taylor.
In 2015, EMD Serono — the U.S. division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany — teamed up with INTEC Group to design their government and regulatory affairs office in Washington, DC.
EMD Serono first tasked INTEC with researching and designing an "office of the future." From there, the team at INTEC studied employee engagement, wellness, and the multi-generational workforce, concluding that the client's workplace of the future must consider biophilic design, kinetic architecture, and technology to provide a holistic and engaging work environment.
The result is an optimized, adaptable space that incorporates several layers of sustainable practices in terms of the materials used but also the positive impact on those who occupy the space.
We reached out to the team at INTEC to find out more.
"We" space showing off the kinetic transformation of assembly space. Photo by Eric Taylor.
An "ideation cocoon." Photo by Eric Taylor.
The project is located in Washington's landmark Warner Building. The building itself provides access to several amenities for tenants including a fitness center, roof deck, on-site restaurant, newsstand, and the Warner Theatre. The building is just a few blocks from the White House and other key destinations in DC, with close proximity to multiple Metro stations and public transit.
The unique entrance integrates biophilic design, technology, and the EMD Serono brand. Photo by Eric Taylor.
Steelcase was the manufacturer and Red Thread was the dealer.
For this government and global affairs office, acoustical privacy and the handling of classified information were of utmost importance, even between the separate divisions within the office. We were challenged with designing for strict acoustical privacy while still embracing a collaborative and open office culture.
The end user's other primary concern was access to natural daylight and the challenge of providing everyone with natural light in a private office intensive program. Steelcase VIA demountable partitions were used as the office fronts, which allowed natural light into all parts of the office and allowed us to meet our STC requirements, even with sliding glass doors.
Ultimately, we were able to ensure acoustical privacy without compromising visibility and access to natural light.
"We" touchdown space in the office. Photo by Eric Taylor.
Some employees are on international travel, so this location is an important place for employees to touchdown. It is important for them to be able to communicate with the U.S. HQ in Boston and the Merck HQ in Darmstadt Germany.
We used the expanse of window line that connects the two divisions within the office as "we" space, providing a lifeline of daylight for people to connect outside of their private work zones. This "we" space is designed to support the company culture by encouraging and supporting social learning, knowledge sharing, collaboration, and personal connections.
All we spaces are considered to be touchdown areas for visitors and for full time employees who want to get out of their offices. The "we" space is designed to provide for opportunities of different posturing and to encourage movement and collaborative discovery and creativity throughout the day.
Merck International and EMD Serono were coincidentally undergoing a large corporate rebranding process simultaneously to the interior design process for this project that our project team did not have access to. We designed the project independently of their current brand, and relied on visioning exercises with the end users and our own brand accelerator exercises to create a space that ultimately aligned with the new brand that was released two months into construction.
EMD's brand is distilled into the design concept of "permeation". Connecting to EMD Serono as a biopharmaceutical company, life permeates through the layer of cellular structures. This spatial and sculptural imagery of cellular layers permeates through the EMD Serono space as threads of walls, light, and circulation, imprinting the EMD Serono brand throughout the space while activating elements of wellness and biophilic design. Compound curves in the drywall, shapes within the flooring pattern, and the forms of specialty millwork and lighting all reinforce the brand. More literally, the colors throughout, the graphics painted on the collaborative "cocoon" area, LEED educational signage, and room signage are a direct reflection of EMD's branding package.
Many elements in the space speak to the unique qualities of kinetic transformation, biophilic design, and technology under the umbrella concept of permeation. One of the most unique features is the entry lobby that from outside entry doors begins the introduction of biophilic design permeating through the space in the detailing of organic walls, ceiling design, and sculptural millwork while allowing for natural light to reach through the space to the main entry.
None of the private offices have windows, which is something people were very hesitant about. Through our design collaboration with the EMD team, the communal "we" space became an experiential opportunity for all team members to utilize during the workday. By opening up the entire length of window line, this allowed for borrowed natural light and site line views to windows to permeate all glass-front offices.
Through our initial research for EMD's "office of the future", studies showed that a connection to nature in the workplace through biophilic design can decrease the main causes for deficient productivity: absenteeism, loss of focus, negative mood, and poor health while promoting creative cognitive thinking. By providing adaptable spaces through kinetic architecture, this office creates a community that accommodates the similarities and differences of multiple generations within the work force. Through the seamless integration of technology into the workplace, this space optimizes collaboration, efficiency and productivity.
Organic, curving walls in the biophilic design permeate through the space. Photo by Eric Taylor.
We were recently approved to proceed with conducting a post occupancy survey in conjunction with Steelcase; we will measure how people feel regarding how their office works to complete their jobs and create a collaborative environment and also provide metrics around how proud employees feel to bring visitors to their space, how connected employees feel to EMD's vision, and how inspired they are in their new work | 1,283 |
De Gregori è il sesto album in studio di Francesco De Gregori, pubblicato nel 1978.
Brani
L'album contiene il brano Generale.
Raggio di sole è una canzone dedicata ai due figli gemelli Marco e Federico appena nati.
Copertina
La copertina dell'album è una fotografia dello stesso De Gregori ripreso mentre gioca al pallone in un prato.
Tracce
Testi e musiche di Francesco De<|fim_middle|>iere
Cover
Nel 2002 Vasco Rossi ha inciso e pubblicato una cover di Generale, contenuta nell'album Tracks.
Nel 2009 Luca Carboni ha realizzato una cover di Raggio di sole nel suo album Musiche ribelli.
Nel 2021 Paolo Belli ha realizzato una cover di Natale in chiave swing.
Collegamenti esterni | Gregori
Lato A
Lato B
Musicisti
Francesco De Gregori: voce, chitarra
Mario Scotti: basso
Dave Sumner: chitarra
Mario Schiano: sax alto in Due zingari
Franco Di Stefano: batteria
George Sims: chitarra
Alberto Visentin: tast | 75 |
Union Pacific Locomotive Fleet Changes
April and May 1997
(as 26 June 1997)
During April and May, General Electric delivered 42 new C44ACs. Numbers 6570-6581 were delivered between 7Apr1997 and 29Apr1997. Numbers 6575-6612 were delivered between 1May1997 and 28May1997.
General Motors delivered 29 new EMD SD9043ACs. Twenty-two units, to number 8139, arrived between 3Apr1997 and 25Apr1997. An additional 17 units, to number 8156, arrived between 9May1997 and 30May1997.
On 1May1997, Union Pacific took formal ownership 140 ex-D&RGW units (134 freight and six switch units). This total includes four GP30s, 24 GP40s, 35 GP40-2s, three GP60s, three SD45s, 55 SD40T-2s, 10 SD50s, three SW1200s, and three SW1000s. This 1May total does not include three GP40s, 13 SD40T-2s, and seven SD50s previously repainted to SP. At the time of the UP/SP merger in September 1996, there were 201 former D&RGW units on SP, including: five SW1200s; five SW1000s; eight GP30s; two GP35s; 41 GP40s (including two already repainted to SP); 35 GP40-2s; three GP60s; 11 SD45s; 71 SD40T-2s; 17 SD50s (including seven already repainted to SP); and the three cab units, D&RGW 5762, 5763, and 5771. The current renumbering plan includes number slots for 153 former D&RGW units, including: 29 GP40s (UP 718-745); 69 SD40T-2s (UP 4000-4068); 17 SD50s (UP 5095-5111); 35 GP40-2s (UP 5242-5272; 5345-5348); and three GP60s (UP 5700-5702). The reason for the three different totals, 140, 153, and 201 is not known at this time.
The GP38-2 long-term lease fleet was increased by 12 units; four in April and eight in May. Four delivered in April (UP 1834, 1835, 1837, 1837) and four delivered in May (UP 1830, 1831, 1843, 1844) are ex-HATX (Helm Atlantic) 200-class units, and were all originally Missouri Pacific units, most of which received UP numbers prior to being returned to the lessor in March and April 1994. These eight units brings the total to nine units received from an eventual total of 17 ex-HATX units. The second group of four units delivered in May (UP 1918, 1930, 1951, 1960) are the first of an eventual total of 61 units that are being leased from EMD. These 61 units in the EMD 700- and 800-series, are all ex-CR/PC, and are a part of a 100-unit fleet seeing nationwide lease service since 1987.
Six additional GP38-3 leased units arrived from the rebuild program at Motive Power Industries (formerly MK Rail) at Boise, Idaho. UP 2511-2514 arrived in April, and UP 2411 and 2412 arrived in May. UP 2511 and 2512 are ex-CSXT GP40s 6544 and 6806. UP 2513 and 2514 are ex-D&RGW GP40s 3069 and 3083. UP 2411 is rebuilt from ex-CSXT GP38-2 9652, and UP 2412 is rebuilt from ex-CSXT GP38-2 2027. MPI's model designation for these units is GP38M-3.
Four more leased SW1500s in the 1000-class were delivered during April. As with 11 of the earlier-delivered units, these four newest units (UP 1022, 1024, 1025, 1026) are also ex-Norfolk Southern units, reconditioned by Metro-East Industries of East St. Louis, Illinois
A third former California Northern GP15-1 also arrived in April. UP 1544 is said to formerly be<|fim_middle|>s 3007 and 3008; D&RGW SD45s 5323 and 5328; SP SD7 1508; S3-2B road slugs 1602 and 1610; GP9s 3194, 3338, 3421, 3800, and 3842; SD9s 4338, 4390, 4407, 4415, 4436, 4450; GP35s 6307, 6333, 6343, 6351, and 6354; SD45T-2 9257; and SSW SW1200s 2251 and 2293. Another 32 units were retired during May, including: D&RGW GP40 3081; SP SD7s 1503, 1519, and 1524; SW1200 2277; SD35M 2966; GP9s 3789 and 3880; SD9s 4313 and 4371; GP35 6359; SD45T-2s 6794, 6817, 6835, 9195, 9242, 9313, and 9348; SD40Rs (called SD45-2s by UP) 7410, 7418, 7448, 7464, 7509, and 7522; B36-7s 7755, 7757, 7760, 7761, 7767, 7768, and 7769; and SSW SD45T-2 9374.
All of UP's 6000 HP locomotives have been assigned new number series, to keep their number series above the growing fleet of convertible units. The SD90ACs from EMD will be delivered in the new 8500 series, and the new C60ACs from GE will be delivered in the 7500 series. The ten C60ACs currently on the property (UP 7000-7009, delivered in November and December 1996) will be renumbered to the 7500 series.
Renumbered units for April and May include (in order of new UP numbers):
Number Old
Number Model Date Notes
UP 415 UP 2415 C30-7 16May1997
UP 603 UP 2603 C36-7 23Apr1997 (ex-UP 9003, nee MP 9003)
UP 635 UP 9035 C36-7 7May1997
UP 1074 SP 2468 SW1500 14May1997
UP 1090 SP 2493 SW1500 7May1997
UP 1095 SP 2499 SW1500 18Feb1997 (reported late)
UP 1109 SP 2523 SW1500 8Apr1997
UP 1128 SP 2544 SW1500 15Apr1997
UP 1548 C&NW 4403 GP15-1 29Apr1997
UP 1796 UP 19 GP38-2 4Apr1997 (ex-UP1996, nee MKT 340)
UP 1971 SP 4845 GP38-2 28Apr1997
UP 2814 C&NW 6658 SD38-2 29Apr1997
UP 2961 C&NW 6812 SD40-2 7May1997
UP 2993 C&NW 6861 SD40-2 22May1997
UP 4425 SP 8364 SD40T-2 13May1997
UP 4462 SP 8330 SD40T-2 15Apr1997
UP 5090 C&NW 7030 SD50 9May1997
UP 5245 D&RGW 3122 GP40-2 27May1997
UP 5310 SSW 7657 GP40-2 19May1997
UP 5548 UP 939 GP50 22May1997 (ex-C&NW 5066)
UP 5583 UP 985 GP50 13May1997
UP 5584 UP 986 GP50 28Apr1997
UP 5836 SP 9737 GP60 30Mar1997 (reported late)
UP 5842 SP 9743 GP60 8May1997
UP 5946 C&NW 8001 SD60 11Apr1997
UP 9632 SP 8168 C44-9 15May1997
UP 9697 C&NW 8633 C44-9W 15May1997
Correction: In two separate issues of Diesel Era (Vol. 8, No.1, pg. 5; and Vol. 8, No. 2, pg. 58) reference was made to newly leased SW1500 number 1011 being ex-UP 1315, nee WP 1501. UP SW1500 1011 is the former Norfolk Southern number 78, originally Kentucky & Indiana Terminal 78. The history of UP 1011 was furnished to UP by Helm immediately prior to its lease coming into effect in September 1996. UP 1315, purchased by UP in January 1989 after its original capital lease expired, has never left UP tracks and would not have been available for lease to UP as part of the new 1000-1035 group of units being leased from Helm. UP 1315 has been assigned UP 1040 as its new post-SP merger number.
Correction: In the most recent issue of Diesel Era (Vol. 8, No. 4, pg. 56), in a report of UP's newest C44AC locomotives from GE, a statement was made that UP 6550-6559 are part of a group of 4,390 HP locomotives that will be converted at a later time to 6,000 HP. This is wrong. Only the 70-unit group of C6044ACs, numbered from UP 7010-7979, delivered in November and December 1995, and August and September 1996, are convertible from 4,390 HP to 6,000 HP. | CFNR 103, ex-C&NW 4414 prior to that unit's return to lessor GMAC in March 1992, and subsequent lease to CFNR in October 1993.
As mentioned in the most recent issue of Diesel Era (Vol. 8, No. 4, pg. 2) Union Pacific has received 10 General Electric C44ACs from General Electric (GECX) as warranty protection units. GECX 4000-4009 were delivered between 7Apr1997 and 19Apr1997. These units are fully painted in UP yellow and gray, with red GECX lettering, and immediately entered service in Wyoming's Powder River basin.
The SD40-2 Life Extension fleet was increased by one unit when UP SD40-2R 3537 was completed on 15April1997.
The SD50M program continues with UP 5005 completed on 7Apr1997 and UP 5061 (ex-C&NW 7001) was completed on 5May1997.
Much of UP's short-term leased units were returned to their lessors on 30Apr1997. Included were EMD SD70Ms 7000-7024 (25 units), GECX SC30-7s 3000-3010 (11 units), GECX (ATSF) C30-7s 8001-8095 (17 units), GECX (CR) C39-8s 6000-6019 (15 units), LMS (CR) C40-8Ws 700-714 (15 units), and CR C30-7s 500-568 (35 units) and 6600-6609 (7 units). A total of 115 units.
Possibly the most news-worthy item in this report is UP's retirement of 58 ex-SP, SSW, and D&RGW units. Twenty-six units were retired on 28Apr1997, including: D&RGW GP30 | 507 |
CAQ issues request for 2019 audit research proposals
The<|fim_middle|> preparationCAQ | Center for Audit Quality has issued its annual request for proposals to fund independent academic research on audit-related topics.
The CAQ has previously funded 39 academic research projects under its Research Advisory Board, comprised of members in academia and public company auditing professionals.
"Academic research plays an important role in informing and improving audit practice," said CAQ executive director Cindy Fornelli in a statement. "The grants that are funded under this program have addressed key issues, such as professional skepticism, audit quality, fair value estimates, and auditor judgment and decision making. The profession is pleased to support independent academic research that can shape the audit of the future."
The CAQ is interested in research topics including:
Auditing accounting estimates and fair value measurements.
Audit committee and board effectiveness.
The audit implications of new accounting standards.
Auditor risk assessment.
Audits of internal control over financial reporting.
Cybersecurity.
Data analytics.
Fraudulent financial reporting.
Group audits.
Materiality.
The new auditors' reporting model.
New corporate disclosures and new media.
Non-GAAP measures.
Professional skepticism.
The value of the audit.
Proposals must be submitted by March 14, 2019, via the CAQ's online submission form. All proposals will be reviewed by the CAQ's Research Advisory Board, with grants announced in June 2019. For more information, head to the CAQ's site here.
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Experts Warn Pfizer Antiviral Pills May Pose Risks With Other Medications
By Brian Freeman
Experts warn that despite the first antiviral pills for COVID-19 promising protection for those at risk of severe disease, Pfizer's or Merck's new medications may not be safe for everyone, NBC News reported over the weekend.
One of the two drugs in Pfizer's Paxlovid antiviral cocktail could cause severe or life-threatening interactions with commonly used medications, including statins, blood thinners and some antidepressants, and the FDA does not recommend Paxlovid for those with severe kidney or liver disease.
In addition, due to concerns about the potential side effects of Merck's molnupiravir, the FDA has restricted its use to adults and only in cases in which other treatments are inaccessible or are not "clinically appropriate."
The main concern is that when Paxlovid is paired with other medications that are also metabolized by the CYP3A enzyme, the ritonavir component may boost the co-administered drugs to toxic levels.
The drugs that pose interaction risks are widely prescribed to those at the greatest risk from COVID because of other health conditions<|fim_middle|> not preclude most people from taking Paxlovid.
Emily Zadvorny, a clinical pharmacist who is the executive director of the Colorado Pharmacists Society, told NBC News that pharmacists "are an excellent source of information and advice about interactions between medications and also supplements and herbal products," adding that "they will help determine if a significant interaction exists and devise solutions to mitigate the interaction if possible."
Experts are also hopeful that since the Paxlovid treatment is brief, 30 pills, taken as three pills twice a day for five days, the risk of adverse interactions with other medications is low.
"Five days of interactions is not a big deal for the majority of drugs," said Jason Gallagher, a clinical pharmacy specialist in infectious diseases at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.
Anderson stressed that, despite concerns, "Paxlovid is a breakthrough drug [that] could make a real difference in the pandemic by making an effective COVID treatment available to many people."
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He told NBC News that "some of these potential interactions are not trivial, and some pairings have to be avoided altogether," adding that "some are probably easily managed, but some we're going to have to be very careful about."
The FDA has published in its Paxlovid fact sheet a list of medications that may interact harmfully with ritonavir, including those that should not be paired with the COVID antivirals.
Pharmacists emphasize, however, that many of the drug interactions are manageable and should | 126 |
Green Shield Canada is ramping up their biosimilar policy with the announcement of their new biosimilar transition program to move patients from their originator biologic to the biosimilar. Back in 2016 they<|fim_middle|>, more drugs will be added in the future.
Interesting that Green Shield is using the word "transitioning" and not "switching". It denotes a softer, subtler message that doesn't imply changing one's medication but just adjusting it slightly! Also noteworthy is the fact that the insurer is engaging the patient directly and putting the onus in them to discuss with their doctor. | listed biosimilars as their preferred product under their formularies, but only required coverage of the biosimilar for new starts. Those already taking an originator biologic were grandfathered in. Well, this is now changing.
The program will initially focus on medications, Remicade and Enbrel for the conditions of rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis. Members who are currently taking one of these drugs will receive a letter asking them to discuss with their physician whether they choose to move to the biosimilar and receive full coverage or to continue with their originator biologic and pay the difference in price. This new biosimilar transition program will be implemented as a pilot project for some plan sponsors in the first half of 2018 with plans to roll it out to more broadly by the end of the year. As well | 178 |
Web applications are by nature stateless. Statelessness is both an advantage and a disadvantage. When resources are not being consumed by maintaining connections and state, scalability is tremendously improved. But the lack of state reduces functionality severely. Ecommerce applications require state to be maintained as the user navigates from page to page. ASP.NET's Session object makes it easy for developers to maintain state in a Web application. State can be maintained in-process, in a session state server, or in SQL Server.
In-process state management is the ASP.NET default, and it offers the fastest response time, but does not work in a Web farm. Consequently, it is not practical in high capacity Web applications requiring the load to be spread over multiple servers. A dedicated session state server is shared by all servers in a Web farm, so it provides scalability of the Session objects across all Web servers. It cannot store state persistently. If a dedicated session state server goes down for any reason, all<|fim_middle|> Base article 311209 says to stop the Web server service to overcome this error. An "uninstallation" failure can still occur even if the Web server service is stopped. Additionally, you might not want to stop the Web server service because that will cause all Web applications on the server to stop. Instead, use the SQL Server Enterprise Manager. Find the processes accessing the ASPState database and delete them. If users are still accessing the application and causing new processes to be created faster than you can delete them, go to the IIS console and select the Properties for the Web application. On the Directory tab, click the Remove button. This will prevent access to the Web application and allow you to kill any remaining processes accessing the ASPState database. Once the processes are gone, uninstallation should completely successfully. Be sure to go back to the IIS console and click the Create button to restore the Web application to normal working order if you previously clicked the Remove button. | session state data is lost. SQL Server is another alternative for storing session state for all of the servers in a Web farm. Since SQL Server is a database, there is a popular misconception that ASP.NET session state maintained in SQL Server is stored persistently. By default, it is not. If the SQL Server is stopped, the session state data is lost. By making a few simple changes, state can be stored persistently. It is important to understand that persistent is not the same thing as permanent. ASP.NET places a time limit (timeout in web.config) on how long a session's state is maintained. If the SQL Server is configured to store state persistently and it is down for longer than the ASP.NET session timeout interval, the session state data is lost.
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Langar at Anandpur Sahib
All About Sikhs: Sikh Institutions
Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth in succession from Guru Nanak, was installed to the Guruship in 1664. he spent some time at Bakala communicating instructions to his Sikhs. He then went to Kiratpur and langar was also shifted there along with him. The Guru did not live there for a long time. As he was plagued with the jealousy of the Sodhis, he sought rest on some land about six miles from Kiratpur, which is later on purchased from the Raja of Kahlur. There Guru Teg Bahadur laid the foundation of Anandpur in 1665, and subsequently the Guru's free kitchen was also introduced there and everyone was served with meals, with the same<|fim_middle|> and your many imperfections; else all your endeavour after spiritual life would be vain-yea, vain like the elephant's bath, for the moment the animal gets out of water it scatters dust all over its body."
The Guru so often helped those who wanted to help the poor and the needy. When he went to Dhamdhan he presented the Chaudhary of the village with funds to construct a well and a Dharamsal for the reception of the travelers, where the wayfarers could only spend comfortable nights but also get meals. Similarly when the Guru went to Karha, he induced an agriculturist to dig a Baoli for the benefit of wayfarers. When Guru Teg Bahadur dwelled in Anandpur it had become a place of pilgrimage for all the Sikhs and devotees and those who loved spirituality. The Guru received the people three times a day: morning, mid-day and evening. Hundreds of people were thus fed everyday from the guru's Langar.
" " anandpur guru langar mihan water
The Young Guru and Free Kitchen
Guru Gobind Singh Ji and Deg Tegh Fateh | old traditions, which were established by his predecessors. Leaving Anandpur, the Guru passed through many villages and towns preaching. He stopped at Dhamdhan in the Ba'gar tract. There was scarcity of water in that area. As the Guru always spent the money that came as offerings for charitable purpose, he got well sunk at different places. In the town of Dhamdhan too the Guru supplied funds to the villagers to sink a well saying:
"There is no higher and better course of life than to serve others and dedicate one's whole life to the service of the world."
There was a servant of the Guru by the name of Mihan. He was very devoted to the Guru and performed many services, such as brining water for the guru's bath, cleaning the kitchen utensils, and cooking food and serving the devotees. By fetching and carrying water-pots, his skull became sodden and finally the head festered and became full of sores. One day by chance the mother of the Guru noticed the state of the man's head and informed the Guru about it. The Guru was touched by the devotion of Mihan and sent for him and made his remove the cushion which he kept on his head for carrying water-pots and other loads. The Guru blessed Mihan and he was healed soon. The Guru also gave him a robe of honor. Once the Guru was asked what a great deed could be? He replied, "To give away what one has for the benefit of others is a great deed."
The Master continued, "One should accumulate the wealth of the Sacred Name within. What material wealth one may have should be shared with others and given away in charity, and the body should be kept clean by ablutions." Again at one occasion the Guru said to his Sikhs, "Think not of your good deeds, for thus the merits you acquire by visiting sacred laces, by penance, by giving money in charity, are in vain. If pride comes into your heart then the purpose of al charity is defeated. Know your unworthiness, keep aware of your own short-comings | 429 |
Born July 7, 1776, in Buschweiler, Alsace; died Apr. 2, 1827, in Darmstadt. Anatomist and zoologist; one of the founders of veterinary education in Russia. Graduated in 1797 from the medical school of the University of Jena.
In 1806, by invitation of the University of Vilnius, Bojanus became the chairman of the school of "livestock medicine." He was the first to describe the organ of secretion (kidney) of the lamellibranchia mollusk (Bojanus organ), but he erroneously identified it as the lung. He studied equine anatomy and embryology and contagious animal diseases (anthrax, plague, and others). He established zoological and zootomical departments at the University of Vilnius, created the first helminthological collection in Russia, developed a curriculum, and introduced a program of veterinary studies. Bojanus' basic works were in embryology, zoology, medicine, veterinary science, and zootechnology.
O ważniejśych zarazach bydta rogatego i koni. . . . Vilnius-Warsaw, <|fim_middle|>voliutsionisty do Darvina, vol. 1. Moscow-Leningrad, 1952. | 1810.
Anatome Testudinis Europea, vols. 1–2. Vilnius, 1819–21.
Des Principales Causes de la dégéńration des races des chevaux. Vilnius, 1815.
Russkii biograficheskii slovar', vol. 3. Edited by A. A. Poltsev. Moscow, 1908.
Raikov, B. E. Russkie biologie | 109 |
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Stephanie has over 18 years of experience in marketing and consulting in the pharmaceutical, medical device and hospital industries. She has extensive experience in U.S. and global product launches, new product development, data analytics, and global strategic management. Stephanie has a B.A. from Washington & Lee University and an M.B.A. from Cornell University. Stephanie lives in Wayne, PA with her three children and stubborn bulldog, Gunnar. | BCise. Prior to joining AstraZeneca, she worked at Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson and | 22 |
Hans Speek, född 4 februari 1920 i Novorossijsk i Ryssland, dö<|fim_middle|> Tekniska Högskolan i Stockholm till 1950. Han fick var anställd hos Erik Lallerstedt, varefter han drev egen arkitektverksamhet i Stockholm. Tillsammans med Bertil Engstrand vann han 1965 tävlingen om Martin Luthers kyrka i Halmstad. Han vann vidare Kasper Salin-priset för småhusområdet Solbacka, Norrtälje 1979 (tillsammans med Ola Bengtsson och Bertil Engstrand).
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Speel föddes i Kaukasus under Ryska inbördeskriget av estniska föräldrar. De återvände till Tallinn där Hans påbörjade sina tekniska studier. Efter krigsutbrottet och faderns deportation till Sibirien tog sig Hans Speek via Finland till Sverige där han fortsatte arkitektstudierna vid Kungliga | 114 |
What Wisdom Of What Crowds?
People who really care about the wisdom of the crowds need to think beyond "clicking" and sifting through "likes" and "shares" to gain insights that matter.
Neil Seeman
Wednesday 20 November 2013, 9:31 am
By Neil Seeman
It is almost 10 years (2004) since journalist James Surowiecki first described the "wisdom of the crowds." It was one heck of a powerful idea. It is demonstrably true that 100 people who do not know each other — or, say 10 bankers with independent voices — will reach a conclusion that is more predictive, or more accurate, than just one. Surowiecki used the famous example of the crowd at a county fair accurately guessing the weight of an ox.
Here's the problem today: Mr. Surowiecki made his trenchant observation prior to the proliferation of Facebook and Twitter and "social filtering"; today, online, we increasingly do not reach any wisdom of any independently-minded crowds. We speak to our friends.
The overwhelming bias of the Internet is English; social media platforms are skewed young; self-broadcasting (aka self-promotion) is the norm — as opposed to authentic dialogue; 'bots' and spam metastasize daily; marketers overwhelm you with pitches; fraudsters chase you down to help them with spurious 'bank loans' and 'wealth management' schemes; there are hundreds of thousands of fake social media accounts; and so on and so forth.
Social media filtering often yields irrational choices — what the Greeks called akrasia — over what foods to eat, or over what songs to like.<|fim_middle|> and loyalty card data have the same problem. Doesn't mean that those sources can't provide useful information, but we need to recognize the bias in the sample. And Galton never said crowds were smarter, just that an informed independent crowd tending to have a normal distribution around the correct answer 🙂
Daniel M. Ladik, Ph.D., says:
Hello Neil,
I liked this article but the premiss is not accurate. The social science behind the Wisdom of Crowds (to which Suroweicki does a nice job highlighting) is very powerful and has decades of academic research behind it.
In order for the Crowd to be smarter than a few experts, 4 conditions MUST be met:
(1) Diversity of opinion (e.g., each person should have some private information meaning they can form their own opinion
(2) Independence (e.g., one's opinion is NOT determined by those around them)
(3) Decentralization (e.g., people are able to specialize and draw on local knowledge)
(4) Aggregation (e.g., some mechanism exist for turning private judgments into a collective action)
The problem with most Web 2.0 platforms – particularly most popular social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Google +, etc is they violate the Independence Principle – #2 above. If this is violated, ALL results are biased, skewed, and therefore the crowd WILL NOT and cannot not be smarter than anyone else.
Yes, Mr. Surowiecki wrote his book in the pre-social web. However, if any of the 4 principles outlined above are violated, it doesn't make any difference whatsoever where opinions are collected (web or not)- they still be not be accurate.
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Mike Thompson says:
How incredibly refreshing. The subject matter was very interesting and the comments actually drew on traditional criticism for suggesting social medias would not be a good platform for CW. The comment: 'Only a tiny subset of a subset of a subset uses Twitter or Facebook or any other social media platform to engage in social change' was music to my ears. keep it up Leonard we will soon be agreeing on things (that is if you keep moving my way)
Leonard Murphy says:
LOL, I wouldn't go that far Mike, but it is nice to know we finally posted something that you agreed with!
Chris Robinson says:
"In the era of the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter, we've become enamored of ideas that spread as effortlessly as ether. We want frictionless, 'turnkey' solutions "
Lenny sounds like that mobile research revolution I keep hearing about. And Mike I suddenly don't feel so all alone!
A very interesting and insightful blog Neil. It goes to a question I have been trying to get recognized for a long time – just how different are mobile survey participants? Are they like the crowds above, not really representative of the mass?
Now I agree it may not always be the case that we want the mass, so those criticisms presented by Daniel Ladik may not be entirely relevant for marketing (nevertheless brilliant, I promise to steal them!). For example early adopters may be the crowd we are targeting. But for any general category user sample drawing from social media sources and mobile opt-ins may be risking serious biases in sample representation.
This is the area where I have major concerns about the rush to mobile.
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We Should Adopt Open Data, With Caution | There are endless examples: Why do rational people who know the calories-in/calories out rule put on weight when social friends on Facebook are overweight (as documented by Harvard researchers Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler)? Why does great music such as the genius of Sixto Diaz Rodriguez (featured in the documentary Waiting for Sugar Man) — despite the hype of social media — fail to break through to the masses and remain local and hidden in one country?
Plato and Socrates would turn in their graves if they learned that the wisdom of the social crowds, what the Roman Emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius called the Whole, denies us our reason. People who really care about the wisdom of the crowds — engaging the real crowds who don't care for social media, or who don't come out to advocate for reform to healthcare policy because they are busy or sick or caring for the sick — need to think beyond "clicking" and sifting through "likes" and "shares" to gain insights that matter.
Only a tiny subset of a subset of a subset uses Twitter or Facebook or any other social media platform to engage in social change. Mining these data for insight — so-called social media analytics — does not "engage the unengaged"; quite the opposite. It mines the opinions of 'power users' who use popular tools like Thunderclap to scream their wisdom about what causes are worthy of people's support versus others. ("Thunderclap amplifies your message with the power of the crowd" — kind of like a press release on steroids).
Have no doubt: Social media has tweeted revolutions; it celebrates an ethos of citizen empowerment and openness that transcends politics and partisanship. But to glean insight into the opinions of the real crowds, we need online and offline tools to engage the unengaged and move them to social action. "Clicking" on Facebook to save the life of a child in the poorest regions of the world, language that seeps in to pricey corporate social responsibility campaigns online, encourages clicktivism and slacktivism. For any important issue, such as electoral reform, clicking on a petition or 'liking' a YouTube clip doesn't cut it.
As Atul Gawande writes, "In the era of the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter, we've become enamored of ideas that spread as effortlessly as ether. We want frictionless, 'turnkey' solutions to the major difficulties of the world — hunger, disease, poverty."
To end poverty, or to measure interventions for disease in Africa that work to save lives, social media won't solve all our problems. Get out there and ask the silent majority. Ask the real crowds. It just takes a little more ingenuity. It is more laborious than a click.
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7 responses to "What Wisdom Of What Crowds?"
Martin Silcock says:
Powerful thoughts. Thanks Neil.
Maybe mobile device penetration across the world will help obtain better the access to "the Whole".
P.S I will add your view to my Linkedin stream and add to the noise! 🙂
Steve Needel says:
My key takeaway – social media does not provide a representative sample, no matter how loosely we want to define representative. A lot of Big Data | 710 |
When I think of Thanksgiving dinner or a Christmas party buffet, I think of wearing stretchy pants and the nap that follows. The holidays are studded with heavy meals. Holiday eating is about filling your plate to the brim with favorites like stuffing, biscuits, pecan pie, and cookies! I get it, you want to enjoy the holiday meals without overeating, is that even possible?
On average, a typical Thanksgiving plate can have a days worth of calories.
For those of us trying to beat holiday bloat or maintain a diet in moderation, the holidays can be daunting. And consuming a days worth of calories in one meal (and that doesn't count snacks or drinks!) is not ideal if you are trying to maintain your goals through the holidays!
Kicking off the major holiday season, Thanksgiving is a great time to enjoy seasonal foods and the company of family and friends. And within the weeks after there are holiday parties aplenty, all with wonderfully rich spreads<|fim_middle|> with chopped pecans and mini marshmallows, drizzle with maple syrup if using and roast for 15-20 minutes or until marshmallows are melted. Enjoy! | . Below are some holiday eating tips. Think of it as "designing" a healthier holiday plate to maximize your satisfaction and nutrition, without the bloat and sluggish feeling!
I give this general rule to my patients and clients daily, but especially want to focus on vegetable intake on holidays. Look for non-starchy vegetables like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, onions, mushrooms, and greens.
By filling half of your plate with veggies like these, you are setting yourself up to fill up on nutrient-dense foods. This holiday eating tip works at parties too: fill up on the veggies before moving on to the decadent treats.
Varying food items and including vegetables like beets and greens provides nutrient-dense foods with lower calorie amounts compared to brown foods like stuffing and gravy.
Bonus nutrient boost: Non-starchy veggies like the ones above are high in fiber, aiding in heart and bowel health! All vegetables contain antioxidants to fight cellular fatigue and damage, making them a good choice for a holiday plate.
White meat turkey is very low in calories (about 150 calories for 3 oz). 3 oz is the recommended serving size for meat, about the size of a deck of cards. However, if you go a little overboard on the turkey it's still a better choice than some other options (I'm looking at you, pecan pie).
Aim for 3-5 ounces of white meat turkey to add to your veggies. Skinless is slightly fewer calories (20-30) per piece of turkey, so aim for skinless when available!
Bonus nutrient boost: Turkey is high in protein and low in fat, making it an all-star for satiety and busting cravings. Turkey also has tryptophan, a compound the body turns into serotonin that provides after dinner happiness!
Thanksgiving and the holiday season have traditions and foods unique to each family, they are part of what makes the day so special! Don't feel you have to skip out on these food items you eat maybe once or twice a year, just be selective.
Decide what is worth it to you. Keep the everyday foods for every day, and enjoy special foods on holidays.
For example, I have a strange affinity for stove top stuffing, so it will always be on my plate. Dinner rolls don't really excite me, so I pass on them. If your aunt makes a once-a-year fantastic Paula-Deen-so-much-butter-I-can-see-it casserole, and that's your thing, dig in!
Bonus nutrient boost: Some sides are more nutritionally dense than others! Choose sides with root vegetables, hidden veggies or whole grains to maximize your nutritional punch.
This holiday eating strategy works well for potlucks or family dinners. Instead of loading your plate with 3 items, why not try 4-5 in smaller amounts? You'll end up with 1-2 ounces of each item and a varied plate. Not only does this create a colorful plate, but it also allows you to enjoy everything in moderation.
Smaller amounts of each food guarantees portion control, just shoot for 1-2 tbsp of each food item if you're trying 4-5 different foods. That means desserts too! You'll be more satisfied and won't have to deny those once-a-year-foods a place on your plate.
One meal will not derail your progress, so try to shake off any guilt around food choices today (and every day!). Keep the everyday foods for every day, and enjoy special foods on holidays.
When we eat quickly, we don't give our bodies time to signal our brain that we're full. Not to mention, have you ever noticed that you are bloated after wolfing down a meal? Turns out, you're more likely to ingest more air with your food the faster you eat! So slow it down, take it one bite at a time.
This tip not only helps you savor your food, but also lets you enjoy conversation and the entire experience without leaving you feeling stuffed and bloated!
This tip requires mindful eating, which encourages you to be present and fully enjoy the delicious food you are eating! With family and friends buzzing with conversation, it can be hard to focus on your hunger cues and slowly eating.
Go Slow: set your fork down after each bite.
Try to set your fork down after each bite, a tip I learned from my father, to really savor each bite. This simple act lets you focus on a singular bite and allows you to pause for conversation. This slows your overall eating pace which helps with bloating and allows your body to send its "I'm full" signals to your brain when it's time!
If you just know you won't feel comfortable eating what is being served this Thanksgiving, you can always bring your own foods! Most hosts appreciate the help, and it's a way for you to have direct control over what you are eating. Bonus, you may even educate some family members on healthier choices (yay!).
Bonus nutrient boost: The recipe above is high in vitamin A (beta-carotene) and fiber to help keep you full! Also, pecans are high in antioxidants linked to hair and skin health.
Hydration is key to overall health, but it can actually help curb cravings and prevent overeating! Sometimes hunger pangs or cravings are actually our body's way of asking us for water. Try having 6-8 ounces of water (or tea) when a craving strikes.
Staying hydrated before an event or family dinner can ensure you won't be tricked into eating foods when all your body really wants is water!
If the craving and hunger passes, you just answered a hydration call! If the hunger remains, go ahead and have something to eat. Never ignore your body's hunger cues!
As tempting as it may be to sink into the couch… After indulging usually comes food-coma and lounge time. Activity, even light activity, can help with digestion and reduce bloat after a large meal. Here are a couple ways to beat holiday bloat here.
Feeling a little sluggish after the holidays? Try a post-holiday detox to reset. Check out this guide to get started.
Since the chef likely used the entire kitchen to prepare the meal for the day, offer to help with cleanup! Not only are you being helpful, but you're adding a touch of activity to your day instead of lounging on the couch all day.
Some families run races, some have football games before dinner. While I don't typically run races, I will run a Turkey-Trot each year with my family to get in the spirit. Other friends I know will go on a morning walk or hike to enjoy the fall weather! Starting an active tradition can make sure you keep it moving on Thanksgiving day!
Turkey trot sound right up your alley? Check out this website to find one near you!
Holiday foods that add both color and flavor to the table.
This is one of my favorite holiday greens recipes.
Heat olive oil over medium heat, saute garlic until fragrant. Add kale and water, toss to combine with olive oil and garlic. Add lemon juice, cook 5-8 minutes on medium heat until kale slightly wilted. Add pomegranate seeds and parmesan cheese, toss to combine and serve.
This recipe saves you about 150 calories per serving!
Roast sweet potatoes (can be done ahead of time) and let cool. Scoop out flesh into a large bowl, mash, and add remaining ingredients except the chopped pecans and marshmallows. Once combined, press mixture into a baking dish. Top | 1,551 |
Selling your own home is hard work, it takes time, energy, market knowledge, and even some money. Statistics tell us that 9 out of 100 sellers attempt to sell their home without an agent, incidentally, the 2006 statistics were 12 out of 100.
Be sure you're up for the job.
Look for buyers with commitment.
Click here to go to the article that lays out these points more concisely. Here we want to talk a bit more about the online advertising aspect.
Use online tools to advertise.
The first thing you need to do is put your listing on<|fim_middle|> youtube video and find out how to take a few good photos of your home. Good pictures and a video tour (if possible) in your listings, will have a huge impact and including driving directions is a must that is very easy to do in imaps or google maps. There are several services that focus on advertising in magazines and websites while providing disclosure and contract forms and other sale documents, pertinent to selling your home.
Try to focus keywords into your posts that will resonate with people searching in your market. You might want to by a unique URL to create your own simple display web page that you can design to your own specifications.
Or to be more specific create a subdomain that nails down a specific area like suberbiadrive.homeforsalecalgary.net. URLs specific like this one will have you getting some random traffic searching items like "House for sale Calgary suburbs" If doing something like that is a little too technical then look up someone who does some SEO work and start that conversation. It's likely a project that is too small to take on individually, but you may just bump into someone who has a series of existing real-estate projects that they can tie your sale into. | free sites such as Craigslist, Facebook, Google Plus, and other social media options with a focus on visuals. Newspaper ads and local real estate guides are dead. 1 percent of buyers find a home via these antiquated methods. Owners.com will list your home (including photos) free for 30 days. Then there are paid options to expand your listing for how broad you want your reach to be. If you are in a hot market you might not have to extend the advertisements to far outside of the geographic area. A small town home for sale might need some more advertising reach.
Most of us are capable of getting our hands on a good picture taking and video making device… you might be reading this very article on an already adequate device, so brush up with a | 155 |
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With around four million inhabitants, Busan is the second largest metropolis on South Korea, after Seoul. This dynamic harbour city, located in the south-east, surrounded by the warm waters of the Sea of Japan, benefits from a mild, pleasant climate. You'll find delightful simply to stroll around the lively streets and explore the city's outstanding cultural heritage of art galleries, museums, and Buddhist sites, such as the Haedong Yonggungsa temple, which elegantly sits on the waterfront. Rich too in magnificent beaches and superlative natural landscapes, Busan's peaceful atmosphere will win you over, as will its inhabitants, whom you'll have the pleasure of meeting.
18 April 2019 – Nagasaki
Located on the north-west coast of Kyushu, Nagasaki will impress you by its rich heritage. Despite the destruction in 1945, you can visit several ancient sites, including the beautiful 19th-century Catholic Church of Oura and its garden, the sanctuary of Suwa Shrine or several Buddhist temples. A visit to the Atomic Bomb Museum gives you insight into the extent of the damage caused by the nuclear attack. Close by, a walk in the Memorial Peace Park leads you to a collection of objets d'art offered as a gift from Japan to the world.
19 April 2019 – Kagoshima
The seaside city of Kagoshima, at the south of Kyushu Island, ᅠis best known for Sakurajima, an active volcano that faces Kinko Bay. A visit to this busy metropolis will remind you just how much the volcano is part of the inhabitants' everyday life: in the wake of the almost daily eruptions, a delicate layer of ash settles on everything. The top of a buried torii (traditional Japanese gate) measuring three metres that was 'swallowed up' by a giant lava flow in 1914 can still be seen. The power of nature will send a shiver down your spine.
20 April 2019 – Uwajima
Located on the west coast of Shikoku island, Uwajima will delight lovers of history and traditional customs. The magnificent Uwajima Castle was built in the 17th-century by the powerful Date clan and has a beautiful ornamental garden and bridge. The much-visited Taga Shrine is dedicated to fertility and is full of phalluses. As for eating, you must taste jakoten, a local delicacy based on fried fish.
21 April 2019 – Hiroshima
Arrival 21/04/2019 early morning. Departure 21/04/2019 evening.
Visiting Hiroshima is a moving experience. The town spreads along Honshu Island, along the inside coasts of Seto. While firmly focused on the future, Hiroshima doesn't forget its past, and a visit to the Peace Memorial Park and Genbaku Dome is a must. You'll enjoy the city's modern, cosmopolitan atmosphere and effervescent nightlife just as much as the peaceful stillness of its natural parkland areas such as splendid Shukkei-en, the town's historic garden.
22 April 2019 – Tamano
Located on the island of Honshu, hugging the banks of the Sento Inland Sea, Tamano is a popular destination thanks to its sun-drenched climate. Upon arrival, marvel at the way in which the city has been built along the coast at the foot of a deep, dark forest. In the area surrounding Tamano, stroll down the streets of Kurashiki, known as the 'white-walled city' in a nod to the pretty façades of the houses that line the streets of this ancient Edo-period trading town. Another major regional attraction is the Seto Ohashi bridge. Its 12.5 kilometres make it the world's longest double-decker bridge.
Like its big sister Tokyo, Osaka is the product of ancestral traditions and amazing technological innovations. And despite its size, its location on the Pacific Ocean give it a sense of serenity. The main historic landmark is the 16th-century Osaka Castle, which stands proud in the midst of majestic skyscrapers. The lively streets of Dotomburi and the bizarre Shinsekai district attract thousands of locals and visitors. A multitude of restaurants offer menus full of regional specialities: takoyaki, made with octopus, and other succulent dishes such as kushikatsu kebabs.
For your serenity, PONANT selects a flight for your trip and provides transfers and visits. This package is included in your cruise fare.
The day before embarkation - Paris/Maizuru
Flight Paris/Oasaka selected by PONANT. Arrival the day after at Maizuru.
Osaka/Kyoto
Meet at Kansai International airport – Arrival Hall (look for PONANT sign).
You will be greeted by our local English-speaking representative off the flight selected by PONANT. Transfer from the airport located in Osaka Bay to Kyoto, approximately a 2-hour drive.
First you will proceed Nijo Castle. Nijo Castle, a World Heritage Site, will be your next stop. Nijo Castle was built by leyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, in 1603. Leyasu built the castle as his Kyoto residence. Look at its Ninomaru Palace designated a National Treasure on account of its splendid architecture and magnificent interior decoration. The floorboards of corridors, called "bush warbler boards", creak underfoot.
The tour will then take you to Kinkakuji Temple, or the Temple of the Golden Pavilion. It is a temple dedicated to the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the third of the Ashikaga Shoguns, built a retirement estate there in 1398. After his death in 1419, the grounds were turned into a Buddhist temple for the Rinzai sect. The only building to remain standing of Yoshimitsu's estate was the Golden Pavilion. The upper stories are covered in gold leaf and the roof is topped by a bronze phoenix. It was listed on UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994.
After lunch, you will be transferred to Maizuru port (approximately a 2-hour drive) to embark aboard your ship.
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Disembarkation Day - Osaka/Paris
Day 1 – Osaka
Disembarkation. Meet and greet your local representative.
You will board the coach for a full day sightseeing tour of Osaka.
Enjoy a sightseeing tour of Osaka. You will start your exploration with an exterior visit of the Osaka Castle. Osaka Castle was a monumental fortification constructed, upon the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, to be the strongest and enclosed by stone walls 7, 5 miles in length. The castle took three and a half years to complete. It played a major role in the unification of Japan during the 16th century. It was completely destroyed in 1615. Rebuilt, the castle was struck by lightning and burned to the ground in 1665. Today Osaka Castle's five-story donjon, constructed of ferroconcrete after the original in 1931, towers 131 ft and affords an extensive view.
You will then be taken to Umeda Sky Building, one of the higher buildings in Osaka. Two towers connected at the top by a platform, over 150 metres above the heart of Osaka. This platform, at the thirty fifth floor is the "floating garden"; a 360-degree view of the urban landscape and a walk in the open-air.
Enjoy a Japanese style lunch in the Dotonbori area, one of the symbols of Osaka used for making movies. After lunch, you will proceed to Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine. The entire Sumiyoshi Taisha, dating from the 3rd century and rebuilt from the 19th century, classified "National Treasure" is dedicated to the four kami gods, of the sea, sea voyage, agriculture, diplomacy and waka poetry. The Empress Jingu (169-269), known for her conquest of Korea, is also worshiped. In the end of the tour, you will visit Shitennoji Temple. Built in 593, Shitennoji Temple is believed to be the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan and though it has been rebuilt many times in its long history, excavations have shown the current layout to be very true to its original design. The temple's great southern gate (Nandaimon), central gate (Chumon), pagoda, main hall (Kondoh) and lecture hall (Kodo) are constructed in a straight line, a design layout called "Shitennoji Cathedral Style."
Check-in your room.
Dinner is on your own.
Morning hotel check-out.
You will then be transferred to Kansai International Airport (a 1-hour transfer) in time for check-in of the PONANT selected flight
Located in Osaka (Kita), Imperial Osaka Hotel is located close to Kema Sakuranomiya Park and Osaka Castle. The guest rooms are comfortable and equipped with flat-screen TVs with cable channels and DVD players. The hotel features an indoor pool, a health club, and a sauna, as well as 4 restaurants.
PONANT flight Paris/Osaka/Paris in economy class.
1-night accommodation in Standard room at Imperial Osaka Hotel 4* Sup (or similar) including breakfast.
Lunch (Japanese style) with beverage package (mineral water + 1 soft drink or 1 local beer or 1 glass of red or white wine + 1 Japanese tea).
Dinner on Day 1 on disembarkation day.
Personal expenses and other services not mentioned in the programme.
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There will be long walk on unpaved and bumpy roads with some stairs. For more information, please contact our travel agents.
This tour is not recommended for guests with walking difficulties and suffering of vertigo.
The local currency is the yen. You can use your credit card to withdraw yen from the cash machines (note that only Japan Post Bank & Seven Eleven machines accept foreign credit cards).
Please be aware that a double room with a king size bed is not common in Japan. Almost of the hotels do offer double rooms with twin beds. The double room king size bed is not guaranteed at the hotel.
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Technology, talent and diverse sources of capital continue driving growth for managing general agencies and other delegated underwriting authority enterprises globally, according to AM Best, which assigned a positive outlook to the delegated underwriting authority enterprise (DUAE) sector Monday.
The rating agency uses the term to DUAE encompass MGAs, managing general underwriters, coverholders, program administrators, program underwriters, underwriting agencies, direct authorizations and appointed representatives—basically, any third-party appointed by an insurer, through contract agreements, to perform underwriting, claims handling and other functions on behalf of its partners.
The positive outlook reflects the rating agency's expectation that this distribution channel will continue to strengthen on growing interest from capacity providers, along with the emergence of specialty expertise and technological advancements, AM Best said in a new report.
In a video released in conjunction with the publication of the report, Greg Williams, a senior director for AM Best underscored the tremendous growth in a delegated underwriting authority enterprise market over the last several years, noting that AM Best estimates that DUAE market produced premiums have doubled globally in the last 10 years, eclipsing the $60 billion mark in 2021 in the U.S. alone. The growth, he said, was fueled by hard market conditions in the commercial specialty lines in which DUAEs typically participate. The written report focuses specifically on DUAE growth driven by participation in the cyber and E&S (excess and surplus lines) property markets.
Highlighting talent growth and technology advantages, Williams reported that the DUAE market has seen an influx of talent from established insurance carriers, which has helped DUAEs advance their technical abilities and risk management skills, and also in increase in the overall professionalism of the DUAE market. Further, he suggested that advancements in technology have allowed DUAEs "to become much more nimble," given that "they are also unencumbered by legacy systems."
The written report notes that talent from the traditional insurance market—specifically executives and underwriters—may be attracted to DUAEs as they seek enhanced compensation and equity rewards. The "flexibility of the [DUAE] model is also an incentive for talent with tech expertise, such as software developers and data miners," the report says, echoing observations set forth in a separate report published by researchers at Conning earlier this year. (Related article: "Are MGAs Winning the Insurance Talent War?")
While positive factors like the growing interest of capacity providers in specialty program business and investments from private equity firms support the positive outlook, the AM Best report disclosed some near-term concerns, including potential impacts of elevated reinsurance costs potential, and even some potential pullback in capacity. Williams addressed these "headwinds" in his video commentary as well.
"We've already seen a pullback of capacity and catastrophe-exposed property lines. If this retrenchment spreads to other lines of business, it could materially impact the overall market," he said.
Likewise, if the reinsurance prices continue to rise, then "depending on the severity of the increases it could render some programs economically unviable and lead to their discontinuation," he said.
Offsetting the concern about potentially dwindling capacity, the AM Best report discloses an expectation that capital supplied to DUAEs by the insurance-linked securities market will continue to grow. "ILS capital is seeking to back DUAEs with strong track records, for which the traditional reinsurance market is proving tougher at this time," the report says. Williams added that AM Best expects ILS players to take an increase role in casualty lines.
Not everyone is equally bullish on the DUAE market. During a conference presented by another rating agency last week, the Fitch Ratings 2022 North American Insurance conference, Mark James, executive vice president and chief risk and reinsurance officer for CNA Insurance, offered this take on MGAs. "Buyer beware," he said. "They're sophisticated. They're data-driven. They have a lot of expertise but they're also playing with someone else's capital. And that has its own motivations built into it," James remarked. CNA's James was responding to a question from moderator James Auden, managing director and North America Head of Non-Life Insurance for Fitch Ratings, about lessons learned from the past.
"You'd better understand when you're entering that [MGA] relationship, you're probably renting that relationship and not owning it—because there comes a point in time where you have to make a decision to either stay with it and watch your margins grind down, or move on, or buy it in some cases," he said.
Another topic addressed at the Fitch conference and in several recent AM Best reports, including the DUAE report, is the impact of inflation on claims costs throughout the overall P/C insurance market. AM Best's Williams said that DUAEs aren't immune from the effects of inflation, adding it to the rating agency's list of potential headwinds. He specifically noted the prospects of higher expenses and lower contingent commissions (resulting from higher loss costs) dampening DUAE financial results. (Related article: "'Essential' MGAs, Other DUAEs Face Inflation, Staffing Pressures: AM Best")
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A metallic molecule being studied at Rice University begins to glow when bound to amyloid protein fibrils of the sort implicated in Alzheimer's disease. When triggered with ultraviolet light, the molecule glows much brighter, which enables real-time monitoring of amyloid fibrils as they aggregate in lab experiments.
Rice chemist Angel Martí said such a powerful probe could be a boon to researchers seeking a way to break up amyloid plaques, which form in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's. Martí's lab reported on the light-switching molecule in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Rice graduate student Amir Aliyan is lead author of the paper.
Martí and his team study dyes made of metallic complexes that luminesce when attached to amyloid fibrils or DNA. They discovered that when rhenium dipyridophenazine complexes bind with an amyloid fibril in a test tube and are excited with ultraviolet light, the synthetic molecules increase their natural photoluminescence by several orders of magnitude.
"Most dyes decrease their fluorescence upon continuous excitation because they photobleach," Martí said. "This dye does the complete opposite, increasing its emission even more every time you excite it." The effect isn't nearly as strong if the metallic molecule is either floating in a solution or attached to single amyloid strands, he said.
The effect is seen in two stages, he said. The probe incorporates a hydrophobic part that naturally binds to aggregating fibrils and emits light when it does, giving researchers a clear signal that aggregation is happening. Exciting the combined aggregate and probe with ultraviolet light then boosts the light output more than a hundredfold.
The Rice researchers suspect the dramatic increase happens when reactive oxygen species attack the amino acids on the amyloid beta fibril that would normally quench the luminescence of the metal complex.
"Our hypothesis is that upon ultraviolet irradiation, our (rhenium) metal complex produces reactive oxygen species and they're more aggressive than conventional molecular oxygen," Aliyan said. "There are reports that rhenium complexes are capable of activating oxygen from one form to a more aggressive form in solution."
"That's one of our theories," Martí added. "We still don't understand well what is happening. But we know that besides increasing the emission intensity, the complex also chemically modifies the (amyloid) protein."
Martí said experiments that removed as much oxygen as possible eliminated the enhanced fluorescence effect. He said the lab stepped back to test an earlier metallic complex based on ruthenium, which also showed emission when attached to amyloid fibrils. It did not show enhanced emission under ultraviolet light.
"We thought the effect might be happening with ruthenium and we had completely missed it, so we ran a control experiment and nothing happened," he said.
That makes the rhenium complex unique so far. It also gives researchers the opportunity to learn more about amyloid beta proteins and the mechanics of aggregation, Martí said.
"We've always been interested in knowing where these complexes bind," he said. "If they oxidize amyloid beta in the periphery of their binding site, then by tracking the place of oxidation we will know the place of binding. That is called footprinting. It will allow us to specifically explore binding and how chemical modification of the surface of the protein would affect factors like toxicity and aggregation."
Aliyan said the probe allows real-time protein aggregation study as the probe turns on upon aggregation. "To the naked eye, aggregation is not obvious," he said. "You need a probe to follow the process and see if potential drugs can inhibit aggregation or make it faster or slower. Then you can run assays with or without any drug and in a variety of conditions. One would think if there are ways to modify amyloid beta aggregation, maybe there are ways to treat the process."
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and all that ache in numbered syllables… sigh !
🙂 🙂 loved it ..
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The sight of early morning dew drops on green leaves – This is what comes to my mind when I think of beauty. And when that sight is combined with such haiku, I don't think anything could be more beautiful !
and those drops are magic!!! :)lovely capture!
Wonderful Maniparna – simplicity that sparkles!
Lovely post, Maniparna! Refreshing and inspiring!
Indeed enchanting beauty. Beautiful words, as always.
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Loved the pic 🙂 The drops look amazingly refreshing.
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Die Stadtgemeinde Stykkishólmur [] (isl. Stykkishólmsbær) liegt im Westen Islands in der Region Vesturland an der Nordseite der Halbinsel Sn<|fim_middle|> Drammen, Norwegen
Lappeenranta, Finnland
Örebro, Schweden
Töchter und Söhne der Stadt
Haraldur Sigurðsson, Geologe, *1939
Einwohnerentwicklung
Auch in Stykkishólmur kann man eine – allerdings nur leichte – Abnahme der Einwohnerzahl feststellen wie bei sehr vielen Gemeinden in Island auf dem Land (Landflucht).
Siehe auch
Liste der Städte in Island
Geschichte Islands
Weblinks
Webcam Hafen Stykkishólmur
Off.Website, engl.
Off. Website, Westisland, engl.
Festival Danskir dagar, 2008, isl.
http://saga.khi.is/valkostir/franciskus.htm, Zum Kloster, isl.
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Gemeinde in Island
Ort in Island
Snæfellsnes
Breiðafjörður
Hansestadt | æfellsnes.
Am hatte die Gemeinde Einwohner und ist damit für isländische Verhältnisse einer der größeren Orte außerhalb der Hauptstadtregion rund um Reykjavík. Bis zum Jahre 1892 gehörte die Gemeinde zur Gemeinde Helgafellssveit. Seit dem 29. Mai 2022 hingegen gehört Helgafellssveit zur Gemeinde Stykkishólmur.
Name
Seinen Namen verdankt das Städtchen der großteils in die Hafenmauer eingebauten Schäre Stykkið.
Lage
Stykkishólmur liegt am südlichen Breiðafjörður auf der Halbinsel Þorsnes
und ist damit Ausgangspunkt für die Fähre Baldur, wenn man in die Westfjorde möchte (sie legt in Brjánslækur an) oder auf die kleine Insel Flatey.
Wirtschaft
Hauptwirtschaftsfaktoren sind heutzutage Fischerei (nicht zuletzt Schellfisch und Krabben) und Tourismus.
Geschichte
Die Anfänge
Man erkannte schon früh die günstige Lage und daher wurde 1550 hier ein Handelsplatz begründet, zunächst von deutschen Kaufleuten aus Bremen und Oldenburg.
Der Ort ist besonders gut für die Anlage eines Hafens geeignet, da die kleine Insel Súgandisey mit ihren Lavasäulen die Einfahrt schützt, was schon früh zum Anlegen von Booten genützt wurde. Belegt ist ein Streit aus dem Jahre 1596 zwischen dem Hansekaufmann Carsten Bache aus Bremen und Johann, dem Grafen von Oldenburg, weil der dänische König Frederik III. angeblich die Handelsrechte der Gegend beiden verkauft hätte.
Nachdem 1602 der dänische König ein Handelsmonopol für seine Landsleute eingeführt hatte, übernahmen die Dänen, d. h. eigentlich die Kaufleute aus Malmö, das zu der Zeit dänisch war. Das Land war zu der Zeit in Bereiche unterteilt, die jeweils zu einem Handelsplatz gehörten. Und zum hiesigen Gebiet gehörte der gesamte Breiðafjörður, ein reicher Bezirk damals wegen der Nebeneinkünfte aus der Eiderdaunennutzung, aus Fischfang und Jagd. Dazu kam die nördliche Küste von Snæfellsnes über den Bezirk Dalir bis zum Þorskafjörður in den südlichen Westfjorden sowie der Bereich des Berserkjahraun. Ab dem Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts unterstand der Handel hier direkt dem dänischen König.
Als am Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts der Monopolhandel abgeschafft wurde, übernahm der letzte königliche Handelsbeauftragte, Diðrik Hölter, zunächst selbst den Handel, um die Rechte bald darauf im Jahre 1806 an Ólafur Thorlacius, einen Kaufmann aus Bíldudalur zu verkaufen.
Außerdem ließ sich auch der Isländer Jón Kolbeinsson (1764–1836) als Kaufmann in Stykkishólmur nieder. Dieser stand z. B. in Geschäftsbeziehungen zu Jörundur, dem Hundstagekönig von Island.
Der Ort wuchs im 19. Jahrhundert rasch. B. Jakobsen gründete im Jahre 1838 eine Apotheke, die erst die dritte in Island war.
Die ersten Fischerboote hatte der reiche Kaufmann Árni Thorlacius (1802–1891), der seine Leute von hier aus bis zum Jahre 1845 auf Fischfang schickte, und auch mit seinen Kaufmannsgeschäften und im Kulturbereich den Ort entscheidend prägte.
Dann war im Fischfang eine Pause, bis im Jahre 1890 Niels Gram ein Fischereiunternehmen schuf. Hjálmur Sigurðsson (1871–1918) gründete ebenfalls ein Handelsunternehmen, das später vom Kaupfélag übernommen wurde. Er war übrigens mit der Schwester des bekannten isländischen Schriftstellers Gunnar Gunnarsson verheiratet.
20. Jahrhundert
Der bedeutendste Mann am Orte war zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts Sæmundur Halldórsson (1861–1940). Er hatte ein Fischereiunternehmen mit fünf Schiffen und beherrschte den Handel mit Fisch im Westen Islands. Er war auch Bezirksamtmann (isl. sýslumaður) der Gegend.
Zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts (1909) wurde auch der Hafen ausgebaut, wobei man die Schäre Stykkið als Grundlage benutzte.
Im Jahre 1928 kam das erste Auto nach Stykkishólmur, genau 24 Jahre, nachdem ein reicher Kaufmann aus Reykjavík das erste Auto überhaupt nach Island importiert hatte. Im gleichen Jahr landete auch das erste Flugzeug in Stykkishólmur. Das Stadtrecht (isl. kaupstaðurréttindi) erhielt der Ort am 18. Mai 1987, und 1989 lag die Einwohnerzahl bei 1 225.
Franziskanerinnen aus den Niederlanden gründeten 1935 ein Kloster, eine Druckerei und ein Krankenhaus am Ort, später folgte ein Kindergarten. In Stykkishólmur gibt es noch heute eine katholische Kirchengemeinde, deren Kirche dem Hl. Franziskus von Assisi geweiht ist. Heutzutage ist neben der Fischerei der größte Arbeitgeber das katholische Nonnenkloster, in dem derzeit 9 Schwestern leben, die vor allem im Krankenhaus arbeiten. Die neue Krankenhauskapelle wurde 1994 eingeweiht.
Am 29. Mai 2022 wurde die benachbarte Gemeinde Helgafellssveit nach Stykkishólmur eingemeindet.
Bauwerke, Kultur und Sehenswürdigkeiten
Der Ort verfügt über viele erhaltene historische Häuser.
Im ältesten Haus des Ortes, dem auf Geheiß von Árni Thorlacius 1828 erbauten Norska Húsið ("Norwegisches Haus"), welches das erste zweigeschossige Wohnhaus Islands und das größte Wohnhaus seiner Zeit war, befindet sich das Heimatmuseum. Bekannt ist auch das 1867 erbaute Kaufmannshaus Egilsenshús. Ein typisches altes dänisches Handelshaus ist Frúarhúsið. Einige alte Häuser entsprechen dem sog. Schweizer Stil mit Schnitzereien am Dachbalken.
Die alte Holzkirche Stykkishólmskirkja im Ortskern mit einer Länge von 10,90 m und einer Breite von 7,70 m stammt aus dem Jahre 1878. An Stelle eines gemauerten Kirchturms hat sie einen Dachreiter, der erst 1998 sein heutiges Aussehen und die heutige Position über dem Eingang erhielt. Ursprünglich mussten die Gläubigen zur Messe nach Helgafell reiten oder gehen, wo es der Überlieferung nach bereits seit der Einführung des Christentums auf Island im Jahre 1000 eine Kirche gab, und wo noch heute eine sehenswerte 1903 erbaute und am 1. Januar 1904 eingeweihte Holzkirche (Helgafellskirkja) steht.
Die neue Kirche aus Beton etwas außerhalb des Zentrums von Stykkishólmur, in der im Sommer Konzerte stattfinden, sieht man schon von weitem wegen ihrer auffallenden Form. Sie wurde von dem Architekten Jón Haraldsson (1930–1989) entworfen. Der Bau mit seinen 300 Sitzplätzen wurde am 6. Mai 1990 eingeweiht.
Eine weitere Kirche in Stykkishólmur ist die Hvítasunnukirkja der Pfingstgemeinde, deren Baubeginn 1947 erfolgte, und die 1950 eingeweiht wurde.
Wetterstation
Die Wetterstation in Stykkishólmur ist für hiesige Verhältnisse schon recht alt. Der oben erwähnte Árni Thorlacius begann hier im Jahre 1845 als einer der ersten in Island regelmäßige Wetterbeobachtungen.
Heute steht hier eine computergesteuerte Beobachtungsstation.
Wassermuseum
Die amerikanische Künstlerin Roni Horn gründete hier das Wassermuseum, worin sie Säulen mit dem Wasser aus allen wichtigen Gletschern Islands und Erklärungen dazu aufstellte.
Leuchtturm
Auf der Insel Súgandisey, die heute durch einen Damm mit dem Festland verbunden ist, steht ein kleiner roter Leuchtturm aus dem Jahre 1948, der vom Hafen aus über eine Treppe erreicht werden kann.
Bjarnarhafnarkirkja
Die kleine Holzkirche Bjarnarhafnarkirkja auf dem Hof Bjarnarhöfn, der früher "Kumbaravogur" hieß, wurde bereits 1857 erbaut und befindet sich 12 km südwestlich von Stykkishólmur auf dem Gebiet der 2022 eingemeindeten Ortschaft Helgafellssveit. In ihr befinden sich mehrere Kunstwerke, z. B. ein vermutlich um 1280 angefertigter Kelch. Die Kanzel wurde 1695 von dem dänischen Kaufmann Benedix Bastiansen gespendet. Das Altargemälde wurde der Kirche im 17. Jahrhundert von holländischen Fischern geschenkt, und es stellt die Apostel dar, die Jesus nach der Auferstehung am Brechen des Brotes erkennen. Gemalt wurde es in Holland zur Zeit Rembrandts, doch der Name des Künstlers ist unbekannt.
Politik
Städtepartnerschaften
Stykkishólmur verbindet eine Städtepartnerschaft mit der dänischen Stadt Kolding. Weil man sich wegen der Geschichte als Handelskontor den Dänen verbunden fühlt, wird jedes Jahr im August ein dänisches Festival abgehalten (Danskir dagar). Dabei wird sonntags nach alter Sitte (offiziell) nur dänisch im Ort gesprochen.
Außerdem existieren Städtepartnerschaften mit folgenden Orten:
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When Ford introduced its half-ton pickup, the F-1, in 1948, it was the truckmaker's first all-new post-World War II commercial vehicle. Fast forward to 1975 and the birth of the F-150, which, in its first year, made up more than one-third of total F-Series sales. For the past 25 years, it's been the best-selling half-ton on the market and the best-selling vehicle (car or truck) for the last 20. Redesigned for the '97 model year, the F-150 featured fresh sheetmetal, SOHC engines, and improved interiors.For our 2000 example, the F-150 is available in Regular Cab, SuperCab (with half-size rear doors), and new SuperCrew (four full-size doors) variations. Base power comes from a 4.2L/205-hp V-6 mated with a five-speed manual transmission. V-8 options include the 4.6L/220-hp and 5.4L/260-hp with a manual (4.6L only) or four-speed autoboxes. Power delivery is good with all the engines, but the top-dog 5.4L Triton still can't match the torque offered by the General's cadre of V-8 engines. For max Ford truck power, look for a limited-production tire-melting 360-hp SVT Lightning.
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Serena Stalin wanted to learn from the best. So she tracked down Butch Harlow, one of the world's most notorious serial killers, and blackmailed him into teaching her the fine art of murder. Now, as the lessons begin, as the teacher and his bloodthirsty student leave a trail of horribly mutilated victims in their wake, they are about to uncover the horrible secrets that bind them together, the unspeakable passion that forces them to kill, over and over again...
1997 • Color • 89 mins. • Horror / Thriller • Not Rated • Region 0 • NTSC DVD-9 Format
Cat. No. TD-1108 • Distributed by Tempe Video • Street Date: Aug. 19, 2003
SPECIAL EDITION DVD FEATURES:
Digitally restored picture from original elements (1.33:1 aspect ratio)
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Commentary with writer/producer/director Matthew Jason Walsh and stars Ariauna Albright and James L. Edwards
"Building a Better BLOODLETTING" making-of featurette (35 mins.)
Deleted scenes (2 mins.)
DVD-ROM: MP3 soundtrack music by Christopher Kelly
DVD-ROM: PDF screenplay with deleted scenes
"I've Killed Before" – Rare original short version of the feature with optional commentary track by producer/cinematographer Ron Bonk (32 mins.)
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"What an original movie experience this was. This sick and twisted look at two very unstable individuals is masterfully done. The witty script, playful humor between the killers, and brilliant direction from Matthew Jason Walsh, make this film a creepy delight. Any Tempe fan should own this one, and if you haven't checked out Tempe films before, this one would be an excellent one to start with." - Den of Doom
"The shot-on-video horror market has spit out an astounding amount of worthless, unwatchable garbage over the years, so it's truly refreshing to see a flick like BLOODLETTING reaffirm that it is possible to make an entertaining, clever movie on a budget that would barely be able to buy a decent used car. BLOODLETTING has a twisted sense of humor that makes it extremely enjoyable, even in the most gruesome of situations. Ariauna Albright is wonderful in her role, bringing a bit of sympathy to her character even while she begins to grow into the blood-craving monster that brings about the ultimate tragedy for these two...par<|fim_middle|> simply haven't been sufficiently thought out in pre-production...too many aspiring auteurs these days seem to miss the point and embrace incompetence for its own sake. Happily, this isn't the case with BLOODLETTING, which works primarily because it's so much more tightly focused than most of its peers." - John W. Bowen, Rue Morgue
"This direct-to-video film is NATURAL BORN KILLERS done right. Young Ariauna Albright blackmails serial killer James L. Edwards into teaching her the art of murder and soon the two are on the road, killing as they go. Performances are well done, and there is a sense of style to this tale that could easily have become exploitable. Three stars!" - Video Movie Guide 1999
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Biomass (in the form of charcoal) and hydropower fuelled the Industrial Revolution in Europe and North America before the use of fossil fuels in the latter part of the 18th Century. Renewable energy still comprises a major form of the energy consumed in the developing world. Even in countries as industrially developed as Austria, Sweden and Finland, renewable energy currently accounts for over 20% of all primary energy production and consumption. In the remotest areas of the world, where grid electricity has yet to reach, renewable energy will often play some, if not a major role in meeting off-grid electricity and energy needs. It is for that reason that so much attention is paid in this guidebook to renewables.
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This WordPress template has a Soft color scheme. It also has a smart layout which imparts a professional look to it. The site is devoid of any virtual stimuli which are unnecessary. This makes sure that the visitors are not distracted and enjoy smooth navigation and hence a user-friendly template.
This WordPress template is designed in a way so that it doesn't appear very flashy. The colors mostly used are white, red and blue. The color scheme can, however, be changed. You can choose the dominant colors for your website. The builder incorporates the use of drag-and-drop functionality.
Once you get hold of this template, you will not have to waste time on web development procedures anymore. This template will help you to create a website which will be very easy to use. The websites thus produced are also a very responsive theme. With this template, you can own a feature-packed website.
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