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As your senior loved one ages, Alzheimer's disease may become a significant concern. There is no certain way to prevent Alzheimer's, but studies have shown some major lifestyle changes can keep it at bay or slow its progression. If your loved one is at risk, consider encouraging him or her to do the following.
Seniors should get at least 30 minutes of exercise each day, including both cardio and strength training workouts. Studies have shown exercise can cut Alzheimer's risk in half. Exercises that test balance and coordination should also be a part of your loved one's weekly regimen.
Though regular physical activity boosts memory, there are many other things your elderly loved one can do to remain healthy. If your elderly loved one needs help maintaining a high quality of life while aging in place, reach out to Home Care Assistance, a trusted provider of Cincinnati home care. Services our caregivers provide include transportation to and from medical appointments and social events, nutritious meal preparation, assistance with daily exercise, and help with everyday tasks like bathing, grooming, and light housekeeping.
Smoking can increase the risk of health conditions like heart disease and various cancers, but it can also increase the risk of Alzheimer's in people over the age of 60. Scientists believe<|fim_middle|> tasks makes it easier to switch to a healthier lifestyle. Cincinnati respite care professionals can assist seniors with a wide array of daily tasks, offering family caregivers the chance to focus on other personal responsibilities or take a break to prevent burnout. Whether it's for a few hours a day or a few days a week, respite care is the perfect solution for family caregivers who are feeling overwhelmed. If you need a professionally-trained caregiver for your elderly loved one, contact Home Care Assistance at 513.891.2273 today. | this has something to do with inflammation and the effects on the body's oxygen levels. It's never too late for your loved one to stop, but the sooner the better.
Seniors tend to become more isolated as they age, and isolation and loneliness can play a major role in the development of dementia and Alzheimer's. If your loved one tends to spend too much time alone, encourage him or her to go out and spend time with other people. Volunteering, family outings, part-time jobs, senior centers, church activities, classes, and hobbies are all great places to start.
A poor diet is often associated with various health conditions, and Alzheimer's disease is among them. Encourage your loved one to make some minor changes at first. Reduce the amount of sugar he or she eats, and increase the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables. Cut out the processed foods and cook more meals at home. The Mediterranean diet has been associated with reducing the risk of developing Alzheimer's and other age-related health conditions.
If your elderly loved one is living with a serious medical condition and needs help managing the tasks of daily living, reach out to Home Care Assistance, a Cincinnati home care agency you can trust. Our caregivers are available 24/7, there are no hidden fees in our contracts, and we offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on all of our in-home care services.
It's important to exercise the brain each day. This can be as simple as driving a different route to the grocery store or making memory flash cards and learning state capitals. Have your loved one keep a journal of the day's activities to practice using his or her memory, and arrange family game or puzzle time. Buy a book of brain-teasers your loved one can work on, or encourage taking up a new hobby, learning a new language, or learning to play an instrument.
Seniors tend to be more stressed than younger adults because they have various things to worry about, from finances to health woes. Help your loved one make daily changes to manage his or her stress levels, like taking a walk, spending time outdoors, or practicing breathing exercises. Meditation, prayer, and even laughter can also help.
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You've decided that you need to capture greater market share, and you are pushing hard for new revenue.
Or maybe you decided that you have the market share you should have, and now it's time to improve your margins.
You might need to acquire new clients, and you are working with your team to develop new logos.
Your team might be challenged with selling well<|fim_middle|> buy time by selling the long view, celebrating milestones, and aligning the organization.
Why do most initiatives fail?
Why do new initiatives come under pressure so quickly?
How do you set realistic expectations about the time it will take to transform the sales organization?
How do you keep the excitement up through the periods when there isn't much to celebrate?
Whose help do you need to make your initiative succeed? | in an increasingly complex business environment, one is which it is more difficult than ever to differentiate and win business. So you are working on improving their skills.
Or maybe you have chosen a new strategy, a new sales process, or a new sales methodology.
No matter which of these ideas you might be pursuing, it likely won't produce results fast. And with all of the hoopla around your new initiative, the rest of the organization will expect to see results faster than will be possible. New initiatives take time to produce results. The reason most people believe that something new doesn't work is that they don't give it enough time.
Here are three ideas to buy you the time you need.
When you sell the organization on the idea, paint a very real picture of how long it is going to take to produce results. If it's the right decision, it's the right decision. Most of the time the right decision is difficult to take because it costs so much in time and energy.
When you sell the initiative, make the case that you are driving for future results. You are positioning the company and the sales force for the future. Don't sell quick fixes, magic bullets, or fast results. The more realistic you are about the time it will take to produce results, the greater your ability to stay the course when your initiative comes under pressure.
Selling the long view doesn't mean that you suggest no results will be produced. When you tackle a new initiative, set some early, easily achieved milestones. When you achieve those milestones celebrate them. Make hitting the milestones a public spectacle so that the rest of the organization can see that progress is being made.
Demonstrating that you are making progress allows you to buy time. It also allows you to share the lessons that are learned long the way and show that others are being given the help they need to produce results.
One way to buy time is to engage the rest of the organization on your initiative. If you can give them a stake in the game, you share responsibility for the new outcome you need.
Are you searching for increased market share? How do you need marketing to help you drive revenue?
Are you searching for higher profit margins? How does the rest of the organization have to change to make you worth paying more to obtain?
If you need new logos, how can you engage senior management is helping to develop your dream clients?
The more broadly you can share responsibility for your new initiative, the more likely it is to succeed. And the more likely it is that you are given the time you need to allow it to succeed.
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Seafood in a grocery store display case. File photo by Margaret Bauman.
Two major national retail supermarket chains, Cincinnati-based Kroger and Albertsons, which is headquartered in Boise, Idaho, have entered into an agreement to merge their organizations. In an announcement this past week the two companies said that they plan to expand customer reach to delivery fresh, affordable food to some 85 million households.
The online publication SeafoodSource said the acquisition is likely to impact how the retailer sources its seafood products. Kroger operates over 2,700 stores compared to nearly 2,300 owned by Albertsons. Insider Intelligence Senior Analyst Blake Droesch said in a statement provided to SeafoodSource that seafood suppliers are likely to be negatively impacted, as the two mammoth retailers—given an expanded base of 85 million households and 66 distribution centers—will have enhanced buying power to negotiate lower prices with vendors.
Kroger is to acquire all outstanding shares of Albertsons Companies' common and preferred stock for an estimated total consideration of $34.10 a share, for a total enterprise value of some $24.6 billion, including $4.7 billion of Albertsons' net debt.
As part of the transaction, Albertsons would pay a special cash dividend of up to $4 billion to its shareholders. The cash component of the $34.10 per share consideration would be reduced by the per share amount of the special cash dividend, which is expected to be about $6.85 per share.
The cash dividend is to be payable on Nov. 7 to shareholders of record on the close of business on Oct. 24.
Albertsons and Kroger collectively employ over 710,000 associates and operate a total of 4,996 stores, 66 distribution centers, 52 manufacturing plants, 3,972 pharmacies and 2,015 fuel centers.
The joint announcement said that Kroger plans to invest in lowering prices for customers and expects to reinvest about half a billion dollars of cost savings to reduce prices | 448 |
New York Yankees rock Indians' Masterson, Cleveland falls 5-3
CLEVELAND – Justin Masterson's performance is a growing concern for the Cleveland Indians, and the next step for the...
New York Yankees rock Indians' Masterson, Cleveland falls 5-3 CLEVELAND – Justin Masterson's performance is a growing concern for the Cleveland Indians, and the next step for the... Check out this story on zanesvilletimesrecorder.com: http://ohne.ws/1lPHimg
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Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli is tagged out at home plate by Indians catcher Yan Gomes to end the second inning Monday at Progressive Field. The Indians fell 5-3 after another poor start from Opening Day starting pitcher Justin Masterson. (Photo: Getty Images )
CLEVELAND – Justin Masterson's performance is a growing concern for the Cleveland Indians, and the next step for their opening-day starter is unclear.
Masterson lasted just two-plus innings in a 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees on Monday night. With his fastball rarely topping 90 mph, the right-hander was charged with five runs and six hits.
"Tough night," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "Fell behind and threw some pitches that got hit pretty hard."
Masterson (4-6) walked three, and 24 of his 54 pitches went for strikes. He is 0-2 with an unseemly 9.50 ERA in 18 innings over his last five starts.
Masterson has been pitching with a sore right knee and got extra rest after lasting four innings against Arizona on June 24. Then he failed to retire a batter in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday.
Francona was noncommittal about a potential stint on the disabled list.
"I don't think we really want to make decisions five minutes after a game," Francona said. "We'll sit and talk to Masty a little bit. It's hard to ask somebody (about an injury) when they're pitching. The middle of a game's not the time to do that."
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NOTES: Indians OF Michael Bourn will miss three to four weeks with a strained left hamstring. … Cleveland acquired OF Chris Dickerson from Pittsburgh for cash or a player to be named. He started in left field and had a sixth-inning single. … The Indians honored their former television/radio announcer Mike Hegan, who died in December, in a pregame ceremony. Hegan, a native of Cleveland, began his major league career with the Yankees in 1964. … All-Star RHP Masahiro Tanaka (12-3) faces Indians RHP Trevor Bauer (2-4) on Tuesday. | asterson's slump has strained Cleveland's bullpen. The Indians used five relievers Monday, but they combined for seven shutout innings, striking out seven and walking none.
"You're always frustrated when you don't do well," Masterson said. "Even though I feel like I'm putting forth as much effort as I can, you're letting down your guys and they've been fighting really hard. Like I always say, in here we love each other more than any other team in this league and that makes it a little more tough when it truly is you're letting down your family a little bit."
Masterson is a free agent after the season. There was talk about a contract extension in spring training, but the sides were unable to reach an agreement.
For now, Masterson is left searching for answers.
"It's one of those where it's a tick (off)," he said. "You're so close and yet you're so far away. I felt like tonight was going to be such a great one. Great bullpen session, we got some good things in. It's just something so tiny can make such a big difference when you're going 60 feet, 6 inches."
Nick Swisher and Yan Gomes homered for Cleveland.
Shane Greene (1-0) allowed two runs in six innings for his first major league win. He didn't allow a hit until Swisher's two-out homer in the fifth.
The 25-year-old right-hander, called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, was pressed into service after scheduled starter Vidal Nuno was traded to Arizona for right-hander Brandon McCarthy on Sunday.
Brett Gardner, Brian McCann and Ichiro Suzuki had three hits apiece for New York. All-Star Dellin Betances pitched the final two innings for his first career save.
Greene's only big league appearance came in relief against Boston on April 24 when he pitched one-third of an inning and allowed three unearned runs. He walked three of four hitters, all of whom scored, and threw eight of 23 pitches for strikes.
A 15th-round selection by New York in 2009, Greene allowed four hits. He struck out two and didn't walk a batter.
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We are East Africa's 1st Craft Small Batch Distillery. We are nestled on one of the 1000 Hills in Rwanda with a beautiful view. And we are happy to show you how we create our products!
This country has endured pain that hopefully you will never have to bare witness to, but<|fim_middle|> the still. Piping leads from the neck of the still to a horizontal and then vertical condenser where the vapors are converted back into a liquid spirit. The alcohol volume achieved here is a closely guarded secret.
The spirit captured from the first still, known as low wines, is now fed into the second still which is known as the feints still. Here the distillation process takes place for the second time and the spirit captured following this distillation is known as feints.
The final distillation is the process that sets us apart for each of the craft products we produce the feints are fed into the third still, known as the spirit still, and distillation takes place for the third and final time.
The spirit captured at the end of this distillation is what will be matured and now has an alcohol strength of +85% vol.
The real beauty of our triple distillation process is that we carefully control every step of the process, which allows us the opportunities to cut and redirect the spirit as profiles change between the wash, feints and spirit stills.
Now enough about the process, it is time to enjoy the journey to the land of a 1000 Hills and we hope you will agree that our efforts have produced a truly smooth drinking pleasure.
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And for this very reason, we decided to set up our Craft Small Batch Distillery here in Rwanda.
We take great care in producing our range of Tripled Distilled Hand Crafted Spirits.
Our first distillation takes place in the largest of the distillers, into which the wash is added and then indirect heat is applied. As alcohol boils at 78.1 C, the alcohol vapors are the first to rise from the wash and depart upwards through column of | 132 |
A third party administrator (TPA) is an organization that assists companies in processing health insurance claims and benefits administration of its health, 401(k) and insurance plans. TPAs also handle insurance underwriting and customer service on behalf of their client company. They manage the collection of insurance premiums to process and pay for employee claims.
Many companies outsource their benefits and insurance administration to save on costs and employee training. Oftentimes, administration of these plans can become complex and convoluted due to increased government regulations and reporting requirements. TPAs are good for companies who offer self-insured, retirement, and FSA plans. They often go out to bid for its client company, negotiating rates and formulating the plan design that best works for the organization. When employers are unhappy with their benefits packages, TPAs will engage different providers and put out a Request for Proposal (RFP). This creates a competitive market where various providers compete for a company's business.
When a<|fim_middle|> The TPA will manage and reconcile all employee and employer contributions. They also manage requests for distributions and loans from employee 401(k) accounts. TPAs perform non-discrimination testing on behalf of the organization.
TPAs also assist with the annual enrollment process, including printing of communication material, sending electronic communication to employees, and promoting new benefit packages on an employer's website. They will often manage the online employee self-service sites for the employers and its employees wishing to enroll, change, or view their benefit plans. They will charge the employer fees based on the complexity and range of products and services performed.
Learn about benefit administration services insurance. | TPA manages a 401(k) plan for an organization, it will often act as the fiduciary manager for the plan deciding on key elements of the plan's investment portfolio and offerings. | 41 |
UI Hospitals and Clinics mark one year of COVID-19 vaccines
University of Iowa Health Care celebrates the one-year anniversary of vaccinating the first people in the state, reminding community members to continue to<|fim_middle|> measures | get vaccinated and receive booster shots.
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Patients are injected with the COVID-19 vaccine at the VA Medical Center in Iowa City on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. The center received the Modern vaccine for its employees.
Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter
One year ago, 178 University of Iowa Health Care employees were the first in Iowa and among the first in the nation to receive COVID-19 vaccines.
Close to 2 million Iowans have been vaccinated since a year ago, leading to thousands of lives saved and millions protected against the virus, Molly Rossiter, Communications Specialist for UI Hospitals & Clinics, said in a press release.
The first day of vaccinations on Dec. 14, 2020, was an important milestone during the pandemic, Suresh Gunasekaran, chief executive officer at UI Hospitals & Clinics said in the release.
"This was an exciting and joyous day, providing a much-needed spark of hope for our staff during the darkest days of the pandemic," Gunasekaran said. "We are thankful and proud that our staff were among the first to receive the vaccine, one of the many ways we have led the way throughout the pandemic."
UI Health Care was the site of many COVID-19 vaccine trials, including the Novavax, inc. trial, which started at the beginning of this year. UI Health Care also worked on a study in October that confirmed the effectiveness of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines through research in health care settings.
Mike Brownlee, UIHC chief pharmacy officer and co-leader of all UIHC employee and community vaccination efforts to date, said in a press conference on Monday that 92 percent of UIHC employees are vaccinated. In February, over 73 percent of the staff was vaccinated, he said.
Associate Director and Chief Pharmacy Officer of University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics Mike Brownlee answers questions from the press about COVID-19 vaccinations over Zoom in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. The event was meant to reflect upon the one year anniversary of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics' access to COVID-19 vaccines. (Jake Wicks)
"The biggest challenge to get this number to 100 percent is the sheer amount of misinformation out there," Brownlee said. "People need to know where they can get accurate information, which is with their health care providers."
UI Health Care is now working to vaccinate the broader community, including thousands of Iowans from ages five to 65+, Rossiter said. The hospital provides COVID-19 vaccinations through vaccination clinics in Johnson County by appointment, she said.
More than 200 million Americans and over 4 billion people across the globe have been safely vaccinated, Rossiter said.
Many parts of the state, including Johnson County, remain areas of high transmission rates, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health experts aren't sure what percentage of the population needs to be vaccinated for herd immunity to occur, but Brownlee said it's likely to be more than 80 percent.
According to ABC News, the omicron variant has been detected in at least 16 states in the U.S., which highlights the importance of getting vaccinated and receiving boosters.
The first confirmed case of the COVID-19 omicron variant was reported in Iowa by the State Hygienic Lab and Iowa Department of Public Health on Dec. 9.
Brownlee said the best way to combat the virus is through continued vaccination efforts.
"The good news is that we have made substantial progress in getting the public vaccinated, so even as new COVID-19 variants arrive, we will not go back to square one," Brownlee said. "Our experts believe it is likely that existing vaccines will continue to be highly effective at preventing severe disease and hospitalizations from COVID-19, even with the emergence of omicron and other variants."
The only way to end the pandemic is for people to get vaccinated, Gunasekaran said. It's important also to get boosters, wear masks, and social distance, he said.
"We must work together as a collective whole to end this pandemic, and we should celebrate how far we have come and how many people have gotten vaccinated this past year to protect themselves and others," Gunasekaran said in the release. "Each additional person who gets a vaccine brings us one step closer to the end of the pandemic, and that is a very good reason to be hopeful about the future."
Correction: The Daily Iowan incorrectly reported that more than 200 million Americans and over 4 billion people across the globe have not been vaccinated. The DI corrected the article to now read that more than 200 million Americans and over 4 billion people across the globe have been vaccinated. The article also indicates that UIHC provides walk-in vaccination clinics, but all sites giving vaccinations require appointments. The DI regrets these errors.
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Colombian Iraca palm headpiece
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With a touch of a modern twist ,the Iraca palm headpiece is handwoven by artisans of Colombia. Braided out of Iraca palm that is cut, woven, stamped and painted to form unique spirals and swirls on a woven meshwork, it's handmade process takes more than 10 hours to be finished. Wear yours to a costume party or to a simple dinner as its set to be summer's most elegant new accessory.
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With a touch of a modern twist, the Iraca palm headpiece is handwoven by artisans of Colombia. Braided out of Iraca palm that is cut, woven, stamped and painted to form unique spirals and swirls on a woven meshwork, it's handmade process takes more than 10 hours to be finished. Wear yours to a costume party or to a simple dinner as its set to be summer's most elegant new accessory.
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With a touch of a modern twist, the Iraca palm headpiece is handwoven by artisans of Colombia. Braided out of Iraca palm that is cut, woven, stamped and painted to form unique spirals and swirls on a woven meshwork, it's handmade process takes more than 10 hours to be finished. Wear yours to a costume party or to a simple dinner as it's set to be summer's most elegant new accessory.
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Chicago Bears players | Dane Ashton Cruikshank (born April 27, 1995) is an American football safety of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arizona. Cruikshank was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
College career
Cruikshank majored in general studies at Arizona after playing at Citrus College for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. He was named first-team all-state.
2015 season
He redshirted the 2015 season at Arizona.
2016 season
As a redshirt junior in 2016, he played cornerback, tying the team lead in interceptions with two, finishing fourth in total tackles with 60 and second in pass breakups with seven.
2017 season
As a redshirt senior in 2017, he switched to safety, ranking fifth on the team with 75 total tackles, tying for second in interceptions with three and ranking third in pass breakups with five.
Professional career
Tennessee Titans
Cruikshank was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round (152nd overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft. On May 11, 2018, he signed a four-year contract worth $2,747,892 with $287,892 in guarantees.
2018 season
On September 16, 2018, he scored his first NFL touchdown on a fake punt against the Houston Texans by hauling in a 66-yard reception from Kevin Byard. Cruikshank was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in the 20–17 victory.
Cruikshank finished his rookie year with 11 tackles, 39 return yards, 66 receiving yards, and a touchdown.
2019 season
On December 1, 2019, vs the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium, Cruikshank blocked a fourth-quarter field goal attempt by Adam Vinatieri, which backup cornerback Tye Smith scooped up and took 63 yards for a go-ahead touchdown that sent Tennessee on its way to a 31-17 victory.
"We take special teams very seriously over here," Cruikshank said following the game. "Everybody takes advantage of their opportunities and I rose to the occasion (Sunday) and made the best of it."
2020 season
On September 6, 2020, Cruikshank was placed on injured reserve. He was activated on October 24, 2020. In week 7 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cruikshank recorded his first career interception off a pass thrown by Ben Roethlisberger during the 27–24 loss. He was placed back on injured reserve on November 11, ending his season.
2021 season
Cruikshank was placed on injured reserve after missing a week of practice with a knee injury on November 13, 2021. He was activated on December 11.
Chicago Bears
On March 31, 2022, Cruikshank signed with the Chicago Bears. He was placed on injured reserve on November 30.
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Donor support keeps dreams alive
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The Hoffer Family Foundation donated $10,000 to the Student Success Fund, allowing students like Victoria Huynh to keep her educational dreams moving forward during the pandemic.
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Download past issues | to put her dream of becoming a marketing director in the beauty industry on indefinite hold as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to the ECC Foundation Student Success Fund (SSF) and donors such as the Hoffer Foundation, Huynh is excited to be transferring to the University of Illinois-Chicago this fall to complete her bachelor's degree in marketing and get started on her career.
Huynh's family owns a small business that was forced to close for several months in 2020, taking away the family's livelihood. "It was a very scary time," said Huynh. "My entire family lost their jobs, and I couldn't see how I would be able to stay in school."
The Hoffer Foundation donated $10,000 to the SSF, which helped Huynh remain in school and stay on track for the summer and fall semesters. "We're a family-owned business, in operation since 1953," said Charlotte Hoffer Canning, chief culture officer at Hoffer Plastics in South Elgin.
"Situations like that of Victoria and her family are devastating to our community. Our core values of family, integrity, service, and trust come from company founder Robert Hoffer's vision of creating a company that puts the needs of customers, employees, and the community first. That's why the Hoffer Foundation is proud to support the mission of ECC and students like Victoria."
The Hoffer family has been involved with ECC for decades, with family members volunteering in various capacities with ECC and the ECC Foundation, including several leadership positions.
In less than a year, the Student Success Fund raised more than $220,000 and distributed nearly $150,000. It provides the most flexible funding available to students, ensuring no student is left behind due to the economic fallout from the pandemic. To learn more, visit the ECC Foundation.
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Proud dad moment: B.C. minister's son, 10, receives handwritten note for act of kindness
North Delta MLA took to Twitter to share a letter his son received from a new kid at school
A proud dad moment for Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon – in the form of a random act of kindness by his son – is being praised on social media and reminding us all how easy and impactful it is to be nice to others.
The North Delta MLA took to Twitter earlier this week to share a letter his 10-year-old son received from a new kid at school.
Kahlon said his son and a friend saw a new student sitting by himself, so they decided to hang out with him during lunch break. At the end of the school day, the boy gave Kahlon's son a handwritten note which read that "sitting with me outside felt better than anything," and ending with a request to join the pair outside again.
As of Friday afternoon, the tweet had been retweeted 34,000 times and liked 543,000 times. Hundreds of users from around the world replied with praise.
"As a kid that went to 6 different schools, this made me want to cry," said a woman with the username @Yollzz_D, who appears to live in Cape Town, Africa.
"I struggled so hard to make friends till date. Always being the new kid can be depressing & lonely ….. hugs to your son!"
As a kid this felt so normal to do (small school = new kids were very exciting for me) and now as an adult, this makes me want to cry for hours.
— Meghan (@MeghanAndy) January 14, 2021
Trying not to tear up. Thanks for sharing.
Enjoy the pride. It's deserved.
— Mike Armstrong (@ArmstrongGN) January 14, 2021
Awesome man, kudos to you for raising your kid right. As a kid who was bullied and "left out" most of my childhood, I freaking love hearing stories like this and have tried to teach my son to do the same thing your son did
— Kyle (@kylegroombridge) January 14, 2021
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Around a hundred hardy souls were out on the 15th March to herald in the new trout fishing season and despite the wet and windy conditions some did manage to take fish and what was missing in numbers certainly made up in the quality of the trout taken.Four thousand browns averaging over 1½lbs were stocked during the first week of March and further stockings will take place during the rest of the season.
Bank anglers have been taking 1½-3½lb browns. Deryk Reddington (Cowdenbeath) had 3 brown for 10½lbs on maggot of the North shore , Owen Sinclair (Falkirk) 1brown and 2 rainbow for 4<|fim_middle|>.Billy Beckinsdale (Balquidder) and George Campbell (Falkirk) had 5 brown for 11¼lbs and 3 rainbow for 3½lbs on maggot fishing in about forty feet of water near the fish farm.Davie Allan and Jim Stoddart (both Strathyre) had 3 rainbow and 2 brown for 9lbs weight on the worm. Heaviest trout 3½lbs rainbow.George Campbell (Falkirk) and Joe Williams (Glasgow) had 6 brown for 14lbs on worm with the best at 3lbs 3ozs. | ½lbs and Nicolas Valentin from the Glasgow Angling Centre had a cracking 3lbs brown at St. Fillans. Willie Napier (Perth) had two huge browns spinning a zebra Tobynear the Loch Earn Moorings, St. Fillans, one at 10lbs and the other at 6½lbs.
Boat fishers fared better last weekwith dry conditions and fairly light winds | 86 |
HomeWelcome to the new boarding jetty in Hall A!
Welcome to the new boarding jetty in Hall A!
New facilities continue to be commissioned at Toulouse-Blagnac airport. After the security checkpoint and the duty free area in Hall D opened last April, now comes the Hall A jetty, an extension dedicated to walk<|fim_middle|> capacity has crossed a new milestone: it can now accommodate 12 million passengers annually (10.5 million, to date). | -on boarding for passengers travelling with low-cost and regional airlines.
The Hall A extension, which takes the form of a jetty, was commissioned on October 9. It has been customised for low-cost and regional airlines and features five walk-on boarding gates that are very close to the planes, and four more that will be served by runway shuttle buses to transport passengers to aircraft parked further afield. However, it offers passengers the comfort of a "standard" terminal, without compromising on services.
Comfortable and spacious with work areas and free Wi-Fi, the jetty will also be appreciated for its three patios, including one with a smoking area. Inside a sleek industrial-style building, passengers will circulate in the central corridor that provides access to all of the boarding gates. The focus was on climate control and the number of seats available, so that passengers can wait for their flight in the best conditions. In terms of shops, a dual Relay/Trib's concept will offer passengers everything they need for their flight, from newsagents to lunchboxes to small electronics (if they forgot to bring their charger), from the month of November. Vending machines will round out the offer with drinks, snacks and even sunglasses, with the Eyes Corner concept.
The jetty will provide ideal conditions for developing low-cost travel, on which the airport relies to increase the offer of routes to Europe. With this 2,500 m² infrastructure, the airport's | 292 |
Welcome to Team Tuesday. I'm Cindy from Junque Art and I'm excited to show you how to make a fun pencil case from a recycled tyvec envelope.
This little project is fun and easy to make. I'm using it for a pen case for on the go art journaling but you could use to store anything.
You only need a few supplies. Stencils (of course), paint, paint markers, a tyvec envelope, zipper, scissors, pencil, sewing machine (or you could hand stitch).
I used the following awesome StencilGirl stencils to create this cute little case.
A Tyvec envelope makes a great pouch because of it's sturdiness. It is water proof and tear proof. If you can't find any tyvec you can use fabric or canvas.
Measure and cut your envelope to your desired<|fim_middle|>Cut the bottom corners at an angle being sure to not cut too close to the stitching. Now turn right side out by reaching inside the open zipper. Push the corner out gently to get them as turned as possible.
After I turned my pouch some of my paint started to flake off. So after I turned gently I decided to add a thin coat of varnish that is pliable to keep the paint in place. I would recommend doing this as the last painting step before you start sewing. No worries though, that's the fun part of creating is learning and adjusting. The tyvec does wrinkle when you turn it right side out, but I love the wrinkly look!
And now you have a cute pencil or pen case! I'm pretty sure I will be making some more of these in the near future. Fun, easy, and useful! Remember you can make them any size you would like!
Mine will also hold my cute little moleskine art journal that I started for this year. So if I want to journal on the go I just throw in a few markers, glue stick, pencils, scrap paper, and my journal and I'm ready to go!
I hope you enjoy making this cute pencil or art case! I would love to see what you make!
Def doing this I love the typewriter and alphabet stencil going in my wishlist!!
This is so cool!!!! What a fab idea!!!!
I love this idea. I am so glad you shared this project.
What a fabulous project turning a plain tyvek envelope into a conversation piece! | size. I cut mine 9 1/2" x 15". This will make a 9" x 7" case (this includes a 1/4" seam allowance). I left mine as one big piece to paint on and marked my center to cut apart later before I start sewing.
Since I was using a recycled envelope mine had print on it. Paint your envelope with white gesso to cover up all the print. I had to do two coats to cover it all up. Let the gesso dry. However, if you like the print peeking through the paint you could skip this step. New envelopes are also available in solid white with no print.
Start creating a background with paint. Go crazy and have fun! I used two different color blues along with white. I did discover that you don't want to get the paint too thick and let it all dry before the next step.
After your first layers of paint dry you can start stenciling. I started with the fun Screw Heads Mini stencil by Andrew Borloz to start adding some interest. Let dry.
Next add the Typewriter Stencil by Nathalie Kalbach toward the bottom of each side. Let dry. If you are working on one large piece remember stencil opposite on each side and away from the middle line which will be cut later to add the zipper.
Then add some fun lettering with the Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Stencil by Carolyn Dube. I added on each side. Let dry.
Add detail to the typewriter with a fine point paint pen or sharpie. Let dry.
Add more detailing to the letters and typewriter with a white paint pen. Let dry.
Now it's time to add a zipper. I wanted to try to use something I already had in my stash. I found a black zipper but it was way too long. No worries it's all going to get sewn into the pouch. So I just cut it shorter once I got it pinned on. Pin the zipper right side down to the right side of one of the sides of the pouch. Make sure you line up the edge of the zipper fabric with the top edge of your painted piece. I pinned at each end just to hold in place.
Stitch the zipper to the envelope piece being sure to run your foot right along the zipper part. You can use a zipper foot but I just used my regular foot and used the skinny side of the foot to go against the zipper. Be sure and back stitch at the beginning and end for added strength.
Now it's time to add the zipper to the other side. Pin the zipper right side to right side of the second side. This picture may be a little confusing but I do have right side to right side just like I did the first side.
Once you sew the zipper to both sides it should look like this when the pieces are open.
Now unzip the zipper at 1/2 to 3/4 of the way.
Now pin the right sides together. Try to fold the zipper part in half on each end.
Sew around all three sides of your piece being sure to sew the zipper ends. I used the edge of my foot as a guide to keep my stitch straight.
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Have no fear, there is no need to live off of ramen (unless you love it, then by all means go right ahead). As an admitted foodie, I was worried that<|fim_middle|>. I can usually get a single pot of chili beans to last over a month by storing them in 4-6 containers and thawing smaller amounts to use. Granted, not everything freezes well but this does help keep a lot of food from going bad. | I would have to revert to my undergrad ways of ramen and bulk off-brand lucky charms after two years working in a paying job and eating vegetables. Once I adjusted to a new city, different food availability, and a new food budget in graduate school I realized that as students we can afford to eat healthy, filling food that tastes good—something I realized AFTER I gained 10 pounds eating numerous pilfered, bland seminar bagels over the course of a semester. All it takes is a willingness to shop in new ways, learn some basic cooking skills, and spend some time in the kitchen. Most importantly, I learned that there are two main actions you can take to get the best food on a student budget: buy smarter and cook at home.
Buy in bulk: Memberships to big bulk stores like Sam's Club and Costco can help make routine items that you buy (cheese, bacon, and dry goods like rice, beans, oatmeal, soda, etc.) more cost effective than buying smaller quantities. Even if you don't have a membership, it's likely that you know someone who does and would be willing to make the trip with you. This can be an extra bonus, as it gives you someone to split the larger items with in case you don't really need two 32 ounce jars of Nutella in your house at the same time.
This tip can apply to regular supermarkets as well. Look to see if there is a bulk section where you already shop. Certain items like oatmeal, flour, and beans can be significantly cheaper when you buy them in bulk by the pound. It may not come in the packaging that you're familiar with, but chances are the bulk items are just a good as those in attractive boxes.
Buy what's available: Outside of the big box stores, it can be a little trickier finding price breaks on fresh produce, which is both tasty and a significant part of a healthy diet. One approach to getting the most out of your produce dollar is by buying what is in season, especially what is in your area. When you buy produce that is in season it is usually both the cheapest and the best quality (both in flavor and nutrient content) of the year. As Liz Homan mentioned in her previous article, you can get pretty tired of squash by November, but then it's thankfully gone for another 9 months. This goes for a lot of different fresh items from asparagus to zucchini, and usually when something is in season it is far cheaper than buying at a different time of year. Flying blueberries from Argentina in the middle of January is not cheap.
Check out local food markets: This includes venues like farmer's markets, CSAs, and food co-ops. What you'll find might be more variable than the supermarket but can be significantly cheaper than regular markets. Sometimes you might get a discount for buying multiple items, so don't be afraid to ask the vendors.
Don't forget to make the most of sales and discounts: Check the ads from local grocery stores or sign up for the rewards program at your local supermarkets. Some rewards programs will even tailor coupons to what you purchase at the store, making them even more useful since you're not sifting through coupons for all the items you don't eat.
Cook at home: It's no secret that eating out is expensive and that money spent daily on prepared food quickly adds up. For the first few months of grad school I bought most of my meals on campus, until I realized that my pastry/lunch habit of $5-10 a day added up to well over $100 a month (without coffee!). At this point I knew it was time to figure out a better way to get lunches, and preparing them at home was the answer, which meant only one thing: cooking.
Learning to cook if you haven't already is a great opportunity to have some fun, de-stress, and take control of your diet. Once you have all the basic cooking tools you need (hint: it's not much more than an 8" chef's knife, a cutting board, a pot, and a pan—basically what Anthony Bourdain recommends in Kitchen Confidential—you might be surprised how quickly you can make an inexpensive, delicious meal. If you're really starting from scratch here, check out smittenkitchen.com or epicurious.com for some quick and easy recipes.
Personally, I love the Sunday night big meal, whether it be a soup, a casserole, or even a roasted chicken. Investing a bit more time in cooking and cleanup on Sunday night sets up multiple lunches during the week with very little effort on my part. This way, I can have a fresh meal and multiple lunches for the week ahead. This saves me the time and money of having to buy food on campus and has helped my food dollars go a lot further.
Cooking is too time intensive you say? Treat cooking like the Russian Nesting Doll technique for time management. While that casserole is baking make it a goal to read a journal article or write that draft. Just be sure to set a timer so you don't overcook the meal!
Are there any other techniques that you have learned to stretch your student stipend when it comes to grocery dollars? Please share in the comments section below!
That is a tricky question for me to answer. In the summer the number is lower since I have a garden and we eat a lot of that. We don't go out to eat often (but it happens) and I try to avoid buying food on campus as much as possible, but I'm around $250 a month on food if you include coffee and sandwiches on campus. Granted, I eat a lot of produce, try to buy organic whenever I can, live in Denver where our supply chain is so-so, and cook complicated things on weekends for entertainment. I admit to being a foodie and right now I don't really do much other than grad school and acquiring/preparing/eating food, so I'm guessing my monthly spend on food is higher than most people who have different circumstances.
Feeding yourself well doesn't have to break the bank and I hope that it will not be the limiting factor for you in attending graduate school.
Good read… but my problem is whenever I buy in bulk, whatever it is tends to expire before I'm able to use it all and I kinda feel like I wasted money. Especially if it's something that I'll end up eating a lot of and get sick of it after a few days or a week.
Then again, like you said, I guess there's always ramen recipes to live off of and make different dishes from that.
My usual approach to dealing with this is freezing things when I make big batches | 1,369 |
Welcome to the latest installment of our weekly blog series, Marketing Trends. Each week, we will<|fim_middle|>. Submit your ideas via our contact page or in the comments section below. | identify a key trend in the world of marketing. We'll discuss the trend, why it's important, and suggest ways that you can take advantage of this trend in your company.
Last week's trend was Negative Calls to Action.
You, as a marketer, can spend all of your time and energy telling people how great your brand is, how many people you've helped with your products, how crappy your competitors are, and how you're the answer to the ills of the world.
But there is just one problem, it's coming from you. It's coming from your company. Of course you think you're great. We'd expect you to as consumers.
And in the new age of advertising, it's not enough for you to think you're great. Other people, real people, not on your payroll, need to think you're great too.
Review sites like Yelp, and social media have changed the landscape. Nowadays people do a lot more research before any buying decision. And they want to find out what other people have to say about you, people like them.
That's the genesis of this week's marketing trend, featuring customers in your marketing.
It's not a new thing, but it's gaining in popularity. More and more companies are actively recruiting brand enthusiasts, customers who can promote on your behalf. Those customers are being featured in everything from social media posts to TV commercials. And it adds a new level of trust between the company and the marketplace.
How can your company take advantage of this trend?
You can start by actively recruiting your own ambassadors. Reach out to loyal customers and make a connection. Find out who they are and why they purchase from you. Pick some of the most representative customers and get their permission to use their likeness and their words in your promotional materials. Testimonials, written or video, are a great place to start. And begin to build your brand around the people that really matter, your customers.
What marketing trend should we cover next? Now accepting submissions for marketing trends that we will cover in an upcoming installment of this series | 416 |
This research aims to investigate the effectiveness of a self-directed<|fim_middle|> and self-referrals. | writing therapy called Positive Written Disclosure for Older Adult Caregivers of people experiencing Psychosis.
Background: This is little support available to carers via the healthcare system. Support groups can be of great benefit – but it can sometimes be difficult to find the time to attend (due to the demands of being a carer). To address this, we are carrying out a study that will trial a new self-directed, writing therapy called Positive Written Disclosure (PWD). PWD can be completed at a time and place that is convenient to the carer. It is hoped that this intervention will improve wellbeing.
We plan to recruit 60 people whom meet this criteria.
3) No Writing Control = we will not ask this group to do any writing tasks.
We will ask people to complete some questionnaires at the start of the study (before they are allocated to a group) and then 1, 3 and 6 months later. These questionnaires will measure a range of constructs, including stress, wellbeing, self-efficacy, and physical health.
Participants who are allocated to complete a writing task will also be invited to take part in a 1:1 interview to discuss their experience of the study.
The writing tasks, questionnaires and interviews can all be completed in participants' homes.
Recruitment is now open for this study. We are accepting both clinician- | 275 |
Since you can make the mushrooms while the sweet potatoes<|fim_middle|> and forgetting about old ones. This year I am going to try to take new pictures as well. | roast in the oven, the total cooking time for these is only about 45 minutes. Fast enough to make for a tasty weeknight meal. To round out the meal and make sure you add a bit of protein, serve these tacos with a side of beans. My favorite vegan friendly toppings for these tacos include: a big spoonful of fresh guacamole, cilantro, and a bit of salsa.
Celebrate taco Tuesday with these tasty vegan marinated mushroom tacos with roasted sweet potatoes and lots of guacamole.
Chop peeled sweet potatoes into ¼ inch sized cubes. Toss potatoes in 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spread evenly across a baking sheet.
Bake potatoes for 30-45 minutes or until softened and lightly browned.
While the potatoes are baking, mix seasonings (garlic through cayenne) , balsamic vinegar, and vegan Worcestershire sauce in a small bowl.
Place sliced mushrooms in an 8″x8″ baking dish and pour marinade over them. Toss to coat the mushrooms evenly in marinade. Cover dish and place in the fridge for 15 minutes, tossing once.
Add the other 1 tablespoon of olive oil to a skillet and heat over medium high, add mushrooms and saute until mushrooms release their moisture and it is cooked off, about 8-10 minutes.
Divide mushrooms and sweet potatoes evenly between 4 tacos.
Serve with guacamole, salsa and fresh cilantro.
These look delicious! Mushrooms are the only way I survive meatless meals!
These look fantastic! I love roasted sweet potatoes and portobello mushrooms, and almost more importantly, so do my kids, which means I know this will be a hit in my house. Oh, and tacos too? No doubt it's a winner!
I am always thinking about new recipes | 384 |
Hi. Please would you all collectively provide clarity and consensus on the status of the Richmond LO platforms and the LO route between Richmond and Kew Gardens as far as our various challenges are concerned. Basically it's a series of yes/no scope questions. I am particularly interested in FNC, SLAM and South London, but I would welcome any other specific or generic clarifications (eg Alphabet). I'm a bit worried that there is a grey area. For example, rule <|fim_middle|> what platform at Richmond it will be using.
I think it is better just to concentrate on the "same tracks" rather than the "same platform", as long as the trains share the same track at some point between A and B it is valid, regardless of what platforms it uses. | 8 of South London seems outdated based on my recent personal experience of standard platform allocations (and thus track usage) at Richmond: "Even though this is a London Underground based challenge, you may use trains run by other operators that run on the SAME tracks as those used by Underground trains and calling at the SAME stations. For example, it permitted to visit Kew Gardens- Richmond on an Overground train.". Similarly, for SLAM does Richmond require two visits (LU and LO), or would one visit by either suffice, or would even one visit by whatever-SWT-is-now-called suffice for ticking off the "station"?
I am the best one to answer this, as I am the main adjudicator for the alternative challenges (and whose rules you are citing).
In writing the rules for each of the alternative challenges, I have based them upon the official Guinness World Records rules for the Full Network (obviously suitably adapted to suit the various challenges).
The terminal platforms at Richmond are regarded as "common user" despite Overground trains generally using platforms 3 and 4, whilst the District uses 5,6 and 7. Although this is normally the case, I have departed from Richmond on an Overground train from platform 5 before. Therefore use of ANY of the Richmond terminal platforms is valid, even if an Overground train is due out first.
This is very similar to the platforms at Amersham, indeed have even ended a challenge on a Chiltern train from Rickmansworth.
SLAM is South London All Modes- all TfL modes that is, so excludes National Rail. Therefore a visit of Ricmond solely using SWR trains via platforms 1 and 2 would NOT be valid. You will need to arrive or depart from the terminal platforms as described above and you would miss out Kew Gardens!
If you were being very pedantic, you could argue that as platform 3 cannot be used by LU (due to no fourth rail), any visit to Richmond that used platform 3 was invalid. However I do not think it is sensible to go into that level of detail, for a start if you were to get on a train at Kew Gardens, there is no way to know for certain | 449 |
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107Buffet Bellagio
The Buffet Bellagio offers bistro style dining and a wide array of dishes to guests looking for a hearty meal. Located in the heart of the resort, and offering guests fine options such as a high end omelet station and fresh baked pastries, Breakfast at Buffet Bellagio is available from Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. for just $17.99. Lunch, offered Monday through Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. costs $20.99. Dinner, served Sunday through Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. is $31.99, and the Gourmet Dinner, served on Friday and Saturday is $37.99. Weekend Brunch, ... Learn More »
106The Buffet at LVH
Address: 3000 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109 Make a Reservation
The Buffet at the LVH is a good value for those staying at the hotel. It's a smaller scale than the grand offerings of some of the larger resorts. However, it offers a comfortable setting for guests in search of a convenient, casual dining experience. Lunch is offered Monday through Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for $15.99 per adult and $7.49 per child under the age of twelve. Dinner is served from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. during the week, and until 10:00 p.m. on weekends for the price of $19.99 per adult and $9.99 per child. Weekend ... Learn More »
106Le Village Buffet at Paris Las Vegas
Tucked away in the hustle and bustle of the simulated streets of the Paris Resort, Le Village Buffet offers patrons a Francophile restaurant experience. A tour of French cuisine is on offer, with regional dishes from Alsace, Brittany, Burgundy, Normandy, and Provence, as well as succulent French desserts. Breakfast is available Monday through Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m for $21.99 per adult and $12.99 per child between the age of 4 and 8. On Friday and Saturday, the cost is $23.99 for adults and $14.99 for children. Lunch, from Monday to Friday 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., costs ... Learn More »
105Paradise Buffet & Cafe
Address: 200 Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101 Make a Reservation
The name says it all. The relaxing atmosphere of the tropical garden setting adds to the enjoyment of the all-you-can-eat food fantasy of the Paradise Buffet.With seating for 450, you'll be certain to beat long lines while still enjoying a great meal. Every meal's another dining experience. Learn More »
107Carnival World Buffet at Rio
Address: 3700 West Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89103 Make a Reservation
The Carnival World Buffet at the Rio offers a tour of cuisine from Asia to Latin America, and all places in between. Tamales, omelets, pot stickers, and cream of wheat are just a sample of the variety of items available at the Carnival World Buffet. Breakfast is served from Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and will only set you back $20.99. Lunch, offered Monday through Friday 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. costs $22.99. Dinner, served daily from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. is $30.99 Sunday to Thursday but on Friday and Saturday the price is $35.99. Weekend ... Learn More »
105Grand Buffet
MGM's Grand Buffet captures the decadence and glamour of Las Vegas, serving up generous portions of both daily. Breakfast stations run the gamut from the Heart-Healthy Station with fruit compotes and yogurts to the more indulgent offerings like honey-baked ham, smoked salmon, and made | 3,185 |
Equity & Fundraising
Fundraising and rejections with Reddit's Co-founder and CEO, Steve Huffman
LTSE Equity Team
By all accounts, Steve Huffman, co-founder and CEO of Reddit, should be enjoying an early retirement. Having transformed the once-obscure website into an internet blockbuster in 2006, Steve found himself in the midst of a multim<|fim_middle|>, Steve ended up agreeing in part because he was genuinely excited to work with him. But also joked that Adam was persuasive – he was actually known as the North American debate champion. His wavering enthusiasm aside, he took great pride in building out the product at Hipmunk, but just didn't wholeheartedly have passion for the company mission—at least not all the way to his bones.
This was in stark contrast to Reddit, where he defied every single odd to run back into a company in disarray. While he left Hipmunk surrounded by a spirit of goodwill and well-wishes, he walked into Reddit to find employees who were reluctant to trust him and a broken culture.
His advice to founders: Wholeheartedly believe in what your business is doing. If you do, all of the difficult times you will go through—bad fundraising rounds, negative press, people quitting—won't really matter because you can get yourself through it. | illion-dollar acquisition deal with Condé Nast in the company's first 12 months. He exited the company in 2009 and got himself a pilot license.
Despite genuine concerns from those closest to him that he was running into a burning building, Steve returned to Reddit in 2015 as its CEO, leading it on an incredible growth trajectory with a promising future.
Here, Steve outlines candid tips from his experience running—and re-joining—successful startups throughout the past decade.
Tip #1: Raising money doesn't get easier.
Ask Steve about fundraising and he'll flat-out tell you he is not good at it, having been rejected by every VC in Silicon Valley at least twice. Despite these self-admitted rejections and a healthy dose of humility, it's clear that he's found success in fundraising—his last two rounds at Reddit alone have totaled $550 million.
His biggest piece of advice for founders about fundraising? Don't expect it to get easier.
His experience, however, has taught him that if you continue to stick with it, you'll eventually find the right connections. He likens the chemistry needed with the right investors to what you look for when interviewing and hiring your company's executives—someone who shares your vision.
Steve believes you can tell pretty quickly if the relationship with a potential investor is going to work or not. If the relationship doesn't seem like it's going to work with an investor, don't let them yank you around too much and remember that fundraising is never really easy…well, until it is.
After one particularly brutal and drawn-out series of funding, he lamented his frustrations to friend Justin Kan over dinner. As a result, Justin recommended that he bypass traditional VCs and try to go straight to LLPs.
A few days later, Justin set up a Saturday morning meeting with an interested individual. The connection he felt with the investor was immediate, effortless, and mutual. By the time he caught up to his friends a few hours later in Napa, the deal was done.
Bottom line? Your deals are going to look like deals fast. And non-deals, well, they never look like deals—focus on finding the right chemistry.
Tip #2: Don't sell a winner.
It's never easy to know when is the right time to sell a company. Sometimes you sell too early and sometimes you sell too late. Steve's done both. At 22 years old, Steve didn't truly appreciate how special Reddit really was at the time.
In the very beginning, there were four people working at Reddit with Steve effectively being the only full-time employee. He describes the early days as dysfunctional, lacking a real vision for the company, and that the team suffered a bit from "imposter syndrome," having limped into Y Combinator.
Yet, even though they had no idea what they were doing, they were onto something—the company was growing but they didn't know why. Feeling like they won the lottery, they sold Reddit to Condé Nast in 2006, and he and his co-founder, Alexis Ohanian, stayed on under contract until 2009. Looking back and knowing what he knows now about the importance of product-market fit, he wouldn't have sold the company when he did.
His experience at Hipmunk, a company he co-founded to help ease the pains of travel planning, tells a different story. Hipmunk quickly grew into a reputable company with a good product and happy customers. Yet they had to continuously fight hard against its flatline growth.
He compares this to Reddit, where their users were in revolt, there was a revolving door of CEOs, company morale hit rock bottom, and bad press was published daily but, incredibly, the company still continued to grow.
What does Steve see as the difference between the two companies? Product-market fit. If you find yourself saying, 'This thing is growing, but I don't know why', that's product-market fit.
Had Steve understood back then that the product-market fit at Hipmunk would always work against them, he would have sold the company two years in rather than raising more money, which only made an acquisition that much harder and hurt angel investors and employees more in the end.
Tip #3: You have to feel your mission in your bones.
After leaving Reddit back in 2009, Steve knew that he wanted to work with Adam Goldstein, an American author and founder of GoldfishSoft, in some sort of capacity. As a travel enthusiast, Adam pitched Steve the idea of founding an easy-to-use, online travel company.
While he wasn't nearly as enthusiastic about the travel industry as Adam was | 955 |
María Flores is a romantic Colombian girl who grows in the mountains of eastern Antioquia. They inhabit the characteristic families of that region where life is still a life despite the changes that are given to account of the decisions of a country with respect to the way its inhabitants occupy it.
This novel is also overflowing with poetry around the fields of flower crops and the high mountains of the Colombian Andes. A life of hard work that is always rewarded with the meetings of families that is barely kept but at the time of making parties, meets in a "parviao chocolate", which makes your heart very happy.
It is a way to get to know Colombia and its idiosyncrasies and to recognize its economic, cultural, social and political processes. Thanks to the environment of María Flores, it is understood what happens in the countryside, in homes, in villages, and even beyond where one can understand that these characters can live.
When my body speaks to me, I believe
And I believe him because he speaks to me in simple language. Old. Accurate. Truthful. And it tells me who we were. About us. Who we will be He also tells me everything in a chronon. Tiny measure in which everything happens. Like this instant. Like the millions of instants in which we move and which sometimes go unnoticed and others do not ...
When my body speaks to me, I believe and stop. And then everything makes sense. And I am stopped in a place without time and space where only my spirit lives. A wonderful and mysterious place to which I would like to take them all. A magical place that resides in all of us and that we can not catch but feel and touch and dream. A place where everything is possible. A place where our bodies are submerged with all the fury of their souls, to stay there hidden in that limbo from which it seems that we do not want to leave.
When my body speaks to me, it pulls me out and squeezes me and pulls me outside and leaves me naked before the sensations that run through me because of what I see and can not resist. Or for what I see and want to hug and catch and kiss. Or for those beings that silently and without their knowing it touched my spirit forever. A look. A smile. A silence A touch of our skins. Because everything is spoken first by the skin<|fim_middle|> everything I see. People. The forests. The whales. The blue sky. The rain. The mountains. Jungle. My people. The people that I do not know but that I know exists and that today their spirits also dance to the beauty of life.
When my body speaks to me I have believed ... and this is what he has told me. | . Our senses speak to us in that language older than the word. That which today lifts me up to empty my thoughts and thus be able to do this which is what I love the most.
Because when my body speaks to me it takes me out of that numbness of life. And it takes me to the most unexpected places. And it gives me the absolute pleasure of doing what I feel and saying what I think. To take everything and wrap it like a melody when its notes rise and fall and blend perfectly to make me shudder. To make me sob at the beauty of those who dreamed of those notes and those who interpreted them, making my heart race and my pulse not fit in my body and my veins are small for so many feelings and the millions of cells that compose me travel far and come back leaving me breathless.
When my body speaks to me I feel like the luckiest being in the world. Because I can cry of sadness and joy. Because I can go to that place where no chronon lives and stop and hug others without them even noticing. And I can give them all my love and wrap them with joy and wish a better future for | 235 |
Throw a rock in the river. Enjoy the miniature tsunami you created, floating away and vanishing. Dare to put one foot in the river. Sink it in the very old sand, resting, cooling your blood flowing to your heart and your optic nerve observing the show in the water. H2O molecules bounce against your skin cells. They swirl like Turkish dancers around you until they rejoin in a feverish whirlpool to continue their voyage downstream. Your dancers will return. They will fly up in the sky and pass you by, then rain, somewhere upstream. They will return for your encore, or, rich of your experiment, for your new show as you let a second foot sink, then a finger, ten of them and two hands, now twisting and waltzing. The river flows, passing you by<|fim_middle|>pools with the molecules that stayed in the moment. | , unperturbed. Cool, you think. You are refreshed. A creative beaver blocks the river downstream, You are now dancing in a lake, making your own whirl | 35 |
About Internet Society 31 December 2018
Another Step Closer to Our Mission
By Andrew SullivanPresident and Chief Executive Officer
The Internet now reaches more than half the world.
A recent estimate indicates that nearly 4 billion people – more than half the world's population – now use the Internet. More people are now online than existed in the world the year I was born. Everyone, it seems, values the Internet. We all still know the Internet is for everyone.
The Internet Society, including all our chapters<|fim_middle|> Chain Perspective
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Join the conversation with Internet Society members around the world | and members, was part of Internet growth in this period. 2018 was a year of many changes at the Internet Society. We changed the staff and ways of organizing work to make things clearer. We changed our CEO. But at the same time, we brought infrastructure to some of the most remote parts of the world. We pushed for better security for many of the new devices that are connecting to the Internet. And we worked to include the whole range of voices when it comes to who's making decisions about the Internet's future.
These are just a few of the things we, the whole Internet Society, did together. We work together because that's what internetworking is: working together, each of us making a greater whole of our individual parts.
So, as the year draws to a close, I would like to thank everyone who makes this possible. We are all ages, all backgrounds, and all experiences. Most of you give time, voluntarily, to make sure the Internet becomes more open, globally-connected, trustworthy, and secure: the Internet for everyone. Some of you are staff who work tirelessly on these issues because you believe in the Internet. Whoever you are, our work together must not stop.
We have some important work to do in 2019 and a new focus for how we do it. Our vision of the Internet for everyone remains as clear as ever. But the clarity of our vision offers us no easy road.
We must face the fact: the Internet was once a great human hope, but has lately become a locus of human fear.
The Internet created new means for human expression and communication, and new opportunities for markets for every vendor, from tiny niche to mainstream. But the open human expression sometimes looks like an opportunity for the expression of the worst human impulses. The open communication sometimes looks like a great way for malignant forces to attack the social order. And the open markets sometimes look like a desperate race to the price bottom, with no other factor even under consideration. No wonder people fear the Internet as an instrument of social erosion.
Yet, the Internet is still a global network of voluntarily-connected networks. There is nothing else it could be: anything else would just be an "internet" in name only. At the Internet Society, we believe in the real Internet. A network of networks puts the end point – the humans, really – in charge. Anything else is not in the hands of end points, so it's not really the Internet.
This is not to long for an earlier, "innocent" Internet that did not face the current challenges. It is instead to remind ourselves that, if we want the enormous benefits of the Internet, we must not discard the essential property that brings those benefits. All people have an interest in how we face the current issues, but we can only face them one way: together. We must connect people across borders, environments, and cultures to build new partnerships and engage individuals, communities, NGOs, corporations, and governments. Nobody gets a free pass; but nobody who cares for the Internet is excluded, either.
That is the challenge that faces us in 2019. We must build our existing partnerships to be a more effective advocate for the neutral, open network of networks. We must work to ensure that people have the tools they need to make good choices on the Internet, whether that be with the Internet of Things or with routing security. We must continue to work effectively in communities to ensure that the other half of the world – the part that is the hardest to connect – can enjoy the benefits we connected people take for granted. We must do this collaboratively, so that the alternative vision of the controlled, sanitized "internet" does not win. For community is much more than just belonging to something; it's about doing something together that makes belonging matter.
If you are just hearing about us for the first time but have a passion to protect the open Internet, please join us in 2019. We cherish our diversity and together we will be able to take on the challenges in the year ahead.
So, again, thank you for so much. I am humbled to be able to work with all of you, and I look forward to 2019 as we continue our journey to bring an open, globally-connected Internet to the world.
Visit our 2018 Year in Numbers page.
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Disclaimer: Viewpoints expressed in this post are those of the author and may or may not reflect official Internet Society positions.
Celebrating tech improvements and innovations at Bahrain Internet Day
NIS2 Inconsistency – a DNS Supply | 939 |
Scratch and Learn World Atlas
Illustrated by: Ms. Charlotte Trounce
Author: Jenny Broom
Publisher: Wide-Eyed Editions
Series: Scratch and Learn
Go on a treasure hunt around the world as you scratch to discover animals, famous buildings, people and icons from across the globe. Every spread features a fully-illustr<|fim_middle|>49 in x 10.236 in / 240 mm x 260 mm
Favorite Pets
Cavern of Clues
How to Create Animation in 10 easy lessons | ated map with dozens of icons, paired with a search-and-find activity that prompts readers to search for and scratch to reveal ten items on every spread. An appealing, interactive first introduction to the world.
Author JENNY BROOM studied at the Slade before becoming a writer and editor of children's books. Her natural history title Animalium was awarded Children's Book of the Year by the Sunday Times, and shortlisted for the National Book Awards and Blue Peter Award. She lives and works in London.
Charlotte Trounce is an illustrator living in London, whose books include A to Zakka (Telegram Press, 2017), Dress [With] Sense (Thames & Hudson, 2017) and Three-Dimensional Expanding City/Country Guides (Walker Books, 2013-16)
Size: 9.4 | 174 |
December 2020 issue of Inside Track available for download
The December issue of European Athletics' twice yearly newsletter 'Inside Track' has been published and can be viewed as an online interactive flip book here.
The second issue of the year takes an extensive look back at a record-breaking season for European athletes and reflects on more of the standout moments of the last fifty years as European Athletics continues its Golden Anniversary celebrations in 2020.
This issue of Inside Track has been enhanced by the inclusion of video content and the eight pages on the 50 year-<|fim_middle|> other development initiatives such as the Women's Leadership programme and the Young Leaders Forum.
While also reflecting on a busy season on and off the track in spite of the pandemic, this issue looks ahead to the Torun 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships and also covers important decisions made by the European Athletics Council in November, including the awarding of the 2024 European Athletics Championships to Rome and other event allocations. | anniversary of European Athletics features a video of Sandra Perkovic's record-breaking five successive gold medals at the European Athletics Championships and highlights of Armand Duplantis' victory in the pole vault at the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships.
The issue also includes in-depth coverage of the European Athletics e-Convention in October as well as | 70 |
Fraud remains one of the most important crimes and causes billions of pounds of losses each year, many thousands of people are employed to try to prevent it, but it has remained largely neglected in the literature.
This book provides comprehensive coverage of the<|fim_middle|> tax evasion, credit card fraud, and paying particular attention to fraud using the internet. A wide range of case studies are presented, portraits are provided of the ways in which a large number of organizations seek to deal with fraud.
This book will be essential reading for anybody with a professional interest in fraud and its prevention, as well as the wide number of courses within law, criminology, social policy and business and management.
Who commits fraud, and what types of fraud?
From need to greed – why is fraud committed?
Conclusion: the futures for fraud? | main issues involved in fraud, its definition, costs, the nature of the offenders involved in committing fraud, and the issues involved in fraud investigation. It is written by one of the foremost authorities on the subject, and covers fraud in the widest sense, ranging from benefit fraud to | 55 |
Stitchy Minds Think Alike: Spring has sprung? Not where I live.
Spring has sprung? Not where I live.
Happy First Day of Spring? Of course 03/20/2014 marks the official start of Spring but here in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada we are getting more weather coming. It has been a long one. Feels like forever since we wore short sleeves and sandals.
Bad weather often means good stitching though. I have made a lot of progress this month and have a finish to share!
This is Pamela Kellogg's 2003 Mystery Autumn Sampler. I call it the Bella Project. I am going to have it finished as a little wall hanging. Sewing isn't my strong<|fim_middle|> stitched on 32 count Foggy Morning Opal linen by Crafty Kitten.
I started a new one.... Arabesco by Alessandra Adelaide Needleworks (AAN). I'm excited to be working on this one. I chose to use a combination of Polar Ice Waterlillies by Caron and DMC 930 and 932 on Under the Sea's Ice Princess. I only have put about an hour into this so far...but I must show and tell!
So I still have lots to work on. I am looking forward to continuing work on my WIPs and getting my Rosewood Manor Autumn Sampler in the mail soon. I ordered a fantastic piece of fabric for it from Leslie at Under the Sea. I can't wait to show you the floss toss!
Enjoy your first day of Spring everyone! Thanks for stopping by!
Oh, Bella turned out sooooooooo pretty!
Great progress on ALL of your projects.
Can't wait to see more of Persephone, it's gorgeous.
Frost Forest is coming along nicely.
Lovely stitching and LOVE the idea of binge stitching. So much healthier for you than binge anything else! | suit, but I know a couple of really talented gals that can help me out!
Used DMC 823 for the border instead of suggested Gold Kreinik. I love how it turned out!
This looks so much like my Bella! I changed the pattern eye colour from green to yellow to match my cat.
I loved doing these little stitches. They were fun and are absolutely adorable!
I also got the fourth instalment of Frosty Forest! I am loving working on this series so much. I got the pattern Wednesday, stitched the border Thursday and binge stitched Friday and Saturday until I was done the block. It is adorable. I can't wait to get my next pattern from Colours by Lalena.
Frosty Forest by Country Cottage Needleworks | 155 |
Gladioli are a gold standard in the florist trade, but they are so easy and economical to grow at home that any gardener can enjoy these showy blossoms. Avid glad fans often fill entire rows or garden beds with these colorful corms for the sole purpose of growing them for bouquets. But if the tender glads bred for cut flowers are too flamboyant for your tastes, try one of the resilient winter-hardy varieties, which are equally lovely and can remain outside year-round (see examples in our list of 18 stunning garden bulbs). Whether you wish to fill a vase with magnificent cut flowers or to keep your glads in the garden among other perennials, you'll find a range of striking varieties in nearly every color of the rainbow.
Photo by: Shannon Marie Ferguson / Shutterstock.
Perennial in zones 8-10. Can be grown as annuals in zones 2-7. Some G. nanus types are hardy to zone 4 or 5.
Although you will often see glads labeled as "summer bulbs," they are herbaceous perennials that grow from bulb-like corms covered with a fibrous papery skin. Unlike spring bulbs, glad corms are sensitive to freezing temperatures and must be dug up in fall and stored until planting time the following spring. In mild climates, some hardier glad hybrids can be left in the ground over winter.
You'll find countless cultivars of glads in local garden centers and catalogs, all derived from various combinations of more than 250 species, most of which are native to southern and central Africa and Eurasia.
Grandiflora: The largest group of garden cultivars. These hybrids are the showiest of the bunch, with blooms up to 6 inches wide and the most extensive range of colors.
Nanus: Another group commonly grown in the garden. Miniature hybrids that tend to be more cold-tolerant than their taller cousins.
Primulinus: Have daintier hooded flowers and very narrow leaves.
Most garden glads come in nearly any color and shade (except for true blue) in both solid and multicolored forms. Depending on the cultivar, the petals may be frilly, ruffled, semi-ruffled or plain, and the size can range from miniature (under 2 ½ inches in diameter) to gigantic (over 5 inches). The flowers are typically arranged on only one side of the stem and open in succession from the bottom up, with the largest flower at the base. As a bonus, hummingbirds really love these flowers!
From early summer until frost, depending on the cultivar and when the corms are planted.
Gladiolus corms ready for planting. Photo by: Longfield Gardens.
You can plant glad corms as early as a month before the average last frost date in your area. Depending on the cultivar, gladiolus take anywhere from 60 to 120 days after planting before they flower. You can stretch the blooming season by making succession plantings of corms at two-week intervals through early July and by intermixing varieties that take different lengths of time to mature. Make your last planting about 12 weeks before the first frost date.
Depending on your purpose, you can plant glads in flower beds and borders, vegetable gardens, cut flower gardens, and even containers. All they need is a sunny location and one protected from the wind to avoid damage to the tall flower-laden stalks. If you are integrating glads into an established flower garden, use them to<|fim_middle|> Roger Cope / Alamy Stock Photo.
Why we love it: Towering spikes of yellow-orange blooms edged in red heat up the summer garden with all the tropical colors of a Tequila Sunrise.
Also try: 'Jester', with ruffled apricot-yellow petals and bright orange-red throats.
Why we love it: This hardy miniature glad puts on a dramatic display year after year, first showing off its pure white petals then opening to reveal bright splotches of fuchsia. As a bonus, the corms of this zone 4 perennial can overwinter in the ground.
Also try: 'Elvira', another cold-hardy glad with pale salmon-pink blooms accented by smudges of deep pink.
Photo by: JRJfin / Shutterstock.
Why we love it: Pristine snow-white flowers and ruffled petals up to 4 inches across make this glad one of the most versatile in the garden or vase. Each statuesque spike bears 18 to 20 flowers.
Also try: 'Albus', a diminutive pure-white nanus glad under 2 feet tall.
Photo by: visi08411 © Visions BV, Netherlands / VisionsPictures & Photography.
Why we love it: Even more romantic than red roses, a poetic composition of soft, ruffled pink blooms embellished with wine-red hearts framed by a halo of white. Also matures early, revealing its loveliness just a couple of months after planting.
Also try: 'Mon Amour', another dreamy tricolored glad in softer tones of pink, pale yellow, and ivory.
You can purchase glad corms individually, but it's often more convenient to buy a color-coordinated mix that will look harmonious in a vase or the garden with little effort. Many bulb suppliers offer an array of popular color schemes, such as pastels, bright summer blends, rainbow mixes, and more.
If you're looking for rare or heirloom gladioli, the North American Gladiolus Council offers a list of North American and European suppliers that carry hard-to-find varieties as well as recent introductions.
When buying glads, look for corms that are at least an inch in diameter. Larger corms produce larger blooms and those smaller than 3/4 inch may not flower the first year. Also choose corms that are relatively tall and plump rather than wide and flat. Thicker corms often produce more robust flowers. | fill in spaces that need color or vertical interest. They will begin blooming in late summer when many other flowers begin to fade. In a vegetable garden, plant your glads in rows alongside the rest of your crops or use them to fill in the gaps left behind after you remove early-season edibles, such as peas, lettuce, and spinach.
Gladiolus corms can vary in size, depending on the type of glad you're planting. As with other bulbs, the larger the corm the deeper and farther apart it goes into the ground, ranging anywhere from 2 to 6 inches. For the best results, follow the recommendations given on the package. Always plant corms with the flatter side facing downward, and the narrower, pointed end facing up.
Glads aren't fussy and will thrive in many different soil types, but good drainage is a must. Before planting each spring, work the soil several inches deeper than the planting depth of the corm and amend it with organic matter if necessary. Loose, well-tilled soils that produce good vegetable crops are often perfect for growing gladiolus.
Glads that grow 3 to 4 feet or taller will probably need to be staked or caged to prevent the stalks from bending and breaking. You should set the stakes in the ground at planting time to avoid damage to the corms.
The biggest threat to gladioli are thrips, tiny flying insects that feed on the foliage and flower buds. Because thrips are hard to spot without a magnifying glass, watch your glads for signs of thrip damage, which includes silvery streaks and small white patches on the leaves and buds that fail to open. See these tips from bulb supplier Old House Gardens for identifying and getting rid of thrips.
Cut the stalk off just above each corm, brush or wash off the soil, and then allow the corms to dry in a well-ventilated area for a couple weeks.
Separate the new corms from the old one, and store them in a dark, dry, cool area. Ideal storage temperatures are just above freezing (between 35° and 45° F). A good method of storage is to layer them in a cardboard box with newspaper in between, a paper bag would also work.
Some corms also produce cormels -- smaller plantlets that can be separated from the parent and grown into new plants. However, cormels often won't produce blooms for several years until they grow larger and are best discarded unless you have the patience to save them and replant them each spring.
If you have a variety of glads, label the corms by color or cultivar before storing them so you know what you're planting the following spring.
Check your corms periodically to make sure they are in good condition. If they have started to sprout new growth, move them to a cooler spot. If you notice signs of rot, the packing material may be too moist.
If you don't want to fuss with digging up and storing the corms each year, simply treat them as annuals and buy new ones every spring. The most common glad cultivars are inexpensive and widely available, so it's often more cost effective to replace them, especially if you factor in the time you'll save.
Generally, glads are long-lasting cut flowers and will remain attractive for at least a week in a vase, but for the greatest longevity cut the stems when only a few flowers are open at the bottom the spike. The rest of the florets will open gradually over the next few days. As they do, pull off the bottom florets when they fade.
Cut your glads in the early morning or late evening, when the temperatures are coolest and the stems are well hydrated. If you plan to store and replant your corms, don't be tempted to cut off all the foliage along with the flowers. Leave as many leaves as possible on the plant to help nourish the corm for the following spring.
Although glads look stunning arranged in a tall vase, you can cut the blooms from the stems and arrange them in a shallow vase or bowl to make an attractive, low-profile centerpiece for a dining room table. Here are more tips for creating sophisticated floral tablescapes and centerpieces: Flower Arranging 101.
Photo by: grjo02022 © Visions BV, Netherlands / Johan Groot.
Also try: 'Espresso' and 'Black Jack', which also have luxuriant burgundy-red flowers.
Why we love it: In the mixed flower garden and in floral arrangements, this striking glad with ruffled blooms the color of lime sherbet is a refreshing complement to fuchsia, dark purple, orange, and other bold flower colors.
Also try: 'Kiev,' a showy chartreuse-green glad with pink highlights and impressive 4-inch-diameter blooms.
Photo by: visi04474 © Visions BV, Netherlands / VisionsPictures & Photography.
Why we love it: Velvety blooms the color of peach sorbet open to reveal bright strawberry-red centers. Its tall upright spikes and strappy foliage also add a strong vertical element to the garden.
Also try: 'Boone', a hardy zone 5 glad with apricot flowers and yellow throats marked with red.
Why we love it: Lovely, ladylike, and utterly enchanting, with frilly white flowers and light yellow centers, all fringed in hot pink.
Also try: 'Charming Beauty', a miniature glad with bubble-gum pink florets and bright pink accents.
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Where would we be without barcodes? In today's world, barcodes have become a fact of everyday life, enabling us to move through the check out quickly, track and trace a parcel and even capture patient's health records in one 2D barcode. As barcode technology continues to advance,<|fim_middle|> value for money.
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Very simply put, barcodes are used as a simple method for product identification. Most recognisably, retail ready products at the point of sale use barcodes for unique product identification, while enabling an efficient method for a POS transaction. Manufacturers utilise barcodes for equipment serial numbers on electronic device's to enable both consumer and manufacturer to track equipment warranty. In the manufacturing, distribution and logistics industries, the SSCC (serial shipping container code) barcode is used for traceability throughout the supply chain. Where there is a barcode used to identify a product, barcode scanners have been utilised at multiple points across the supply chain process, to track the product from manufacturer to the consumer. Barcode scanning increases efficiencies through data accuracy, therefore increasing overall productivity.
BCP Media partner with globally recognised hardware vendors, to offer an extensive range of barcode scanners that deliver optimum performance and | 192 |
It is great to help others, but the most important thing to remember while helping<|fim_middle|> signal some level of depression.
The first step is having a conversation with your friend. It may seem daunting, and you may not ever feel comfortable doing it, but if you can muster up the courage, you have a great chance at helping your friend. You can approach the conversation with love and compassion, and be prepared to do more listening than talking, assuming your friend is ready to talk.
To start, you can use an "I feel" statement, like "I feel very concerned for you," or "I feel like checking in with you because it seems you have felt down lately." You can make an "I feel" statement your own, based on your preferred method of communication, and based on what you know about your friend and how the two of you best communicate. How will he or she best hear the message you are trying to convey?
Next, offer up some suggestions, but try to keep the space open for your friend to make his or her own decision. Questions like, "Are you willing to make an appointment with your doctor?" or "Want to see what options are available?", can help your friend take the next step. You can look up treatment centers on your computer and share those with your friend, and gauge the reaction to know how to proceed.
Helping a friend is noble. Don't get discouraged if you do not get the results you want right away. Keep showing up with love and compassion, and take care of your own emotions. | a friend is to continue taking care of yourself. Without your own healthy emotional state, you will not be able to offer any assistance to anyone else.
With that in mind, the best way to help a friend who is dealing with depression is to offer them resources to make the decision to help himself or herself. If you have a good understanding of what depression is and what your friend is going through, then you can proceed appropriately.
Depression is a psychological mood disorder characterized by symptoms like depressed mood, feelings of hopelessness, sleep disturbances, and even suicidal thoughts. To be diagnosed with major depressive disorder, the symptoms must be present everyday, for almost the duration of each day, for at least seven consecutive days.
In less clinical words, depression is a mental illness that changes the way a person views life. Disinterest in doing much of anything, especially activities that used to bring that person great pleasure, is a sure sign of depression. Expressing feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness, withdrawing from friends, family, work, or school, and changes in behaviors like sleeping, eating, exercising, socializing, and substance use all | 227 |
You can never have too many salmon recipes, right? I could<|fim_middle|> fillets). Carefully open foil packets and serve warm. | eat salmon every day, so now if only they could sell it for the same price as chicken. I have been trying to eat more fish lately, and salmon is definitely my favorite type of fish so it's almost always my go to choice. I should expand my horizon and broaden my palate and cook with different types of fish like swordfish or tuna, but salmon is just my favorite so I don't venture out much. Plus I've finally gotten my kids to love it.
This salmon is packed with flavor, full of nutritious ingredients, it's easy to make and clean up is a breeze! I love cooking with ingredients that are in season and we all know this summer everyone will be overflowing with an abundance of zucchini, squash and fresh from the vine tomatoes so why not make a dish that combines all of those? In the past I've always thought tomatoes and salmon were such a strange combo (who knows why), then I finally got over that and tried it and I totally love it, as long as things are seasoned right. This is like an Italian spin on salmon in foil and you are totally going to love it! My picky 4 year old couldn't get enough of it!
A healthy easy salmon recipe! Individual salmon fillets are cooked in foil with zucchini, squash, tomatoes and fresh herbs. A great recipe to make in the summer to use up all those veggies.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut 4 sheets of aluminum foil into 17-inch lengths.
Toss zucchini, squash, sliced shallot and garlic together with 1 Tbsp olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste and divide among 4 sheets of foil, placing veggies in center of foil.
Brush salmon fillets with 1 Tbsp of the olive oil, season bottom side with salt and pepper then place one fillet over each layer of veggies on foil. Drizzle lemon juice over salmon and season top with salt and pepper.
Toss together tomatoes, remaining diced shallot, thyme, oregano and marjoram with remaining 1 1/2 tsp olive oil and season lightly with salt and pepper.
Divide tomato mixture over salmon fillets. Wrap sides of foil inward then fold up ends to seal.
Place on a rimmed baking sheet and bake in preheated oven until salmon has cooked through, about 25 - 30 minutes (cook time may vary based on thickness of salmon | 496 |
The Tinkoff-Saxo team's last training camp of 2015 or first of the 2016 campaign – depending<|fim_middle|> our equipment are as intensive as ever, because these guys are achieving truly extraordinary results. We are proud that we fulfilled all the tasks that were given to us and are happy to have had the opportunity to exchange experiences with team doctors of Tinkoff-Saxo." | on interpretation – took place in Porec, Croatia, this week.
Along with welcoming new riders and team staff to the squad, and enjoying a few short end-of-season spins, the riders went through a series of health checks and medical examinations as the state-of-art Thalassotherapia Opatija clinic.
Alberto Contador, Peter Sagan, Michael Rogers and Daniele Bennati were part of the final wave of riders who visited the clinic on Wednesday with Cyclingnews also in attendance.
The riders went through what the medical staff termed as, "preventive examination, which consists of testing the vital capacity, and lung and cardio-respiratory function using stress tests on a bike, ergometer, combined with spirometry; isokinetic which is used for screening of all possible injuries and an ultrasound of the heart."
The group of athletes were first ushered into a medical waiting room and asked to fill out questionnaires surrounding their health and consent. Then the local medical team entered the fray and called a register.
Each rider, starting with Peter Sagan, was brought through a series of medical suites and put through the series of tests. Sagan, just in bib-shorts, was made to carry out a stress test while readings from his heart were taken and then measured while he rode a static bike that incrementally upped the resistance.
"It is interesting that, even out of the competing season, when they are not in a top shape, these top cyclists are achieving 40 to 50 per cent better results than the average person who does recreational sports," said prof. Dr. Vedran Buršić, Head of Diagnostic Department of Thalassotherapia Opatija.
Cyclists and representatives of the clinic were accompanied by Vladimir Miholjević, the sports and technical director of Tour of Croatia and Top Sports Events, Irena Peršić Živadinov, Head of the Tourist Board Kvarner, Valerij Jurešić, Head of the Department for Culture, Sports and Technical Culture of Kvarner County and Fernando Kirigin, deputy mayor of Opatija.
All of the riders were given a full bill of health and even team manager Stefano Feltrin went through the health checks with his riders. The team will now disband for the next few weeks before their December training camp.
"The visit of Tinkoff-Saxo team and their trust is an honour, privilege, obligation, and confirmation of our expertise and quality in the field of sports medicine," said the clinic's CEO professor Dr. Viktor Persic.
"We are extremely proud that this world-famous, the most powerful to ever set foot in Croatia, opted for our clinic and now we can say without any doubt that the Thalassotherapia Opatija became the genuine international clinic. The index lights on | 579 |
Q: 80s movie where people go to another planet where civilization is still in the middle ages Does anybody know the movie from 80's where a crew goes to another planet where the civilization is still in middle ages.
Cliff notes I can remember:
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*a crew member pretends to be local and starts living with them<|fim_middle|> poverty. There, he lives with Ari, a young woman whom he has taken as his bride, and the juvenile prince of Arkanar. Rumata's presence divides local opinion; some treat him as a God, others despise him.
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Found via search terms of film medieval planet torture printing press (not my first set of search terms, admittedly)
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*there was something with the printing press some guy had built and he was executed
*there was also some torture with different "machines"
*I think locals thought the visitors were witches living on an island in the middle of a lake
*the guy who lived with the locals had a love story with a local girl, the crew watched him on infrared screen (or something similar to that) making love with her....
A: I think you may be talking about the 1989 adaptation of Hard to be a God. I have been unable to find a good summary of the 1989 adaptation, but the Wikipedia article for the 2013 remake covers the high points and the book site I linked above mentions the printing press.
A group of 30 scientists travel from Earth to a nearly-identical alien planet that is culturally and technologically centuries behind. The inhabitants of this planet have brutally suppressed a renaissance movement, murdering anybody they consider to be an intellectual, and thus the planet is stuck in the middle ages. Anton, one of the scientists from Earth, is sent to infiltrate the local populace of the Kingdom of Arkanar and help them progress as a society, although he is forbidden from getting involved with local politics or forcibly interfering with the advancement of technology or culture. He assumes the identity of Don Rumata, a nobleman who resides in a large castle surrounded by | 289 |
This simple church was built in the second half of the 18th century. In the late 19th century its façade was in danger of collapsing. To reach the church you have to climb wide schist steps. It has two juxtaposed parts and a vestry. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Conception and has been restored and extended several times. The work done in 1898-1900 resulted in the current façade with four strong cylindrical buttresses that rise above the nave and are topped by cone. This work also involved construction of the bell tower and choir loft. The church's chancel was extended and was fitted with four cylindrical columns with buttresses in each corner. The alterations were<|fim_middle|> of the Conception, St Michael and St Sebastian. Other heritage items in the church: A 16th century limestone image of Our Lady of the Conception in a niche at the front watches over the square and blesses passers-by. | mentored by Canon Manuel Nogueira. Inside the high altar there is a renaissance-style carved altarpiece in gilded wood with image of Our Lady | 32 |
It is with pleasure that I report to the annual meeting about another busy year for the Manitoba Historical Society. With this second holding of our annual meeting away from Winnipeg, we have placed our business meeting in the form of short reports over your coffee.
The paper to be presented tonight by Dr. J. L. Tyman - "Patterns of<|fim_middle|>-the-century Manitoba history. The authenticity would not have been possible without the painstaking work of Messrs. Chivers and Walker. We are also pleased to report the completion of another project of our past president, the distribution of the centennial Commemorative Medals to nearly 500 Manitobans.
Our office staff has helped at 61 Carlton by administering the parking spaces put in on the site, with the revenue going toward the house. Their other duties have included manning displays at Polo Park, at the Western International Library Conference; and producing a 12 page catalogue of our publications and old books which are for sale.
Other projects of the Society continue, such as Ross House and the Memorial Fund. Work is proceeding on the last of the Centennial Publications, a Believe it or not History by Mr. Chafe. The Architectural Survey was concluded last summer, and is now in the care of the Manitoba Archives. The Margaret McWilliams medals are being presented tonight.
The expansion of our work continues to draw on our reserves and continued support is needed to complete the Macdonald House, and to allow us to push forward in the coming years. | Western Land Settlement", concludes this year's series of meetings, in which we have heard about:
Red River Carts and Trails, by H. B. Brehaut;
Demise of the Campbell Coalition, by D. McCormick;
Amor de Cosmos, by A. Arnold, our joint meeting with the Western Canadian Jewish Historical Society;
Charles Wesley Speers: Dynamic Western Colonizer, by Mrs. E. Heber;
J. S. Woodsworth and All People's Mission, by Prof. G. N. Emery;
"Career of Senator T. A. Crerar", Prof. F. J. K. Griezac, and
"Water in the History of Western Settlement" by Prof. John Warkentin, at our anniversary dinner in January.
Attendance at these meetings has been good, and 300 attended the anniversary dinner.
Our membership stood at 937 as of May 3, and with spouses, school memberships, etc. our circle now takes in almost 1500 people. To this group we have sent over eight newsletters, a bibliography of Local Histories produced in Manitoba during 1967 and 1970 (produced by Miss G. Perrin), two issues of the Pageant, a pictorial supplement on Jewish Settlement (produced by association with the Western Canadian Jewish Historical Society), and in the next few weeks paid up members will receive the Transactions, papers presented in 1970-71.
Our Executive Director, our secretary, and their assistant have been busy, in addition to their many regular duties, organizing very successful field trips. Last June saw 167 people tour through southern Manitoba to the Peace Garden, with some going on to Medora, North Dakota and back through Walhalla. In September 94 people spent two days seeing the land between Winnipeg and Porcupine Mountains, with the help of the Swan River Historical Society and the Gladstone Area Historical Society. Next month three bus loads will tour Interlake to Swan River and north to Thompson. Such are the opportunities to see our province at first hand.
Our ties with the Red River Valley Historical Society were continued as we had the pleasure of their company at our Anniversary Dinner, where Mr. Neil Mattson of the Minnesota Historical Society presented the American Association for State and Local History Award of Merit to the authors of our Historical Atlas, Profs. Warkentin and Ruggles.
The Executive of the Society has met many times this year, and the Council has met twice. The next Council meeting will be in our major project, the restoration of 61 Carlton St., the Sir Hugh John Macdonald House. This work has been supported by the Manitoba Historical Society Bingo, a local initiatives grant of $40,000, and the support of the project's chairman, our past president Dr. W. Steward Martin. We are grateful to him for looking after this project on top of his busy business schedule. This worthwhile work is returning to us an authentic piece of turn-of | 626 |
OUTLOOK: Veteran defender and Dynamo original returns to Houston in 2013 after spending first six years of career in orange.
2013 MLS: Started in 4-1 loss vs. New York Red Bulls on 9/8 ... Played 90 minutes in 2-0 win vs. Stoke City in Dynamo Charities Cup on July 24 ... Played 90 minutes in 3-0 U.S. Open Cup loss at FC Dallas on June 12 ... Made first regular season appearance in 1-1 draw at Sporting Kansas City on 5/26 … Playoffs: Started the Eastern Conference Final first leg vs. Sporting Kansas City on 10/9 in place of Corey Ashe due to yellow card accumulation ... 13-14 CCL: Started all four group games and played all 360 minutes ... 12-13 Champions League: Did not feature … Open Cup: Played 90 minutes in 3-0 U.S. Open Cup loss at FC Dallas on 6/12 … Played 90 minutes in 2-0 Open Cup win over FC Tucson on 5/29.
2012: Appeared in 12 games (8 starts) with the Portland Timbers and D.C. United in 2012 ... Traded from Portland to D.C. United on 8/9 ... Started in D.C. United's 3-0 loss at Montreal on 8/25 ... Started in D<|fim_middle|> the Timbers first four matches.
2011: Arrived in Portland July 21 following a trade with Houston, along with defender Lovel Palmer, in exchange for midfielder Adam Moffat and allocation money on July 21, 2011 ... Made his club debut in a friendly against Independiente (Argentina) on July 26 ... In his second league start for the Timbers, scored his first goal of the season Aug. 3 in a 3-0 home win over LA Galaxy ... Recorded assists in back-to-back home games on Aug. 24 and Sept. 16 ... His assist Aug. 24 set up Eric Brunner's game-winning goal over Chivas USA ... Selected to MLSsoccer.com's Team of the Week in Week 21 ... Finished the season with four points (1 goal, 2 assists) - all coming with Portland ... Made seven appearances (2 starts) with the Dynamo prior to the midseason trade.
2010: Played a career-high 25 games (22 starts), tallying his first career goal and a career-best four assists ... Began the season by scoring the opening goal of Houston's first game in a 1-1 tie at FC Dallas March 27 ... Tied a career high with two assists in a 3-0 win vs. Chivas USA on April 17, setting up goals by Lovel Palmer and Dominic Oduro ... Started the final two games of the season, both wins, and contributed the game-winning assist in a 2-1 win vs. Seattle Oct. 23 ... One of only two Dynamo field players to play all 360 minutes of the SuperLiga tournament as Houston reached the semifinals.
2009: Broke into Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear's starting XI by winning the starting left back job ... Made 15 appearances (12 starts), contributing three assists ... Made first career MLS appearance as a substitute vs. New York April 11 and was ejected for a slide tackle late in the game ... Earned his first career assist July 4 ... Played all 120 minutes in Houston's MLS Cup Playoff conference semifinal series against Seattle ... In the 2009-10 CONCACAF Champions League, started games on Aug. 19 vs. Isidro Metapán and Aug. 26 at Árabe Unido.
2008: Was a regular at left back for coach John Spencer's league-champion Dynamo Reserves squad ... Notched two goals and two assists.2007: Was a regular contributor on the Dynamo Reserves, starting 10 of the team's 12 games ... Started and played the full 120 minutes in the Dynamo's 1-0 U.S. Open Cup loss at Charleston on July 10.
2006: Selected in the fourth round (44th overall) of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft by Houston out of the University of Washington ... Started all 12 Reserve League games, playing the second-most minutes on the squad with 1,056 ... Had a team-high six assists ... The Dynamo Reserves finished third in overall standings ... Spent part of his 2006 rookie season on loan with the USL First Division Timbers, appearing in eight games with the Portland club ... Was a fourth-round pick (44th overall) in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft.
COLLEGE: Attended the University of Washington ... Was a NSCAA third-team All-American, first-team All-Far West Region and second-team All-Pac 10 in 2004 ... Took home honorable mention All-Pac 10 and Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention in 2003.
PERSONAL: Began playing soccer at the age of four ... Traveled on a team trip to Europe as an eight-year-old ... If not playing soccer, would be living in New York and working on Wall Street ... Lists snowboarding, golf, and politics among his hobbies ... Lists Brazilian midfielder Kaká as one of his favorite athletes ... Favorite music genres are indie rock and techno ... Majored in economics at Washington and graduated in three-and-a-half years ... Interned at Pacific Capital as a financial planner in 2005 ... Went on Armed Forces Entertainment trip to Hawaii, Kwajalein, and Guam in December 2009 with then-teammate Bobby Boswell and D.C. United players Marc Burch and Devon McTavish. | .C.'s 2-1 loss at Sporting Kansas City on 8/11 ... Played 90 minutes in 5-0 loss at FC Dallas on 7/21 ... Started against Aston Villa FC on July 24, playing 88 minutes ... Played 90 minutes against FC Dallas on July 21 ... Started and played 90 minutes against the LA Galaxy on June 17 ... Featured in three straight matches, going 90 minutes against Columbus (May 5) and Chicago (May 20) and also featuring as a halftime sub against Houston (May 15) ... Made first start of the season on April 14 against the LA Galaxy ... Saw his first minutes of the MLS season on April 7, coming on as a halftime substitute against Chivas USA ... Played 90 minutes and served as team captain in an MLS Reserve League match on March 27 ... Was an unused substitute for | 197 |
Looking for a high adrenaline but low impact hen party activity sure to keep everyone entertained? Then why not try your hand at the thoroughly gentrified country pursuit of clay pigeon shooting!
You'll be shooting with real shotguns and as the session goes on, the targets you have to shoot at will become more tricky! You'll quickly discover who in your party is the best shot and who is the worst: why not bring a prize for your<|fim_middle|> option for you!
Love cars? Organising a hen party for a bride-to-be that has a reputation for being a petrol head? Then pick a go kart hen party and be prepared for the race of your life! | sharpest shooters and some perilous forfeits for your worst?
Be prepared for an early start, as all of the clay shooting sessions start at 9 am. Each party will last around an hour including a full briefing to ensure you are as safe as possible during your session.
This is the ideal party for groups of all sizes as the minimum party number is just size and there is no maximum group size for this event. Because clay shooting is low impact, this is also the ideal activity for groups of all ages and fitness levels too.
All of the safety equipment you need will be provided, so all you need to bring is yourselves and your competitive spirit!
Always fancied yourself as competitive and want the opportunity to show off your ability with a deadly weapon in front of all your girlfriends? Then a paintballing hen party is the perfect | 168 |
Funny Puzzles That Aren't Puzzling
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Posted by Trevor Dean on Oct 28, 2014 in Entertainment, Stand-up Comedy | 0 comments
When you watch or listen to comedy, at what point do you expect to laugh? Do you expect to laugh right when the comedian says the punchline? If the comic takes his time with the joke to slow it down a bit, then tells the punchline, with the laugh following a second or two later, does that mean the comedian didn't do their job properly? Or is there something at play which the audience isn't picking up on?
That would be the latter (don't worry, I had no clue what the difference between former and latter meant either, until I Googled it).
The comedy laugh trigger I am referring to is called configurational. To simplify its definition, configurational material means the humour occurs when unconnected ideas fall into place and in that moment, make sense. It's the "a-ha!" moment of the joke. The root word of configurational is configure, meaning to build, like a puzzle. The joke is carefully laid out like a puzzle with the pieces being laid out one by one, and while the audience listens to the joke, it may not appear at first glance that the pieces make sense until the punchline of the joke. It's then when the audience takes a moment to process the pieces to the puzzle and to connect the dots of the joke. Then the laughter occurs.
Some comedians like Steven Wright and the late Mitch Hedberg were great at doing configurational comedy. For example, Mithc Hedberg had a joke that read:
A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap
If you look at the joke, when you first hear it the laugh doesn't come instantly because you need to take a second or two in order to put the pieces of the joke together. At first you think "what did he say?" Then you get pictures in your mind to help put the puzzle together, and in this case you picture the waffle, a pancake and syrup. You see the pancake with the syrup on it, then relate that to the shape of a waffle. NOW you connect the dots to the joke and the seemingly unrelated pieces to the joke finally make sense where the a-ha! moment comes in where you recognize how the joke fits together. Then the laugh takes place.
For those types of jokes it's important as a comic to use timing and let the audience take a minute to process the joke. John Stewart is another one who has made a very good living with the configurational joke structure, but I personally can't stand the guy now. He used to be much funnier when he sat is as a guest host doing The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (for those of you who remember that far back). Though come to think of it, he did the configuational stuff too back then. You'd hear him say a joke<|fim_middle|> you'll see what I mean.
No, I don't find his brand of "fake news" funny, especially when it always deals with US politics. Then again, he's won awards for it and makes a ton of money, so who am I to judge? I am merely a comedy fan giving my opinion.
Be blessed, and remember to get your tickets soon for The Laugh Shop shows coming up next Friday and Saturday. | or something funny then he would take a moment for the pieces of the puzzle to fit together before the crew in the studio started laughing. Google some of Jon Stewart's stuff when he guest hosted to Tom Snyder and | 42 |
Try your hand at the ancient art of challah making and braid delicious challah to<|fim_middle|> Cohen at 413-731-1381 or email at megachallah@lya.org. | adorn your Shabbat and Rosh Hashanah table.
The Mega Challah Bake will include a live demonstration of making challah. Participants will be provided with all the ingredients and toppings to make a personal challah. This event is designed for ladies who have expertise in making challah, as well for ladies who have never baked challah before. Participants will leave with their own challah and a recipe booklet.
Admission is $18 in advance and $20 at the door. Your check is your reservation. Checks are payable to: Chabad Women's Circle, c/o 1148 Converse Street, Longmeadow, MA. RSVP is requested by August 29, 2018. Women are invited to be a Patron at $72 and a gold patron at $180. All sponsors and patrons will be listed in the program booklet.
Refreshments will include challah and dips and special raffles are being planned. One raffle will include challah donated by the Crown in West Hartford.
The Mega Challah Bake is supported by a grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. Chabad Women of Greater Springfield would like to thank their Co-Sponsors: Women's Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of Western Mass, Chabad Women of Amherst and Chabad Women of Northampton.
The event is open to the public. For more information please call Chanie | 289 |
IN the city of New York, good entertainment rarely comes cheaply. So it's interesting to note that it costs less to attend the ``Late Show With David Letterman'' than it does to ride the subway.
Each weekday at 4:30 p.m., 461 fans line up to see Mr. Letterman free of charge at New York's Ed Sullivan Theater, where his show is taped live. General-admission tickets are free to anyone (over age 16) who requests them, but you may have to wait six months, and you can't request specific dates. Once you have the coveted green ticket in hand, though, it's just a matter of getting to the theater on time.
It was only a little after 4 p.m. last Thursday, but the block between 53rd and 54th streets on Broadway already resembled an amusement park: People stood in lines behind barricades, listening to young people in company-issue jackets shouting instructions.
``Don't do anything crazy to try to get on television,'' cautioned John, a CBS page. His list of other tempting no-nos included calling out to Letterman, waving at the cameras, and wearing funny hats.
Meanwhile, ``Late Show'' staff members handed out and collected questionnaires that would be used to select audience members for a ``Brush With Greatness'' segment on that night's show.
At 4:45, the audience was ushered into the rather chilly theater and seated in the balcony or on the main floor. They were warmed up only figuratively - by one of the show's writers who explained when they should clap, by the music of Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra (who also played throughout the commercial breaks), and by a clip of a previous ``Late Show'' segment shown on the theater's TV monitors.
Minutes before the 5:30 p.m. taping began, Letterman came out and asked if there were any questions. The unflappable host was caught off-guard by one man's desire to meet - the band, a request he would grant on the air during his monologue.
Letterman's recent reign as late-night king shows little sign of waning - his ratings still are better than those of ``The Tonight Show,'' and his resume will soon include a gig as the host of the Academy Awards in March.
His next targets on this program, however, were the three mysteriously chosen ``Brush With Greatness'' candidates, who by now had been seated where the energetic Letterman could easily reach them to chat about their encounters with celebrities. He playfully hit one person with his microphone; he kissed another on the hand. To all three he gave gifts: an autographed photo of talk-show host Tom Snyder, a CBS jacket, and a pot of mashed potatoes from a nearby diner.
Eventually he got around to the usual items: the Top 10 list (``Ways Hillary Clinton Can Improve Her Image'') and the guest interviews - actress Rosie Perez (``Do the Right Thing,'' ``Fearless'') and<|fim_middle|>man occasionally uttered a few colorful comments himself during the commercial breaks.
While he was mostly a gentleman - consoling Ms. Perez for her slip of the tongue, or taping promos for his show - he also had some ornery moments, as when he recorded a risque birthday message for Rush Limbaugh. He made one mistake during the taping and had to backtrack - something he parlayed on the air into a private joke between himself and the studio audience.
Vox News Obama on 'Letterman': What were the funniest bits? | comedian David Spade from NBC's ``Saturday Night Live.'' Both of them inadvertently used words that would later be censored.
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Nolan Richardson Speaks at PSC's Athletic Banquet
Philander Smith College will have the distinguished honor of welcoming, Nolan Richardson, Jr., a well-known coach and basketball expert, as the guest speaker for this year's Athletic Banquet, Saturday, April 6, at 7 p.m. in<|fim_middle|>169 (.697) record in 17 seasons.
Richardson attended Douglas Elementary School, Bowie High School, and graduated from Texas Western College (UTEP). He started his 38 years of coaching in El Paso at Bowie High School. He was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. He is best known in Arkansas as the coach who led the 1994 Razorback team to a Division I-NCAA Basketball Championship; he's led other teams to a National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship; and he coached teams that have won a Junior College National Championship. Richardson is the only coach to win all three championships.
To purchase $25 tickets for the event or for more information, contact Dr. Collea McKinney, Philander Smith College's Sports Information Director, at cmckinney@philander.edu or (903) 752-0303. | the Kendall Center on campus.
Richardson is featured in "40 Minutes of Hell," a 2012 documentary highlighting his coaching philosophy that appeared on ESPN as part of the network's SEC Storied series. He is the coach with the most wins in the University of Arkansas' basketball history, compiling a 389- | 69 |
Revista: Seiz<|fim_middle|> inequalities present in multicultural healthcare services. | ure : The Journal Of The British Epilepsy Association.
Purpose: To analyse the methods of reasoning with regard to patients' experiences of living with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Method: A qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews was used to gain an in-depth and contextual understanding of the perspectives of five patients with PNES. Data collection and analysis were followed by an inductive and interpretive approach informed by the principles of thematic analysis. Results: Explanatory models and prototypes were identified from the patients' narratives. Four patients related their suffering regarding psychosocial causes –family conflicts, sexual harassment, and life changes, among others-. Hereditary and organic hypotheses appeared to be unspecific. Folk explanations were common to all participants (magic, witchcraft, energetic causes). Four patients used the term epilepsy as an illness prototype, focusing on seizures and the use of antiepileptic drugs. Three of them also compared their illness to other people's "attacks" (heart attacks, panic attacks, nervous breakdown). Only one of them referred to someone who was suspected of having epilepsy. Conclusion: Patients' psychosocial explanatory models are different from the results of previous studies because these studies indicate that most patients support somatic explanations. Patients also use folk explanations related to traditional medicine, which highlights the interpersonal aspects of the disease. Doctor-patient communication is essential for a correct understanding of PNES, resulting in better outcomes. It could also help to reduce the cultural distance between professionals and patients, leading to narrowing | 310 |
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New Partnership Aims to Increase Number of Indigenous Suppliers in Canada for A More Inclusive Supply Chain
by pmnationtalk on September 30, 2021693 Views
Toronto, ON – September 30, 2021 – A new strategic partnership will facilitate supply chain access for Indigenous suppliers across Canada with the help of The Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council (CAMSC) and the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (C<|fim_middle|>-aims-to-increase-number-of-indigenous-suppliers-in-canada-for-a-more-inclusive-supply-chain | ando). The partnership will lay the foundation for Indigenous business owners who are looking to connect with corporate Canada, the government and beyond, while also contributing to an ecosystem that promotes equity for Indigenous and diverse suppliers.
"Cognizant that the power of collaboration, people and resources are key to our economic growth, CAMSC is excited that the strategic combination of the Cando suppliers with the CAMSC network will have a significant impact as we rebuild the Canadian economy," says Cassandra Dorrington, President and CEO of CAMSC.
"Indigenous peoples have collaborated for thousands of years to ensure their survival and enable them to prospoer in a harsh environment. Collaboration remains a key strategy in enhancing opportunities for Indigenous suppliers and their communities. CAMSC and Cando have shared goals and a commitment to their membership, so it makes strategic sense to develop a partnership that will enchance opportunities for members of both organizations," says Ray Wanuch, Executive Director of Cando.
CAMSC and Cando will bring their collective resources and expertise to foster collaboration and co-creation, driving inclusive economic development and creating more resilient communities in Canada.
About CAMSC
Founded in 2004, CAMSC is a not-for-profit organization that facilitates the growth of Aboriginal and minority-owned businesses by connecting them to procurement opportunities with corporate and government organizations. CAMSC also supports larger organizations with the development of their own inclusive procurement processes and promotes contacts to certified Aboriginal and minority-owned suppliers. For more information, please visit camsc.ca.
282 Richmond St. East, Suite 101, Toronto, ON M5A 1P4 • Tel: 416-941-0004 • Fax: 416-941-9282 • www.camsc.ca
About Cando
In 1990, Economic Development Officers (EDOs) from across Canada founded and mandated Cando (Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers) to provide a national body to focus on the training, education, and networking opportunities necessary to serve their communities and/or organizations as professionals.
Cando is a federally registered, non-profit society that is Indigenous controlled, community based, and membership driven. Cando is directed by a nationally represented volunteer board of elected EDOs representing every region of Canada. Cando is unique because it is the only national organization that focuses on education and professional development for EDOs working in Indigenous communities or organizations. For more information, please visit edo.ca.
For more information and to request an interview, please contact:
Christina Rodrigues, Director of Member Services, CAMSC
Email: crodrigues@camsc.ca
CAMSC
Business, Indigenous
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Rocket Internet closes $500M round from Investment AB Kinnevik and Access Industries
Sonam Gulati 16 Jul, 2013
Berlin-headquartered e-commerce incubator-cum-investor Rocket Internet announced raising $500 million from two of its existing investors (who also invested in many of Rocket's portfolio companies) – Investment AB Kinnevik and Access Industries. In a Press statement, the e-com-focused incubator said that the amount had been raised since May 2012.
Rocket Internet will use this funding to further expand its worldwide network of internet startups. As of now, it has 75 ventures in more than 50 countries worldwide.
"We will use the new capital to further strengthen our global presence while continuing to build successful companies, together with great entrepreneurs," said Oliver Samwer, co-founder of Rocket Internet.
Rocket Internet was founded in 2007 by Alexander, Marc and Oliver Samwer. Investment AB Kinnevik and Access Industries became Rocket's investors and partners in 2008 and 2012, respectively. The Germany-based firm operates 25 international offices across five continents.
Rocket Internet's main model is to replicate successful global internet businesses all over the world and aggressively build them with the help of rigorous marketing. With this fund, it is targeting emerging markets like Europe, Russia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, India, South-east Asia and Australia. Earlier this year, its global ventures like Zalora, Lazada, FoodPanda and The Iconic raised huge rounds of funding (read more on that<|fim_middle|> of their initial ventures, was merged with FabFurnish.
Till date, Jabong.com is Rocket's most serious bet in India. A little over a year old, Jabong has entered the top players' club in the Indian e-commerce sector pretty fast, owing to its aggressive marketing and focus on customer care.
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AB Kinnevik Access Industries Rocket Internet | here).
Rocket Internet in India
In India, Rocket Internet has a string of online ventures including FabFurnish, Foodpanda, OfficeYes, Printvenue, Wimdu and their biggest bet, Jabong.com, an e-tailer specialising in fashion and lifestyle. Earlier this year, one of their Indian ventures called 21diamonds, an online jewellery and fashion accessories site, was shut down stealthily. Prior to that, Heavenandhome, one | 96 |
Parking Lot Masses in Auburn and Lewiston Safely Draw Many Parishioners
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510 Ocean Avenue Telephone: (207) 321-7810
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Dave Guthro, Communications Director
Parking Lot Masses in Auburn and Lewiston Safely Draw Many Parishioners and Focus on Leadership for Good Shepherd Sunday
LEWISTON/AUBURN---"This is the first time I've preached to cars. It's rather odd I have to say."
The words at the start of Fr. Seamus Griesbach's homily fell upon a parking lot full of parishioners intently listening to the Mass, celebrated before them on staging outside of their cars and trucks at Saint Dominic Academy's Auburn campus on Sunday, May 3 (ten pictures from both Auburn and Lewiston parking lot Masses below).
"Do you beep when you appreciate something?" Fr. Griesbach jokingly asked his unique assembly before a series of loud car horn sounds rang out from the parking lot.
"Okay, let's not get carried away," he warmly responded.
May 3 marked the first day of these Masses following Governor Mills' announcement allowing the celebration of public Masses in Maine parking lots. A series of protocols was issued by the Diocese of Portland<|fim_middle|>, allowing for space between vehicles, the doors of which, at all times, had to remain closed. Participants could tune into the Masses on their radios thanks to low power FM transmitters providing the sound. Both Fr. Griesbach and Fr. Greenleaf celebrated the Masses from constructed risers that held up altars, candles, and ambos.
Before the Masses began, the scene and process seemed peculiar, but there was an undeniable sense of community for many people excited to be out of their homes, and once the familiar Sunday liturgy started, there was a recognition that, despite the environment, all were in God's midst, especially during the pandemic that served as the impetus of the full parking lots.
"This pandemic has struck at the very heart of who we are as Catholics," Fr. Griesbach told the participants in Auburn. "In this world, life sometimes involves journeys through dark valleys. We don't have a weak, fair-weather shepherd who only knows of green pastures. He is not just on a sunny hillside whistling a sunny tune in some Instagram ready scene. Jesus has walked the dark valley and he knows the way."
And leadership was a central theme at all Masses this weekend for Good Shepherd Sunday, which highlights the pastoral aspect of the ministry of Jesus, who speaks of himself as the one to whom the sheep listen, one who would never abandon his flock.
"It is the teaching that Jesus is the great Shepherd and those who follow him are the sheep. They hear his voice and recognize it as coming from their shepherd," said Fr. Greenleaf during his homily. "Jesus is the great leader who cares for his followers. During the difficult times, which invites all kinds of questions and uncertainty, Jesus remains steadfast. Jesus remained faithful to the end. Jesus the Good Shepherd brings us to a greater place than where we are; he knows who he is and his unwavering values through struggles and crises."
And Jesus' leadership during a crisis offers much to reflect on and follow during the pandemic.
"Jesus is, in fact, the gate that leads us to freedom in the midst of the valley of tears," said Fr. Griesbach. "Though we may be scattered, we must listen to him so that we can find our way through this together. I urge you to listen to his voice and follow him. We may not all be shepherds, but we can all hear the voice of Jesus Christ and walk through his gate of loving service to God and neighbor."
"It's so important to pray for our leaders and for ourselves as leaders, and we pray the God will raise up good leaders after his Son, the Good Shepherd, and that he will provide for all those who follow Christ," said Fr. Greenleaf.
Holy Communion was not distributed at the parking lot Masses as those in cars made an Act of Spiritual Communion during the Masses. Catholics in Maine continue to be dispensed from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and live-streamed daily and Sunday Masses across the state continue to draw large participation rates. Offertory collections are also not held at parking lot Masses as parishioners are instead encouraged to donate to their parish online through WeShare ( www.portlanddiocese.org/OnlineGiving) or by mailing in donations to the parish office.
The Masses at Saint Dominic Academy and Geiger will be held again next weekend, joined by new parking lot Masses at St. Anne Church in Gorham (Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. and Sundays at 9:30 a.m.), Holy Family Church in Greenville (Saturdays at 4 p.m.), and St. Faustina Church in Jackman (Sundays at 11 a.m.). Prince of Peace Parish will be offering parking lot Masses Mondays through Fridays at the Holy Family rectory (Sabattus Street in Lewiston) at 8 a.m. Any additional parking lot Masses across the state will be added to www.portlanddiocese.org/ParkingLotMasses.
As each parking lot Mass ended on Sunday, car horns blared in gratitude for the clergy and parish staff that had made them possible. In a sign of the times, following Mass, Fr. Greenleaf strapped on a face mask and waved goodbye to parishioners as they exited.
Parishes will continue to offer drive-thru confessions, drive-in adoration, as well as using social media platforms to offer an assortment of other opportunities for prayer and educational program presentations. These and other opportunities can be found at the Diocese of Portland's Coronavirus Response page( www.portlanddiocese.org/response-coronavirus), which is updated several times daily. | last week to ensure the safety of parishioners and celebrants alike.
On Sunday, parking lot Masses were held at 10 a.m. at Saint Dominic Academy and two morning Masses (8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.) were celebrated by Fr. Daniel Greenleaf, pastor of Prince of Peace Parish in Lewiston, in the parking lot of Geiger on Mount Hope Avenue.
At both venues, volunteers directed cars into even rows | 99 |
This new product<|fim_middle|> the press operator to lay down the part to be cleaned inside the parts washer, aim the hose and return in a few minutes' time. Additionally, the abrasive-resistant pump has no bearings and its seals are immersed in fluid which extends the life of the pump. | cleans press parts from ink pumps, ink tanks, ink mixers, the press cleaning station and ink developers.
Designed with input from HP Indigo experts and leveraging 80-years experience in graphics and parts washing, Graymills has introduced the HP Indigo Edition Parts Washer (A-44213-A). This new product cleans press parts from ink pumps, ink tanks, ink mixers, the press cleaning station and ink developers. It is constructed of 16 gauge powder-coated steel and operates with HP's imaging oil.
Key features include adjustable bi-level work shelves and an extra-long flexible metal flush hose for directed hands-free flushing action. This enables | 135 |
Public relations or PR is a form of marketing focused on maintaining a positive relationship between a company and the public to gain acceptance and approval of the business' activities. Over the years, the field of PR has changed considerably, with numerous tools now available for PR professionals to be able to tackle the new challenges within various business landscapes.
The best PR tools are designed to assist you in increasing the earned media for your brand. Below is a list of the most commonly used tools for public relations.
A software company like Babbler lets you connect with the media more easily by allowing you to share with them your latest news, events, and product pages. The press, on the other hand, is given access to a live stream of your content.
You can also find a whole range of other programs that can help you make searches based on the topics, keywords, brand content, and media outlets distributed online through shares and tweets. These tools are designed to track journalists and influencers who mention your brand. This way, you can monitor the progress of your previous publication campaigns.
These tools are highly popular among specialists within the press industry. They notify journalists about media opportunities; thus, they are<|fim_middle|> sites. Then, you can identify the most influential mentions, and you would confirm whether you are engaging the right audience. | able to respond promptly and actively. For the tools to work for you, you should select the topics that match your interests and create the required settings to receive custom alerts.
Again, you have a selection of programs to choose from. Regardless of what you pick, you will be in a position to track brand mentions across millions of | 65 |
is a Japanese video game artist, best known for his work in the Persona series of role-playing video games by Atlus. Inspired in his work as an artist from an early age, he initially worked in minor roles on several games after joining Atlus. His first major work as an artist was on the strategy role-playing game Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity (2004). From Persona 3 (2006) onwards, he took over as the character designer from his mentor Kazuma Kaneko<|fim_middle|>us. After impressing Kaneko with his attitude and enthusiasm, Soejima got a job as one of the artists under Kaneko's supervision.
His first job at Atlus was creating sprite stamps for Atlus and Sega's Purikura Photo Booth. The project was not a great success, and Soejima's next several projects involved minor work under Kaneko. In this capacity, he worked on Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner, Revelations: Persona and Kartia: The Word of Fate, alongside minor roles in overseeing the PlayStation ports of the first three Shin Megami Tensei games. He acted as sub-character designer for Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, the Persona 2 games Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment, and was involved in graphics work on Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. His first job as art director and character designer was on Atlus' PlayStation 2 strategy game Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity. Having eagerly pursued the job after hearing about it from rumors within the company, he was initially overwhelmed as he had a large amount of work to do on the title and had yet to refine his drawing style. By looking back at the days when he drew for fun, he managed to establish his drawing style.
For Persona 3, Kaneko put Soejima in charge of art direction for the Persona series, as Kaneko wanted Soejima to grow as a designer. In a later interview, Soejima said that while he respected and admired Kaneko, he never consciously imitated the latter's work, and eventually settled into the role of pleasing the fans of the Persona series, approaching character designs with the idea of creating something new rather than referring back to Kaneko's work. Soejima felt a degree of pressure when designing the characters as he did not want to disappoint the series' fanbase. The goal was to make Megami Tensei fans feel gratified that they had supported the Persona series. Soejima returned to design the character Metis for Persona 3 FES. He returned in these roles for the future console and portable Persona games, as well as the 2011 video game Catherine. Soejima will also contribute to the upcoming Project Re Fantasy.
Design and influences
Several influences on Soejima's design and career were the work of Fujiko Fujio, the manga and anime franchise Patlabor, and video games such as Street Fighter II. For his character designs, Soejima uses real people he has met or seen, looking at what their appearance says about their personality. If his designs come too close to the people he has seen, he does a rough sketch while keeping the personality of the person in mind. For his work on Stella Deus, Soejima used brushes to achieve the right feel for the game's fantasy setting. While he started with brushes for Persona 3, he felt it did not work with the setting and switched to cel shading, which was also used later for Persona 4.
His designs for Persona 3 and Persona 4 vary significantly: he thought of Persona 3 as being similar in aesthetic to a fantastical manga, citing its use of mecha-like Persona and Mitsuru's flamboyant styling, while the setting of Persona 4 meant its environment and character designs were a lot more grounded. Persona 5 was, in Soejima's view, a natural evolution from the art style of Persona 4. For his work on Persona Q, his first time working with a deformed Chibi style due to its links with the Etrian Odyssey series, Soejima took into account what fans felt about the characters. A crucial part of his design technique was looking at what made a character stand out, then adjusting those features so they remained recognizable even with the redesign.
During his work on the Persona series, Soejima has used key colors to help illustrate the games' aesthetics and themes. For example, Persona 3 had a dark atmosphere and serious characters, so the primary color was chosen as blue to reflect these and the urban setting. In contrast, Persona 4 had a lighter tone and characters while also sporting a murder-mystery plot, so the color yellow was chosen to represent both the lighter tones and to evoke a "warning" signal. Persona 5 used the color red to convey a harsh feeling in contrast to the previous Persona titles and tie in with the game's story themes. In his time working on the Persona series, Soejima has come to think of Persona 3 as his favorite entry in the series, with one of its main characters Aigis being his favorite character overall.
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Shigenori Soejima was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on February 24, 1974. His family moved quite often during his childhood due to his father's office work: a month after his birth, his family moved to Machida, Tokyo, and in future moves relocated Fukuoka Prefecture, then back to Machida and then to Suginami. During his time in Fukuoka, Soejima attended kindergarten school. While there, he developed a taste for drawing and practiced his skills by copying the characters from Doraemon, a manga series of which he was fond. As his family went through further moves while he was attending first-grade elementary school, he found the frequent changes in his environment unsettling, and became slightly introverted due to not being able to make friends. His drawing became a conciliatory activity during this period. For these early drawings, Soejima used a notepad and ballpoint pens. Eventually, he made some friends in elementary school, who shared his enthusiasm for Doraemon and encouraged him in his pursuit of a career as a cartoonist.
During junior high, Soejima developed a love of video games of the time: one of the games he saw was Shin Megami Tensei II, which was recommended to him by a friend. This, and seeing the detailed animation in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, helped influence his future ambitions and character design. Upon recommendation, he entered Tama University after completing his junior high education, earning high marks. While there, he began experimenting with painting alongside his cartoons, now wanting to pursue a career as an animator and character designer. In his second year, he was working part-time and used his wages to buy his first PC to play games, which would prove a great influence for him. During his third year in high school, he began dedicated training in painting at Tokyo University of the Arts, then later gained a place at the Illustration Department of the Tokyo Design Academy after failing to qualify for a place at an arts college. It was at this point that he decided to pursue a professional career in illustration. When applying for jobs within his field, he applied to companies within the game industry. During his interview for a job with Atlus, he first encountered Kazuma Kaneko, the main artistic director at Atl | 483 |
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Old Stonefist City Ruins Map
April 30, 2020 Kyle Andrews Other Maps, Uncategorized Leave a comment
It was definitely a struggle, but The Gang has finally made it back out of the Old Stonefist City Ruins. They even managed to recover the second orb without too much trouble. On the other hand, The Gang also continued their proud tradition of seeing a problem and then just walking away from it. So we'll have to wait and see how that plays out.
Anyway, here's the full map of the Old Stonefist City. The full room list/description is at the end of the article.
The City's History
To catch you up quickly in case you need it: 65-70 years before the events of this campaign, the Stonefist Dwarves closed their city off to outsiders. Around that same time, the Stonefist Clan discovered something 'evil' had crept in to the lower levels of their mines and was threatening to overtake their city. After failing to keep this 'evil' back, the Dwarves decided to plant explosives in the mines and around their city, hoping to cave the entire area in, trapping whatever it was down there. The Dwarves abandoned their old sprawling, multi-leveled city, and moved further up the mountain.
By the time our campaign takes place, the Old City has been taken over by many cave dwelling creatures that have come up from deeper in the mountain, taking advantage of and living in some of the barely intact Dwarven structures. The majority of the Old Stonefist City is lost to the cave in. Only haphazard pathways remain through this level of the city.
Any pathways through the Stonefist City ruins have been dug out by the creatures that have taken up residence in the area, or have naturally formed through the rubble of the collapsed buildings and cave ceilings. The majority of buildings have been destroyed, but the few that still stand are in bad shape, with many of the walls barely standing, if not partially collapsed.
The Old Stonefist City is designed as a large dungeon crawl, with multiple pathways through. It was not, however, designed to be thoroughly explored. When making the layout and populating the dungeon with monsters, traps, secret passage and loot, I tried to ensure that each possible path would reveal some information relevant to the adventure. But some of that information would be more useful than others. I also tried to spread out the monsters and creatures in such a way as to make some paths more challenging than others.
So, depending on how Kroy, Nubz and Bort the Grappler decided to navigate through the dungeon, they could breeze through the entire thing or get completely lost in a death maze. Luckily for The Gang, they fluked their way into following one of the easier routes.
I also tried to make the dungeon a 'living area' where the PCs actions would determine some of what happened as they progressed. So, for example, Kroy might never have seen that very first Basement Dwarf running through the library.
"Why was that dwarf up there in the first place?" you're probably asking yourself. I'm not going to tell you. Sorry. But everything that happened in the Old Stonefist City Ruins, happened because of something the Gang did (or didn't do). Choices made in the first few rooms, set the rest of the dungeon into action. And choices made in later rooms had an effect on the outcomes of the actions in motion.
The Old Stonefist City Map Layout Key
The map key will describe the different rooms in the dungeon, but will not include the items placed throughout. It will not include triggered events, or descriptions of exits from rooms (unless a secret pathway exists).
Also of note: almost all metal found in the dungeon is twisted, melted and ruined.
The path from the upper level leads down to the north side of what would have been a courtyard in the city.
Seems to be an old shop of some sort, long since looted.
A fenced in courtyard. Three wide stone stairs lead up to the remains of a small temple on the south side. The roof looks to have partially collapsed, but the intricately carved doors remain closed.
The inside of the small temple. Seems to be the lobby of the temple. The back wall of this room of the temple is crumbling and makes it impossible to reach the back of the temple. There are 4 Piercers in the ceiling, waiting to drop down on any creatures that walk below them.
A dead end, looks to be a cul-de-sac.
Small one room house littered with ruined funiture. The east wall has collapsed.
A small cemetery with headstones spaced evenly throughout. However, looking at the grave markers, you realize that they are not headstones for individuals, they are cenotaphs listing hundreds and hundreds of names, going back thousands of years.
Tavern.
Wine cellar at the bottom of a short staircase. The wine has leaked out from all the barrels and there is a film of mold on most of the surfaces. Anyone who enters this room must make a DC12 CON check. On a fail you get drowsey and take a -1 to all DEX based checks until cured.
A dead end cul-de-sac.
Large Plaza. The West side entrance goes through a stone archway. Remains of old stalls, abandoned carts etc. Seems to have been mostly a food market.
Cul de Sac.
Storage area for mining tools and entrance to a mine.
A large building. 220′ long 100′ across. Three small alcoves on the east and three small alcoves on the west. Each alcove has the remains of a statue in it. Large pillars line the edges of the room. The ceiling of this building has mostly collapsed, but what remains indicates a high domed ceiling. There is a stage on the southern wall.
Courtyard littered with rubble. What appears to be a dead end exit on the west side is actually has a secret panel that joins to pathway A. DC 15 Investigation check.
Plaza, with statues. There is a large wall that juts out from the southern wall in roughly the center. It was a decorative waterfall feature that drained into a small pond. Greyish sludge fills the pond. It is Gray Ooze.
Small house, would have been 3 rooms, but the walls have collapsed and rotted away. There is a large, ornately carved chest that is covered in rubble. A large wooden support beam that has fallen across the chest. DC 15 Strength to move the beam.
Shop of some sort. It is littered with shards of pottery
The long tunnels leading up to this room give off a putrid stench and there are bones scattered across the ground. It is the lair of a Carrion Crawler. It sits up in the ceiling waiting for prey.
From outside the door, players can hear rustling and fluttering on the other side. It is a Shop, a nest of Stirges have taken up residence here. DC 12 Investigation reveals a rock behind the nest, the ground around which seems to be scraped up, deep gouges in the floor look as if something has been dragged across it repeatedly. This opens to a secret passage connecting to (24).
The floor is littered with small pebbles and loose rocks. The floor has slightly collapsed and angles towards a pit in the center of the room. The pit cuts the room in two, dividing it into a north and south side. Acrobatics DC12 to keep balance and not slide into the pit. 20 feet deep (2d6 fall damage)
There are some long planks of wood on the north side of the room that look long enough to lay across the pit… if you can get to the planks.
A shop, littered with bones and the shed husks of a large insect like creature (If the players have been in Room 20, they will recognize it as the husk of a carrion crawler). There are scraps of cloth and what appear to be two wooden dwarves with the tattered remains of clothing hanging of the featureless forms. The stench of the Carrion Crawler<|fim_middle|>. This would have been the main pathway to the lower level of the city, but it has been fully collapsed.
A Gibbering Mouther is found in the corner of this cul-de sac.
A collapsed store. A Giant Spider is up in the ceiling somewhere. Spiderwebs criss cross the walls and ceiling, with long bits of sticky webbing that dangle into the center of the room. DC12 Acrobatics to move across the room without touching the sticky strings. If you touch one, it's a DC10 STR to detach yourself, but you bring the spider down. DC 14 DEX or STR lets you detach yourself without attracting the spider .
Long covered roadway, the walls move ever so slightly. If the players touch the walls, a grey ooze will seep out of the crack and attack.
Remains of a potion shop.
Remains of a library.
A large pile of rubble, that rises nearly to the ceiling, sits in the middle of the northern portion of the chamber. There is just enough room above the pile to look inside, revealing Two newly hatched Kruthik. Large egshells litter the floor.
Storehouse. Young Kruthiks are found here.
Storehouse, littered with more eggshells and bones.
Weapons forge. Abandoned weapons are scattered around the room. Three Adult Kruthiks lay in wait.
Courtyard littered with bones and carcases. Kruthik Hive Lord dwells in here.
An official building, maybe a courthouse or town hall. A high domed ceiling, that has mostly survived the collapse. The windows are broken, but the structure is mostly intact. The southern side has a semi rotted wooden staircase that goes up to a second level balcony overlooking the main area. A metal door under the staircaset is jammed shut. Will only be able to open the door a crack, to see inside the room. However, there is something inside the room at the top of the pile of rubble. If they can get up to the second floor balcony, they can get into the blocked room from above. A DC15 Acrobatics Save(DEX) is needed to climb the rotting staircase without falling. On failed save take 1d6 damage. The doorway on the second floor opens into a small office where most of the floor has fallen into the room below. A broken safe is in the room below.
Marketplace. Semi permanent kiosks line the northern and southern sides. Seems to be mostly for material goods (of the non-necessity variety)
Small house.
Appears to be a place for kennels
A city square that seems mostly untouched by the collapse. Three stone, one room houses stand in the center of the city square.
The remains of a theater.
A busted out area of a tavern with only one wall still standing with rubble scattered across the floor. DC12 acrobatics check to keep your footing, on a fail, take 1d4 damage.
Nest of stirges in this mostly destroyed, unidentifiable building.
A Choker lair
A carved out area with a pile of rubble and some fabric in the corner.
Entrance courtyard that leads to Old City lower Level (to Basement Dwarves)
Staircase down to lower level West.
Pathway down to Choker Lair
Staircase down to Lower Level South
The players draw their own map to help them navigate through the city. This is a side by side picture of the original map I drew and the map The Gang drew based off my description.
A Version Without Room Numbers
If you'd like to use the map for your own games, here's a clean version.
Are you Lost? Can't figure out where our group of heroes are in the world? Fear not! The World Map is kept up to date with all the locations Kroy, Nubz and Bort the Grappler have visited.
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A small slightly dug out area of rubble. ceiling is only about 3.5 feet high. There is a thick layer of slime along the floor, and some dripping from the ceiling.
A large, mostly open area with a huge statue of a Dwarven Miner. This is a statue of Regmar Stonefist. Regmar led the Stonefist clan into the mountains. He opened the first mine and dug up the first of the 'Grandfather Crystals'.
Courtyard surrounded by collapsed buildings and piles of rubble. The floor is loose gravel. Moving quickly across the courtyard, it will trigger a small rockslide. DC 15 Acrobatics save. On fail, take 2d4 bludgeoning damage.
On the south side of the room, there is a hole in the ground, where if they drop down, it leads to teh hallway just south of this area.
Large mining entrance facility. Safety equipment, tools, etc.
Appears to have been a small house, except all the walls have crumbled down to almost nothing, opening directly into the front yard and a roadway beyond it. A Darkmantle will fall from the ceiling if anyone walks through the northern doorway.
Looks to be the kitchen of a house, the ceiling has collapsed blocking off any entry to the rest of the house. There is a sulfurous stench to the air and many of the surfaces seem to be covers in a thin film of slime.
Central pillar | 304 |
I had been hanging onto a pendant lamp kit from IKEA for almost a year, so when I started putting together my craft room I decided to finally put it to use. I wanted a light that I would never have the courage to put anywhere else in the house. I wanted something trendy, wild, and colorful to inspire me to take more risks with my work. I drew on inspiration from a Décor Hacks post, bought my materials at the dollar store, and got crafting.
We featured this zip tie lampshade from A Little Glass Box on Décor Hacks and I was in love. Please visit the link for her amazing tutorial. They actually made the entire shade from scratch, while I used quite a bit of help from the dollar store!
I began by using my floral wire cutters to snip a hole for the light kit in the bottom of the trash can. Start small, you can always make the hole bigger.
Keep trimming until your kit fits through the hole but is still snug.
I didn't take any in-process shots of me attaching the zip ties. Naughty, Jess. Basically, I used the small zip ties at the top. One color per row; one zip tie per opening.
After I ran out of small ties, I started doing rows of the larger<|fim_middle|> living room, but I love the funky, colorful inspiration in my work room. | zip ties. One color per row; one tie every three openings. The large zip ties are MUCH easier to use than the small ones. I had to use pliers to tighten some of the small ones because they were being buttheads.
If you are not picky about the color of your zip ties, you might be able to get a better deal at a hardware store than at the dollar store. I used 5 packs of ties and, while the ties technically hang past the bottom of the lampshade, I think I might go back and add a few more rows to make the lamp shade look as full as my inspiration from A Little Glass Box.
The light looks really great when it shines through and around the neon zip ties. The light casts shadows on the ceiling and wall in all kinds of cool angles. I wouldn't hang it in our | 172 |
Lexicon Devil
Day-to-day ramblings from the mind of Dave Lang
The fact that I've been listening to this album, Galaxie 500's On Fire CD from 1990, is a slightly odd turn of fate. When it came out it was licensed to Festival Records down here (from Rough Trade/US, just before it went bust), and Festival, in attempting to push shit uphill in the pre-grunge landscape, did at least give 'em a push or two. I saw a clip on Rage a couple of times, but that was about it. The band barely registered a blip on the radar of the general public, nor mine. I only knew about 'em (or vaguely cared) because of the Kramer connection - he produced this - and because they had some tracks on various Shimmy Disc comps at the time (most notably the super-ace Rutles Highway Revisited LP). I guess being a bunch of American fops didn't sit well w/ most people at the time. That was left to the Limeys. So, it's 18 years later, Damon and Naomi are somewhat certified u/ground elder statespeople w/ a swag of (apparently) great albums under their belt and Galaxie 500 are now hailed as a "classic" band by some folks I know, a sorely-missed outfit who criminally never went anywhere in their day yet whose recorded legacy moves mountains. Kinda the same shit I rave about in regards to bands such as Slovenly, Pell Mell or The Scene Is Now.
I bought this CD secondhand about 6 months ago for no particular reason. It was there on the rack - cheap - and I had not thought of the band much the last decade. I heard most of the album back in the day on the radio or at friends' places, but that was it. It's fitting in perfectly w/ my current love of middle-brow u/ground rock which doesn't tax my brain too much and doesn't upset those around me. I'm talking Pell Mell, Feelies, Cul de Sac, et al. No Drunks With Guns or Peter Brotzmann for me right now. I'm comfortably slipping into a rut of musical niceness and melodies for the time being. You can call Galaxie 500 "shoegazer" if you will; it won't upset me too much. The barely-registering pulse of the music, all slo-mo guitar strums and kinda on-the-mark vocals, are a bit like "Sweet Jane" on cough syrup for 45 minutes. There's a nice cover of George Harrison's "Isn't It A Pity" at the end, and Kramer's patented production style - you can hear it in the bass sound and guitar licks - lends this a slightly wintery, off-kilter feel which is a perfect late-night listen when one's brain is fried and wants to be horizontal. On Fire hasn't changed my life one iota, though that's not the criteria I require to hang onto it.
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The Lexicon Devil reissue of this li'l mini-classic, Tonight We Ride by THE SCENE IS NOW, fully remastered by the band, will be out November 1st. A swish package w/ a 12-page photo-filled booklet and liner notes by a certain blowhard known as Dave Lang. Read 'em and weep...
"I first heard of the band known as The Scene Is Now in 1989 when I read a review of their Tonight We Ride LP, penned by the great James C., in issue 23 of B-Side fanzine. The review in question had my curiosity piqued. Early in the lengthy piece he made allusions to Mellencamp(!) and Springsteen(!!) in regards to the band's ability to pen seemingly "straight" rock/pop tunes, yet as the review progressed he then began to note that the band's apparent simplicity was disarmingly deceptive and that repeated listens brought to light a group of great uniqueness. His summation at the end of the first paragraph put it perfectly and succinctly: "...by the third song, "Full Fathom Five", you start to realise that you've become involved in something VERY ODD INDEED...". After listing a motley crew of TSIN's cohorts (Fish & Roses, Chain Gang, Mofungo), he ended the review with this line: "You probably won't find any of their recs in yr local store, but you'll be missing out on some of the most unusual and best US crap being put to vinyl these days. Do what you know you must".
"I did: two years later when I discovered a copy of Tonight We Ride for $8 in the sale bin at Exposure Records. The first time I took it home and put needle to vinyl, it made perfect sense. There were no shortage of pop hooks interspersed among what at first appeared to be a seemingly straight-playing rootsy indie-rock album, but then the magic of the band's unique interplay took hold. Guitar lines weaved randomly throughout, keyboards came to the fore at unexpected moments, and, despite the fact that much of the material sounded like two bands playing at once, pulling at times in opposite directions, each song came together at the right moment to deliver a knockout punch. I tried to think of comparisons, and the ones I came up with, I later found out, had been used many times before: Slovenly, Red Krayola, Beefheart, Pere Ubu, The Feelies. I announced them to friends at the time as the great post-No Wave harmolodic pop band. After all, somebody had to be. No one would listen, and the cult of TSIN remained a well-kept secret, even if Yo La Tengo did record an old songs of theirs.
"By 1995 the album had become such a stalwart favourite that I wrote about it in the fanzine I was producing at the time, Year Zero, in an article detailing the top 10 LPs I would take to a desert island. Alongside the likes of iconoclastic faves of the time (and now!) such as Die Kreuzen, Chrome, Minutemen, Electric Eels and MX-80 Sound, I noted that the music of TSIN may shock some listeners who believed I only wanted abrasive racket in my audio pleasures. I said something dopey along the lines of "the music of TSIN probably won't upset your average Fleetwood Mac or Eagles fan", but then noted that such a comment was only meant to imply that TSIN wrote great pop songs. Indeed they did, and still do.
"TSIN were formed from the ashes of NYC No Wave outfit Information by Chris Nelson and Philip Dray at the dawn of the '80s. They went on to produce three albums in that decade - Burn All Yr. Records, Total Jive and 1988's Tonight We Ride - and to me they demonstrate a brilliant evolution in sound from one of the great unknown bands of the era, a three-disc evolutionary bender from ramshackle beginnings to slick<|fim_middle|> you do. I'm clocked off and not getting paid for this rant. The band is DUNGEN and they're from Sweden. The album is 4. They're an underground phenomenon who went almost semi-overground Down Under a few years back. They release the goods on the awesome u/ground Swede imprint, Subliminal, but somehow or other caught the attention of the folks at Ivy League (kinda faux-indie label linked up w/ Universal or something) w/ one of their discs mid-decade, had it licensed and toured the country in support of Wolfmother (Yeah... them!! Then again, Ten East supported 'em on a bunch of German dates last year, so, for a bunch of no-talent douchebags, I can't fault their choice of supports), but have now returned to true indiehood w/ this. That's the background. All you need to know is that Dungen is Swede wunderkind, Gustav Ejstes, and whoever else he feels like bringing to the party. They are unashamedly "psychedelic" in a tributory fashion, but they pull it off better than anyone else in recent memory. They sound like the ultimate Euro art-rock band plundering the best audio vaults of the '60s and '70s. I'm talking about art-pop shenanigans butchering the likes of The Move, Amon Duul 2, Syd's 'Floyd, Eno-period Roxy Music, SF Sorrow-era Pretty Things, Scott Walker, Marc Bolan and all those other continental faves which probably made life bearable back in the late '60s and early '70s. 4 is flat-out one of the best albums of the year of any genre, and I feel like a putz-and-a-half for having only given the band the nod in the last 6 months, ignoring the pleas of friends to lend them an ear those years ago when I figured them to be a flash-in-the-pan load of Nordic blowhards riding a wave of undeserved success. I am eating my words. This record has reminded me, just at a time when I need it, why I have wasted my adult life w/ all this music shit. My faith has been restored.
Loudmouthed music dork telling the world about it. Big deal. I'm really a nice guy. If you wanna send me stuff, email me at lexdev@yahoo.com.au and I'll send you my home address. Assuming you're not a complete psycho.
The fact that I've been listening to this album, ...
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The Houndblog | songsmithery and musicianship rivalled only by the Meat Puppets. The former two will be reissued by Lexicon Devil in due course throughout 2009 (don't ask me why I'm going backwards; perhaps it's because their third LP is the most accessible of the three), and are musically much different, and perhaps more abrasive, affairs. Added to the band for Tonight We Ride were ex-dB Will Rigby and Tony Maimone from Pere Ubu. The sound was much more streamlined but still unmistakably The Scene Is Now. It's the band's combination of the avant-garde and the traditional which makes them so special. The fact that the band can claim influence from the likes of Bob Wills and Hoagy Carmichael, as well as Sun Ra and DNA, speaks volumes of their synthesis of disparate influences. I always thought their sound encapsulated that wide-open-space Americana sound many reached for, even a picturesque midwestern-cornfields vibe, though now that I listen to it again, and ogle the Coney Island photos the band just sent me to accompany the booklet (taken the same day as the front cover), I see their sound as pure east coast, even urban. Or perhaps not. Now I'm just confusing myself. I'm reminded of family summer holidays in Coney Island and yet I've never even been to the place. TSIN evoke a sense of old-time romanticism in me. Their oblique lyrical references, which include lines taken from Shakespeare, and occasional forays into right-on political radness, make them a curious beast indeed. The comparisons have been made, yet there remains no band on earth like The Scene Is Now. It's 17 years later, I'm now reissuing the thing on my own label and it still sounds so goddamn good. Enjoy."
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Fugg this blog sabbatical shit when one hears an album this good. I just have to tell you about it. Never mind the fact that I also happen to work for the company which has licensed this album for Australia. That's not relevant. I only like to waste my time and yours in telling you about the good stuff, the records which moves your loins, put ants in your pants and make you wanna dance. And in this case, this album makes me wanna boogaloo 'til the cows party on down. Or something like that. I'm speaking gibberish. Maybe I've lost my mojo w/ this blog-writing, or perhaps I shouldn't've just swallowed that last glass of red... Don't take this as a press release. Frankly, I don't care if | 561 |
All Members declared an interest regarding Agenda item 7.
Ms Ruane declared an interest regarding Agenda item 8.
The Speaker confirmed that arrangements to recognise the contribution of the former Speaker, Lord Hay are being drawn up and that Commission Members will be kept informed of any planned events.
Mrs Cochrane asked that her request for budget reduction options to be included in the minutes.
Action: Minutes will be amended as requested by Mrs Cochrane and sent for publication.
Stephen Welch, Director of Facilities, informed the Commission that work remains on course for completion within budget in May 2015 despite recent inclement weather. Energy efficient and environmentally friendly facilities are currently being installed on the roof as part of the project.
Action: Commission to view progress on the roof project.
John Stewart, Director of Information and Outreach, presented options for pricing the extension to the existing broadcasting contract agreed in November 2014.
Decision: To proceed with the steady state option, maintaining the current fee.
Action: To correct a typographical error in the paper.
The Clerk / Chief Executive (Clerk/CE) updated Members on the budget reductions announced by the Finance Minister on 19 January 2015.
Prior to giving an overview of the budget settlement, the Clerk/CE referred to the process by which the Commission's budget for 2015/16 had been set, the essential independence of the legislature and that the Commission will wish to revisit this issue in due course.
The Clerk/CE outlined the significant impact of the cuts in 2015/16, particularly following the efficiencies already delivered under SR2010. The 5% reduction equates to 8% on costs which are controllable by the Commission. Given the potential impact on staffing numbers the Commission would now have no option but to avail of the public sector voluntary exit scheme. He also highlighted the difficulties of delivering all savings from 1 April 2015 and emphasised the importance of final decisions being made by the Commission in early March.
He also referred to managing Members expectations, the potential for industrial action as cuts take effect (national, regional, local) and the long term impact on effectiveness and dignity of the Assembly as a parliamentary institution.
The<|fim_middle|>. Members agreed that due to length and range of issues discussed, that further time and, if required, a meeting with Mr Stewart for clarification was the preferred way to proceed. This will allow Members time to consult with their respective parties.
Mrs Cochrane raised the Members' £1,000 allowance for office consumables (Internal Recharge) and requested clarification as to the range of stationery and other items available within this limit.
Decision: IPSA be engaged immediately to undertake a peer review of the current Members' expenses system.
Actions: Provide further guidance on paper if requested by Members.
Engage IPSA to undertake peer review of current Members' expenses system.
Provide paper regarding permissible stationery items for the £1000 Members Allowance with analysis of spend to date.
Hugh Widdis, Director of Legal and Governance Services provided the Commission with possible models to determine and administer financial support for Members of the Assembly based on the range of models operating in the UK legislatures and the Oireachtas.
Decision: Members to consult with Parties on preferred models in advance of February Commission meeting.
Action: Provide expenses system options consultation document for Members to bring to their parties.
John Stewart, Director of Information and Outreach, updated the Commission on the ongoing Audit of Inequalities. Ms Ruane requested that the document be updated to reflect the issue of answering Assembly questions in Irish as the Commission has identified a possible negative impact from the current English only provision.
Action: Amend review document to reflect answering of Assembly questions in Irish.
Gareth McGrath, Director of Clerking and Reporting, provided the Commission with details of the proposed Memorandum of Understanding between the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission and the Trust branded as Politics Plus. The MoU will further formalise the governance arrangements between the Commission and the Trust. Mrs Cochrane sought clarification regarding the funding implications of Secretariat support for the Trust and Mr McGrath confirmed that all confirmed costs are already allocated in the 2014-2015 budget and decisions on funding for future years would be taken in the context of SP15+. He reiterated that the MoU was designed to address governance rather than funding.
Decision: Members agreed the wording and content of the MoU.
Robin Ramsey, Adviser to the Speaker, outlined options mitigating the possible adverse impact caused by the lack of facility to respond to Assembly questions in both English and Irish. Mr Ramsey explained that failure to agree a mitigating measure would mean the Commission would have to facilitate an Equality Impact Assessment. Ms Ruane asked that the agenda item be deferred as not all members were present and reiterated her belief that failure to answer questions in Irish, where requested, discriminated against Irish Speakers. Mr Weir agreed that the item should be postponed and expressed a preference for option 4. The Chairperson suggested that whilst deferring the agenda item was the best option under the circumstances, if Members agreed to reject some options during the current meeting, further discussions may progress more readily.
Decision: Members agreed to remove options 1 and 3 from the list and to revisit options 2, 3 and 4 at the February Commission meeting.
Robin Ramsey, Adviser to the Speaker recommended that the Exhibitions Schedule for 2015 be approved at a later date to allow the new Speaker to familiarise himself with the workings of the Art Advisory Group but that Members give the go ahead for a sporting exhibition in the summer of 2015. This exhibition had previously been agreed for the summer of 2014 but postponed.
Decision: That the proposed sporting exhibition for Summer 2015 go ahead as previously agreed.
Richard Stewart, Director of Corporate Services, explained that the current policy for Gifts and Hospitality does not adequately reflect the work of Committees or the new purchasing commitment system (PECOS).
Decision: The revised policy was approved.
Action: Provide Members with current spending limits for gifts.
Robin Ramsey, Adviser to the Speaker, explained to the Commission that correspondence had been received from RCN requesting permanent recognition of the work of nurses in the UK. Members agreed that recognition was appropriate but that a policy would be required to enable the Commission to make informed decisions on permanent recognition (by plaque or tree for example) and one off events for particular anniversaries.
Actions: Respond to RCN correspondence.
Draft policy for recognising professional bodies to include consideration of commemorating major anniversaries.
John Stewart, Director of Information and Outreach, informed members of a request to film in Parliament Buildings. He noted that previous filming for different productions had proceeded without major disruption to Parliament Buildings.
Decision: Members were asked to confirm their approval for the filming by Monday 26 January 2015.
The next meeting will take place on Wednesday, 18 February 2015 at 2.00pm in Room 106.
Mr J Gilsenan and Mr C Blayney. | Speaker informed the Commission that he had yet to receive responses to letters to the Minister for Finance. The Clerk / CE added that initial information had been requested by DFP regarding long term anticipated paybill cost reductions and that this was due by Monday 26 January 2015. Ms Ruane stated that she believed the timeframe for response is too short to allow a complete answer and that the Commission should meet with the Minister and OFMdFM. Mr McKenna added that for the purpose of planning, it is important that the return is made with the proviso that figures could only be an initial calculation at this stage, particularly for years after 2015-2016. Members gave some initial thoughts as to areas of the Commission remit where savings might be possible going forward.
The Clerk / CE added that the SP15+ project, headed by Dr Gareth McGrath, Director of Clerking and Reporting, will be presenting options for making savings going forward and that the Commission Office is arranging a planning session for early March to consider options. An interim report will be presented to the Commission at its February 2015 meeting.
Actions: Respond to Paybill Reduction Across the Public Sector correspondence from DFP.
To provide an update interim report on the SP15+ review at February's meeting.
Follow up outstanding correspondence from Finance Minister.
Stephen Welch, Director of Facilities, detailed the plans for the Red Bull Crashed Ice event being staged on the Stormont Estate between Thursday 19 and Saturday 21 February 2015. The event is one of four Crashed Ice events being staged across the world in 2015 and some 50,000 spectators are anticipated as well as a huge global audience on Red Bull's TV channel. Despite extensive construction and de-rig work on the Estate between 2 and 27 February, no disruption to the work of Parliament Buildings is envisaged.
John Stewart, Director of Information and Outreach, went on to provide details of events at Parliament Buildings for Crashed Ice. The Speaker has agreed to host an event to raise funds for the Assembly's Charity of the Year, The Simon Community on Saturday 21 February 2015.
The Clerk/CE expressed his thanks to Tony Logue, Cathy McGowan and Christine Dodson for their work supporting the Commission over recent years.
The Clerk / CE provided an indication as to how the Stormont House Agreement is likely to affect aspects of the Commission's responsibility and budget.
Gareth McGrath, Director of Clerking and Reporting provided the Commission with an update of the work of SP15+. The first information gathering task has a deadline of 26 January 2015. An interim report on progress will be provided for the February 2015 Commission meeting. The first SP15+ Steering Group meeting will be held on 23 January 2015.
Richard Stewart, Director of Corporate Services, informed Members that the current underspend in OCE and Secretariat Staff will be resolved by year end and any GAE underspend at year end will be carried over to the 2015-21016 accounting year. The 2014-2015 budget remains on target.
The Clerk / CE noted that there were no changes to the Corporate Risk Register. However, upcoming budget reductions will increase risk in some areas.
The Clerk / CE informed the Commission that he has met with the Panel following the recent BBC Spotlight programme investigating Members' expenses. The Panel is currently looking at possible mechanisms for statutory pensions auto enrolment for Members' staff.
The Clerk / CE informed members of progress since the Commission agreed to recognise Seamus Heaney and CS Lewis on 20 November 2013. Members discussed possible forms of recognition other than portraits.
Action: Seek Tony Logue's input on previous contacts with the Heaney and Lewis families on the proposed recognition of S Heaney and CS Lewis.
The Clerk / CE informed Members of the recent publication of the House of Commons Governance Committee report which is due to be debated in the House of Lords in January 2015. Points regarding: a proposed statutory responsibility to set the strategic framework for the delivery of services; the Commission should have two external Members and two official Members; portfolio responsibilities should be allocated to backbench Members of the Commission and a new post of Director General should be created (in effect a Chief Operating Officer) reporting to the Clerk of the House.
The Clerk / CE congratulated the Assembly Education Service on successfully securing €49,600 from the Erasmus+ to develop a Structured Dialogue project.
The funding will be used to resource a youth panel for Northern Ireland comprising 36 young people. The recruitment process will ensure a wide range of backgrounds is represented.
Hugh Widdis, Director of Legal and Governance Services informed the Commission of two recent employment cases taken by Secretariat staff against the Commission. One has now been dropped and a lessons learned exercise undertaken.
Action: Provide further details at next litigation update.
Richard Stewart, Director of Corporate Services, provided the Commission with an overview of his paper regarding the Members' Expenses System | 1,060 |
The Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE) International is a globally preferred credential, necessary if you want to advance your career and to position yourself as an expert in the fraud examiners profession. This course is a definitive preparation course for the international CFE exam to become a CFE (CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMIN<|fim_middle|> necessary to carry out fraud examinations efficiently, effectively and ethically and in so doing help to reduce business fraud and to inspire public confidence in the integrity and objectivity of fraud examiners at work.
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Hoarding causes problems that are much greater than just a messy house. The conditions in a hoarding house can be very dangerous. Items on the floor can pose tripping hazards, and unsanitary conditions can lead to food poisoning and infections. A hoarder's house is also at risk of becoming a fire hazard. If someone in your life seems to have a hoarding problem, it's important to reach out and get help for them. Take a look at a few tips for helping a loved one with a hoarding habit.
Before you can get to the work of cleaning up the house, you'll have to have a talk with the person who's doing the hoarding. Confronting a hoarder can be the hardest part of the ordeal. It's important to have compassion for the loved one who is hoarding. They aren't doing it on purpose.
Instead of focusing on cleaning the mess, talk about your concern for their safety. Questioning someone's cleanliness can<|fim_middle|>arder only allowed enough cleanup to make the house less hazardous the first time, with repeated visits, you may be able to help convince them to take it a step further the next time. Point out how much more comfortable the cleaner areas of the home are and encourage them to take steps to clean the rest of the home. If you notice that they've fallen back into hoarding behaviors, you can bring it to their attention and help keep it from getting out of control again.
A professional cleaning service that has handled hoarding sites in the past will be able to bring the tools and manpower needed to clean the site efficiently. They'll also know how to approach potentially hazardous messes safely. Restoring a hoarding house is a big undertaking; don't hesitate to reach out to experienced professionals for help. | feel like an attack, which can cause the hoarder to respond defensively. Expressing concern for their safety feels much less judgmental and may inspire the hoarder to be more open to the things that you're saying. Point out potential hazards or give examples of previous illnesses or injuries that may have been caused by the living conditions. Avoid telling the hoarder to throw things away or volunteering to clean up the mess. Instead, ask them if they want your help to create a plan to make the home safer.
When a hoarder agrees to let you help make the home safer, make sure to include them in the process of planning how you're going to do that. If they feel that you're trying to take over their home or that you're making plans to throw things out without consulting them, they may back out entirely. Ask them what their idea of a safer home would look like. Let them specify things that absolutely can't be thrown away.
If the hoarding is advanced, you will probably need to hire a professional cleaning business to help with the cleanup. Choose a service that has experience with cleaning hoarding sites, and remember to keep the hoarder involved in this stage of the planning as well. Even if you're the one paying for or arranging the cleaning service, make sure that the hoarder has input on each stage of the cleaning process and that the cleaners are apprised of the hoarder's wishes about things that should not be thrown away or areas of the home that should be left alone.
Hoarding is not something that happens once—it's a pattern of behavior. Cleaning the mess might not necessarily put an end to the hoarding behavior, and you may not be able to convince the hoarder to clean the whole mess in one session. That means that it's important to stay engaged and visit regularly.
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Cenzo Townshend Decoy Studios
It's a hit! Openreach makes full fibre available to 100,000 local premises
More than 100,000 homes and businesses across Suffolk can now order Ultrafast Full Fibre, thanks to a £30 million broadband investment by Openreach.
And the work has already hit the right notes for a leading music studio near Woodbridge, where they're discovering that reliability is key, and their broadband speeds have reached the top of the charts, after engineers were instrumental in connecting them.
Award-winning music producer Cenzo Townshend from Decoy Studios, based in the small village of Mel<|fim_middle|> Openreach people living and working across the region.
£180m broadband network reaches 600,000 across Wales | ton, had approached Openreach for help as they were struggling with slow speeds.
Decoy works with world famous artists including Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Lewis Capaldi, Snow Patrol, and The Maccabees.
They regularly transfer large music files between their studios in rural Suffolk, to places like London and Los Angeles.
But things were so bad they could only upload and download recordings overnight, putting them at a significant disadvantage compared to rival studios.
It led to fears they would struggle to attract stars who value the peace and tranquillity of the Suffolk countryside when they're penning their new album or recording their latest single.
Thankfully Openreach's Chief Engineer team stepped in and blitzed the build in just a few days, with Decoy Studios and surrounding homes upgraded to a new ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre network, which is future-proof for decades to come.
Some of the fastest broadband speeds in the UK are now available there, securing the long-term future of the business.
Cenzo Townshend says the arrival of full fibre is a huge boost: "We were really starting to feel the impact of a slow broadband connection. Having a studio outside of London brings many advantages to us, but we need to have a similar level of connectivity so we can communicate between studios, and with artists.
"We must download 30 to 40 Gigabytes at a time, and we upload double that sometimes. Slow speeds were a big problem for our business. It came to a head when we were trying to finish a very important album, which involved large music files being bounced around between Suffolk, London, and LA. It got to the point when we just couldn't upload what we needed to. Speeds of less than 10Mbps on average were just not cutting it, so we knew we had to do something.
"Since we started work with Openreach's Chief Engineers team, things have moved quickly, and we've now got full fibre up and running. They were determined to make sure we had the best connection possible and pulled out all the stops to make it happen. We can now easily transfer music and have 2 or 3 artists recording at the same time and it has no impact on how our broadband performs."
If Openreach's full fibre build was measured in record sales, it would be closing in on Platinum status, having already reached around 800,000 homes and businesses across the East of England, including more than 100,000 in Suffolk.
Work is currently underway in Ipswich (Kesgrave and Foxhall), Lowestoft, Stowmarket, Sudbury and nearby Woodbridge, where it was announced in May that around 5,000 local homes and businesses would be the next to benefit from Openreach's full fibre build.
Director for Openreach's Chief Engineer team in East Anglia, Phil Royal, said: "Bringing full fibre to Decoy Studios and the surrounding homes was quite a challenge but one that my engineers tackled with huge determination. We needed to use a mix of infrastructure – some of it underground - and think creatively when working out how to get fibre across the Suffolk countryside to Melton, from the nearby exchange in Woodbridge."
"To minimise disruption, we used existing parts of the Openreach network wherever possible. This is not only easier for us, but it keeps things like digging up roads, using temporary traffic lights and moving big heavy equipment down local country roads to a minimum. We know these are the issues that are important to people living in rural areas.
"It's not every day you get to work in and around a music recording studio that has famous artists popping in and out and we're delighted to have made a difference in this community. Cenzo and his team at the studio couldn't have been more helpful, accommodating, and welcoming, and we're grateful for his support during the build."
Full fibre broadband offers download speeds of one gigabit per second (1Gbps), which means it's up to 16 times faster than the average home broadband connection. This means faster game downloads, better quality video calls and higher resolution movie streaming are possible.
It's also less affected by peak time congestion and it allows people to use multiple devices at once without the connection slowing down. That means more people can get online at the same time without experiencing stuttering, buffering or dropouts.
Openreach's role across East Anglia and the East of England extends beyond making full fibre broadband available. The company has roots in almost every community, with more than 3,500 | 932 |
Inside SharePoint
The Evolution of the SharePoint UX
By Christian Buckley
With Microsoft about to make some major announcements about The Future of SharePoint (May 4th event, which you can watch live), the level of speculation running through the community is high. Of course, as we have been experiencing in the new world of "evergreen" updates with Office 365, most news appears as an iterative trickle rather than through one grand release event. I expect that much of what we'll hear during the event next week will build on what has already been announced or has begun to roll out -- but then again, Microsoft has always loved the drama of the major release event, and I'm sure there will be some news-worthy updates, as well.
Some key hints to Microsoft's planned event trace back to November when Corporate VP of SharePoint and OneDrive for Business Jeff Teper gave a keynote at the European SharePoint Conference in Stockholm, during which he shared news that Microsoft has been making major changes to the SharePoint user experience. Teper used some of the same language that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared in his first Worldwide Partner Conference address after taking the helm two years ago about how the company intends to "reinvent productivity," and how ever new feature is looked at through the productivity lens, asking whether the change would improve individual or team productivity.
SharePoint has always been a major component of Microsoft's enterprise productivity strategy, and Teper shared some of his team's broad goals to make SharePoint more simple, mobile, intelligent and secure to help customers unlock the value of the platform. Seth Patton, GM for SharePoint and OneDrive for Business, shared much of the same message when announcing SharePoint 2016's Release to Manufacturing (RTM) back in March.
Thinking about the evolution of Office 365 and how the ongoing innovation happening in the cloud is a good indicator of what we can expect in upcoming SharePoint announcements, here's what we know:
Microsoft is working hard to streamline administration activities, simplifying common tasks and making the back-end of the platform more flexible and extensible, especially tasks and controls that span workloads, such as SharePoint and Exchange. Having worked in the migration and administration space within the SharePoint community for a number of years, these updates are welcome -- and long overdue. They're also making changes to the flow of the home page, which looks and functions more like the App<|fim_middle|> are going to keep them engaged. Deliver quickly, moving them to the passion threshold, and they'll love the platform. Fail to deliver quickly enough, and it doesn't matter if you eventually get there -- you'll lose them. For many organizations, SharePoint took far too long to deliver what people wanted -- to the point where administrators and consultants would not mention the fact that a new system was SharePoint because users would reject it outright.
Why do I mention this post? For many organizations, SharePoint has provided solid capabilities and helped teams centralize their content and improve governance -- but it has failed to provide the compelling UX that users want. For many of those organizations, their employees have sought out more modern, engaging, and beautiful experiences through competing, and largely consumer-based cloud solutions, such as Slack and Dropbox. All while the number of net-new SharePoint installations has continued to rise, with billions of documents being managed within the platform. The end result is that our collaboration environments have become increasingly complex. In many ways, organizations are stepping backwards into the information silo problems of yesteryear. The evolution of the SharePoint UX is greatly needed.
I don't blame the end users for this problem. To me, it's a UX problem, pure and simple. Employees want to get their work done, and the technology needs to fit with the way in which people need to work -- individually, within their teams, across an organization, and with externals customers and partners. It is a huge ask of any technology to fit all of those possible scenarios, and, frankly, one technology or platform will never suit all of those needs.
But now we're getting to the reason why SharePoint became popular in the first place: it was our Swiss Army Knife solution. We had a common platform as a company that could be built-to-suit for each team or business unit. It was never perfect, but it met many of our needs, and helped organizations maintain one version of the truth. The SharePoint UX has just not kept up with the demanding, ever-changing needs of its user base. Let's see if any of that changes next week.
If you have not yet registered for Microsoft's Future of SharePoint event, do so now. I'm excited to see how the progress being made in the Office 365 UX will translate across all-things SharePoint. I'm expecting to see iterations of what has already been announced, but I'm also looking forward to a few surprises.
Christian Buckley is an independent researcher, technology evangelist and Office Servers & Services MVP with more than 25 years of experience working with collaboration, social and supply chain technology. | Launcher, making it easier to find the last document or presentation you were working on, or to jump into your favorite application.
That's all great, but an improved administrative experience is irrelevant if end users turn away from the front-end experiences. For example, I've long wondered why SharePoint didn't function the same way as my Microsoft Office experiences. Microsoft owns the number one office productivity suite of tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and the number one document collaboration platform, and yet many aspects of the SharePoint UX have remained kludgy and outdated. Yes, we're seeing improvements on this front, but why has it taken so long for these to come together?
One of my all-time favorite blog posts that I wrote back in late 2010 borrowed an image from Kathy Sierra's 'Creating Passionate Users' team blog in which Kathy talked about something called the "suck threshold." The premise behind the image is that when any new product or service is made available to end users, their initial response is always "Well, this sucks." The longer you take to deliver the UX and features that your end users want and need, the less likely you | 233 |
Your Genetic Genealogist: Should You Take An At-Home DNA Test? Knowledge is Power!
Should You Take An At-Home DNA Test? Knowledge is Power!
This week Mary Carmichael is writing a series of articles in Newsweek in her quest to decide whether or not to take an at-home DNA test. So, I have decided to share my experience with DTC genetic testing with Mary (and you) in hopes of encouraging her to go through with her test. Some of what I write may have relevance to her, while some may not, but I am including it all in case there are more of you out there wavering with the same decision who need a gentle nudge.
There has been a lot of attention on the DTC genetic testing industry as of late, much of it negative. This may discourage some who were considering taking an at-home DNA<|fim_middle|>. No one in all of my extended family has ever suffered from this disease as far as I know (and I know a lot about my family's medical history from my extensive genealogical research). When I was pregnant, my doctor never ran nor suggested any genetic tests, so I was not aware of this status even though I already have a child. I also tested my mother through 23andMe and found that, not only did I not inherit this trait from her, but that she is a carrier of a different Mendelian Disease. So I must have inherited the CF carrier status from my dad (who is deceased). This means that there was potential for my siblings and myself to inherit at least two Mendelian Disease carrier statuses. This knowledge could prove to be very important for my five nieces of child-bearing age, my own child and myself (if I plan to have more children). It is highly plausible that through the knowledge of my carrier status (or my mother's), one of my future family members may avoid inheriting a serious genetically predictable disease. This may be the case for you too. You may have the opportunity to inform your family of important health-related information and, potentially, avoid the occurrence of a devastating disease affecting your family, simply through a little knowledge and education. Many young couples do not even consider the possibility of bearing a child with a Mendelian inherited disorder. With education and access to DNA testing, many of those diseases can be avoided or even eradicated. While 23andMe does not test for all variants of the Mendelian inherited traits for which it reports carrier statuses, it does make one acutely aware of their existence. Some may decide to undergo prenatal genetic counseling that they, otherwise, may not have considered.
I have also been made aware of some potential genetic health risks through my results at 23andMe. Are they 100% correct? It really doesn't matter in my case because it has inspired me to make more thoughtful lifestyle choices - like eating more fiber. Of course, I had been advised of this before, but, like many of you, I wasn't doing it. Don't our doctors, our parents and the media remind us over and over of the need for healthier lifestyle choices? Of course they do, but, does it really sink in? Judging by the behavior of the majority of us, the answer is NO. However, for many of us, hearing what our genes seem to be telling us does make a difference! There is something intensely personal about having your own body remind you and provide the hints and tips to a healthier lifestyle. For me, getting the results of my 23andMe genetic test, has encouraged me not only to make better choices, but to become better educated about my body and the diseases and illnesses that may afflict it. The potential for self-education is endless, starting with 23andMe's informative resources and extending to all that you can take in from the vast amount of information available on the Internet - like countless health-related academic studies and the mesmerizing concept of personalized medicine (read about Leroy Hood's P4 Medicine). We are truly so fortunate to have all of this at our fingertips!
Many suffering at the hands of a disease feel powerless to it. Customers of 23andMe have expressed to me that it gives them a sense of empowerment by participating in the research at 23andWe. They feel that they are fighting the disease in a large scale manner by contributing to research that may eventually enable scientists to conquer the disease that plagues them. The benefits of these research efforts to society as a whole are obvious. There is still so much to be learned about the links between our genes and disease and, by testing, we can help!
On a lighter note, the Ancestry portion is fascinating! For a person who is interested in genealogy, anthropology, geography, history or racial studies, it is unbelievably entertaining. For those of you who don't care much about those subjects, it will still be of great interest because it is all about you! Learning about yourself, what makes you unique and what connects you to others around the world is a very enlightening experience. Personally, I feel much more connected to my ancestors (and even to their homelands) knowing that I carry their DNA. Further, when you are "introduced" to your living relatives all over the world, you start to feel like a true international citizen and some of the things that separate us all seem a little bit less significant. If some, by learning how truly interconnected we all are, are able to decrease or overcome their prejudices, what a benefit that will be!
Because of 23andMe, I have evolved from a genetic genealogy hobbyist into a personalized medicine advocate. I truly believe that the more information and, thus, knowledge that we have, the better we will all be. In a society where we desperately need to start taking responsibility for own well being, genetic testing and the education that comes with it, should be encouraged not demonized. My fear is that with misdirected regulation and the recent negative press about this industry, people will be discouraged or, even, obstructed from educating themselves about their genomes. If that happens, the much needed progress in this important field will be halted.
1. People take more responsibility for their own health with increased knowledge and education.
2. People take pride in contributing to research and increasing general knowledge about the human genome.
3. People feel more connected to the world and people around them with increased knowledge of their personal genome.
Obviously, I sincerely hope you will decide to be tested and, through this experience, gain as much as I have.
You comment that the information blurs racial lines. The information can just as easily confirm racial distinctions and diversity. The realization of just how separate and delightfully distinct we are is also a benefit. You start to feel truly desirous of preserving and maintaining that which distinguishes you from the rest of the world and realize the significance of those things that separate us.
Good point, Pupsenok. I, who knew little about my Finnish heritage prior to DNA testing, now embrace and celebrate my "Finnishness". I enjoy contact with my Finnish cousins on a regular basis and am desirous of learning more about their unique culture and country.
I have become acquainted with true 2nd-10th cousins all over the world and treasure all that I have learned about my unique and individual heritage thanks to this hobby.
I guess I'm attracted to DTC genetic testing in part because of my background as a librarian. Librarians consider themselves "intellectual freedom fighters" because they are committed to help their clients find all the relevant information they need to empower themselves to make informed decisions about the challenges they face as they earn a living, exercise their rights as citizens and lead their lives.
it does blur racial lines if all of mankind started in the same place in Africa, we are all Africans @ some point in our DNA code!
True, Champ. For many of us, the ethnic mixing is even much closer than that. Most people just don't realize it. DNA testing can be a real eye-opener! | test. As I have related in earlier blogs, personally, I have experienced a wide range of benefits from my genetic tests and I have witnessed many others receiving benefits as well. These experiences are dismissed by many as "anecdotal," but they are very real to me and the others who have experienced them. "Experts" may disagree with me, but I can only report what I have experienced and witnessed in my many hours of working with DTC genetic testing. So, you've been warned, this is not a scientific study! I am writing from the perspective of a self-educated consumer of DTC genetic testing (and have no financial stake in the industry).
I tested with 23andMe for purely genealogical purposes, but discovered some very surprising and important medical information. I am a carrier of Cystic Fibrosis | 168 |
Ardhasaig House on The Isle of Harris; unwind, explore and be inspired.
Ardhasaig House is an award-winning small hotel on the beautiful Isle of Harris. Set against the rugged backdrop of the Harris Hills, with stunning views across West Loch Tarbert to Ben Luskentyre and Taransay, it is the perfect place to unwind. Ardhasaig is steeped in Hebridean fishing and whaling history, remnants still seen today.
The fine food, luxurious accommodation and exceptional service are the hallmarks of Ardhasaig House.
The hotel bed and breakfast combines traditional comforts with contemporary facilities. Beautifully appointed bedrooms and public areas are complemented by an excellent licensed restaurant.
The head chef uses local fisherman and butchers for the freshest source of ingredients whenever possible, daily bespoke menus are created with all dietary requirements catered for. All evening meals must be booked in advance.
On arrival guests can relax after the<|fim_middle|>ite de Katie Macaskill!!
C 2016 Ardhasaig House, Hotel, Dining & Self catering Accommodation, Isle of Harris Scotland. | journey and take in the views and scenery. Free Wi-Fi available throughout the hotel (please note Ardhasig House is TV Free).
Katie and her team are dedicated to providing exceptional standards of quality and service and are committed to ensuring that your Hebridean experience is one you will always remember.
Well, it doesn't get much better than this - the welcome, the comfort and the FOOD! Watch out Katie, we'll be recommending you to everyone we know. Big thanks to you and all your brilliant team.
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Rain Taxi<|fim_middle|>Magazines established in 1996
Magazines published in Minnesota
Quarterly magazines published in the United States
Mass media in Minneapolis–Saint Paul | is a Minneapolis-based book review and literary organization. In addition to publishing its quarterly print edition, Rain Taxi maintains an online edition with distinct content, sponsors the Twin Cities Book Festival, hosts readings, and publishes chapbooks through its Brainstorm Series. Rain Taxis mission is "to advance independent literary culture through publications and programs that foster awareness and appreciation of innovative writing." , the magazine distributes 18,000 copies through 250 bookstores as well as to subscribers. The magazine is free on the newsstand. It is also available through paid subscription. Structurally, Rain Taxi is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. It sells advertising at below market rates, much of it to literary presses.
History
The magazine was founded in 1996 by Carolyn Kuebler, Randall Heath, and David Caligiuri (who resigned with issue one). Current editor Eric Lorberer joined the staff after issue one. The magazine is art-directed and business-managed by Kelly Everding.
Rain Taxi has been relatively free of controversy and widely lauded for its role in bringing to light books which might not otherwise be reviewed. It has been awarded the 2000 Utne Reader Alternative Press Award for Best Arts and Literature Coverage and Best Literary Journal in City Pages (Minneapolis). Editor Eric Lorberer was named to the Publishers Weekly "The Twin Cities Top 10."
An exception to the lack of controversy was David Foster Wallace's Summer 2001 review of The Best of the Prose Poem: An International Journal (White Pine Press). The review, which took the form of a bullet-pointed index that "broke down the anthology into numerical components," inflamed many of the book's contributors. See responses in Fall 2001 print edition of the magazine.
The magazine publishes relatively few dismissive reviews. Lorberer explained that "the reason the majority of the reviews are positive is that the process of selection itself is an aspect of reviewing–we're trying to select the best of the best." And former Board Member and Twin Cities journalist Josie Rawson notes, "There are so few avenues in the reviewing press for praise for books from small presses, independent presses, it's hardly worth wasting space on books nobody should be reading anyway."
Rain Taxi Review of Books (Print)
Rain Taxi focuses on literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction with an emphasis on small press and offbeat books. The review features interviews with prominent writers such as Lydia Davis and Tao Lin; reviewers include Sharon Mesmer, Jacob Appel, Spencer Dew, Noah Eli Gordon and Mark Terrill.
Raintaxi.com
The site includes distinct content not found in the print edition, as well as information about events publications. , it receives approximately 15,000 hits a day.
Brainstorm Series Chapbooks
Rain Taxi publishes limited edition chapbooks, each limited to 300 copies or less. Authors have included Kees 't Hart, Alice Notley, Donald Revell, Dara Wier, Nathaniel Tarn, Paul Auster, Russell Edson, Anne Waldman and Rikki Ducornet (collaboration), Kai Nieminen, James Tate, Stephen Dixon, Paul Metcalf, and Clayton Eshleman.
Twin Cities Book Festival
Rain Taxi launched the Twin Cities Book Festival in 2001. The festival includes readings, talks, book signings, panel discussions, children's activities, book arts demonstrations, a used book sale, and a Literary Magazine Fair.
Rain Taxi Readings
The Rain Taxi Reading Series began in 1998 and has hosted more than 200 writers.
References
External links
Official website
Book review magazines
Rain Taxi
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Carol Mullen contends<|fim_middle|>, and survival, as well as their conceptualizations of what matters for school leaders to know about the job itself. | that in today's education climate there exists an urgent call for university faculty to take responsibility for reforming university preparation programs. She uncovers vital information about the needs of the nation's schools that can be reflected in program content and policy reform. Otherwise, the least effective of these programs could be eliminated, as has already occurred in some states. This book should help principal preparation programs that are behind the times to move forward. Such programs can thus be expected to be aligned not only with the expectations of universities, policymaking bodies, and the public, but also with school districts and practicing school leaders. Schoolteachers who aspire to school leadership will also benefit from this book, as Mullen speaks to them directly through the idea of peer administration groups. School practitioners who carry mentoring and evaluative responsibilities will also profit from learning about new school leaders' experiences of socialization, adjustment | 173 |
Lee Benson joined News 9 in November 2016 as a sports mobile journalist. Prior to that, he was the Sports Director at KAGS-TV in College Station, Texas.
His career began at QCTV in Champlin, Minn., where he worked as a sports anchor/producer. He created QC Sports, a weekly 30-minute show that featured local sports in the Northwest Suburbs of the Twin Cities.
Lee spent the next two years as the sports director at KAWE-TV in Bemidji, Minn. He covered Bemidji State University athletics and high school sports from all around northern and central Minnesota. While at KAWE-TV, he was honored to receive a Minnesota AP Sports Reporting award in 2014.
Following his stint in Minnesota, Lee spent the majority of the next two years covering Texas A&M athletics.
Lee earned a degree in<|fim_middle|>, it's easy to gamble. Just walk inside one of the state's 70 plus casinos and take your pick, slots, blackjack, poker, and in some locations, you can even bet on horse racing. But, if you want to wager $20 on the Thunder, you're out of luck.
Back in May, Millwood senior defensive tackle Israel Antwine thought the recruiting process was over when he committed to Ole Miss. But he reopened the recruiting process just last month when Rebels head coach Hugh Freeze resigned.
For those looking for a unique thrill in Oklahoma City, the RIVERSPORT Rapids in the Boathouse District may be a place for you.
With kids around the state getting close to going back to school, hundreds of new teachers may soon be certified to teach in Oklahoma.
A former Yukon police dispatcher is suing the city of Yukon after he was arrested in a prostitution sting in May 2016 and then fired.
Keeping your body as cool as possible during these brutally hot days is the main focus but you don't want to forget about your car. | journalism from Gaylord College at the University of Oklahoma. Before attending OU, he played baseball at Dodge City Community College in Dodge City, Kan.
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St. Louis Public Schools
Case Study: St. Louis Public Schools
School district gives Ricoh high marks for our efficient hardware, software and print center plan.
Due to woeful neglect by the company running the Resource Center, St. Louis Public School's (SLPS) district-wide print and mail center, costs kept rising and equipment constantly broke down. Plus, there were:
Open reams of paper, litter and broken equipment everywhere.
Obsolete supplies and inefficient organization.
No clear standards and discipline for submitting and accepting print jobs.
As a result, customers commonly suffered lost or incorrect orders, and often had to rely on outside print vendors instead. The situation wasn't much better for the Resource Center's mailroom, which:
Wasn't maintaining U.S. Postal Service permits.
Wasn't keeping an audit trail of district funds.
Was unnecessarily sending District letters first class
Separately, SLPS sent out an RFP for 240 new MFPs to be deployed across the district in order to cut costs, improve processes and become greener. While meeting with school officials, we learned about all of the problems plaguing the Resource Center. We won the MFP contract due to our hardware and software capabilities — as well as our ideas for streamlining and improving district-wide printing operations.
"We now have better, faster, more sophisticated printing technology — at<|fim_middle|> cost that's 25% less than what we were paying before — and we're saving money on postage."
Executive Director of Technology Services
During the hardware installation, we determined that the district's more expensive A3 devices, which were capable of printing ledger-sized documents, were being underutilized.
We recommended that they replace many of those printers with lower-cost A4 devices, which were ideal for the majority of letter-sized jobs the district generated — while still allowing the Resource Center to handle any oversized jobs that did come in.
Once the hardware was in place, we installed a wide array of software technology, including:
NSi™ AutoStore®-
enabled school badge authentication at each device, which allowed for improved security, charge-backs and the ability to send jobs to any district device.
AutoStore Mobility,
which let teachers post assignments to the district's Microsoft® SharePoint® portal and allowed students to submit their work electronically via the AutoStore app.
RightFax®,
whichreplaced the district's prior fax solution. Instead of being tied to only one location, users could now fax from any MFP connected to the network.
To handle the Resource Center's issues, the Ricoh Managed Services team:
Cleaned and organized the center for better production flow, finishing, quality check, pickup and delivery.
Created a standard print request form to help produce jobs faster and without errors.
Established guidelines on what jobs the center could accept.
Enforced a policy requiring payment for personal copy requests
We also investigated the district's USPS account and discovered tens of thousands of dollars in an idle return mail account. So we worked to get the funds transferred into SLPS's account and incorporated a nonprofit permit number on the district's indicia for future mailings.
About St. Louis Public Schools
Comprising 27,000 students and 4,000 teachers in 75 locations, plus 2 administrative offices, St. Louis Public Schools is the largest K-12 school district in Missouri.
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Installation occurred during the seven months leading up to the beginning of the next academic year. To ensure successful operation of all the new hardware and software solutions, we were onsite three weeks before school began to help train the faculty and staff.
Once in operation, the district enjoyed faster, more sophisticated printing technology that cost 25 percent less than their previous devices. Plus, they saved money on postage. In fact, just one 27,000-piece back-to-school mailing netted an $8,000 savings by using a nonprofit rate instead of first class.
Our next task for the district is implement a FortisBlue® workflow. The solution electronically captures, stores and organizes documents, data, images and audio files, which will provide easier information access, improved collaboration and more efficient business processes throughout the district.
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For the last month or so, we have been trying to discover if there truly is a link between astrology and personal style. While the results have varied from girl to girl, I think we can all agree that it has been a fun and interesting way to approach fashion.
In case you haven't seen the other three parts<|fim_middle|> roomy enough for all of your belongings.
A bold red watch is perfect for the ever-punctual Virgo. The black flats are a comfortable choice for day or night. Finally, accessorize with a fun necklace.
Capricorns tend to stick with a neutral color palette and like vintage-inspired pieces.
This sign likes a no-frills wardrobe and is all about pieces that are both comfortable and functional.
Capricorn girls like simple silhouettes and a look that exudes understated elegance.
This look is all about sticking with an entirely neutral color palette while still looking practical and fashion-forward. The gray dress is comfortable, casual, and elegant. We've paired the dress with a subtly striped blazer to continue the understated elegance theme. In general, Capricorns are drawn to pieces that could also be worn in an office setting.
Finish the outfit with gray oxford heels for vintage-inspired styling. A functional and sleek clutch adds a formal touch. Accessorize with purple-and-gold jewelry to add small pops of color.
Do you believe in astrology? Are you an earth sign? If so, does your style resemble your zodiac sign? Would you wear any of these outfits? Do you admire a celeb who shares your zodiac sign? Leave a comment to let us know and I hope you enjoyed this series! | of this series, check out Zodiac Style: Air Signs – Aquarius, Gemini & Libra, Zodiac Style: Fire Signs – Aries, Leo & Sagittarius, and Zodiac Style: Water Signs – Pisces, Cancer & Scorpio.
Taurus girls love to wear classic, well-made clothing with unique detailing.
Tauruses love high-quality and expensive clothes, but are are willing to wait until a great bargain comes around before they buy anything.
The Bull rules over the throat and neck, so girls under this sign love highlighting this area with scarves and necklaces.
For this outfit, we opted for a classic look punched up with accessories that is sure to appeal to a Taurus girl. It's all about creating a high-quality ensemble without sky-high prices. At the center of the outfit are some basic jeans and a comfortable – but not basic – henley shirt. The button-up detail and high neckline will draw eyes toward the neck area. A simple white cardigan balances out the interesting shirt.
Bulls are usually big fans of leather (real or faux depending on your preference), so add some boots and a purse, which are both sure to please any headstrong Taurus. Add elegant, simple stud earrings for a pretty look.
Virgos pay a lot of attention to detail and always try to look neat and polished, even with the most casual outfits.
Girls under this sign love simple clothing and would never wear anything too flashy, too tight or too revealing.
Virgo girls are willing to try new trends, but usually opt to pair them with classic and timeless pieces.
Virgos like to look polished no matter where they go, and this outfit exemplifies that. It's hard to go wrong with a Little Black Dress and basic black flats. This dress should appeal to most Virgos due to its simple structure, which makes it easy to dress up with accessories. A fitted, classic striped blazer streamlines the look and a sturdy tote bag is | 396 |
Alchemist Cocktail
For Isaac Newton's birthday
Your cocktail calendar entry for: January
January 4 is Newton's birthday and for the occasion we'll be mixing the Alchemist cocktail. Here we mean Isaac Newton, the eminent figure born in 1642. Not the Fig Newton, the pastry born in 1891. Nonetheless, January 16 is National Fig Newton Day if you're interested.
But back to our protagonist Isaac. He was, of course, famous, one of the greatest mathematicians and most influential scientists of all time. You've heard stories about an apple falling on his head. His role in developing calculus was probably drummed into your head in school.
But what you may not have known is that he wasn't all analytical science. Legend has it that he invented the cat door. Apparently he had a carpenter at the University of Cambridge cut two holes in his door so he wouldn't have to get up to let the cats out. One for the mother, another smaller door for kittens. This, of course, provided fodder for Irish writers who criticized the incompetence of the British, not realizing that the kittens would follow the cat through the same hole. The story is highly suspect but as they say, when the legend becomes fact print the legend.
What is certain is that he was also into alchemy and other mystical practices. So today we're going to focus on the Dark Isaac and mix up the Alchemist cocktail.
Yes, it's true that Newton developed seminal works on calculus, optics, gravitation, equations of motion, and published his Principia Mathematica by the time he was 25. But his scientific work may have had less personal importance to him than studies of the occult and rediscovering the wisdom<|fim_middle|>iter.
Most alchemy practices were banned in England during Newton's lifetime, due to unscrupulous practitioners swindling people and the Crown fearing devaluation of gold. Punishment sometimes involved hanging, so Isaac kept this on the lowdown and didn't publish that side of his work. A lot of it, an unknown amount really, may have been lost in a fire within his laboratory.
Upon his death Newton's manuscripts passed to the husband of his niece who involved a physician, Thomas Pellet, to evaluate them. Pellet found a lot of them to be "foul draughts of the Prophetic stile" and were unpublished. It took until 1936, when Sotheby's auctioned off Newton's manuscripts, for the alchemy work to become apparent.
The manuscripts were purchased by the famous economist John Maynard Keynes. After studying them he opined in 1942 that "Newton was not the first of the age of reason, he was the last of the magicians."
The Alchemist Cocktail
Sir Isaac Newton as a closet alchemist inspires us to turn to that side of his work for cocktail inspiration. We have a fondness for alchemists here at The Drunkard's Almanac. After all, the roots of modern distillation began with the work of Persian alchemists during the 8th century. Their methods are still in use today.
The Alchemist cocktail itself was created by the late Gary 'Gaz' Regan, a bartending legend and prolific author. He penned important works such as The Joy of Mixology and The Bartender's Bible and developed the Alchemist recipe in 2011.
The Alchemist cocktail recipe does call for a somewhat obscure orange liqueur: Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur. Don't be intimidated by this, it's a supporting player rather than a star in the drink. You can substitute Cointreau or Grand Marnier. The Solerno liqueur adds the taste of orange juice to that of the peel but it's not critical.
A 2011 invention of the late Gary 'Gaz' Regan, the Alchemist combines the flavors of Scotch whisky and an orange liqueur. Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur is somewhat uncommon, so don't hesitate to substitute Cointreau or Grand Marnier if either of those are at hand.
Julep strainer
Barspoon
1½ oz Scotch Whisky The original specifies Balvenie 12 Doublewood, so stay away from Islay bottles.
1 oz Lillet Blanc
½ oz Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur Cointreau or Grand Marnier as substitutes.
2 dash Orange bitters
Garnish: Lemon twist
Add all ingredients to your trusty mixing glass.
Add ice and stir to chill.
Strain into pre-chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with lemon peel.
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Newton began to study alchemy at a young age, at a time when chemistry was largely undeveloped and mystical. His writings indicate one of his main goals was discovering the philosophers' stone, a mythical alchemical substance capable of turning base metals like mercury into gold. Along with this came the search for the Elixir of Life. Newton believed that metals possessed a sort of life, that the whole cosmos is alive, and that gravity is caused by emissions of an alchemical principle he called saln | 105 |
The Modern Dance Company got a little bit of education and culture when they performed Black Out last week.
Renowned Dancer, Maleek Washington created inspirational scenes this week at Henderson State leaving us in awe of his amazing choreography and display of the dancer's talent. Washington hosted a Modern Dance Class on Tues., Sept. 11, and Thurs., Sept. <|fim_middle|> and stay up to date on the biz. | 13, where he portrayed his eccentric style of dance and choreography.
In class on Tuesday, he started with trying to reconnect us with our adult and childhood movements such as walking, walking like you're on the beach, and pretending to playing in the sand. One of his favorite dance concepts to teach is the "Da Vinci Circle" also known as The Virtruvian Man.
Following Washington's final class,the Dance Company performed Black Out. It took only ten hours for him to teach the choreography and for the dancers to get all the moves down.
If you missed your chance to see the Dance Company perform Black Out, you'll have another chance at their winter showcase.
Some other upcoming events include Theatre's production of "Church and State." The play, which centres around fictional character named Charles Whitmore who is running for senate re-election.
When he pulls a "Jerry McGuire" and attempts to be honest to the country, his world is turned upside down. The play premieres Sept. 27 and lasts until Oct. 1.
"Church and State" isn't the only play that Theatre is performing, however. The classic stageplay "Sense and Sensibility" will debut on Nov. 8. Jane Austen's classic play has been produced several times, and this one's sure to be extra special.
New events are being announced all of the time, so if you like to get your kicks from Theatre and Dance, keep your eye on the events page of hsu.edu | 303 |
There is no doubt that in order to become successful in finance, one must not only acquire academic knowledge, but should also become something they call a 'leader'. There are numerous ways to define what leadership entails, but they all have similarities. As a recent MiF intake I would like to show you my view on it and how it is linked to why I applied to IE's program.
First, let me give you a bit of background on why this topic is so interesting to me. Over the last couple of years, I talked to several professionals in different industries including finance. Halfway through my bachelor's degree, I realized employers obviously care about your academic and professional experiences, and understandably so. However, although a conventionally good background is necessary, (almost) all of them agreed on the fact that social and personal skills are key in finding the right person for the job. This means that it is incredibly important to really understand what your strengths and weaknesses are, to know what drives your motivation every day, and to be able to connect with people empathetically. These skills are only a few of what define a great leader.
After this realization, I knew that besides striving for academic excellence, I needed to also focus on the social aspects of my personal development. Hence, I joined AIESEC a year and a half ago. AIESEC focuses on developing leadership within students. Therefore, I had the chance to learn firsthand on how to become a leader through intense work, active seminars and personal coaching. After this experience I can definitely say I grew as a leader, but the desire to develop myself more is still there.<|fim_middle|> understand different cultures and ways of working, they will have a very hard time to succeed. I was very happy to hear from the self-awareness sessions, especially since such workshops are often undervalued among students in finance.
Besides IE's great reputation and extensiveness of the MiF program, they also do an excellent job on developing leadership skills among students. Once I learned more about the values and after seeing their outstanding program structure, I realized that IE knows exactly what students need before entering the job market. This is why I applied to IE and why I'm extremely proud to be part of this year's intake. To conclude, and as a call to action, I advise all students to understand the value of gaining these leadership skills in order to excel in your future career, and to truly make an effort in the process.
Please feel free to reach out to me if you would like to learn more about this topic, or if I can help you in any way. | Now how is this linked to my application to IE?
IE's values and the program structure of the MiF are different from other programs out there. Diversity is one prominent example. IE understands that in our society nowadays, we will work in environments that are more diverse than ever before. Consequently, it is crucial to respect others and to be able to understand different ways of working. Having worked in diverse teams before showed me that if people do not own the skills to | 93 |
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Transitioned nicely: Mike and Paul Piesche
Banking on Springfield
A family-owned community bank prepares for a leadership transition amid new regulatory burdens
By Dan Emerson
In the rural town of Springfield, the name Pieschel is synonymous with banking — specifically, local banking. Current owner and president Paul Pieschel represents the third generation of the family involved in running the town's oldest bank, Farmers and Merchants' Bank of Springfield.
Barring unforeseen circumstances, the 96-year-old bank is still quite a few years away from its next major leadership transition. But with the members of F&M Bank's management team now in their mid-50s, the bank is getting a head start on preparing for that day.
In 1918, Paul's<|fim_middle|>, and bankers like Paul are redoubling their commitments because they know how essential they are to their communities."
When Don Kveton founded Village Bank in 1993, he did so with a vision of approaching banking differently — with approaching customers differently. He recalled an incident when he was young and a "man in a suit" threatened his father, a farmer, with foreclosure after decades of droughts wrecked havoc on the family farm.
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Digitalization is a game changer. Across all industries, it's shifting the way business is done — for better or for worse. However, it can be a challenge to keep up with the multitude of technological advances, from the cloud to new apps and online processes. | grandfather, Frank Pieschel, came back from service in World War I and took a job at the bank, which local businessmen had founded one year before. By the 1940s, Frank had worked his way up to bank president, and served in that position until his death in 1962. Paul's father, Mike Pieschel, grew up in the Springfield area, entered the service during World War II, then returned to attend Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a law degree. Mike Pieschel became an executive vice president in 1962, with a non-family member serving as president. Pieschel acquired majority control in 1969, and became president.
After graduating from Springfield High School, Paul Pieschel attended St. John's University in Collegeville, spending a few summers working as a teller at F&M Bank. After graduating from St. John's, he spent a year working at Ridgedale State Bank in Minnetonka and returned to Springfield in 1983. Back at the bank, Paul "started in the teller line, did some bookkeeping, emptied wastebaskets ... I did a little bit of everything. I really learned about banking." After a stint as a loan officer, Paul was named executive vice president in 1989, and he became president when his father stepped down in 1992.
Now 55, Paul is about a decade away from retirement, as are several other members of the bank's management team. So leadership transition is on his mind.
When Mike stepped down in 1992 and Paul took over, things went smoothly, Paul says. That's in spite of the fact that his father practiced an "old school, top-down" management style. "He was a very good manager who largely relied on his own expertise and experience in making decisions," says Paul. "When I became president, one of the first things I did was establish a management team to more readily access [staff] input. We have all grown together over the years."
Most of the management team didn't come into the bank as senior offices, but rather grew into those positions over time. That, says vice president of investments and marketing Cindy Hillesheim, has proven valuable. "For example, we understand what tellers go through because we have done that," she says. "Paul started here as a loan officer, so he knows the 'ins and outs' of that job."
Paul's 85-year-old father is still involved at the bank, except when wintering in California. Indeed for many locals, Mike Pieschel "is still the face of the bank," Paul notes. "He's still one of the first guys to come to work every day, greeting customers and doing all kinds of projects, such as volunteering his time with the Springfield Area Foundation and Springfield Area Historical Society."
Time to transition
For small, family-held businesses, such as community banks, "it's impossible to start too early" on succession planning, says Dave Watrud, whose Edina-based firm, Watrud Leistico Associates, specializes in working with small businesses and community banks on their strategic-planning, operational, and marketing issues. "Many of these banks have an executive pool of bankers in their 40s and 50s who have 'grown up' together. So they need to start the replacement process early. If they don't start early, like Paul has, they might wake up 10 years from now and say 'What happened?' He has great foresight to think long-term ... and genuine caring for the employees, executives, and the community."
One of the essential elements of succession planning is identifying what roles are required to meet the organization's needs, Watrud says — not necessarily based on the person currently filling that role, but identifying educational, experience, character, and other requirements that will be needed and the competencies within that. "You need to develop the profile of the ideal individual for each role, so you are not just hiring people who are 'competent.'"
Watrud has been working with F&M Bank for about a decade; he was originally brought in to help the bank develop a plan to take on a new competitor that was about to set up in Springfield. Since then, he has helped the bank review and update its strategic plan on a quarterly and annual basis, and as needed.
"One of the hallmarks of the state's family-held banks is long-term commitment to the community," says Watrud. "When big banks buy community banks, that community involvement often goes away."
That can mean bad news for Minnesota in particular. The state has a higher-than-average number of independent community banks because of state legislation originally passed in the Depression-era 1930s that made it difficult for banks to branch into other areas. Over the years, the laws have changed, but Minnesota still has a relatively high number of community banks, many of them family-held. Since 2005, theIndependent Community Bankers of Minnesota trade group in Eagan has offered the Family Held Bank Institute, a two-year program the Pieschels have participated in, to help the relatively large number of family-held banks in Minnesota. The program, says Paul, "helped us gain a better understanding of the challenge sometimes involved in bringing a family member into a business."
Psychological dimension
Since the summer of 2011, F&M Bank's leaders have also been working with consultants from Minneapolis-based Leadership Transitions to develop the bank's next generation of managers. The firm helps businesses with "human issues related to business performance," according to founder Abigail Barrett, a licensed psychologist with more than 25 years of experience in executive coaching and team development.
Before starting Leadership Transitions in 1999, Barrett worked with a local consulting firm and helped develop one of the first models for understanding the overlap of family dynamics with business dynamics. "At that time, there were no university-based [research] programs organized around family businesses," she recalls.
Barrett's current firm focuses on leadership development, especially in times of transition or leadership succession, and has developed a specialty in helping family-owned businesses, which typically face unique challenges in integrating family and business.
Many such businesses operate under the entrepreneurial model, in which roles, responsibilities, and organizational structures develop over time, often with little planning or analysis, and may not be particularly clear, Barrett says. "Those roles might not make sense to an outsider; something about that person's skill set caused the job role to be shaped around them, rather than based on a more objective assessment of the organizational needs." In working with F&M Bank, Barrett and two of Leadership Transitions' other consultants, Katy Mitchell and Maggie Kilpatrick, have helped the bank develop a succession plan built around "competency modeling," which means "deciding what competencies will be necessary for the next wave of leaders," Mitchell says. "It's a necessary process because business conditions change and businesses change."
Leadership Transitions uses a proprietary process to create a competency model that outlines 15 core competencies and then "behavioralizes" them — identifies what types of behaviors are needed for those business functions. "It's a great tool for figuring out what competencies are needed, and it also provides a tool for evaluating people as they come in the door," says Mitchell.
After generating the list of competencies, the next step was leadership development and coaching, an opportunity for each of the current managers to evaluate their own "commitment, competence, and character." The process, says Pieschel, "has helped us identify what characteristics we should be looking for in our next leaders, and deciding what changes we may or may not make in regard to titles and responsibilities. It's also an ongoing process to help us learn how to work better as a team, and a good strategic planning process."
Pieschel and his management team have already implemented some of the recommendations and are considering "re-engineering" some positions to reflect changing needs. In replacing the members of the current management team, the bank has two basic options, according to Pieschel: recruit bankers from outside the community — which can be a challenge for a rural bank — or develop leaders among bank employees or those with roots in the Springfield area.
One unresolved question is whether any of Paul and his wife Sharon's three children will decide to go into banking. Their oldest daughter, 24-year-old Olivia, recently earned a master's degree in finance at the University of St. Thomas and has accepted a position in Minneapolis with Chartwell Financial. "Olivia worked her way through college in our bank, and in banks in the Twin Cities," Paul notes.
The Pieschels also have a 20-year-old daughter, Madeline, who is a sophomore in business communications at Marquette University. Both daughters have worked at the bank. Their son Joe is an eighth-grader in Springfield.
Paul recalls his own early-career indecision. "When I was a junior in college, Dad asked me if I thought I would ever go into banking. I was a history major at the time, and he wondered how I would make a living doing that. That got the wheels spinning ..."
Massive new burden
If any of Paul's children do go into the family business, they'll face a challenge that has for small community banks grown exponentially in recent years: new regulatory burdens. Numbers often tell the story in the banking business, and 10,000 has been on Pieschel's mind. That's the approximate number of pages of new bank rules and regulations introduced by the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, passed by Congress in 2010 as a response to the financial crisis of 2008-2009.
Since the financial crisis, the regulatory burden on banks has mushroomed, Pieschel says. The legislation that created the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (consumerfinance.gov) is making the process of vetting and deciding whether mortgage applicants are qualified buyers "much more onerous than it used to be," he says, noting that banks both large and small will need to add compliance officers, affecting their bottom lines.
For the banks, there is a certain irony in the situation, since many of the problems that led to the mortgage crisis were caused by those in what Pieschel calls a "shadow banking industry" — unregulated mortgage brokers who abused the system to write as many mortgages as possible, and profit accordingly. Community bankers and their lobbyists have been asking those in Congress "to step back and look at what will be the real impact of these new laws," Pieschel says. "We all want to do the right thing and see consumers protected, but the overreach of government is going to choke our industry; it will tighten credit, with unintended consequences."
Watrud at Liestico Associates has similar concerns. "Small banks in Minnesota and elsewhere that didn't cause the financial crisis a few years ago are taking on a significantly heavier regulatory burden," he says. "A lot of bankers in Greater Minnesota are struggling with, 'How do I continue this entity?' But there is a continuing need for viable community banks | 2,322 |
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eanland was a roots rock jam band, based in Oxford, Mississippi, which performed and recorded primarily from 1986 to 1993.
Beanland was founded in Oxford in 1985 by guitarists Bill McCrory and George McConnell, with Adam Stoll on drums and harmonica. After some early shuffling, the band's line-up consisted of McConnell and McCrory on guitar, John "JoJo" Hermann on keyboards, Ron Lewis on bass, and Harry Peel on drums. The band recorded a self-titled debut album in 1991 and toured extensively,<|fim_middle|>The JamBase Podcast.'
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Shortly after the album's release, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann left Beanland to join Widespread Panic. McConnell kept Beanland alive briefly as a four-piece with a much-altered line-up, and recorded a follow-up album in 1992, but the band dissolved soon after.
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Since I was just making these on a whim for breakfast one morning, I wasn't planning on blogging about it. But THESE biscuits! Oh my gosh, they turned out so good, I had to snap a few photos so I could share this recipe with you! They are easy. They are bursting with bright fresh dilly flavor! They are texturally dreamy! Golden brown and slightly crisp on the outside, while soft and warm on the inside. Serve them slit open with a pat of butter, or as I did, with poached eggs. These would also pair perfectly with smoked salmon and a dab of cream cheese or creme fraiche. Enjoy!
I added a bit more flavor and texture by sprinkling course salt and fresh cracked pepper on top of the biscuits before they're baked.
The dill permeates every nook and cranny to ensure maximum dill flavor in every bite!
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Mix the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda together in a medium bowl. Add the cubed butter and blend together using your finger tips (squeeze the pieces of butter and dry ingredients together between fingers, until the mixture resembles oats or has pea-sized pieces of butter/flour).
Make a well in the butter-flour mixture and add the yogurt and dill. Use a large spoon to stir the batter together, until a ball forms. If the mixture is too dry, add milk — 1 Tablespoon at a time — until a craggy dough forms (if will be a fairly dry dough).
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it 10 times. If it's too sticky, add a tiny bit of flour; the dough will stick a bit to your hands. Using your hands, shape/pat into a large rectangle, about 3/4-inch thick. Cut into rounds using a 2- or 2 1/2-inch biscuit or cookie cutter. Gather up scraps, reshape dough and cut into rounds.
Place the rounds on the baking sheet and sprinkle each with course salt and pepper. Bake for 7 – 9 minutes, or until biscuits are golden brown. Serve warm. Enjoy!
This recipe is adapted from How to Cook<|fim_middle|>. Never tried to make biscuits, but think I'll give these a shot!
Thanks! They're practically impossible to mess up, I hope you try it! And once you do you can experiment with all kinds of flavors!
That's so nice, thanks!!! And ditto! | Everything by Mark Bittman.
Mmm, I love biscuits! The dill looks like a nice touch!
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Family raise £1.9m to get miracle treatment to save baby boy
A Leicestershire family were left devastated after their baby son was diagnosed with a severe degenerative disease, but have managed to raise over £1.9m to fund treatment that could change his life.
Two months into his life, Metehan Fidan's parents Tuncay and Zeliha from Glenfield realised there was something wrong with their son when his movement started to slow down.
He was then diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 – a life-limiting disease that would lead to his muscles weakening over time.
Metehan started a treatment called Spinraza – the only one currently approved in the UK to treat his condition and one that he would have to continue having for the rest of his life.
But even with the treatment, Metehan's SMA type 1, which is the most severe of four types of the disease, meant he was incredibly vulnerable to infection and was 'highly unlikely' to live past the age of two.
Tuncay and Zeliha wanted to give him the best chance at life they could and decided to start fundraising for a one-time treatment called Zolgensma, for babies under the age of two who are diagnosed with SMA.
But one dose of the drug, which is only available in the US and Europe, would cost the couple £1.9 million. And as Metehan was already 11 months old, his time was running out.
The global Covid-19 pandemic also meant that any fundraising efforts would be limited, due to the need for people to maintain social distancing rules.
However, just months later, they now have reached what they thought was an impossible goal thanks to the kindness of local communities and total strangers from across the world.
Tuncay said: 'To be honest – that number is huge and when I first heard it, it did sound impossible. It was really hard at the beginning but knowing that there was a treatment out there, we just had to try – we didn't want to look back and regret that we didn't.'
With the support of friends and family, Tuncay and Zeliha started raising money through a JustGiving page. They also set up profiles dedicated to the campaign across a number of social media platforms which quickly reached people from all over the world.
'Metehan has supporters from everywhere now,' Tuncay said.
'It started off with donations from family and friends and then we got the support of the Turkish community in Leicester as well as in Luton.
'The word spread and we were getting support from all communities from all over. I could never make that much money myself so this is just unbelievable.'
Local Turkish communities in Luton and Leicester promoted the campaign and organised fundraising events across the country.
Atilla Uston, the chairman of the Luton Turkish Community Association who coordinated the campaign, said: 'We had run many campaigns and initiatives before, but nothing on this scale.
'We had fundraisers from as far as Aberdeen. People started making and
selling things to raise the funds and we even had live Instagram auctions to help raise the money.
'Young people got involved too, including one 13-year-old who raised a few thousand by doing a sports challenge from his home. Everyone got involved so Metehan could get this miracle medicine.'
Tuncay was said he was blown away by the support and acts of kindness
from total strangers.
He said: 'People were not only just donating, but they were also getting involved.
'I had a message from someone I didn't even know who said they had donated £100 but they wanted to do more and asked how they could help.
'They told 10 more people to donate, who told even more people and it just went from there.'
Thousands from the UK and beyond became invested in Metehan's story and – despite not knowing most of them – Tuncay said he is 'incredibly grateful' to all of them.
He said: 'We call them Metehan's heroes or his angels – and even though I didn't sleep for months while doing this campaign, I had massive support from those people – everyone has been so touched by Metehan's story.
'We didn't get a chance to go out and talk to people but social media
has played a huge part in this.'
Tuncay and Zeliha also had immense support from Metehan's medical team, who they same became a 'family' to them.
'Whenever we went to Royal Infirmary, doctors and nurses would ask how the campaign was going and how much has been raised – they really cared and I'm so happy with the support we got,' Tuncay said'
'We just want to say a huge thank you to everyone and wish we could get everyone together to celebrate.'
Currently, Tuncay said the team are working hard<|fim_middle|> Know All News | to find out if the one-time treatment can be brought to the UK so Metehan can have it privately, at home. If that isn't possible, the family will have to travel to Boston Children's Hospital in the US when travel restrictions allow.
While there is no cure for spinal muscular atrophy, Zolgensma should give Metehan the chance to live 'a relatively normal life'.
Tuncay said: 'We know that this will still be here forever but we wanted to give him the best life we could.
'Even though Metehan has been our priority, we still want people to know about SMA and we will continue to raise awareness around SMA.'
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Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello was Morton Feldman's last work, composed only a few months before his sudden death from cancer in 1987. Like many of his late works, it is long, quiet, has no dramatic changes of tempo or dynamic and is hypnotically repetitive, although its patterns unfold gradually through a myriad of tiny, subtle variations, so the music is always in flux, similar yet never the same. Figures and chords seem to linger, like long sighs or intakes of breath (the piano's damper pedal is held down throughout), but less like sighs of pleasure or sadness than something more profound, as if the soul itself were breathing.
Pianist Aleck Karis, in his CD notes, recalls Christian Wolff's suggestion that the scale of Feldman's late works tends to disorient listeners, transporting them into a trance-like state: 'The music invites its own interruption, but as an internal, wholly subjective, private event'. Karis himself likens the experience to strolling through Venice at night: 'One may feel lost, but one is in a very beautiful place. A pleasurable disorientation can be part of the magic.'
I feel so disoriented I'm not sure how to compare these recordings. Both have entranced me at times, so the differences are probably insignificant. But, speaking very subjectively and exaggerating my impressions, I'd say: the Bridge version has relaxed playing, soft-edged strings and a close, dusky acoustic; the Quartetto Klimt features taut playing from piquant strings in a clear, spacious acoustic. Both conjure beautiful places where a listener can enjoy getting lost.
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Piano International, 2015 - ©Rhinegold Publishing
Piano International | ossi (pf) , Duccio Ceccanti (vn), Edoardo Rosadini (va), Alice Gabbiani (vc)
Stradivarius STR 33 | 39 |
Braun Wandanlage 2021 100th Anniversary Edition
25. March 2021 · Write a comment · Categories: Hifi News ·<|fim_middle|>ogra WOWO turntable is bespoke and made to order. You can choose the colour of the aluminium and the kind of wood veneer that you like. To enable an even more stable function, the WOWO can run on an optional battery, which can be…
New Reel To Reel Record Label
Analogy Records is a new reel to reel record label. They claim to be world's first to produce contemporary artists in their own recording studio, the Zerodieci Studio, distributing Original Master Tapes. Instead of producing copies from a pre-existing master, for each order they produce an original master directly from the multi-track recording system. Analogy Records looks for interesting and… | Tags: hi fi news, hifi news, reel to reel, turntable, vintage hifi, Vinyl
BRAUN WANDANLAGE 2021 100TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION BY VIRGIL ABLOH
Technology has made some major advancements since the iconic Braun wall unit, Wandanlage, began development in 1961. And now, 60 years later, Virgil Abloh has reimagined it in a one-off project for 2021.
BRAUN 100TH ANNIVERSARY
The one-of-a-kind project coincides with the brand's 100th anniversary celebrations. Virgil carefully analysed every detail of the original blueprints and used his personal influences to build a piece of "functional art" that aligns with the intrinsic Braun idea of good design being built to last. The metallic finish of the 2021 version is a visual manifestation of the parallels between Braun's polished chrome design aesthetic – such as the 1960 SM3 shaver and 1961 T1 toaster – and the high shine of Virgil Abloh's cultural and musical references of the past 100 years.
The Braun Wandanlage 2021 100th Anniversary Edition by Virgil Abloh
VIRGIL ABLOH X BRAUN
A remix track by Chicago architect, designer, musician and philanthropist Virgil Abloh, (artistic director for Louis Vuitton men's wear and CEO of his Milan-based luxury fashion label Off-White), is also available on his Soundcloud to bring the Braun ethos of good design to life: "It's timeless and meant to be appreciated and enjoyed over time."
The tape section of the Braun Wandanlage 2021 100th Anniversary Edition
Virgil Abloh says of the partnership: "I have always had a deep appreciation for Braun design. For the brand's 100 years, I jumped at the opportunity to reimagine this iconic Braun product and challenge what we have come to expect from design. The "functional art" piece co-curated with Braun Design not only highlights the original function of the hifi wall unit that was the best audio of its time, but also the quality and durable materials that are built to last. As a creator, I continue to question how art is perceived in today's culture. 'Functional art' is a lasting legacy of the enduring power of good design that is simple, useful and built to last. In so doing, it advances the frames of design references beyond design 'purists' to broader audiences."
Braun Wandanlage 2021 100th Anniversary Edition detail
With the collaboration comes a short film following Virgil at Farnsworth House (designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe) as he explains his design process behind the reimagined Wandanlage. In a nod to his practice as a DJ, Virgil has also curated a bespoke remix composition titled 'Internationalism' so design 'purists' and broader audiences can experience the musical inspiration behind the collaboration.
The eclectic track embodies a 'genre-less' approach to music, something that Virgil has spoken about before in reference to his musical taste, commenting: "Eclectic, genre-less, longevity, connection, using sound to paint pictures. I always have music on in the background of everything I do. My musical tastes know no boundaries; they don't fit within a box or a category, very much so in the same way that I or my work don't just sit in one space. 'Internationalism' is a diverse and varied track, yet cohesive in its sentiment. To me, this track exemplifies the Braun ethos of good design – it's timeless and meant to be appreciated and enjoyed over time."
The original Braun Wandanlage from 1961
BRAUN AUDIO LE03 SPEAKER
And so you can have your own little piece of Braun history, they have also launched the Braun Audio 100 Years White Edition LE03 wireless speaker at 399€
Midland Audio Exchange Now Distributing Dr Feickert Analogue
Chris Feickert has been building his handmade Dr Feickert Analogue turntables in Germany for over twenty years. Midland Audio Xchange Now, after a five-year absence, Dr Feickert Analogue turntables will be available in the UK again, distributed by Midland Audio Xchange. Dr Feickert Analogue MAX we will be stocking Dr Feickert Analogue Volare, Woodpecker, Blackbird and Firebird turntables, Linear power…
Tentogra WOWO Turntable Unveiled
The new Tentogra WOWO turntable is the third model from this Polish brand. Bespoke Turntable The Tent | 1,003 |
EntertainmentThere were Almost 30,000 Tweets About<|fim_middle|> that Egypt was the second highest country to tweet about the Egyptian/American actor … following the US! Yeah, Yeah it makes sense a bit … but wouldn't the dude count as "Fakhr Al-Arab" too?
With that many tweets about Ramy, he wasn't the one with most tweets! Check out this list below that was provided to us by Twitter!
The most tweeted about celebrities on the red carpet:
The most tweeted about movies of the night:
The most tweeted about celebrities of the night:
The most tweeted about TV shows of the night:
Hightlight
Mohamed Fouad
With a bright career in child protection and an interest in social transformation, Fouad's two cents are worth a lot. He also has a master's degree in Education and International Development.
Carbs: Are They Your Superhero or Your Archenemy?
EXCLUSIVE: Twitter Just Shared With Us All the Information You'll Need to Know About the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards! | Ramy Youssef Winning a Golden Globe and You Can't See Us surprised!
Mohamed FouadJanuary 11, 20206 min
Aside from the obvious fact that Twitter has one of the biggest fan bases, and users, in the Middle East, there are some times when you see all these people take to their Twitter account to celebrate something, or in most cases, blow off some steam!
See the thing is, I really do have an obsession when it comes to Hollywood news. There is nothing that certainly goes by that I wouldn't know about (All thanks to Twitter's notifications whenever someone I choose posts something!). So among the accounts that I follow are celebrity news accounts that post news by the second (no exaggeration there!) so you can imagine how my phone was like when Ramy Youssef won himself a Golden Globe!
In case you've been living under a rock; Egyptian Actor Ramy Youssef (@ramy) won his first Golden Globe this year for best actor in a comedy series, Ramy. The show, in which Youssef plays the title character, tells the story of a millennial Muslim who is a second-generation American born to immigrant parents in the United States. As we personally do have some concerns with the show, we cannot deny that it's quite an accomplishment!
According to a press release by Twitter; Following Ramy's win, more than 30,000 Tweets were shared on Twitter globally. @ramy also humorously tweeted that his sister was not impressed with his win, which received more than 50,000 Likes:
my sister said i still ain't shit pic.twitter.com/dJeil7frOD
— ramy youssef (@ramy) January 6, 2020
The strange part of all of this, maybe not so strange to some, | 384 |
Behavioural and Economics Science Cluster e-seminars
Teaching Norms in the Streets
25 June 2020 5:00pm–6:15pm
Title: Teaching Norms in the Streets
Presenter: Marie Claire Villeval - CNRS & Gate-Lab
Time: 5–6.15pm.
Marie Claire Villeval is Research Professor in economics at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and she is affiliated with the GATE (Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique) research institute, at the University of Lyon, France.
Her main research interests focus on experimental economics, behavioural economics, public economics and personnel economics. They include the conduct of laboratory and field experiments on cheating and tax evasion, incentives and motivation, teamwork and leadership, punishment and cooperation, status-seeking and ego utility, self-image, emotions.
She has published in such economic journals as American Economic Review, Management Science, the Economic Journal, Experimental Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Social Choice and Welfare, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Economic Inquiry, Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
About Behavioural and Economics Science Cluster e-seminars
An online seminar series on Experimental and Behavioural Economics organized by the Behavioral and Economic Science Cluster (BESC) of the School of Economics at The University of Queensland
Our seminars take place fortnightly via Zoom on Wednesdays at 10 am or 5 pm (AEST), depending on whether the guest speaker is streaming from US/Australia or Europe respectively.
Seminars consist of a 60-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.
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You can check the corresponding times for your own time zone using the following links for each session: 10am, 5pm.
Clicking the button below gives you the option to register for: (i) all seminars (ii) seminars that take place at 10am or 5pm, or (iii) individual seminars.
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If you wish to attend an upcoming seminar within the 48-hour window, please drop an email to Alex Karakostas.
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BESC seminar presented by Michael Price
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Identifying habits in field data using machine learning
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1. You don't trust it. This is a good thing. You need to validate information on this site. Guess what? You<|fim_middle|>RIEND! A great tool and a great lesson to examine for inconsistencies. | should validate all information you find. We are on our toes with Wikipedia, but completely let our guard down on other sources.
2. Many people contribute. Articles tend to remain objective. Some interesting facts show up, again validate from other resources.
3. The outline. Have you ever noticed the outline on most articles? This helps my students tremendously to organize their research. We sometime take the outline and create a web.
4. Images. When you click on an image you get so much information. I use this for lessons on copyright. Also, if you search Wikimedia Commons, you can find some copyright friendly images that you can use in projects.
Wikipedia is a reflection of how we currently and authentically acquire and share information. It is radically democratic, social, and dynamic.
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A theatre and performance arts space based on the ground floor of Afflecks Palace in Manchester's Northern Quarter – often abbreviated to '3MT'.
It is a purpose-build developmental performance space, especially welcoming of new writing for both radio and stage, as well as music and comedy.A number<|fim_middle|> Square Circle Theatre.
Events include a range of plays, 'FLIM NITE' on the first-Monday of the month, the poetry slam event 'Word War', the 'Stirred' Feminist Poetry Collective which hosted Joan Armatrading in September 2017 and also in that month the innovative 'We 4 Poets Music, Comedy and Mayhem' session. | of online radio shows are also created in association with 3MT.
Skills development, creativity and originality are all fundamental values of the venue. The space hosts a number of live literature events on a regular basis. Described as 'a favourite with the Manchester poets' , it is also home to both the Manchester Shakespeare Company and | 66 |
Turkey in Depth
Turkey - Trip code TU Discovery
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Turkey is a country of contrasting landscapes and immense cultural riches. This all-encompassing trip takes-in Istanbul, the impressive ancient sites of Aphrodisias and Ephesus, the unusual terraces of Pamukkale, and visits the World War I battlefields of Gallipoli.
Cappadocia - Explore the fairy-tale chimneys and rock carved cave dwellings
Gallipoli - Discover the poignant World War I memorials including the Lone Pine Cemetery
Turquoise Coast - Take a tranquil boat ride through the reeds to Caunos and swim at Iztuzu Beach
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Day 1 - Join trip in Istanbul
Arrive in Istanbul. As Constantinople, the city was the capital of both the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, so today it is steeped in history and fascinating architecture. Modern day Istanbul has much to offer - not least its mouth-watering cuisine and budding cafe culture. The city straddles between Europe and Asia and because of this, it was an important stop on the old Silk Road. It is a melting pot of different cultures and this is demonstrated in its gastronomy. Turkish food is a hearty mix of Middle Eastern, Asian and Balkan style dishes that range from barbecued meat kebabs to vine leaf wrapped vegetable and rice parcels.
For those arriving on time our Leader plans to meet you in the hotel reception at 7pm for the welcome meeting and for those that wish, there is the chance to go out for dinner. There are no other activities planned today, so you are free to arrive in Istanbul at any time. If you would like to receive a complimentary airport transfer today, you'll need to arrive at Istanbul Airport (IST), which is about one hour and 30 minutes' drive or Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (SAW), which is around two hours' drive from the city centre, depending on traffic, which can be heavy at times. Should you miss the welcome meeting, your Leader will inform you of any essential information as soon as you catch up.
Our conveniently located hotel is within walking distance or a short tram ride of many of the cultural and historical sites in the Sultanahmet district. If your flight arrives earlier in the day, perhaps you might choose to explore this area. If your flight is arriving earlier today or if you're extending your stay by a night then we'd recommend visiting Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, as it is closed on a Sunday, so there won't be the opportunity to go tomorrow. Located within the walls of Istanbul, there are around 60 streets and over 3,000 shops selling everything from jewellery to carpets and textiles and furniture to local arts and crafts. It's one of the oldest and largest covered markets in the world. The labyrinth of streets also house two mosques, two hamams (Turkish baths) and an array of restaurants and cafes, so there is plenty to experience in this historic landmark of Istanbul.
Monaco Hotel (or similar)
Grade: Comfortable Hotel
Single room available
Meals Provided: None
Day 2 - Full day tour of Istanbul including the Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet Square, Hagia Sophia and a trip across the Bosphorus to Kadikoy
This morning we'll get our first chance to try a traditional Turkish breakfast which usually consists of a variety of yogurts, cheese and breads along with fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, olives and fruits in season.
Heading out on foot, we walk to the Sultan Ahmet district; taking around twenty five minutes through historic Istanbul's lively and colourful streets to reach the hub of Sultanahmet Square. Also known as the Hippodrome of Constantinople the square was used for chariot racing in the Roman era; now days it's more sedate with a number of landmarks including the Serpentine Column, Obelisk of Theodosius and the Walled Obelisk. We have a full guided tour of the square, ending up at its most famous building the impressive Sultanahmet Blue Mosque, one of the most widely recognized sites in Istanbul, which still dominates the skyline to this day.
Continuing on foot, we reach the famous Byzantine Hagia Sophia, which reigned as the greatest Greek Orthodox church for 900 years before later becoming an imperial mosque. The interior is truly magnificent with its vast richly decorated domes and mosaic panels.
There are several lunch options around the Sultan Ahmet district, alternatively it's a short walk or tram ride to the Spice bazaar where there are numerous traditional meyhene (taverns) where you can sit down and try a selection of home cooked dishes.
This afternoon we take the public ferry across the Bosphorus to Kadikoy. Taking around thirty minutes, the ferry offers great views of the city skyline from the busy waterway that separates the continent of Europe and Asia.
Our destination this afternoon is the Yeldegirmeni neighbourhood, which in recent years has a thriving expressive street art scene as well as a large selection of restaurants, bars and entertainment, it's a great spot to end the day. Your local Leader will be able to offer you advice on the best eating options, either remaining in Yeldegirmeni or returning to our hotel.
Meals Provided: Breakfast
Day 3 - Travel to Ankara; visit Ataturk's Mausoleum and the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations
Leaving Turkey's largest city behind us this morning at about 7am, we head for the capital of Ankara. Our journey will take approximately six hours, but we travel through interesting countryside and have plenty of breaks. During the summer months, we are likely to pass through huge expanses of sunflowers - an important oil crop in the country.
When we get to Ankara, we will visit the impressive Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. This monumental building sits high above the city and honours the highly respected leader of Turkey's fight for independence, widely regarded as the founder of modern Turkey. We also visit the superb Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, which gives a fantastic overview of Turkey's complex history.
This evening, our centrally located hotel provides an excellent base from which to explore the capital's restaurants and bars.
Angrand Hotel (or similar)
Day 4 - Visit Hacibektas Museum en route to Urgup; see Kaymakli underground city
This morning, we set off on our journey to Cappadocia, stopping en route in Hacibektas, which is around three and a half hours' drive. The museum here once housed the famous Bektashi Dervish sect and is now recreated as it would have looked during the 13th century.
An hour's further drive takes us to Urgup - our base for the next two nights from which we will explore the lunar landscape of Cappadocia. This area is famed for its unique geological formations and a history that stretches back to before the Hittites (2000 BC).
This afternoon we visit Kaymakli Underground City. Built by Christians escaping Arab oppression and once home to 3,500 people, this troglodyte cave-city is one of the largest of 34 similar excavations in Cappadocia. Built under the Citadel of Kaymakli, it contains nearly 100 tunnels on eight subterranean floors. We will explore the four that are open to the public, containing stables, a church and storage places.
After a busy day exploring you might like to try a popular local yoghurt drink called, ayran, it has an unusual salty and soured milk flavour. Our next two nights are spent in a traditional style stone hotel on the outskirts of Goreme with, indoor & outdoor swimming pools, sauna, terrace bar and fantastic, mountain views - if you're up early will be able to see hot air balloons filling the sky.
Sobek Stone House (or similar)
Grade: Premium Hotel
Swimming pool available
Day 5 - Full day in Cappadocia
Later this morning we have the option of taking a three-hour walk through the remarkable Red and Rose Valleys, helping us to gain a better appreciation of this landscape. Formed by volcanic eruptions which covered the valleys with mud, ash and blocks of hard rock, over the ages this volcanic 'tufa' was sculpted by erosion into strange and improbable shapes. Byzantine hermits settled in this area and carved churches, houses, fortresses and even complete underground cities into these cone formations known as fairy-tale chimneys.
This afternoon we visit Uchisar Castle, where rooms are carved into this massive rock on the top of the Uchisar citadel. From its peak, magnificent views can be gained of the whole region including the valleys that we walked through yesterday. We also spend time in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Goreme Open Air Museum, where we will explore its many rock-carved churches and monastic buildings; some of which feature a stunning collection of wall paintings.
Day 6 - Konya, home to the Whirling Dervishes en route to Antalya
Leaving Cappadocia at around 7am this morning today is one of our longest days. Our first stop is the 13th century Sultanhani Caravansarai - once the largest roadside inn in Turkey, supporting the flow of commerce between the East and the West. We then drive for a further two hours to Konya - Turkey's holiest city and the home of the Mevlana sect, better known as the Whirling Dervishes. Here, we will visit the Mevlana Museum to learn more about Sufism and the Whirling Dervish tradition.
After lunch we head back onto the open road driving to Antalya, the gateway to Turkey's southern Mediterranean. On arrival we will head into the delightful old town of Antalya much of which dates back to Roman and Byzantine times. Wander around the narrow cobblestones streets and head to the historic harbour which hosts a good selection of restaurants, cafes and bars.
In total today we drive for approximately seven hours, but our journey is broken up by the stops we make along the way.
Hotel Ant Royal (or similar)
Day 7 - Journey to Kas via the ancient town of Olympos
This morning at around 9am we drive towards the illustrious ancient town of Olympos, which takes us around ninety minutes. Although its early history is shrouded in mystery, we do know that it was an important Lycian city by the 2nd century BC and that the Olympians worshipped Hephaestus (Vulcan), the god of fire. Today, only fragmentary ruins remain in a lush, overgrown site overlooking the tropical coastline.
We will enjoy a short, but steep uphill walk through forest to the 'Chimaera' eternal flame, before having the opportunity to enjoy a refreshing dip in the sea - don't forget to bring your swim wear and a towel. Those who would prefer not to join this walk can choose to relax in the cafe at the bottom of the hill.
Our journey continues along the Turquoise coast (so named because of the clear waters of the Aegean Sea) to the unspoilt coastal town of Kas - our base for the next two nights.
Kekova Hotel (or similar)
Day 8 - In Kas with the chance to sea kayak or visit Xanthos
With its old Greek<|fim_middle|> your safe enjoyment of the water based activities on this trip. If you wish to participate in these activities then we insist that you are able to swim.
Nothing compulsory, but we recommend protection against tetanus, typhoid, infectious hepatitis and polio. The above is not an exhaustive list. Further information regarding vaccinations and travel health advice can be found by following the NHS and NaTHNaC links at http://www.explore.co.uk/Travelhealth/ and from your local healthcare provider. Visa and vaccination requirements are subject to change and should be confirmed before departure.
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Sat 31 Aug 2024 - Sat 14 Sep 2024 Guaranteed departure | houses and their picturesque balconies, the tiny seaport of Kas is one of the most beautiful on the Turkish Riviera. Today has been left free for you to relax and soak up the town's charming atmosphere or take part in an optional activity. You could take a boat trip to see the sunken ruins at Kekova or try your hand at sea kayaking. Kas is also a great place to pick up souvenirs, but don't forget to haggle!
For a little more culture, it is possible to arrange a trip to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the ancient city of Xanthos.
Day 9 - Boat ride to Caunos and Iztuzu Beach; arrive in Dalyan
Today's early morning drive to Dalyan allows us to enjoy a gentle riverboat trip through the reeds of the Koycegiz River, looking out for loggerhead turtles in this serene setting. After viewing the rock-cut tombs of ancient Caunos from the water, we step onto dry land to explore the ruins further, which date back to 400 BC.
Once again, we recommend packing your swimming costume today, as we have the opportunity for a dip in the inviting turquoise sea at Iztuzu Beach. Whilst here there is also the chance to visit the Turtle Conservation Centre (DEKAMER) before returning to Dalyan. The conservation centre works to protect the turtle nesting areas on Iztuzu Beach, cares for and rehabilitates injured turtles and also attempts to educate the local fisherman on the importance of using propeller guards. Later this afternoon we head to Dalyan and check-in to our hotel for the night.
Today we spend around three hours driving and about the same duration travelling by boat.
Metin Hotel (or similar)
Day 10 - Visit the ancient sites of Pamukkale and Hierapolis
Today we drive for about four hours to our hotel in Pamukkale. After spending the early afternoon relaxing by the pool, we will head out to explore one of Turkey's most amazing natural wonders known as the 'cotton castle,' taking its name from the white calcareous concretions deposited by mineral springs.
Above the terraced pools you'll find the ancient spa town of Hierapolis where the ruins date back to 2nd century BC and the time of Eumenes II. Earthquakes have rocked the area throughout history and the site was finally abandoned in 1334 following a particularly strong quake, but as recently as the mid-20th century, hotels were being constructed on top of its priceless ruins. Luckily, UNESCO World Heritage status has saved it from further damage. You can visit the theatre, Temple of Apollo, Frontinus Gate and see a number of sarcophagi as well as having the chance to go into the Archaeology Museum housed in the former Roman baths.
We move on to the 'frozen waterfall'. Situated on a high escarpment, Pamukkale has been an attraction since Roman times. Stalactites of a bright white petrified waterfalls cascade from basin to basin. We visit the incredible travertine pools, where you can opt to swim and enjoy the views overlooking the Menderes Valley. Don't miss Cleopatra's Pool - an oasis of beauty with a mirror-like clarity that allows us to see deep down to the ruins below.
Lycus River Hotel (or similar)
Day 11 - Visit Aphrodisias Greco-Roman site; arrive in Selcuk
Today we visit the very impressive Greco-Roman site of Aphrodisias, where the goddess of love once bestowed her sensual favours on her willing devotees. The drive here takes around an hour and a half. This site is in many ways as spectacular as Ephesus, but far quieter by comparison, and there's also an excellent museum on site that you may like to visit. The tetrapylon is a wonderfully ornate example of a huge gateway which would have once welcomed you into the main street leading to the Temple of Aphrodite. The well-preserved odeon and theatre are also well worth seeing, as is the Sebasteion, which is carved with reliefs depicted Aphrodite and her worshippers. The piece de resistance has to be the stadium which measures 270 metre long by 60 metres wide and would have held 30,000 spectators. On the seats you'll find carvings into the rock, which have been graffitied during the athletic events that took place here.
Later, a three hour drive takes us to Selcuk, our base for two nights.
Cenka Hotel (or similar)
Day 12 - Explore Ephesus; chance to visit Selcuk Museum
Today we visit Selcuk's historic neighbour, the great Greco-Roman city of Ephesus. We aim to get there in time for the site opening and before it becomes overly crowded with visitors. Once visited by Mark Anthony and Cleopatra, and also by St. Paul, inspiring the Epistle to the Ephesians, this famous Asia Minor seaport reached its zenith in the 2nd century AD, becoming one of the main cultural and economic centres of the ancient world until it went into decline after the 7th century. It boasted an excellent gymnasia and a stadium with seating for 70,000 spectators. Other highlights include the Baths of Constantine, the brothel, the Temple of Hadrian with its beautiful facade, the theatre (a giant with 24,000 seats) and the odeon (a 2000 seat music and poetry centre), the Arcadian Way (where Cleopatra entered from the harbour) and the Marble Avenue featuring the 2-storey Library of Celsus, which is one of the most photographed Greco-Roman buildings in the world.
Driving on a short distance, we will visit the famous Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, before returning to Selcuk for a free afternoon. In your own time, you may choose to explore St John's Basilica, the Isa Bey Mosque or Selcuk Museum. Alternatively, you may prefer to enjoy a bit of shopping or relaxation, soaking up the town's laid-back vibe. Selcuk is the ideal place to people-watch as you sip Turkish tea with the backgammon-playing locals in the many open air café's and parks.
Day 13 - See Pergamum Acropolis and Troy en route to Canakkale
This morning we leave our hotel at about 7am to continue our journey north, past the endless olive groves and pomegranate trees, to the Greco-Roman remains of Pergamum, now the typical Turkish town of Bergama. Pergamum gave its name to the word 'parchment', for which it was famous for throughout the Middle East. We visit the ancient Acropolis and later continue to the ancient site of Troy where, according to legend, the artful Ulysses devised the Wooden Horse Strategy, thereby ending the 10 year Trojan War. Here, nine ruined cities, one on top of the other, have been uncovered, going back some 5,000 years. Troy VI is the assumed walled city of King Priam (1800-1275 BC), celebrated by the blind Greek poet Homer in the Iliad and all but lost in legend until unearthed by amateur archaeologist Schliemann in 1871.
Later this afternoon, we drive a short distance to our hotel for the night, in Guzelyal. Arrive at about 5.30pm.
Today is one of our longest drives and we travel for approximately seven hours.
Canak Hotel (or similar)
Day 14 - Travel to the Gallipoli Battlefields; return to Istanbul
We leave early this morning at around 6.30am to board the ferry for the short crossing (around 30 minutes') across the Dardanelles Straits to the Gallipoli Peninsula. It was here in 1916 that, after much bloody hand-to-hand fighting and loss of life, the ill-fated Allied campaign was forced to concede victory to the Turks and withdraw. We will visit Anzac Cove - the infamous site of the Anzac landing, as well as the Lone Pine Australian Memorial and Cemetery before following the shoreline of the Sea of Marmara back to Istanbul for our final evening. The drive back to the city takes around four and a half hours.
Day 15 - Trip ends in Istanbul
The trip ends after breakfast at our hotel in Istanbul.
There are no activities planned today, so you are free to depart from Istanbul at any time. If your flight is departing later in the day luggage storage facilities are available at our hotel. If you would like to receive a complimentary airport transfer today, you'll need to depart from Istanbul Airport (IST), which is about one hour and 30 minutes' drive or Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (SAW), which is around two hours' drive from the city centre, depending on traffic, which can be heavy at times.
Summers are hot and dry with refreshing sea breezes and clear waters, great for boat trips. It is often cooler on higher ground and in the mountains and can be cold at night, even in the summer. During the shoulder seasons (loosely speaking, before mid-May and after early October), temperatures and rainfall can be erratic, with some temperatures dropping to 8-12 degrees, and other days being bright and sunny up to 25 degrees. Mountain locations will be cooler than on the coast, of course. In the winter, temperatures usually hover between 0 and 10 degrees, but are usually wet, particularly around the coast. The best time for walking in Turkey is mid-May, June and September, with pleasant temperatures and clear blue skies.
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The following excursions and/or activities are usually available and may be arranged locally. Estimated costs are provided below for guidance only, are on a per person basis unless shown otherwise, and may depend on the number of participants. Prices quoted are correct as of the date these tour notes were originally issued but may change at any time due to currency fluctuations. Please note: These activities are booked and paid for direct with the supplier and do not form part of your Explore holiday contract.
Istanbul - Ferryboat rides on the Bosphorus £10.00
Istanbul - Aya Sofia £7.00
Urgup - Turkish Bath 50 Turkish Lira (approximately £20).
Kas - Sea Kayaking over sunken ruins of Kekova £35.00 to £80.00 dependent on numbers
Iztuzu Beach - Sea Turtle Hospital £5.00. Sea Turtle Conservation Centre (DEKAMER) entrance £5.00
Xanthos - approximately £40.00 per person (prices vary depending on group size and may go up or down if above or below 3 people)
The long Turkish summer can be hot, although much of our route follows the coastline which is freshened by sea breezes. In the spring and autumn, a warmer sweater is recommended for the evenings, as is lightweight rainwear. In the winter, good quality rainwear is more suitable as there is a good chance of encountering rain. Temperatures may drop below freezing at night so wrap warmly - layers are best.
When visiting mosques, women should cover their head, shoulders and knees, so it's handy to pack a scarf. Men should also ensure their knees are covered.
Walking boots or trainers with ankle supports are recommended for walks. Comfortable walking shoes will be useful for exploring some of the ancient sites and sandals for general wear. Plastic sandals are useful for protecting your feet against sea urchins on the rocks and you can also swim with them on.
One main piece of baggage and daypack. Remember you are expected to carry your own luggage so don't overload yourself.
Bring a water bottle, torch, sunblock, sunhat, sunglasses and insect repellent.
We also recommend bringing your swimwear and a towel for those opportunities to swimming.
Tipping isn't compulsory, and we work hard to ensure that our leaders all receive a fair wage. You may however, want to recognise a leader that has done a great job or really added to your trip by giving them a tip. We're often asked about the recommended amount. It is a tricky one, and down to personal preference, but we would recommend £15 to £20 per person per week as a guideline.
Although voluntary, tipping is a recognised part of life in this region of the world. Some local staff will look to members of the group for personal recognition of particular services provided. Accordingly, you should allow approximately £15 of local currency for tipping.
In order to make things easier for you, the Explore Leader may organise a group's tips kitty and if this is the case, they will account for it throughout the trip.
Turkish Lira.
Major foreign currencies such as US Dollars, £Sterling and Euros can easily be changed. We advise against travelling with Travellers Cheques as commission rates are high. Other currencies can be exchanged in larger cities. We advise you to change money in Turkey as rates tend to be better.
Most major towns - your Tour Leader will advise you on arrival.
ATMs are widely available throughout Turkey. To avoid large queues at the airport exchanges, you may wish to xchange some lira before arriving.
In major restaurants.
Not recommended.
Bus, Boat, Ferry
Our hotel in Istanbul is in a central location where parking is restricted and therefore the bus is not permitted to stop directly outside the hotel. You will be dropped a short distance away fromthe hotel and walk with your luggage for about 10 minutes.
Our hotel in Antalya is located just outside of the old town, we have chosen this location for two reasons, it is easier to get access to the hotel (vehicle access to the old town is very limited) and it is a good deal quieter in the new town. We will take a short walk into the old town from our hotel on arival.
Citizens from the UK, New Zealand and the EU travelling to Turkey for tourism purposes do not require a visa for visits of up to 90 days.
Citizens of Australia, US and Canada require a visa that will last for up to 90 days
Other nationalities should consult their local embassy or consular office.
Turkey is a very large country and we cover many of the highlights of western Turkey on this comprehensive itinerary. This does mean that there is a fair amount of driving involved and a few early starts. Most of the roads in Turkey are very good and the traffic is minimal outside of the main towns and cities. Our longer journeys are broken up to see places of interest and with comfort stops. Watching the changing scenery as we travel is also an interesting experience in itself. Most days we leave our hotel between 8am and 9am and arrive in the evening between 4pm to 5pm.
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Heckingbottom: "There was never any doubt."
Paul Heckingbottom was delighted to have signed his new contract with Barnsley Football Club and in an exclusive interview with iFollow Barnsley, he felt the deal was never in doubt having discussed it with Chief Executive Gauthier Ganaye.
The Reds' Head Coach said: "It's something that if we're honest was done a while ago in terms of being agreed, but getting involved in the transfer window followed by the sad news about Patrick put it on the back burner. It's nice to get it all out in the open and people can stop asking me about it now!
"I started speaking with Gauthier about it a long time ago, there was never any issue about getting it done. Gauthier and myself both knew it was going to happen and we were relaxed about it. It's nice for everyone now to understand why we were relaxed, there was never any doubt."
Born and raised in Barnsley, Heckingbottom has achieved a childhood dream being at the helm of his boyhood football club, being just a couple of days away from two years in charge of the Club!
"I don't really think about it like that, I probably won't until I'm gone as you're forever working! I'm so busy because I enjoy it so much, I have to stop myself doing things at times to make sure my life balance is right. When you enjoy doing things so much it can take over if you let it, so that's the biggest challenge."
Having been part of the community for so long, having many friends in the area and being a well known face, Heckingbottom does embrace how important the connection is between the Club and the fans, who he always states can help his side on the pitch.
"I still live locally and my kids go to school here so I see all the fans here, there and everywhere! Football is the one thing we always talk about, this is a community Club and it does make me proud to be part of it. It's not just myself though, we've got lots of people and staff here from Barnsley. We've got ex-players coaching in the academy, we have a really strong tie to past football teams, a tie to the area and that is a strength<|fim_middle|>, Matty Wolfe expressed his delight at extending his stay with the club he has been with for over a decade. | of ours."
As stated, the Head Coach is not the only member behind the scenes that has a wider love for the Club having been part of the area for some time.
"I speak about our coaching staff a lot, the likes of Sedgy [Craig Sedgwick, Head Physio] and Nath [Nathan Winder, Head of Sports Science] have grown up Barnsley fans as well so sometimes I have to stop them from wanting to do everything as well because it means as much to them as everybody, like it does to me. If you love doing something, you can overdo it and work too hard."
To see the full and exclusive interview with Paul Heckingbottom about his new contract, visit iFollow Barnsley now!
New Contract
STYLES REWARDED WITH NEW DEAL
Barnsley Football Club is delighted to announce that Callum Styles has signed a new contract!
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Speaking after signing his new deal | 199 |
What are an executor's fiduciary duties? | Joseph A. Ledwidge,<|fim_middle|> might face as an executor or administrator. As such, this article is not meant as legal advice: Please look at it as educational material. | P.C.
What are an executor's fiduciary duties?
You are already probably on the right track if you are asking about your obligations as an executor of a New York estate. However, the question is not as simple as it might seem to you at first. Your responsibilities are subject to change based on the type of estate you are named to administer.
If a will exists, you might also have to prove its validity before you are able to administer the estate.
With that in mind, there are three overarching responsibilities you would have as an executor or administrator. According to the New York State Unified Court System, those duties are to administer the estate without bias, while observing relevant deadlines and as efficiently as possible. Breaches of these guidelines with respect to any of the payments, tax filings, inventories, court filings or other actions might constitute a failure of fiduciary duty and a personal liability for you.
The estate in which you are involved is likely to have several unique or unusual circumstances. These responsibilities are stated in the most general terms possible, and they represent only a small fraction of the possible issues you | 223 |
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Will printers of the future stop us printing copyrighted material without permission?
IBM has filed an interesting patent which, if approved, could result in the commercial production of printers which would stop us printing any text or images belonging to copyright holders.
As reported by TorrentFreak, Big Blue's latest patent application is for a printer which prevents the user from printing material from copyrighted sources -- such as books, photography or academic text extracts -- unless they have permission to do so.
While the battle between copyright holders and torrent search websites such as The Pirate Bay -- a place to find links to pirated material including television shows, films and games -- wages on, little thought has been given to other sources of potential copyright abuse.
Strictly speaking in the UK, for example, you can print copyrighted works, such as books, 70 years after publication. If this time hasn't passed, you are limited to a small percentage of a text.
As a former teacher, I can say this small percentage was outrightly ignored by myself and other staff, who used text extracts in the classroom for educational purposes. We were not alone<|fim_middle|> computer determines whether the file may be printed based, at least in part, on the identified potential copyrighted material."
If any of the text, images or formatting is prohibited, the print job simply would not go ahead.
It's unlikely that a printer which restricts freedom would ever appeal to the consumer market. However, the device could certainly have a home in the enterprise, where copyright infringement can place businesses in hot water, and restricting employees on what they can and cannot print is important. | , with millions of people worldwide printing off copyrighted material without necessarily having the right to do.
In order to counter the issue, IBM has filed a patent for a printer which double-checks files for copyright infringement before printing anything.
The printing patent, called "Copyright Infringement Prevention," was filed 12 May. The goal of the patent is to push forward printer restrictions to stop wholesale printing of copyrighted material, and instead, the device would potentially check an external database when a print job is filed.
This database would contain information indicative of whether a file is copyrighted or not, and whether the user has permission to print it -- and potentially would assist the user in gaining permission, which in itself is often a difficult process.
"The computer, in response in response to identifying any text, images, or formatting indicative of potential copyrighted material, identifies potential copyrighted material within the file.
The | 177 |
I can<|fim_middle|> fish in there when available or affordable. Only in The Land Of Plenty, do people serve food and angst together! As long as you have a meal in your belly, that is what counts. | see how it would keep a person alive but I can also see the odd flaw or two.
I think every diet assumes that it will continue this way forever, and hopefully we eventually find other alternative sources of fuel (hemp is one they're looking at using). As for the diet, humans don't need meat at all to survive and get plenty of calories without it.
Ditto Grenfells comments, I can see a few flaws in their thinking.
It is good to see big minds, thinking up big picture solutions, to big problems.
Personally we are adapting our own growing and eating practices on a smaller scale, every little helps.
I've a flexitarian mate, his approach is by choice he's a veggie but if he came round your house and you fed him meat he'd eat it and his missus and kid are meat eaters and he'd rather eat meat than let it go off. It all seems perfectly pragmatic to me, last time we went wild camping I made a big pot of Quorn chicken stew rather than 'real' meat, being married to a veggie its no biggy for me to not eat meat with every meal.
He's looking at it from a personal choice thing rather than the 'big picture' I think, and fair play, I'm not a prolific meat eater (none today) so I get it but I don't like to pigeonhole myself.
Your mate' s got a good attitude in my view , not eating a piece of meat isn't going to bring it back to life. That's not to say the " it's already dead " argument for stuffing oneself full of pies and steaks is a valid one , as a society I believe we should be consuming less.
Aye, he has his viewpoint, he's a guy I used to go shooting with when we were kids too. He's not not nippy about it, no moralising, just does his thing. Unfortunately what we eat has become another 'battlefield' to point score, I've no problem with what people want to eat (within reason) and on one hand respect people for an ethical diet, on the other hand, if they feel the need to be holier than thou about it, it can get away from the ethics and become 'look at me'. Sadly my vegan daughter falls into the latter category, like a lot of '20 something' lassies, she's playing at it and its for the wrong reasons. I'm glad I'm past the 'follies of youth', any daft calls I make are firmly because I've made an arse of it now.
"I'm glad I'm past the 'follies of youth', any daft calls I make are firmly because I've made an arse of it now"
It is a very easy diet if you have the right mindset and have reasons for being vegan, personally I went vegan a few months ago after being veggie for 4 years and I don't find it that difficult - but I can see where you're coming from in that a lot of the meat substitute bits are shipped all around the place, I'd argue you could say that about a lot of different foods, though. Mainly, I can't speak for every veggie/vegan but my diet has hardly any tofu in and I could easily go without meat substitutes to get protein and carbs in the case of those products not being available. As it stands, in modern times in the UK, we have a booming vegan industry so it's extremely easy and cheap to have this diet and most foods that give us the best nutrition are beans, pulses, grains, veg, nuts etc which I am sure most of us here are stockpiling anyway.
Flexitarian was what used to be called Omnivorous before food became political. A person can eat what they like from where I stand, just as long as they don't get all evangelical about it. Your guts, your choice.
There is an old butcher/ farmer joke.
Q. How do you tell a Vegetarian?
A.You don't, they tell you!
In many countries a vegetable based diet is the norm. Probably with meat or | 848 |
Haiti - Site de lazuliart !
Haiti is part of the the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. It is bordered by the Dominican Republic to the east, the Caribbean sea, and<|fim_middle|> into shape sometimes using a design template. Work is done on the ground and tools are basic: hammer, chisels, punches and files. The finished pieces are then sanded and varnished to a beautiful and lasting finish. This second life given to the drums is as magical as the artistic transformation is astonishing.
Lazuli Art is committed to promoting Fair Trade principles while supporting these talented Haitian artists and showcasing unique works of art. Since the devastating 2010 earthquake production and export of art and craft is an essential part of this Caribbean island's economic recovery. | the Northern Atlantic Ocean. Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas and one of the poorest in the world.
- Environmentally high-risk (for example, the earthquake of 2010 and the hurricane of 2012).
The process of transformation is simple but time consuming and requiring the use of imagination combined with traditional craft skills. The drum is first emptied, cleaned and flattened by hammering. It is then cut, engraved and chiseled | 93 |
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The stunning Amalfi coast has drawn visitors for decades, and the beautiful small towns and attractive beaches help to deliver a very attractive package for visitors to the area. One of the main reasons that visitors are particularly keen to enjoy a road trip in the area is that the winding cliff roads rise to offer great views over the ocean before descending down to the idyllic seaside towns, providing a great driving experience. At the height of the summer, the roads can be very busy with tour buses and motorcyclists, so many find the shoulder season just outside the main summer season the best time to enjoy a road trip along the<|fim_middle|> while it is said that in the crypt lies the remains of St Andrew, brought to the area in the early thirteenth century from Constantinople. Visible from almost everywhere in the town, the bell tower is one of the oldest surviving parts of the church, and construction on this part of the church began in the twelfth century.
The Madonna di Positano
Located in the church of Positano is this representation of a Black Madonna which is said to date from the thirteenth century, and is believed to be of Byzantine origins. The legend of the arrival of the Madonna is related to the name of the town itself, and this legend describes how Turkish sailors on a ship carrying the painting were sailing in the waters near the area, when they heard the picture whisper the word 'Posa' (set me down), so they landed and left the painting in the location where the town lies today. The local people built a church on the site where the Madonna was found, and the town developed around this church.
Fjord of Furore
This remarkable natural site is almost inaccessible, with a narrow staircase leading down into the deep gorge which has become known as the Fjord of Furore, although scientists maintain that technically it isn't actually a fjord. The steep cliff sides on each side of this gorge made it a wonderful smuggling port in years gone by, with the very narrow entrance providing great protection within the inlet, while being almost invisible from the sea. This is a beautiful place to stop and relax, and while the road crosses the gorge over a bridge, it is well worth walking down to the small beach within.
Villa Rufolo
Near the town of Ravello, this villa has been on the site since the thirteenth century, although it was extensively redeveloped in the nineteenth century by the Scottish gentleman Francis Neville Reid, who fell in love with the amazing location. With superb views across the ocean and extensive gardens that can be explored, there is certainly plenty to do here. The gardens are particularly well known for the wonderful flower beds that are vibrant and colorful throughout most of the year.
Valle Delle Ferriere
Accessible on foot from Amalfi itself, this beautiful valley is a short walk from the town center and is famous for the wonderful surroundings and the series of streams and waterfalls that are found throughout the valley. This is a popular area in the summer as the water and the shade of the trees help to ensure the area is quite cool, and there are two paths available through the valley if you are taking a longer break in Amalfi itself.
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Duomo di Sant'Andrea
At the heart of the town of Amalfi, this historic church is one of the most important architectural buildings in the region and has been standing on this site since the ninth century, although it has seen plenty of changes over the years. One of the oldest items in the church is a thirteenth century crucifix, | 76 |
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Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation Involved in Research on Heart Rate Variability
Thursday, December 14, 2017 - 20:47 Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation
Improved Nerve Function, Adaptability & Resilience Following Chiropractic Care
The Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation (FVS) announced that recent research it supported was published in the Chiropractic Journal of Australia.
The new study conducted by Amy Haas DC, Ph.D and Dave Russell DC, reveals that chiropractic may play an important role in improving heart rate variability which is a critical measure of neurological and cardiovascular health.
The research, which was reviewed for human subjects protection by the FVS, includes a discussion of the literature supporting the utility of chiropractic care for health outcomes beyond just musculoskeletal improvements.
"Research is revealing that there is a relationship between abnormalities in the spine, the nervous system, stress and cardiovascular health" stated Dr. Matthew McCoy, a chiropractor, public health researcher and Vice President of the Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation. "Basic science research shows that the proper development and function of the nervous system relies on proper structure and movement of the spine from an early age."
Research has shown not only that normal structural alignment and joint movement is crucial, but that complex neurochemical communication and pathways involved in helping humans to develop normally are tied into spinal biomechanics and their related neurological pathways.
"We are now seeing more and more basic science and clinical research showing the relationship between abnormal spinal function and the diagnosis of all types of health challenges" McCoy added. When it comes to cardiovascular health, the nervous system is often overlooked and that is where HRV comes into play.
According to Dr. Christopher Kent, who is President of the Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation and presented the preliminary findings of the study at the 2016 International Research and Philosophy Symposium (IRAPS) at Sherman College of Chiropractic, "In a healthy organism, higher heart rate variability represents greater adaptability to stress from its internal and external environment. When the nervous system is free of obstructions, it can better regulate anatomic, physiologic, and biochemical alterations and adapt to stress as needed."
The Haas study reported on 6 patients undergoing chiropractic care who were examined and significant structural shifts in their spines were found. These structural shifts, more commonly known<|fim_middle|>structions reorganizes spinal tension patterns and decreases physiological stress.
In another paper reviewing the literature on heart rate variability published in the journal Research & Reviews: Neuroscience, FVS's President Christopher Kent DC, JD did a search of the relevant literature addressing heart rate variability and the reduction or correction of vertebral subluxation from 2000 to 2017 and summarized the results. Kent concluded that heart rate variability is a reliable and valid tool that may be used to assess the changes in autonomic activity associated with the reduction and correction of vertebral subluxations.
According to Haas, "Future directions for HRV research in the chiropractic research arena should include expanding upon the current research using a sample size large enough for statistical analysis and longitudinal study, exploration of potential effects of the chiropractic adjustment on EEG activity of cardiac and cardiac-related nuclei, and exploration of whether sensory input generated by the chiropractic adjustment may affect nuclei in the medulla in a way that directs HRV changes."
The Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation has several other studies on HRV underway or in the planning stages.
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drmatthewmccoy@gmail.com | as vertebral subluxations by doctors of chiropractic, result in nerve obstruction and doctors of chiropractic correct these obstructions.
The patients underwent chiropractic care from 3 months to over 2 years and experienced sustained improvement in HRV over their course of chiropractic care that is consistent with improved health outcomes. The study showed objective, non-musculoskeletal outcomes that were consistent with neurophysiological effects associated with reduction or resolution of vertebral subluxation including improvements in coherence, spinal biomechanical function, neurological function, resilience, and adaptability.
This latest study comes on the heels of two other recent studies on heart rate variability and its relationship to vertebral subluxation involving the FVS.
A study by Knowles and Kotur, in the Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research reported on 46 patients undergoing chiropractic care who had their heart rate variability (HRV) measured before care and then again after 90 days of care. The patients had chief complaints that ranged from musculoskeletal to visceral, while others were asymptomatic.
Similar to the Haas study, the subjects were examined for vertebral subluxations and after extended care it was demonstrated that chiropractic care was an effective method for people to improve their nervous system function through adjustment of vertebral subluxation. The authors of that study stated removal of these ob | 277 |
"New Zealand is in for some very changeable weather in May", said MetService Meteorologist Georgina Griffiths. "The first weekend in May is forecast to be settled and dry – but active lows over the Tasman Sea soon bring in some rough and tumble weather", Griffiths commented. "Next week is signalled as stormy and wet for most of the country, with an elevated risk of extreme rainfalls in western parts of<|fim_middle|> for Nelson." By the middle of May, a pattern change to cooler southwesterlies heralds in a change to relatively dry conditions for regions in the north and east of both Islands.
Temperatures in the first half of May are likely to swing from one extreme to the other – and then settle slightly cooler for the second half of May. "After unseasonably mild northwesterlies next week, a rapid change to unusually cool conditions is expected by mid-month. Eastern regions will experience the largest extremes in temperature in May," Griffiths commented.
"The unsettled weather we have experienced in April is expected to continue into the first half May," noted Griffiths. "Looks like we are paying now for the settled run we had at the start of 2015." April was extremely wet between Waikato and Wellington. Hamilton received more than twice the usual April rainfall (more than 200% normal), while it was the wettest April on record for Whanganui, Palmerston North and Paraparaumu. It was also a very wet may along the West Coast, with Milford Sound recording over 900mm of rain, and Greymouth and Hokitika well in excess of 300mm.
For May as a whole, above normal rainfall is expected for the western South Island, Nelson, and Taranaki to Wellington. Near normal May rainfall totals are predicted for Southland and Otago, while a drier than usual May is signalled for Canterbury, Marlborough, the eastern North Island and from Taupo northwards. | both Islands, as well as | 6 |
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• Press the Directory soft key, and then select the desired contact.
Press or the Call soft key.
If both the office number and the mobile number of the contact are stored, select the desired number and press or the OK soft key to dial out.
3. Press or the Transfer soft key to complete the transfer when receiving the ring-back.
The LCD screen prompts "Call Transferred".
3. Press or the Transfer soft key to complete the transfer after the party answers the call.
1. Place a call to user A.
2. Place another call to user B.
Two calls are established on the handset.
3. Select the desired call (e.g., the call with user A) and make sure the call is active.
4. Press the Options soft key, and then select Call Transfer.
The LCD screen displays the target party (user B) you will transfer the call to.
5. Press the Transfer soft key to complete the transfer.
*** The LCD screen prompts "Call Transferred | 319 |
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On most occasions, perceived faults are a result of misread instructions or incorrect usage. For this reason, we've written very thorough troubleshooting guides for the devices which explain and solve the vast majority of issues. If you have an issue that you can't solve yourself with the help available, then we encourage detailed feedback about any usage issues or faults via Email. We'll then do our best to help you solve the issue.
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Q: Freemarker printing dates in different timezones I'm using Freemarker Version 2.3.20.
I have a data structure where two dates are contained - one in local time and one in utc time.
// 2017-0<|fim_middle|> iso_m_nz_u is:
*
*iso: use ISO 8601:2004 format
*m: accuracy to the minute
*nz: no timezone
*u: use UTC instead of default timezone
A complete list of options can be found here.
| 7-17 18:30 UTC
ZonedDateTime utcTime = ZonedDateTime.of(2017, 7, 17, 18, 30, 0, 0, ZoneId.of("UTC"));
// 2017-07-17 20:30 (+02:00)
ZonedDateTime localTime = utcTime.withZoneSameInstant(ZoneId.of("Europe/Berlin"));
Freemarker can handle only java.util.Date so I'm handing over dates.
Map<String, Object> mapping = new HashMap<String, Object>();
mapping.put("departureTimeLocal", Date.from(localTime.toInstant()));
mapping.put("departureTimeUtc", Date.from(utcTime.toInstant()));
In my template I would expect to write something like:
Departure (local): ${departureTimeLocal?string['HH:mm']}
Departure (UTC) : ${departureTimeUtc?string['HH:mm']}
And as a result I would like to see:
Departure (local): 20:30
Departure (UTC) : 18:30
What I see currently is:
Departure (local): 20:30
Departure (UTC) : 20:30 <#-- timestamp interpreted in local time -->
I've also tried something like:
Departure (converted): ${(departureTimeLocal?string['yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm'] + ' UTC')?datetime['yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm z']?string['HH:mm']}
--> Departure (converted): 22:30
What would be the best way to archive something like that?
Yes I know: java.util.Date does not really have a timezone (only for printing) and localTime/utcTime.toInstant() both map to the same instants in zulu time.
A: With freemarker 2.3.20, you can use the iso date built-in:
${departureTimeUtc?time?iso_utc_m_nz}
This built-in is deprecated since freemarker 2.3.21, and replaced by:
${departureTimeUtc?time?string.iso_m_nz_u}
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Moore County investigators have applied for search warrants in substation shootings
North Carolina Public Radio | By Jay Price,
Laura Pellicer
Karl B DeBlaker
Workers work on equipment at the West End Substation, at 6910 NC Hwy 211 in West End, N.C., Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, where a serious attack on critical infrastructure has caused a power outage to many around Southern Pines, N.C.
Investigators working to uncover who shot up two electrical substations in Moore County, N.C. have now applied for multiple search warrants.
Forty-five thousand customers — representing nearly all residents in Moore County — lost power Saturday night shortly after 7 p.m. when one or more individuals used firearms to attack the substations. Most residents went nearly four days without power, facing temperatures as low as 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
Power was fully restored on Wednesday but schools in the county remain closed.
Chief Deputy Richard Maness said the Moore County Sheriff's Office had applied for several warrants over the past few days. Maness said the warrants are "under seal" and declined to confirm what property the warrants were for, or even whether they'd been carried out yet.
The State Bureau of Investigation is assisting the FBI as well as the Moore County Sheriff's Office to investigate.
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Governor Roy Cooper delivers updates on the Moore County substation attacks during a press conference on Dec. 5, 2022.
According to reporting from ABC11, authorities have also filed federal search warrants in this case.
On Wednesday, the FBI posted a public notice seeking information related to the attacks.
Governor Roy Cooper also announced that the state, Duke Energy and Moore County are each offering monetary rewards of $25,000 — amounting to $75,000 together — for information surrounding the shootings.
Maness said that investigators had retrieved shell casings found at the substations. He declined to say how many or for what kind of weapons.
Investigators had previously confirmed that one or more people fired multiple rounds and that the shots seemed to have been aimed by someone knowledgeable about electrical grid equipment.
Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said Monday that whoever was responsible "knew exactly what they were doing" to cause the outage.
Officials have not announced any arrests or publicly named suspects in the attacks.
On Monday, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said that the attack "raises a new level of threat" and that "violence and sabotage will not be tolerated."
Initial reports of the power attack being linked to protests at a drag queen show in the county have not been substantiated.
Residents with information about the attacks can leave tips at the Moore County Sheriff's Office tip line: 910-9<|fim_middle|> solar rebates end with a final lottery and waiting list
David Boraks
Duke Energy has awarded the final rebates in a five-year, $62 million program to boost rooftop solar installations in North Carolina. The program was required by a 2017 state law and was supposed to end last summer. But about $1.3 million was left over, so Duke held a final lottery this month.
Advocates worry of looming mental health crisis inside North Carolina prisons
Jason deBruyn
Lack of access to mental health care inside North Carolina's prisons has an increasing number of advocates worried about a looming crisis.
Duke Energy proposes two new programs to help customers use renewable energy
Duke Energy has asked North Carolina regulators to approve the expansion of a program that lets large customers contract for renewable energy. The Charlotte-based utility company also wants to offer renewable energy credits to customers who want to support the shift to clean energy to fight climate change.
Gaston County lithium mine gets another extension for state permit
North Carolina mining regulators have granted another extension of Piedmont Lithium's deadline to provide information about its application to build a lithium mine in northern Gaston County.
Study says a regional energy market could prevent blackouts
Expanding solar energy and integrating the power grid more closely with surrounding states could help prevent blackouts like the ones across the Carolinas on Christmas Eve, according to a new study by environmental and renewable energy groups. | 47-4444.
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Jay Price has specialized in covering the military for nearly a decade.
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Camping outside University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld's office and planting yard signs in his lawn insisting "Iowa Needs Unions" has moved the needle for non-tenure-track faculty demanding better pay and working conditions.
Before dozens of the growing number of UI faculty without tenure or a path to get there parked outside Harreld's office last week, he had declined to meet with the protesters, who had delivered to him in various forms a list of demands.
But as part of<|fim_middle|> but shrinking compensation.
"I think we opened some eyes this morning," Weiss said.
Although the university didn't commit to making any changes, according to Weiss, the working groups will look at issues like benefits and parental leave, for example, or faculty definitions.
The university's non-tenure-track faculty numbers have been swelling in recent years. A recent Board of Regents report showed it now employs 1,754, up from 1,589 in the 2015-16 academic year. That number accounts for 54 percent of UI faculty, up from 48 percent three years ago.
Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa report smaller portions of non-tenure-track faculty.
Tenured and tenure-track faculty, meanwhile, are decreasing at UI, sliding from 1,564 in 2015-16 to 1,516 in the most recent year on record, according to the regents report.
University officials have pointed out that unlike ISU and UNI, it has hundreds of clinical faculty within its UI Hospitals and Clinics system that qualify as non-tenure-track. As of Oct. 1, 2017, the university reported 842 non-tenure-track clinical faculty.
Still, the shift in the UI faculty majority has non-tenure-track faculty working toward unionization — despite recent changes in Iowa law stripping public collective bargaining rights.
But big changes in compensation seem unlikely right now, as the UI just froze pay u for most non-unionized employees because of state funding cuts. | their agreement to leave the office, they secured a commitment to meet with the president. And that took place Wednesday morning in a room in the UI Department of Public Safety office.
Harreld and other administrators present — including Interim Provost Sue Curry, General Counsel Carroll Reasoner, Chief Human Resources Office Cheryl Reardon and UI Associate Provost for Faculty Kevin Kregel — agreed to participate over the next few weeks in work groups focused on human resources and collegiate policies, Weiss said.
The faculty present shared stories about how practices and policies have affected their lives — leaving them, for example, with a growing workload | 123 |
We<|fim_middle|> celebrate the dragon? | are getting close to the Year of the Black Water Dragon, and I can feel the resolutions coming upon me.
I am an East-West amalgamation, so am entirely used to having two sets of New Years. The first one was spent with candlelight and prayers to Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion. It was a quiet and moving way to usher in 2012. The full focus of resolutions were aimed at my mind: this year, I will try to deepen my meditation practice, I will try to dislodge negative habits of mind, and start to sees others as supremely important.
Earlier this week, I could sense another beginning about to hit.
It was subconscious at first, the sudden need to fill the flat with fresh flowers. A desire to bring spring into my world, in the midst of tundra Maine and frigid January. The lunar new year means misty mornings in a silent city as everyone finally gets home, gets feasting, gives red packets, sets off firecrackers and smiles. It means the moisture wrapping its fingers around the bulbs of spring.
It means space, breath, pause.
I celebrate it by bringing the writer out of the closet. She was starting to get dusty in there. The move from my hermit cabin in the woods to citylife in September ushered in a lot of work, and meetings, and deadlines. And the writing screeched to a halt.
Fortunately, the scent from a newly-bought bunch of white lillies has awoken the seasonal mind-shift. The letting go of raggy old skin and pulling on new clothes. Hope and conspiring and creating.
So here's the resolution: A blog a week, at the very minimum. It's not a lot to ask, and it's a weekly reminder that the magic of writing is not in sitting around and feeling bad about not doing it, but plugging away as the music plays and the fingers take on this wonderful dance and I can just sit back and smile.
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A Record-Setting Man Ray and a Vandalized 'Trump l'oeil' Mark Paris Photo Week
Lot 8. Man Ray, Noire et Blanche, 1926, tirage argentique, image/feuille: 20.6 x 27.5 cm. (8 1/8 x 10 ¾ in.). Estimate EUR 1,000,000 - EUR 1,500,000. Price realised EUR 2,688,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
PARIS - Paris Photo, the premier international fair dedicated to the photographic medium, closed Sunday after a flurry of activity, including rapid sales and an unsolved mystery over a vandalized work --- a Trump "Trompe l'œil."
High notes of the 21st edition of the fair, held at at the Grand Palais from Nov. 9 to 12, included the record attendance of 64,542 visitors, an increase of 4.1% over last year's fair, along with a notable new film and video section, a focus on documentary styles, and a high volume of sales for the 189 exhibitors from 30 different countries.
"The 2017 edition is the best we've ever had," said New York dealer Howard Greenberg. "We have made great sales, with a set of works from the Farm Security Administration collection of the Hank O' Neal Archives selling for over 200,000 euros. The various works will notably belong to French, Belgian, German, Swiss and American collections."
"We sold older works as well as modern and contemporary works," noted Françoise Paviot, of Paris. "Anna and Bernhard Blume's collection was acquired by a Los Angeles collector and Benjamin Deroche's series of 2 photos, produced especially for Paris Photo, completely sold out."
Exhibitor Thomas Zander, Cologne, added, "2017 was a successful edition for our gallery which notably sold Edificio Basurto Ciudad de Mexico II, 2015, by Candida Höfer for 69,000 euros, and a photograph of Mitch Epstein for 29,000 euros. We have welcomed many European and American collectors, as well as American institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum, LACMA, SFMoMA and The Art Institute of Chicago."
A concurrent auction at Christie's during Paris Photo week included a soaring sale of Man Ray's 'Noire et Blanche' for 2.6 million euros, a record price for classic photography. The gelatin silver print references primitive arts, popular in early 20th century Paris, showing Man Ray's muse and lover Kiki de Montparnasse resting her head on a tabletop next to a tribal mask.
Mishka Henner, Trompe l'oeil, 2017. Lasercut acrylic case, archival pigment print mounted to Dibond. 67x84x6cm. © Bruce Silverstein
On a low note, conceptual artist Mishka Henner's 2017 work titled "Trompe l'œil" (which translates from French to "deceive the eye") sustained damage while on display during the fair. Exhibited by New York dealer Bruce Silverstein, the work featured Trump's eyes peering through a white acrylic case. A vandal "scratched the eyes out," according to Silverstein. Fair organisers are reviewing camera footage to identify the culprit.
"After everything that's been going on, I just wanted to look into Trump's eyes," explained Henner about his work. "The holes in the case are formed by my<|fim_middle|>iley's stardust: landmark show celebrates david bailey's outstanding contribution to photography
Man ray, autoportrait à la "femme angoissée dans une chambre la nuit" d'alberto giacometti, paris, ca 1932
Man ray, october 1947
Mask (fang helmet), 1930s. man ray trust
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Commentaires sur A Record-Setting Man Ray and a Vandalized 'Trump l'oeil' Mark Paris Photo Week | stare. Inside the case is the official White House portrait used from his inauguration until recently. It's a remarkably aggressive portrait."
Added Henner, "Of course, it's easy to see the piece as showing him entombed in his own whiteness or buried by his own words. But he's also hiding in the walls, a constant presence lurking in the background like some kind of predator."
"I'd like to think that despite all the lies, the eyes don't lie," Henner said.
A new film and video section this year included nine films plus video works by artists including Vanessa Beecroft and Laura Henno. Another highlight was the display of 100 mostly black-and-white images chosen by Karl Lagerfeld, the legendary fashion designer and creative director of Chanel, who was "guest of honor" at this year's edition. "Today photography is part of my life. It completes the circle between my artistic and professional restlessness," said Lagerfeld.
New York-based, French-Venezuelan photographer Mathieu Asselin won a Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation First Photobook Award for his riveting exposé, Monsanto®. A Photographic Investigation.
Mathieu Asselin, Van Buren, Indiana, 2013, from the series Monsanto®. A photographic investigation © Mathieu Asselin
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"CONSIDÉRER LE MONDE" AU MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE ET...
Candida Höfer, "Palacio Real Madrid IV 6/6", 2000. Photographie couleur sous plexiglas. Collection du MAMC+. ©...
A RUBY AND DIAMOND RING
Lot 393. A 8.27 carats Burmese ruby and diamond ring. Estimate CHF 800,000 - CHF 1,200,000. Price realised CHF...
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We wanted a very intimate gathering for our wedding. We had the ultimate tiny wedding but had all of the special treatment that a girl with a large party would have had. We had night wedding with soft lighting and a fantastic meal. Our family had enough space but weren't lost in the venue. We had lovely rooms in the plantation home for our wedding night. The after wedding Baruch the next morning was again wonderful food attentive service. We had a lovely yellow room with the white flowers. It was perfect.
Annadele's Plantation was where my mother-in-law booked our rehearsal dinner. It was absolutely beautiful. The food was great, the servers were friendly (just the right amount of chatty), and the atmosphere was wonderful.
I had a Christmas wedding at Annadele's and it was beautiful. The event planner Julie is amazing she kept in touch throughout the whole year of planning offering advice, photos, and ideas. She organized my rehearsal dinner, wedding, and reception. She made sure everything was exactly what we wanted and planned. The ceremony area was outside in front of the fountain and was absolutely beautiful. The reception was upstairs and the food was spectacular. The reception area was so beautifully decorated and the bar has recently been redone and it is beautiful. I was able to spend the night there the night before the wedding and stay the night of the wedding in there beautiful honeymoon suite. The jacuzzi tub is amazing. For the reception we had a coordinator named Ali who made our night perfect. She made sure every dance happened on time. She made our dinner plate and had in our room so that we could eat in private. Ali brought drinks to us constantly all night if our glass was low she was refilling it. I cannot say enough about Julie, Ali, and the staff of Annadeles. We cannot wait to return for our 1 year anniversary.
I had my wedding at Annadele's Plantation August 2013 and it was everything I wanted and more! The staff was so accommodating and the venue was absolutely gorgeous!
I could not have asked for better people to work with to plan such a perfect wedding day. Julie and Denise are amazing women and along with their wait staff they made our day better than we could've imagined.
Everything was absolutely perfect! Julie, the coordinator is the sweetest person on the planet, and Denise, the lead server was amazing, she was always right there to take care of all of our needs. Annadele's made our day more special than we<|fim_middle|> We will be going back for our anniversary! Excellent food and so romantic!
I would highly recommend Annadele's Plantation for both a wedding and reception. They met all of our needs and at times exceeded our needs. Julie and Denise were outstanding. Annadele's is very lucky to have both of them as part of their team. My daugher's wedding was beautiful and all the guests that attended had a wonderful time and had nothing but good things to say about Annadele's Plantation.
This venue has it all! I was over the moon happy with the friendly staff, they exceeded my expectations of making our special day memorable in every possible way. The grounds were groomed beautifully for our outdoor ceremony, and the inside was preped and perfect for out inside reception. The house itself if simply charming, but the added details make it breathe taking. The food was top notch. I wanted a small intimate wedding and it was PERFECT!
I was absolutely pleased with my wedding at Annadele's Plantation! Everything was just perfect! Julie, the event coordinator was wonderful and she made sure my wedding was flawless! I would definately reccomend Annadele's to other couples who are looking for a southern plantation style wedding! The plantation is absolutely gorgeos! Everything I ever dreamed of for my wedding came true!
Incredibly helpful throughout the planning process and happily willing to help with last minute issues, even if not ones specifically Annadelle's responsibility. Easy to contact when questions arose from the very start. Staff did a wonderful job taking care of the wedding party and guests. Food was excellent, kept warm and flowing.
My wedding reception at Annadele's was absolute perfection! Our guests were very impressed with the buffet-am still getting fantastic comments about the food (the mini crab cakes and baked oysters are awesome).
The staff is friendly and professional-very attentive. They helped me coordinate every detail from the beginning.
My new husband and I stayed overnight in a gorgeous and romantic suite with a huge jacuzzi tub, and best of all, the suite and a gourmet breakfast the next morning was FREE. What a deal and very convenient! I would definitely recommend Annadele's and will visit again for dinner.
We had our rehearsal dinner at Annadele's. Our guests had the option of three different entrees and everyone raved about the food.
We also spent the night of our wedding there in the B & B and everything was wonderful as was the Sunday AM brunch.
I would highly recommend Annadele's Plantation for a wedding /reception for a small to medium size party. The atmosphere and layout for the ceremony and reception was great. My guest complimented how they could sit in the dining room to talk but still able to enjoy the music that was located in the Bar area. My family reserved the Suite's available and thought that was the best thing since they could just leave the party and arrive at their room without leaving. The staff at Annadele's Plantation was very helpful and attentive. The Event Coordinator, Julie Mealer, was someone that I could lean on and she made everything happen to our satisfaction. The package prices were very reasonable.
They did a great job planning the ceremony/reception. However I didn't feel like my lead sever was very attentive to my husband and I during the reception. I has to go up to the bar and get my own drinks. She seemed a bit confused.
Perfect venue for events of l00 or less people. The food was all the rave of guests.
I would NEVER recommend this location for an event. I had my wedding reception here and it could not have gone any worse than it did. The site is beautiful, but there are inexperienced, undedicated people working there. To sum it up, the place is an disorganized mess.
* We were told the day of the event, which rooms we were going to be in.
* When our guests arrived, the plates were not set out, and they did not start serving drinks until I told the "manager"
* It then took 15 minutes until drinks were started to be served. Our guests had to ask the waiters for drinks the entire night. We saw the waiters in the back standing around.
* When we confronted Kathy the "manager" about the lack of service, she was rude, inefficient, and didn't solve the problem, we then spoke to the site manager, who was pleasant, but still did not make up for Kathy's lack of professionalism. The site manager definitely knew she was far out of line, and she approached the guests as they were leaving to apologize, but what's the point when the damage is already done?
We have a Captain server who supervises the serving staff to ensure their promptness and attention to the Bride, Groom and their guests.
The General Manager and Special Events Coordinator are very willing and available to assist in any way, and to resolve any problem should one occur. We strive for excellence and our wish is that every guest leaves our establishment with pleasant memories and experiences.
Our new Executive Chef is highly complimented on his ability to prepare delicious recipes as you can see by the comments of our recent brides. | ever imagined. If we could do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing. All of our friends and family are still raving about how fabulous the food was and how much fun they had. It was like a dream. And to top it all off, we got to spend the night in the beautiful suite that features an oversize hot tub with a swan fountain. Unbelievable! Annadele's is the most romantic place for a wedding. Everything from the food, the decor, the service, the atmosphere....perfect, perfect, perfect!!! I can not say enough nice things about this place. We will definitely be back for a return visit!
Absolutely the wedding of our dreams. Annadelles is worth every penny an they are all so very professional! If I had it to do all over again I wouldn't change a thing! | 174 |
Review: 'The Car' by Arctic Monkeys is another example of the band's consistent growth
Review: Review: 'The Car' by Arctic Monkeys
The Arctic Monkeys have indeed "conjured up wonderful things" with their newest album
Story by Cali Delisle
Courtesy of Domino Recording Company
Arctic Monkeys released their seventh studio album,<|fim_middle|> about it.
"I've conjured up wonderful things"
Track 7, "Big Ideas"
"There'd Better Be a Mirrorball" has been my go-to song this fall. It's eerie, sad, and perfect for the time of year it was released. The whole album shares its haunting essence, and this is the natural outcome of Alex Turner's voice paired with the slower tempo of these songs. It's like he's telling us a scary story, and I love it. The band definitely knew what they were doing by releasing this album a week before Halloween.
The old Vox 12 String guitar that makes the riffs in "Do I Wanna Know?" so powerful is dusted off and brought back out for many of these new songs. This, in combination with the heavy use of strings, gives the tracks a dark orchestral sound. The vibe of the set is "Do I Wanna Know?" but groovier, calmer, and with more creative instrumentals– the grooviest song being "I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am," and the eeriest being the track that follows, "Sculptures of Anything Goes."
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The similarities in the melodies and vibes of the songs in this album help emphasize the lyrics. With the consistent sound, the audience has to pay more attention to what Turner is saying in order to differentiate between each track. And the stories painted by these lyrics feel like fever dreams. It's the kind of music that I would love to listen to in the comfort of my own home, but I'm not sure I'd see it in concert.
"The Car," the album's namesake, envelopes you with a sense of nostalgia by referencing memories of family vacations over the light fingerpicking that sounds like an onomatopoeia of a flashback. As the name suggests, the character in "I Ain't Where I Think I Am" is dazed and confused, wandering around a party filled with flashing lights and strangers. "Big Ideas" is a story of a musician overwhelmed by and drowned in his art. The confusion and mystique of the album's plot leave the listener feeling like they are coming along for the ride in Alex Turner's tales of disorientation. You really feel like you're traveling "vortex to vortex" between songs, as sung in "Hello You," the eighth track of the album.
"I had big ideas, the band were so excited The kind you'd rather not share over the phone But now, the orchestra's got us all surrounded And I cannot for the life of me remember how they go."
What I love about the Arctic Monkeys is that they are a band that grows up as we do. Other artists seem frozen in time, stuck in a younger age than they – and we – really are (Taylor, I love you, but I'm looking at you). The Arctic Monkeys mature with their fans, so I don't feel I've outgrown them. Songs like "Fluorescent Adolescent" and "When the Sun Goes Down" will always be there if I need a healthy dose of nostalgic angst. Still, for my day-to-day soundtrack as someone who is older and hopefully wiser than I was when Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not was released (2006), The Car just fits. Maybe it's because I am now a sadder person than an angsty one, but that's a conversation for my therapist, not The NewsHouse.
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If you liked the singles "There'd Better Be a Mirrorball" and "Body Paint," then you will like the rest of Arctic Monkeys' newest album The Car, because all 10 tracks are just different fonts of the same song.
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When are watermelons, cantaloupe, honeydew, and other melons in season?
All of the melons start to show up around the same time, in June or July depending on where you live. They are harvested until September or October.
See what else is in season at the same time: June, July, August, September, and maybe even October.
Do melons ripen after they are picked?
Once picked, melons no longer get sweeter or tastier, so it is worth seeking ones out that ripened fully on the vine. As with most fruit, melons are picked before they fully ripen to give them more time and durability for transportation to grocery<|fim_middle|>y. If you aren't sure if it is tacky, rub it, and if it is super smooth, don't pick that one.
How do I store melons?
If they were already cold when you bought them, put them in the fridge. If it was room temperate, you can leave it on your counter, as long as it is uncut. Once cut, wrap it in plastic and put it in the fridge and eat it within a few days.
When storing on the counter, it should last about a week (uncut). You can put them in the fridge if your house is getting warm, and it should last 1-2 weeks.
For cantaloupes from the US, yes. Watermelon from any source, and cantaloupes from south america don't need to be organic.
Consumer Reports analyzes all of the data from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pesticide tests. The EPA tests pesticides found on and in produce, along with the concentration and toxicity of each pesticide.
Cantaloupe from the US fall in to the 'high' health risk category, which means a small child would only need to eat 1-5 servings a day to exceed the known-to-be-safe limits of pesticide. Watermelons and cantaloupe from South America have near-organic levels of pesticide.
There is currently no data for honeydew.
Each recipe has been reviewed to make sure all ingredients are in season at the same times as the melons, or that the ingredients are in-season all year. | stores.
However, they will get softer after harvest, making it hard to tell how tasty they will be without sampling one.
How do I pick a ripe melon?
Under-ripe melons will taste watery. Over-ripe will have a mealy texture.
Cantaloupe: first, let's start with cantaloupe which have a little 'cheat' for identifying ones picked at peak ripeness.
When cantaloupe ripen fully, they naturally detach from the vine. So examine the stem end and look for one that is slightly set in to the fruit (indented), which is a sign it stayed on the vine longer. Also make sure it doesn't have any indication of being cut or torn from the vine, which you have to do if you pick it too early – like scarring from being ripped away, or stubby stems that are still attached.
Look for cantaloupes that are more of a golden hue under the netting rather than green.
Next, smell it! A ripe cantaloupe should have a sweet, floral smell.
Watermelons: these are harder to determine if they were vine ripened and don't detach from the vine when ripe, like cantaloupes. The smell test also doesn't work well on watermelons.
The main trick for these has to do with the patch of skin on the bottom where the melon was sitting in the dirt, on the vine. A creamy-yellow spot is an indicator of ripeness, whereas as whiter or more green spot is a sign it was picked too early.
A lot of resources suggest thumping a watermelon and listening for a hollow sound. That indicates ripeness, but also over-ripeness. It also is hard to even know what it should sound like, and the Watermelon Promotional Board even suggests not using that test.
Honeydew: A combination of a few things can help you pick out better honeydew melons. While they also don't have the stem-end trick like cantaloupe, you can still use the smell test.
Give it a smell, it should have that sweet, honeydew aroma.
Look for a creamy to slightly yellow, dull rind that is slightly tack | 458 |
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