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Get an Insight into the New 2019 Mazda Miata
November 27, 2019 - Auto
Mazda is a name which is trusted by people globally. With the new Mazda Miata MX 5, this car is everything a person needs to make a statement. It is considered to be best affordable sports car in the automobile industry. However, before you make a decision and get your new Mazda Miata from a Henderson Mazda dealer, what you should know is all the details and specifications about this car. It will help you in making a decision easily!
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The vehicle has an option for choosing automatic six speed optional speed manual; however, customers lean more towards crisp shifting manual six speed transmission. The Grand Touring is priced at $31,675, Club costs around $30,500, and Sport is priced at $26,625 approx.
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Limited effects of hyperlipidemia on the arterial smooth muscle response to mechanical stress
Seymour Glagov, Joseph P. Grande, Cheng Pei Xu, Don P. Giddens, Christopher K. Zarins
Arteries respond to long-term changes in flow rate by alterations in caliber that tend to restore wall shear stress to normal baseline levels. Changes in radius, pressure, or geometric configuration elicit changes in structure and composition of the media in keeping with the altered level and distribution of tensile stresses. Similar stabilizing adaptations occur in the presence of conditions that induce the formation of atherosclerotic plaques, but the ultimate effectiveness of these reactions is variable. Several recent experiments provide information on the possible effects of hyperlipidemia on the smooth muscle cell (SMC) response to normal or increased levels of mechanical stress: (a) Normolipemic serum increases collagen synthesis by SMCs grown on purified elastin membranes compared to synthesis in serum-free medium, but synthesis is not further enhanced by cyclic stretching of the cells. Collagen production increase is less marked in hyperlipemic serum, but cyclic stretching raises synthesis to a degree comparable to that noted for serum-free medium, (b) The increase in artery diameter in response to increased flow rate<|fim_middle|>198906146-00019
Glagov, Seymour ; Grande, Joseph P. ; Xu, Cheng Pei ; Giddens, Don P. ; Zarins, Christopher K. / Limited effects of hyperlipidemia on the arterial smooth muscle response to mechanical stress. In: Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 1989 ; Vol. 14. pp. S90-S97.
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Glagov, S., Grande, J. P., Xu, C. P., Giddens, D. P., & Zarins, C. K. (1989). Limited effects of hyperlipidemia on the arterial smooth muscle response to mechanical stress. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 14, S90-S97. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005344-198906146-00019
Limited effects of hyperlipidemia on the arterial smooth muscle response to mechanical stress. / Glagov, Seymour; Grande, Joseph P.; Xu, Cheng Pei; Giddens, Don P.; Zarins, Christopher K.
In: Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Vol. 14, 1989, p. S90-S97.
Glagov, S, Grande, JP, Xu, CP, Giddens, DP & Zarins, CK 1989, 'Limited effects of hyperlipidemia on the arterial smooth muscle response to mechanical stress', Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, vol. 14, pp. S90-S97. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005344-198906146-00019
Glagov S, Grande JP, Xu CP, Giddens DP, Zarins CK. Limited effects of hyperlipidemia on the arterial smooth muscle response to mechanical stress. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 1989;14:S90-S97. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005344- | 756 |
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'Contemplation' by Peter Delaney. Winner, Animal Portraits.Peter had spent a long, difficult morning tracking chimpanzees through dense undergrowth. 'Photographing in a rainforest with dim light and splashes of sunlight means your exposure settings are forever changing,' he says. Keeping his camera at its optimum ISO setting meant a slow shutter speed, so it was hard to keep a sharp focus without a tripod.The troop of 250 chimpanzees had spent the morning high in the canopy. Totti, named after an Italian footballer, is a favorite with the rangers, but perhaps not the ladies. After trying everything to entice a female to join him on the ground—posturing, gesturing, and calling seductively—he gave up and flopped onto the forest floor.
'Crab surprise' by Justin Gilligan. Winner, Behavior, Invertebrates.Justin was busy documenting an artificial reef experiment when the army of crabs appeared, with an octopus acting 'like an excited child in a candy store,' as it chose its final catch. The irony of this unexpected encounter isn't lost on Justin: 'An aggregation of crabs the size of a football field wandered through the experiment and we had no idea why.'Moments like these reinforce how little we know about Australia's temperate reefs, and ocean ecosystems generally. Spider crabs usually come together for protection while they molt or mate, but these groupings were previously unknown in this area. Crabs like these are common prey for the Maori octopus—the largest in Australian waters.
'The night raider' by Marcio Cabral. Winner, Animals in their Environment.Marcio had been visiting the National Park for three years waiting for the right conditions to capture the glowing termite mounds. After days frustrated by rain, he was in for a surprise. A giant anteater ambled out of the darkness and stayed just long enough for Marcio to take a single picture, using a long exposure and flash to highlight his unexpected companion.Termite mounds twinkle with the green lures of click beetle larvae, waiting for adult termites to fly into their traps. Giant anteaters, up to two meters long, have a more direct approach, using powerful claws and long tongues to reach inside the mound. But the termites aren't defenseless—soldiers spray toxins at the intruder, which quickly make it move on.
'Stuck in' by Ashleigh Scully. Winner, 11–14 Years Old.Ashleigh was looking for red foxes in the deep snow of winter, having photographed them in spring and summer from a hide near her home. Spotting this female hunting from the back seat of a car, she grabbed her camera, rested it on the window frame and shot a series of the fox 'mousing,' diving nose first into a drift.Hunting foxes step quietly across the surface of the snow then stop, tilt their head and listen intently. Suddenly they will pounce, leaping high enough to punch through the deep snow. Sometimes they remain in this upside-down position for several seconds. More often than not these hunts are successful. The vole this fox was after was lucky this time.
'Polar pas de deux' by Eilo Elvinger. Winner, Black and White.Driven by curiosity and hunger, this polar bear and her cub stopped to investigate the dirty puddle leaking from Eilo's ship. Without hesitation and in synchrony, they quickly lowered their heads to taste the stained snow. Ashamed, Eilo framed her shot in black and white, emphasizing the contrast between the pollution and the pristine environment.Year on year, a variety of noxious substances are brought into these bears' habitats. Due to their low degradation rates, the pollutants remain in the environment, gradually accumulating as they make their way through the food web. As apex predators, the bears are exposed to high levels of these pollutants, which endanger their health and reproduction.
'Palm-oil survivors' by Aaron 'Bertie' Gekoski. Winner, The Wildlife Photojournalist Award: Single Image.Bertie looked on as a herd of Asian elephants picked their way through a cleared oil palm plantation. With the light fading fast he quickly shot the four majestic mammals, reflecting on how they 'huddled together, dwarfed by a desolate and desecrated landscape.'In Sabah, the palm-oil trade is a main driver for deforestation. It destroys habitats, squeezing elephants out of the forest and into plantations. As reports of elephants being poisoned or shot by plantation workers become increasingly common, Asia must face one of its largest conservation challenges—mitigating human—elephant conflict.
'Giant Gathering' by Tony Wu. Winner, Behavior: Mammals.Dozens of sperm whales mingled noisily off the coast, stacked as far as Tony could see. Immediately, he realized that this was something special—like a gathering of clans, these whales were part of a multi-day congregation. For Tony, the sight filled him with hope that 'the recovery of sperm whale populations may be going well.'The marble-like appearance of these whales is a sign of skin-sloughing. Large aggregations like this one will rub and roll against each other to exfoliate their neighbor's dead skin, helping them to maintain hydrodynamic performance. The tactile contact also helps to reinforce social bonds.
'Tapestry of life' by Dorin Bofan. Winner, Plants and Fungi.Dorin stood alone on the shores of the fjord contemplating the immense landscape as shafts of light warmed great walls of metamorphic rock. Drawn to the gentle curve at the base of one rock face—like the moss-covered trunk of a tree in an ancient wood—Dorin composed his picture of a timeless landscape reluctant to give up its scale.The mountains bounding Hamnøy rise steeply from the sea (a sheer drop of 650 feet in some places) yet they are flecked with the gold of mountain birches growing on their slopes, some clinging on in the most precipitous spots. These are a type of downy birch, a species that varies in habit and stature depending on where it grows.
'The incubator bird' by Gerry Pearce. Winner, Behavior: Birds.For four long months, this male brush turkey worked tirelessly to tend his nest mound. It was imperative that his eggs, buried deep under the rotting vegetation, were kept at 33°C. For Gerry, the turkey's repetitive nature was an opportunity to experiment, enabling him to 'come up with new and interesting ways' to capture a 'commonplace subject.'The brush turkey is one of a handful of birds, the megapodes, who incubate their eggs with heat generated from rotting vegetation. Using sensors in their upper bill, they constantly monitor the mound's temperature. Too hot and they must remove leaf litter, too cool and (like this male) more insulation must be piled on.
'The ice monster' by Laurent Ballesta. Winner, Earth's Environments.As soon as he saw the magnificent ice giant, Laurent craved to reveal its hidden depths. It took many hours to check out the location and prepare the shots but finally Laurent and his team were ready. Using a wide-angle lens they snapped 147 different images over three days. After careful stitching, the final image was assembled and ready to view.Trapped by the surrounding ice field, the iceberg floats safely above the sea floor. When free to roam, however, these icebergs can gouge great marks across the ocean bed as they are turned about by the wind, current and tide. The curves and curlicues of the scars leave a record of the past that scientists can use to study climate change.
'The ancient ritual' by Brian Skerry. Winner, Behavior: Amphibians and Reptiles.Like generations before her, this leatherback turtle journeys back to the ocean. Nesting turtles were not seen every night and were often too far away. When at last Brian got the encounter he wanted—under clear skies, with no distant city lights—he hand-held a long exposure under the full moon, artfully evoking a timeless atmosphere.Leatherbacks are the largest, fastest, deepest-diving and widest-ranging sea turtles. Much of their lives are spent at sea, shrouded in mystery. Sandy Point provides critical nesting habitat, but elsewhere, leatherbacks are not so lucky | 2,428 |
Johannes Campanus de Novare (en italien Giovanni Campano) (vers 1220-1296) est un astrologue et mathématicien italien connu pour sa traduction en latin des Éléments d'Euclide. En astrologie, il imagina le système de domification qui porte son nom.
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Il servit le pape Urbain IV en tant que chapelain et le pape Boniface VIII en tant que médecin particulier. Il voyagea en Arabie et en Espagne.
En 1260, Campanus publia une traduction en latin des Elementa geometriæ d'Euclide. Cette traduction était elle-même issue d'une traduction en arabe du texte original grec. Il est probable que Campanus ait consulté la traduction latine d'Euclide d'Adélard de Bath, écrite vers 1120. La paternité de cette œuvre lui fut fortement contestée au par Guillaume Libri. Sa traduction fut recopiée pendant deux siècles, avant d'être imprimée à Venise en 1482 sous le titre de Preclarissimus liber elementorum Euclidis.
Dans le domaine de l'astronomie, il composa une Theorica Planetarum, traité dans lequel il s'agissait d'expliquer le mouvement des planètes autour de la Terre à partir de mouvements circulaires. Il y donna également des instructions pour construire un planétarium, ce qui était une première dans l'Europe médiévale. Campanus s'attacha aussi à calculer les durées de rétrogradation de chacune des planètes. Il tirait ses données planétaires de l'Almageste de Ptolémée et des Tables de Tolède de l'astronome arabe Arzachel. Campanus donna<|fim_middle|>
Traducteur depuis l'arabe
Décès à Viterbe
Naissance en 1220
Décès en 1296
Mathématicien italien
Personnalité italienne du XIIIe siècle
Traducteur du XIIIe siècle | des instructions précises pour l'emploi de ces tables, et produisit des calculs détaillés des distances relatives des planètes et de leurs tailles relatives.
Campanus écrivit encore d'autres traités : Tractatus de Sphaera, De computo ecclesiastico et un Calendarium.
Son ouvrage De computo ecclesiastico (ou aussi Computus major, vers 1261-1264), dédié au pape Urbain IV ne fait aucune référence aux horloges, ce qui a conduit les historiens à avancer que les horloges n'apparurent en Europe qu'après 1280.
Son contemporain Roger Bacon le considérait comme un mathématicien éminent. Il fut également connu de Guillaume Gosselin, sous le nom d'Apulée Campan, comme un des précurseurs de l'arithmétique.
Le cratère Campanus, sur la Lune, lui a été dédié.
La domification selon Campanus
Le système de domification de Campanus consiste à diviser les quatre dièdres droits compris entre les plans de l'horizon céleste et du méridien céleste en trois dièdres égaux de 30 degrés chacun. Ces dièdres ont pour arête la méridienne (intersection des plans de l'horizon et du méridien) et coupent la sphère céleste selon des grands cercles, dits cercles de domitude. Le premier vertical étant perpendiculaire à l'horizon céleste et au méridien, ces dièdres ou ces cercles de domitude divisent aussi le premier vertical en arcs égaux de 30 degrés. Les intersections des cercles de domitude et de l'écliptique sont les cuspides des maisons, lesquelles sont généralement d'étendues inégales quand elles ne sont pas opposées.
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DVD Review: Adieu Galaxy Express 999
August 15, 2011 / WatikaLemon
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
The first Galaxy Express film was a classic quest tale; more about the journey than the destination,<|fim_middle|> Mary MacGregor, who was famous for the song, "Torn Between Two Lovers."
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The movie is based on the manga by Leiji Matsumoto, one of the all time masters of the medium. He creates space operas of epic proportions, and this entry doesn't disappoint in that regard.
Its been a few years since the first film. The mechanization movement, which has people trading their living bodies for immortal, mechanical ones has turned into an outright war with a human resistance fighting for the value of a 'limited life.' It's kind of a simplification from the original movie, in which mechanization was a complex issue with pros and cons, and a class struggle element. In this movie, it's just good vs. evil.
The journey aboard the 999 is relatively uneventful. It's no longer exploration, it's just transportation. The movie even teases the audience about his by having the train pass over the planets it visited in the first movie, showing fleeting shots of the setting and characters we met there. It seems like the mechanization forces are winning. One of the planets they visited in the first movie, Hevay Melder, we're told has been decimated by the war.
The few stops they do make are less varied and adventurous than in the first movie. The one real planet Tetsuro visits is La Metal, the 'home world' of the mechanization movement. There he meets a band of human resistance fighters, including a cat-man named Meowder, and learns a little more about Maetel.
Maetel is not the 'mother' figure she was in the first movie. She's now a cause for suspicion. Perhaps this shows growth for Tesuro, who isn't projecting his memory of his mother on to her, and is now seeing her as a woman with a questionable past.
The movie has a very lackadaisical pace. There are scenes of the train approaching a planet which last literally minutes, which is actually reminiscent of what it's like to travel on a train in real life. This, paired with the general lack of humanity makes the universe feel very quiet and empty. Contrasted with the first movie, it's a creepy depiction of what the fully mechanized universe would be.
The 999 eventually sets a course for Great Andromeda, a planet in the center of the Andromeda galaxy which acts as the headquarters of mechanization. While it wasn't his intent when he boarded the train, Tetsuro decides to make the most of the destination by striking a blow against the mechanization planet.
The premise of the people of the universe making themselves immortal at the expense of true life is really interesting, and well explored in the movies. This second film takes the premise up to a logical next level. While the journey is not as colorful or adventurous as the first time around, it still manages to feel epic. Mastusmoto just has a knack for making everything feel profound and legendary.
The DVD from Eastern Star features a very clean video transfer with 2.0 audio. The video is totally unaltered, with the Japanese credits and titles.
Bonus fact: The ending theme song was written and performed by | 698 |
There you can find the methodology and data.
I have not read it, because it's on paper But probably I should make an exception.
Michael (AugustLeo), I'm brainstorming a new idea for a dynamic model of development ... What do you think of the model? And could you make an animation of this model, maybe even interactive, so people could see how different combinations would look? The animations you made before really touched people. There is something very powerful about seeing a complex model as a graphic, and while a written description like this takes patience and focus to understand, a visual can often be grasped immediately.
I've taken some time to<|fim_middle|>, was doing based on their experiments and yet that intepretation was countered by Dr. Daniel Ingram, who presented an entirely different hypothesis. Both hypotheses were reasonable, both could easily be interpreted as "true". All three men agreed that what they thought was going on in that area of the brain, and what fMRI scans of that area were showing "proof" of, was really quite hypothetical and not some kind of absolute proof of anything.
Caution all around, I say.
Major signal changes measured in the amygdala region in a typical emotional task is not, in fact, located in the amygdala itself. Rather, these signal changes occur in the adjacent BVR that drains large regions of the medial temporal lobe and has confluences from other large veins in the amygdala region, and are therefore largely unrelated to neuronal activity in the amygdala itself.
Last Edit: 15 Nov 2015 12:55 by Chris Marti. | try to intuitively understand your vision of this model.
I know you were thinking of two lines as Elizabeth showed in her excellent post, but this suggests to me two orthogonal axes (maybe more than two). The dynamic aspect of this model could be shown by the expanding shape of the rectangle described by the degree of development along each axis.
This is easily animated. What are the goals of such an animated model? In the past your (our) animations illustrated your teaching and how to get there (in a cartoonish fashion). What are you trying to illustrate with this animation? How does it relate to practice as you recommend. I'm happy to help, though I'm sure there are many more qualified.
... this suggests to me two orthogonal axes (maybe more than two). The dynamic aspect of this model could be shown by the expanding shape of the rectangle described by the degree of development along each axis. This is easily animated.
Why do I think spiraling cycle of Enneagram will very useful for creating an actionable map.
People treat Wilber and others as elitist because they focus on linear development along several dimensions (say, vertical).
But in reality there are only horizontal steps along the Enneagram cycle which become vertical after the cycle completes.
If we switch the focus from jumping between stages to moving just a bit to the right, that should be perceived as (1) easier to accomplish (2) less threatening.
Truth be told, that's my point of view, too. I like playing around with models (and the GIMP!) as much as anyone. But I am re-reading I AM THAT after being introduced to it twenty-five years ago. "You give reality to concepts, while concepts are distortions of reality. Abandon all conceptualization and stay silent and attentive" (Dialog #35). "Go beyond your concepts and ideas; in the silence of desire and thought, the truth is found" (Dialog #62).
Yes, Derek. But who will do the laundry? And how?
You don't need thoughts/concepts/ideas to do laundry.
ETA: At least self-referential thoughts, which are 99%+ of our thoughts.
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How do you choose whether to wear the same shirt you wore yesterday or to wash it?
Who chooses? There is no "me" choosing. There is no "me" necessary to choose. Choosing just happens. It's like how do "I" choose how many raisins to put in my cereal? "I" don't. The raisins just plop in there without any thought whatsoever.
Can you give us precise notes of what is arising and passing away during the actual process of choosing? What happens between the moments something becomes aware of the need to wear a shirt and putting the shirt on?
The "body" is just moving. The body moves to where shirts are, reaches out to a shirt, a feeling sometimes arises that a shirt is the "right" shirt, but there is no thought that it is the shirt. And the shirt is put on.
Sometimes, a thought may arise about an event in the "future" and then thoughts about "appropriate" clothing to wear. Then, the body moves. But, there is no "I" doing any of this.
Models are nice to talk about and fun to think about. They can be useful to give us a sense of "where" we are in terms of a process, explain the structure of something that otherwise might appear to be chaotic or indescribable. The caveat to be aware of, IMHO, is that models are conceptual. They are sometimes useful creations. They are not what they purport to describe. In the area of human development they are not easily validated except through anecdotes and stories. Validation relies on self-reporting, at least until we have better tools.
Models are also easy to buy into and accept as reality. Caveat emptor.
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I'm thinking of this map in the way I might think of an ordinary road map; it's an enormously oversimplified two-dimensional model that leaves out huge amounts of information. But it does the job it's intended to do... just as a road map can get you where you are going, this map can help people understand that there are at least two legitimate ways to be enlightened, and they can happen separately or together. So the fact that the graphic is so simple is one of its main advantages. We can quickly visualize our own development and imagine what might be next for us. We can also attempt to model other people's awakening and ask ourselves which of the many highly advanced practitoners, both living and dead, might be role models for us.
With that in mind, an interactive version of the blue and red line segments as illustrated by Elizabeth, could be ideal. We could label the red line segment with a 1 on the bottom and a 10 at the top. It would represent a continuum of development toward more advanced lenses. The blue line would have the numbers inverted: 1 is at the top and 10 at the bottom. This axis represents embeddedness, with 1 being as disembedded as possible and 10 completely embedded. In both cases, the top of the line segment is better, even though the numbers are inverted. There would be a text box to enter a number for each axis. The point where the line segments intersect represents the center of gravity or baseline state of the person being modeled.
Chris, research on development along multiple lines of intelligence was done by dozens of trained scientists according to the highest standards. Their findings are based on observations of tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of individuals among all cultures and are published in major peer-reviewed journals.
Deep patterns of the stages of development are found to be universally valid for every human, from hunter-gatherer societies all the way to most developed cities.
You'll be able to easily relate different yeas of your own life to some of the stages.
These stages are very-very hard to see with introspective awareness because they usually operate at deep sub-conscious levels. That's why all major contemplative traditions have missed them and only observations over large samples of individuals were able to reveal them.
Jake, please, note the very big difference between (1) having a thought (2) identifying with a thought and (3) operating with a thought.
Having a thought means there is a thought in your conscious awareness. You are aware of a shirt. But what is a shirt? It is a thought, a concept projected in your awareness from a multiplicity of sub-conscious minds.
Identifying with a thought means you believe you are that thought you are having. I am my shirt, I am the person who wears such and such shirts and changes them once per day. It is very possible and much desirable to disidentify with as much of the conscious thoughts as possible. Such disidentification naturally leads to the greatly reduced number of conscious thoughts, because you break a positive feedback loop that creates them. The Buddha described this feedback loop as dependent origination.
Operating without a thought on the other hand is impossible. You see a shirt and have some feelings towards it (pleasant or unpleasant or neutral), and it is a thought composed of a great number of smaller concepts, including your personal history, society you are embedded in, color preferences etc. All these operate on a deep sub-conscious levels and very rarely if ever reach conscious awareness.
What I particularly like about systematic noting methods of contemplative development is that we are able to deconstruct such high-level thoughts as a shirt and directly see how they are created form many-many lower-level concepts and processes, including that which control attention, have aversion to the idea of having a self and filter sensory input.
Such discernment still won't reveal hidden structures (stages of development) in full detail (because they are so deep in the unconscious), but they help us immensely to understand the limitations of our current ways of meaning-making and grow into/invent new ones, more inclusive, more complex, with more perspectives.
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Chris, Jake, I've taken a liberty and reposted some of our exchange in my blog as this is a public forum. If you object, I'll remove it.
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Kenneth - I'm really not sure how to go about building what you've described, nor am I sure that I even understand what it is you want. Maybe someone else more qualified would be willing to tackle this project with you. I' look forward to seeing the result.
ETA: Was gonna move this to another thread, since it seems we are hijacking the development thread, but wasn't quite sure where to put it, since I usually just stick to the Dharma Refugees portion of the site. Feel free to start a thread Egor if you want to continue the convo.
Very much disagree that operating without thought is impossible. However, i refer to emotional, self-referential narrative that is about the past and future and cause suffering. Thoughts for planning and problem-solving do not seem to be problematic, although Weber says that even they have decreased in number and importance for him. But, 99% of our thoughts are self-referential and are just not needed. Instead, if we inquire into who we are, we find that life just moves along without "us" needing to be there in any fashion whatsoever. Any notion of an individual "me" is just a concept, no matter how you define it, i.e., as a body, mind, soul, etc.
A lot of this work entails letting go of cultural conditioning and beliefs that are deep in the unconscious. That is a key part of ongoing practice IME. As new and new layers of thought are uncovered and then let go of, the total number of self-referential thoughts slowly decrease until finally there is no longer any notion of an individual self. MRI scans demonstrate that for those who have eliminated self-referential narrative almost entirely, such as Weber, the area of the brain that correlates with self-referential narrative is inactive. Thus arises the permanent experience of "now, now, now" and no self, a mind devoid of self-referential narrative that is not dependent on one's environment.
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I appreciate your enthusiasm for this line of inquiry, Egor. I'm not anti-model, I'm just realistic about how valid specific models are, and how far we can take them in explaining human development and behavior. There are many, many models, all claiming to be valid. And many are indeed valid within their defined parameters and if we accept the constructs that the models' creators ask us to accept. And there always competing models that purport to explain the same parts of human behavior and development, and whose creators also claim scientific validity. It's a fascinating area to think about, sometimes, but it's just not my cup of tea any more.
As to the act of posting my comments from here to your blog -- you do not have my permission to use my words here unless you ask me first. There are trust factors involved (asking before you use my comments is one of those) and ownership of my own words (and how they are used) that are important to me on several levels. Please remove my comments from your blog and ask my permission first if you want to use my comments in the future. I think this is a fair way to deal with the issue.
I'm sorry, please, forgive me. Comment removed.
Thank you, Egor. I appreciate your quick action.
I'm not anti-model, I'm just realistic about how valid specific models are, and how far we can take them in explaining human development and behavior.
The elephant is there. We are looking at it with better and better tools. Sometimes we get it more right than wrong, sometimes the other way. The map probably will never be equal to the territory. Still, I find having progressively deeper maps very useful in my personal life. They help me do both simple (laundry, ...) and complex (relationships, ...) things better.
MRI scans demonstrate that for those who have eliminated self-referential narrative almost entirely, such as Weber, the area of the brain that correlates with self-referential narrative is inactive. Thus arises the permanent experience of "now, now, now" and no self, a mind devoid of self-referential narrative that is not dependent on one's environment.
This is also still hypothetical. The science of fMRI scanning is not that accurate or precise. When you talk to the scientists who use it, and the deep practitioners like Shinzen Young who participate in experimental design with them, you will find that the picture is not as clear and precise as is often presented in discussions like this and on various websites. fMRI results are sometimes used to "prove" that a specific concept or version of how the brain works is the truth. Care should be taken when we state "this is fact, this is real, this is the truth" when we talk about models and science, because both are dependent on concepts and subject to human interpretation. This was made very apparent at the BG2014 conference in Boulder, CO when Shinzen Young and Dr. David Vago spoke at length about how their Harvard based fMRI studies of experienced meditators were constructed and how their results were presented.
The rather imprecise resolution of fMRI scanning was discussed as well as the need to concoct stories to explain their fMRI scan results, simply because what fMRI scans measure cannot be proven, once and for all, to be the things we presume they measure. A practical example was brought up in that lengthy discussion involving how Dr. Vago and Shinzen Young were interpreting what a certain area of the brain, when scanned | 2,903 |
FORD TO DRIVE GROWTH IN 2014 WITH ADDITIONAL JOBS, THREE NEW WORLDWIDE PLANTS AND 23 GLOBAL PRODUCT LAUNCHES
The Ford Motor Company next year will launch 23 new vehicles to customers around the world, open three more manufacturing facilities and add more than 5,000 new jobs in the United States to meet growing demand for its products.
"Next year, we are embarking on our most ambitious global launch year ever to meet customer demand for our products around the world," said Raj Nair, group vice president, Ford global product development. "We are investing even more through our One Ford plan to serve more customers, in more segments – and deliver profitable growth."
The growth in 2014 will come on the heels of a strong year for<|fim_middle|> the driver by vibrating the steering wheel. If the driver does not respond to the vibrations, the system provides steering torque to nudge the vehicle back toward the center of the lane. The system is available on 11 Ford models today
Adaptive cruise control and collision warning with brake support, which uses radar to detect moving vehicles immediately ahead, and can modify cruising speed if necessary. The feature is available on 10 Ford models today
Blind Spot Information System, which uses radar sensors in the rear corners that monitor the spaces next to and just behind the vehicle. On the road, these sensors trigger a warning light in the mirror when there is another vehicle in the driver's blind spot. BLIS® is available on 13 Ford models today
Here Come The Cars: Parade of New Vehicles Headed for Detroit's World Stage
The parade of fabulous new vehicles equipped with cutting-edge automotive technology from around the world is on its way to Detroit and to the 2014 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).
"It's what we've been working toward since last January," said Bob Shuman, Chairman, NAIAS 2014. "The manufacturers
NAIAS Logo. (PRNewsFoto/North American International Auto Show)
continue to show their confidence in the NAIAS, and will once again bring their absolute best to Detroit's world stage. The show is going to rock."
With less than one month to go before the show opens to the largest media audience in North America, the industry remains focused on one of the top automotive events in the world.
"We're at the top of our game," said Shuman, who added the official NAIAS Press Conference Schedule, released on December 17th, features more than 40 media events over the two-day Press Preview, Jan. 13-14, 2014. (See full schedule below)
"That means introductions of an expected 50 worldwide concept and production vehicles that will be seen for the very first time right here in Detroit," Shuman added.
Most of the press conferences will take place at the renovated Cobo Center, with some events held in the new glass atrium facing the Detroit River. As it has been for the past few years, the Ford press conference will be at neighboring Joe Louis Arena on Mon., Jan. 13, at 8:10 am.
With more than 5,000 journalists from around the globe expected to attend the NAIAS, the show continues to be at the forefront as a venue for manufacturers and Tier One suppliers to announce new vehicles and make industry news. NAIAS also attracts large numbers of high ranking auto executives.
"Just by looking at the numbers, top management knows that Detroit is where they need to be," added Shuman.
NAIAS 2014 EXHIBITOR PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE as of 12/16/2013
6:30 am Media Credential Office Opens /Oakland Concourse
8:00 am Main Show Floor and Michigan Hall Opens
7:00-7:20 am VDA-German Association
of the Automotive Industry /
Ambassador Ballroom
(new location), Room 360
7:20-7:40 am Schaeffler Group /Ambassador Ballroom (new location), Room 360
7:15-7:25 am NAIAS 2014 Welcome Ceremony/Atrium Stage
7:30-7:55 am North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year Awards /Atrium Stage
8:10-8:35 am Ford / Joe Louis Arena
8:50-9:15 am Toyota / Main Show Floor
9:25-9:50 am Chrysler Group
10:00-10:25 am Chevrolet
10:35-11:00 am Mercedes-Benz and smart
11:10-11:35 am BMW
11:45 am-12:10 pm Porsche
12:20-12:45 pm Volkswagen
12:55-1:20 pm Audi
1:30-1:55 pm MINI
2:05-2:30 pm Bentley
2:40-3:05 pm Honda
3:15-3:40 pm Kia
3:50-4:15 pm Nissan
4:25-4:50 pm Hyundai
5:00-5:25 pm Volvo
5:35-6:00 pm Panasonic / Room 321
6:30 am Media Credential Office Opens / Oakland Concourse
7:00-7:25 am ZF / Main Show Floor
7:35-8:00 am DENSO / Main Show Floor
8:10-8:35 am Michelin / Main Show Floor
8:45-9:10 am Lexus / Room W-152 (former Riverview Ballroom)
9:20-9:45 am Infiniti
9:55-10:20 am Subaru
10:30-10:55 am Cadillac
11:05-11:30 am Acura
11:40 am-12:05 pm Tesla
12:15-12:40 pm VL Automotive / Concourse
12:50-1:15 pm Equus Automotive / Michigan Hall
1:25-1:50 pm VIA Motors / Main Show Floor
2:00-2:25 pm MetroBee / Concourse
2:35-3:00 pm PPG / Room 420A
3:10-3:35 pm Steel Market Development Institute /Room 356
3:45-4:10 pm The One Show's Automobile Advertising of the Year Awards / Atrium Stage
4:20-4:45 pm Michigan Economic Development Corp. /Location TBA
4:55-5:20 pm EyesOn Design Panel Discussion / Atrium Stage
5:20-5:45 pm EyesOn Design Awards / Atrium Stage
5:45-7:00 pm NAIAS Appreciation Reception / Atrium
2014 North America International Auto Show Automobile
CES 2014: TI innovation shapes the future of consumer electronics
Texas Instruments plans to demonstrate several of its new products in action at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Jan. 7-10 in Las Vegas, that are shaping the future of personal electronics. From wearables to automotive infotainment systems to intelligent display to advancements in health technology, TI's advanced analog semiconductors and embedded processors power nearly every type of electronic device a person touches.
Consumer electronics are becoming more sophisticated and feature-rich. As a result, the need for technology advancements that enable longer battery life, real-time connectivity, and smaller, smarter, more efficient electronics will continue to increase. TI will showcase dozens of product demonstrations in its TI Village (#N115-N118) that will help meet these needs, including:
Automotive: From curved screen, free-form infotainment display, and advanced driver assistance systems, to wireless connectivity, power management and solutions for hybrid/electric powertrains, TI is changing the way the industry thinks of automotive innovation.
DLP® display: TI's DLP Pico™ technology enables a big screen viewing experience from the smallest devices. Broad ranging intelligent display applications incorporating DLP Pico will be demonstrated, including near eye display, augmented reality, handheld mobile products, ultimate big picture entertainment products, and interactive surface computing.
Across the board:
The Internet of Things (IoT): From smart watches, fitness gadgets and entertainment devices to connected lighting, home automation applications and more, TI is helping manufacturers connect more for the growing Internet of Things.
HealthTech: Showcasing the latest advancements in health, fitness and medical imaging technology, TI's components help enable live-saving devices and wearable health monitors that allow individuals to take charge of their wellness.
Wireless power/energy harvesting: Advancements in wireless power and energy harvesting technologies are helping to power the IoT, as well as relieve dead battery anxiety that consumers often experience with portable electronics.
Audio: TI products help bring sound to life by enhancing quality and clarity for all types of audio systems. TI will show advancements in streaming audio, sound enhancement and system integration.
TI will also be showcasing its latest and greatest technologies inside end equipments at Pepcom's Digital Experience! at the Mirage Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip on Monday, Jan. 6, from 7-10:30 p.m.
2014 International CES Consumer Electronics Electronics | Ford in 2013. The company saw growth due to having the freshest product lineup in the industry while adding more jobs. Ford expects its global launches next year to more than double those of 2013.
Ford is on pace in 2013 to produce 6 million vehicles, or about 16 vehicles per minute around the world. This momentum is led by Ford Focus, the world's best-selling single nameplate, which is on track to reach 1.1 million sales this year.
Ford's gains also are coming from the small utility segment. Globally, utilities are expected to grow at almost twice the rate of the overall industry during the next five years.
In the United States, Ford is the best-selling brand of utility for the third straight year, outpacing its nearest competitor through November by 31 percent. Utility sales are led by Ford Escape, which delivered its best annual sales record this year through November – with still another month left. Escape has sold more than 271,000 units, surpassing in 2013 its record sales year of 261,008 vehicles.
Sales also remain strong for Ford F-Series, which is on track to be the best-selling pickup for 37 years. F-Series sales are up 20 percent through November; Ford expects to sell more than 730,000 F-Series trucks this year.
Ford's U.S. market share is growing at a faster rate than any of its competitors, rising five-tenths of a percentage point through November. The midsize sedan segment is contributing to these gains, with Ford Fusion selling at record levels and sales up 22 percent this year.
2014: An unprecedented product year in North America
Ford Motor Company expects its product momentum to intensify in 2014 with 16 new vehicle launches in North America, including Lincoln. These new vehicles include Ford Mustang, Ford Transit Connect, Ford Transit and Lincoln MKC. In all, Ford expects to have about three times the number of product launches next year in North America than in 2013.
"We saw unprecedented growth in the United States this year, especially in the midsize and utility segments," said Joe Hinrichs, Ford president of The Americas. "With the addition of 16 new products to our showroom, including Ford Mustang, our momentum continues."
Production of the all-new Transit will begin in second-quarter 2014 at Ford's newly retooled Kansas City Assembly Plant. Ford is investing $1.1 billion to retool and expand the facility.
Kansas City Assembly Plant will add more than 2,000 jobs – more than 1,000 of which are new hires – to support high demand for Ford F-150 plus production of the all-new Transit family of commercial vehicles starting next summer.
Global growth in jobs and manufacturing
In Asia Pacific Africa, Ford sold its 1 millionth vehicle in October. In the third quarter, Ford's market share in its fastest-growing region increased six-tenths of a percentage point, to 3.7 percent. In China, the company's market share grew to a record 4.3 percent in the third quarter, up eight-tenths of a percentage point, reflecting very strong sales of Kuga, EcoSport and Focus.
"Our strategy in Asia Pacific is to serve our customers with even more One Ford products, and to increase our capacity to provide these great products with manufacturing hubs in China, India and ASEAN," said Dave Schoch, group vice president and president, Ford Asia Pacific. "With more products, plants and people, in 2014 we will take another significant step in the implementation of our Asia Pacific growth plan."
To support the onslaught of new products, Ford will open three new manufacturing facilities – two of them in Asia Pacific and one in South America.
Next year, Ford is on track to open its Changan Ford Assembly Plant No. 3 and Changan Transmission Plant in Chongqing, China, as well as Camaçari Engine Plant in Brazil. The new Chongqing Assembly Plant will increase the company's production capacity in China by 300,000 units next year.
"This is the fastest and most aggressive manufacturing expansion the company has undergone in 50 years," said John Fleming, executive vice president, Ford global manufacturing. "The last time Ford was growing like this, Dwight D. Eisenhower was the U.S. president."
To fuel this growth, Ford plans to hire more than 6,000 employees in Asia next year, the vast majority of them hourly employees. Similarly, in the United States, Ford expects to create more than 5,000 new jobs, including 3,300 salaried positions, the largest hiring initiative since 2000. In the past two years, the company has created more than 14,000 jobs in North America alone.
More than 80 percent of the new salaried jobs will be technical professionals who work in product development, manufacturing, quality and IT.
More fuel efficiency and driver-assist technologies
In 2014, Ford also will continue its major global shift to provide customers with more fuel efficiency technologies.
Ford's EcoBoost® engine family, which delivers fuel efficiency and performance, adds two new offerings next year – a new 2.3-liter EcoBoost engine and one soon to be named. Ford's award-winning 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine offered in Ford Fiesta goes on sale in North America for the first time. With a fuel economy rating of 45 mpg highway, Fiesta with the 1.0-liter EcoBoost is the most fuel-efficient non-hybrid vehicle available in America.
Fuel efficiency technologies, such as Auto Start-Stop, also will be offered on more Ford vehicles in North America. The feature is currently available on Ford Fusion. It will spread to Ford's highest-volume products, covering 70 percent of the company's North America volume and reflecting progress toward Ford's Blueprint for Sustainability to increase fuel efficiency.
Similarly, Ford's success in hybrids – selling more than 80,000 through November – is expected to continue. In 2014, Ford plans to add more than 400 new positions to its powertrain engineering team, including approximately 100 new hybrid and electrified vehicle engineers.
Ford also is expanding its technology offerings, including new driver-assist features such as perpendicular park. These build on Ford's current leadership in driver-assist technologies, which today include:
Active park assist, which can ease the stress of parallel parking by using sensors and the steering system to guide a vehicle into a parking spot; the driver controls the gas and brake pedals. It is available on 12 Ford models today
Lane-Keeping System, which uses a forward-facing camera that can scan the road surface for lane markings. The system can evaluate if the vehicle is drifting out of its lane and then alert | 1,453 |
Alpine PKG RSE3HDMI - 10.1" overhead video monitor with a built-in DVD player 10.1" Wide Screen / Roof screen DVD/DIVX Player USB Output + 2 XHead phones.2 x HDMI Input, HDMI (Mirroring) USB Includes Remote Control.
Dual direct HDMI inputs allow for video content to be played from any HDMI-enabled device, such as a smartphone with an HDMI adapter. The system is equipped with one AUX input to connect to external sources such as an iPod®, iPhone®, iPad® or game console (requires third-party cable, sold separately). Plug in a USB device to play videos with the most common format such as AVI, MPEG, MP4, MOV, FLV, RMVB, MP3, WMA, AAC, and JPEG.
Alpine's PKG-RSE3HDMI rear seat entertainment system is the solve-everything hub for long car rides. This overhead monitor/DVD player combo gives you plenty of media options besides DVD playback. Using the dual HDMI inputs, you can play HD video from any HDMI-enabled device like a smartphone or tablet. Alpine also includes two USB inputs (one for media playback and one for charging) and one composite video input to keep your options open. Now, everyone in the back seat will have a prime seat to enjoy movies, TV, and web content on the PKG-RSE3HDMI's crisp 10.1" flip-down monitor, thanks to stunning picture clarity and high brightness for better daylight viewing.
Create the feeling of surround sound by tuning audio from the PKG-RSE3HDMI through your car speakers with the built-in FM modulator, or connect it to your stereo's auxiliary input. If the sound of Decepticon laser blasts or clanging swords is too distracting to the driver, back-seaters can listen privately via two included wireless headphones. You can give the kids full independence with Alpine's full-function wireless remote, or if you'd like a little more<|fim_middle|> to get their attention if you need to. | parental control, keep the remote handy | 7 |
Cranberry Yacht is a waterfront community in Collingwood Ontario. To learn more about this community and what waterfront condos are available to purchase or rent – contact me with your questions.
This residential section actually consists of three developments that are located on the small peninsula between White's Bay and Collingwood Harbour. The communities within Cranberry Yacht Club include Cranberry Quay, Cranberry Shores and Cranberry Surf, all of which is nestled in the southern curve of land, giving waterfront views on many of the properties, and a comfortable neighbourhood<|fim_middle|> distance as is the marina.
This location provides a picturesque setting for living spaces that is also convenient for shopping and work. The bungalows and town homes in Cranberry Yacht Club are designed to allow for great views and plenty of natural lighting with bay and oriel windows across the structures. | setting that allows for good pedestrian access.
Most of the homes for sale within the Cranberry Yacht Club community consist of detached ranch style bungalows, although townhomes are also an option. Ample room is afforded with two to four bedroom options, and both bungalows and townhouses also include garages.
This area is close to wilderness trails and preserve land, as well as the ski club and downtown shopping in Collngwood. Within the neighbourhood limits, residents are also able to take advantage of the outdoor pool in warmer weather, and the boardwalk pathways and gazebos at any time of year. The Cranberry Golf Resort is within walking | 132 |
CyberArk's MSSPs and channel partners played key roles in the cybersecurity company's strong Q3 2018 financial results, CEO Udi Mokady says.
CyberArk's channel partners and MSSPs played key roles in the cybersecurity company's strong Q3 2018 financial results, according to CEO Udi Mokady. Moreover, hand-picked MSSPs are allowing CyberArk to extend<|fim_middle|> solutions for customers, he asserts. "By bringing together advisory firms, VARs and tech partners like Automation Anywhere, UiPath, Blue Prism, Red Hat OpenShift, and Puppet and others, we're helping customers across industries securely automate business processes and the DevOps pipeline," Mokady asserts.
On the MSSP front, CyberArk is "cherry picking" the best partners — ensuring MSSPs are qualified to deliver true service to our customers. That commitment to quality also ensures CyberArk's MSSPs won't cannibalize each other, he adds.
In some ways, CyberArk is helping large systems integrators to transform into MSSPs. A case in point: During the third quarter, a large system integrator purchased CyberArk's multitenant cloud managed security service provider offering. The partner, in turn, signed its first customers and is in the process of building out its broader MSSP offering, Mokady asserts — though he didn't mention the MSSP by name.
Despite the momentum with channel partners and MSSPs, CyberArk is carefully setting expectations and avoiding channel hype.
Generally speaking, CyberArk has historically generated roughly 60 percent of it revenues from partners and 40 percent direct. Although partner-related sales now represent about 67 percent of the revenue pie, CyberArk is not predicting that the pendulum will further swing toward partners.
CyberArk's executive team frequently shares partner program milestones and MSSP engagement statements during the company's earnings call. It's a refreshing approach — especially considering so many cybersecurity companies fail to credit partners and MSSPs during earnings calls. | from the enterprise down into midmarket customer settings, Mokady said during the company's call with Wall Street analysts on Wednesday.
"Our innovation has empowered customers to deploy or access CyberArk anywhere, on-premise, in the cloud, as a service or through an MSSP," Mokady says.
During the quarter, CyberArk's overall revenues were $84.7 million — up 31 percent compared to Q3 2017. Moreover, partners drove 67 percent of the company's total revenues during Q3 2018 — with is a few percentage points above the typical quarterly partner contribution.
Big partners played big roles in those results. Strategic partners — including names like Deloitte, PwC and KPMG — influenced about 20 percent of CyberArk's business in the quarter, Mokady estimates.
"Our ecosystem is promoting a best-of-breed approach across a number of security projects, notably in mission-critical digital transformation and cloud migration strategies," Mokady says.
Moreover, CyberArk is building an ecosystem that allows technology providers and channel partners to piece together best-of-breed | 232 |
Innov<|fim_middle|> Technology Centre | ative Venue at Comcast Technology Centre
Located in the lobby of the Comcast Technology Centre in Philadelphia, USA, the Universal Sphere is an innovative venue for the telling of inspirational stories. Designed by the Foster + Partners Advanced Polymetric Team, the tessellated effect on the outer surface was created within the surface patterning of each individual panel and also through the precise spacing between panels. The design carefully avoided continuous lines, creating a futuristic yet intriguing structure.
The sphere stands at 10.5 metres tall, with a diameter of 11.8 metres. The outer shell comprises 127 FRP panels which are mounted on a segmented steel frame, all manufactured and test built in our workshops.
Inside the giant orb, visitors are seated twenty-five at a time, on a Spiralift platform. As the platform raises, they are enveloped within an overhead screen that plays a seven-minute film. Directed by Steven Speilberg, the film tells the stories behind a series of innovative ideas and aims to inspire the human spirit.
Comcast | 210 |
ICAO SHELL Model is a conceptual framework proposed in ICAO Circular 216-AN31.
The concept (the name being derived from the initial letters of its components, Software, Hardware, Environment, Liveware) was first developed by Edwards in 1972, with a modified diagram to illustrate the model developed by Hawkins in 1975.
Software - the rules, procedures, written documents etc., which are part of the standard operating procedures.
Hardware - the Air Traffic Control suites, their configuration, controls and surfaces, displays and functional systems.
Environment - the situation in which the L-H-S system must function, the social and economic climate as well as the natural environment.
Liveware - the human beings - the controller with other controllers, flight crews, engineers and maintenance personnel, management and administration people - within in the system.
The critical focus of the model is the human participant, or liveware, the most critical as well as the most flexible component in the system. The edges of this block are not simple and straight, and so the other components of the system must be carefully matched to them if stress in the system<|fim_middle|> equipment should not impede the reading of displayed information or other devices which might need to be used at the same time.
The liveware - environment interface refers to those interactions which may be out of the direct control of humans, namely the physical environment - temperature, weather, etc., but within which aircraft operate. Much of the human factor development in this area has been concerned with designing ways in which people or equipment can be protected, developing protective systems for lights, noise, and radiation. The appropriate matching of the liveware - environmental interactions involve a wide array of disparate disciplines, from environmental studies, physiology, psychology through to physics and engineering.
This page was last edited on 25 May 2016, at 18:20. | and eventual breakdown are to be avoided.
However, of all the dimensions in the model, this is the one which is least predictable and most susceptible to the effects of internal (hunger, fatigue, motivation, etc.) and external (temperature, light, noise, workload, etc.) changes.
Human Error is often seen as the negative consequence of the liveware dimension in this interactive system. Sometimes, two simplistic alternatives are proposed in addressing error: there is no point in trying to remove errors from human performance, they are independent of training; or, humans are error prone systems, therefore they should be removed from decision making in risky situations and replaced by computer controlled devices. Neither of these alternatives are particularly helpful in managing errors.
This is the interface between people. In this interface, we are concerned with leadership, co-operation, teamwork and personality interactions. It includes programmes like Crew Resource Management (CRM), the ATC equivalent - TRM (TRM), Line Oriented Flight Training (LOFT) etc.
Software is the collective term which refers to all the laws, rules, regulations, orders, standard operating procedures, customs and conventions and the normal way in which things are done. Increasingly, software also refers to the computer-based programmes developed to operate the automated systems.
In order to achieve a safe, effective operation between the liveware and software it is important to ensure that the software, particularly if it concerns rules and procedures, is capable of being implemented. Also attention needs to be shown with phraseologies which are error prone, confusing or too complex. More intangible are difficulties in symbology and the conceptual design of systems.
Another interactive component of the SHELL model is the interface between liveware and hardware. This interface is the one most commonly considered when speaking of human-machine systems: design of seats to fit the sitting characteristics of the human body, of displays to match the sensory and information processing characteristics of the user, of controls with proper movement, coding and location.
Hardware, for example in Air Traffic Control, refers to the physical features within the controlling environment, especially those relating to the work stations. As an example the press to talk switch is a hardware component which interfaces with liveware. The switch will have been designed to meet a number of expectations, including the probability that when it is pressed the controller has a live line to talk. Similarly, switches should have been positioned in locations that can be easily accessed by controllers in various situations and the manipulation of | 494 |
I worked with Myles at Wiltshire Council on a number of projects and I would recommend him<|fim_middle|> brilliant asset. | without reservation. His dedication and knowledge is unparalleled with regards to technology and SEN and I would defer to his knowledge regularly when dealing with SEN issues. He has continued to expand those skills in new technology and has proven himself many times in finding the right solution to the complex needs of the children he worked with. I have presented seminars with him around new technology and his passion for this subject enthused audiences and proved his credibility in this field. His wealth of knowledge can only be an asset to those who employ his talents.
Andrew Malcolm, School Improvement Partner.
Myles is an expert in the field. If I think SEN and ICT I always think Myles Pilling. Reliability, integrity, passion and a genuine warmth of personality. He'll travel miles to get a job done. Myles would be in my ICT first eleven as SEN specialist every time. I recommend him wholeheartedly.
Dave Smith, LA ICT Adviser, Havering.
I interviewed Myles live at BETT on my Radio Show, he was informed and a delightful guest and I really pleased he made the effort to come to the show for the interview. We chatted about the SEN as a sector and what else needs to be done to improve opportunities for young people. Wiltshire are making excellent progress and have some excellent schools, Myles is a big supporter of technology and is creative and a | 275 |
In his 1984 essay "On Being 'White'… and Other Lies,"* James Baldwin laid the creation<|fim_middle|> birthing process, the going can get very rough and it would be delusional for me to not recognize that things will likely get 'worse' before they get better. Those who are entrapped by fear and ignorance are acting out in ever-more terrifying ways. But always remember this is not the truth of who we are as human beings.
We can only continue to live our lives if we maintain some kind of confidence that this transformation, this world-wide awakening, is possible and is happening despite our difficulty seeing it.
Maia's words, and India.Arie's video, are helping me get through this week. | of the racist society that threatens our very existence at the feet of those waves of European immigrants who left behind their separate national/cultural identities to come to "America" and become white.
Ta-Nehisi Coates may be the best social analyst and writer currently working in the American press. I am once again astounded at the clarity and honesty he brings to bear on the Obama presidency in his recent — long! — article in The Atlantic, My President Was Black.
… the literature of prospective presidents—men (as it turns out) who speak not to gravity and reality, but to aspirations and dreams. When Lincoln invoked the dream of a nation "conceived in liberty" and pledged to the ideal that "all men are created equal," he erased the near-extermination of one people and the enslavement of another. When Roosevelt told the country that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he invoked the dream of American omnipotence and boundless capability. But black people, then living under a campaign of terror for more than half a century, had quite a bit to fear, and Roosevelt could not save them. The dream Ronald Reagan invoked in 1984—that "it's morning again in America"—meant nothing to the inner cities, besieged as they were by decades of redlining policies, not to mention crack and Saturday-night specials. Likewise, Obama's keynote address conflated the slave and the nation of immigrants who profited from him. To reinforce the majoritarian dream, the nightmare endured by the minority is erased.
Obama's greatest misstep was born directly out of his greatest insight. Only Obama, a black man who emerged from the best of white America, and thus could sincerely trust white America, could be so certain that he could achieve broad national appeal. And yet only a black man with that same biography could underestimate his opposition's resolve to destroy him.
These excerpts, though disconnected and probably disorganized, serve to show the remarkable depth of analysis and penetrating gaze that Coates brings to the subject. He also unfailingly puts it all into a social/economic context that makes it both understandable and sad. And he is unflinching in calling out the deep-seated racism in American history and society.
The most recent Congress boasted 138 members from the states that comprised the old Confederacy. Of the 101 Republicans in that group, 96 are white and one is black. Of the 37 Democrats, 18 are black and 15 are white. There are no white congressional Democrats in the Deep South. Exit polls in Mississippi in 2008 found that 96 percent of voters who described themselves as Republicans were white. The Republican Party is not simply the party of whites, but the preferred party of whites who identify their interest as defending the historical privileges of whiteness.
I encourage everyone to read this wonderful piece of journalism.
My dharma friend Maia Duerr has a beautiful perspective on the recent horrors of hatred and violence rife in our world: it's all the pain of birthing a new life.
With every bone in my body I believe we are on our way to living into a more awakened way of being with each other and being on the Earth. But we are not there yet. Like any | 674 |
What Should We Do About Our Wayward Children?
Q: We prayed for our children even before they were born, asking God not only to keep them from harm, but also to help us raise them so they'd follow Jesus. But it hasn't worked out that way, and now as adults they've both turned their backs on God. What did we do wrong?
A: No parents are perfect, of course, but your children alone are responsible for the decisions they've made, and you should not blame yourself for the path they've chosen to follow. The Bible says, "The son will not share the guilt of the father, nor will the father share the guilt of the son" (Ezekiel 18:20).
At the same time, don't give up praying for your children, no matter how old they are. God is able to do what we can't—and in time they may come to their senses and realize they are on a dead-end road. No doubt the prodigal son's father prayed for him repeatedly every day; he even may have wondered if his prayers were being heard. But in time, his wayward son realized the futility of his<|fim_middle|> be doing. Remember the Bible's admonition: "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger" (Proverbs 15:1).
Seek God's forgiveness for ways you might have failed as parents—and your children's forgiveness also. Most of all, however, trust your children's future into God's care—just as you did many years ago.
Billy Graham's Answer: Should I Stay Home with My Kids or Return to the Workplace? | rebellious ways, and his father had the joy of welcoming him home (see Luke 15:11-32).
In addition, let them know you still love them, even if you don't approve of the way they are living. They know where you stand; you don't need to keep criticizing them or reminding them of what they should | 72 |
We are pleased to offer an icon of British Motoring, this 1970 Jaguar E-type OTS Roadster. The E-type Roadster is England's crowned jewel of open sports cars as they are arguably one of the most beautiful production cars conceived. Surpassing is beauty is its function and drivability<|fim_middle|>ated of drivers. A great opportunity to acquire a piece of British Royalty of the automotive world. | . These are spirited cars powered by a dual overhead cam 4.2 liter inline 6 cylinder engine producing 265 horse power with a top speed of 150 mph. To harness the horses the car utilizes independent torsion bar front suspension, independent coil spring rear suspension, and four wheel disc brakes with rear "inboards".
The example offered here is presented here sports an older professional restoration completed in 2005 and is finished Carmen Red over Biscuit leather interior, tan top and chrome wire wheels. The remains very nice in quality and has been mechanically maintained and routinely serviced through its current ownership.
Jaguar e-type roadsters are popular cars, their design and beauty appeal to all and their performance impresses the most opinion | 153 |
Business professionals are increasingly required to operate within a project environment or to even manage their own projects. Projects bring together resources, skills, technology and ideas to deliver business benefits through change – but<|fim_middle|>. At the end of the course participants should be sufficiently confident to consider introducing more robust approaches to planning, managing and controlling their projects.
Participants - Anyone wishing to exercise greater understanding and control of the projects they are managing.
Our course is invested with practical content defined to ensure that you gain the maximum value from your investment of time.
• Project management problems encountered by participants? | all too often they fail to deliver in full or exceed their time and budget targets.
This course aims to develop the core skills and techniques required to deliver today's projects on time, within budget and to the required quality.
This course is designed for individuals who wish to extend their Project Management skills. It covers concepts terminology and the core disciplines of effective Project Management | 71 |
Art, Artist of the Month
by Kleanthi Sardeli 12 January 201922:24 5 May 2019
From Agrinio to New York: Christos Kapralos
Christos Kapralos working in his studio, Athens, 1987
Christmas back home gave me lots of time for book hunting in my parents' bookcases. As usual, I ignored the sociology, finance and management books that have taken over even my own room and shuffled through the art history books that I haven't been acquainted with. Nothing interesting came up. The search was over but I was angsty for a new obsession; the blog needed something interesting. It wasn't until a few days later that my father's proposition, writing about local artists, seemed more inviting than boring. From that moment, Kapralos[1] couldn't get out of my head. Kapralos happened to be a distant relative of my mother's but I never had the chance of meeting him; he died before I was born. We did, however, have his work displayed in our dining room and a few books on his work. So I dug in.
It's a very common prejudice that artists or even astounding professionals do not usually come from the countryside. The bustling urban areas serve more as a place of gathering for creatives and intellectuals of all sorts. Even though our country has a rich history of visual and performing arts, arts and culture are often overlooked as superficial or useless in everyday life; and all this, despite the fact that art has come to enjoy applications even in the medical world, being more and more recognized for its healing benefits.[2] Given that, imagine being born in Panaitolio, a small village in Western Greece, known for its tobacco production. It's a miracle that Kapralos discovered painting while walking to school in Agrinio, when he was still very young. His mother was highly supportive of him and his work giving him her approval to go to Messologi to study painting for the<|fim_middle|>940, as he said in his autobiography, he forgot all his European influences and his work returned to the classic lines and influences of the Ancient Greek sculptures and shapes. He thought that recalling his European influences while working in his home town would be "unnatural and stupid". His subjects are mainly drawn from his experiences in Greece, in Panaitolion. He sculpted his friends and family, but mostly he created sculptures of his mother. She is a dominant figure in his life and work. Let's not forget that it was her that let him follow his dream of studying painting in the first place. His sculptures of his mother are some of his most powerful work. Even though his themes are often quite ordinary, they are never simplistic. The simplicity of his forms serves as a vessel for the emotional heaviness of the themes that dominate his work; loss, war, work, poverty. Kapralos knew pain and poverty, having struggled for most of his life until his eventual success in Athens. What drove him most was his "great love for humans"[3] and this is what he was most willing to express through his work. And he definitely did exactly that.
[1] http://www.epoxi.gr/persons3.htm
[3] https://archive.ert.gr/35350/
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M. L. Kappa on 22 February 2019 at 10:23
Hi Kleanthi, and thanks for following my blog! I love this artist, so will reblog the article. Very interesting
Kleanthi Sardeli on 22 February 2019 at 13:06
Thank you so much! The reblog helps immensely! 🙂 I love your blog, it's the best on art in Athens 💫💫💫
Reblogged this on Letters from Athens and commented:
A very interesting Greek sculptor. Photos do not do justice to his work, which is sometimes very large in scale
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We tweetin' about Art | first time. From then, Kapralos never stopped creating. With support from Ioannis Papastratos he moved to Athens and studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
The World War II found him in Paris. He was forced to come back to Greece. He returned to Panaitolion and with the help of his brother, he build a small studio where he worked till 1945. Eventually, he built a home and studio in Athens. It was in Aegina that he carved the Memorial of Pindos in the church yard of Holly Trinity. The frieze now is available at the Peristyle of the Greek Parliament. Towards the end of the '50s Kapralos started working with ancient metalworking techniques. He developed his own formula which consisted of drawing on wax leaves and then moulding them with fire, giving them different shapes. Afterwards, he proceeded to work the wax with his hands, creating more than two hundred different statues. The result of this big body of work was exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1962. His work made an impression on art critics and the general public, gaining international acclamation. This success resulted in him signing a contract with the most important gallery in New York, the Martha Jackson Gallery. Kapralos gained the recognition he deserved and continued working in Aegina till the early '90s.
Kapralos' work was what Greece needed after the World War II. After his return to Greece in 1 | 309 |
Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for 1997 awarded to Stanley B. Prusiner, MD
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There's no shortage of attractions in and around the BWI region. Visit Arundel Mills Mall before trying your luck at Maryland Live! Casino, located next door. Head to Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Washington, D.C., or Annapolis' Historic Downtown for a day of sightseeing and tours. No matter what you're looking for, you'll find it in or around the BWI region.
A mere 10 miles away from the BWI region, Baltimore is a great place to spend a day. Catch a Ravens or Orioles game, or head to the Inner Harbor and visit the National Aquarium before sitting by the water enjoying Maryland's famous blue crabs.
Looking for a taste of the Chesapeake Bay? Get out on the water for a sailing cruise, stroll the historic brick streets on a walking tour, wander through the United States Naval Academy, or dine on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. You'll find it all here in Annapolis.
Washington, D.C. is home to the must-see Smithsonian. Stroll through the National Mall, visit the National Zoo, and explore the dozen of museums and memorial parks. The Smithsonian offers daily FREE access to more then 15 museums that capture the history of the United States.
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Two Museums, three centuries of art history. Evergreen is a fine art collection and venue for contemporary artists. Homewood is a National Historic Landmark renowned for its stunning historic interiors....
The Senator Theatre
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, The Senator opened on October 5th, 1939 as a single screen movie house. It is a historic Art-Deco movie theatre designed by John J. Zink. The Senator reopened with 4 screens, including the restored and r...
The Timbers at Troy
The Timbers at Troy Golf Course offers the best of the Maryland countryside. Rolling hills, mature trees, and meandering streams provide the backdrop to a truly enjoyable and challenging golf course, highlighted by spectacular bunkering and bentgrass from...
Urban Pirates
Climb aboard the pirate ship Fearless for an interactive adventure sailing out of the Ann Street Pier in Fells Point. With our lively crew, you will learn to talk, dance, and play games like a pirate, blast enemies with water cannons and navigate treache...
WB&A Trail Park
Phase two of the WB&A Trail Park is now open for the public's enjoyment. Phase two extends the current WB&A Trail an additional one and a half miles from Strawberry Lake Way south to Bragers Road. The WB&A Trail Park is a 3.8 miles paved... | be a challenging yet fair test of golf. Preserved natural wetlands meander through this picturesque setting, offering some of the prettiest views in all of golf in the Baltimore area. Whil...
Severna Park Golf Course
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Snag-A-Slip is a brand-new online boat slip rental system that allows boaters to explore marinas by region and search for boat slip availability based on length, beam, depth and power requirements. Once you find an available slip, you can book it with eas...
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Widely known and emerging Baltimore-based musicians perform various genres including blues, brass band, funk, jazz, R&B, reggae and timba. The 2019 SoBo Summer Music Series is produced by BOPA and supported by the Maryland State Arts Council, South Ba...
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Getting out into nature and the beautiful mountain landscape is fortunately easy and hassle free from almost anywhere in the Town of Banff. The Town of Banff is essentially an island of 4.<|fim_middle|> quick fix and real sense of achievement in a short amount of time. This is a great first hike for active kids as young as 4. Even on this relatively short hike always come prepared with proper walking footwear, water and a windproof jacket.
There are 2 trailheads for this hike. The first is approx. 10 mins walk lower down the mountain. This lower trailhead is the official start with a large parking lot located just below the Banff Centre Arts School along St. Julien Road. The second trailhead has a much smaller parking area and is really best for non-hikers and more for a quick photo op.
The hike features long switchbacks through an old pine forest and scenic views west towards the beautiful Mt. Bourgeau and down onto the Town of Banff itself. The summit features views over the back side of the mountain east towards Canmore, the Banff Springs Golf Course and on a good day to the impressive Mt. Aylmer.
Key features: 1500 elevation gain, some route finding, outstanding views.
Mt. Rundle is one of the most iconic and impressive mountains within walking distance of the town of Banff. It towers over the eastern edge of the town arching into the clouds with a distinctive knife edge summit. This is not a hike for the first timers but a scramble exclusively for serious climbers who have experience trudging through rugged scree at high elevations. The reward of reaching the summit via the famous Dragon's Back is well worth the minimum 6 hour uphill slog. If this hike is up your alley download or pick up "A Scramblers Guide to Mount Rundle" (pdf) for all the necessary trail information.
If you're particularly interested in walks and hikes in Banff National Park, I would highly suggest purchasing the absolute bible on the subject and the only guide book I would recommend – "Canadian Rockies Trail Guide" by Brian Patton and Bart Robinson. | 85 square km (1.87 sq miles) surrounded by Banff National Park. Because of strict federal rules on growth, population and urban sprawl, Banff cannot expand beyond pre-determined set boundaries. This makes escaping the busy town extremely quick and easy, making wilderness very accessible for all. It also makes returning to civilization quick and rewarding with the plethora of fine eating establishments within the town.
There are literally dozens of amazing walking and hiking opportunities right from town but here are my top 3 picks for getting out there, from easy gentle flat strolls to extreme mountain scrambles; rated from easiest to hardest.
Time: 20 minutes return, can be extended to 45 mins.
Key features: flat, paved part way, scenic.
A paved path wide enough to accommodate strollers and wheelchairs dotted with benches hugs the east side of the famous scenic Bow River which runs through the town. Start near the boat docks and stroll along the river, past Central Park and the gazebo, under Banff's main vehicle bridge, past some gorgeous river homes to the new awarding winning pedestrian bridge which is well worth crossing and lingering on. Return from the river boat docks to the new pedestrian bridge is about 20 mins at a leisurely stroll. You can continue onward if so inclined as the path does continues along the other side of the river and left or east towards the Bow Falls and the famous Banff Springs Hotel. The paved path does end here but the dirt trail is well maintained. Carry on along the more shaded side of the river up a set of log stairs over a small hill to the spectacular Bow Falls, the Banff Springs Golf Course and the hotel – about another 20 mins one way.
Key features: Steepish, well maintained, popular, switchback hiking trail. Great views along the way and from the summit.
This is a great taste of what hiking is all about in the Canadian Rockies. The terrain gives you a proper sense of what it's like to hike up a real mountain. With a relatively short distance to the summit, this hike allows for a | 428 |
The Shrapnel<|fim_middle|> wargaming needs. Based on the classic Steel Panthers engine, winSPWW2 and winSPMBT together provide gamers with almost a century of turn based land warfare. Featuring literally hundreds of scenarios, not to mention the campaigns and the ability to generate quick battles, both games offer a lifetime of gameplay separately.
World Supremacy for $21.95. So one day you're sitting around minding your own business when you're invaded by a horde of tanks. What do you do? Why, take the world over! Blending sensible beer and pretzels board gaming with computer gaming, World Supremacy is a violent romp of domination. From Malfador Machinations of Space Empires fame.
Remember, our Memorial Day sale lasts thru May 28th. These are great prices, and with a long holiday weekend coming, there's no better time to get your game on! Visit the Gamers Front here for these special offers.
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For information on any of the games mentioned above, or to check out our complete line of award-winning titles, please visit us at www.shrapnelgames.com. Latest releases include the addictive puzzle-strategy game, Bronze, and feature rich Approaching Infinity. | Games Annual Memorial Day Wargame Sale Event!
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The first national Memorial Day occurred in 1868, but was called Decoration Day. The day honored those who died in the Civil War. The name of the holiday was eventually changed, and its scope widened to include all wars. Then in 1971, it was moved to the last Monday in May.
To recognize this solemn day of remembrance to fallen soldiers, Memorial Day, Shrapnel Games is running our annual sale event. From today thru May 28th, all wargame offerings from Shrapnel Games are being heavily discounted.
All wargaming titles are included! These include:
Air Assault Task Force for $33.95. Whup whup whup whup whup. Who doesn't like helicopters? Even better, helicopters swooping out of the sky and creating havoc? From Vietnam to Afghanistan, airmobile operations in this realistic wargame.
ATF: Armored Task Force for $22.95. This is a perfect simulation for fans of the heavy metal thunder that only armor brings. Bring on the lovely tank on tank action across the world, using real-time gameplay and high fidelity maps.
Battle Group Commander: Episode One for $9.95. Another fantastic ProSIM title featuring a British Battle Group facing off against Soviets. Episode One is a mini-game from ProSIM, focusing on four scenarios that boast a high level of replayability. While it may be a mini-game you can count on all the bells and whistles beneath the hood that ProSIM is known for.
BCT: Commander for $14.95. A hyper realistic simulation of modern ground combat, treadheads looking for realism in their games should look no further.
The Falklands War: 1982 for $33.95. A conflict that has seen little action on the PC, The Falklands War: 1982 is a fascinating simulation from ProSIM. As ATF: Armored Task Force is to armor, The Falklands War is to infantry. Detailed modeling down to bayonet charges. The historical campaign is available to play, along with hypothetical variants. Simply the best game on the conflict on your computer!
Raging Tiger: The Second Korean War for $33.95. hypothetical look at another war on the Korean peninsula. An open campaign system allows players to jump to any battle they wish. Plenty of chrome inherent to the theater is present, from refugees to the DPRK's use of "special" forces. A variety of battle situations, in an fluid battlespace, will keep you glued to your monitor.
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War Plan Pacific for $34.95. Who says you can't do grand strategy in an evening? War Plan Pacific is the revolutionary wargame covering the entire war in the Pacific from US entry until the atomic bomb, playable in a single session. Command fleets, air groups, and amphib assaults! Easy to grasp beer and pretzels mechanics coupled with deep, historical strategy, playable single or multiplayer.
winSPWW2 and winSPMBT Main Battle Tank Enhanced Editions, each only $34.95. You could spend oodles of cash on 1/285 scale armor miniatures and diorama supplies or you could just play winSPMBT (modern) and winSPWW2 (gee, you think maybe WW2?) for all your tactical | 892 |
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Raisin producers in Maharashtra hit hard by unseasonal rainfall
The Financial Express. Pune, 05 March 2016
A recent spell of hailstorm and rains in some parts of Maharashtra over the last three days has hit raisin producers hard. Farmers in Sangli, one of the biggest raisin production centres in the state, are unhappy with the rains that have come at an inopportune time<|fim_middle|> being dried. "This will definitely affect the overall quality of the raisins, which lose color due to the rains and as a result, the price gets affected as well," Subhash Arve, president, Maharashtra State Grape Growers Association (MGGA), who looks after the Sangli region, said. Prices of raisins which were around Rs 200-250 per kg, have dropped almost 50% as the raisins are turning black, he said. Farmers are now getting just about Rs 70-80 per kg for their produce. Warehouses where the raisins were being dried have been damaged causing water to seep in, which reduces the sugar content of the product. Around 40,000 tonne of raisins were expected this season, but the impact will now have to be seen in the next few days, he said. Manoj Mali, president, Sangli Tasgaon Raisin Merchants Association, says the crop this year was good since the grape production was good and the season was pretty good for farmers until the rains hit them. As of now, the prices are still in the region of 150-215 per kg but this is for the earlier produce, he said. The impact on prices will be seen in the next 10-12 days when the raisins that have been damaged in the recent spell will find their way into the market, he added. Normally, raisins require 12-15 days if the weather remains sunny to dry and the golden colour is considered to be the best quality raisin. However, because of the rains, the colour turns blackish and the raisins become an unattractive dark brown or green which finally impacts the price, he explained. | , when the raisins were in the process of | 10 |
Have you thought about your furnace & heat pump maintenance?
Getting your HVAC system through the hot months is<|fim_middle|>0 states.
This is very helpful for both residents and business owners. The list really helps when someone's heating and air just suddenly stops working. By already having the top 10 companies in your state you have already gotten a head start on finding the best company for you. In my opinion, the best thing to do is to find a company on the list that is closest to you and simply contact them.
Do you need to escape the heat?
If you are simply tired of the hot summers let me recommend you start thinking about looking at inground pools to install. Not only are inground pools a great way to escape the hot summer heat, they are also great for parties and family activities. Many families use their pools for birthday parties, family gatherings and sometimes even weddings. Now, installing these pools can become a little pricey but if you compare the pros and cons I believe you will see that it can be a very good investment. After all, what is more, rewarding than being able to have fun and spend time with your family?
There are many types of inground pools to choose from, it really all depends on where you live to which one would be best for you. If you live along the ocean you are very limited to the level of the water table in your area. These areas can cost quite a bit more to install a pool.
Is your HVAC system broken?
The one thing you need in order to keep cool during the summer months is to make sure your HVAC system is working properly. The best way to do this is to contact an HVAC supply company and replace any parts that need replacing before the summer months approach. If you do not feel comfortable replacing the needed parts yourself do not worry, all you need to do is contact one of your local heating and cooling companies and they will gladly send an AC repair contractor to your house. Once the contractor is there they will install your new parts for your heating and air system.
Now, if you feel as if they did a good job repairing your HVAC system I highly suggest having them start doing your routine maintenance calls for you. These type of service call usually prevent your air conditioning system for breaking from the very start.
Are you in need of a new AC system?
No matter if you are building a new home or opening a brand new business the best place to get your HVAC system is through a certified York Dealer. All the companies that are certified to carry and sale York heating and air parts will have the best parts the industry has to offer. It truly does not matter if you need commercial or residential AC parts you can find them through any partner York company.
Not only are most of these companies qualified to carry these brand name parts, most of them are also certified to install them. So be sure to ask about their HVAC installation rates while buying your new part. If they do a good job with the AC repair job then you might want to consider hiring them for your routine service calls on your new unit.
Are you searching for some heating and air supplies?
If you need supplies for your AC unit and you live in the Wilmington, NC are you are in luck. The amount of HVAC supply Wilmington NC stores throughout the city today is quite amazing. Many believe the growth of the heating and cooling industry in the area is simply due to all the construction taking place. The city is really expanding and with every new building built or renovated you have to install a solid HVAC system. With the number of buildings going up it is not a shock to see all the HVAC contractors booked up.
For these reasons is why more and more heating and air companies started opening. I mean if you can get your AC repair license and have the capital to start a company it is not a bad idea. The industry is still booming and there is plenty of work to go around. | only part of the solution to keeping your home comfortable. You must also contact the best heat repair company in your area to prepare your furnace and heat pump for the winter months. If you fail to do this you could be in for a long and cold winter.
Unfortunately, more people than you think are are not aware of how important it is to take care of your heating and cooling system year around. Many homeowners make the mistake of not having their fall heating and air service call performed every year. And every year there are emergency HVAC calls made because someone's central air system has stopped working.
All of this can simply be avoided by simply contacting your local AC and heat pump contractor and setting up a routine maintenance call for your air flow system.
Are you tired of the heat?
If you simply cannot handle the heat anymore then you might want to consider installing a better airflow system into your home. Many people have many different opinions on which system is the best heating and cooling system on the market today. But finding the right system is just half of the battle. Once you find it you have to find someone to install it for you and believe me you want to make sure they know what they are doing. Once you have the system purchased and have hired the best person for the job you just need to get started.
One of the things I recommend is going with one of the name brands like Trane or York AC units. Both of these brands have been proven to be among the best for years now. You hardly ever hear any bad reviews on either of the type of HVAC units.
Did your HVAC system break this summer?
If you live in North Carolina then you understand just how many residential heating and cooling Wilmington NC service calls were made this year. This summer brought along some of the most intense heat the Carolina's have seen in years. The last thing anyone needed during these scorching heatwaves would be having their HVAC system break. With no working air conditioner to produce cool air, it would be a very miserable summer for you.
Unfortunately, many residents in the state neglected to have their routine AC and heat repair service call performed this year. Because of these actions contractors across the entire state of North Carolina have been overwhelmingly busy this year. This is especially true for coastal towns. So many people have spent many hot and miserable nights at their house this year because of their neglection. I can almost guarantee that things will not be the same next summer.
Do you know who the best HVAC companies were this summer?
The list has finally been released of who the 2018 best heat pump repair companies are. This is a list that is released every summer to help residents and businesses keep up to date on who to call when their AC unit breaks. The list consists of the top 10 companies in various areas across the nation. For example, if you live in the Houston, TX area there would be a list of the top 10 heating and cooling companies in that area. A list is made for all 5 | 608 |
Hot pizza. Mmm, smells good ... and then Oww! You've got pizza mouth burn. We've all been there.
<|fim_middle|> flavors than mango. | While at a conference in Chicago, Jason McConville was enjoying a slice of deep dish pizza when it happened: the molten cheese burned the roof of his mouth, causing excruciating pain, followed by that all-too-familiar tender, raw sensation for the next few days.
"This has plagued humankind since we discovered fire, it seems. Since the first caveman cooked his turkey over an open fire [humans have burned their mouths]," he says.
We've all been there -- biting into hot food or chugging a boiling drink then scalding our mouths. But McConville, an associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, decided to do something about it. He designed a dissolvable mouth strip with the local anesthesia benzocaine, sometimes found in cough drops, and also used by dentists, to provide some pain relief. The strips resemble popular breath freshening strips and can be used to sooth burns for a few hours up to a few days.
"That compound itself is a really, really rapidly acting, stable compound that lasts for a long time on the shelf. It seems very logical [to use this] ingredient as it is readily available," he says.
Someone suffering from the much-hated scalded mouth can slip a strip into her mouth where it will rest on the roof, cheek, or tongue slowly releasing the pain-reliever. Even though the strip will dissolve slower than its breath-freshening cousin, it won't impair people's ability to talk or use their mouths.
"The mouth is a very, very quick part of the body to heal; a couple of days is probably the maximum you would need. In addition to that, we have included a semi-active ingredient that promotes healing," McConville adds.
While the mango-flavored strips exist as a prototype, McConville hopes to find an industry partner to help manufacture the strips for consumers; he doesn't anticipate facing many barriers—most of the ingredients are readily available in other over-the-counter medications. In a few months, he plans on starting a small study in human participants to test the efficacy of the strips (but assures us that he won't force subjects to eat scorching food to induce mouth burns). Within a few years, McConville hopes that the pain-relieving strips will be available over the counter, possibly in more | 477 |
CAM attachments buyers take centre stage in new global campaign
CAM attachments – a private label brand of attachments for a variety of industries and<|fim_middle|> via camattachments.com/stories.
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Practical point of view
"Putting customers at the heart of our business has always been essential to us", says Claudio Giordano, Global Product Manager at CAM attachments. "So we figured, why not let them take the floor? This approach turned out to be ideal to increase brand awareness and inform prospects of our services, especially because it offers a very practical point of view."
Input for further optimisation
With its new campaign, CAM attachments will publish over 50 customer stories on its website. It describes this as a kind of behind-the-scenes look for professionals who are considering buying the brand. "What's more, the in-depth interviews with customers have been highly informative," Claudio adds. "Any points of improvement mentioned, for example, allow us to further optimise our services."
Straightforward representation
Indeed, while most testimonials highlight CAM attachments' strengths, they don't necessarily shy away from criticism. Claudio explains: "In the process of portraying customer experiences, we want to remain honest and straightforward. Our customers are demanding, and rightfully so, and of course have had the final say in what was published."
CAM attachments' campaign stories, which continue to grow in numbers throughout the coming months, can be found | 295 |
Canada's trade deal with South Korea is a calculated risk: Editorial
In Canada's trade deal with South Korea, Prime Minister Stephen Harper took a calculated risk and failed to negotiate protections the U.S. got in a similar deal.
Tue., March 11, 2<|fim_middle|>." And Unifor, the country's largest private sector union, sees the deal as a "serious threat" to domestic production and jobs. We'll only know for sure once Korean automakers such as Hyundai and Kia gain duty-free access in a few years.
Queen's Park and the major Canadian auto companies had lobbied for an American-type "snapback" proviso that would let Ottawa reintroduce a duty on South Korean vehicles if Seoul plays its old game of imposing unfair nontariff barriers on our exports. They also wanted to give the auto industry more time to adjust, with a five- to seven-year phase-in. Harper got neither. The Canadian pact provides for a speedy dispute resolution process, but no snapback. And the planned phase-in is over three years.
On the brighter side, the deal does provide a little catch-up for Canada in terms of getting a toehold in the Asian market. That matters, given the region's rapid growth.
As the Star's Les Whittington and Robert Benzie report, it is our first trade liberalization pact with an Asia-Pacific country, opening the door to deals with other Pacific Rim nations, including Japan. The European Union, the U.S. and Australia have all reached similar deals with South Korea, putting Canada at a competitive disadvantage and hobbling our exports. Much of this deal is about regaining lost ground.
Moreover like the recent Canada-EU trade deal — a centrepiece of Harper's political legacy which stands to boost our economy by $12 billion — the Korea agreement is welcome to the extent that it helps diversify Canada's exports, marginally easing our unhealthy over-dependency on the U.S. market.
There's no denying the risk these deals bring. The EU pact is expected to drive up drug costs and hobble the ability of provinces and cities to favour local suppliers, and the Korea deal has sparked worries about job losses in the auto sector. But any risk must be weighed against the potential gain to the wider economy.
While Canada's oil and gas exports have surged in recent years, other exports have slumped. To the extent that Harper's trade missions, free-trade deals, investment treaties and aviation agreements with scores of countries pry open markets for our nonenergy exports, we stand to gain.
In the case of Korea, those gains are expected to include better Asian access for Canadian aerospace exports, chemical, medical and green products, agricultural exports including port and beef, seafood, forest products, information technology and metals and minerals. The aim is to ease a trade imbalance that saw Canada import $6.4 billion worth of Korean goods in 2012, mostly autos, while exporting just $3.7 billion.
That's the hope, at any rate. As the Wynne government has warned, the reality bears close watching.
Stephen Harper | 014timer3 min. read
At first blush, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's free trade agreement with South Korea looks like pretty small beer. Federal officials say it will boost Canada's $530-billion annual global exports in goods and services by a relatively paltry $1.7 billion or so. Spread across a $1.9-trillion economy, the impact would be hard to feel.
There's even less to crow about if you share Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's understandable concern that the pact risks further hollowing out one of the heartland's key industries. "In terms of the agri-food sector, we are very optimistic about the opportunities that a Canada-Korea deal might provide," she says. "We do have reservations about the auto sector" and the 93,000 direct jobs that ride on it. There's merit in Queen's Park's call for a task force to monitor the rollout of this deal.
Harper says the pact will "create jobs and opportunities" when it comes into force after it is ratified by both governments. That will likely be next year. But in his rush to sign the deal Harper took a calculated risk. He failed to negotiate the same protections that the United States leveraged in its own 2012 trade deal with South Korea, and that may prove costly. Ford of Canada predicts that Korea will remain "one of the most closed automotive markets in the world | 291 |
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31% of CE Pros Have Taken a Stab at Commercial Projects and Here's Why
Professional Audio Associates owner Lew Freedman, a Class of 2014 CE Pro Master, encourages his residential clients to test the waters of the commercial business with events like PAA Tech Day.
Chuck Schneider • May 25, 2016
Especially this year, if you're a political junkie like me, you eagerly await every new poll. The raw top line numbers with their margins of error and number of respondents are fine but it's fascinating to dig deeper.
How can anyone live without knowing that the Donald beats Hill with independent LBGTQ unregistered voting age citizens from New Jersey who live within 10 miles of a Garden State Parkway on ramp that doesn't require a toll? And by over 15 points no less! I love this kind of stuff.
A little less drilling down is required to ascertain lots of facts about the recently revealed CE Pro 100. One specific factoid really jumped out at me. Five years ago, only 15 percent of this vaunted group did anything at all in the commercial field. This year that number has more than doubled to 31 percent. That's a significant jump.
It's likely that there was some sort of natural evolution of just business expansion that contributed to the increase. But many feel it was fueled by the Great Recession of 2007-2008. Left with virtually no residential building, precious few retro renovation projects, the home CI looked for whatever work was out there. Commercial, while not booming, offered some steady days on the job.
In 2009, sensing something of a trend, CE Pro published a supplement on the commercial world, sort of a primer for anyone unfamiliar with the concept, and released a sister publication called Commercial Integrator Magazine. With more encouragement, more and more people looked into the category.
It's 2016 and though 31 percent is a strong number it still means that over two thirds of the remaining integrators have yet to try their hand at anything much beyond a residence.
This wasn't lost on Class of 2014 CE Pro Master Lew Freedman, the boss at Pro Audio Associates, an independent distributor out of Woburn MA. Freedman is no stranger to the commercial installation side of the business.
In the 1970s, when he was operating what was then the largest volume single shop retail stereo store in the country (K&L Sound), he was persuaded by a couple of associates to turn an under used section of his second floor into a retail pro shop, selling merchandise for commercial installations as well as gear for musicians.
In fact the shop became a hangout for many of the bands who were credited with creating "The Bosstown Sound." Members of Orpheus, The Beacon Street Union, Ultimate Spinach and others were often seen in the K&L Pro shop testing new gear. All the while his pro crew was working installations in Boston clubs, bars and restaurants that ultimately led to bigger gigs in stadiums, schools and houses of worship.
The success of the retail pro shop spurred Freedman to try his hand at starting a manufacturers' representative firm for commercial products in New England and upstate New York. When Freedman closed the retail business he expanded the rep firm to include home vendors on his line card.
The next logical step was to stock and distribute the products that the rep firm, named Professional Audio Associates (PAA), sold. The rest is history.
Fast forward over three decades and PAA is solidly in the commercial end of the business distributing major brands to clients large and small. It was the success of a number of smaller residential installers who<|fim_middle|>, the vendors were impressed. Impressed enough to commit to more events. Expect to see more pro stuff on display during the annual PAA Open House at their headquarters in Woburn MA later this spring as well as another commercial oriented event in the fall.
I wonder what the Presidential polls will show by then?
Chuck Schneider:
Chuck Schneider is a freelance writer with a long history in consumer electronics. He started and restarted his award-winning manufacturer's representative firm - Value Added Marketing - and was also a vice president and general merchandise manager for a multi-regional CE chain, as well as a buyer for Lechmere's (a division of Target). Today, he is a freelance writer.
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Commercial • Professional Audio Associates | had tested the waters on the pro side that convinced Freedman he should reach out to more members of the home only holdouts and persuade them to give the pro side a try.
Bringing Commercial Ideas Home
The result was PAA Tech Day, recently held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Windsor Locks, Conn., near Bradley International Airport.
Why Connecticut? Freedman was asked. "It had been a while since we'd had a event there. When we started many years ago we had rotating hotel shows all over the territory. My Connecticut guys convinced me it would be a great venue and it was. We had sales and tech attendees from not only Connecticut but Vermont, greater Albany (NY) as well as western and central Mass. Over 60 guys turned out for our first go at this. I was thrilled but more importantly so were the accounts and the vendors."
PAA Tech Day. Photo courtesy of Chuck Schneider.
The vendors included (in alphabetical order) Bose Commercial, Electro Voice, LG (both Commercial and Consumer), Omnimount, Origin Acoustics, Peerless, RDL, Sonos, Sound Machine, and TOA.
Most of these participants are well known in the pro space but a couple were, like many of the PAA clients, looking to expand their vision beyond residential. Sonos, for example, brought along relative newbie Sound Machine who uses the tag line "music service for business." Not only was that a market niche perfect for Tech Day, but it also offered an entrée into the increasingly important monthly recurring revenue (MRM) arena.
Origin Acoustics, for its part, has elected to leave no category of the architectural loudspeaker business out of its increasingly comprehensive assortment. On display at Tech Day were the "Seasons" collection of outdoor speakers and 70-volt in-ground subwoofers which the company touts as simple and perfect for the hotel pool area or al fresco dining spaces at restaurants and bars.
Not only did the event make PAA even more visible to the pure play pro clients but it exposed, in some cases for the first time, aspects and ideas from the commercial side to some home only clients.
"I'm encouraging all my residential clients to take a stab at the commercial business. Start slowly. Stay in the neighborhood and try their hand at a local restaurant or bar." Freedman calls the concept "Commercial Lite," which is now the nickname of an entry level commercial display series offered by LG.
"But I also wanted to show resi guys some of the potential." Freedman continued. "That's why we had a video wall and signage products on display." Those SKUs made for more than just conversation pieces as the day went on. Freedman and his crew saw some eyes open and he thinks he'll see positive results shortly.
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Art history teacher Rose Maning is ready to trade her predictable reality for adventure. Rose plunges into a successful house hunt just as her first love, the handsome Ben Pierce, returns to Charleston. Determined to move despite their instant connection, Rose buys a fantastic new apartment in need of major renovations. Then a mysterious discovery further complicates her life and plans. As she searches to uncover a hidden mystery, she learns some hard truths about herself, love and trust. Will this scholar's find change her life and art history as we know it today?
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Thomas Jefferson always wanted to be remembered for three things: Author of the Declaration of Independence, Author of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and Founder of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. | 01-1809), back to life for the 21st century.
I-pad and stylus replace the quill pen and parchment in Kathleen Reid's innovative retelling of the events of Mr. Jefferson's life. As one of the most creative technophiles of his time, no doubt Mr. Jefferson would haveemployed today's social media wisely, and perhaps in much the same manner as the author imagines.
Jefferson was a collector of knowledge throughout his lifetime. He would have loved Facebook because it would have allowed him to connect on a global basis with "friends" or information sources. In short, Jefferson was a global thinker long before people even understood what that meant.
Jefferson had a passion for architecture which led him to | 152 |
One of the most unique events the North East has to offer is fast approaching, as Monday 25th April sees the launch of Newcastle Noir at The Lit & Phil in Newcastle; a week's worth of events leading up to packed weekend festival dedicated to promoting crime fiction under all its guises from all over the world.
From Monday 25th April there are a range of talks and workshops which are a must for any fans of literature which is twisted around criminal activities, and it all leads in<|fim_middle|>9th April. The launch sees award-winning writer Ann Cleeves make an appearance, then over the weekend, an array of incredible local, national and international crime writers speak about their work. This includes Val McDermid, Sophie Hannah, Mari Hannah, Yrsa Sigurdardottir and Gunnar Staalesen. Newcastle Noir 2016 has pulled off a major coup attracting these names, and with panels discussing the creation of miscreants and misdemeanours within the many areas of crime, there's so much to take in. Tours exposing the darker side of Newcastle's history and workshops to hone your own tales make for something that could really be an experience that must be taken up by any crime fiction fans.
Newcastle Noir takes place at The Lit & Phil, Newcastle through workshops from Monday 25th April and the official festival from Friday 29th April until Sunday 1st May. | to an official launch night on Friday 2 | 9 |
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2) Ask the right kind of questions – One of the most effective ways to get your fans talking on facebook is to ask entertaining and interesting questions. Engaging you fans can help build relationships. The secret to this is to ask questions that are easy, this will encourage resonses as questions that require just one-word responses tend to get the most engagement.
3) Celebrate your Milestones on Facebook – Did you reach a milestone? This can be important to you and your business but also can be important to your fans. So Celebrate with your fans! Even if its small put it up and thank the people involved, this creates a sense of community.
4) Run a Facebook Contest – Everyone loves a contest and a chance to win a prize. If you need a little excitement on your Facebook page, a contest will get your fans active on your page. This can also result in fans sharing the contest with their friends, increasing your fans even more. Your prize does not have to be expensive to result in a lot of entries.
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A blog post by Ron Scheese, President & CEO of Andesa Services.
Perhaps the best business advice I ever received I refer to as the $25,<|fim_middle|> daily ritual, the better I felt about myself. Some days, all six things would be crossed off the list and some days only two or three. But with each day, progress was being made. Perhaps there was a higher degree of focus on the important, but I definitely experience an emotional high when the list is accomplished. I certainly have a higher degree of self-satisfaction at the end of a week. That boost re-enforces the approach. It has become a life-long habit and perhaps the best advice I have ever received.
To finish the Bethlehem Steel story, at the end of the three months Charles M. Schwab wrote a check for $25,000 to Ivy Lee for his advice; the equivalent of approximately $400,000 in today's dollars. | 000 solution. I do not recall in which book or magazine I first heard the story of Ivy Lee's method, but it was early in my career and I have followed a version of the model fairly faithfully.
The story is said to have occurred in 1918, nearly 100 years ago. Ivy Lee is often considered the father of modern-day public relations. Bethlehem Steel, located nearby Andesa Services' Allentown, PA, headquarters, was a client of his firm. Businessman and steel magnate Charles M. Schwab (not the Charles R. Schwab of financial investing fame) was then President of Bethle hem Steel and was frustrated with inefficiency. His attempts to improve productivity had not yielded results.
Lee promised he could help the company if Schwab would give him 15 minutes each day with his managers. He proposed that his fee would be what Schwab believed the value of his efforts to be after three months. With little to lose, Schwab agreed.
Lee taught the managers a simple method.
At the end of each day, write down the six most important things you need to do tomorrow. No more than six.
Prioritize those six items in order of importance.
The next morning, begin working on the first – most important – task. Work until that task is finished before moving to the second task.
Work through the list in priority order, completing as many tasks as possible.
Repeat this process every day. If you have not completed the list, consider if the unfinished item should be on tomorrow's list and what priority.
That's it. That's the simple solution which has today become the Ivy Lee method of time management.
Allow me to share a couple observations based on my experiences over the years.
Make the model work for your environment.
If you attend meetings, put them on the list. It may mean you are unfinished with task three for the day when meeting at task four is due. Go to your meeting, come back and pick task three back up. Clearly a violation of the pure Lee model, but make it work for you. It may also challenge you to think about the meetings you attend. Are they important? Do you need to attend? Would it be on your "To Do" list if it hadn't been on your calendar first?
Andesa recently had our leadership team complete the Gallup StrengthsFinder assessment process. Through this initiative, we learned that over half of our leaders have the talent "Achiever" as one of their top five strengths in their profile. Achievers are described by Gallup as ones who "work hard and possess a great deal of stamina. They take immense satisfaction in being busy and productive." Upon further reflections, we described these individuals as list-makers and "achievement-junkies." The caution is there is always more work to do. Gallup warns that high "Achievers" may have to guard against trying to do too much and possibly burn out themselves or their teams. The Ivy Lee method of limiting daily tasks to six important things may mitigate this risk on a short-term basis.
The approach is definitely more tactical in nature than strategic (unless strategic planning/problem-solving is one of the tasks on the daily list). My experience is that it will help accomplish more on a regular basis and focus attention on that which is urgent. As my responsibilities expanded and the work became more strategic in nature, the less effective I felt the model has been. I still rely on it for many a day's to-do list, but I do recognize limitations in its application.
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Will the U.S. Adopt Similar GDPR Privacy Concerns??
Awareness, Data leakage, Privacy, Regulation
Recently, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating whether Facebook, Inc. used personal data by an analytics firm associated with the Trump campaign. Specifically, the FTC is trying to determine if the company violated terms of an earlier consent decree when 50 million users' data was transferred to Cambridge Analytica, a data and media consultancy firm. To date, Cambridge Analytica has been accused of misrepresenting the purpose of some<|fim_middle|> as opposed to its predecessor, is that it focuses on individual EU citizen rights, empowering them to have substantial control over how organizations use, process, and store their information. According to the GDPR, among the individual-friendly rights include:
EU GDPR to have profound effect on privacy and security- is your organization ready?
Awareness, Compliance, Privacy, Regulation
The new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation- see the full document here ) issued by the EU earlier this year raises many questions among compliance and privacy officers. Who is required to comply with the GDPR and are companies really expected to revamp the entire way they handle customer privacy? | of its data mining, which yielded something like 30 million Facebook profiles it could comb for data. This calls into question how consumer information is shared with other entities, particularly when consent was not provided.
Social Media & GDPR
This revelation has called into question how social media sights harvest the personal information from their platforms. As one article pointed out, "Some large-scale data harvesting and social manipulation is okay until the election. Some of it becomes not okay in retrospect." This is indeed troubling in a time when personal information is constantly used by malicious actors for monetization purposes or used in support of the conduct of other operations (e.g., social engineering, spam, phishing, credential theft, etc.). A recent report by a content marketing agency revealed that Facebook logins can be sold for USD $5.20. Such access provides a criminal to a compromised individual's contact list to target other individuals. According to the same report, an individual's entire online identity – to include personal identifiable information and financial accounts – could be sold for USD $1,200.00. After initially denying the claim, Facebook acknowledged the breach and promised to take action.
Hidden Impact in GDPR Legislation
Breaches and ransomware attacks are more prevalent than ever, and concern for protecting data is mounting on a global scale.
Toward that end, the EU has put forth its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but no legislation can be implemented without having some consequences on the businesses that must comply with the laws. Given that GDPR aims to standardize data privacy laws and mechanisms across industries, there are few sectors that will not be greatly impacted.
Any company that directly or indirectly controls or processes the personally identifiable information (PII) of EU citizens will be affected by GDPR changes. Both terms 'data controller' and 'data processor' are broadly defined, which means that virtually every company will be impacted by these changes. For small businesses, dealing with these data collection and processing regulations will be overwhelming, if not crippling.
The GDPR is Right Around the Corner – Who's Ready?
Approved by the EU Parliament in April 2016, the European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is set to go into effect in May 2018. The new regulation will be replacing the 1995 Data Protection Directive and is designed to be a new approach in the way organizations will address the processing and protection of data, particularly the personal identifiable information of EU citizens. In addition to streamlining how all EU member states secure information, the GDPR will standardize data privacy laws across the Union. Since the GDPR is a regulation and not a directive like its predecessor, the policy is binding across all EU member states.
The GDPR goes into effect at a time when substantial breaches have dominated the news, particularly in incidents where users – through no fault of their own – had their sensitive personal information put at risk. The breaches at Equifax and the Office of Personnel Management are two examples of this, the former surrendering nearly half of the population of the United States. One of the most notable aspects of the GDPR, | 631 |
With our Annual Cutwater Cruise starting on July 19th, excitement is growing for another amazing exploration of the beautiful Pacific Northwest Waters and Gulf Islands. The marinas have all been locked in and the itinerary is set! Listed below are our cruise destinations for your information. We are now opening up our official registration for this event. Limited spots are available, which will fill up quickly, so register now! By registering, you will have a locked-in reservation at Roche Harbor as well as a place holder at our destinations in the Gulf Islands.
Our Annual cruise is once again set to kickoff at Beautiful Roche Harbor on San Juan Island. We have 30 slips reserved for the weekend and a number of fun events planned. We have booked an<|fim_middle|> this year at Roche for those of you who would like to arrive on Thursday the 19th. Roche is a perfect location to start our cruise with plenty of outdoor activities, fishing, crabbing, restaurants, and a popular farmer's market on Saturday morning in Friday Harbor. For more info please visit their website.
Located on Thetis Island, Telegraph Harbour Marina will be our final destination on the cruise. This is a great marina with very nice amenities for us all to enjoy. Telegraph is also a great location for those of you who are planning to continue cruising north to the Sunshine Coast and Desolation Sound.
We look forward to cruising with you very soon!
Please be advised that our Cutwater Cruise is now full, and you will be placed on a waitlist. In the case of cancellation, spots will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. Thank you! | extra night | 2 |
Штандартенфюрер Ганс Ланда () — вымышленный персонаж и главный антагонист в фильме Квентина Тарантино «Бесславные ублюдки» 2009 года. Его изобразил австрийский актёр Кристоф Вальц, за свою игру получивший широкое признание и многочисленные награды.
Концепция и создание
Квентин Тарантино сказал, что Ланда, возможно, самый лучший из когда-либо прописанных им персонажей. Первоначально он хотел, чтобы эту роль сыграл Леонардо Ди Каприо. Затем Тарантино решил, что персонажа сыграет немецкий актер. В итоге роль досталась австрийцу Вальцу, который, по словам Тарантино, «вернул ему его фильм», так как чувствовал, что кинолента не может быть снята без Ланды как персонажа, но боялся, что роль «неиграбельна».
Когда Вальц проходил пробы на эту роль, он не имел никакой предварительной переписки с Тарантино или продюсером Лоренсом Бендером и считал, что персонаж Ганса Ланды использовался в процессе проб для того, чтобы провести кастинг на другие роли. Вальц заявил, что его больше всего впечатлил диалог и глубина характера персон<|fim_middle|>урительную трубку Ланды как ненавязчивую метафору маскулинности, а его любовь к молоку описывает как оставшуюся от эпохи невинности и первобытной связи. Стивенсон сравнил его со злодеем из «Крепкого орешка» , которого сыграл Алан Рикман, из-за его презрения к низшему интеллекту окружающих.
Вальц в одном из интервью отметил, что курительная трубка является тарантиновской аллюзией на Шерлока Холмса, который курил похожую трубку.
Примечания
Вымышленные персонажи Квентина Тарантино
Вымышленные военные преступники
Вымышленные детективы
Вымышленные массовые убийцы
Вымышленные мужчины
Вымышленные нацисты
Вымышленные полковники
Кинозлодеи
Австрия в культуре и искусстве
2009 год в кино | ажа.
Вальц описал характер Ланды как человека, который понимает устройство мира, заявив, что свастика для него ничего не значит. Он добавил, что им не движет идеология, и что если бы кто-то назвал Ланду нацистом, он бы пояснил, что это не так, заявив, что то, что он носит нацистскую форму, не означает, что он верит в нацистскую идеологию. В описании финала между «Бесславными ублюдками» и Ландой он называет его «реалистичным до бесчеловечности», добавляя, что он понимает, что мир не состоит из одних вещей, и хотя эти вещи могут противоречить друг другу, они не обязательно должны быть таковыми.
Действия в фильме
В начале фильма «Охотник за евреями» штандартенфюрер СД Ганс Ланда наносит неожиданный визит в дом французского фермера Перье Лападита в поисках членов еврейской семьи Дрейфусов. После долгого допроса Перье Лападит вынужден признаться, что прячет их у себя. По приказу Ганса Ланды солдаты расстреливают прячущихся под полом людей, однако 18-летней Шошанне Дрейфус удаётся бежать. Ланда берёт её на мушку, но в итоге не стреляет.
Приём
Вальц получил широкое признание критиков за свою роль Ланды и получил за неё приз за лучшую мужскую роль на Каннском кинофестивале 2009 года. Благодаря роли Ганса Ланды Вальц получил множество предложений от режиссёров сыграть роли в их фильмах, что позволило ему охарактеризовать ситуацию как «дикую».
Редактор фильма Хантер Стивенсон отметил, что международные зрители, в особенности американцы, будут удивлены талантом Вальса в этой роли, добавив, что он склоняется к тому, что Вальс будет номинирован на "Оскар" за лучшую мужскую роль второго плана. За свою игру Вальц был удостоен нескольких наград, включая премию "Золотой глобус" за лучшую роль второго плана и премию Гильдии киноактеров в той же категории в январе 2010 года. Он также получил премии BAFTA и "Оскар" за лучшую роль второго плана, став первым актером, получившим "Оскар" за исполнение роли в фильме Квентина Тарантино.
Анализ
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How do you all find new books to read? Usually I just go to libraries and pick up whatever stands out to me, but lately I've been trying to keep up with a few book awards such as the Man Booker Prize and the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction. I've got at least half of the books from the longlist of each from 2017 on my to read list, though I haven't yet tackled them, and I'd love to know of more awards that I can follow to find new things to read.
I've also found quite a few things to read from looking at the nominees for the Goodreads Choice Awards, and one of these books was a poetry collection entitled When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen, and I really enjoyed it because of Chen's unique perspective as a gay Asian American immigrant. Though it didn't end up winning the award, I really enjoyed looking through nominees in all the categories and picking out ones that seemed interesting to me.
Any thoughts on book awards, whether decided by a panel of judges or by the population? Have you read any books that have won such prizes that you would recommend? I'd love to hear any thoughts!
No I don't really look at awards. Right now I am trying to finish the book bingo thing, which I have one more book to read, which needs to be a book from 1982. However, I have just finished another book that I just looked one the library shelf and found. This book was called, The Story of Silk and it was all about how silk was made. I really enjoyed the book. The only problem was that it was really hard for me to find anything that features art in it. So I went with something close to art which was weaving.
I love reading award winning books, but they aren't how I choose my books to read unless I'm looking for something that I know is going to be good. And even then, I usually pick books that I have heard good things about and have been told they are must reads. One of these such books is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. I'm sad that I had waited this long to read it as it is definitely considered a classic in modern literature.
The novel is written through pivotal points in Maya's life from a young girl being raised by her grandmother after being "sent away" by both her parents, to a major event that changes the way she sees the world and people around her, to living life as a person of color in the deep south and in the United States in general. It definitely helps me, not coming from this background, understand even a little more, what it's like to not have the privileges I know I've been given, though full understanding will never be possible. However, there are places in the book where I did understand and could empathize with Maya, and these were matters of the soul and broken spirits and confusion and anger and fear.
While this book does touch on some heavier subjects, there are moments of laughter and moments where I was cheering her on. And it's definitely made my list of favorites.
So yes, reading books that have won awards, or better yet, writers who have won awards such as Maya Angelou being a Nobel Prize recipient, tend to grab at me. I like to know what it is about them that makes them so great.
Being on an award list or something similar, like a bestsellers list does not matter to me if I want to read a book or not, although I did read a lot of bestsellers or award winning books,<|fim_middle|> of the books on the Need-to-Know list are award winners either at the local (statewide) level or national/international (Alex, Newberry, CS King, etc.). Other than that, if a book has an award, good for the book, but it won't mean that I'm going to read it. | mostly due to school or because they get recommended a lot by my family or friends.
The only time I did specifically read a book that was on a bestseller list was when I read Fablehaven by Brandon Mull. I only read it a few months ago, despite it being released twelve years ago. I recommend it to anyone that is a lover of fantasy-like elements and does not mind lose to lose themselves in 360 pages.
Book belongs to a "backyard fantasy" genre, meaning that there is a fantastical world right by our houses, an old element of fantasy that is slowly coming back. The book itself talks about the siblings, Seth and Kendra, which go to stay with their grandfather so their parents can go on a vacation. They are warned not to go into the woods behind their house but Seth does so regardless, discovering a fantastical world that can sometimes have grave consequences.
I personally liked the book (the first in the series of five), it certainly had an appeal, but sometimes, it relies a bit too much on writing clichés, such as disobedient child and absentee parents. However, it is a good read for a rainy afternoon and I heard that the author's writing improves with each book.
I picked up another book to read while on my trip that I found out about from an awards list. It is called Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. The story started off a little slow for me, and I wasn't sure if I was going to like it. However, it began to pick up pace and it brought about a lot of excitement, especially near the end when a certain discovery is made. Bud's mother has passed away a few years before, and after an incident with a family he is living with, he decides to take off to find the man he believes to be his father, a very well known musician with his own band.
The story takes place during The Great Depression in the US.The reader gets a history lesson in that time from the view of a young African-American boy. We learn about how people hopped trains and created little make shift towns. We learn about big band music and also about the redcaps. The story, while fictional, has at least two characters based off of people in the author's life and their stories are brought to life by his words. I ended up really enjoying it, but I tend to like most historical fiction novels.
The only time I remember reading books simply because of the awards was for Battle of the Books in high school. All | 512 |
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A lot of folks make the mistake of stopping off the Interstate 75 at Exit 77 to visit the wonderful Kentucky Artisan Center (KAC) and then continue on the highway thinking they've seen all there is to see. The KAC is truly a marvel and time must be spent there to take it all in. But don't miss the town of Berea a short distance from the interstate. Venture in a couple of miles to an art town supreme. Almost two towns in fact. There's the group of studios clustered around the old railroad depot called Old Town Artisan Village. Up the hill a bit is the "new" town, with the esteemed craft-oriented Berea College slap bang in the middle, called College Square.
Start your tour at the old railway depot - it's been transformed in to an information center. In the little park outside the depot is an example of an old Kentucky cabin and the first of the many hand sculptures on display throughout the town. Berea used the six-foot plus hand as their symbol to indicate reaching out to people and the hand of an artist. Some of the designs artist painted on the hands are very cool indeed.
The information center has an excellent map of Berea with the studios/galleries clearly marked. You'll know which place is open because they will have a flag flying outside saying "Studio Artists at Berea: Artists at Work." Most of the studios in the old town are on North Broadway but everything is within easy walking distance of the depot. First off, there's a couple of galleries right next to the depot.
On College Square area enjoy a tasty panini in the lively Berea Coffee & Tea Co., on Main St, full of students and teachers. You really need more than one day in Berea. Check in to the Boone Tavern. This is a grand restored hotel which dominates the Main Street. The hotel started back in 1908 when the wife of the Berea College, President William Frost, had to provide lodging and food for about 300 visitors to the college. After they all left she told her husband it was time | 537 |
ONE OF<|fim_middle|> episode was written by John A. Norris and was directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan (#109). Original airdate 1/16/2019. | THE LUCKY ONES – Spencer (Daniel Ezra) should be on top of the world – his football team is headed to the playoffs and he can finally be with Layla (Greta Onieogou) – but he can't shake a major tragedy that occurred causing him to question everything. Meanwhile, Coop (Bre-Z) learns some disturbing information about a friend and Jordan (Michael Evans Behling) is worried about the results of a drug test that could end his football career for good. Taye Diggs, Samantha Logan, Cody Christian, Monet Mazur, Karimah Westbrook and Jalyn Hall also star. The episode was written by John A. Norris and was directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan (#109). Original airdate 1/16/2019.
ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES -- Spencer (Daniel Ezra) should be on top of the world -- his football team is headed to the playoffs and he can finally be with Layla (Greta Onieogou) -- but he can't shake a major tragedy that occurred causing him to question everything. Meanwhile, Coop (Bre-Z) learns some disturbing information about a friend and Jordan (Michael Evans Behling) is worried about the results of a drug test that could end his football career for good. Taye Diggs, Samantha Logan, Cody Christian, Monet Mazur, Karimah Westbrook and Jalyn Hall also star. The | 296 |
Lucky manager, to have this person on his team. She simply, but beautifully, wants happiness.
I would think about those early conversations with my dad a lot, when it came to be my turn to mentor the supervisors and managers who reported to me. We often do try too hard, zooming past the simpler solutions most people want, particularly with underestimating happiness. Life's 3 Motivators are also what a manager delivers: What we give to our workplaces are paths to happiness, meaning, and service which are smoother to travel. That more enjoyable stuff in "earning your keep" and "making a decent living doing it." Scenic roadways instead of bumpy paths.
Strengths are our Happy Places.
I keep reminding myself to try better, not harder, and usually listening is a big part of it. When I first started hauling out my soapbox to preach to my managers about the "perfectly good sense" of strengths management (our MWA Key 7 category<|fim_middle|> out strengths themselves because their employees will freely tell them, or demonstrate them. While it is also true that many employees don't quite know their own strengths and can't verbalize them, these same managers have learned to employ other methods to help with their eventual diagnosis.
We WANT to use our Strengths!
It became part of our Language of We. He would ask me to let him "get my fish back in the water" whenever he felt his team could come up with a better approach for some new company initiative. He usually did, gaining our expected results in his own way, because I learned to honor his instincts, and let him employ the methods he instinctively wanted to use instead. The beauty of his approach was that his wants came directly from those of his staff; he wanted them to be happy. They were aligned in their expectations of, and definitions of, stress-free work which was still the productive work of our company mission and vision.
People feel thwarted or drained when they are called upon to do things that they simply have no desire to do, or can't imagine deriving any joy from: At these times, visionary cause doesn't really matter, no matter how noble the mission. There seems to be this instinctive natural selection process we are born with, which looks out for our best health and sense of well-being — it's called wanting. Call it wise, source-fed, self-preserving intuition we can trust in (NĀNĀ I KE KUMU).
Strengths are best defined as predictable patterns of behavior you gravitate toward because doing so feels natural for you.
It's kind of nice to know that one of the best things you can do for yourself is listen to that inner voice telling you what you want to do, for no other intellectual, logical, pragmatic, or perfectly sensible reason other than that you WANT to be doing it. Emotional, gut level instincts are rich sources of water, and you can trust in them. It is highly likely that you are being driven by your values.
Problem is, we're continually trained by others — our parents, our teachers, our bosses — to stifle those feelings, buck up, and be an adult — to try harder. Try harder at something you just don't want to do, and you can bet you'll feel drained.
If others are confusing you about what you should want for yourself, don't listen to them. (Is your team stuck in the 'shoulds'? Banish those Possibility Robbers.) Trust yourself. Let your instincts guide you: succumb to those emotional feelings about what you want to do. Believe that your wants are your natural selection process aligned with your innate strengths.
Wanting is a good thing.
Wanting has had a place of honor in my MWA vocabulary ever since I first read this quote from George Bernard Shaw: I find that I keep getting drawn back to it, and I read it over and over again. It's connected to 'IMI OLA, and seeking one's best possible life by living to leave a legacy, and living for a purpose higher than self. There is also the undercurrent of KULEANA, and accepting responsibility for creating your own destiny, while aware of 'OHANA, community.
If only we all thought this way all the time. It blends those 3 motivators of happiness, meaning, and service in a very pleasing whole of well-being.
Learn more about George Bernard Shaw in Wikipedia. For instance, did you know he remains the only person to have won both a Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) and an Academy Award (1938)?
What should you do with your life? Find out! | here), i.e. doing what "great managers" were supposed to do — select people well, and match their job roles up with their innate strengths — I looked back at mostly confused faces. Personally I don't have too much trouble picking out the strengths of other people; I'm naturally drawn to strengths, and I had to cultivate more empathy for those managers who had a hard time with it.
However, that does not mean they aren't meant to be managers. There are many great managers for whom initially diagnosing the strengths of others can be daunting, yet once an employee's strengths reveal themselves, those same managers are indeed great coaches and mentors to have supporting you. They pave smooth scenic roads: They've learned to create safe, trust-filled work environments where they need not excel in picking | 161 |
<|fim_middle|> its cultural identity. | This authoritative and wide-ranging 1997 history traces events in this little-known country from ancient monarchy, through its establishment as a French colony, to independence in 1953, the People's Democratic Republic, and the present one-party authoritarianism. The book highlights Laos' complex and shifting political alliances. The struggle for independence from France was followed by a struggle for unity and neutrality in the face of persistent foreign intervention, as the country was drawn into the war in Vietnam. Only with the end of the Cold War and the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops has Laos been able to reassert its neutral foreign policy and develop a market economy. This book is an impressive political, social, cultural and economic history. It will be essential for anyone wanting to understand Laos as it joins ASEAN, faces great economic challenges and struggles to maintain | 167 |
Former U.S. national team midfielder Jermaine Jones has announced his retirement.
The 36-year-old, who most recently played for the LA Galaxy in MLS last season, confirmed his retirement with a post on Instagram.
Jones emerged as a midfield force early in his career, spending several seasons with Eintracht Frankfurt and then Schalke in the Bundesliga.
The Frankfurt-born player earned three caps for Germany early in his career, but was able to switch to the United States due to his father's American citizenship.
Jones would go on to become an integral part of the U.S. national team, earning 69 caps between 2010 and 2017.
He scored four goals for the U.S., most memorably a long-range strike against Portugal in<|fim_middle|> next!!! THANKS to all my teammates, coaches and clubs who stuck with me & believed in me through all of the years.
"And a special thanks to all the fans who supported me all the way. See you all soon."
Jones' retirement marks the second former U.S. national team star to call it quits in as many weeks, after Clint Dempsey hung up his boots last week.
The 36-year-old has been taking coaching certification classes, signaling his intent to go into management following his playing career. | the 2014 World Cup.
Following the 2014 World Cup Jones moved to Major League Soccer, where he would play for the New England Revolution and Colorado Rapids in addition to the Galaxy.
"After 18 years I say good bye," Jones said on Instagram.
"I have a clear vision, after I had a couple of months to concentrate on what comes | 76 |
The students of UNCA's Health and Wellness Promotion Department are on a fast track to transforming traditional health care.
"We intend to work with the community to make healthy living the easy choice – the easy choice for children, the easy choice for employees in the workplace, and the easy choice for older adults. Working together we will build a national model that enhances student learning, strengthens the economy and improves the health and well-being of the community. Ultimately, we must work together to create a wellness culture in North Carolina and in America," said Dr. Keith Ray in 2008, founder of the department, which represents one of UNCA's fast-growing majors.
On Sept. 1, nearly 100 trustees, board members, staff, students and alumni gathered at UNCA to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Health and Wellness degree program and to honor the work of Dr. Ray.
The event began with a reception held in the staff offices of the Wilma M. Sherrill Center, which houses not only the academic programs for the Health and Wellness Promotion Department but is also the home of the North Carolina Center for Health and Wellness, which<|fim_middle|> to answer questions. The HAPI Lab focuses on wellness coaching and computerized balance screenings. Students develop exercise programs aimed at training muscles to help with fall prevention and balance training. The lab uses state-of-the art, low-impact equipment. Students program the exercises into a "Smart Card," a personalized computer card that is inserted into the equipment.
"Then we can actually see how much of the workout they did … it can actually coach them through and map their progress without someone standing over them," Smith says.
Upstairs in the Biometrics "Fit" Lab, senior HWP major Mo Hakala explained the services and community outreach the lab offers, which is basically used for fitness tracking.
The Bodpod uses air displacement to find your fat percentage and your resting metabolic rate, or basically how many calories you regularly burn when you're just sitting around. The Microfit program uses fitness-assessment software and testing equipment to measure your fitness status and track progress.
Hussey graduated with a major in health and wellness, and went on to chiropractic school in Portland, Ore., then got a master's in nutrition and functional medicine. He currently works at a chiropractic clinic and runs an online consulting business that treats chronic disease through nutritional and lifestyle coaching.
During the dinner, alumni from all over the world, from Oregon to Africa, sent their respects to be included in honoring Dr. Ray. Luke Howe, Class of 2015, who attended and spoke at the dinner, received his degree in health-care fund-raising and now works as the gift officer for the eastern region for Mission Health System.
Given the complexities of today's health-care environment, that is a healthy goal, indeed. | informs state policy on health and wellness initiatives.
Stacy Smith, the student director for the Healthy Aging Program Initiative, or HAPI Lab, one of the department's brain-children, was on hand | 40 |
Here are some of the pics from the start. Like I said, I started this project with after widening my rear fenders 3 inches. I ran with them painted primer for two years before I figured I'd have the time to finish and paint them. The next things I knew the glass was coming out and the bed was off the truck. And that's where things got interesting..
Up on the rack at Glenn's Aligment for PUL annual safety inspection. Notice the tilt bed we did in 2013.
Took out the gas tank and placed a mustang tank in the rear frame rails. I did the body work and this was after I painted it.
Before I started I was playing around with pinstriping tape.
cab work on the lines before I decided to remove the drip rail.
This has to go. Fresh air vent GONE!
Now the drip rail. This has to be the worst area on most trucks.
Cleaned out the old rust and filler before welding and filling with Evercoat All Metal product.
The roof dropped down about 3/4 of a inch. Kind of like the look.
Had to add a edge. to get my line to work from.
Cool look its going to have with the tilt bed and reverse hood.
working the line. Takes time.
Different look for sure. This is what makes our trucks our own.
Inside the cab before the work started. Stock column I cut down its now gone and a new chrome tilt going in.
We decided to take off all controls and remove ash tray. I sold that on Ebay it was chrome.
If you notice I even welded bolts for the instrument cluster and now use butterfly nuts on the backside to hold it in place.
Moved the controls under dash. Still needs some loving touch work.
My buddy helping out on the dash<|fim_middle|>ment cluster for easy remooval.
Test fix of the cluster. Notice no screws to hold it in place.
Once done only the chrome column and wheel will catch your eye.
Starting the doors. I used aircraft paint remover and sanded down to metal.
Taking a break to clean the engine area.
Radiator valance is chrome. Might powder coat instead.
Cleaned up pretty good. Reset the headers and gas line.
Inner fenders need some welding.
Test fix learned a lot about front metal alignment to cab. More on this later.
Test fix before taking aback of for sanding and paint.
Took out the lines and dropped the bed post.
Nice look. Notice the gas tank in rear of frame.
Dropped the edge down to close the gap on the top of the door.
It took some time to get the same on both sides. Aome late night sessions.
Stopped here blocking the hood.
Stripping the paint off the hinges.
Test spray of the new color.
Well the truck is done and here are a few of those pics. | .
Door jams got a lot of attention. Smoothed out everything.
Also added connector plugs for the instur | 22 |
I'm excited to announce the launch of our new learning site for Chef practitioners, Learn Chef Rally.
What exactly is Learn Chef Rally? It's a rethinking of how we help our community of practitioners – both<|fim_middle|> track to earn your first badge! (It takes only a few minutes.) Plus you'll earn the limited edition Grand Opening badge. Get it while it's hot! | newbies and grizzled veterans – to start and continue learning about Chef, continuous automation, compliance, and DevOps. It serves as a central location for discovering hands-on, self-paced learning materials.
This initial release is the beginning of a long-term initiative to help people advance their Chef skills in logical and meaningful ways – from accomplishing specific tasks to mastering the important cultural concepts that fuel DevOps.
Here's what you'll get on your first day.
For our debut, you can pick from a menu of 11 tracks and over 50 modules. A track groups related learning activities. You can think of it as a curriculum. For example, there's an Infrastructure Automation track. A module is a specific activity where you accomplish a particular task. For example, there's a Build an Ohai Plugin module.
For those that like earning badges and documenting their progress, you can log in and create a personal account using auth for various platforms such as GitHub and Google. In your profile, you'll be able to see which tracks and modules you've completed, your progress in unfinished tracks and modules, the badges you've collected for finishing tracks, and other accomplishments. You'll also be notified when there's new material available.
If you don't create an account, you still have access to all the learning materials that everyone else does but we won't keep a record of your progress.
See some content or topic that you think others would find valuable? Want to show your peers that you just polished off another track? Want to highlight your profile and all of your accomplishments? You can share all of this via the usual social platforms.
We've got a lot more in the works. Look for more learning content, more badges, more features and special edition badges and swag. We're also cooking up a few things for Chef training and Chef certifications.
And, of course, there will be more food-related wordplay and designs.
Be sure to sign in and complete the Getting Started | 399 |
Our next curling event is scheduled for Friday, March 30 at the Ice Den. Check-in at 6:45pm. Curling starts at 7:00pm. The cost is $15 per person for 2 hours. This will be a drop-in curling event. All skill levels<|fim_middle|>ing, experienced curlers will be there to help get you started. Please go to the Whitefish Curling Club Facebook page and add a comment to the March 30 Curling Event post to let us know if you will be there so that we can plan accordingly. In your comment, let us know if you are new to curling and are looking for a learn-to-curl experience, or if you are an experienced curler and just want to get paired up with team and start curling. The first 32 people to sign up will guarantee a spot on the ice.
All equipment is provided. Just wear warm clothes and soft-soled shoes.
Good curling to all! See you on March 30. | are welcome. This will be a great practice opportunity for teams looking to compete in league this summer! If you are new to curl | 26 |
New Faculty Spotlight: Taylor Stobinski
Meghan Laska November 5, 2021 Conservatory News
Suzuki Cello Teacher
Growing up, Taylor Stobinski<|fim_middle|> with such a great group of people!" he says.
-Meghan Laska | always had a love and passion for music. His first experience with music was at an "instrumental playground" with all kinds of instruments from the viola and cello to the trombone and trumpet. However, he had a special affinity for the cello. After two years of playing, he started lessons at age 12.
Having earned a Bachelor of Music in cello performance at Bowling Green State University and a Master of Music from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Taylor played with several symphonies throughout the Midwest, including the Lima Symphony Orchestra in Ohio. "A highlight from that time was playing in the orchestra's String Quartet at a special event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing. I played the Cantina Band music from Star Wars literally a few feet away from Buzz Aldrin," he recalls.
In addition to playing cello, Taylor has a passion for technology and music. During college, he launched a computer repair company and pivoted into video editing and sound design. Today, he still blends these passions through electric acoustic music and audio engineering projects.
At RSC, Taylor is excited to help grow the Suzuki program. "I came here because of RSC's strong community and fabulous reputation. I am honored to work with my fellow teachers to collectively provide next-level education to our students."
His teaching philosophy is similar to Dr. Suzuki's, with a focus on creating a positive environment and open communication where everyone feels respected and heard. He explains, "I've taught students as young as 3 and as old as 92. My goal is to make sure students get the best education specifically tailored to them, teaching to their strengths and aiding areas for improvement so they can achieve anything they want in music – and expand their skills outside of music."
Taylor also serves as the principal cellist for Rivers Symphony Orchestra. "There haven't been opportunities for live performances since the pandemic, and I'm excited to be able to perform again | 399 |
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We heard about the Bridge and that the people are running the place very good. It turned out better than expected. They are very helpfull and friendly. Their suggestions for shopping and dining were spot on. We are very thankfull that there are people<|fim_middle|> a seamens club here. It has been a very good experience for us, to coming a shore using your services. All our crew has had a good time. We very much appreciate your club and services and wish you all the best for the future. The staff was very coporotive and it was a pleasure to make your acquaintance.
Most people who are working here are volunteers and they are doing a great job. I am sure that it will become a great place in the future. Keep up the great job that you are doing!
Place looks very nice and relaxing. Personel are very polite and very assisting if you inquire something.
An overview of our previous news. Interested about a news item? Find out more by clicking on it. | who care about the welfare ofv the seafarers. Wishing them the very best in health and happiness and hope to re-visit in the future.
It was a great pleasure and experience to be theirin "The Bridge" in Oostvoorne nearby Port of Rotterdam. People are more friendly as the place decline. We recommend all seaman from all around the world to make the place more happy as its now and make it famous all over the world!!
It was a great experience for the time we were at The Bridge. The crew at the Bridge are really helpfull and friendly…wanna say a fulliest thank you. It was a clean and tidy place for releasedd stress after working hours.
We thank you for your warmth and homely welcome. Thank you for your hospiatilty. Although unofficially open, you officially and warmly welcomed us. We hope to see you all soon and you can be sure that we will be passing this experience on to others! Thank you for everything and god bless you all!
This place is a place were you feel at home, because all staff are very friendly and hospitable. Before we arrived here in Rotterdam, we were expecting a good place were we can get together and make happenings and good memories. After we were informed that there was a club we were very excited to see it. We were amazed by entering the Bridge. They are so approachable and kind hearted. The club is very clean and tidy Thank you for the warm welcome. God bless..!!
It's been a good place for us for seaman. Even were far apart from our loved ones. At the seamans club we felt that we were near to our family. The people in the club are good and very humble and approachable. Thank you!
we were not expecting that there is a seamnsclub few kilometers from the port we are staying because our ship's agent said there is no. But a few days after we arrived, we were suprised that one man came aboard from seaman's mission. This guy took us to The Bridge. The people in the club was so approachable, kind and hearted. Keep it up!
First of all on behalf of all crew of KSL Seattle, many thanks for the very warm welcome. Your staff and service that provide to us. The place is very clean and relaxing and they are very hospitable to us. Keep up the good work and we wish to come back on our next port of call. God bless and good luck! MABUHAY..!!
It has been a very good surprise for us to find | 531 |
500 Folsom celebrated its topping out ceremony in January 2019, marking the project's most recent milestone. For more than a decade, SOM has collaborated with the San<|fim_middle|> in collaboration with Fougeron Architecture. Construction is expected to be complete this summer. | Francisco Redevelopment Agency to create a master plan for the Transbay District, home to San Francisco's new transit center. 500 Folsom, also known as Transbay Redevelopment Project Block 9, will help to strengthen the area and mark Folsom Street as the main public and commercial thoroughfare.
Flanked by two lower podium buildings, the 42-story mixed-use tower will provide 456 market rate units, 114 affordable units, and a variety of amenities, including elevated gardens, a greenhouse, and community rooms. Ground-level retail spaces and a series of passageways will enhance the public realm and bring activity to the high-density neighborhood.
SOM has led the project's design | 148 |
A thousand years ago evil came to the land and has ruled with an iron hand ever since. The sun shines fitfully under clouds of ash that float down endlessly from the constant eruption of volcanoes. A dark lord rules through the aristocratic families, and ordinary folk are condemned to lives in servitude, sold as goods, labouring in the ash fields. But now a troublemaker has arrived, and there is rumour of revolt. A revolt that depends on criminal that no-one can trust and a young girl who must master Allomancy - the magic that lies in all metals.
I was first introduced to Brandon Sanderson through his contribution to the Wheel of Time series and was keen to see what his unique view of fantasy would be.
I was not disappointed. The writing style is potentially something to get used to if you like things fast paced - there is a tonne of description, character and plot building. Once you get into the rhythm though I loved it.
I'm really into narrator Michael Kramer now, at first his voice irked me a little, but again, once you pushed through a little he is able to put colour and character into the story without it being distracting.
The Final Empire is a really unique, interesting spin on fantasy, yes there are most of the usual tropes, but in all I found it exciting, I loved the story line and most of all I loved the surprises. I couldn't stop listening.
Great detailed world and indepth characters. It started a bit slow but the detail was worth the explaining, as the intricacies politics and twists later in the story were worth the wait. Looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
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excellent read, cant recommend it high enough.
The best Of Just as Lachlan the weekend parky and.
Great book with a very good, flowing story and amazing characters. Narration was very immersive with consistent and appropriate accents throughout.
This book was unlike any I've read before. Brandon writes in such a creative unique way which constantly leaves the reader guessing. At no point during this book was I able to confidently say what I thought would happen next. It started slow and just built into an awesome experience. I recommend anyone considering this book to take the plunge. The narration is perfect, Michael Kramer does a great job with the characters and each of their idiosyncrasies. Can't wait to get stuck into book 2!
Great story and narration, but cut off at the end!
This is an amazing story line, so inventive and involving. I found myself completely hooked. Michael Kramer really brings the character to life.
The audible book finished early (about a chapter) so I emailed Audible and they fixed the problem in minutes. Thank goodness, that last 30 mins so set the scene for Book 2.
This is a good intro to a new trilogy and a new fantasy universe with an interesting magical system. the characters are reasonably well drawn and Sanderson is pretty genre-savvy. the pacing of the book is excellent, and I found the twists quite surprising. Many of the themes are very thoughtful and I welcome his gentle challenge to many of the assumptions that inform orthodox fantasy novels.
The narration is good, though the narrator does choose some pretty stereotypical 'voices' for the villains. This tends to broadcast whether the character in question is a 'goody' or a 'baddy', which is disappointingly simplistic and unnecessary. On the other hand the characters unmistakeably wear white hats or black hats and there are no shades of grey in there. Nice to have a female protagonist who is somewhat complex as well as being kickass.
Would you consider the audio edition of The Final Empire to be better than the print version?
I did not read the printed version.
It's characters and it's explanations of the physical 'mechanics' of allomancy.
He does an extremely good job at conveying the mood of the environment in which the story takes place. Climaxes are also very well emphasized. Consider me a fan!
Several moments between Kel and Vin, and also a a few moment between Vin and Elend, especially the humorous conversations.
I am in awe at what can be accomplished using words. This is truly a piece of art!
This is my first Brandon Sanderson novel and I have to say it was a real treat. The audio narration was exquisite. Michael Kramer's deep tones complimented the richness of the prose which served to create an immersive reading/listening experience that had me looking forward to my times on the exercise bike and the commute to and from work. There were times when my mandatory 30min cycling blew out and other times when I wished I didn't get to work so quick. Where are the red lights when you want them.
I like Sanderson's world building. It may not be as detailed and complicated as say Steven Erikson's Malazan series, but I don't see that as a negative. What Sanderson achieves in The Final Empire is world building that is rich yet accessible, fascinating and mysterious but at the same time doesn't hinder the plot. In the world Sanderson creates, we have The Lord Ruler, An immortal Tyrant with god like power, who has ruled The Final Empire for a thousand years. On the bottom end of the scale, we have the oppressed lower class ie the Skaa, who are ruthlessly used and abused by the noble houses who are in turn overseen by the Lord Ruler's religious institutions, The Steel Ministry and The Canton of Inquisition.
The characterisation was excellent. I don't think there was any character that I found boring or didn't care what happened to. Even the minor characters were well constructed. Vin, the main protagonist, is a young Skaa street urchin surviving on the streets by her wits as well as a special talent that makes her useful to the thieving crew she works for.
But the star of the show has to be the magic system. I don't think I have encountered a magic system in any fantasy novel that is as fascinating and well thought out and explained as in this book. Sanderson takes an almost scientific approach to "Allomancy" (the main magic system in the story) with very well defined rules and limitations. Magic costs, Magic needs to be fueled. Magic can have unintended consequences. An Allomancer (AKA Mistborn) fuels their abilities by ingesting the associated metal or alloy and then "burning" the metal required for the particular Allomantic effect. For example burning steel allows the Allomancer to "push" metal objects while burning iron enables them to pull on metal objects. The result being a skilled Mistborn can use these abilities to send metal projectiles hurtling towards enemies or they can use a combination of pushing and pulling to launch themselves into the air in virtual flight, "spiderman" style. Sounds easy? Except the Allomancer has to be aware of things like the physical weight of objects being pushed and pulled. Push against something heavier than yourself and you will fly backwards – which is ok if that's what you intended. Or pull against something lighter than yourself could see a hunk of metal hurtling directly towards you – again ok if you intend to duck at the last minute and hit the guy behind you. Otherwise you're dead. And that's just two of the metals, there are at least 10 with effects from increased strength to enhanced senses to mind manipulations.
Sanderson skill is in taking us on a journey of discovering these abilities in a way that is not daunting or over complicated. Rather the introduction to the magic felt natural to me and I just found myself wallowing in it.
Where does The Final Empire rank among all the audiobooks you've listened to so far?
This is an amazing book, absolutely loved the story, the characters, the plot twists, the very world it was set in! This series will probably be in my top ten favourites for a while, itching to get the next one.
To be honest I think what I enjoyed most about the book was the characters and how they interacted with eachother and the world.
For me it's a toss up between Kelsier and Sazed when it comes to my favourite character, both brilliant and proactive characters who held my interest deeply entwined.
I'm sure there were many moments that moved me, though nothing particular jumps to mind at this very moment.
This book is amazing, listen to it NOW!!! You shalt not regret it!
Well written and narrated. Compelling story that makes you think you have all the answers....of course you don't.
First purchase on Audible, though I'd read Sanderson's stuff before. Took a little getting used to listening to a story rather than reading it. Other than that, the story just slides off the page - and into your ear. The telling is also masterful and captivating. Already on the last book.
Pretty high, I'd have to say. I'm fairly new to audio books, but the narration was engaging, and the plot kept my attention.
I can't go past Kels<|fim_middle|>'t particularly 'fleshed out' sufficiently at times. The monotone narration I would rate as poor, which probably compounds the issues I describe above.
It started slowly and I was not quite sure I had made a good choice. But books often take a few pages to get into. Once I did I couldn't turn it off. This is one of the best fantasies I have read in a long time and I cannot wait to start the next. It is the usual mix of good versus evil with strong characterisation and almost believable magic. A really enjoyable read.
A totally new form of magic use, sublime in it's creation fantastic in it's theories and moulded amazingly well into a story of a young street urchin who found in bud then blossoms into a noble woman and a metal burner extraordinaire! One of the most original magical genres used in a great new rendition of the diamond in the rough comes good storyline, with some hideous villains in the shape of the Steel Inquisitors. I would recommend it to anyone and will be reading the sequels.
I enjoyed literally every word in this book! Highly recommended to fantasy and suprise lovers!
Mr Kramer narration/ performance is brilliant , awesome characters , fantastic epic fantasy world including a very interesting take on magic written by the one and only Mr Sanderson............it only gets better and you can't often say that these days. | ier. I'm a sucker for the sacrificial revolutionary hero.
Vin taking out fellow mistborn Shan with a genuinely cool trick. "The jukes", as my friends would have called it.
It took me through some hard work late at nights, and I'm grateful for that.
Brandon Sanderson is a master of original wish-fulfilment. His simple prose entraps and transports; a solid job from the narrator combined with the engaging plot to keep me listening well past the time I should have hit pause, night after night.
First one of his performances I heard. His voice took a bit of time getting used to, but the performance was solid. I missed some excitement in battle scenes, which were being read in the exact same way as every other scene. Some people might prefer this but I like when the tone of the voice tells me what's happening as well as the words themselves.
No, there were too many slow parts.
While I ended up really enjoying the book, I wasn't so sure I would in the beginning. The book starts off very slow, with not much happening. It's not even clear who the main character is the first 4 hours or so. Afterwards, the story picks up and becomes really interesting. The pacing is still slow, and you can easily summarize what happens in the first 10 hours in less than a few minutes. It didn't bother me because it was interesting to read what happened, but it may turn fans of action-packed stories off. It's categorized as epic fantasy, but those expecting a long journey full of encounters will be disappointed. Most of the story takes place in a single city, and way more time is spent discussing how to fight an evil empire, rather than actually fighting it. When the fight scenes do occur, the magic system in Mistborn makes them very unique and unlike any others you might have read before.
While there's a decent amount of action, the majority of the book is spent developing a storyline and its characters. The story itself isn't actually all that special or original, but the character development and the way things unfold make it worth listening to.
I'm torn on the writing. Most of it was solid, but there were more than a few conversations that ended every line with the words "he said", for 10+ lines in a row, which feels amateuristic and got annoying.
Overall, the first few hours I felt like returning the book, but the reviews of others kept me going, and I'm really glad I did. it turns into a really good book. Just be warned that it's a lot slower-paced than most epic fantasy books.
As with all my choices ATM I chose this book in the hope that it would help me quell my frustration at having to wait for Patrick Rothfuss to finnish his Kingkiller trilogy!
To be very honest it took a good 4hrs of listening and patience to stick with the story, to understand the setting and to get to know the characters. I'm glad that I didn't give up. The book delivered and its a very good listen. I've gone on to listen to listen to book 2 and about to download book 3. I'm now very attached to the characters and can't wait to see how it all ends, it's much better to listen to the trilogy in succession rather than have to wait years.
Straight off, I'll admit that I'm not a reader of fantasy novels. I'm not averse to them, but they never leap out at me and make me choose them over a good biography, historical naval adventure, or the occasional bit of sci fi. However, on this occasion I just saw it, and thought that I should give it a whirl for a bit of a change. I have no regrets with the decision.
Whilst this is quite a long book, the story moves at a good pace, never dragging and never racing too fast; it is well written, not prose bordering on the poetic, like Mr Rushdie, but pefect for the tale being told. Whilst not wanting to reveal story details, it is very reminiscent of Frank Herbert's Dune in the depth of world that has been created and the politcal grounding of the story (don't worry, the book is not a political statement - such books are not my cup of tea). Yes, I have to admit that some of the characters are thinly fleshed out; however, from vast experience of reading books which are praised for the depth and detail of all of the characters, I think that it is a good sacrefice for stary telling tempo.
After listening to this book, I would imagine that Mr Sanderson is well on his way to being considered as a master of his genre, should he not already be considered so, and I imagine that the film rights to this book have already been bought.
If you have found that yourselves feeling the need for a change of style, then I highly recommend this book as your metaphoric sorbet to cleanse your literary palate.
How Brandon Sanderson can write so many novels within so many series within such a short space of time when it takes the greats like George R R Martin 4-5 years per book is beyond me. On top of that, they are very well written.
If there is one thing that makes Brandon Sanderson stand out from other fantasy authors, it is his ability to invent a complex and innovative magic system that is easy for the audience to understand. In this case it is allomancy; the power to burn metals inside the body, with each metal providing a particular power. If you favour magic in fantasy stories, Mistborn provides one of the best kinds.
The character developments are also very nice, seeing the main character blossom from a timid, and untrusting child to one of the most powerful allomancers ever born was done gradual enough to make it believable and it kept the story ticking along at a very nice pace. Every one of the characters in the main circle of friends was detailed and likeable – which makes a huge change from most stories, where there is always an irritating character or two.
Michael Kramer is one of the very best audiobook narrators out there – he portrays sadness, happiness, comedy, action and all other scene types masterfully and he makes the enjoyment of the story far easier than most narrators. His voice acting is also superb. Each character has a subtly distinctive voice, and you will definitely not be confused with who is who in a conversation.
This was my first Michael Kramer audiobook, and I was reluctant at first due to his southern USA accent. I am glad I delved in though, and I urge you all to give him a fair chance. If you are member, it is worth a go, even if you have to return it for a replacement later.
Apologies for the star ratings not matching the written review, I am forced to round halves on Audible.
It's been a while since I saw anyone bring anything new to the genre but Brandon Sanderson has created something unique in this setting, I won't give too much away but he's developed a really creative magic system. Michael Kramer also does a good job with the reading of the book, he adds a little characterisation to the voices of the characters but doesn't overdo it.
Well write with excellent characters especially the main Female character. Fantastic and original Magic system that puts this series of books apart from other Fantasy fiction.
Brandon writes very cleanly and I would prefer more gritty detail to spice up the story, but to be honest the story is perfect as is.
I recommend this book, I was surprised at how good it is.
So let's start with the positive; his concept of a 'magic' system is very intriguing, novel and ultimately very satisfying when coupled with a decent action scene. The storyline and backdrop is also very interesting although the plot and character style seems to change focus at times, something that the author has himself admited in articles I've seen.
I think I'd rate this 3.5 stars if I could. My main criticisms are the very basic writing style plus the lack of gritty detail and descriptive elements. The author constantly uses the same words and phrases over and over again, and seemingly has no hesitation in describing conversations between characters as "she said, then he said, then she said, then he said" etc etc, almost as if his vocabulary is limited.
You often find characters in rooms or settings where nothing is described in detail and the characters themselves aren | 1,727 |
Expect backup goalies to play a role
Mike Loftus
The Quincy Patriot Ledger
As a general rule, No. 1 goalies always play in the postseason unless they're hurt or because they've been ineffective.
Many general rules don't apply this summer, though, as the NHL has resumed a season shut down on March 12 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the Bruins may well face both Hurricanes goalies during the best-of-7 Eastern Conference first-round series that began on Tuesday night in Toronto, and the B's are at least considering the idea that Tuukka Rask will cede to backup Jaroslav Halak at some point.
"We'll see how it goes," Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. "We're coming into this with unknowns.
"How is (Rask) going to recover? We haven't played a lot of hockey — does that help him, as he's more fresh, or does he need more (recovery) time because he doesn't play a lot?"
Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour all but predicted he'd use both of his goalies during Round 1. He had already bucked the system during the 'Canes' best-of-five play-in series against the Rangers, using No. 1 Petr Mrazek to win Games 1 and 2, then giving backup James Reimer the opportunity to close out a sweep in Game 3.
"We have both guys who feel good," Brind'Amour said. "I would anticipate seeing both of them in this series at some point."
Brind'Amour swapped out goalies in the 2019 playoffs, but for conventional reasons. Mrazek got hurt in Game 3 of the Hurricanes' second-round series, so then-No. 2 Curtis McElhinney finished off the four-game sweep of the Islanders. Brind'Amour gave the starting assignment back to Mrazek for the Eastern Conference final against the Bruins, but the B's scored 10 goals against him over Games 1 and 2 at TD Garden, and McElhinney played (and lost) Games 3 and 4.
Rask, a Vezina Trophy (best NHL goalie) finalist after going 26-8-6 with a 2.12 goals-against average and a .929 saves percentage over the shortened regular season, had started 76 consecutive playoff games for the B's since 2013. Halak played the round-robin opener against the Flyers on Aug. 2. While the consecutive-starts streak ended on something of a technicality (round-robin games were counted as playoff games, even though the B's never faced elimination), the Bruins planned to give Halak some game action before Round 1 since he, like Rask, hadn't played since early March.
Rask had a somewhat challenging run-up to Round<|fim_middle|>9, and scored his first NHL goal on Dec. 17, 2018, at Montreal.
The Bruins are wearing stickers with Cave's uniform No. 26 on their helmets during this postseason.
Defenseman Matt Grzelcyk, given a "maintenance game off" in Sunday's round-robin finale against the Capitals, returned to action in Game 1 with rookie Jeremy Lauzon his third-pairing partner. Lauzon played against the Caps with Connor Clifton, who hadn't seen any previous action since March. … Rask is three victories short of tying Gerry Cheevers on the Bruins' all-time playoff wins list (53), and one short of matching Cheevers' team-record eight playoff shutouts. … Brad Marchand took sole possession of seventh place on the Bruins' all-time postseason games played list at 112. He was tied with Rick Middleton.
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© 2021 www.providencejournal.com. All rights reserved. | 1. He participated in Phase 3 practices at Warrior Arena from July 13-25 with a fractured finger on his catching hand (the injury occurred during an off-ice workout), and then had to go into quarantine for two days in the Eastern Conference bubble in Toronto after self-reporting a COVID-19 symptom. (He had a cough.) Rask was also unfit to participate in practice on Monday, the Bruins' lone on-ice session before Round 1, but was named Tuesday's starter.
Cassidy thought his No. 1 netminder seemed prepared.
"He's looked sharp, I think, the last two games," the coach said of Rask, who allowed five goals and posted a .917 saves percentage in round-robin losses to the Lightning (3-2) and Capitals (2-1). "I like where his game is right now."
Cave remembered
The AHL's Providence Bruins, in partnership with the Colby Cave family and Boston Bruins Foundation, announced on Tuesday the creation of the Colby Cave Memorial Award. It will be awarded annually to a P-Bruins player for "dedication to the community and charitable organizations" in honor of Cave, who died of complications following a brain bleed on April 11. He was 25.
Cave spent parts of five seasons in Providence, contributing 43 goals and 72 assists for 115 points over 239 games between 2015-16 and 2018-19, when he was claimed off waivers by the Oilers. He got into 20 NHL games with the Bruins in '18-1 | 346 |
Mission Amarillo launches new program to help younger kids in the community
Mission Amarillo launches new program to help younger kids in the community.
Beginning on November 2, Mission Amarillo will launch a new program known as Parent-Child Home Program, or PCHP hoping to make an impact on kids and families throughout the Amarillo area.
Mission Amarillo has been part of the Amarillo community since 2001. Since 2010, the organization has given more than 6500 pairs of shoes to kids in<|fim_middle|>CHP hoping to make an impact on kids and families throughout the Amarillo area. Mission Amarillo has been… | Amarillo, Bushland, Canyon, Highland Park and River Road ISD. The organization has now expanded their work to no longer solely focus on shoes, but mentoring, hoping to have a long-term impact.
To a large extent East and Southeast Amarillo are a little bit overlooked, so we are trying to focus our area in that part of town. A lot of our programs do extend to other parts of town, but our primary focus is going to be in East Amarillo for those reasons," said Executive Director Jeff Parsons.
Thanks to Cal Farley donating space in their new engagement center, Mission Amarillo can now expand their programs to include ones like PCHP.
"It's been in other parts of the country for 50 years, so Amarillo is a great place to do it," said PCHP Director Christy Jalbert.
Jalbert, a former teacher said she witnessed a gap between low-income and other kids for years and it never made sense to her why long-income kids were not learning as fast as their counterparts.
"They're smart, they have good teachers but there is still something missing," said Jalbert.
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Heritage is a self-supporting coeducational boarding academy placed amid rolling and rich farm land to meet the educational needs of young people seeking to hasten the Lord's return. The ground breaking ceremony took place in April, 1994. The succeeding four months of construction enabled the school to open its doors to the first students in August, 1994. The school continues to grow having an active academic curriculum, agricultural program and spiritual<|fim_middle|> to serve others and to participate in the promulgation of the Christian faith. | atmosphere. The vocational program, training our youth in useful labor, incorporates an institutional bakery, field/greenhouse farming, colporteur work, and a country store to name a few.
To shine in this dark world, to shout God's mystery of Holiness, to express God's love, and hasten His coming through academic, vocational and spiritual training.
To transform young people into mission -minded adults capable of serving God in any direction He calls.
To provide a faith-based education that instructs young people for the Higher Calling.
the Encyclopedia of the Seventh-day Adventist Bible commentary. Following are objectives stated in that document.
To maintain in each school a spiritual atmosphere in which prayer, worship, and doing the will of God will be, in the eyes of the majority of the students, the ideal and accepted pattern of living.
To make the Bible and the Biblical world-view the centered of all study and teaching.
To enable each student to achieve a Christian philosophy of life and to have opportunities to acquire the attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary to express his philosophy in Christian character.
To promote a high level of scholarship, with emphasis on independent thinking and the highest achievement possible for each individual, and with reference to its practical application to the needs of the world.
To give students the opportunity to learn habits of healthful living, so that their physical development may be enhanced, not so much by a program of games and competitive sports as by employment in school-related industries or agricultural enterprises in which they may learn a useful trade or skill, gain a sense of achievement, find in physical activity release from the tensions resulting from a heavy study program, learn a respect for the dignity and worth of physical labour, obtain a balanced view that will prevent the development of intellectual snobbery, and, at the same time, continue the educational process by developing habits of industry, promptness, reliability, accuracy, thoroughness, and selfreliance.
To promote social, cultural, and emotional growth, resulting in stable, balanced citizens who are a credit to their community, who are fitted to bear life's responsibilities, and who have developed insights and outlooks that make life worth living.
To give instruction in homemaking and in skills necessary to make and maintain happy marriages.
To encourage the students to make a personal commitment of their capacities and strength to the service of God, mankind, and their church, choosing professions that enable them | 485 |
To determine the effectiveness of your email marketing efforts, you need to track the opening rates of the emails you send.
It is crucial to choose the best strategies for sending digital messages in order to increase the rate at which they are opened. In most cases, it takes around four seconds for a person to decide whether to open an email or not.
This is why you need to lay down a good plan for you to raise these open rates as well as sales. Below is a guide on how to increase open rates in your email marketing.
When sending the email, personalize the subject with the name of the recipient. This is proved to work effectively in raising the open and click-through rates of the emails sent.
For example, "Hello, recipient-name," followed by the other subject text.
On opening every email, the recipient sees the subject line as the first thing before proceeding to the information that follows. To ensure it is effective, create and test the eye-catching opening line that stands out from the others.
Examine<|fim_middle|> certain percentage of these rates.
Opening an email to find high-quality information is impressive and turns the open rates to increased engagements and click-through rates. This improves your email marketing consequently. | the specific times and days when your subscribers are more likely to open your emails and read them.
To do this, divide your email list into about three groups of equal members and send them the same email at different day and/or times. Then check at the group with the highest open rates.
Generally, the subject line contains around fifty characters. On most mobile devices, the cut off of the subject line is about 25 characters.
It is vital to crafting the ideal subject length for every email to improve the open rates of the emails you send.
To increase open rates in your emails, ensure you send the emails on a regular basis. This makes the recipients become more familiar with your brand name as time goes, and most probably gain some trust due to reliability.
Always ensure that the content you send in emails is of great quality, interesting, informative and engaging. It should also be unique and not easy to find in other places.
Do not send promotion emails frequently as this would negatively affect the open rates. To skyrocket the open rates, try sending emails that are of high quality less often.
In order to send the recipient the relevant content, segment our email list. You can divide them into categories such as purchase history, industry, among others.
This makes it easy for you to send appropriate emails that are highly attention seeking, thereby enhancing the open rates.
Most people use their phones to check and read emails. This is why you need to make sure that your email messages appear well on the mobiles.
Improving the way the emails are displayed will improve your open rates, engagements as well as clicks on the links incorporated in the messages.
In email open rates, even small improvements count a lot. Each of the above tips will increase a | 349 |
I have lost my order envelope – what now?
You can still order a photograph even if you have lost your envelope. Clearly mark any plain envelope with your child's name, class, school name and what package you wish to order. The money can be placed in the clearly marked envelope. If you wish to pay by credit card record the receipt number on the front of the envelope. The Portrait Gallery receives all receipts and will match it to your child's envelope.
The Portrait Gallery accepts cash or credit card payments. Credit card payments can be made via our Online Ordering page. Click here to be redirected to the page.
Can I pay online for my order?
Yes. We have a secure online ordering system that parents can take advantage of. If you choose this method of ordering you can order more than one child's package in one transaction. To pay for school photographs with your credit card please enter the name of your school, student name, class and your package selection. You can do this by visiting our Online Ordering page. Click here to be redirected to the Online Ordering page.
Do you take sibling photos? How can I order it?
We take sibling photos as part of the school fundraiser. All sibling photos can be ordered directly from the school and all monies are paid to the school directly.
Can I send money for all my children in one envelope?
Yes you can. All siblings must however have their own envelope filled out accordingly. The envelope containing the money must clearly show this and<|fim_middle|> filled out with the corresponding child's details. On the front of the envelope it must clearly show in which child's envelope the money can be found. This will make the process at our office much easier as we can see for whom the money is paid.
How do we order two separate photo packs for mum and dad?
Each parent must fill out his or her own envelope indicating that the order is either for mum or for dad.
The best individual and group photographs are hand picked and all photographs are processed individually to ensure the best quality work. We pride ourselves in our work and try to keep turnaround time at a minimum. During peak times we aim to deliver photos within 6-8 weeks of photo day and 4-6 weeks during off-peak time. All individual photograph packages are delivered to the school. All other special orders will be posted to your nominated address within two weeks of ordering it online.
Is it too late to place an order after photo day?
No, parents can still order packages after photo day. Envelopes with cash can be left at the school's front office. When online payments are made The Portrait Gallery receives the receipt at our office. After an online order is received it is matched to your child's photograph and the order is processed to either be delivered with the rest of the school orders or afterwards. All late orders will be delivered to the school unless other arrangements our made with our office.
What should I do if I haven't received my photos when other parents did?
Please contact our friendly office to trace your order. For our contact details please click here.
Do you offer a refund if I'm not happy with my child's photograph?
We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If for any reasons parents are not satisfied with the photos taken they can return it within 10 days for a full refund.
This money-back guarantee does not apply to downloading the digital portrait. Please make sure that you are happy with your hard-copy photograph before downloading your child's digital portrait. | at the back all sibling names and classes must be recorded. The envelopes with no money must be | 19 |
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Engineering is everywhere you look. It plays a role in every aspect of our modern lives. From robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence to mobile phones, medical technology, advanced sports equipment and driverless cars, engineering shapes the future all around us.
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Royal Enfield Oragadam plant starts operations
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Royal Enfield today started commercial production from its new manufacturing facility at Oragadam, Tamil Nadu. Spread over 50 acres, the Oragadam plant starts with an installed production capacity of 150,000 units in the first phase. An initial investment of Rs 150 crores has been made towards construction of this facility that will produce the full range of Royal Enfield motorcycles.
Rolling out the first motorcycle from the Oragadam facility, Mr Siddhartha Lal, MD & CEO, Eicher Motors Ltd. said, "At Royal Enfield we have recorded a major milestone today with this plant at Oragadam becoming operational. Royal Enfield has witnessed a huge surge in demand in the recent past, recording a growth of over 50% for each of the last two years. We have been extremely successful in stretching the capacity of our existing 60 year old plant to record<|fim_middle|>adam facility has been built with sustainability in mind from the very beginning of the design stage with several initiatives such as reduction of effluent generation at source and zero liquid discharge system of treatment. In addition conservation of resources such as electricity, water and fuel has been given top priority. Even during the construction stage, the green concept was applied such as using soil from within the site for filling, as well as using the ideal quantities of steel, concrete and cement. The focus was also on creating efficient work spaces, equipment and utilities and hence effective use of natural, diffused lighting, natural air flow inside plant and 25% of wooded area have been ensured.
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BS6 Royal Enfield Classic 350 finally launched, 11k more expensive | levels — achieving production of over 12,000 motorcycles in the month of March 2013. Yet the demand for our motorcycles has continued to outpace the supply. Therefore we have conceived of this new facility on a much larger tract of land and created a master-plan that can take the eventual production here to over 500,000 per year. With the speedy execution of the first phase of the plan, we have revised our production target upwards in 2013 — to 175,000 motorcycles from both plants. However, even as we start commercial production today, we have already begun working on the second phase of expansion at Oragadam, which will further increase the production capacity to 250,000 motorcycles in 2014. With this new facility, we now have the ability to scale our production quantity quickly in response to market demand."
"The heritage and history of Royal Enfield gives the brand an aura and an authenticity that cannot be replicated. With classical looks and powered by modern technology, Royal Enfield enjoys a highly differentiated appeal. The brand's endeavour is to provide a pure motorcycling experience to its customers worldwide", he further added.
Talking about Royal Enfield's future plans Mr Siddhartha Lal said, "The ability to increase capacity fast and superior quality of motorcycles is a crucial step for Royal Enfield towards meeting our global ambitions. While we are adding new models and new dealerships in the Indian market which is fuelling our growth, we are also working on building our presence globally. Higher investments into brand and distribution, as well as new products that are very appealing to international markets are going to be key for us to achieve global leadership in the mid-size motorcycle category."
The construction at the plant commenced in February 2012 and with civil work continuing around the clock, it was completed in a record time of 11 months. In addition to increasing capacity, the Oragadam plant has been designed to optimize cost of production through relevant automation while retaining the human craftsmanship that is distinct to the iconic Royal Enfield motorcycles. Towards this, an absolutely path breaking new CED paint shop with a painting capacity of 600 motorcycles per day has been installed in the plant. Further, to ensure consistency and less wastage, a robotic painting system and powder coating system have also been added. At the same time, processes such as the legendary pin-striping continue to be done through craftsmen who lend that special human touch to each motorcycle. The vehicle assembly line at Oragadam comes with several features such as ergonomic assembly work stations, torque controlled tools with feedback device and a capacity of producing one motorcycle a minute, or over 800 per day on two shifts. Effective controls and process, right from material handling to review mechanisms, have been created on the backbone of a modern and strong IT infrastructure. In addition, chassis dynamometers and a 1.4 kilometer test track within the factory premises allows for the motorcycles to be thoroughly tested before they are dispatched for customers.
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Healthcare providers, insurers and clearinghouses can now use Wasabi to store and maintain electronic healthcare records with the comfort and assurance that Wasabi uses security best practices and technologies to ensure the physical security of its facilities and to maintain the confidentiality, privacy and integrity of protected health information (PHI) including electronic data and digital records throughout their lifecycle. Architected for the next generation of data needs, Wasabi takes a "defense-in-depth" approach, employing multiple layers of security for ultimate protection in accordance with HIPAA security guidelines. Wasabi ensures the physical security of its data center, institutes strong authentication and authorization controls for all its cloud compute, storage and networking infrastructure, and encrypts data at rest and in transit to safeguard confidential patient information.
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Tregenna Castle Resort - Hotel
Saint Ives, Carbis Bay
A grand family friendly castle resort overlooking the coast<|fim_middle|>The atmosphere is friendly and informal whether you're having a delicious coffee or a fine wine with seabass. The spectacular views of the coastline make dining here feel very special indeed.
As well as the local surf school and beautiful beach on your doorstep, there's extensive leisure facilities to keep adults busy at the resort too including gym, indoor and outdoor heated pools, sauna, hot tub, 18 hole Golf Course, tennis courts and more.
For kids under 8, there's a wonderful outdoor playground with swings, slides and climbing. Go on an adventure to find the dragon lairs, fairy doors, hidden gardens and secret waterfalls of the enchanted woodland.
There are some wheelchair accessible rooms and there is an elevator close to the main Reception area for access to rooms on upper floors.
Tregenna Castle is reached off Treloyhan Avenue A3074 via the A30. Enter through the main gate then down a majestic driveway and along a stunning approach, from which the Hotel almost explodes into sight.
The hotel is 22 miles away from Newquay airport, taking just over an hour to drive or taxi.
St Ives train station is located above Porthminster beach. You can walk up from the station to the resort in about 20 minutes. A taxi will cost about £6 and takes around five minutes.
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Tregenna Castle started off humbly as a private home for a man with a love of the seaside. Over 240 years later and it's a 72 acre estate with 84 bedrooms. The castle has come a long way but the building's charm and views will never change.
Step into Poldark's world at the tin mine near Helston.
Spend the afternoon at one of the finest beaches in the world, Carbis Bay, just outside town.
Hire a beach hut for day at small but perfectly formed Porthgwidden.
Get the obligatory Land's End snapshot, only 45 minutes drive away.
Surf's up in Blue Flag Porthmeor beach, ideal for families with its almost half a mile of sand and calmer sea.
Take in the breathtaking, world famous cliff top open air theatre of Minack in Penzance.
Walk just 20 minutes for local art, culture and gorgeous Cornish ice cream at St Ives town and harbour.
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Feel like king of the castle staying in this magnificent building in one of Cornwall's prettiest coastal spots. Perched high on a hill you'll throw open the curtains to views of St Ives Bay below, ready to sand, sea and surf like a local.
Sleeping arrangements are pretty flexible in family rooms which feature a combination of bunks, adjoining rooms or sofa beds.
Enjoy some child-free time with arranged activities keeping the kids amused during the school holidays from 9.30am to 11am.
St Ives Surf School nearby are really friendly and experienced - whatever your level of confidence on the waves.
Book lessons at the local surf school through the hotel for a 10% discount.
Choose a room with a sea view to start your day with a perfect view of St Ives Bay.
Always check the tide times before venturing to the St Michael's Mount to avoid disappointment.
This Grade II listed building started life as a two storey home in 1774 and has since had two large side wings added to accommodate its guests. The family rooms are located in the West wing which sleep up to five.
One of the family rooms can accommodate six with a double bed, two singles and a double sofa bed. For a sea view there are the spacious West Wing rooms, two of which have four poster beds.
Dining at Tregenna is as relaxed as you like. There's a bar, lounge and Brasserie offering an impressive menu and the best of fresh fish, locally sourced meat and veg. The traditional Cornish cream tea is also a highlight.
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Hulishan Fortress Speaking Volumes of Ancient Defence Systems
A premier cultural and national historic site, the Hulishan Fortress is located on the south of Xiamen Island in the People's Republic of China. Having served as an important defensive mechanism during the war against Japanese belligerence, the fortress<|fim_middle|> been included in the list of the Guinness World Records for the year 2000. Consisting of a tunnel, a magazine, barracks and other fortified buildings, it was built during Emperor Guangxu's reign. Displaying numerous cannons and cannon balls, the impressive fortress has over 100 years of an eventful history.
The fortress' base is made of a mixture of clay, glutinous rice, sand, liquid brown sugar, and camphor tree sap, making it quite solid. The barracks are seen at the exit of the tunnel whilst in the entirety you will see a castle, a trench, an ammunition depot, a sentry platform, a commanding tower, and various other structures. The castle made from granite rocks is rectangular and sprawls across nearly 13,000 square metres.
The fortress' two main cannons as well as the west and east emplacements were purchased by the Krupp Company of Germany. Cannons weighing 50 tonnes have a length of 13.13 metres and calibre of 280 mm; over 50 such iron cannons from the Qing and Min dynasties can be found in the fortress. These were unearthed from the construction's building site and the Xiamen waters. A tunnel connects the west and east emplacements whilst at the tunnel's exit are military camps. The fortress' patrolling path on the inside and the trench on the outside bear testimony to its role as a coastal defence structure back in its day.
Many poets and scholars have written several poems and articles about the fortress appreciating its architectural distinctiveness and grandeur. Showcasing a wide range of ancient weaponry and artillery including swords and firecrackers is a special museum within the fortress.
Travellers exploring the attraction can confidently choose a Xiamen hotel such as the ideally located Millennium Harbourview Hotel Xiamen, to enhance their vacation. Found within a short distance of the Hulishan Fortress, it is the most suitable choice for those in search of Xiamen hotel specials and packages.
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What the 400 means to me
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Cameron Smith - Founding Contributor
I always had this vision as a little boy of being a footy player when I grew up – captain of Queensland, captain of Australia.
As you get older you think that was just being a kid, it's a dream … never going to happen.
It's funny how things have panned out, and milestones like this prompt me to look back on those moments when I was playing in my backyard and pretending I was Wally Lewis or Allan Langer, running onto Lang Park for Queensland or putting on a green and gold jersey.
Then it actually happened!
When I sit back and think about it, it's almost like a fairytale.
I think 400 games is a good story for our sport.
In the modern game, particularly, there's a lot of focus on negative stories and I think when someone celebrates 400 games it's not just about that player, or his club. It's something the entire game and everyone involved can celebrate.
It's not just me achieving the milestone. There are a lot of people<|fim_middle|> figure I saw every day of my life. He's taught me a lot of things about footy and mindset on my job and how to approach it, and about being a good person as well.
He taught me things totally different to what my mum and dad taught me as a young person, but I think a lot of guys at our club would consider him a surrogate father figure.
Without Craig being a part of my career for such a long time, I don't think I would have achieved a lot of the things I have.
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'THAT'S MY FEELING TOO'
I didn't know it was happening until the last minute, but the Storm organised for the four AFL boys who had achieved 400 games – Kevin Bartlett, Michael Tuck, Dustin Fletcher and Brent Harvey – to come to spend time at AAMI Park this week and have lunch with the whole squad.
It was a great experience being in the company of guys who have been able to achieve something special and I think they enjoyed spending time with our group as well.
Kevin was the first player to reach 400 games in the AFL. He spoke about how, when he was a player, he saw others achieve 300 games and each time a guy broke a record it was always by a few games – 320 to 325 or 330 and so on.
He felt that inspired him to have the same longevity, be resilient and stay in the game for as long as he could. He remembered getting to 400 and thinking, 'I really hope this inspires other people to do it as well'.
As he spoke, I thought, 'That's my feeling too'.
One of my teammates asked me, 'How does it feel to be playing a 400th this week?'. My response was, 'Quite similar to the past 399'.
I guess I view it a bit differently to everyone else. People see us play on weekends and don't really understand what goes on during the week to get to that point, but I have lived and breathed every one of those games and the preparation that went into them.
There is always a lot of hard work getting to, and through, an NRL game – especially at the Melbourne Storm!
ICE BATHS WERE WHEELIE BINS
Every day we now get to go to work at the world-class AAMI Stadium. But it wasn't always like that.
When we started, back at Olympic Park, it was very basic. Recovery ice baths were just coming into the sport and ours were wheelie bins!
For a time there, our locker rooms were in a public toilet block. There was a toilet on each end and in the middle a cold bleak space for us, an old change room that they turned into our lockers. We were in that public toilet block for about a year.
It showed where we stood on that rung of elite sport in Melbourne, at the time, that Goschs Paddock – which is still our training venue but in much better condition these days – was a cow paddock full of divots and weeds.
We loved it though because it was rectangular and had rugby league posts, which were very hard to find in Melbourne.
Cars would drive past but no one hollered out at us. We were more or less unknown, so no one bothered giving it to us.
As basic as our facilities were back then, it was all we needed. In a way, we enjoyed that. The old gym, the hard yards.
When Olympic Park was knocked down and AAMI Park was being developed, we spent some time at Princes Park, based under the old grandstands.
You'd arrive in those mid-season months and it was literally freezing. You'd have a full tracksuit on because it was so cold and, to start your workout, you'd put your hands in the sleeves of your jumper to lift the weights. The steel of the bars was that cold, you'd almost get frostbite from holding them.
WHAT CRAIG BELLAMY TAUGHT ME
Under Craig Bellamy, we were one of the first teams who did a lot of analysis on games and opposition. Craig has always been big on video sessions, which, in those days, were done on a VCR tape recorder.
You can imagine the issues we had with tape and how Craig reacted to them! If something needed to be rewound and they missed the spot. 'Now you've gone past it!'
It wasn't just the coach's box where you'd see Craig have his blow-ups. They were just as big in the video room.
Making sure the tape rolled correctly and stopped where it needed to was a job for assistant coach Dean Lance – luckily they were really good mates from their Canberra Raiders' days.
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Horsham's Holbrook Club was transformed into a buzzing rock venue on Saturday 23rd April with appearances from The Stuart James Band and headliner, ex-Gillan guitarist, Bernie Tormé. Local trio, The Stuart James Band, opened proceedings with their brand of classic blues rock. With<|fim_middle|> given a new lease of life by Tormé's former band Gillan, back in the early 80s: Trouble and New Orleans. As the band are called back on stage for an encore and perform two more covers, Bony Moronie and Jimi Hendrix's Fire, I did begin wondering why I'd left it quite so long before catching up with this unique performer once more. But it was certainly worth the thirty-year wait. | some well-chosen covers as well as original material they will have delighted existing fans and almost certainly gained some new ones on Saturday.
From one power trio to the next, punters didn't have to wait long until Bernie Tormé and his band, Chris Heilmann (bass) and Ian Harris (drums), took to the stage. Dublin-born Bernie Tormé first came to prominence in the late 70s/early 80s as the guitarist with the heavy rock outfit, Gillan. His distinctive riffing was as much an intrinsic part of that band's sound as Ian Gillan's famous vocals. And it's all still very much on display for those watching Bernie Tormé and his band on Saturday. Fuzzed-up glam-punk, squealing Hendrix-style feedback and guitar wizardry galore, combined with great songs that span an illustrious recording career, Bernie and his band truly rocked the Holbrook Club.
Material from his post-Gillan solo career such as the storming Wild West, which kicked of proceedings, is combined with newer material from his two recent solo albums. The two albums Flowers & Dirt and Blackheart have proved to be something of renaissance for Bernie Tormé with excellent reviews and renewed interest from fans around the world. Songs from both albums are well received. There's still room for a bit of nostalgia though and the main set ends with those two early rock n roll classics that were given a new lease of life by Gillan back in the early 80s: Trouble and New Orleans. The band are called back on stage for an encore and end the evening with an incendiary version of another Gillan classic: No Easy Way. Bernie Tormé is still rocking hard!
For those looking for fuzzed-up glam-punk, squealing Hendrix-style feedback and guitar wizardry then Bernie Tormé is clearly the one to look to. In fact, if this is what you are looking for then Bernie Tormé is probably the only one to look to.
Part punk, part hippy, Dublin-born Tormé, first came to prominence in the late 70s/early 80s as the guitarist with Gillan. His distinctive riffing was as much an intrinsic part of that band's sound as Ian Gillan's instantly recognizable vocals. There has been something of a slight interlude since I last caught up with Tormé, however. In fact, the last time I saw him was not long after he left Gillan and was busy promoting his then new solo album, Electric Gypsies.
Nicely balanced between old and new material, the crowd were given a great set tonight covering various stages of Torme's career. For me, Lightning Strikes and Turn Out the Lights were both very welcome inclusions from the earlier days. The main set ended with those two early rock n roll classics that were both | 594 |
Six Moments in UVA History, As Documented by Newly Expanded Digital Archive
Katie McNally, katiemcnally@virginia.edu
In the 40 years between the Roaring '20s and the Swinging '60s, Charlottesville and the University of Virginia hosted many seminal moments during a transformative period for the nation.
As part of its wide-ranging preservation mission, the UVA Library serves as a guardian of local history and culture. To that end, the library recently completed the second phase of a four-year joint project with the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library to digitize past editions of The Daily Progress.
"We digitized the microfilm, which is a facsimile of the print copy," said Jennifer Huck, data librarian.
The project began in 2012 as a way to commemorate Charlottesville's 250th anniversary and make this portion of local history more easily accessible. The first phase digitized editions from 1893 to 1923, and the second phase runs from 1923 to 1964.
"We have been scanning editions of The Daily Progress and turning them into microfilm for a long time," said Huck. "We're still doing it today and we also save a print copy every day and keep it in Special Collections."
Below are just a few of the Daily Progress headlines during major national events and historic moments at the University that have been recently added to the archive.
1929 - STOCK MARKET CRASH
After stock prices fell dramatically on Oct. 24, 1929, the spiraling market became front-page news all around the country. In the days following that "Black Thursday," The Daily Progress ran the national stories of the crash, but it didn't dominate their coverage.
It was still very early for the full implications of the economic downturn to be felt in Charlottesville or on Grounds. The small columns about the financial spiral in the Oct. 26, 28, and 29 editions are treated with the same importance as the regular local crime reporting and other sensational national stories on murders and high-profile robberies.
1938 – ALDERMAN LIBRARY OPENING
While the nation was still in the throes of the Great Depression, Charlottesville and UVA had some exciting news. At the 1938 commencement exercises in June, the University officially dedicated Alderman Library.
Dumas Malone, the director of Harvard University Press and the man chosen to write former University President Edwin A. Alderman's biography, gave the keynote address. Malone praised Alderman for his tireless commitment to bringing a word-class library to UVA as an enduring resource for students and the public at large.
"Libraries in Europe that have been 'purged' may be for the moment temples of exclusive and barbaric cults, but libraries as we know them in America are cathedrals open to all faiths and dedicated to the God of truth," declared Malone.
1940 - ROOSEVELT SPEECH
Malone's allusion to the spread of fascism in Europe and the dangers it posed to academic life were followed two years later by even more forceful words from President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Roosevelt delivered his famous "dagger" speech when he gave UVA's 1940 commencement address. Referring to Italy's recent declaration of war on France, Roosevelt said, "On this 10th day of June, 1940, the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor."
As his son Franklin Jr. sat among the law school graduates, Roosevelt made it clear that the United States would no longer remain neutral in World War II.
"In this University founded by the first great American teacher of democracy, we send forth our prayers and our hopes to those beyond the seas who are<|fim_middle|> means that the UVA Library's search engine, Virgo, cannot easily recognize key searchable terms like "Civil Rights" or "Titanic" within the scans. The UVA and Jefferson-Madison Regional Libraries are hoping to change that by crowdsourcing searchable tags from users in the future.
Daigle said that the high level of traffic inside the collection is an encouraging sign that users would be interested in helping refine searchable data.
"From January 2015 to May 2016, there have been about 67,000 page views of the Progress with about 12,714 downloads of images," he said. "That puts us at about 4,000 hits per month and 750 downloads per month and makes The Daily Progress one of our top collections in Virgo."
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/content/six-moments-uva-history-documented-newly-expanded-digital-archive | maintaining with magnificent valor their battle for freedom," he said.
The Daily Progress reported that Roosevelt's declarations were met with loud cheers of support from the assembled crowd.
1953 - RIDLEY GRADUATION
In the decade following WWII, the graduation of Walter N. Ridley marks a major milestone in the movement for racial integration at UVA and around the country. Ridley was the first African American to graduate from the University, earning his doctorate in education on June 15, 1953.
As the Progress reported, Ridley was also the first black person to receive a doctoral degree from any Southern state university.
Following graduation, Ridley went on to lead a distinguished career in education. He served as president of both the National Education Association and the American Teachers Association, and oversaw their merger in 1966. In 1987, the Walter N. Ridley Scholarship Fund was established in his honor.
1958 - KENNEDY VISIT
Five years after Ridley's graduation, then Senator John F. Kennedy came to Grounds to speak on the importance of American education. There was already growing speculation that the popular senator would run for president and The Daily Progress reported on his speech with unveiled excitement.
Kennedy gave his address at the first annual Law Alumni Day on March 8, 1958. His brothers Edward, a current law student, and Robert, a 1951 alumnus, were both in attendance.
The newspaper's classic portrait of the smiling brothers and Jacqueline Kennedy was later reprinted with sadness when they reported on President Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
1963 - MLK VISIT
Eight months before The Daily Progress would carry the news of Kennedy's assassination, the University welcomed another trailblazing icon of the 1960s. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on the cause of civil rights to about 800 students, faculty and community members assembled in Old Cabell Hall on March 25, 1963.
King was invited to speak by UVA's student chapter of the Virginia Council on Human Relations and encouraged listeners to take an active role in politics and efforts to end segregation nationwide.
"Non-cooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good," he said.
Important events like King's visit and major national news so far dominate the searches within the Daily Progress collection, but the library staff hopes that it will also be an important resource for understanding everyday life in historic Charlottesville.
"We're looking to a point in the future where we'd like to engage the community more aggressively to help us refine the search capabilities," said Bradley Daigle, the library's content and strategic expert for the Academic Preservation Trust.
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As this years summer winds down, I am in awe at how little we have accomplished this year. We went into the summer with grandiose plans and everyone made a list. Similar to our bucket lists of past summers.
However, we never really focused on checking anything off!
I mean I guess we did accomplish most of these activities. The only ones we didn't cover were the zoo, museums, cooking class, horse back riding, and dance class.
So, yeah…I guess we did cross off most things from this list, without even realizing it!
We went on an amazing family vacation. Two vacations actually, back-to-back! It was awesome. We ate more ice-cream and fro-yo than any family of five should ever eat.
We spent lots of time at the beaches of Wisconsin, Chicago, and California.
My kids gained some freedom and rode around town with friends (this was a tough one for me). And they made some incredible memories with friends and each other.
But you want to know what they really gained this summer? It was something I didn't plan on, but I am so glad I noticed it in action.
Without any help from me, my kids learned how to work through lots of personal and social issues. Okay, you busted me! I did help them, but only minimally or when someone was in danger or in risk of getting hurt.
They learned how to say what they wanted.
They learned how to listen to each other and really hear the other person.
They are still working on respectfully disagreeing, so don't think they are experts just yet, but they are working on it!
They practiced compromising and coming up with a plan for playing together.
They were forced to deal with losing another loved one and walking down memory lane again as we remembered my Grandma Dodo, my second grandmother to pass away this year.
They improved their relationship building skills.
They worked on calling friends and leaving messages for them, not just texts.
They used non-verbal & verbal skills along with other skills like sharing, getting somebody's attention appropriately, voice volume and tone, following rules or directions, taking turns, being responsible and showing empathy.
And you want to know how they did all that?
They did all that by being normal "I'm so bored" kids. Yes, you heard me right, boredness taught them all that.
By being bored, they were forced to communicate with each other and "find things to do" and that taught them how to work together becuase they had to compromise, stay calm, and actively listen to each other.
Let me tell you, it's not always easy for a 6 year old girl, 10 year old boy and 11 year old girl to find things to do together. Sprinkle in a few extra friends and it's a recipe for disaster at my house!
Other times they played or sang their music, put on shows, and wailed on pianos<|fim_middle|>.
This matters because we need kids to be able to communicate effectively and safely navigate their world using appropriate social skills. This helps them learn how to make friends, manage their emotions, and solve problems. And that is a little more important to me than entertaining them this summer by crossing things off their bucket lists.
While we were busy having a lazy summer, my kids learned how to be interactive and caring humans in our cosmos. They learned how to stand up for themselves and advocate for one another. They learned how to handle their emotions and say what they wanted without screaming, most of the time that is.
My kids made memories that not only secured a lifetime of inside jokes, but they learned how to be a community of kids that care. Kids that communicate effectively. Kids that can make friends.
And to me, as their mom and as a teacher, there is nothing better than that! So, while you look over your summer bucket list accomplishments, what do you see? Did you seek opportunities for your kids other than actvities and playdates?
There are no happy accidents.
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← The Award Goes to No Happy Accidents!! | , yukuleles, and guitars. Of course, that presented issues when somebody else in the house was playing something quietly.
My kids made lots of messes. Some I pre-approved and others I did not, but they had fun and could work on these skills while making "memories" as my mom called our messes growing up.
They built 750 piece puzzles, made sweet treats from scratch, and packed picnics…all without hurting each other. Now, that takes some serious communication and sometimes anger management since all my kids like to be "in control" a.k.a. "leaders"!
In their late night meanderings between the neighbors and my house, they learned how-to: present an argument (ex: wanting a sleepover), back it up with evidence, and then seal the deal with puppy dog eyes. I might have three future lawyers at this pace!
My kids learned the power of being a gracious guest and not overstaying their welcome and how to say thank-you in a heartfelt way when it counts | 211 |
The Real Meaning Behind 'Go Crazy' By Chris Brown
By T'Keyah Hayes/May 14, 2021 9:39 pm EST
The beauty of music, especially hip-hop, is the ability to bring two genres together to create one sound. At one point in<|fim_middle|> happy. Loyalty is definitely the new trend of rap content, and we're loving it! | the late 2010s, we saw rappers getting acquainted with the genre of New Orleans bounce music. Most popularly, you may remember Drake's experimentation with bounce music on hit songs such as "Nice For What" and "In My Feelings." We can all admit that we've had great memories dancing to the upbeat tracks, as they are still acclaimed as "feel good" music. Joining Drake in New Orleans bounce appreciation is Chris Brown.
Brown's Young Thug-assisted track, "Go Crazy," blends hip-hop, R&B, and New Orleans bounce to give us the ultimate quarantine track. Accompanied by the song is a viral dance craze called the #GoCrazyChallenge. "Go Crazy" got us through the gloomy beginnings of quarantine. However, the song has quite an interesting meaning when you listen beyond the beat. Here's the real meaning behind Chris Brown's hit single.
Chris Brown wants his lover to show off their skills in the bedroom
Just like any popular male R&B singer, Chris Brown has no problem winning the ladies over with his charm and award-winning vocals (of course, ignoring his controversies with several of the women of his life). Over an infectious beat and a quotable hook, Chris Brown sings a message to a love interest on "Go Crazy." That message, however, tells the addressee that she should "go crazy" in bed, in a sexual context.
The singer could also mean he wants his lover to be free of inhibitions while they're having fun in the bedroom. Breezy sings in the hook: "Oh, baby/ Everything you do is amazing/ Ain't nobody watchin', go crazy/ I got what you need/ Everybody think you shy, but I know you a freak, lil' baby."
On Young Thug's verse, the rapper speaks of a lady he has his eyes on who remains loyal to him. He raps: "Orange peel, your love is real (Yeah)/ Lovin' skills, I need some lovin' skills (Yeah)/ Left my dirty drawers and you love me still (Yeah)/ Eyes come lazy, but she is real (Yeah)/ Dressed to kill (Yeah, yeah, yeah)." Because of that, the two artists are willing to spend whatever is necessary on their lovers to keep them | 473 |
The Irish Times names Wild Quiet as one of 'Five collections that will put Northern Irish Women Writers on the Map'
"Lucy Caldwell, Bernie McGill, Jan Carson, Roisín O'Donnell and a new anthology edited by Sinéad Gleeson are raising the profile of North's female short story writers," writes Caroline Magennis in The Irish Times
Having had the pleasure of meeting Bernie, Lucy and Jan at various literary events, and having heard them read from their work, I feel honoured to be included in their company. Also named as one of the five collections is The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland, edited by Sinéad Gleeson.
The Glass Shore is now available to pre-order here.
Belfast Book Festival - Tues 14th June, Crescent Arts Centre - 8pm
I'll be appearing at the Belfast Book Festival next week as part of an evening showcase of Irish Women Short Story Writers. Joining local Belfast writer Jan Carson in conversation will be Mary Morrissy, Rosemary Jenkinson and myself. Each writer will read from their work, and we'll be talking about the writing process and sharing (hopefully!) a few insights into the short story form, from pen-and-paper to publication! Do join us for a lovely, relaxed evening of short stories and inspiration. Tickets are still available here.
Source: https://crescentarts.ticketsolve.com/shows/873554575/events
Read 'How to Learn Irish in Seventeen Steps'
"Inspired by a blue-skied Sunday morning, buy some sheets of brightly coloured cardboard, cut them into uneven squares and write the Irish on one side, the English on the other. Man. Fear. Woman. Bean. Heart. Croí. Break. Briste."
For a short time only (!) my story 'How to Learn Irish in Seventeen Steps' is published on the Irish Times website.
Luana Paula de Silva O'Connor has moved from Brazil to Ireland for love. Settling into her new life as a primary teacher, she initially ignores the letters from the Irish Teaching Council which tell her she must learn Irish in order to keep her job. But with just nine months to go until her deadline, and with her relationship wavering, Luana sets out on a seemingly impossible journey: to learn Irish (in seventeen steps).
Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/how-to-learn-irish-in-seventeen-steps-by-rois%C3%ADn-o-donnell-1.2659288
Irish Short Stories, New Irish fiction, Book Launch
How to publish a debut (in 17 steps)
"Blissfully unaware that you are writing a collection, tell each story in the way it demands to be told. The result will be less a homogeneous symphony and more a lovingly-compiled mix-tape."
On the eve of the publication of my debut, I wrote this piece for the Irish Times, in which I explored my writing journey. I've been writing for literally as long as I can remember, but I've always struggled with writing confidence. Here I detail just a few of the roller-coaster dips and dives on my path to publishing a debut...
Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/rois%C3%ADn-o-donnell-how-to-publish-a-debut-in-17-steps-1.2659279
Tagged: short stories, Debut
Irish Short Stories, Book Launch
Photos from the launch of WILD QUIET - 25th May 2016
Wild Quiet was launched by Sinéad Gleeson in Hodges Figgis bookshop in Dublin. Thanks to everyone who came along to help launch my debut on its journey into the world.
Tagged: Wild Quiet, Photos, Launch, Short stories
Book Launch! Wednesday 25th May 2016 - Hodges Figgis bookshop @ 6pm
My debut short story collection WILD QUIET will be launched by Sinéad Gleeson in Hodges Figgis bookshop on Wednesday 25th May at 6pm. I'll be signing books and reading a short extract from the collection. Everyone is most welcome to come along.
"A master storyteller" - review of WILD QUIET in San Diego Book Review
"Ultimately, when you read Wild Quiet you will place a few hours of your life in the splendid company of a master storyteller."
"What so vastly impressed me about Roisin's work... is her so very rare ability to balance a truly fantastic talent for observation and interpretation with the discipline to craft rock solid, leak-proof structures. It's all rather like one of those three-tiered cake stands that are presented to your table at a high tea; every layer is filled with tastefully arranged scrumptiousness, but it's not over-filled either. You get to appreciate both the savory and the sweet because there's just enough of both.
...It amazes me – literally, truly, with no exaggeration amazes me – how this young Irish writer can mind meld and speak with the voice of (to name a few): a thirteen year old black immigrant boy with a learning disability, a heartbroken and suicidal Japanese woman, a young girl who is a refugee from Somalia and is afraid to speak of her past, or a thirty year old Irishman racing back to Indonesia because his childhood friend needs him. Every one of these voices, as most of the twelve stories are written in first person, is so linguistically distinct it is like reading stories by twelve different talented writers. Or one Chaucer. Or one O'Donnell."
Read the full review here
Source: http://www.sandiegobookreview.com/wild-quiet/
New Irish fiction, Irish Short Stories, Women's Stories
I'm thrilled to have been asked to contribute to The Glass Shore, an anthology of stories by women from the North of Ireland
Last autumn, I took part in an event at the Belfast International Arts Festival in<|fim_middle|> just how difficult it is to learn Irish! | which the four Northern contributors to The Long Gaze Back read from and discussed their work. Joining editor Sinéad Gleeson in conversation were myself, Lucy Caldwell, Anne Devlin and Bernie McGill. One of the questions raised at the event was 'why hasn't there been an equivalent anthology of stories by women from the North of Ireland?'
Not one to turn down a challenge, Sinéad has now announced the forthcoming publication of 'The Glass Shore.' The anthology will be published by New Island Books in autumn 2016, and features a beautiful cover by designer Martin Gleeson. The anthology will include work by:
Linda Anderson, Margaret Barrington, Mary Beckett, Caroline Blackwood, Lucy Caldwell, Ethna Carbery, Jan Carson, Evelyn Conlon, Anne Devlin, Martina Devlin, Polly Devlin, Erminda Rentoul Esler, Sarah Grand, Rosemary Jenkinson, Sheila Llewelyn, Bernie McGill, Alice Milligan, Rosa Mulholland, Anne-Marie Neary, Mary O'Donnell, Roisín O'Donnell Tara West, Una Woods
I'm excited to see how the new anthology turns out. I have a sneaking feeling it might be quite different from The Long Gaze Back, but I'd better keep my predictions to myself for now!
Tagged: Irish writing, Irish fiction, short stories, Women's writing
Carried in Waves Short Story for Radio Competition
'Boomerang Baby', a story about being left behind, has won third prize in the Carried in Waves Short Story for Radio competition, organised by UCC 98.3FM, Ireland's only 24/7 student radio station.
The judges had this to say about 'Boomerang Baby': "This brilliant short story – makes a unique use of words... it describes a human world in breathless and original language "
Listen to Boomerang Baby on Soundcloud.
Interview with Hubert O'Hearne about Young Irelanders
I recently spoke to Hubert O'Hearne at the San Diego Book Review about my short story, How to Learn Irish in Seventeen Steps, as part of the Young Irelanders anthology, edited by Dave Lordan and published by New Island Books. In the podcast I talk about writing the story, my own experience as an immigrant to Ireland as a child, and | 485 |
Climbing may be hard but it's easier than growing up.
Highest Altitude: 6,150 m/20,178 ft.
After breakfast drive 70 km, 3 hours to Bharatpur. After Jispa drive uphill to Baralacha Pass (4800 m/15,748 ft). Here you can see the origin of Sarchu, Chandra and Bhaga rivers and Mountain ranges. On arrival at Bharatpur set out camp, free till evening tea. After evening tea go for an acclimatization walk and back to camp. Overnight in tents.
These two days will be utilized for proper acclimatization of climbers. Simultaneously, our<|fim_middle|> | highly qualified mountaineering instructors will give the participants a crash course in alpine style mountain climbing techniques and the intricacies of snow & ice-craft. Overnight in tents.
After breakfast we will move for Camp 1. Reach camp 1 set out camp. After evening tea we will go for acclimatization walk. Overnight in tents.
After an early breakfast at around 02:00 am, we will start to climb towards the summit. After reaching the top we will descend to Camp 1 and base camp at Bharatpur. Overnight in tents.
Today we will drive back to Manali. Overnight in hotel. | 129 |
14 May 2021 – You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate
May 14, 2021 kevinisabastardhot chocolate, kevinisabastard, kevinisabastard.com, you sexy thing
I don't know why I know "You Sexy Thing" but it feels like one of those songs that's always been around. I had never thought about it much until the last few years when I started thinking about how much of a banger it<|fim_middle|> on the Beach" was out around that time and I used to sing it. As I was five years old, this resulted in parental intervention and I think it affected my brain. I categorized everything that mentioned sex or the word sexy as explicit. As a result, I thought "You Sexy Thing" was very risque as a child. In truth, the lyrics are fairly tame and almost sweet.
The song itself is iconic. There's the lazy guitar riff that's instantly recognisable. There's loads going on on the bass and there has to be at least two people involved in the percussion. The best thing about "You Sexy Thing" are the vocals from Errol Brown. It ends with my favourite style of song ending, the descent into madness. Errol Brown yelping away, singing random phrases from the song as the music fades out. It always makes me feel like the sound engineer is trying to wind things down because otherwise the song will go on forever.
You can listen to "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate here.
← 13 May 2021 – The View From The Afternoon by The Artic Monkeys.
16 May 2021 – The Italian Job and the other Italian Job → | is.
I think "You Sexy Thing" appeared in my world around 1997 because it was in "The Full Monty". I've never seen the film but I think it sparked a revival for the song. "Sex | 48 |
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The memories of my awesome Indian experiences came back to me! I remember the constant smell of burning incense, bright rainbow colours, dancing and smiles of southern Indian people - a feast of the senses on my body.
I'm interested in Ayurvedic Rebalancing. | The Ayurvedic Rebalancing Signature Treatment honours your body in a traditional Indian way. Steve is your therapist, who has travelled and worked in Kerala and Goa, India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
Ayurveda maintains health and beauty through key elements of detoxification, nutrition, nourishment through herbs and natural products (naturopathy), meditation and massage. The package includes a skin detoxification (panchakarma) treatment with a sizzling hot oil and herbal compress traditionally called Kizhi, a heated oil flow onto the forehead and third eyes (Shirodhara), Indian Head Massage, Ayurvedic Marma Point Facial Massage and Ayurvedic Full Body Massage, along with a complimentary Ayurvedic Consultation. Spiritual Indian music | 154 |
The hottest stock, the lowest price and the best guess at timing are not ingredients for long-term investment success. Marc Amateis offers seven better tactics in a Money Talk Video interview with Joel Dresang. A transcript of their discussion is below.
Joel Dresang: Marc, there's plenty of research that shows that successful investing involves not clairvoyance so much as discipline. You've made a list of seven common mistakes that investors make.
One of them has to do with diversification, and that's a role that you play. You help people make sure that they have the proper asset allocation.
Marc Amateis: Right, Joel. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. That's how you control risk for the most part, making sure you have a well-diversified portfolio – stocks, bonds, growth stocks, value stocks, some international. Watch your bond duration and credit quality.
That's how you make sure that you can survive all the ups and downs that the markets inevitably are going to bring.
Joel: And you point out that allocation does not include jumping on the bandwagon of the latest hot stock or hot mutual fund.
Marc: Right. Don't chase performance.
Just because<|fim_middle|> investor needs to know their own risk tolerance and invest accordingly. I tell clients all the time, "If you can't sleep at night, you've got too much money in the stock market." I don't care what it is.
Because, invariably, if you're emotional about your investments, if you're watching them every day, if you're concerned when they go down, you're going to make a bad emotional decision. And the last thing you want to do when you're investing is make an emotional decision.
Your investment decisions should be based on facts, should be based on value, should be based on fundamentals, not emotion.
Joel: One way of guarding against getting too emotional about your decision-making is just to tune out distractions.
Marc: With so much information coming at you all the time, be it through the financial media or whatever, it's real easy to get caught up in the minute-to-minute, day-to-day gyrations in the financial markets. That's not how you become a successful investor.
You want to make a plan, stick to that plan, and tune out all the outside noise.
You can always make changes to an investment plan based on your own personal circumstances and changes in your life, but turn off the TV, put down the newspaper, make your decisions based on fundamentals, and you'll be a much better investor. You'll sleep better at night, too. | something has been up recently, in the last year, let's say, doesn't mean it's going to lead the markets or be up the next year. And we see this a lot.
Investors tend to look at recent performance of a stock or a mutual fund and want to put more money into it because of that. Often times, you should be doing just the opposite. Perhaps that investment has run up, it's fully valued, and now you maybe want to start moving some money out of that and into something that's a better value.
Joel: Marc, studies show that 90% of the variability in portfolio performance is based on that asset allocation, not stock selection and not market timing. In fact, that's one of your points. It's not so much timing the market as it is time in the market.
Marc: That's correct, Joel. You'll want to stay invested.
A lot of people think that they'll know when the market's going to go down, and they'll get out. Or they know when it's going to go up, and they'll get in, and that's a losing proposition.
Nobody knows that, and invariably, what really happens is somebody waits because they think the market's going to go down, and now it goes up, and now they feel like they've missed out, but they don't want to get in because it's already gone up. Or the market goes down, and they don't want to get in because they think it's going to keep going down.
So, don't do that. Stay invested, make a plan, and that's how you're going to succeed over the long run.
Joel: And everyone knows that you try to buy low and sell high, but you have a warning about trying to guess when that low point is.
Marc: That's right, and don't confuse price with value.
If a stock has gone down in price, it doesn't mean it's a good value. It can easily continue to go lower and lower. In the business, we call that trying to catch a falling knife.
You're much better off looking at a stock or a mutual fund and, with an advisor's help, determining if that's a good value or not, regardless of its current price. Just because something has gone up in price doesn't mean it won't continue to go up in price.
So, look for value. Don't just focus in on a price.
Joel: Your fifth point is that investors should consider their time horizon.
Marc: Right. Very important to know what your time horizon is when you're investing.
If you're putting money in the stock market, that's not where shorter-term money should be. The last thing you want is to need that money and the stock market is down 10%-15%, and now you have to pull out at a loss.
So, you need a well-diversified portfolio that has stocks, bonds, different investments for different time frames, and allocate your portfolio accordingly. That way, you're never going to be caught needing money in the shorter term, with something that really is long-term money.
Joel: And that's a reminder that investing isn't one size fits all. I hear a lot of talk around here about risk.
Marc: Every | 675 |
Pedigree. The French call it de pure race<|fim_middle|> room was designed for you.
© 2020 Room 112. All rights reserved. Design by LEAP. | , the Italians di razza, and in the language of food it translates as elegance, finesse, succulence, and expertise.
It's as if Andy and Adrian Chen were living the exact same adventures just in different lives. With dual family histories dedicated to many pursuits but the tastiest being taking care of people with gorgeous food, it's the stuff of dynasties. Pedigree has everything to do with the comfort in which you embody your place in the world and nothing to do with being pompous, and after 40+ collective years the Queen City's regents of flavor have made themselves at home in uptown.
Via the freshest ingredients, a sushi menu that caters to the novice and adventurer alike, and new interpretations of classic Chinese favorites, Room 112 is Asian fusion so chic and inviting you'll never tire of being treated so well. Imagine the foodie's version of Coco Chanel inviting you into her sumptuous studio and insisting that you kick back, relax, and stay awhile while she serves you. When you see Andy working the knives and Adrian walking the floor you'll know you're in good, capable, and elegant hands.
Roll through. Make yourself at home. The | 247 |
Long before Lisa Frank and her technicolor Trapper Keepers arrived on the scene, Peter Max was revolutionizing the art world with his psychedelic pop imagery, paving the way for<|fim_middle|>0th anniversary season of the Museum at Bethel Woods and runs April 7 through December 31. | the next generation of artists. "Peter Max was one of the first artists to mass market his imagery to the public, making him an international cultural icon," says Robert Casterline, an art dealer whose collection of Max paintings will be included in an upcoming special exhibit at the Museum at Bethel Woods.
Throughout the 1960s and '70s, Max's pop art career was both a mirror for the changing cultural tides and a formative force. He rejected the historic exclusivity of the art world and leaned into the commercialization of his images using bright colors and eye-popping designs. "He had his images printed on fondue pots, cups, mugs, clocks, clothing," Castlerine says. "He was really getting his imagery into the hands of consumers through whatever vehicle was allowed at the time."
"Peter Max: Early Paintings," is a never-before-seen survey of the artist's work from the pivotal period between 1967 and 1972, when Max hit his stride creating visionary cosmic works that embodied the spirit of the psychedelic era. The show, which draws from the collections of Casterline and New York City restaurateur Shelly Fireman, focuses on paintings (rare for the artist, who preferred printmaking), with a selection of sculpture, drawings, and vintage fashion (think Peter Max bell bottoms).
"Peter Max was the forefather of what most artists are doing today—Banksy, Murakami, Keith Haring," Casterline says. "He really was at the center of popular iconic imagery, and this is the first time a museum in US is showing his vintage work all together." As the setting of the historic 1969 Woodstock Festival, Bethel Woods is a fitting venue for a retrospective of the artist whose work personified the summer of love.
This special exhibit kicks off the 1 | 388 |
Earnings Inequality within and across Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Groups in Four Latin American Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4591
See all articles by Wendy Cunningham
Wendy Cunningham
Joyce P. Jacobsen
Wesleyan University - Department of Economics
Date Written<|fim_middle|> overall earnings inequality. Simulations in which the relatively disadvantaged gender and/or racial/ethnic group is treated as if it were the relatively advantaged group tend to reduce overall earnings inequality measures only slightly and in some cases have the effect of increasing earnings inequality measures.
Keywords: Access to Finance, Gender and Development, Inequality, Gender and Law
Cunningham, Wendy and Jacobsen, Joyce P., Earnings Inequality within and across Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Groups in Four Latin American Countries (April 1, 2008). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4591, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1149094
Wendy Cunningham (Contact Author)
World Bank ( email )
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Wesleyan University - Department of Economics ( email )
Middletown, CT 06459-0007 | : April 1, 2008
Latin American countries are generally characterized as displaying high income and earnings inequality overall along with high inequality by gender, race, and ethnicity. However, the latter phenomenon is not a major contributor to the former phenomenon. Using household survey data from four Latin American countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, and Guyana) for which stratification by race or ethnicity is possible, this paper demonstrates (using Theil index decompositions as well as Gini indices, and 90/10 and 50/10 percentile comparisons) that within-group earnings inequality rather than between-group earnings inequality is the main contributor to | 135 |
Not quite final Doom: Bethesda extends 'popular' free demo
By Darren Allan 2016-06-22T09:34:00.173Z
Originally the demo was only supposed to be around for E3
Bethesda has decided that the Doom demo should stick around, after there's been plenty of interest in sampling the trial version.
Originally, the demo – which lets you blast your way through the game's first level – was only supposed to be available while the E3 show was<|fim_middle|>
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Windows 7 is dead, but you can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free – here's how to get it | in town last week, but the freebie is still around today. And apparently will be for the foreseeable, according to Bethesda.
A tweet from Doom's official Twitter account noted: "Due to popular demand, we're extending the #DOOM Demo!"
Demo duration
As to how long it will be kept on, no indication is given. Some have suggested that it would make sense to keep it as a permanent fixture, and while that seems like a good idea to us, the fact that Bethesda says it's 'extending' availability would suggest that this is still a temporary thing.
So if you've not tried the Doom reboot and want to give it a whirl and see what all the fuss is about, it might be an idea to grab the demo now (download it here).
In our review of the game, we dubbed it a remarkable achievement, mainly because it manages to capture what's so great about the classic Doom games, while bringing things forward into a contemporary gaming era and managing to avoid feeling old-fashioned.
The single player campaign is certainly much running-and-gunning, well-balanced blasting fun, although the multiplayer didn't tickle our fancy quite so much.
Via: PC Gamer | 240 |
Where to Buy The Flasher for Woodpeckers, Flasher for Woodpecker Bird Deterrent - $16.95 for Sale with Fast Free Shipping!
Flasher for Woodpecker Bird Deterrent features combination of colors, fluttering, and sounds mimics the "strike movements" of predatory birds.<|fim_middle|> It is usually not necessary to put it directly at the point of activity, however try to keep it within 20 feet of the damage area.
When using for woodpeckers, cover over any holes that are large enough for the woodpeckers to enter, immediately after installation of flashers.
When using for swallows, knock down the nests immediately after installation. Do not be alarmed if the nest needs to be knocked down a few times before activity is reduced.
This product has shown some promise as a deterrent for geese on lawns; hang in a windy/ sunny area 10-12 feet off the ground.
If the birds seem to get used to the presence of the flasher after awhile, try moving it to a new location.
NOTE: Avoid attaching to metal chimney caps as sound from spinning flasher may carry through structure.
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Flasher for woodpecker Bird Deterrent is wind operated and it is best hung from the outside corner of buildings. At this location it can receive wind from 270 degress, as well as increasing visibility to the woodpecker. If trees are present at these locations, move the flasher to a point that receives not only wind but is visible from the area that is receiving woodpecker damage. | 127 |
Seldom do you see a home this upgraded and customized at this price point anywhere in Huntington Beach. Every detail of this home has been created to maximize use of space, function and aesthetic design. The kitchen is a stunning display of custom cabinetry with an efficient layout and custom features such as pullout shelves and warming drawer to make entertaining easy and enjoyable. The built<|fim_middle|> backyard has also been transformed into its own oasis to relax with friends and family with a perfectly cooked meal from the outdoor kitchen with built-in gas grill and wood smoker. Lush Landscaping. Wonderful patio lighting is set to the optimum level to relax and enjoy your outdoor time. How about a soak in the hot tub?! You will love all the little touches that make this amazing place a wonderful place to call home. | -in cabinets throughout this amazing home have those same purpose driven elements, all done in gorgeous high quality woods. The master suite features vaulted ceilings, a huge deck and a walk-in wardrobe engineered to create order out of chaos. The stunning master bathroom is another place where the quality of workmanship, design and beauty all meet to make a wonderful place to start and end your busy day. From the custom tile flooring with mosaic design that greets you at the entry, to the formal dining room with its soaring ceiling and sky lights, to the custom built fireplace to keep you cozy on those chilly fall evenings, this home offers quality details throughout. The | 129 |
Q: What is the correct way to loop through this block? I have<|fim_middle|> a random round_id between 1 and 3.
| this block inside rails console.
@idea = Idea.find_by(rand(1...Idea.count))
@roundid = Faker::Number.between(1, 3)
@idea.round_id = @roundid
I am trying trying to update seven database rows. And I have used a code below.
7.times do
@idea = Idea.find_by(rand(1...Idea.count))
@roundid = Faker::Number.between(1, 3)
@idea.round_id = @roundid
end
it does not do what I expect. Thoughts?
A: If you're just trying to randomly grab an Idea each time, you can use the more expressive Idea.all.sample.
To grab a random number, you also don't necessarily need Faker, you can just do rand(3) + 1.
If round_id is a column in the ideas table, you'll need to actually save the model on each iteration for the changes you're making to persist.
One faster way you could do this is:
Idea.all.sample(7).each do |idea|
idea.update(round_id: rand(3) + 1)
end
This grabs 7 random Ideas, iterates over them, and assigns each | 249 |
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Paul Ranjard
Jiang Nan
Beijing High Court publishes Guidelines for the Adjudication of Network-Related IP Cases
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Paul Ranjard, Jiang Nan
Copyright cases
Trademark cases
On April 13 2016 the Beijing High People<|fim_middle|> sale via the service provider's platform (Article 17).
Under Article 18, the general principle for determining a service provider's liability is to take into account the various interests at stake – namely, those of:
the platform service provider;
the rights holder;
the online seller; and
the general public.
Articles 20 and 21 provide that when it is preliminarily proven that infringement has occurred on a platform, the platform service provider will not be held liable if:
it provides all evidence necessary to identify the online seller (failure to do so may result in it being held liable for directly conducting the infringing act); and
it is not at fault.
By 'fault', Article 21 refers to abetting or assisting an online seller to commit trademark infringement (in such case, the platform service provider will be held jointly and severally liable). The words 'abetting' and 'assisting' are respectively defined in Articles 21.2 and 21.3 as to "intentionally induce and encourage" and to be "knowing, without taking necessary measures" to stop the activity.
Article 22 stipulates that a rights holder must notify the platform service provider in writing and provide all information necessary to show that there is a "high likelihood of trademark infringement". Such information includes:
the rights holder's details;
the location of the infringing content;
proof of trademark ownership; and
a declaration of authenticity by the rights holder concerning the information provided.
The general liability principle for "knowing and not taking timely reasonable and appropriate measures", which is not new, is reiterated in Article 23. 'Knowing' is defined as having received notification by the rights holder. However, 'timely', 'reasonable' and 'appropriate' are not defined and will be assessed according to the circumstances of each case.
A platform service provider must inform the online seller of an alleged infringement "within a reasonable time" (Article 24). A rights holder that makes an incorrect notification may be liable for the damage caused to the online seller (Article 25).
Article 26 lists the circumstances that may be taken into consideration when determining whether a platform service provider knew or ought to have known that an online seller was infringing a trademark, including whether:
the link was on the website's home page;
the service provider provided other services (eg, editing or selecting);
the notification is deemed to have been sufficiently precise;
the acts were repeated;
the online seller admitted infringement;
the price was obviously unreasonably low; and
the platform service provider directly received economic gains from the transaction. Such 'economic gains' relate to advertising, but the definition remains vague. However, Article 27.2 clarifies that ordinary advertising and technical service fees which follow ordinary industry standards are not considered to be 'economic gains' in the sense of Article 26.
It will be interesting to see the influence that the Guidelines for the Adjudication of Network-Related IP Cases have on other Chinese courts – in particular, those in the jurisdictions in which the main platform service providers are located.
The main problem concerning online counterfeiting is the sheer volume of cases. Rights holders are not dealing with a few dozen cases, for which the procedures detailed in the guidelines would be a good method of action; rather, they are dealing with thousands of cases, which renders the guidelines less effective.
China could seek inspiration from solutions that have been implemented abroad, such as in France, where most online counterfeit sales have been eradicated. In France, platform service providers signed a charter with rights holders, agreeing – most notably – to use filters that automatically eliminate suspicious links. This has removed the need to follow the time-consuming written notice procedure for each online infringement case.
For further information on this topic please contact Paul Ranjard or Nan Jiang at Wan Hui Da Law Firm & Intellectual Property Agency by telephone (+86 10 6892 1000) or email ([email protected] or [email protected]). The Wan Hui Da Law Firm & Intellectual Property Agency website can be accessed at www.wanhuida.com.
Computer program
Data storage device
Joint and several liability
Substantial similarity | 's Court published the Guidelines for the Adjudication of Network-Related IP Cases in a bid to address various issues arising from the adjudication of network-related copyright, trademark and unfair competition cases.
The copyright section of the guidelines covers the judicial trial of disputes involving topical issues such as information storage, linking, directed searching, webpage 'snapshot' and online real-time broadcasting services.
Article 6 of the guidelines governs the provision of information storage space by service providers. Network disk operators engaged in processing acts such as the categorisation, arrangement or ranking of content are prohibited from posing as information storage space service providers.
When entering a plea of non-infringement, the defendant must provide the court with the uploader's information. Defendants cannot refuse to offer such information by citing the privacy policy of their terms of use.
Linking services
Article 7 of the guidelines states that a defendant's act will constitute 'linking services' when the works at issue are "played on a third party website, redirected from the defendant's website… [or] played on the defendant's website, but stored on a third party website". The court follows strict standards when determining whether a 'redirecting' act has taken place and must be satisfied that the user can actually determine the change from one webpage to another. Failure to meet that requirement will most likely lead to a finding of substantial replacement and infringement.
Directed searching
Articles 8 to 11 of the guidelines provide solutions for when an offending website – disguised as a search engine for the purpose of circumventing potential infringement risk – places an automated software program (also known as a 'web crawler') on a specific third-party infringing website (rather than on the whole network, which a search engine usually does), so that any search run through the website is directed to the third-party website (also known as 'directed searching'). Given that the offending website must usually agree to import traffic to the third party's infringing website, both websites should be held jointly and severally liable.
'Snapshot' services
Articles 12 to 14 of the guidelines cover the legal consequences for the provision of webpage 'snapshot' services. The court will not accept pleas of non-infringement based purely on a snapshot service provider's capacity. Previously, the court primarily focused on whether the provision of webpage snapshot services constitutes a substantial replacement of the original webpage. The court's focus for the determination of infringement has shifted to "whether a regular use of relevant works is affected and the right holder's legitimate rights to the works and interests in the works are unreasonably impaired".
Finally, Article 15 clarifies that the right to conduct online real-time broadcasting falls under the category of "other rights that are enjoyed by the copyright owner" as provided by Article 10(17) of the Copyright Law. This is welcomed as it provides a legal basis for copyright owners to enforce such right.
The trademark section of the guidelines deals with the possible liability of a 'platform service provider' – defined as an entity that provides services for 'transaction information' and 'transaction acts' – where goods bearing an infringing trademark are offered for | 637 |
On Tuesday 20th March, two local school football teams made their way to hosts Boreham Wood to participate in the National Leagues Trusts under 11's Cup competition.
Both teams had already competed in our own local tournament held on the 3G pitch at the Score centre and had won through to this South East (North) Regional Final in the quest to move onto the Southern Area finals.
The girl's team from St. John Fisher Catholic Primary school in Loughton won through to their semi-final but lost to a solitary goal from opponents St Albans City. Nonetheless, team manager Jack Horsford was delighted with the girl's efforts. "We've had a wonderful day and really enjoyed it. This is the first experience at an event like this and it's been a tremendous learning curve. But the girl's did us proud and we've loved representing Leyton Orient. I hope we'll get the chance again".
In the boy's event, Churchfields Primary school in Redbridge went through the tournament to reach their final unbeaten, scoring 18 and conceding just one along the way. However, the final turned out to be a tougher contest against a team representing Dagenham & Redbridge and after a close-fought 0-0 draw, it came down to a penalty shoot-out, Churchfields emerging victorious by three to two!
A fantastic result. However, it was ultimately decided that both teams would go through to the Southern Area Finals and so Churchfields will now move onto<|fim_middle|> the next round. To play at Wembley is every players dream and this competition is a wonderful opportunity for these kids. We'll do our very best to get there and obviously proudly represent Leyton Orient".
Howard Gould, LOFC Community Liaison Officer, commented, "It was a pleasure watching the teams playing in O's kits although a little difficult at times trying to be in two places at one time (when both teams playing simultaneously). But both St John Fisher and Churchfields were a credit to their schools and now we have to go through it all again with Churchfields! However, they are a well-coached team with great ability and I'm sure if they play to their potential, we will have another representative at Wembley as we did in 2014 when Chase Lane from Chingford won the equivalent EFL competition. All very exciting". | represent the O's on April 24th, once again hosted at Boreham Wood, with a chance to play at Wembley prior to the National League Play-Off Final, against their northern counterparts.
Team manager Lisa Brown said afterwards, "We are over the moon and looking forward to | 61 |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Lorenzo Brown had<|fim_middle|>, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference).
The nation's most accurate shooting team shot 50.9 percent and needed a late surge to remain on a roll heading into its biggest game of the season - a visit Saturday from top-ranked Duke.
Robert Carter Jr. had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Mfon Udofia added 13 points for the Yellow Jackets (10-4, 0-2).
They controlled the tempo for the first 30 minutes and led 51-47 with 10 minutes to play but managed just three field goals in the final 7 1/2 minutes and lost their second straight.
This one was tight for most of the way, with 11 ties and 14 lead changes. With Georgia Tech patiently in charge of the pace, neither team could assemble anything resembling a run and neither team led by more than four until N.C. State got things rolling midway through the half.
Once the Wolfpack finally found a way to speed things up, they ran away from the Yellow Jackets.
Wood hit two of his four 3-pointers during the burst - N.C. State improved to 14-0 under second-year coach Mark Gottfried when he hits at least four 3s - and his free throw made it 72-60 with 3:14 left.
In between Wood's 3s, Leslie came up with the highlight-reel play of the night when he blocked Carter's 3 at the key, then beat the Yellow Jackets downcourt and hit a layup that had PNC Arena hopping.
Brown set a career scoring high for ACC games, surpassing the 20 he scored against both North Carolina and Wake Forest last year, and had his fourth game this season with double figures in assists.
Rodney Purvis finished with 12 points and Richard Howell had 12 rebounds for the Wolfpack, who made 12 of their final 14 shots and matched their longest winning streak since 2004-05 and picked up their 10th straight victory at home.
Daniel Miller added 12 points for Georgia Tech - which was playing its first game outside Atlanta since November. The Yellow Jackets fell to 0-2 in true road games and remained one victory shy of matching last season's win total. | 21 points and 10 assists and No. 20 North Carolina State pulled away late to beat Georgia Tech 83-70 on Wednesday night for its ninth straight win.
Scott Wood added 20 points and C.J. Leslie had 19 in his 10th straight game in double figures for the Wolfpack (13-2 | 76 |
Every day is art: The works of Peter Max
For many artists, a gallery show of over 100 works is a significant percentage of the portfolio. Not so for Peter Max, one of the most iconic artists of the 20th century — compelled to create, he is never at a loss for material.
Max's show, "A Neo-Retro-Kaleido-spective Exhibition," will open at the Angela King Gallery in New Orleans on Nov. 11, with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m., which Max will attend. The exhibit will be displayed through December.
With so many iconic images going back to the 1960s, Max is one of the most recognized artists in the country, from posters to postage stamps, commercial products to non-traditional media.
Recent works include portraits of the four judges on NBC's "The Voice," 100th anniversary Frank Sinatra posters, the program for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and the 41st Beatles Fest poster.
Max was born Peter Max Finkelstein in October 1937 in Berlin. His father, Jacob, had five clothing stores, and his mother, Salla, was a fashion designer.
In 1938, his parents had the "intuition" to flee the Nazi regime and were able to get from France to China, where they were part of the 30,000-member Jewish community taking refuge in a part of Shanghai that became known as Little Vienna.
They lived in a pagoda house, with a Buddhist monastery on one side and a Sikh temple on the other. As a child, each morning he would watch the Buddhist monks painting Chinese characters on vast sheets of rice paper with large<|fim_middle|> rights, green projects, musicians, art in education and countless other humanitarian causes, King added.
His art has adorned the exterior of a Continental Airlines Boeing 777 and a Norwegian Cruise liner, and he has done portraits of six U.S. presidents.
After all these years, Max paints "a few" works every day. "The best time in the world is when I'm in the studio. I love it," he said.
While he has many commissions, about 80 percent of the time "I just paint. Abstracts, compositions… hundreds of subjects, constantly."
Because of all his studio time, he also enjoys going to art openings around the world and interacting with fans of his work. He does as many as 140 gallery openings per year.
"I am so lucky to do what I love," he said. "Every day of my life is art." | bamboo brushes, and at night he would listen to the sung prayers of the Sikhs.
His mother, who volunteered with HIAS, left art supplies on all four porches of the pagoda, to encourage his creativity. When he was three, his parents asked a street artist to teach him how to draw, but the artist instead sent his nine-year-old daughter to teach him.
After he completed a painting, the girl would throw it away and tell him to make another one, to push his skills forward.
"She said only to draw nonsense, not to make real drawings," to become familiar with the different ways his hand would go. He still will sometimes draw nonsense as an exercise or to warm up.
In 2012 he returned to Shanghai for the first time in 60 years, and has tried to locate her, but did not know her name.
The family spent some time in Tibet, then heard about the coming revolution led by Mao Tse-Tung. Shortly after Israel was established in 1948, a large ship was sent to Shanghai to collect all of the Jews who wanted to leave the Mao regime. The Finkelsteins left everything behind to go to Israel.
He attended school in Haifa and took private lessons from Professor Honik, an Austrian painter who taught him about light, shadow and color. He was particularly entranced by the style of American comic books.
While he was studying art, something else captured his imagination. A visit to an observatory on Mount Carmel made a huge impression and he asked to enroll at an evening astronomy course at the Technion. He started studying astronomy and art simultaneously, and outer space still is an influence in his work. "The universe is a huge hobby of mine," he said.
When he was 16, the family left Israel and he took classes at the Louvre in Paris for a few months, discovering the world of Picasso and Chagall, then in 1953 they joined other relatives in New York.
He studied at the Art Students League in Manhattan, learning realism from Frank J. Reilly. Max started a graphic design studio in 1961, getting a break when a record company art director saw his work at a place where Max was getting copies of his works made. That led to his award-winning cover for an album by blues pianist Meade Lux Lewis and many more commissions.
He started working on collage to capture the counterculture of the 1960s, then saw the introduction of four-color web presses opening up new possibilities. His posters exploded in popularity, and he became the artist who most successfully captured the era.
By 1969, he was on the cover of Life magazine with an eight-page spread inside, was a guest on "The Tonight Show." Before long, his work was licensed by 72 companies, "from General Electric clocks to Burlington Mills socks." In three years, those products had sales of over $1 billion.
In 1976, Max started a tradition of painting the Statue of Liberty every year on July 4. Lee Iacocca, who headed the 1980s effort to restore the statue, saw the series and used the images as part of the campaign.
He has done portraits of Israel's flag and was the official artist of the 2013 Celebrate Israel parade in New York. He also did a series called "36 Rabins" in memory of the former Israeli prime minister.
In 1998, Max was named the official artist for Israel's 50th anniversary as a nation. "I have been asked to become official artist for many events in sports, music, ecology, etc., but becoming official artist for Israel's 50-year anniversary was the most special as it not only celebrated my own Jewish heritage, but also the wonderful time I had spent there as a young boy," said Max.
Max's ventures into the sports world include being the official artist of the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and the official artist for five Super Bowls, World Cup USA, The U.S. Open, The Indy 500, The NYC Marathon and The Kentucky Derby. He also painted a car for Dale Earnhardt in 2000, the year he also was official artist for the "Subway Series," the World Series between the New York Yankees and Mets.
After the Sept. 11 terror attack in 2001, he did portraits of each of the 356 firefighters who died in New York, and presented them to surviving family members at a ceremony.
His relationship with New Orleans began in 1988 when he was invited to paint a gift for Ronald Reagan in his final year of office. The young Republicans group presented Max's painting of the U.S. flag with a heart to Reagan during the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans.
His relationship with the Angela King Gallery started that year, and he has continued to visit New Orleans every year. "His presence in New Orleans is one that will be remembered by all who had the good fortune to enjoy," King said.
In New Orleans, Max has attended Super Bowls, Jazz Fest and major conventions where he was invited to speak, including as the keynote speaker for the International Digital Design Conference. He designed the 1994 Jazz Fest poster and has done several paintings of places around New Orleans.
The year after Katrina he painted and gave four portraits to Heroes of the Storm including Mitch Landrieu, animal rescuer Missy Jackson and journalist Chris Rose.
He has created and donated paintings for New Orleans fundraisers supporting animal | 1,172 |
\section{Introduction}
This work is part of a series of research on radial, axially symmetric free surface flows studied for both their intrinsic interest and their significance as test cases to validate numerical models that integrate two-dimensional (2D) Shallow-Water Equations (SWE) \citep{VC2003, CV2012}. Basic contributions typically address the hydraulic jump in radial flow and/or diverging or converging channels, and the subsequent stability analysis \citep{Law1983, Hager1985, AB2008, Fog2012}. Their practical importance consists of supporting the design of stilling basins and similar hydraulic structures. The radial hydraulic jump, both as it is diverging or converging, is studied by \cite{VC2011, VC2013}, including the spatial development along its length.
The issue is also topical from an interdisciplinary viewpoint: recent experimental studies on physical hydraulic models are devoted to study the phenomenon of the standing accretion shock instability of collapsing stellar cores in astrophysics \citep{Fog2012}.
This work makes available reference analytical solutions. Recent work in the field of computational hydraulics has shown the importance of these analytical solutions \citep{Del2013} to validate the consistency, accuracy and robustness of shock-capturing numerical methods for the 1D and 2D SWE.
\section{The mechanical scheme} \label{sec:mech}
An axially symmetric free surface radial flow is considered, due to the incidence of a vertical free jet against a plane horizontal plate, perpendicular to the jet axis, which is designated as $z$ axis. The radial velocity is positive if directed outward from the centre of the coordinate system $(r, \theta, z)$. Sufficiently far from the $z$ axis, the vertical velocity is small with respect to the radial velocity, and the tangential velocity is null. The same flow structure is valid, except for the sign of $u$, for an axially symmetric radial centripetal flow, which flows from the external boundary of a circular plate towards its centre. The feeding (from outside) results from a circular sluice gate, along with a free fall into a central pipe at the plate centre. The flow moves downward in the central free flowing weir. Figure~\ref{fig:disegno} provides a sketch of the reference flow field.
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{fig1.pdf}
\end{center}
\caption{Sketch of typical axially symmetric flows, in (a) centrifugal and (b) centripetal direction.}
\label{fig:disegno}
\end{figure}
All classical hypotheses of the SWE are assumed applied to an incompressible liquid in the gravitational field. Inertial and gravity effects are considered as dominant with respect to viscous effects. Surface tension is neglected. The pressure distribution over each vertical is hydrostatic; the radial velocity is assumed uniform on each vertical; and the vertical velocity is assumed negligible with respect to the radial velocity. The axial symmetry is maintained everywhere.
\subsection{Basic steady flow equations}
Under the specified assumptions, the continuity and dynamic equations for radial steady flow read
\begin{equation} \label{eq:contdyn}
\frac{\partial}{\partial r}\left(U\,r\,Y\right)=0 \, ; \qquad U\frac{\partial U}{\partial r}+
g\frac{\partial Y}{\partial r}+g\frac{\partial z_b}{\partial r}+\frac{f}{2}\frac{U^2}{Y}=0
\end{equation}
Here $Y$ is the flow depth; $U$ the vertically-averaged radial velocity ($r$ direction); $g$ the gravity acceleration; $z_b$ the bottom elevation; $f$ the friction coefficient defined by $\tau_{0}=\left({1/2}\right)\,f\,\rho\,U^2$; $\rho$ the liquid density, assumed constant; and $\tau_0$ the bed shear stress.
A reference liquid discharge, $Q$, is considered, which flows in a reference circular sector of half angular amplitude $\alpha$ ($\alpha=\pi$ in the fully circular case). $\,Q/\left({2} \, \alpha\right)$ is the liquid discharge per unit angular width. A reference specific energy, $E_{0}$, is also considered, which is related to the steady inviscid flow over the flat bed, with $E=Y+Q^{2}/\left[{2} g \left(2 \alpha r Y \right)^{2}\right]$.
The total force of the flow is $F=\left({1/2}\right)\rho g \, r Y^{2} + \rho Q^{2}/ \left(2 \alpha r Y \right)$. The reference steady flow is characterised by a constant specific energy $E_{0}$ and a constant liquid discharge $Q$.
Non-dimensional equations are derived from Eq. (\ref{eq:contdyn}) with the critical depth as the vertical length scale, $Y_{0}=Y_c=\left({2/3}\right)E_0$; the critical radius $r_{0}=r_c=\left[Q/\left(2\alpha Y_c\sqrt{g\,Y_c}\right)\right]$ as the longitudinal length scale; and the critical velocity, $U_{0}=U_c=\sqrt{g Y_c}$ as velocity scale. Critical quantities $\,Y_c\,$ and $\,r_c\,$ are defined as those minimising the specific energy and the total force, respectively \citep{VC2011}.
The non-dimensional reference discharge is $\varGamma=\left[Q/\left(2\,\alpha\,E_0^2\,\sqrt{gE_0}\right)\right]$.
It follows that the typical aspect ratio of the problem is $\beta=r_c/Y_c=\left({3/2}\right)^{5/2}\varGamma\simeq {2.76}\varGamma$.
The non-dimensional radius, depth, velocity, bottom elevation are, respectively: $\xi=r/r_0$; $\eta=Y/Y_0$; $u=U/U_0$; $\zeta=z_b/Y_0$.
For steady flow the continuity equation is reduced to the condition of constant liquid discharge as
\begin{equation} \label{eq:adcontinuity}
\left(u\,\xi\,\eta\right)=1
\end{equation}
The dynamic equation is expressed in terms of $\mathcal{F}=\left[\left({1/2}\right)\,\xi\,\eta^2+{1}/\left(\xi\,\eta\right)\right]$, the non-dimensional total force, or in terms of $\mathcal{E}=\left[\eta+{1}/\left(2\,\xi^2\,\eta^2\right)\right]$, the non-dimensional specific energy, with $\mathcal{H}=\zeta+\mathcal{E}$ as the non-dimensional total head
\begin{equation} \label{eq:adforce}
\frac{d}{d\xi}\left(\frac{1}{2}\,\xi\,\eta^2+\frac{1}{\xi\,\eta}\right)=
\frac{1}{2}\,\eta^2-\frac{1}{2}\,\beta\,f\,\left(\frac{1}{\xi\,\eta^2}\right)-\,\xi\,\eta\,\frac{d\zeta}{d\xi}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation} \label{eq:adenergy}
\frac{d}{d\xi}\left(\zeta+\eta+\frac{1}{2\,\xi^2\,\eta^2}\right)=-\frac{1}{2}\,\beta\,f\,\left(\frac{1}{\xi^2\,\eta^3}\right)
\end{equation}
Both formulations, which are equivalent for a continuous solution (though not for a discontinuous solution, as well known from the shallow-water theory of inviscid shocks) are useful to determine analytical solutions and to discuss a detailed analysis of the conservation properties of the system.
\section{Analytical solution: inviscid flow over flat horizontal bed} \label{sec:inviscid flat}
An analytical solution is obtained by setting $\zeta={0}$ and $f={0}$ in Eq. (\ref{eq:adenergy}) and corresponds to the specific energy conservation $E=E_{0}=\left({3/2}\right)Y_c$, $\mathcal{E}={3/2}$, in the entire flow domain. The solution for the flow depth is apparent in the following implicit form
\begin{equation} \label{eq:csi}
\xi=\frac{1}{\eta\sqrt{3-2\,\eta}}
\end{equation}
This relationship determines the position where a prescribed depth occurs. Equation (\ref{eq:csi}) can be inverted using symbolic software (i.e., Mathematica, see www.wolframalpha.com) to obtain three solutions in the complex field. A procedure, omitted here for brevity, which bears similarities to that in \cite{VC2008} is finally used.
In the flow domain of physical interest ($\xi\geq {1};\,\,\varphi=\arcsin\left({1}/{\xi}\right);\,\,\pi/{2}\geq\varphi>{0}$), the solutions read
\begin{equation} \label{eq:real profiles}
\begin{aligned}
\eta_{1}&=\eta_{sb}=\frac{1}{2}+\cos\left(\frac{2}{3}\,\varphi\right) &: {1}\leq\eta_{sb}<\frac{3}{2}\\
\eta_{2}&=\eta_{sp}=\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2}\,\cos\left(\frac{2}{3}\,\<|fim_middle|>3}}{\xi}\right)^{2/3}
\end{equation}
thus indicating that the bottom elevation must be sufficiently small with respect to the available total head; the threshold also depends on the non-dimensional position. Flow choking requires the treatment of the hydraulic jump, which is analysed separately in the following section. In other words, a hydraulic jump occurs if inequality (\ref{eq:z condition}) is unsatisfied.
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{fig4a.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{fig4b.pdf}
\end{center}
\caption{Inviscid flow over uneven bottom;
(\textit{a}) subcritical flow, (\textit{b}) supercritical flow}
\label{fig:inviscid_uneven}
\end{figure}
In Fig.~\ref{fig:inviscid_uneven}, the behaviour of the free surface (without choking) is shown for sub- and supercritical flows, respectively. The bottom elevation is assumed as given according to the following equations, which are applied, respectively, for the sub- and supercritical cases
$\,\zeta=\left({3/5}\right) \exp{\left[-{2}\left(\xi-{3}\right)^{2}\right]}+\left({3/5}\right) \exp{\left[-\left(\xi-{5}\right)^{2}\right]}$; $\,\zeta=\left({1/10}\right) \exp{\left[-{2}\left(\xi-{3}\right)^{2}\right]}+\left({3/5}\right) \exp{\left[-\left(\xi-{5}\right)^{2}\right]}$.
\section{Analytical solution: direct hydraulic jump} \label{sec:hydraulic jump}
To ensure simplicity and generality, this solution is determined for the simplest conditions, described above (flat bottom, inviscid flow). The jump is considered an inviscid shock of zero-length, including the entire energy dissipation.
A more detailed treatment, which incorporates the gradual variability of the physical quantities inside the jump, which is inversely considered to have a finite length, is reported by \cite{VC2011} and \cite{VC2013}. Here, the scheme concerning the mechanics is much more simple and general, even if less detailed. Neglecting the length of the jump allows to obtain an analytical solution for sequent depths and jump position, which cannot be obtained previously.
In the inviscid frame, the specific energy $E_{1}$ is a constant upstream of the jump, whereas a different, lower constant value $E_{2}$ corresponds to the downstream flow portion. All quantities are made non-dimensional using the upstream depth and upstream radius. Note that the word 'upstream' is used in the physical sense of the flow direction, so that it indicates smaller values of the radius for diverging flows and larger values of the radius for converging flows.
Using these hypotheses \cite{VC2011} demonstrate that the only non-dimensional parameter governing the phenomenon is the specific energy ratio $\mathcal{E}_R=E_{2}/E_{1}$, whose completion to unity $({1}-\mathcal{E}_R)$ is the rate of mechanical energy per unit weight dissipated in the jump.
The implicit expressions for the supercritical and subcritical free surface profiles are $\,\, \xi=\left[{1}/\left(\eta_{sp}\sqrt{{3}-{2}\,\eta_{sp}}\right)\right]$; $\xi=\left[{1}/\left(\eta_{sb}\sqrt{{3}\,\mathcal{E}_R-{2}\,\eta_{sb}}\right)\right]$.
Let superscripts $*$ and $**$ be the sequent quantities upstream and downstream of the jump, respectively (the depth and the velocity giving the same total force). Denoting $\xi_j$ as the shock position, the conditions at the jump are: \textit{i)} the uniqueness of jump position, \textit{ii)} mass conservation, and \textit{iii)} total force conservation as $\, \xi_{j}=\xi^{\ast}=\xi^{\ast\ast}\,$; $\, \left(u\,\eta\right)^{\ast}=\left(u\,\eta\right)^{\ast\ast}\,$; $\, \left[\left({1/2}\right)\,\xi\,\eta^{2}+u^{2}\,\eta\right]^{\ast}=\left[\left({1/2}\right)\,\xi\,\eta^{2}+u^{2}\,\eta\right]^{\ast\ast}\,$.
A nonlinear system (with $\eta^\ast$ and $\eta^{\ast\ast}$ as unknowns) is obtained.
The fundamental equation for the sequent depth ratio, $\Lambda=\eta^{\ast\ast}/\eta^{\ast}$ then is
\begin{equation} \label{eq:jump equation}
\mathcal{E}_R\,\Lambda^{3}-\left(4-\mathcal{E}_R\right)\,\Lambda^{2}+\left(4\,\mathcal{E}_R-{1}\right)\,\Lambda-{1}={0}
\end{equation}
In the range ${0}<\mathcal{E}_R<{1}$, it has only one real solution
\begin{equation} \label{eq:con depths ratio}
\Lambda=\frac{{4}-\mathcal{E}_R}{{3}\,\mathcal{E}_R}+\frac{\Upsilon}{{3}\,\mathcal{E}_R}+
\frac{{16}-{5}\,\mathcal{E}_R-{11}\,\mathcal{E}_R^{2}}{{3}\,\Upsilon\,\mathcal{E}_R}
\end{equation}
with: $\Upsilon=\left({64}-{30}\mathcal{E}_R-{51}\mathcal{E}_R^{2}+{17}\mathcal{E}_R^{3}+
{9}\sqrt{{20}\mathcal{E}_R^{2}+\mathcal{E}_R^{3}-{42}\mathcal{E}_R^{4}+\mathcal{E}_R^{5}+{20}\,\mathcal{E}_R^{6}}\right)^{1/3}$.
The corresponding super- and subcritical depths are
\begin{equation} \label{eq:con depths}
\eta^\ast=\frac{6}{\Lambda^{2}+\Lambda+{4}}\,;\quad
\eta^{\ast\ast}=\frac{{6}\,\Lambda}{\Lambda^{2}+\Lambda+{4}}
\end{equation}
The shock position is
\begin{equation} \label{eq:jump position}
\xi_j=\xi_j^\ast=\frac{1}{\eta^\ast\sqrt{{3}-{2}\,\eta^\ast\,}}=\xi_j^{\ast\ast}=
\frac{1}{\eta^{\ast\ast}\sqrt{{3}\,\mathcal{E}_R-{2}\,\eta^{\ast\ast}\,}}
\end{equation}
Usually, the literature gives the sequent depth ratio, the sequent depths and the jump position as functions of the upstream Froude number $\Fr^{\ast}$ (or some equivalent quantity), and more or less complicate computations are required to find its position. Note that Eqs. (\ref{eq:con depths ratio}), (\ref{eq:con depths}), (\ref{eq:jump position}) are really predictive, at least in the framework of the inviscid-shock theory. For a prescribed value of discharge, the quantity $\mathcal{E}_R$ is directly found if well-posed boundary conditions are known.
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{fig5a.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{fig5b.pdf}
\end{center}
\caption{Hydraulic jump
(\textit{a}) depth and force profiles $\eta\left(\xi\right)$ and $\mathcal{F}\left(\xi\right)$ for $\mathcal{E}_R={0.5}$, (\textit{b}) depth profiles $\eta\left(\xi\right)$ for different $\mathcal{E}_R$ values for diverging and converging flows}.
\label{fig:jump}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{fig6a.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{fig6b.pdf}
\end{center}
\caption{Hydraulic jump
(\textit{a}) Sequent depths and jump position \textit{vs.} energy ratio, (\textit{b}) Sequent depths ratio and sequent Froude numbers \textit{vs.} energy ratio. (...) limit direct/undular jump. Experimental data from \citep{Rub63, Rub64}: (+) diverging, (o) converging; experimental points in (\textit{b}) refer to sequent depths ratio}
\label{fig:condepths}
\end{figure}
In Fig.~\ref{fig:jump}, for a prescribed value of the energy ratio $\mathcal{E}_R={0.5}$, the behaviour of a jump is plotted (\textit{a}) using the derived equations, whereas the physical flow features are plotted in (\textit{b}) for three different values of $\mathcal{E}_R$.
Figure~\ref{fig:condepths} shows (\textit{a}) the behaviour of the sequent depths and the jump position versus the energy ratio and (\textit{b}) the behaviour of the sequent depths ratio and sequent Froude numbers, as functions of the same parameter. A comparison with experimental data from \cite{Rub63} and \cite{Rub64} is also shown. The selected dataset is chosen because experiments were performed at a quite large scale; further details are given in \cite{VC2011} and \cite{VC2013}. The dashed lines represent existence limits for the direct jump. Under the classical limit ${Fr}^{\ast 2}<{3}$, corresponding to $\eta^{\ast}>{0.6}$ and $\mathcal{E}_R>{0.95}$, the undular jump occurs, for which the present theory does not hold. Notably, the above-mentioned limit for the upstream Froude number matches the condition that the undular jump occurs when no greater than five percent of the available specific energy is dissipated in the jump.
\section{Conclusions} \label{sec:Conclusions}
Analytical results concerning radial, axially symmetric, steady free surface flows are determined and discussed. The selected results can be used in field-scale hydraulic engineering because they pertains to the radial flow in stilling basins, where gravitational and inertial effects are dominant. The simplest case is the explicit solution for a flat horizontal bottom under inviscid flow. Analytical expressions for the sub- and supercritical flow depths are determined. An additional solution in the form of a perturbation solution is presented for the flat bottom and frictional flows, with the limit of small friction, both for sub- and supercritical flows. An analytical solution is also determined for inviscid flow over a spatially-varied bottom elevation, both for sub- and supercritical flows. The existence condition for these types of flows is determined and consists of the hypothesis of sufficiently small bottom elevation with respect to the prescribed level of the total head.
Analytical expressions are determined for the sequent depths and the jump position over a flat bed as functions only of the prescribed energy dissipation rate. This quantity is the unique parameter governing the phenomenon for inviscid flow outside the jump and based on the hypothesis of an inviscid shock of zero length.
These analytical results represent useful benchmarks to test numerical integration schemes for Shallow-Water Equations and as important reference conditions for the stability analysis of the radial hydraulic jump.
\pagebreak
| varphi\right)+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\,
\sin\left(\frac{2}{3}\,\varphi\right) &: {1}\geq\eta_{sp}>{0}
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
These solutions represent the explicit analytical solutions, not yet provided in the literature, namely: the subcritical (\textit{sb}) flow solution and the supercritical (\textit{sp}) flow solution. The physically meaningless, negative depth solution, is omitted here but is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:inviscid_flat}. The trends of the Froude number $\Fr=u\,\eta^{-1/2}$, and of the total force $\mathcal{F}$ are also plotted.
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{fig2a.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{fig2b.pdf}
\end{center}
\caption{Flow depth profiles in inviscid steady flow over flat horizontal bed;
(\textit{a}) depth $\eta\left(\xi\right)$ \textit{vs.} radius $\xi$,
(\textit{b}) Froude number $\Fr$ and $\mathcal{F}/\mathcal{F}_c$ \textit{vs.} radius $\xi$}
\label{fig:inviscid_flat}
\end{figure}
\section{Analytical solution: flat horizontal bed with friction} \label{sec:friction flat}
This solution is obtained by setting $\zeta ={0}$ in Eq. (\ref{eq:adenergy}) and by referring to the specific energy $E=E_{0}=\left({3/2}\right)\,Y_c\,$, $\mathcal{E}=\left({3/2}\right)$, in the critical section. The friction term is computed by assuming a constant (small) friction coefficient. Equations (\ref{eq:csi}) and (\ref{eq:real profiles}), with reference only to the physical meaningful solutions, are considered to be the basic $0^{th}$-order solutions inside a perturbation approach as
\begin{equation} \label{eq:perturb}
\eta=\eta_{0}+\epsilon\,\eta_{1}+\ldots\, ; \qquad \,\epsilon=\frac{1}{2}\,\beta\,f\ll {1}
\end{equation}
At the $0^{th}$-order, the inviscid solution applies, determined in the previous section. It suffices to establish that $\eta_{0}=\eta_{sb}$ or $\eta_{0}=\eta_{sp}$ in Eqs. (\ref{eq:real profiles}), depending on the case.
It is straightforward to demonstrate that at first order, the depth profile is the solution of the differential equation
\begin{equation} \label{eq:eta1diff1}
\frac{d}{d\xi}\left(\eta_{1}-\frac{\eta_{1}}{\xi^{2}\,\eta_{0}^{3}}\right)=-\frac{1}{\xi^{2}\,\eta_{0}^{3}}
\end{equation}
Using mathematics, Eqs. (\ref{eq:csi}) and (\ref{eq:perturb}), the solution is found as
\begin{equation}
\eta_{1}=\left[\frac{\left(\eta_{0}-{1}\right)\sqrt{{3}-{2}\,\eta_{0}}}{{2}\,\eta_{0}^{2}}+
\frac{\textrm{arctanh}\left(\sqrt{{1}-\left({2/3}\right)\eta_{0}}\right)}{\sqrt{3}} - \frac{\textrm{arctanh}\left({1}/\sqrt{3}\right)}{\sqrt{3}}\right]
\frac{\eta_{0}}{{3}\left(\eta_{0}-{1}\right)}
\label{eq:eta1}
\end{equation}
In Eq. (\ref{eq:eta1}), \textrm{arctanh} is the hyperbolic arc tangent function. The integration constant is determined by establishing the critical depth at the critical radius, i.e.: $\eta_{1}({1})={0}$.
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{fig3a.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{fig3b.pdf}
\end{center}
\caption{Comparison between inviscid solution, numerical solution and analytical
first order solution for $\epsilon={0.02}$; (\textit{a}) subcritical flow, (\textit{b}) supercritical flow}
\label{fig:real_flat}
\end{figure}
The proposed analytical solution is valid for both cases, i. e. when the basic solution is super- or subcritical. Figure~\ref{fig:real_flat} compares both flow states, with the complete solution of Eq. (\ref{eq:adenergy}) determined with a Runge-Kutta 4th order numerical method \citep{BT1992}. For the selected values of the parameters, Fig.~\ref{fig:real_flat} shows the computed error, which is the difference between the analytical depth computed from Eqs. (\ref{eq:perturb}) and (\ref{eq:eta1}) and the numerical solution of Eq. (\ref{eq:adenergy}). The analytical solution is strictly close to the numerical, so that the perturbation procedure (\ref{eq:perturb}) \label{eq:} ends at first order.
\section{Analytical solution: inviscid flow over a variable bottom topography} \label{sec:inviscid variable bottom}
This solution is obtained by setting, in Eq. (\ref{eq:adenergy}), $\zeta\neq{0}$ and $f={0}$, and by considering that $\zeta =\zeta(\xi)$. The procedure to obtain the analytical solution is similar to that of \cite{VC2008}.
Consider as a constant the total head $H=z_b+E=\left({3/2}\right)Y_c$, and its non-dimensional counterpart, $\mathcal{H}=\zeta+\mathcal{E}=\left({3/2}\right)$. By setting $\psi={2}\left({3/2}-\zeta\right);\,\,\phi=\arcsin\left[{3}\,\sqrt{3}/\left(\psi^{3/2}\,\xi\right)\right]\,$ in the flow domain of physical interest (discarding the negative depth solution) the solutions are
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
\eta_{sb}&=\frac{1}{6}\,\psi+\frac{1}{3}\,\psi\,\cos\left(\frac{2}{3}\,\phi\right) \\
\eta_{sp}&=\frac{1}{6}\,\psi-\frac{1}{6}\,\psi\,\cos\left(\frac{2}{3}\,\phi\right)+
\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}\,\psi\,\sin\left(\frac{2}{3}\,\phi\right) \label{eq:real z-profiles}
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
These solutions are the explicit analytical solutions for flow depth: the subcritical solution $\eta_{sb}=\eta_{sb}(\xi)$ and the supercritical solution $\eta_{sp}=\eta_{sp}(\xi)$, respectively. They satisfy the implicit relationship $\xi=\left[{1}/\left(\eta\sqrt{\psi-{2}\,\eta}\right)\right]$.
The condition to obtain a real solution is
\begin{equation} \label{eq:z condition}
\frac{{3}\sqrt{3}}{\psi^{3/2}\,\xi}\leq{1}\quad\Rightarrow\quad
\zeta\leq\frac{3}{2}-\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{{3}\sqrt{ | 1,768 |
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When is Rewind Festival in 2017?
The dates of the 2017 Rewind Festival are not yet specified but it will likely occur in July-August, 2017 in Scotland, North England and South England.
The Rewind Festival is an 80's themed summer music festival that takes place in three U.K. locations every year. The venues are located in Cheshire and Henley-on-Thames in England and Perth in Scotland. The events were first launched in 2<|fim_middle|> fashions of that era. Street entertainers, a silent disco, and fireworks mark the event. In recent years, the festival has expanded to locations such as Thailand and South Africa. Some of the venues offer camping, allowing visitors to stay on-site for the entire festival.
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18 What Do You Think About Rewind Festival 2017? | 009 and are run by 'The Rival Organisation' and 'Into The Groove'. Each set of concerts features artists and bands that were popular in the 1980s. Acts over the years have included Billy Ocean, Rick Astley, Cutting Crew, and Mike + The Mechanics. Attendees often get into the spirit of the 80's by dressing in the classic | 80 |
WILLOW STREET — Hempfield pitcher Lauren Lichtenwalner delivers more than just pitches.
Behind a dominant performance by Lauren Lichtenwalner, the Black Knights upset nationally ranked Lampeter-Strasburg, 2<|fim_middle|> The Pioneers are the top-seed in the Triple-A bracket. | -0 in the L-L League quarterfinals on Saturday, May 14, 2016. Video by John Buffone.
Backed by strong defense and a confident lineup, Lichtenwalner delivered the shot heard around Willow Street Saturday afternoon, launching a two-run triple in the top of the fifth inning to shock previously unbeaten Lampeter-Strasburg 2-0 in the third of four L-L quarterfinals at Garrett Field.
The win advances the Section One runner-up Black Knights (15-6) into Monday's semifinal opposite Solanco, a 3-1 victor over Annville-Cleona in game two. That semifinal is set for 7:30 back at Garrett Field.
Using her usual variety of pitches as well as a particularly effective changeup, Lichtenwalner struck-out nine batters, walking one and allowing just two hits to arguably the most impressive lineup the L-L has had to offer in recent memory.
Meanwhile, L-S senior Jordan Weaver (5K, 2BB) was mutually effective, but the Black Knights' lineup never backed down.
The Hempfield lineup pounded eight hits, missing potential opportunities in the first, third and fourth innings. In the fifth inning, however, Lexi Harelson singled and was thrown out at home plate on a single by Kyra Brakefield (2-for-4, R). Bree Wingett followed suit, setting up Lichtenwalner for the game-winning hit.
"I just wanted something hard in the outfield and I knew we could score," said Lichtenwalner.
With the win picking up, Lichtenwalner bared down, working around an error in the fifth and striking-out the side in the sixth inning. After a lead-off walk to Hanna Garber in the seventh, a fielder's choice and pop-out double-play to Wingett at short ended the contest.
The best scoring chance for the Pioneers (20-1) came in the fourth inning, when Bri Garber led off with what appeared a clean bunt single. But her bunt was ruled to have hit her foot in the box, bringing her back to the plate, where a well-placed change-up caught her looking.
Jordyn Kondras followed with an infield hit before Hanna Garber lofted a high and deep fly ball to right center tracked down by right-fielder Danielle Steiner.
Robin Feaster had the other hit for L-S, which will look to regroup in the District 3 tournament in two weeks. | 522 |
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More than a club
This piece was published in the matchday programme for the game against Barnsley on 2 January 2021. The Norwich City programme is really great and it is worth subscribing imho. You can do that here.
We have finally made it out of the year 2020. Staggering and dazed, confused about what the hell just happened. It's been a tough year — at best — for all of us. But as it often does, the football our team plays, and the kind of club we are, has given us hope, this year, and for the future.
Thinking back to March, we really had no idea what was coming. Covid-19 was still, for most of us, a news story, not something that was happening to us. I looked back at my programme column for the Southampton game — our first to be cancelled because of the crisis. Even then, I hadn't bothered to mention the possibility of looming chaos.
For most of us, the last proper Norwich game was in March, Nine thousand City fans were at White Hart Lane for the magic of an FA Cup win against Spurs. We celebrated together as Krul came running down the field towards after his winning save. The idea of being in close proximity to tens of thousands of other people fills me with anxiety now, just as the memory of that night fills me with joy.
Norwich City were struggling when the Premier League was paused, but we had played good football for most of the season. It often felt like the league table was lying, exaggerating our struggles. Lockdown was hard for us all. More work for many, no work for others. Stress, loneliness, worry. Not having games to look forward was hardly the worst thing in the world, but added to the unpleasantness as days and weeks ticked by. But we still had hope that when things got back to normal, we had a shot at a great escape from relegation.
It feels naive looking back now to think that we could have survived once the season restarted, but we all felt at least some hope that it could happen. Then week after week, misery was heaped on misery. We weren't beaten, we surrendered. The Southampton game set the scene. Losing four-nil to Arsenal and West Ham didn't seem out of the ordinary, we'd become numb to it.
In this gloomiest period of the year, we showed who were off the field rather than on it. The players spent some<|fim_middle|> brighter future come the Spring.
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Pakistan's Shan Masood Sets new Record in County Championship. | of their spare time calling elderly fans and those shielding. Simple acts of kindness went further this year. Tim Krul spoke to one 94-year old City fan who told him she was lonely and hadn't been able to shop. He told Radio Norfolk, "I was able to get some stuff to her, but it shows we need to, as a community, get together because there'll be some people without the privilege of family to help them." When the club launched the new kit, it decided to feature the key workers who have been on the front line against the virus. Fan group Along Come Norwich brought out a series of beatific face masks, raising thousands for local charities in the process.
"More than a club" is a phrase most fans know. Norwich City and its fans aren't unique in how we have reacted to Covid-19. But the year was a stark reminder that we are more than a club because of what we have in common, and what we need from each other. This city, this county, this club is for all of us — to take from when we have need and to give to when we can do so.
As 2021 gets underway, things are tougher than we hoped for twelve months ago, but we still do have hope. A vaccine has already been given to hundreds of thousands of people, including here in the fine city at the NNUH. On the pitch things are looking up. After a wobbly start, we were sitting comfortably on top of the table, and we were there after a long period of injuries and a so-so performances that seems to suggest we have another gear to click into. Watching Norwich play over the last three months has again become something to look forward to, not endure. Saturday (and Tuesday) are moments of joy in between the slog through the lockdowns.
Ultimately football isn't a matter of life and death, but it still matters. We've lost Norwich fans this year and their families will be grieving. Norwich fans working in the NHS are exhausted. Key workers who wear yellow and green off duty are putting themselves in the front line doing tough jobs for us. Although the vaccine puts the end in sight, it is still off in the distance. Football binds us all together, especially when we are winning. So as we start the new year, we should take a moment to say thank you to those Norwich fans who are keeping us as safe as possible, and to the Norwich players who are giving their all, and giving us hope of a | 513 |
Maze de Boer is a multi-disciplinair artist who works with Sculpture, installation, film/ video, photography and music.He starts from a staged view on reality and seeks the boundaries between theatre and visual art.In his work de Boer shows a fascination for illusion.The spectator becomes aware of 'the boundaries' of reality and always appears to be the object of his three-dimensional work.In his work he reacts on the historical background and the social context of the<|fim_middle|> a student at the Rietveld Academy, seems to conceive his installations as self-reflexive devices, which act upon viewers as if they were standing between two mirrors (in this case, the seamless coincidence of the location's physical space and De Boer's installation): confronted with the endless reproduction of their own image. In doing so, De Boer coaxes out a multitude of unexpected associations with issues relevant to the visitors far beyond matters of aesthetic nature. The self-reflexive impulse which informs De Boer's installations' creation process, paradoxically ensures its own overcoming. One of his latest works Het Atelier (2008) staged a life-size replica of his studio, inside his studio. The only diffe- rence between the model and the studio itself was its flipped orientation; the back becoming the front and vice versa. Plus the fact that it was impossible to enter: Peering though the window of the installation, perceptive visi- tors might understand that, if they had done so from the 'real' window, they would have been looking at themsel- ves. De Boer's theatres of space play not only on hidden aspects of location: Crucially, they compel viewers to become aware of their own gaze.
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HOME MY WORK CV | exhibition and/ or location.His installations are often referred as site-specific although site-responsive would perhaps be more accurate.
Theatres of Space (published in SOLO, May 2009)
A note on the installations of Maze de Boer
By Catherine Somzé
For a decade now, multidisciplinary visual artist Maze de Boer (1976, Amsterdam) has been creating large-scale site-specific and site-responsive installations. Whether rooms-within-rooms, public space interventions or recon- structed environments, they all have one essential feature in common. Despite their ostensible dissimilarity, they each reveal and play with aspects of their locations which are not immediately apparent: notably, their history. The social and political associations of the space are often the point of departure for De Boer; indeed, they are the very subject and form of his installations.
Tijdelijke halte: Post CS (2005), which the artist built in the basement of the Post CS building, the temporary home to W139, a platform for contemporary art, alluded to the nearby construction of the North/South Metro line via the recreation of a subway platform. [De]constructie (2007), a gigantic, ephemeral archetypical castle made of white clothbound scaffolding, embodied the thwarted ambitions of the inhabitants of Heeswijk-Dinther to see their fields transformed into a productive country estate attraction. Other side (2008) drew attention to the activities of the adjacent Foundation East-Europe through the creation of a trompe-l'oeil mirror device that showed the foundation upside down – a concrete metaphor for the conflicted relations between 'Old Europe' and those nations sometimes considered to be on its periphery.
By using the place and its peculiarities in such a playful fashion, De Boer also raises questions that transcend the specificities of his locations. Uitvaartcentrum Outline (2006) and Voorheen de Kerk (2006) were both instal- lations that recreated the previous function of the exhibition space – a funeral home and a church respectively. In doing so, the artist challenged visitors to contemplate religion and death. Beyond the translation of an artistic vision into concrete forms, De Boer's work endeavors to act as a 'medium', channeling past histories. The space guides the artist and not the other way around: De Boer creates installations by which the location is not simply the stage for the creation of yet another space, but is set up to speak about itself. De Boer, who has been working as a set designer for theatre productions since his years as | 548 |
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Thank you so much for hosting The Undertaker's Assistant Blog Tour! | The setting of this book instantly caught my eye and made me want to read it. It is set in Reconstruction Era Louisiana and features an undertakers assistant as the heroine. As many of you know, my Masters thesis was on women in Civil War nursing specifically Southern nurses through the Reconstruction era.
So to say that this book caught my eye was an understatement—I was practically chomping at the bit to read it! I finished my Masters degree three years ago, and since then I have not read a ton of books set in the Civil War or Reconstruction eras mostly because I felt burnt out but every once in a while, a book catches my eye and I can't resist it—hence this book.
The other thing that excited me about this book was the main character, who is a freed slave who returns to the South to work as an embalmer. I thought this was an interesting angle and was excited to see how it played out in the story.
"The dead can't hurt you. Only the living can." Effie Jones, a former slave who escaped to the Union side as a child, knows the truth of her words. Taken in by an army surgeon and his wife during the War, she learned to read and write, to tolerate the sight of blood and broken bodies–and to forget what is too painful to bear. Now a young freedwoman, she has returned south to New Orleans and earns her living as an embalmer, her steady hand and skillful incisions compensating for her white employer's shortcomings.
Tall and serious, Effie keeps her distance from the other girls in her boarding house, holding tight to the satisfaction she finds in her work. But despite her reticence, two encounters–with a charismatic state legislator named Samson Greene, and a beautiful young Creole, Adeline–introduce her to new worlds of protests and activism, of soirees and social ambition. Effie decides to seek out the past she has blocked from her memory and try to trace her kin. As her hopes are tested by betrayal, and New Orleans grapples with violence and growing racial turmoil, Effie faces loss and heartache, but also a chance to finally find her place (summary from Goodreads)
There was a lot to process in this book. There was the historical elements that the author included, the character Effie, and of course the mystery itself. Effie was a difficult character for me to like at times. She was overly analytical at times and I had difficulty relating to her even though I can be equally as analytical and to the point, in this book I wasn't sure that it completely worked for me.
The first half of the book I wasn't sure that I really liked her all that much but by half way through I was starting to warm up to her and found her rather interesting by the end of the book. I just wish that I had liked her more in the beginning. The first part of the book is a little on the slow side, even though it picked up later in, it took a while for me to get into it and I didn't read it as fast as I had anticipated.
Despite the pacing of the book and my conflicting opinions about Effie, I did enjoy the historical parts of the novel. I thought that the author took great care to provide the readers with the sociology of the South during the Reconstruction as well as some of the other cultural and social conflicts between the classes. The author also incorporated lots of French which helped add to the authenticity of the book and lots of medical terms which showed her research.
In the end this book fell into the 3 star category for me. It was good and had lots of potential, I look forward to seeing how this author progresses in future books!
Paperback, 336 pages
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Kensington Publishing Corporation
ISBN 1496713680 (ISBN13: 9781496713681)
Free review copy provided by publisher, Kensington Publishing in partnership with HFVBT, in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and in no way influenced.
Genre: historical fiction, historical mystery
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"Gripping and beautifully written, Between Earth and Sky tugs at the heart with its dynamic heroine and unique cast of characters. Though this novel brings alive two historical American eras and settings, the story is achingly modern, universal and important." –Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author of The It Girls
"Intensely emotional. . . . Skenandore's deeply introspective and moving novel will appeal to readers of American history, particularly those interested in the dynamics behind the misguided efforts of white people to better the lives Native American by forcing them to adopt white cultural mores." –Publishers Weekly
"A masterfully written novel about the heart-wrenching clash of two American cultures . . . a fresh and astonishing debut." –V.S. Alexander, author of The Magdalen Girls and The Taster
"By describing its costs in human terms, the author shapes tension between whites and Native Americans into a touching story. The title of Skenandore's debut could refer to reality and dreams, or to love and betrayal; all are present in this highly original novel." –Booklist
"A heartbreaking story about the destructive legacy of the forced assimilation of Native American children. Historical fiction readers and book discussion groups will find much to ponder here." –Library Journal
"At its heart, this luminous book tells a Romeo and Juliet story. But Skenandore's book is so much more than a simple romance. This novel examines the complex relationship between love and loss, culture and conquest, annihilation and assimilation." –Historical Novel Society
Amanda Skenandore is a historical fiction writer and registered nurse. Between Earth and Sky was her first novel. She lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. Readers can visit her website at www.amandaskenandore.com.
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In late January, we embarked on a three-day snowshoe expedition in the San Juans of Colorado, traversing from hut to hut in what would become one of our favorite adventures to date. In three days we covered nearly 20 miles and over 4000 feet of elevation change in the Sneffels range. Sounds easy, but we certainly earned those miles. We started our adventure immediately following one of the season's biggest snow storms so, needless to say, our trek through more than 6 feet of fresh snow with no other tracks made our progress somewhat slow and laborious. Add to that the sub-zero temps, and we had ourselves an adventure.
A number of stream crossings, one potential avalanche zone, and a few precarious crevasses added to the danger factor without being out of reach for our skill and general danger-aversiveness.
Each day we were rewarded by having a hut all to ourselves and enjoying decadently delicious food by a warm fire.
San Juan Hut Systems owns several of these such huts throughout the section of the San Juans just outside of Ridgway, Colorado and, at just $30 per person per night, they're a bargain outdoor getaway. We opted for the Ridgway and Burn cabins on this venture because it was a nice intermediate way to create a two-night/two-hut getaway. Plus, given our lack of true avalanche education, we didn't want to pursue some of our other more advanced choices. The Blue Lakes Hut was tempting because we could cross-country ski there and pack our snowshoes, but it is quite popular among families and we liked the idea of having the huts to ourselves. The San Juan Hut System truly has an option for every ability level. All of the huts can comfortably sleep up to 8 people in cozy bunks encircling each one's wood stove.
By summer, the hut system is used for mountain bike excursions, and by winter, skiers and snowshoers call them home. Each is surprisingly well stocked, complete with cast iron cookware, dishes, cutlery, cleaning supplies, big pots to melt snow for water, TP, camp chairs, etc. Each has a composting toilet outhouse and is stocked with firewood.
The good folks at San Juan Hut Systems graciously gave us advice on which routes to tackle to build our adventure. Trails abound above the huts, so backcountry skiers can base from their hut(s) of choice and ski surrounding them.
The crew gave us maps, packing lists, and detailed descriptions of each of the routes (though, admittedly, these left a lot to be desired. Fortunately, the GPS coordinates they gave us proved more helpful. We carried our Goal Zero battery packs with us to keep our phone GPS alive in spite of the cold temps and were able to stay on course without issue. With the high snow levels, it was tough to see the trail or trail markings in a number of places, so this was invaluable in making sure we found our destinations. As is the case any time you're in the wilderness, common sense and preparedness is the rule of the day. It's a good idea to have redundant map/gps systems in place, and be prepared with emergency gear before setting out on any winter overnighter.
The night before, we packed up our gear in the midst of a great snowstorm. The ample snow didn't deter the hearty and resilient people in Ridgway, Colorado — Even on a stormy Wednesday, Ridgway's surprisingly vivacious little downtown was alight with people flooding places like Colorado Boy Brewery and Taco Del Gnar. For a small town, it has a big outdoor vibe and the city's motto, "Think Outside" is no joke.
The next morning, we drove out to the trailhead, quite thankful for the 6×6 capability of the truck.
The trailhead was safe and well-trafficked with a beautiful view of the Sneffels range. We left our truck parked with the heater set to 45 degrees. As a result, in spite of the sub-zero temps, the truck's engine came to life with ease upon our return.
When we arrived at the hut<|fim_middle|> If you have time to do any updates on that too it would be interesting. I think you have a mix of followers on the site, it's interesting to hear to places and activities, the choices for gear and updates on your zombie apocalypse home on wheels too, so keep us updated on all those if you can. For right now some of us are living vicariously through you two. | , we shoveled ourselves out and immediately started the wood stove and brought in bucketfuls of snow to melt for water. We treated ourselves to a big meal of macaroni and cheese with smoked salmon. With full bellies, the little hut quickly became a veritable hyggekrog complete with books, cocoa & marshmallows, and warm fire coziness.
The second day between the Ridgway Hut and the Burn Hut was a much easier and shorter hike. Plus, getting to go back over our original tracks made the journey feel like a breeze.
The outside appearance of the Burn Hut was much different than Ridgway, but the amenities were mostly the same. If you're considering a trip, it's worth noting that we liked the living arrangement at the Burn Hut better because the stove is closer to the center of the room and facing the bunk beds. Conversely, the Ridgway Hut's stove faces the door and is quite close to it, so it is more difficult to sit around the fire. Also worth noting: Burn Hut is not as well insulated as Ridgway, so count on it taking a lot longer to feel the warmth of the wood stove there. (At -4 degrees outside, it was quite noticeable. But, once the chill was out of the air, the space was comfortable all night long). A consummate Boy Scout, Martin was diligent about tending the fire throughout the night and made sure Bethany never once complained of being cold in spite of the falling mercury outside.
On our final day, there was a point where Bethany stepped out of her snowshoe and immediately fell up to her waist in the snow. Snowshoes are quite a simple, yet amazing contraption!
On our return trip on Friday, we came upon several groups who were all heading out for their weekend adventures. If you're into more solitude, we'd recommend a weeknight trip. The new groups trampled down the rest of the fresh snow, so it was an incredibly easy several miles back to base camp.
From there, it was on to Crested Butte to take in some of their record-setting snowfall. Bethany learned to skate ski there and we both got some fat tire biking in on some of the country's best nordic trails.
Have looked at your blog before, and my husband and I have geeked out on ideas for our homemade truck camper! And then of all places, I see YOUR RIG, parked in our town!! Glad you guys are exploring SW CO! If you need a place to park, you are welcome at our place! Be well!
Sounds like a winter-perfect trip, breaking trail in dry powder and all! Great taste in reading material, too, btw. Laurie R. King being one of my favorites.
Thanks Brian! Will be sure to do that. 🙂 Some of our upfits include a new skylight (real glass, double-paned and no more condensation! Hurray!) as well as some new driving lights. GXV also took care to add some ventilation within our cabinets so we don't get any condensation back there in extreme weather. She's now much more weather-proof :). Will have to do a post on that soon. Thanks again!
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Mom records heartwarming video of police officer playing with dolls with girls who 'were afraid of cops'
Kristine Solomon
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E.B. Fleming, a police officer in South Hill, Va., takes time to play with neighborhood children during a call for a potential gas leak on Feb. 14. (Photo: Courtesy of Facebook/Iesha Roper Boswell)
A police officer in South Hill, Va., became a local celebrity after a video of him playing with dolls on the sidewalk with a group of little girls went viral. The officer has now come to be known as a mentor to neighborhood kids, who think of him as a superhero.
"He's awesome. That's the only word you can really use to describe C.B.," said area mom Iesha Roper-Boswell about Cpl. C.B. Fleming, a 15-year veteran of the South Hill Police Department, according to Richmond, Va., news station WTVR.
Roper-Boswell said Fleming and the children first became acquainted when emergency crews responded to a gas leak at her apartment complex. Once the leak was declared not a threat, and Fleming realized everyone was safe, he started talking with the residents of the complex as he often does. "I was telling him that my daughter, my niece and some of the other children here were afraid of cops," Roper-Boswell told WTVR.
So when Fleming spotted the kids playing outside — and after getting their parents' permission — he went over to them, got down on the ground and started playing too. First he joined a group of boys who were coloring, and then with the girls who were playing with dolls. Surprised by the sight of the 42-year-old officer making himself comfortable on his belly with his legs crossed like a kid, she grabbed her phone and started recording a video — which happened to take place on Valentine's Day.
But it was all in a day's work for Fleming, who told Yahoo Lifestyle, "I'm a dad of three girls. I've gotten toes painted, exfoliated with mud masks, danced in princess dresses with makeup, tea parties, etc. Doll babies are like second nature to me. So me and the girls were having a blast."
The little boys, he said, reminded him of his 4-year-old son, a SpongeBob SquarePants fan. "When I noticed the young men coloring pages filled with those particular characters I just asked if I could join in because my son was in love with these characters," he said. "They allowed me to choose one to fill in the color, and while we did that we ended up singing the theme song together. It was the best part of my day, hands down. All of these children were so polite and kind and compassionate with me and with each other. They shared their toys, their crayons, their laughs with me."
But the moment wasn't just a one-shot deal for the officer. Fleming has been going above and beyond to be a mentor and friend to the kids in the community, not only encouraging them to consider him someone assigned to protect them but also engaging them in conversation about games, activities and their favorite cartoon characters (his is Moana). Fleming even has a secret talent — he can do a cartwheel almost as well as the local girls.
"It's just amazing, the bond that he has with the children, especially around here," said Roper-Boswell. "It's very important to see the connection he has."
In fact, Roper-Bos<|fim_middle|> "Y'all give me more credit than I deserve, but I do appreciate the love," he replied to the well-wishers. "Plus who doesn't like playing and coloring with kids?!? It's probably my favorite thing to do. They were so kind to me, and I'm so thankful they allowed me to play with them today."
Though he takes the praise in stride, Fleming does realize the gravity of his actions. "For me to be a catalyst for young people, regardless of race, color, creed, religion," Fleming said. "I feel that I could be a positive change."
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Police create 'chat benches' to combat loneliness, 'help make life a little better' | well said the children are so enamored of Fleming that they swarm him when they see him. She says a role model like that in the form of a police officer is just what they need. "We locally call him 'the South Hill Batman,'" she told WTVR.
Fleming, a father of four biological children and two foster children, makes it a priority to represent the police force with integrity and generosity — and he said takes his vow to protect and serve very seriously. He tells the children to remember that he's always around, not just for the "bad stuff" but for the "good stuff" too.
"Police are mostly a necessary evil," he told Yahoo Lifestyle. "We encounter people at their worst of times. I want to show that we can also be there in some of the best of times as well. Let me be your big brother, your uncle, your mentor, your family. Whatever role I need to take on in any moment. I want to show the young ones that there are people out in the world that truly care about them and their families and are compassionate and honestly just want the very best for everyone. Pay it forward. Spread the love. Whatever one wants to call these things it's simple. Just be good."
Residents of the community are grateful for Fleming's generous attitude. "The town of South Hill is so lucky to have you," one person commented on Roper-Boswell's Facebook post. "I used to LIVE for his bright spirit to walk into McDonald's and hang out for a while. Great guy!" wrote another community member.
But Fleming has been humble in the face of all the attention he's received since the video went viral. | 344 |
Home Sports World Sports Ajax win 2-1 at Juventus to reach Champions League semi
Ajax win 2-1 at Juventus to reach Champions League semi
By Daniella Matar
Ajax's Matthijs de Ligt, right, scores his side's second goal during the Champions League, quarterfinal, second leg soccer match between Juventus and Ajax, at the Allianz stadium in Turin, Italy, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Turin, Italy (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo shook his head as he walked off the field, while the Ajax players and staff celebrated with their fans long after the final whistle.
The youth-filled Ajax team knocked off another one of Europe's giants on Tuesday, beating Juventus 2-1 in Turin to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time since 1997. It is the first time since 2010 that Ronaldo has failed to reach the last four, having won the competition the<|fim_middle|> Carlo 3rd round with scrappy win
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"He's disappointed as we all are, but we can't be dragged down by this disappointment," Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said.
Juventus signed Ronaldo in the offseason in the hope of ending a 23-year wait for the Champions League but one goal from the Portugal star wasn't enough against the Dutch team, who erased a first-half deficit and largely dominated the final 45 minutes.
"Cristiano increased our chances of winning the Champions League but football isn't math," Allegri added. "It's not one plus one equals two, but one plus one can equal three, four, zero."
Having already seen off Real Madrid in the previous round, Ajax showed no fear against Ronaldo and the Italian giants either, advancing 3-2 on aggregate.
"It's an unforgettable night for Ajax, we eliminated one of the favorites for the competition," Ajax coach Erik ten Hag said. "We played with confidence and patience. With our footballing philosophy we can go beyond expectation, we have once again surpassed our limits. It's very difficult to play against us and our philosophy."
Even going behind to a goal from Ronaldo in the first half didn't faze Ajax's young players as Donny van de Beek leveled shortly after and 19-year-old captain Matthijs de Ligt scored the winner in the second half.
Ajax will play either Manchester City or Tottenham in the semifinals.
Ronaldo scored a hat trick in the previous round against Atletico Madrid to almost single-handedly overturn a two-goal deficit, and had also found the back of the net in Amsterdam. The 34-year-old Portugal forward added his fifth goal in three Champions League matches in the 28th minute on Tuesday, heading in a Miralem Pjanic corner.
But Ajax leveled six minutes later when Hakim Ziyech's mishit shot turned into an assist for Donny van de Beek, who beat the offside trap to redirect it past Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
Ajax grew in confidence in the second half and had a number of chances to take the lead, with Szczesny making a couple of stellar saves to keep the game level. But Juventus continued to look vulnerable without captain and key defender Giorgio Chiellini, and Ajax finally found a breakthrough in the 67th as De Ligt outjumped both Daniel Rugani and Alex Sandro to head in a corner.
It could have been worse for Juventus as Ziyech had a goal disallowed by VAR for offside.
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1. Wineries: All over the world the Yarra Area is famous for its cool weather wine. There are more than 70 wineries in the Yarra valley making special, prize winning wines for you yourself to sample. Visit one of many cellar doors or have a visit of one of the greater scale wineries and recognize the wines from vine to bottle. Collect a crate for you personally personal collection or just enjoy a package or two over a meal.
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This workshop will take you through the fundamentals of beatboxing technique, and how to apply those techniques to your own ideas. From boots-and-cuts to BTK's basics, you'll walk out feeling confident enough to show off your skills solo, or collaborate with any freestyle cypher you encounter.
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Our friendships are perhaps the most valuable relationships we have. You know the adage that you can't choose your family, but you can choose your friends, and there will be times when this has been confirmed and reconfirmed to you many times over; they excite and motivate you and have broad shoulders to support you emotionally when life throws you a curve ball.
As the demands of balancing work and family life increase, it can be easy to neglect your friendships, but your friendships are vitally important – they help to maintain your sense of identity and keep your feet firmly on the ground. Whether you have a large network of friends to rely on, or just a small circle of friends that you hold dear, maintaining friendships is important but it can also be hard work if you are all living significant distances apart. Here are 7 tips to keeping friendships active.
Whereas your friendship may<|fim_middle|> can give anyone is your time and attention. Pick the phone up and call your friend; find out how their day is going or just to share a joke. You don't need a reason to call, they will be happy to hear about the mundane goings on in your life just as much as the big events. | have developed from a time in your life when you were footloose and fancy free when you could go out on the spur of the moment, it is more than likely that you now have increased commitments and responsibilities. As dull as it sounds, and your younger self would be shuddering at this, you need to schedule time to see each other. Whether you can afford a long weekend away, or steal a night in a restaurant, make sure that you regularly set a concrete date in your diary for your friends.
Social media is a great platform for staying in touch, but it can also be detrimental to your friendship. Communicate with your friends in the good old-fashioned way of talking to each other; you do not want the level of contact to be reduced to periodic likes and comments on Facebook. Make the effort to speak to your friends. The nuances of life are missed in text, you need to hear their voice to compute what is really being said.
Listening is an essential part of relationship building, and while you can have a text conversation, what should be an opportunity to support each other can feel like a broadcasted rant. Online friendships aren't as deep or authentic as real ones.
With old friends the success of your relationship will have been because you experienced new situations or circumstances together, and so what better way to replicate those times than do something completely new? Whether you try white water rafting or even a new restaurant, the emotions that you are sharing will resonate back to the times when you were first friends without the needing to reminisce.
Seeing your friends overcome challenges and difficulties to achieve their goals is not only worth celebrating but will inspire and motivate you too. You will know intimately the struggles they have faced, and how their determination and hard work has enabled them to succeed. By celebrating their accomplishments, you are recognizing their efforts and resilience. Whether you honor their military record with a custom coin from MilitaryCoinsUSA, or celebrate their promotion with a bouquet of flowers, you will be able to express how proud you are of their achievements.
Occasionally friends will have to change plans or forget a birthday, and while this is disappointing, it is not a personal affront to you. Life gets in the way, and rather than being offended by any oversight, go with the flow. Good friendships can be damaged by a perceived lack of thoughtfulness, but there really is no need to sweat the small stuff. Look at the big picture!
During all friendships there will be times when you disagree on issues. It can be incredibly hard to manage conflicts between friends, especially if it happens en masse within a group, but it does not have to be the end of friendships. You need to master the art of conflict resolution, perhaps you have come across this in a workplace setting, but the principles can apply to friendships too before the fallout reaches crisis status. You need express your thoughts concisely but without aggression – assertiveness and empathy need to be used in equal measures – and take time to listen to your friend's perspective too.
A major part of friendship is that you accept each other, warts and all. Challenges arise in some friendships when people have changed, and the friends haven't accepted it. Religion, politics, financial and marital status, and the birth of children can challenge the dynamic of a friendship. For your friendship to withstand these changes, you need to embrace the change, and enjoy the new aspect to their life.
Acquaintances are easy to come by, but true friendships are rarer and should be valued for the joy that they bring. Having said that, you also need to be comfortable with the idea that sometimes people choose to leave your life for reasons that you may not be aware of and are beyond your control. If this does happen, point 7 is the most important aspect of the friendship – you need to accept the change.
Throughout life we play many different roles: employee, partner, parent, lover and friend. All are important, but none are quite as defining as the friendships we keep. A good friend will always be there for you, accept your faults and celebrate your success, speak the truth even if you don't want to hear it, and support you when you need it most; but like anything of value there is a degree of work involved to keep it strong and reliable.
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