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During my 20 year career in real estate management, I noticed that most successful property managers and agency leasing brokers have a mutual understanding and respect for each other's specific roles in the commercial real estate industry.
The successful management team is composed of the following strong, key members—a property manager, an assistant property manager, a property administrator, and a maintenance technician. A truly effective property manager will always engage the leasing team. Many mutual benefits develop from this relationship, especially in circumstances where assets do not allow for dedicated, on-site personnel.
Provide current rent rolls on a regular basis and highlight lease expirations. This simple step allows brokers to get ahead of renewals and interact with tenants before they begin considering other alternatives.
Include agency leasing colleagues in property inspections and tours. The benefit of another set of eyes can never be underestimated. Each individual looks at different aspects of a building, and some of these items may impact showings or property tours. Also, brokers' inclusion in this tour allows for the exchange of operational ideas on upcoming projects and an informal leasing update.
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These essential points lead to one key element: communication. If brokers and property managers develop a positive relationship, this will leverage a wholesome, effective property management team that thrives with our clients in mind.
Paul is the Senior Vice President and City Leader in the Columbus Cushman & Wakefield office. He is responsible for the leadership, direction and growth of Columbus' Asset Services Division. Paul spearheads new business pursuits across real estate disciplines and is charged with the development of all management associates. | Periodically, the property manager may be silent, but other times, the property manager may provide valuable insight and clarification to building-related questions during these meetings. In addition, it shows the tenant that we are approaching the overall management of the property as an inclusive team.
Include brokers in budget discussions. The broker is ultimately responsible for completing deals. A skilled broker is familiar with market expense comps. Therefore, input from the broker can help the property manager determine whether cuts should be made or scopes should be adjusted. The inclusion of the broker in budget discussions allows the property manager to present the reasoning for major expenses and/or increases, thus preparing the broker with adequate information if he or she should be questioned by a potential tenant.
Share a monthly executive summary. By sharing this report, the property manager is providing the broker with a brief overview of the important activities at the property throughout the month. Sharing the executive summary allows the opportunity for the broker to be well versed on all aspects of property operations in advance of speaking with the asset manager.
Develop a rapport and relationship between agency leasing and property management teams. By stopping by for informal visits or going to lunch, we can better learn and understand the specific roles within our industry and successfully | 244 |
Ernest Christopher Dowson (2 August 1867 – 23 February 1900), born in Lee, London, was an English poet, novelist and writer of short stories associated with the Decadent movement.
Dowson attended The Queen's College, Oxford, but left before obtaining a degree. In November 1888, he started work with his father at Dowson and Son, a dry-docking business in Limehouse, east London, established by the poet's grandfather. He led as active a social life as he could, carousing with medical students and law pupils, going to music halls, taking the performers to dinner, and so forth. At the same time he was working assiduously at his writing. He was a member of the Rhymers' Club, which included W. B. Yeats and Lionel Johnson. He was also a frequent contributor to the literary magazines The Yellow Book and The Savoy. Dowson collaborated on a couple of unsuccessful novels with Arthur Moore, was working on his own novel Madame de Viole, and was working as an unpaid reviewer for The Critic.
In 1889, Dowson fell in love with eleven-year-old Adelaide "Missie" Foltinowicz, the daughter of a Polish restaurant owner. Adelaide is reputed to be the subject of one his best-known poems, Non Sum Qualis eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae. He pursued her unsuccessfully; in 1897, she married a tailor who lodged above the restaurant, and Dowson was crushed. In August 1894, his father, who was in the advanced stages of tuberculosis, died of an overdose of chloral hydrate. His mother, who was also consumptive, hanged herself in February 1895, and Dowson began to decline rapidly.
Robert Sherard one day found Dowson almost penniless in a wine bar and took him back to the cottage in Catford where he was himself living. Dowson spent the last six weeks of his life at Sherard's cottage and died there<|fim_middle|> Life of Ernest Dowson by Jad Adams (I.B. Tauris 2000).
See also sections in: Madonnas and Magdalens - the origins and developments of Victorian sexual attitudes. London. Eric Trudgill. (Heinemann, 1976).
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This page was last modified 09:16, 19 October 2015. | of alcoholism (or some say of tuberculosis) at the age of 32. He is buried in the Roman Catholic section of nearby Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries.
The last line of this stanza is the last line of all four stanzas of the poem, and was the inspiration for the song title Always True to You in My Fashion from Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter.
In her words, it was the "far away, faintly sad sound I wanted" of the third stanza's first line that inspired Margaret Mitchell to call her one and only novel "Gone with the Wind."
He provides the earliest use of the word soccer in written language in the OED (although he spells it socca', presumably because it did not yet have a standard written form).
His prose works include the short stories collected as Dilemmas (1895), and the two novels A Comedy of Masks and Adrian Rome (each co-written with Arthur Moore). Some of his short prose was first published in the journal, The Yellow Book.
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Remember back in 2017 when Samsung's Galaxy Note devices were catching on fire? That's because energy-storage devices like batteries, engineered to work ever faster, have become vulnerable to short circuiting when compounded with the presence of a flammable electrolyte liquid. Hence, the fire.
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Warriors upset Marauders to keep playoff hopes alive
Published: 15 Oct 2018, 09:35 AM 15 October 2018, 09:35 AM Last Update: 15 Oct 2018, 12:44 PM 15 October 2018, 12:44 PM
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And in women's hockey, the No. 8 Alberta Pandas bested the No. 1 Manitoba Bisons twice in a clash of the national champions from the last two seasons, recording shutouts Friday and Saturday. Saturday's game saw a cool photo gallery post from Alberta sport photographer Dennis Carter:
Hockey_Pandas-UofM Bisons Oct 12, 2018 #flickr https://t.co/sLqnxX8Kmg@BearsandPandas @PandasHockey
Photos now up for viewing..
It never ceases to amaze me how these ladies can put 110% into every game I've watched them play...
— Dennis Carter (@UofASportPhotos) October 14, 2018
Finally, the UNB Reds officially returned to U SPORTS women's hockey for the first time since the 2007-08 season with a team introduction Friday and games Saturday and Sunday. UNB lost 2-1 in double overtime to the Mount Allison Mounties Saturday and fell 2-1 (also in double overtime) to the St. Thomas Tommies Sunday in the revival of the "Battle of the Hill" rivalry, but there were some cool social media posts around both games:
WHKY: The first goal in the history of the reborn @UNBWHockey... a PP goal at 00:21 of the second period. Jennifer Bell from Jenna MacLean and Tamina Kehler.
Photos by @JWest_Photo.#RedsNation #RedsReturn #AllReds pic.twitter.com/NSIk0ZDqhG
— UNB Reds (@UNBAthletics) October 13, 2018
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Published: 10 Oct 2018, 11:00 AM 10 October 2018, 11:00 AM | 22 fourth-quarter points, maintaining hope for first playoff berth in 15 years
The Waterloo Warriors' resurgence continues. Last season saw them start 4-0 (remarkable considering they'd gone 4-44 before 2017 since relaunching their football program in 2011), and while they finished 4-4 and missed the playoffs on a tiebreaker, there was definitely a sense of a team on the rise. That continued earlier this season when the Warriors won the Battle of Waterloo for the first time since 2002, besting the crosstown Laurier Golden Hawks (then ranked fifth nationally) 34-32, and another upset of a Top 10 team has Waterloo still alive for their first playoff berth in 15 years. This time around, that was a 34-16 home win Saturday against the No. 9 McMaster Marauders.
The Warriors' offence struggled early on in that game, but they came through when it counted. They scored 25 straight points down the stretch, with 22 of those coming in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Tre Ford had a great day, completing 27 of 35 passes for 302 yards and 3 touchdowns and adding 99 rushing yards on 12 carries, while receiver Tyler Ternowski had 12 catches for 154 yards and two touchdowns. That gave Ternowski 12 TDs on the year, tops in Ontario and one behind the all-time OUA record held by former Laurier star turned coach Stefan Ptaszek (now the UBC offensive coordinator).
This was an awfully significant win for the Warriors, as it improved their record to 4-3 and put them in a four-way tie for fourth in Ontario with McMaster, Laurier and Guelph. That's going to lead to an interesting finish, as second-place Ottawa (5-2 after a 33-0 loss to No. 1 Western) and third-place Carleton (5-3) are still within reach for win totals with one week left.
Next week, No. 5 Ottawa plays at 3-4 Queen's, while No. 7 Laurier (4-3 thanks to a 39-24 win over Windsor Friday) travels to face 7-0 Western ,Waterloo goes on the road against No. 10 Guelph and McMaster plays at 1-6 Windsor. Wins by Queen's, Laurier, McMaster and either Waterloo or Guelph could leave five teams with 5-3 records; all of those teams would make the six-team playoff (along with top seed Western), but the tiebreaking procedure would need to be used for seeding. Meanwhile, wins for Queen's, Western, and Windsor would leave four teams with 4-4 marks going to the tiebreaking procedure for the final two slots (after Western, Ottawa, Carleton and the winner of the Waterloo-Guelph game).
In any case, the Warriors are still very much alive, and a win over the Gryphons would certainly get them in the playoffs. That would be another remarkable chapter in their comeback story.
Other notable football action this weekend saw Laurier receiver Kurleigh Gittens Jr. and kicker Nathan Mesher set individual records in their win over the Lancers, with reigning OUA MVP Gittens becoming the conference's all-time receptions leader and Mesher becoming the Golden Hawks' all-time leading scorer. Gittens broke the OUA record held by former Windsor star Jordan Brescacin, making his 193rd career reception in the first quarter of that game.
🏈 - @KurleighG becomes the @OUAsport all-time leader in receptions! 🎉 #GOAT🐐 #WeAreHAWKS💜💛 pic.twitter.com/7kIt8ni12v
— Laurier Golden Hawks (@WLUAthletics) October 12, 2018
Gittens had eight total catches on the day for a game-high 101 receiving yards, and he became just the fifth player in U SPORTS history with 200 career receptions. Meanwhile, Mesher put up 15 overall points in this one to become the Golden Hawks' career scoring leader with 275 points, and he went four for four on field goals, tying Ronnie Pfeffer for the most career field goals in Laurier history with 53.
In Canada West, the UBC Thunderbirds improved to 3-3 with a 20-10 upset of the No. 8 Saskatchewan Huskies, fueled by four interceptions. Three of those came in the second half. And the No. 3 Calgary Dinos sealed first place in the conference with a 34-16 win over the Manitoba Bisons, led by plays like this 68-yard fumble return for a touchdown from linebacker Boston Rowe:
TOUCHDOWN DINOS!!!
Boston Rowe recovers a fumble and takes it to the house! A 68-yard return!#GoDinos pic.twitter.com/qzqK2Gb0vn
— UCalgary Dinos Football 🏈 (@Dinos_Football) October 13, 2018
Pronghorns snap No. 5 Dinos' 21-game Canada West winning streak
It's always remarkable when a team puts up a multiseason winning streak, and it's significant when one of those ends. The No. 5 Calgary Dinos' women's rugby team had won 21 straight regular-season Canada West games, but they fell 23-15 to the Lethbridge Pronghorns in their regular-season finale Thursday.
That result didn't mean anything for either team's playoff hopes, as Calgary had already clinched first in the conference and Lethbridge had already been eliminated (two weeks ago with a 41-17 loss to Calgary), but it gave the Pronghorns some measure of revenge for their own elimination and ended an impressive run from the Dinos. Abby Duguid scored two tries for the Pronghorns, while Carolyn McKee and Sydney De La Mare chipped in others and Caitlin Sears added a penalty.
Over in OUA rugby action, the conference semifinals took place this weekend, and the No. 3 Guelph Gryphons advanced to their 11th straight gold-medal game with a 97-12 win over the Brock Badgers. Emmanuela Jada led the Gryphons with three tries, while Amara Hill, Talia Hoffman, and Alexandra Everett added two each.
That OUA final this coming weekend will see the Gryphons facing the Queen's Gaels for the second straight season (Guelph won 43-17 last year), thanks to the No. 6 Gaels' 29-24 home win over the No. 9 McMaster Marauders Saturday. Queen's star Nadia Popov put up 14 points for the Gaels in her final game at Nixon Field.
W🏉 - GAELS TRY!!
Nadia Popov gives the Gaels the 12-7 lead as we near halftime!#LeadTheWay pic.twitter.com/q3C95ukPd0
— Queen's Gaels (@queensgaels) October 13, 2018
Queen's and Guelph have both already qualified for the national championships, which will be held Nov. 1-4 at Acadia University. But there's a lot on the line for both schools next week, as the Gryphons could claim their third consecutive OUA championship, while the Gaels could take their first since 2013 (when they beat the Gryphons in Guelph). We'll see how that one plays out.
Out east, the No. 2 StFX X-Women edged the No. 8 Acadia Axewomen 22-20 Sunday to close out the AUS regular season. And they did so thanks to a remarkable comeback; Acadia took an early 15-0 lead, but StFX recovered thanks to tries from Joanna Alphonso, Amelia Hatfield, Sophie Parker and Alison Blanchard, plus a conversion from Dani Franada. Acadia's Keisha Kane responded with a try in the final seconds, but the Axewomen weren't able to convert it for the tie. The win saw the X-Women finish the AUS schedule with a perfect 6-0 record and claim a first-place bye; the 4-2 Axewomen will host the UPEI Panthers in the semifinals this coming weekend.
Huskies upset No. 3 Capers, while Vert et Or end No. 1 Carabins' shutout streak
One of the biggest upsets this week in any sport came when the Saint Mary's Huskies took down the No. 3 Cape Breton Capers on the road Friday, winning 1-0. That match was played in heavy rain, and Anna Erikson scored the only goal in the 12th minute, while Kyanna Gilks made 12 saves to pick up the shutout. That marked Cape Breton's first loss of the season and dropped them to 6-1-1, while the Huskies improved to 3-4-1.
Huskies win 1-0 over Capers https://t.co/3OmLlRuwih
— SMU Huskies (@SMUHuskies) October 13, 2018
Elsewhere in women's soccer, the No. 1 Montreal Carabins saw a long shutout streak end thanks to a 2-2 draw with the Sherbrooke Vert et Or Friday. They'd held opponents without a goal for 21 straight games, but that fell apart in this one.
Out west, the No. 2 Trinity Western Spartans beat No. 9 Alberta 2-0 Friday, handing the Pandas their first loss of the year thanks to goals from Kathryn Harvey and Jenaya Robertson. The Spartans also thumped the Mount Royal Cougars 7-0 Saturday, with TWU third-year forward Seina Kashima collecting three assists in that one to give her 13 on the season, passing the previous Canada West single-season record of 11 (recorded by Calgary players Tessa Miller in 2013 and Jordan Smith in 2016). Kashima already held the conference record for assists, and has now extended that to 40.
Bisons best No. 2 Golden Bears
The Manitoba Bisons came up with a huge home win Friday night, beating the No. 2 Alberta Golden Bears 2-0. Alberta scored two early goals in that one, but the Bisons bounced back thanks to tallies from Devon Skoleski, Brett Stovin and Nick Zajac and 36 saves from goalie Byron Spriggs:
What a goal! Brett Brooks sends a back door pass to Nick Zajac and @umbisonsMHKY have taken a 3-2 lead on @GBHKY with 10:28 left! #gobisons pic.twitter.com/fi8mCZCFL1
— U of Manitoba Bisons (@umbisons) October 13, 2018
The Golden Bears responded with a 4-1 win over the Bisons Saturday, getting goals from Jason Fram, Taylor Cooper, Grayson Pawlenchuk and Luke Philp.
GBH🐻🏒
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Luke Philp with a wicked shot from the slot, and the Golden Bears take a 4-0 lead over the Bisons in Winnipeg. Bears looking for a series split after a 3-2 loss yesterday#GreenandGold pic.twitter.com/zthpT1LuJU
— UAlberta Golden Bears & Pandas (@BearsandPandas) October 14, 2018
Elsewhere in Canada West, the No. 3 Saskatchewan Huskies had a great showing in their first game at their new arena Merlis Belsher Place Friday, defeating the Calgary Dinos 5-4 in a shootout. Jesse Forsberg, Collin Shirley, Carter Folk and Levi Cable scored for Saskatchewan in regulation, while Shirley notched the only goal in the shootout; Taran Kozun made 28 saves for the Huskies in regulation and stopped all three shootout attempts he faced. Saskatchewan also beat Calgary again Saturday, this time by a 3-2 score.
In Ontario, the No. 8 Ryerson Rams knocked off the No. 7 Guelph Gryphons 4-3 on the road Thursday thanks to goals from Vince Figliomeni, Mathew Santos, Matt Mistele and Marcus Hinds. A late comeback from Guelph didn't get far enough. And the No. 9 Ottawa Gee-Gees pulled off a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Carleton Ravens in their season opener Friday thanks to tallies from Kevin Domingue, Connor Sills, and Yvan Mongo.
Dinos' draw means Vikes have to wait
The Victoria Vikes entered the weekend with a good chance of locking up the Canada West berth at nationals, needing two victories over the visiting Calgary Dinos to achieve that. However, while they picked up a 5-1 win over the winless Dinos Saturday, the Vikes were held to a 2-2 draw Sunday, one that saw Calgary coach Peter Taylor thrilled with his team's performance afterwards.
"The girls played what I would consider the best game we have ever played," said an elated Dinos head coach Peter Taylor, whose team improves to 0-4-2. "We committed ourselves the whole 70 minutes. We played tough and we really put the Vikes under pressure."
Indeed they did. Chloe Keeler-Young and Jenna Bower scored for Calgary in that game, the Dinos' second tie of the season. And that marked significant improvement; facing Victoria and UBC in Canada West, they hadn't recorded any points since 2012, so the two draws this year are something to build on. Ingrid Ulrich turned in a terrific performance in goal for Calgary, including stopping six penalty corners late in the half. And the Vikes will now have to wait and see how the Dinos do next week against UBC; if the Thunderbirds pick up two wins with a large goal differential, they can claim the berth at nationals, but otherwise, it will be Victoria facing the OUA champions.
Social media posts of the week:
Los Angeles Kings' defenseman Drew Doughty ran into a familiar-looking face this week, meeting lookalike Ottawa Gee-Gees' hockey player Kevin Dominigue. Here's a photo of that pairing from Fox Sports West's Patrick O'Neal:
Dewey's doppelgänger plays hockey for U of Ottawa. He asked Drew for a selfie because he also is missing teeth. Kevin Domingue meet Drew Doughty. pic.twitter.com/1YqmwHkGto
— Patrick O'Neal (@Patrick_ONeal) October 12, 2018
Also speaking of the Gee-Gees, the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia is fast approaching in March, and Canadian Chef de Mission Roger Archambault (the Ottawa Gee-Gees' associate athletic director) was there for meetings this week:
The @USPORTSca delegation getting serious at #wu2019 #realwinter . H the job of Chef and assistant Chef is not meant for everyone! pic.twitter.com/s4HhhJ1OYy
— Roger Archambault (@rogerhpguy) October 10, 2018
And so it ends! Fabulous HoD meetings and the 31 hour trek home begins. Leaving #wu2019 #krasnoyarsk2019 feeling extremely confident about the upcoming 2019 winter Universiade . Game on @USPORT | 3,390 |
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October has also been a recovery month. I'm nearly 2 months post-spinal op and am proud to have taken things slowly. I am definitely feeling the benefit. My back and leg are feeling good and this week I've started feeling more energetic.
I released a brand new digital product on Martine Makes: Simple Watercolour Leaf Stamps for Procreate.
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I got a new job! Next year I will be returning to work full time as CPD Manager and Scholarly Lead. It's a 1-year secondment. I am anxious about returning to work full-time, but it is a big job and doing it on a 50% or 75% basis would not have been sensible. It will present me with many challenges (some have already presented themselves!) but I plan to face them head-on.
Due to changes with the Etsy fee structure, I decided to move my online store for Martine Makes to Shopify. I am happy with how the store looks, I just need to boost the profile and start making sales (and more products).
I've made some small but significant changes to my home to reduce the amount of waste (particularly plastic) we produce. This fits so well with the ethos of Martine Makes.
Resting when my body tells me I need to.
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My aim for The Teaching Space this month is to increase my email list.
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I'll also be planning the year for the podcast and bulk recording a lot.
On the home front, I am decluttering.
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The podcast production process is now running really smoothly and efficiently thanks to my fabulous VA, Tilly.
I've invested in some advertising for the podcast and am seeing results.
I had a book review published for UKEdChat this month and also appeared on their podcast.
I've decluttered my office and made some positive lifestyle changes to improve my rate of recycling.
I've started using HourStack with Asana and it is increasing my productivity.
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Health-wise, the past month has been incredibly challenging - not so much in terms of pain, but getting my back operation sorted. It's now going ahead next week. Phew! My achievement is getting through it.
I've cycled less this month, but I've still been on my bike at least a few times a week.
I have podcasts recorded until the end of December.
My hedge veg stall has been very successful.
I completed the Seanwes 30 Days to Better Writing Challenge.
I also completed the Make it in Design Summer School and really got back in touch with surface pattern design as a result.
I introduced a new range of stationery products to my Martine Makes shop.
I moved my Martine Makes shop from Squarespace to Shopify and made my first sales.
I moved my email list from Converkit to MailChimp and am changing the format of my emails.
Preparing mentally for a month of rest after my operation. There will be knitting, drawing and reading...!
Reading ALL THE THINGS in preparation for the new subjects I will be teaching this academic year.
Keeping my creative activities going - making art and lettering.
Not freaking out about missing the first month of my new job.
All of the above. I am not planning any more due to recovery time.
Plus a variety of research materials on my Kindle!
I have continued cycling and am still really enjoying it.
I am now on my summer break and have been doing some serious relaxation.
I've been making art as part of the Make it in Design ("MIID") Summer School.
I've been writing and recording.
I've made yarn (and sold yarn) and started my very own hedge veg stall selling succulents.
Bulk recording the podcast for next (academic) year.
Aim for the month - finish my book (waking at 6am and writing daily).
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About: Known as Mayfair's best kept secret, this venue is one of a kind in London.
The venue is famed for its Thursdays' Blues nights, classic cocktails and charismatic staff; there is also a large TV screen showing live sports.
"Rock and roll memorabilia... and lots of it"
Imagine a Mayfair bar and you'll automatically picture a place with marble floors, punters enjoying buckets of champagne and a guest list as long as your arm. Well, Back Room boasts none of the above – instead, hidden away on Old Park Lane, this is a Mayfair bar actually oozes real character, a whole host of cocktails and the most appetising pizza you could ask for – in fact, it's a bit like accidentally strolling into 1970s New York.
The first thing you notice as you wander through the rickety door is the rock and roll memorabilia. Lining the walls are vintage covers of Melody Maker and original band posters of The Who, Beatles and other famous types. You immediately feel warm and welcome and the dimly lit room provides a successfully intimate ambience for a few drinks. The classic rock playing in the background adds the perfect soundtrack to a cosy night out. Then your eyes adjust and you realise there's a soulful feel to the place too, dark wooden chairs and benches sit amongst the tables and there<|fim_middle|> of The Beatles across it. And as a salute to them, the friendly bar boys welcome their punters to add their own messages and thoughts to the walls and doors too. If that isn't rock and roll, then I don't know what is.
Being connected - not physically - to the Hard Rock Cafe I thought this might be a little touristy. However, it's not. Cosy and compact, an unusual place for watching football and the pizza is as good as they say it is! | 's an actual confession booth which has been transformed into a seating area – it looks beautiful.
Looking at the menu, the first things that stand out are the long, flamboyant line of cocktails. From the old classics like Mojito Daiquiris and Moscow Mules to the lesser tried and tested Ether Bunny and Yellowbird (a personal favourite) – let's just say there are plenty for spirit lovers.
Then you flip your eyes over to the food page and choose from big favourites like BBQ Chicken, classic Margherita, or a spicy beef. There's no chance of going hungry with the brimming pizza menu and just to tide you over, the barman is quick to bring you over some sugar-roasted nuts. The perfect complement to the cocktails.
The clientele seem trendy but not too trendy – you certainly wouldn't feel out of place is jeans and a sweater. And the atmosphere is warm – and gives the feeling that you've stumbled upon an eclectic little bar that no one else has heard of - although that does change during a big sport days when the big flat screen to the left of the room takes centre stage for a few hours.
Thursdays are live music nights, and this is the evening where music fans can sit back and enjoy some live jazz and blues courtesy of the Back Room bookings team. In fact, Madonna's musicians and a few of the Stones' old band-boys have been known to pop in for a jam.
Our personal highlight had to be the great find on the way to the restrooms. Leading you out of the bar area is a door donated by the famous Apple Studios, which has the recognisable scrawlings | 334 |
The Lizard peninsular is one of my favourite areas of Cornwall. This photograph was taken from the sea wall at Porthleven looking towards to Loe Bar, a bank of shingle and sand that separates Cornwall's largest fresh water lake from the sea, Gunwalloe and the headland at Mullion. A fabulous stretch of coastline..
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A greeting to you too Isabel, thank you!
A really beautiful photo, Adrian. That sky looks quite threatening.
Thank you Sylvia. It was all looking a bit threatening but by the afternoon we were enjoying bright spring sunshine so we had the best of both worlds that day.
Beautiful dark image. I only regret that you didn't show us the lake on this same post.
Thank you Shimon. I'm hoping to visit the Penrose Estate,<|fim_middle|> One of those grey Cornwall days when the sky just seems intent on squashing all colour out of the landscape. Thankfully the sky then becomes the subject as much as the landscape. | the lake and the Loe bar very soon. I wasn't able to do that the day I took this picture. I meant to mention that I would be dedicating a post to this interesting natural geological phenomenon in an upcoming post.
Your mention of the bank/lake caught my attention: sounds interesting and I look forward to seeing more.
Great sky and a pretty wild looking day!
Love the little painted houses huddled together dipping and rising into the distance .
I agree ChillB, a lovely stretch of coastline … so many places to explore along its scalloped edge !
I like the spray of diamonds you caught! Wonderful.
Thank you Karen. There was quite a bit of spray flying about. I was glad to have captured some of it.
Incredible seascape and tremendous view!
Thank you Phil! It's a lovely piece of coastline whatever the weather!
Love the dramatic sky and water shooting up on the left…great stuff.
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MUSIC 04/12/19
RELEASE RADAR: Best New Music for April 12
New singles from Steve Lacy, Lil Uzi Vert, Chance the Rapper & Lil Yachty, Charly Bliss, and Kazu plus new EPs from Broken Social Scene and BLACKPINK and new albums from Khalid and PUP.
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"N Side" - Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy, guitarist, and member of The Internet is back to bless us with an immaculate, slow groove of a single called "N Side," just in time for the warmer months. This marks the first single in two years since his last solo release in 2017 titled, Steve Lacy's Demo. "N Side" drops just a few weeks after Lacy's collaboration with Vampire Weekend on "Sunflower" and his appearance on Solange's album When I Get Home. Lacy hasn't confirmed whether or not this is part of a full solo album, but a few tweets from The Internet hinted that it might be.
"Sanguine Paradise" and "That's A Rack" - Lil Uzi Vert
Lil Uzi Vert's been in the news a lot lately. Two weeks ago, the 24-year-old rapper put out a track called "Free Uzi," but it was quickly taken down due to copyright issues over a G Herbo beat. This week, Uzi is back with not one but two singles in anticipation of his forthcoming sophomore album, Eternal Atake. As you may recall, in January Lil Uzi Vert said he was calling it quits on his music career. That's obviously changed. According to Complex, Uzi is a perfectionist when it comes to crafting his work, and a collaborator reported that he's gone through 11 different versions of his new record.
"Atlanta House Freestyle" - Chance The Rapper and Lil Yachty
Lil Yachty and Chance the Rapper just dropped a surprise collab on a new track called "Atlanta House Freestyle." The stripped-down production allows for the two to really bring the heat, as they take turns exchanging verses over a prickly beat. The last time the two teamed up was on Chance's 2016 album, Coloring Book.
"Hard to Believe" - Charly Bliss
"Hard to Believe" is the latest offering from Charly Bliss' forthcoming new album, Young Enough, due out May 10th via Barsuk records. The NYC-based band's catchy new single recalls the radio-ready alt-rock of the early 2000s, with an infectious chorus to match. In a press release, vocalist Eva Hendricks says the song is about "being addicted to a bad relationship, and the endless cycle of trying and failing to end one." The single comes to us alongside a video directed by Henry Kaplan, shot on 35mm film.
"Salty" - KAZU
You may know Kazu Makino as the voice of dream-pop outfit Blonde Redhead, but this year the Japanese-born singer will release her debut solo album, Adult Baby, under the moniker KAZU. "Salty" infuses drowsy synths with Makino's characteristically ethereal vocals, creating a slightly psychedelic, other-worldly sound. The new single is accompanied by visuals of rippling water and sun-spattered oceans, a perfect match for the song's fluid vibe. The Adult Baby LP is due out later this year.
Broken Social Scene - Let's Try The After – Vol 2
In February, Broken Social Scene released Let's Try The After – Vol 1, a five-song EP that marked the band's first release since their 2017 full<|fim_middle|>5-song EP called, Let's Try The After – Vol 2. Both volumes will be released via Arts & Crafts in a Record Store Day exclusive on April 13th.
BLACKPINK - Kill This Love EP
BLACKPINK, arguably the most popular K-Pop girl group around, just released their EP, Kill This Love through their label, YG Entertainment. Their video for their first single and title track "Kill This Love" racked up over 50 million views within the first 24 hours it was posted. This release comes just before BLACKPINK's festival run, Coachella debut, and North American tour.
Khalid - Free Spirit
Free Spirit is Khalid's third release following 2018's Suncity and his 2017 debut, American Teen. According to Billboard, the 21-year-old's newest album Free Spirit is on course for the no. 1 album spot on the Billboard 200 charts.
PUP - Morbid Stuff
Canadian pop-punk heavyweights PUP released their third album, Morbid Stuff on April 5th through Rise Records. This time around, PUP maintain their amped up angsty energy as they explore millennial malaise without ever losing their penchant for excellent pop-punk hooks and catchy, gang vocal choruses that made their first records so beloved. The four-piece is gearing up to hit the road this fall alongside Illuminati Hotties and Charly Bliss.
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Telquist Offer Us A 'Taste' With New Video
by Essentially Pop | Posted on 09/07/2020
Telquist is the solo project of Sebastian Eggerbauer. The permanent live line-up includes Christoph Hundhammer (guitar, keys), Thomas Huck (bass) and Max Gerisch (drums).
Telquist's latest single, 'Taste', comes with a music video which shows the group underwater yet somehow still able to perform and go about their everyday business, having beers, chatting, just having a good time…just…under water.
Sebastian's vocals are laid back and the lyrics are quite humorous at times – you get the feeling that he's a fun dude to hang around with, and it certainly seems the case in the video.
The instrumentals for 'Taste' are equally laid back, with guitar so relaxed it might well go to sleep, and gentle percussion which keeps time but only as much as it needs to.
Telquist are making a name for themselves and have toured support for the likes of Catfish & The Bottlemen, Kodaline, Wallows and The Japanese House. They also played their own headline tour throughout Germany.
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Women Who've Made it to the Top in Tech
April 19, 2022 Guest Blogger Technology 0
Without women, computing as we know 'IT' would not even exist. From Ada Lovelace, the inventor of Scientific Computing, to Grace Hopper, who wrote the first compiler, our digitally connected world is their blessing. Here's a look at the dynamic women who are reshaping the tech industry in India.
Source – The Times Of India
Debjani Ghosh
Debjani made history by becoming the President of the National Association of Software & Services Companies (NASSCOM) in 2017. She's the fifth president and the first woman to lead NASSCOM in 30 years. Debjani has always strived to use her experience and expertise to redefine humanity, promote equity and change lives. She was the brain behind the idea of 'Think Digital, Think India', which aimed to develop the country digitally. She has always come up with path-breaking ideas. She researched a new hybrid system of Zero emission of electric airliners and explored power generation management of HY4 aircraft. She even lectured on Power Electronics and explored green technologies. In 2020, Vogue honored her as the 'Tech Leader' of the year. Business Today listed her among India's most powerful women in tech.
Source – Wikipedia
Roshni Nadar
The chairperson of HCL Technologies and the first woman to lead a listed IT company in India, Roshni Nadar is a billionaire. She has been ranked 55th on Forbes' World's 100 Most Powerful Women'. She earned her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and successfully ran a massive conglomerate, and powered various humanitarian initiatives. She set up 'The Habitats Trust' to conserve India's natural habitats, indigenous species, and sustainable ecosystems. In 2014, she won the NDTV Young Philanthropist of the Year Award. And in 2017, the Vogue India Philanthropist of the Year Award. Under her leadership, HCL Technologies has continued to blaze new trails and is among the top 20 largest publicly-traded companies in India, with a market capitalization of Rs 3.76 lakh crore.
Source – Dataquest
Deepa Madhavan
The Director of Data Privacy, Product and Engineering at PayPal, Deepa Madhavan is a firm believer in learning from failures, time management, cultivating empathy, strategic thinking, diversity, and inclusion of different communities in the workplace. She leads with vision and vouches for mentoring and intentional goal setting. The product and engineering teams in the regulatory data and data warehousing space have reached the top<|fim_middle|> the next generation of women tech makers and leaders. We need to create more opportunities for young women to expose themselves to technology-oriented careers that spark their interest. If louder voices are heard celebrating the achievements of female role models, more women will feel confident about their career choices and be inspired to consider a future in STEM.
About the Author: Prerna Mittal is a first-year student at Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE.
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The topic in question today is one that has been buzzing across the country for decades now; yet seems to go unheard. India today, a land growing developmentally in fields of economy and other aspects, but regressing or simply not […] | under her guidance. She has not only highlighted Data Privacy solutions for PayPal but has also built a reputation globally as a regulatory expert. Her immense experience in telecom, technology, green energy sectors, machine learning, agile delivery, executive alignment, and talent development has taken her to the top position in the tech industry. She can manage complex issues without losing sight of the needs of the consumers.
Source – ET Unwired
Annie John Mathew
Annie hails from Bhilai, one of the most education-focused places. She completed her chemical engineering from LIT, Nagpur, and then joined as a Management Trainee in the Computer Center of NOCIL, Thane. It was a life-changing decision and opportunity for her. She worked with great mentors and teammates throughout her journey. She had fun creating innovative solutions built around Oracle and C and completed PGDST from NCST, and Juhu at the same time. It was a tough and challenging course that made her commute from Belapur to Juhu during those times. It was adventurous, but it also drained her willpower to sustain. The next phase of her professional career started when she joined Bharat Shell as the Sunsystems ERP, data warehouse, and CRM implementations. Here in Shell, she had the opportunity to learn and deploy leading-edge tools. Since 2005, Annie has spearheaded technology advancement and adoption in 'Mother Dairy.' According to Annie, "it's fulfilling to be part of the institution-building in our own country and benefit farmers and consumers directly."
Women can bring innovation, unique perspectives, problem-solving skills, and diversity to the workplace. For any company, its power is in the minds and hearts of its people. As a woman in tech, I want to encourage and guide | 361 |
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The Work of the Few and the Many.
The history of mankind, whether secular or religious, resolves itself into the history of a few individuals. It is not that all the rest do not live their own lives, or can shirk their own eternal responsibilities; but it is that the march and movement of the many is as surely influenced by the genius of the few as is the swing of the tide by the law of gravitation. It is a law of our being that we should belong the vast majority of us to the unknown, to the unrecorded masses, who, long before the very things we own have perished, shall have passed away out of all remembrance as utterly as though we had never been.
I. There, then, is one great fact of life; another, and a far sadder one, is that, by a sort of fatal gravitation, the human race seems of itself to tend downwards. It is impulse, passion, temptation, more than reason, that often sways the heart of each man, and therefore of all men. It is the few only who are saints; the few only who are heroes.
II. How does God carry out His work of continuous redemption? It is by the energy of His chosen few. Into their hearts He pours the power of His Spirit; upon their heads He lays the hands of His consecration. The history of mankind is like the history of Israel in the days of the Judges. The deliverance of mankind has never been wrought by the multitude; always by the individual.
III. We learn from this subject: (1) the secret, the sole secret, of moral power. Who that reads the signs of the times can fail to perceive how much this age needs to learn the secret. By faith, each in his age and order, these saints of God delivered his generation, inspired his successors, wrought righteousness in a faithless world. (2) We may notice also that the work of these saints of God, being always and necessarily human, is never permanent in its special results. There is an infinite pathos in the predestined failure of men and institutions which leave no adequate heirs to propagate their impulse, to carry on their purposes. Abraham dies, and in a century his descendants are slaves. When the influence of God's saints has spent its force, if the work pauses for a moment, everything falls into ruin and corruption. Only as an inspiring, passionate, continuous energy can Christianity regenerate the world. (3) These apparent failures were never absolute. No good man, no saint of God, has ever lived or died in vain. The very best of us leaves his tale half untold, his message imperfect; but if we have but been faithful, then, because of us, some one who follows us with a happier heart and in happier times, shall utter our message better and tell our tale more perfectly. Some one shall run and not be faint; some one shall fly with wings where we have walked with weary feet.
F. W. Farrar, Sermons and Addresses in America, p. 202.
Verses 1-7
Hebrews 11:1-7
Abel, Enoch, Noah.
Before the flood and the Abrahamic covenant God had a people on earth who lived by faith. Abel, the first martyr, Enoch, the seventh from Adam, and Noah, the preacher of righteousness, are the three witnesses of the period whose lives are recorded.
I. Abel, the first man who had to descend into the grave, was carried through it on the arms of redeeming love. Abel, believing the word, approached God through the bitter sacrifice. Every one who believes in Jesus Christ is an accepted worshipper. There is no other true and spiritual worship but the worship of a believer in Jesus, and this worship is always accepted. Of this, the only worship, Abel, though dead, yet speaketh.
II. The sinner who through faith in the sacrifice is righteous before God, belongs now to God, and is an heir of eternal life. Sin and death have no more dominion over him. Thus Enoch, the seventh from Adam, walks with God. In this simple familiar expression we have the description of the new life; it brings before us communion with God, dependence on His guidance, submission to His authority, confidence in His love and favour, continuous, habitual fellowship, and a mind conformed to God's mind, and delighting itself in the Lord.
III. Abel testifies of faith's sacrifice and worship always accepted. Enoch of faith's walk and triumph, lifted above sin and death into fellowship with the holy God, the Lord of Life. Noah's faith has again another testimony. He found grace the first time the word is used in Scripture in the eyes of the Lord. His faith, rooted in the contrite heart, and evidenced in his daily work and obedience, was tested by the opposition and mockery of the world to whom he testified of sin, of judgment, and saving grace; declaring what he possessed himself, righteousness by faith. And by his faith he not merely saved himself, but his household.
A. Saphir, Lectures on Hebrews, vol. ii., p. 289.
References: Hebrews 11:5 . J. Vaughan, Sermons, 7th series, p. 176; Homiletic Magazine, vol. i., p. 112.Hebrews 11:5 , Hebrews 11:6 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xxii., No. 1307; Homiletic Magazine, vol. viii., p. 235.Hebrews 11:6 . E. M. Goulburn, Thoughts on Personal Religion, p. 41; Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. iii., No. 107; J. Kennedy, Christian World Pulpit, vol. iii., p. 102; H. W. Beecher, Ibid., vol. xx., p. 317; Clergyman's Magazine, vol. viii., p. 98. Hebrews 11:7 . S. Mitchell, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xxviii., p. 419; H. Melvill, Penny Pulpit, No. 3303.
Faith in God the Creator.
I. Reason cannot ascend from nature to nature's God. The most comprehensive observation of things seen, and of which we can take cognisance, and the most minute analysis of things with the most remote and simple elements, leave the question of creation or the origin of things perfectly untouched and unapproached. The step from matter to mind, from things which appear to that which is the cause, spring, origin of all, is one which reason cannot take. God reveals it; we believe.
II. We believe that God is, for He has spoken to us; He has loved us, He has redeemed us. He was Abraham's guest and guide, his sure portion, and exceeding great reward. He brought Israel out of Egypt. He spoke unto the fathers as unto His chosen friends. Jehovah reveals to us that He is the Lord, the Creator of heaven and of earth; that He made all things by the word of His power. He reveals to us that all things were made by His Son, and for Him, who is appointed Heir of all things; that not atoms, or an original matter, but Christ, is the beginning of creation, in whom all His counsel stood before Him from all eternity.
III. God is the Creator; this is the first note struck on the lyre of Revelation, with which all other strains are in harmony. It sounds throughout the whole anthem. In Christ we hear the full melody; in Him we behold both the eternal counsel of redemption, and the final consummation in glory. Such are the apparently simple but inexhaustible and ever-blessed revelation truths for the sinner seeking salvation, for the Christian in affliction, in temptation; for the day of warfare, the night of sorrow, the hour of death.
Reference: Hebrews 11:3 . Clergyman's Magazine, vol. vi., p. 334.
Faith as Acting on Worship.
I. All faith implies an effort, a motion of the will towards God. It maintains not existence merely, but living energy; it is not otiose, but active; it even asks, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? " Think of this as regards worship. To be real it must be a business in which we take an active part a homage to a Presence which we feel. If there are any to whom the Lord's day, with its special duty, or each day's ordinary duty of prayer and praise, is a mere blank of unoccupied thought, a mere spiritual void, then be sure that the world, the flesh, and the devil, are filling the vacuum. You come away the better or the worse from every service; you are either drawing near to God and receiving of Him, or you are practising unbelief, decomposing your assurance into doubt, and rehearsing the earlier stages of that hardening of the heart of which the Israelites are the standing type, who walked for a whole generation in God's presence, and knew Him not, and perished by the way.
II. Praise is valueless except it express faith. Take the oldest hymn of the distinctively Christian Church, which we have inherited from its earliest ages the Te Deum . That hymn has doubtless been so universally received throughout the West because it appeals so peculiarly to our faith as Christians. That is the simple account of it; it contains a creed, but under the most personal of aspects. Is it possible to utter such words as those of the Te Deum without an emotion of faith and not be self-convicted? Exactly in proportion as it embodies the articles of the faith, and displays each separate credendum in near connection with our most deeply seated hopes and our most awful fears, in that proportion does it demand the inward, the subjective faith in us which is the Divine quality in the heart of man. Faith alone can put a life into our worship.
H. Hayman, Rugby Sermons, p. 16.
Unselfish Immortality.
I. It is so that every great man speaks to men. Dead, they live; buried, they rise again; and they speak with more power after death than during life, for jealousy and envy no longer dog their footsteps, and their faults are seen as God sees them, through that veil of charity which justice weaves; and their good is disentangled from their evil, and set in clear light, because so wise and true is the heart of mankind, in spite of all its wrong and folly, that in its memory it is the good and not the evil that survives.
II. Our home and our society are to us what the world is to a great man the sphere we may fill with work that cannot die. The statesman moulds a people into order and progress, partly by the force of character, partly by great measures. We are the statesmen of our little world. Every day mother and father stamp their character upon their children's lives, mould their manners, conscience, and their future by the measures by which they direct the household. This is our work, and all of it lives after you lives with tenfold power when you are dead, multiplies in the lives of those who have known you well.
III. Take noble care of the works that are handed down to to you, and the voices that come to you from the silent world. We look too carelessly on that store and its riches. The past spreads a banquet before you; eat and be thankful. The eating will nourish your whole being; the thankfulness will help you to digest the food. And as you do this the sense of the enduring life of human kind will grow on you; you will begin, through long unweaving of yourself with the past, to feel unwoven with an infinite future. This last result will make you worthy yourself to speak when you are dead, to follow your works in men to come. To do this with regard to Christ is to become a Christian.
IV. Considering that universal communion of those who have among men done and thought nobly or beautifully, and how among this communion there is neither nation, nor time, nor place, nor language, but mankind is all, and in all we, entering into this region through sharing in the works and speech of all those who have been good and great in all lands, become ourselves universal in thought and feeling. We shall arise into the conception of an everlasting life for this vast and glorious race that has so wonderfully thought, and done, and loved, and turn, believing, with outstretched hands and eager eyes, to Him who said, "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to Him."
S. A. Brooke, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xvii., p. 401.
References: Hebrews 11:4 . Homilist, 2nd series, vol. ii., p. 588; J. G. Rogers, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xxviii., p. 225; W. J. Woods, Ibid., vol. xxxiii., p. 200.
The Father of Missionaries.
He went out, as many had gone out before him, as many would go out after him. He moves onwards and onwards towards the setting sun, till at length all progress is stopped by the sea barrier which parts him from the unknown worlds beyond. There, from those bare mountain heights, he would look down on the purple ocean, with its boundless expanse and its ceaseless turmoil, the ocean, terrible even to his late descendants. What must have been his thoughts as he remembered that promise, the Divine and irrevocable promise, that his seed should be as the stars of heaven for multitude, and that in him all families of the earth should be blessed? For while all else in the scene was changed, the stars, the sacrament and the promise remained unchangeable, as the promise itself was unchangeable. They shone overhead each particular star with its own light, in its own region, above that strange, vague ocean, just as they had shone over his boyhood in his familiar inland home.
I. Whence comes it that, in the ceaseless tide of humanity, rolling westward throughout the ages, this one caravan of a simple nomad Bedouin this single drop in the mighty stream has fastened on itself the attention of men? The answer is contained in one word, It was his faith which singled him out in the counsels of God, and has stamped him in the hearts of men. He saw, as in a glass, he read, as in a dark enigma, the glory of the great Messianic day, when his children should rule over the earth. The shadow of the future was projected on the experience of the present. He saw, and he believed; he went forth, nothing doubting; he went forth, not knowing whither he went.
II. Abraham was not only faithful himself, but he was also the father of the faithful. Look at the history of the Jewish race. What was the secret of its long life, the principle which revived, animated, sustained it, amidst all disasters and under every oppression? Was it not faith faith in a Divine call, in a Divine mission for the race? With all their narrowness and all their weakness aye, and amidst all their defections, too, this faith never died out. It was the breath of their national life. The spirit of Abraham never altogether left his children. "The vanquished," said Seneca bitterly of the Jews, "have given laws to the victors." What would he have said if he could have looked forward for three centuries, and forecast the time when the spiritual Israel the offspring of Abraham by faith should plant its throne on the ruins of the majesty and power of Imperial Rome?
J. B. Lightfoot, Occasional Sermons, p. 38.
References: Hebrews 11:8 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xxi., No. 1242; vol. v., No. 261; Homiletic Magazine, vol. xi., p. 365; J. Thain Davidson, Talks with Young Men, p. 89; H. W. Beecher, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xvi., p. 145; D. Bushell, Ibid., vol. xxxiv., p. 372.Hebrews 11:8-10 . Homilist, 1st series, vol. i., p. 119; F. W. Robertson, Sermons, 3rd series, p. 77.
The Patriarchs.
I. The period of the patriarchs has a very peaceful and lovely character. God appeared and spoke to them. There was as yet no law. What is the real peculiarity of the patriarchal life? What else but faith; that they lived before and with God, waiting for the promise, the heavenly country? They were not worldly; they were other-worldly. God was a very present God to them; while the future, the tabernacle of God on earth with man, was their constant hope.
II. Abraham's faith was the substance of future things hoped for, and a conviction of things not seen. It triumphed over reason; it laughed at impossibilities; it looked beyond death and the long night of the intermediate state; and in all this it gave glory to God; for this is the only glory we can give to God, believing that He can and will do what He has promised. The fathers, realising the fulfilment of the promise, treated the future possession as if it was theirs already, and disposed of it, as the Spirit directed them, by their last will and blessing.
III. We should learn from Abraham to believe in God that raised up Jesus from the dead. Reason sees your guilt, faith sees your acquittal, for Christ is risen; reason sees your sinfulness and infirmity, faith sees your power and strength in newness of life, for Christ is risen. Live in tents ; set not your affection on things below. Live in the tents the patriarchal life of prayer, and a reverent, filial walk with God. When the soul is cast down and disquieted within you, when the heart is heavy, when Isaac, in whom you delight, faith's child, is to be sacrificed, then believe, hope in God, and know that you shall yet praise Him. Thus we give glory to God.
References: Hebrews 11:9 , Hebrews 11:10 . C. Kingsley, Village Sermons, p. 89. Hebrews 11:9 , Hebrews 11:13 . Homiletic Quarterly, vol. iii., p. 533.Hebrews 11:10 . H. J. Wilmot Buxton, Waterside Mission Sermons, 2nd series, No. 3; Homiletic Magazine, vol. vi., p. 268. Hebrews 11:11 . Expositor, 1st series, vol. xii, p. 345.
Faith triumphant in Death.
I. The excellence of the faith which places its object beyond death may be seen in two respects. (1) First, as it is in itself greater and bolder, existing in spite of greater difficulties. It is this, because it is fixed on an unknown object; our objects in this life, however remote, are such as we know or can well conceive of; there are no kinds of human pleasure, of such pleasure, at least, as we ourselves are ever likely to desire, which are not in some degree familiar to our minds already. (2) But, further, the faith which stops short of death may be, and often is, a faith which looks to a good object to the accomplishment of some great work, to the enjoyment of honourable rest; an old age relieved from labour, respected and beloved. Good objects I would not say otherwise; yet surely not the best nor the highest. But the faith which looks beyond death is content with no less object than God Himself. The faith which is strong enough to look beyond the grave does not fix its view chiefly on any known pleasure to be again revived, upon any known love to be eternally continued, but upon One who is truly the great end of all being; upon the knowledge of and communion with God and Christ.
II. This faith which takes death within its prospects, and looks on boldly to something beyond, is at once the greatest elevation and the greatest blessing of humanity. It cannot be denied that in quiet times, and amid much worldly enjoyment, such faith is hard to be maintained, and is in many wholly wanting. But yet all the while we are in extreme insecurity, and the sense of this sooner or later must be forced upon us; for sooner or later death and its strangeness must come near to us, and something beyond the grave must be thought of, because the grave itself is close at hand. And if faith has not habitually lived in that region, no longer far off but near, fear will now be dwelling upon it continually. In proportion as any one draws near to God, and thinks of Him, and prays to Him constantly and earnestly, so does he become familiar with the life beyond the grave, and find it possible and natural to fix his faith there.
T. Arnold, Sermons, vol. v., p. 231.
References: Hebrews 11:13 . Church of England Pulpit, vol. vii., p. 1.Hebrews 11:13 , Hebrews 11:14 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xxxi., No. 1825; Ibid., Evening by Evening, p. 123; R. S. Candlish, Sermons, p. 235; Homilist, 3rd series, vol. i., p. 73; A. Maclaren, Contemporary Pulpit, vol. i., p. 112.
The Expectants.
I. One of the marks of the saints of God is their heavenward look. They are in the world, but not of the world; strangers, not citizens. Their acts, their failures, their sacrifices, their sufferings, are here, but their hearts and their treasures are above. But now, can it be that in urging this I have in reality been condemning them? In presuming to admire their upward hopes, have we in truth been branding them with selfishness? There are some who seem to think so. They urge that the dimmer the hope, the nobler the sacrifice; the more bounded the vision, the grander the energy of those who will labour while it is called today. Strange, indeed, is the revolution of thought when the dearest of blessings is stigmatised as the most perilous of tempters; and when the chief glory of faith, the sure and certain hope of immortality, is not merely discredited as a dream, but branded as a weakness from which true manhood would be proud to be exempt. Compare, it is said, the sacrifices of the Christian with the sacrifices of him who has the Christian morality, and the Christian self-denial, without being cheered or encumbered by the Christian's hope. The one devotes himself to the service of humanity, asking for nothing again; the other fixes his eyes on the glories of heaven, and calculates the overplus of future happiness which will more than compensate for present suffering. Which is the nobler? To-day we fix our eyes on the true champions of our faith, on those who have made full proof of their ministry, and have shown the world, by visible proof, what it may be to be a follower of Christ. Would they have been more disinterested, would they have been intrinsically nobler, if they had seen no heaven beyond? That upward expression, that unsatisfied air of aspiration, that expectant look as of the servant waiting for his Lord is it, as great painters have taught us to imagine, the dawn of the eternal day already irradiating the horizon, or is it, rather, the last lingering stain of a refined selfishness, all the more perilous because it is unconscious? No, my brethren; let us never be ashamed of the heavenward heart, as though it detracted from a perfect disinterestedness. Man is born for immortality; that is part of his being, the noblest part, and it cannot be selfish to crave the happiness for which we were created and designed.
H. Montagu Butler, Harrow Sermons, 2nd series, p. 282.
References: Hebrews 11:15 , Hebrews 11:16 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xviii., No. 1030. Hebrews 11:16 . Church of England Pulpit, vol. xix., p. 289; W. M. Taylor, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xvi., p. 113; T. Hammond, Ibid., vol. xxi., p. 54; Preacher's Monthly, vol. ii., p. 455.Hebrews 11:17-19 . C. Kingsley, Village Sermons, p. 99.
The Story of a Pilgrim's Staff.
I. The pilgrim's staff represented something. He leaned on it, not because it was needed, but because it helped him to realise. It was the type of those principles which sustain and make strong on which the spirit leans. The spirit flees over many fields, but it rests and finds its home on one, like the lark that sweeps up through the blue, and sings in the heavens. Its home is on the earth. You may go up into heaven as much as you like, but you must have a realising place where you may put your head. Man may think in religion about many things, but he is strengthened by one or two things only. Whatever our faiths are, we need to realise; we need to see the thing embodied so that we may apprehend it.
II. And then it will follow from this, secondly, that as it was a staff through which he realised, and therefore was dear to him because it realised and represented to him, so it was a memory. It was a memory of many things, a memory of many events and seasons. I take it, that the staff was very specially a memorial to him of the covenant in the night when God spoke to him in that marvellous dream. He adored God in the memory of it, for it kept him from falling. He did not adore the staff, but in the memory of it he adored God.
III. He worshipped, leaning on his staff, thirdly, because it was experience to him. The staff was not merely itself a memorial; it was inscribed all over with memory. Did not he think of a wrestling hour with the angel, and of days and years which, if few and evil, were surely not unblessed?
IV. It was a staff of promise. To lean on it was an assurance of what God would be and do; to lean on it was to feel the promises rushing through his soul. They pointed the finger to the future in hope and in faith. Faith rises higher and sinks deeper than our mere relative consciousness. Just as the sky is over the earth, so it is with those promises that arch us over, that surround, that illuminate our heaven. All texts are not the same to us; they vary in their lustre; they vary in the nutriment they give. But every text in the word of God says, "Trust me; rest on me; I will be equal to thee."
V. Lastly, he worshipped, leaning on his staff, for it was the staff of redemption the uninscribed, but still the apprehended redemption. That staff of his that piece of stick was to Jacob a representation of a succession of promises, of times when his soul and God's soul had had lonely walks and consultations and communings together. The age of stones has gone, and the age of staffs, perhaps, in the way of which either David or Jacob might speak of their being used; but the age of words is not gone, and we lean on the staff in the counting-house, in the school, in the study, in the street, in the solitude, in the wilderness. As we gaze upon it we are able to say of God's word, "Thou hast not failed me, O thou staff."
E. Paxton Hood, Penny Pulpit, new series, No. 766.
Reference: Hebrews 11:21 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xxiv<|fim_middle|>'s elect, must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. Weak and despised believers are the pillars of the world. The intercession of Moses prevails to avert judgment from a whole people. It is the will of God to do great things for us. All things are ours; all things work together for good to them that love God, who are the called according to His purpose; all things are freely given unto us with Christ, the Son, whom God spared not, but gave up for our everlasting salvation. But it is the will of God that we should learn faith.
The Choice of Moses.
I. The choice which Moses made. If we carefully examine this passage we find it to represent one of the most extraordinary acts of deliberate renunciation of the worldly, and deliberate preference for the spiritual, which the world has ever known. It is equally wonderful, whether you look at the things which he sacrificed, or at the things which he preferred. The adopted of royalty, the dweller in a palace, the well-instructed student of Egyptian wisdom, luxury loading her board at his bidding, pleasure waiting for his presence at her revel, within his grasp the sceptre of the most ancient and wealthy monarchy in the globe. It was surely no light thing to renounce a heritage like this; and there must have been, to constrain his decision, motives of irresistible power. He chose "rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season." He was influenced in his choice by the promise of a Messiah, which God had given unto Israel. There are, in this choice of Moses, the true principles of the philosophy of Christianity. There is involved the recognition of the future as higher than the present the preference of the spiritual to the secular, when their respective interests come into collision; and to have a right estimate of both, and to secure an equitable adjustment of their several claims, is the great problem of human life.
II. The motive which influenced his decision is presented in the words, "For he had respect unto the recompense of the reward." The recognition of a future state, with its allotments of delights and doom, is frequently recorded in Scripture as exerting a powerful influence on human conduct. We observe (1) it is certain; (2) it is complete; (3) it is eternal.
W. M. Punshon, Sermons, 2nd series, p. 42.
The Wise Choice.
Our admission into the family of all the saints depends upon the use we may make of that power of choice which, at all times, but especially at some times, is given to every one of us.
I. It is remarkable that this grace of choosing is mentioned as one of the characteristic features of the Lord Jesus Christ. So that when any one makes a good selection in things spiritual, he may have the comfortable feeling that he is copying Christ in one of the greatest traits of His perfect character, and that he is making the best return he can, to God Himself, when he chooses him to be his Father, who, from all eternity, has chosen him to be His child. The exercise of choosing is plainly a part, and no little part, of the discipline of life. In creating this world, God seems to have laid it down that it should be a world of probation. All probation presupposes a choice, a power to take good, or to refuse it; to love evil, or to eschew it. Therefore, in a great measure, because it was necessary to the exercise of the faculty of choosing which God thus made a part of the moral government of this world He permitted evil to come into it.
II. Moses made his choice as soon as he came to years. We do not know at what age he might be said to come to years. We have no reason to think that it was at that period when he made the first attempt to deliver his countrymen, when he was about forty. There is ground to think that he made the good choice long before that. Probably, it was at that season of life when his reason was capable of making a grave discrimination; and the lesson all lies in the fact that he did it early, as soon as he could. The sooner you give your heart to pod, the younger you are when you make the great decision which is to determine life, the more easy, the more acceptable, probably the happier, and the more Christlike, your choice will be.
J. Vaughan, Fifty Sermons, 5th series, p. 143.
References: Hebrews 11:24-26 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xviii., No. 1063; G. Matheson, Moments on the Mount, p. 91; J. Sherman, Thursday Penny Pulpit, vol. x., p. 185.
I. Note, in the first place, that the pleasures of sin are shortlived. In the expressive symbolism of Scripture they are like water in a broken cistern, which speedily runs out, or like the blaze of thorns, which crackle and flame up for a little, and then die down into a heap of ashes; and the experience of all who have indulged in them will corroborate this statement. There is in them at best only a temporary thrill, which vibrates for a moment, and needs to be reproduced again and again. They are not joys for ever. They do not live within a man, sounding a ceaseless undertone of happiness in his secret soul, wherever he may be.
II. The pleasures of sin leave a sting behind, and will not bear after-reflection. There is guilt in them, and there never can be happiness in contemplating that. Yet when the brief hour of joy is fled the guilt is the residuum of the joy.
III. The pleasures of sin are such that the oftener they are enjoyed, there is the less enjoyment in them. There is a wonderful harmony between God's moral law and the physical, intellectual, and moral nature of man, for every violation of its precepts does, in the end, evoke the protest of all our powers. Each time such guilty pleasure is felt, a portion of the sensitiveness is destroyed, and it takes more to produce the same excitement again, until at last it is impossible to produce it by any means whatever. But with the joys of holiness it is quite different. The oftener we enjoy them they are the higher. The longer and the better a man knows Christ the more happiness does he derive from Him.
IV. The pleasures of sin are most expensive. "The wicked do not live out half their days." The sinner is old before his time. Far otherwise is the experience of the Christian. So far from wasting his energies, his faith economises them, and haloes them all with the joy of his own happiness.
W. M. Taylor, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xi., p. 145.
The Better Country.
I. Look, in the first place, to the state of soul here specified, "They desire." That word denotes an ardent longing for the possession of something which we have not now, but which we may come ultimately to call our own; and when used, as here, to designate the attitude of a believing soul toward heaven, it is to be noted that it is a positive thing. (1) It is not, therefore, to be mistaken for the dislike of the evils of the present life which is frequently mistaken for it. (2) Similarly, we must not suppose that we can use the term to designate that submission to the inevitable which makes a man say that if he must leave the world, though he would greatly prefer to stay in it, he would rather go to heaven than hell. The desire in such a case, very clearly, is to abide in the flesh; and if one has no more powerful attraction to heaven than that it is not hell, he is a long way from being made meet to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light. (3) Even true Christian resignation is not desire. Desire is an attraction to heaven for its own sake; an eager yearning to be with Christ and those who love Him perfectly, and serve Him constantly on high.
II. Note the object towards which this state of heart is directed, "The better land, that is, the heavenly." The evil things of earth shall there be absent, and the things which the Christian most delights in shall be possessed, not only in an infinitely richer measure, but eternally; therefore to those who value this life for Christ's sake, heaven must be, cannot but be, an object of desire.
III. Note the influence of this desire on those who cherish it. "They confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on earth." Now that confession has a threefold influence. (1) It keeps those who make it from regarding the things of this life as supreme. (2) It sustains the Christian under present afflictions. (3) It gives consolation in bereavement and joy in death.
W. M. Taylor, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xvi., p. 113.
References: Hebrews 11:26 . Clergyman's Magazine, vol. iii., p. 210; Archbishop Benson, Boy Life, p. 368; G. Matheson, Moments on the Mount, p. 93.
Enduring as Seeing the Invisible One.
I. What is this virtual seeing of Him who is invisible? There must be wrought in me, between Him and me, some sympathy, some good understanding and fellow feeling about the matter spoken of. There must be established between Him and me some personal relation of mutual confidence and unity. There must, in a word, be formed a certain close unity of faith working by love. Then will that quasi vision " as seeing " be realised; that vivid sense and keen grasp of "my Lord and my God," as personally present to my eager gaze, my touch, my embrace, which compensates, and far more than compensates, for my never having set on Him my bodily eyes.
II. The joy of the Lord is your strength. Not only at the Communion Table do you rest, but in the field of toil or of battle you endure, as seeing Him who is invisible. So Christ Himself, the man Christ Jesus, endured. The secret of His endurance was that with the eye of faith He always saw the Father. The Holy Ghost strengthens us to endure as seeing the unseen Saviour, even as He strengthened Him to endure as seeing the unseen Father. It is in the felt and realised presence of a Divine person, unseen in one sense, but in another virtually and vividly seen, that your strength to endure lies. And He is to be seen by you, not merely as an object of contemplation in a leisure hour, but as in the time of danger, standing beside you, conversing with you, calling you by name, and bidding you be strong and of a good courage.
R. S. Candlish, Sermons, p. 125.
References: Hebrews 11:27 . A. Raleigh, The Way to the City, p. 293; E. P. Hood, Sermons, p. 67; J. H. Evans, Thursday Penny Pulpit, vol. xvi., p. 5; H. W. Beecher, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xiv., p. 331; Ibid., vol. xix., pp. 100, 225; Ibid., vol. xxxi., p. 161; Preacher's Monthly, vol. iv., p. 21.Hebrews 11:30 . Homilist, vol. i., p. 95; J. Vaughan, Sermons, 14th series, p. 93.
We may make use of extraordinary examples to encourage our ordinary faith at ordinary times. These models are on a very grand and large scale, and so we can plainly see them.
I. Faith works and suffers; faith is busy and energetic. It is our only strength and victory. In suffering we glorify God as well as in action; and in suffering it is only faith which grasps the promises, and rests on the bosom of God in quiet and loving humility. Suffering is an honour God puts on His saints. To them it is given to suffer for Christ's sake. A life without affliction and self-denial, a life without the cross, is not likely to precede the life with the crown. Let tried believers not doubt that they are precious in God's sight.
II. The first and most obvious difference between the old saints of the Church is, that the promised salvation was to them entirely in the future; while we have lived to see the first advent, we also are looking forward to the fulfilment of God's promises at the second coming. But to Israel the Messianic advent, with its salvation and glory, was altogether in the future. The reasons why the gift of the Spirit is now bestowed are manifold and obvious. (1) The Spirit's advent is connected with the finished work of redemption. Because the blood has been shed, the Spirit descends. (2) The Spirit comes through the preaching of faith, and not by the law. It is when the forgiveness of sin is declared that God puts His Spirit within our hearts. (3) The Spirit, as an indwelling Spirit, descends from the incarnate, crucified, and glorified Son of God, the Christ or anointed Head of the Church. At the coming of the Lord the union of all believers will be manifested. This union will be to the glory of God, a part of the blessedness of His people.
References: Hebrews 11:31 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. iii., No. 119; vol. xviii., No. 1061.Hebrews 11:32-34 . W. Stevenson, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xiii., p. 292; Homiletic Magazine, vol. vii., p. 278. Hebrews 11:33 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. viii., No. 435.Hebrews 11:34 . Ibid., vol. xii., No. 697; A. P. Stanley, Church of England Pulpit, vol. xiv., p. 301; Preacher's Monthly, vol. v., p. 9; Archbishop Benson, Boy Life, p. 46.
I. The better resurrection. Think (1) of the place of it. "There shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination or maketh a lie." The body which here depresses the soul shall be framed to lift it up, to give it perception and vigour, insight and wing, and made like unto Christ's glorious body. (2) Think of the company in the place. In this world our dearest friends become at times more dear to us. Some glow in them, or in us, suffuses the soul, and we feel that they are more ours, and we can be more theirs; times when we see deeper into each other's nature, and melt into one spirit; those times, above all, when we know that we are touching one another in the thought and life of God. Now, in that heavenly world we shall have the best at their best. (3) Think of the essence of this eternal life. Its essence consists in its entire freedom from sin. (4) Think of the security of that state. The children of the heavenly resurrection die no more; death hath no more dominion over them. The shadow is all behind, the light before, and the light shall no more go down.
II. Consider next the higher faith required for this resurrection. It needed very great confidence in the living God to believe that He could reanimate the dead frame which the soul had quitted for a few hours or days; but to face entire decay and mouldering dust, and to believe that those who sleep in it shall yet awake and sing, this requires a frame of soul still nobler. Let us mention some of its features, that we may aim at them. (1) It needs more of what I may call the patience of faith. The faith of the sisters of Bethany demanded one great effort, and the battle was gained. But ours cannot be so compressed. We have to bury our dead out of our sight, to wait the weary days and years, and "feel God's heaven so distant." And yet, you see, there are those who endured it all, of whom the voice from heaven has said, "Here is the patience and faith of the saints." (2) It needs also more of what we may call the sanctified imagination of faith. The circle of these earthly resurrections was very narrow and very simple compared with that which we expect. Their faith had only to bring back the dead to their old accustomed house, the well-known seat, the familiar haunts. Ours has to find out a footing for itself from the void and formless infinite, where the scenes and inhabitants and states of mind are so different that our friends seem to have passed away beyond our knowledge. There is an imagination of faith which helps to the evidence of things not seen. (3) This better resurrection needs more of the spiritual insight of faith.
III. Note some of the ways in which we may strengthen ourselves in this higher faith. (1) The first thought is addressed to your reason. We read here of men who were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Can you imagine that their self-devotion was founded on delusion, and that God has made His world so that the noblest and divinest deeds in its history have a perpetual falsehood at their hearts? (2) " Women... received their dead." God intended that our deepest heart affections should be the helpers of our highest hopes and the instinctive guarantees of a life to come. (3) There is no certainty about immortality save what, grows from union with the dying and living and risen Son of God.
J. Ker, Sermons, 2nd series, p. 336.
Reference: Hebrews 11:36 . F. W. Aveling, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xiv., p. 84.
Martyrdom.
The word "martyr" properly means "a witness," but it is used to denote exclusively one who has suffered death for the Christian faith. Let us consider what it was in the early Christian ages to be a martyr.
I. First, it was to be a voluntary sufferer. Men, perhaps, suffer in various diseases more than the martyrs did, but they cannot help themselves. The martyrs lived under a continual trial, a daily exercise of faith, which we, living in peaceable times, can scarcely understand. To be a martyr is to feel the storm coming, and willingly to endure it at the call of duty, for Christ's sake and for the good of the brethren; and this is a kind of firmness which we have no means of displaying at the present day, though our deficiency in it is evidenced as often as we yield to inferior or ordinary temptations.
II. The suffering itself of martyrdom was in some respects peculiar. It was a death, cruel in itself, publicly inflicted, and heightened by the fierce exultation of a malevolent populace. The unseen God alone was their comforter, and this invests the scene of their suffering with supernatural majesty, and awes us when we think of them. A martyrdom is a season of God's especial power in the eye of faith, as great as if a miracle were visibly wrought. It is a fellowship of Christ's sufferings, a commemoration of His death, a representation filling up in figure "that which is behind of His afflictions, for His body's sake, which is the Church." And thus, being an august solemnity in itself, and a kind of sacrament, a baptism of blood, it worthily finishes that long searching trial which was its usual forerunner in primitive times.
J. H. Newman, Parochial and Plain Sermons, vol. ii., p. 41.
Reference: Hebrews 11:37 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xxvi., No. 1528.
Great Men.
I. It behoves us to have a care how we judge the men of our own day who take a leading part in the conduct of affairs, and compel the notice of their fellows. It is easy enough to load them with flatteries if they be on our side; but should they be teachers of new things, with new ways and new ideas and new modes of speech, which some denounce and others mock at, then it behoves us to be cautious and patient. Great things are not so well seen when you are close to them. You may stand beneath the facade of St. Peter's at Rome, and form but a feeble conception of its magnitude; and even when you remove to some little distance, it is obscured by the crowd of vulgar buildings which surround it. But when you have journeyed twenty miles away across the level campagna, and then turn and look for Rome, it is St. Peter's which you see, as though it hung from heaven, suspended in the lucid air, and the crowding, encircling meanness has disappeared. And so it is with great men. We need to be at a distance rightly to estimate their magnitude.
II. Of some of the men in this list you would scarcely say that they were moral or religious men. But they were all alike said to have been faithful men; that is, men full of faith. And herein we may notice that the possession of faith is the prime capability for a religious life, as it is also the first qualification for the successful conduct of any great undertaking. By faith I mean the firm grip of some conviction, some purpose or other, so that there is decision and earnestness, and a marked out line in life. The man who takes up a cause and holds by it, and fights for it, even if the cause be a mistaken one; the man who is loyal and true to a person, and stands by him and speaks out for him, such a man, however worldly he may be, however selfish or however immoral, may by God's grace be converted to genuine piety.
W. Page Roberts, Reasonable Service, p. 117.
References: Hebrews 11:38 . H. W. Beecher, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xv., p. 406; Preacher's Monthly, vol. iv., p. 303; Clergyman's Magazine, vol. i., p. 217. Hebrews 11:39 , Hebrews 11:40 . Homilist, 3rd series, vol. vii., p. 145; Clergyman's Magazine, vol. vi., p. 94; R. Duckworth, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xxx., p. 273; Preacher's Monthly, vol. vi., p. 289. Hebrews 11:40 . Homiletic Magazine, vol. xii., p. 114.
Nicoll, William R. "Commentary on Hebrews 11". "Sermon Bible Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/sbc/hebrews-11.html. | ., No. 1401.
I. It is not possible to read the life of Joseph without beholding here the portrait of a great man, not merely as a commanding and guiding intelligence, but that which is higher yet, a strong and noble personal character. Evidently, all his early life was pressed upon by thoughts his brethren could not comprehend; a contemplative nature, before whom often floated in his boyhood dreams of what he yet was to be.
II. He was what we should call a self-made man; he was as much so as any man can be a self-made man; his life was one long contest with difficulties, but he overcame them all.
III. His greatness was moral greatness. He was not a warrior. He did not bear the sword; he had that perfectly-formed will, which is character; he had insight and foresight; and he had in his possession that which really makes life easy and character strong. He had principles; faith ruled and controlled his character. He saw the golden purpose running through the darker web of his life.
IV. In the commandment he gave concerning his bones we see (1) the nationality of Joseph. His heart turns to Canaan. (2) The lesson of faith. "I die, but God shall surely visit you." Amid the temples of Osiris, Typhon, and Isis, and the world of uncouth marvels and debasement of the Egyptian temples, he had not forgotten Jehovah. (3) A lesson of the sustaining power there is in the memories of good and great men. Joseph lived in the thoughts and affections and hopes of his descendants. The dust of the holy dead is precious; the words of the holy dead are watchwords. (4) We have here a trust, a hope, an aspiration, concerning the resurrection. I cannot but think that this glorious dreamer anticipated, not only the departure of the tribes, but the final unsealing of all those tombs, and longed rather to be near the old cemetery of Machpelah than amidst the cold, dark, stony, stately rooms of Egyptian pyramids and their coffins.
E. Paxton Hood, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xxiii., p. 313.
References: Hebrews 11:22 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xvi., No. 966; H. W. Beecher, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xxvi., p. 68; A. D. Davidson, Lectures and Sermons, p. 485.Hebrews 11:23 . Ibid., vol. xxiv., No. 1421.
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I. Israel is a typical nation. The things which happened to them" are recorded for our instruction and comfort. The things which happened unto them, happen unto us also. We also were in Egypt, and had to learn that we could not bring about our deliverance by our own strength and zeal. Like Moses, we had to flee from such attempts of self-wrought emancipation into the wilderness, and wait there quietly upon the Lord. When we were still, and knew that it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, God showed mercy. We also went through the Red Sea, and then sang the song of praise to God; when we were taught the power of Christ's resurrection, and when the Holy Ghost, separating us by the Cross from Egypt, brought us through resurrection into the new life, and raised our affections to the things above.
II. Israel in Egypt. Look at another aspect of this history. "I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction." The saints who are precious in His sight, whom He purchased with the blood of His own Son, and for whom He has prepared an everlasting inheritance, God | 803 |
My Dad is a veteran<|fim_middle|>. I remember writing letters ever day to my boyfriend who enlisted right out of high school.
I am so thankful for all our men and women in the military; people like your Dad. Thanks for this post, Jason.
Mushing Corner Musings Something to make you smile Stories Who's John Galt? | of the Vietnam war. As a young man, not yet finished with highschool, he left his home and crying mother and volunteered to serve his country in the Marine Corps–he was trained as Infantry, and later took classes for long-range shooting. He served two tours in-country during some of the worst of the action (he was stationed in Hue when it fell) and came awfully close to going career. Mom & babies changed that plan.
He served his country with honor and distinction, and I will always look at his record of selfless duty, courage, and bravery in the face of the worst kind of adversity with the utmost respect and solemn appreciation. Indeed, I hold all of our American men and women of the shield and sword, and their families who keep the long vigil during the darkest hours of night, in the highest esteem.
It is through the sacrifice of their blood, sweat and tears that the rest of us continue to enjoy the many freedoms afforded to an American citizen.
Thank you, and bless you all. I will never forget your service, or your sacrifice.
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Great tribute to all who serve and have served.
Please thank your father for me, for his service. My heart holds so much gratitude for people who are willing to serve so that I can raise my family in peace.. His service is appreciated. And thank you for recognizing it/him publicly.
Beautiful Tribute Jason. God Bless our Soldiers..
My Dad was a WWII vet serving in the Aleutian Islands for a year. He was a man ahead of his time taking me hunting and fishing with him; encouraging me to be all I could be.
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I love my team and feel comfortable with them. At the beginning, our team was very quiet during<|fim_middle|> and looked forward to eating it. Before dinner, we had to chose our table by drawing a card. I got "Delight." It means feelings of great pleasure. | team devotions, everyone seemed so passive. But now we're all like sisters. Our first team leader Grace L. went home because of her sickness. She told us her story and encouraged us before she left for home. And Ada is our new team leader now. We still pray for Grace every night.
Ada printed some cards that said " I'm grateful for…" and "I see God in…." Every night when we have team prayer we have to answer one special question and pick one of the cards and share them with everybody. Then we fold the card into the shape of a heart. It is very complex. We put all of our hearts into a box filled with grateful hearts for the end of the conference. Besides the routine, sometimes we take turns to translate for Andy, because there is only one American on our team. I think it is a good way to practice English too. Thanks, God for giving me such a great team.
We have a very important class in the morning everyday. I think the lessons are very important for me. The classes teach me about having a relationship with God. "The relationships with parents and family," has been a big part of Mr. Gothard's talk. I learned a lot of things from Mr. Gothard. This has helped me a lot.
After the class this morning, I leaned about four spirits. They are, a reverent spirit, a grateful spirit, a servant's spirit, and the last one is a quiet spirit. I think the servant's spirit is important for me. The Bible says, "If you want to be a leader, first you have to be a servant." That is so important for me. And I think I need a quiet spirit, because I always worry about everything, and that makes me feel fear. But one thing I should know is, "God is omnipotent." I shouldn't worry about anything. Because God already prepared everything for me. God is real.
We visited an American family on Sunday afternoon. This family had six kids; four girls and two young boys. Their home was very big and beautiful. They were very kind and we had a good time. We played with their two young boys. They were so cute that we just couldn't stop playing with them. We also had a wonderful dinner and perfect conversation with the family. Oh, thank you God. Everything was just so wonderful. I will remember that day forever. I hope I will have a chance to meet this family again in the future.
Thanksgiving is a festival celebrated throughout America every year. It originated when the Mayflower first arrived in America and the pilgrims were unable to grow any crops until Squanto, a native American, taught them how to grow crops. The first Thanksgiving happened when the first crops were harvested and the ravenous pilgrims feasted with their harvest. I could imagine the great joy they experienced and the overwhelming feeling of relief shining in bright smiles on their faces. Although I failed to express the same amount of joy yesterday at the feast, I was still very glad for the food. I liked how we got a background story on Thanksgiving and the buffet was quite good. All but the cake with white topping, and the cornbread muffin tasted delicious.
I was almost afraid my stomach would explode out of fullness. I really liked how we had to think of something we were thankful for before we ate the candy corn, and the flamboyant Thanksgiving tree with numerous leaves of thanks because many often celebrate Thanksgiving for the food and forget the meaning behind it. They forget that Thanksgiving is a time for each person to thank God for everything that He did for them, whether good or bad, and that they must remember the main focus of this festival is not on the delicacies, which includes the mouthwatering pumpkin pie and the juicy turkey dipped in chicken, but on the Lord. We often go on in our lives without stopping to thank God for everything we have for we view them as things God must give to us, when they really aren't. Thanksgiving works as a great reminder to us to remember to praise and thank God for everything he has done for us. I'm looking forward to see how we celebrate the other festivities as it truly interests me how Americans celebrate their holidays!
In Voice, Jerry is a fun, interesting person. I didn't know he had a sad childhood until today. I cried when I heard his story because it was not only touching, but it also made me think about my past. When I was 4 years old, my parents divorced. At that time, my younger sister was just 2 years old. I remember crying every day in the first year that they divorced. I kept complaining and asking God "Why? Why did this happen to me? I don't understand your plan." But now, when I look at my past, I'm very thankful. Because of my different childhood, I'm more independent than other classmates. I believe that God has his own plan. He will use me just as he used Jerry.
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Irina Try<|fim_middle|> | fon was born in Ukraine but has been living in Cyprus for the last 20 years. She studied accounting in Russia and PR and Communication in Cyprus. She has a vast customer service experience in the banking sector, but her artistic self has also been developing through the years. She has been involved in the fashion industry as a model and image consultant in Russia, Ukraine, and Cyprus and in other European countries for over 13 years. She holds a diploma of professional image consultant from the Blackford Center, UK. Irina truly enjoys art, especially painting and has a number of works she completed while studying painting in the art school in Nicosia and in her free of work time. She has now taken an initiative to open a new Art House in the old town of Nicosia - 1010hall. It is her long desired opportunity to celebrate the Art and help the local society to gain the best from it. Irina is a mother of three adorable children.
or takes part in stargazing sessions, star parties, astronomy and astro-photography seminars and school presentations across Cyprus. He is a skillful and experienced user of all kinds of telescopes and astronomy equipment and he is happy to show other people how to use them. He is particularly interested in astro-photography and in observation of astronomical phenomena like eclipses or transits. Currently, he focuses on planetary observation and imaging. Some of his images have been published in local and international magazines or websites. | 301 |
In Helsinki, I've found two good places for coffee, Cafe Delicato and Kaffe Centralen. Cafe Delicato<|fim_middle|>ino every morning.
Coffee matters and I'm glad that I have now two favorite cafes.Of course, I admit I'm the addict. | (Kalevankatu 34) is an Italian cafe where you can have genuine Italian sandwiches and Italian coffee. And interior decoration reminds me of petite hotel's breakfast room in Italy and France. Kaffe Centralen is coffee shop which sells many different good coffee beans and coffee equipment. I'm still wondering if I should get an espresso machine I found there…;-) Well, probably not. When it comes to cappuccino (I don't drink espresso), I like to be served at the cafe. Anyways, at the Kaffe Centralen, not only you can checkout the beans and equipment, you can drink good coffee, a big cup of hot chocolate and many different kind of tea. The coffee is quite strong. I wish I live near there so that I would be able to drink their cappucc | 167 |
Comcast NBCUniversal Honored Among NBIC Best Corporations for Inclusion
Comcast NBCUniversal was named a 2016 "Best-of-the-Best" Corporation for Inclusion by the NGLCC and the NBIC for the 2nd consecutive year.
The prestigious "Best-of-the-Best" recognition is awarded annually by the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) and the National Business Inclusion Consortium (NBIC).
The NBIC is a coalition of national diverse business organizations spearheaded by the NGLCC, and includes the Women's Business Enterprise National Council, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of<|fim_middle|> Comcast NBCUniversal was the first media and technology company to be inducted into the Billion Dollar Roundtable, a prestigious corporate advocacy group that celebrates corporations that achieved spending of at least $1 billion with minority and woman-owned suppliers.
Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our DNA, a business imperative, and essential to our innovation, and we are honored to be named a 2016 "Best-of-the-Best" Corporation for Inclusion. | Commerce, National Black Justice Coalition, U.S. Business Leadership Network and WEConnect International.
"We have already seen the bar rise for corporate inclusion since last year's inaugural list was named," said NGLCC Co-Founder and President Justin Nelson. "By recognizing these industry leaders and the policymakers who collaborate with them as the Best-of-the-Best, we are further shaping a better future for all diverse communities in business. Together we reaffirm our common, ongoing mission to improve business inclusion among Fortune 500 corporations and government agencies across America."
Only companies achieving industry leading results across all diverse segments are eligible to receive the designation from the NBIC. At Comcast NBCUniversal, our commitment to diversity and inclusion reaches across our business and our culture. In addition to building a diverse and inclusive workforce, we are committed to creating opportunities for diverse businesses in our supply chain, creating programming that reflects our customers, and investing in non-profit organizations that strengthen our diverse communities.
At Comcast NBCUniversal, we invest in our people, and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce for all communities. The company now has eight Employee Resource Groups, with nearly 20,000 members across more than 115 chapters throughout our footprint. Because of our commitment to diverse businesses, | 258 |
Journalism refers to writing about current events for broadcast news on radio or television, or printed articles for newspapers and other publications. Journalists help stimulate and<|fim_middle|> ill-mannered workplace epidemic." Somehow we have come to think that as long as we have the required skill set for the job, our manners don't matter.
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The Screenplay Itinerary (Cinema, Television and New Media) is a two-level syllabus - distributed over two academic years - specifically designed for the training of screenwriters.
Although the natural name of the script is cinematic, the truth is that it would be absurd to pretend that, in 2016, the Internet or television does not exist. And although it is true that both share a common basis with the grandfather of celluloid, so it is that they assume the appearance of new conditions, new opportunities and, therefore, require the scriptwriter a certain ability to adapt and mutate their work.
Apply a strategic communication model that allows you to achieve your goals in each conversation and / or sale of projects, presentation of results and sale of products or services, based on a model of logical and emotional communication.
With all its lights and shadows, the film industry remains one of the strongest sectors worldwide, and it is arguably the most influential. Not only by means of its complex ramifications, but also because of something much more important: it has a direct effect upon the consciousness of people; that is, on the way they feel, think and dream.
The film industry employs all sorts of professionals. No other sector includes such a variety of personal profiles: from scientists to athletes, from persons who work in isolation to the most social and talkative ones, from artists to business people. You only have to read the credits of some movies to get proof.
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We eat at our desks in front of our computers; email replaces face-to-face conversation. It's no wonder our manners are rusty. One news article went as far to say what we see today is "an | 566 |
Patrolees undergo various formative and impactful experiences during their careers adventuring. Some of these experiences leave permanent marks on the soul of the character in question. These marks are known as Spiritual Influences and can be given or gained by events as wide and varied as the characters who gain them.
A spiritual influence comprises of three things: A name, a path/school and a level. These should be relevant to the influence in question.
Spiritual influences may, but are not required to be, associated with a Hero Ability. If this is the case, the level and path/school should be appropriate to the ability given.
Example: Being "Touched by the Hand of Pod", Vertonius can use Plant Walk (S) once a day, a level 1 Tree miracle.
Spiritual influences are diagnosed by using the Discern Spiritual Influence skill. This gives the user the name, number, level and school<|fim_middle|> Level 1 Life, Chaos or Water ritual to remove the influence, taking 2 days to write. In all cases, the ritual requires components to be gathered from the site of the attack as part of being effective, and a patrol is sent out to do so. A year and a day later, the ritual is successful and the influence removed. However, the Temple of Death soon learn of this and plan a second massacre to continue George's fall into despair. | /path of any spiritual influences on the target.
A spiritual influence cannot be removed by any means, with the exception of by the power or conditions that granted it, for a year and a day after its acquisition. The power or conditions that granted a spiritual influence may remove it at any time without consequence.
Once this time has elapsed, the Spiritual Influence can be removed by being dispelled. This requires a Ritual or Ceremony to be written from scratch according to the normal rules, of a level equal to the Spiritual Influence of an appropriate path or school to the influence being removed. The GM responsible for the Influence should be consulted, or failing this the Character Refs, in all cases. An IC effort to gather relevant components will be necessary in most cases.
Removing Spiritual Influences may have IC consequences depending upon the powers which granted them. If a Spiritual Influence is associated with a Hero Ability, removing the Spiritual Influence also removes the Hero Ability.
Example: George the Defender was the sole survivor of an assault by the Temple of Death and gained the Spiritual Influence "Run and Live" which is a level 1 Death Influence which imposed a permanent Demoralise 1 on him. This can be dispelled by either a | 242 |
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Invercargill karter Alex Crosbie.
IT has been a big couple of months for Invercargill karter Alex Crosbie.
Crosbie (12) competed in the New Zealand National Schools Kartsport Championship in Wellington recently before travelling to Australia for the City Of Melbourne Titles this month.
At the school nationals Alex competed in a field of 22 karters from throughout New Zealand, with a different format with drivers receiving a random grid draw for the first four heats. Alex was given 11th, 17th, 14th and fourth, making enough points in the four<|fim_middle|> celebrations begin
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After a good start he came home second, with nothing splitting the top two, which was enough to give him second overall.
It was then back to school for a week before competing in the 2019 City of Melbourne Titles. The entries were massive compared to New Zealand with 335 entries across 12 classes. (New Zealand's top event this year had eight classes and 155 competitors).
Alex's class had 26 karters, and he drove in a class higher than he normally would – using the same chassis but with a bigger engine and stickier tyres.
Practice day was like a race day, with the karters very competitive. Unlike in New Zealand they weren't afraid to hit and force a competitor off the track, he said.
Alex took part in qualifying, two heats, pre-final and final. Competing against some of the top competitors in Australia was always going to be tough. Alex finished 11th.
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On June 27 2005 it had been a century ago since pastor Johannes Gallenkamp layed the first stone of the Vincentius building, a society especially for the people of Poeldijk. The evident necessity of this building was caused by the different arising of youth societies. Societies who lacked a room to develop or practice their activities.
Pastor Gallenkamt even tried to found a building for the youth before 1900, but he didn't succeed because of financial reasons. They had to make the best of what they got. That meant decorating a room in the old people home located at the corner of this street. If that wasn't possible, they could ask for a room at the nuns. They had to improvise.
After Pastor Johannes Görtz died, Pastor Gallenkamp became his successor in 1891. Pastor Gallenkamp did a lot of work for the foundation of the societies and was the man responsible for the realization of the Society building in this village. But he would never have succeeded without help from an outside source.
That financial source was mainly the huge amount of money prospected by Theodorus van den Berg (Dirk) He was a very rich grower in Poeldijk. As the rich and intelligent do, he had given his legacy a lot of thought. Besides the parishes of the Westland, the Vincentius societies could also expect a financial contribution. The Vincentius societies took a lot of altruistic effort for the most pore families of<|fim_middle|>2012 Leen and Rosita decided it is time to stop, and Maud and Marc Nagel took over the hotel.
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The societies and citizens that were mentioned in the will of Dirk van den Berg, were ever so blessed. They could count on several thousands of guilders, which was an enormous amount of money those days. The St Vincentius Society founded by pastor Gallenkamp could count on 15.000 guilders. But with the restriction they all had to wait before Theodorus passed away.
As happened on new year day 1904. With all due respect, but his passing probably caused a lot of happiness. He had lived a life of luxury. And now Pastor Gallenkamp knew what to do with the money he had been given.
With the consent of the church government, he could realize his ideal at the end of his career. On the parcel on the Voorstraat they could realize the Society Building. Businessman like Hein van der Haar and bricklayer/contractor IJsbrand Hagen got the building orders in the spring of 1905.
At the foundation stone laying of the Sint Vinventius, executed on one of the first Summer days of 1905, numerous people from Poeldijk were present. From this occasion a photo has been taken. Unfortunately not a very good one. Pastor Gallenkamp and parish chaplains Borsboom and De Haas are recognizable, but the rest is a flop!
Don't be sad, the memory is still there and so is the building.
The building became too small to house all the flourishing youth clubs in Poeldijk in the second half of the sixties. Searching for new accommodation was fruitless until the cut-flowers auction "Het Westland" wanted to co-operate with the flower auction form Honselersdijk. That fusion made a bigger building possible. The Sint Vincentius lost its function as society building. The era of weddings, and jubilees had passed. No more organizing dance courses, theatrical- and musical performances, meetings, relaxation night and last but not least 'Sinterklaas' parties.
From 1967 the Youth Contact Poeldijk, later known as "Soos 67" is resident of the Vincentius building or the so called "The Bond". Nobody would have used the degrading name 'the Bond' for this society building. Or it must have been as a nick name.
At the moment that the old flower auction "De Leuningjes" her doors opened, it provided accommodation for all the clubs and societies. After a short vacancy and temporarily entrepreneurs, hostess Rosita Zolyniak and host Leen van der Kruk took over the building. They made it into a hotel and proved that the building was very suitable for other purposes, other than the ones so many people from the Westland have such fine memories of.
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I had a new experience of Curvilinear Perspective recently, something that has always fascinated me. Circumstances combined to show me the answer to a visual riddle, one I'd observed and puzzled at before. The answer was something I essentially grasped, but this was the first time I'd had opportunity to actually study it and make it make sense.
BUT … the sun wasn't up yet.
The sun was yet to come up, far north of due East , yet the 3/4 moon in the southwestern sky (almost 180° away) was clearly tilted upward. That puts a kink in your thinker.
The explanation comes in perception and the rendering of perspective from a 3D universe into 2 dimensions, and how our conventions muddy our expectations.
Consider for a moment that you're standing on the centerline of a four lane highway. It's perfectly flat and perfectly straight. You look left, and all the parallel lines of center and either margin converge toward a vanishing point. You look right and they do the same thing. You know that those lines are all parallel; they're all straight. You would probably render either view with straight lines. And yet they all bend toward each<|fim_middle|> The sun doesn't move that fast across the sky in 8 minutes. I tried an experiment tonight with a round tumbler glass. I put a torch light pointing at a balloon and looked through the inside of the tumbler and the appearance was the same as the sun and the moon. The angle of the light on the balloon was not perpendicular to the torch as with the sun and the moon. This seems to be the best explanation – the fish bowl effect.
Excellent article but I've got some questions: Is the moon sun effect caused by 3 dimensional perspective illusion as in vanishing points on the highway or because space itself is actually curved? In other words, if you were to look through a fishbowl from the inside, and the bowl had parallel lines positioned horizontally like latitude lines on a globe of the world, the lines would remain parallel would they not? They would remain parallel as you turned from one point of the globe to the other because your distance from the lines wouldn't change. What makes lines in a road converge in the distance is the fact that you're farther away from them. Is the moon / sun effect created by the fact that space itself is curved and that at great distances the curvature of space is visible to the eye? And because we sit at a viewing angle that is not squarely perpendicular to a straight line from the moon to the sun? Thus causing the offset in their relative positions? | other at opposite horizons. They're not straight … or are they?
That's Curvilinear Perspective. The problem comes in translating something 3 dimensional onto a plane that is flat; 2D art doesn't perfectly render reality.
The one you're looking at!
Our view of the universe is, in a real sense, like a fish-eye photo. Your field of view is a sphere, not a flat plane. But we fail to notice, in part because of our inability to see it all at once, and in part due to the psychology of perception derived from the fact that our visual organs and the cortex that interprets their data focus on the center … but also because we have been taught a formal way of interpreting the universe that insists on straight lines.
We tend to draw what we perceive in the center most area of our retina; our peripheral vision is an addendum. We rarely consider what's going on outside our center of focus unless it looks like it might eat us.
If you really concentrate on what's in your periphery without turning your head, you can see this curvature in the room you're in now, in the lines where wall meets ceiling and floor, and any piece of furniture parallel with them. Or stand in a narrow room like your powder room, two feet from the narrowest wall; look down and see the left and right margins of the wall receding toward a vanishing point below the floor. Now look up and see the same two parallel margins converging toward the opposite vanishing point above the ceiling. Those lines are ultimately curved, because they have to meet at one of two vanishing points on either side of you.
You reside at the intersection of every pair of opposed vanishing points. In the drawing below, A and B are two possible vanishing points for a set of parallel horizontal lines. C and D are the vanishing points for any sets of parallel vertical lines. The blue lines represent parallel lines receding toward either vanishing point (like the line where your walls meet the ceiling or floor). The red line represents a vertical line taken all the way to either vanishing point. From the intersection of those axi – your position in space, the real world, where you reside at the center of your field of view – those lines all appear straight.
As soon as we take a piece of that world and flatten it onto a 2 dimensional canvas, we're forced to tell a little lie. In art, we either choose one line in a set of parallels to be straight, and bend the rest, or we lie for the sake of convenience and make them all straight with a perspective grid. You may have seen this in photos of rooms in Better Homes and Gardens or Architectural Digest, where a tilt-lens camera has been used to distort all the verticals in a shot and keep them vertical in the image; it has the effect of stretching that square table in the corner of the picture into an unnatural shape. The same thing happens if you draw that table in the corner of the picture using a simple one-point perspective grid, keeping vertical elements "vertical" on the page.
It even happens if you use a three-point perspective grid. Distortions will become pronounced as you move away from the center.
Which lines are bent? The ones you're not looking at!
The sun is out of sight beyond the terminator of light and shadow. The moon was low in the sky because I was basically looking over the shoulder of the earth toward its orbit below the plane of the equator. But I'm looking "up" at it in my hemisphere of sky.
The sun is out of sight below the horizon, just off my left shoulder. With my eyes in the sweet spot, the center of my field of view, all the dotted lines are straight.
The only way I could render this scene without distorting something, somewhere, would be to paint it on the inside of a perfectly spherical bowl, with my eyes in the sweet spot. See above. I'd have to turn my head to see it all. Failing that, as an artist I have to edit reality in a way that gives the best representation.
In the end, does it matter if we understand things that only happen out in the wilderness of our peripheral perception? I think so. When you get it, those tables in the corner of the image won't be distorted by your perspective grid. They'll look "right." The ellipses on the top of the towers in your vertigo-inducing castle-scape will read correctly. You'll know better how to edit reality to give the best illusion.
I'll give examples tomorrow in Curvilinear Perspective, Part 2.
Whenever I've questioned this phenomena, I've been told (admittedly by scientists rather than artists) that the Earth's atmosphere refracts the light from both the sun and the moon creating a distorted perception of their relative positions in space. This theory works along the lines of how a goldfish living in a spherical bowl might view the world outside. Light passes through the bowl at a different angles depending on the viewpoint and direction thus creating a distorted image – that could explain why goldfish always look perplexed. I particularly like your line 'we lie for the sake of convenience'. Great Post.
Great to see you posting on here and insightful as always!
A great line for this blog! Fascinating post, Todd. You're a renaissance man.
Great post, nice and insightful.
When I thought of this in my astronomy class I wondered if your position latitude effected the angle of the moons shadow. I also wonder if the moons position in relation to the apex would also have an effect.
Thanks for reinvigorating my wonder lust.
Thank you for this interesting post. I appreciate the time you took to break this down.
Try: latitude = 42 deg, sun position #1, moon position #4, and then 'show phase on moon disc'.
ooh, i cant wait for #2 🙂 many thanks already!
i, too, always found curvilinear perspective interesting, yet, to my dismay, even perspective books that claim to be "complete" stopped at 3 vanishing points. so all i know about it is from the snippets you find here and there, and observation, of course.
i like the visualization with the spherical canvas – my own figure of thought implied that each shift in gaze direction shifted vanishing points for that cone of vision as well – therefore a "complete" depiction must have shifting vanishing points for each point in the painting.
of course, that raises the question what kind of painting will profit from using curvilinear perspective. it seems to imply a shift in gaze direction, thus, the role of an observer and having the time necessary to look at different parts of the picture.
This is a post that James Gurney will love!
My head is spinning… in a good way!
Atmospheric distortion might shift the apparent altitude of sun or moon by a small amount, but it doesn't tilt the moon in its axis! That requires another explanation.
I like how the link that Johnnyburn added with the specs he input reinforces the visual understanding. Great addition! Thanks!
Raphael: bang on. Part of using curvilinear perspective in your grid is deciding which line to present as the "straight" line. Chances are it will be near your center of interest. The rest will possibly (but not necessarily) be bent, as you'll see tomorrow!
Or in other words: which line is bent? The one you're not looking at!
I love how your brilliant mind informs all the work you do. There's much more to your work than meets the eye! Love ya bro.
Pifalo is right: I love it. You've bent my brain and busted my assumptions. Fantastic posts, Todd. More, more!
I understood this from the moment we started to study two point perspective. The problem is that I didn't know how to render this, until I discovered how to do curvilinear perspective. Now I'm practicing on it.
It's the speed of light. The Sun appears only 8 minutes after we see the Moon illuminated by its photons. During those 8 minutes the Sun seems to travel an arc. So we see the Sun and the Moon at different points in time.
I noticed this occurrence with the sun and moon a few years ago and it has confused me since. I thought it might be the 8 minute light speed thing but the angles are to big for that to make sense. | 1,734 |
This summer, I teamed up with Jenny Bryan to create a series of coding puzzles, which (fingers crossed!) will be released next spring. It was exciting to start a project from the ground up, growing and shaping it over the 10-ish weeks of the internship.
The Advent of Code puzzles were a major source of inspiration for the project. I spent a fair amount of my winter holidays last year solving the Advent of Code in R. It was addictive and fun, but I had to stretch my R skills in strange, clunky ways.
Little did I know that Jenny was working on the Advent of Code puzzles, too. But she took it one step further. She thought, rather than struggling to solve computer science puzzles in R, why not create puzzles that highlight what R is good at?
Thus, the Tidies of March1 was born.
A few months later, the stars aligned, and I was paired with Jenny for a summer internship at RStudio. I had a chance to create Advent of Code-like puzzles geared towards data wranglers and R enthusiasts like me!
After Boston, I was completely remote. I enjoyed the freedom and flexibility of working remotely, but I also appreciated the "anchors" in my schedule. These included weekly video chats with Jenny (though towards the end of summer the meetings grew further apart), weekly tidyverse meetings, occasional intern hangouts with Becky and Max, and until the middle of August, weekly intern coffee chats.
In addition to virtual meetings, Slack and Twitter were key sources of inspiration and support when working remotely. I especially loved our intern Slack, where we could share problems and encouragement in a supportive, emoji-filled space. Big shoutout to my fellow interns Dana, Alex, Fanny, and Tim - you're the best!
Each meeting forced me to reflect on different aspects of the project, and helped me to refine my plans for moving forward.
My internship was roughly divided into two parts: (1) the puzzles themselves and (2) the infrastructure around them.
While you can solve this problem in a number of other ways, the existence of this function speaks the prevalence of this type of data manipulation. And this is only one<|fim_middle|> Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License,please cite if you wish to quote or reproduce.This post was published 162 days ago, content in the post may be inaccurate, even wrong now, please take risk yourself. | example of that. Take a look through your favorite tidyverse packages and I'm sure you'll discover useful functions that you've missed!
In addition to the tidyverse, I also ended up relying heavily on the Corpora project as source material for my datasets. Gábor Csárdi's rcorpora package made it particularly easy to use the Corpora data in R. Along the way, I discovered other neat packages for making fake data, including wakefield, charlatan, and ids. A few #rstats folks also directly contributed puzzle data/ideas (thanks * 1000 to Maëlle Salmon, Tom Mock, and Julia Silge, as well as fellow interns Alex and Dana!).
Besides the puzzles themselves, we also needed a way to deliver the puzzles to users. To start, I prototyped a web interface using a Shiny RMarkdown document. In building this interface, the different components of the puzzles became more clear to me. I separated data generation scripts from solution scripts, and I created YML files for each puzzle to store associated metadata. Jenny's repo for calculating in-house statistics for the Vancouver Nighthawks ultimate frisbee team opened my eyes to the ways you can use YML files beyond the RMarkdown/bookdown/pkgdown context.
The next step was creating a package to allow users to directly access puzzles and submit solutions in R. Eventually, I supplemented the R package with a plumber API to separate the data generation and solution code from user-facing functions (check out Colin Rundel's talk and materials for a similar example).
Be thoughtful when naming things. Smart naming made it easy to work with files and functions. Once I got things set up right, I could programmatically find all functions related to my web API (because I had used the suffix, _api), or access the data of any puzzle based on its associated puzzle number. If I could never remember the name of a function, it was often a sign that I'd given it a bad name.
Use GitHub issues to feel good. Early on, Jenny advised me to break GitHub issues into small pieces to reap the psychological rewards of closing issues. And I must say, it really is more satisfying to close 5 issues than to tick off 5 checkboxes within a single issue. It was also quite satisfying to emoji-fy my issue labels (thanks Locke Data for the inspiration).
Thinking inside the box. Rather than going wild with GitHub repositories for every facet of the project, Jenny kept me in check with a single GitHub repository for everything. Sometimes, this drove me a bit crazy, but ultimately, this forced me to be very explicit and structured when it came to files and folders. Every once in a while I would try something out in a new project, but any successful side experiment always ended up in the main project.
Simple interfaces. As a developer, it's easy to slip into the trap of giving a function too much flexibility. Rather than thinking about what arguments are convenient for you, think about which arguments the user really needs. In the last week of my internship, I went on an argument-cutting rampage. Though some of my tests and internal functions had to change, my user-facing functions ended up looking cleaner and working more robustly.
I learned a LOT about software development in R this summer. While I wish I could share the puzzles right away, I'm also excited to see how the project continues to evolve in Jenny's hands. I'm grateful for the many people who have helped and encouraged me along the way. Thank you RStudio, and especially the tidyverse team, for a teRRific summer!
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Tags Funding, School Administration | Inc., a provider of career and educational planning solutions, and Peterson's, a provider of postsecondary educational information, have teamed up to launch the eGuidanceCenter. This new web-based guidance resource was created to help schools become more successful with their career and educational development programs, to involve parents directly in their children's educational future, and to excite students by helping them plan their future using the resources of the internet. The initial rollout of the service consists of 100 select "leader schools." "Continual feedback from these leader schools will assist our companies in ensuring the eGuidanceCenter is the tool of choice for career educators and guidance counselors," said Doug Manning, chief executive officer of Bridges.com. Leader schools also will provide local leadership to other high schools and will be available as a reference for new eGuidanceCenter clients. Leader school parents will receive access to age-appropriate, self-directed online activities, developed by counselors, to guide their children's use of the center.
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What does the digital revolution mean for democracy? Is it changing European discourse, or reinforcing existing trends? How does disinformation operate, does it work, and how can it be addressed?
Eurozine, the network of European cultural journals, together with the Estonian journal Vikerkaar, the Institute of Social Studies at the University of Tartu, and the Estonian cultural organisation SA Kultuurileht, jointly held the 28th European Meeting of Cultural Journals in Tartu, Estonia, on 20-22 October 2017.
Over the course of three days, 100 cultural journalists and media professionals participated in a programme of public talks and discussions on the effects of technology on democracy, and its contribution to phenomena like 'post-truth' and fake news.
Leading internet analyst Vladan Joler, Director of Share Foundation, Serbia, in his keynote speech on 20 October, offered insights into the algorithmic 'black boxes' which mediate our experience of the internet, social media and the world, showing how they can be used by political actors and are governed by commercial interests. Showcasing his team<|fim_middle|>ital, the National Endowment for Democracy, the City of Tartu and the Open Society Initiative for Europe. | 's forensic investigations, he warned that these processes are likely to become even less transparent.
"These big algorithmic machines are the editors of the 21st century, not humans anymore," he told the audience - many of them editors.
Estonia's Minister of Culture Mr. Indrek Saar opened the conference and emphasized the importance of Estonia's vibrant cultural journals.
Over the weekend, participants joined panel discussions that featured experts from across Europe and from the US, as well as practical workshops on social media and cross-media publishing. The final day of the conference ended with a participative Barcamp-style format for knowledge sharing.
The digital revolution has had a devastating effect on the economics of journalism, and poses unexpected challenges to democracy itself. But it also offers new opportunities for citizens to participate more actively in their societies, and for media outlets - including journals like those in the Eurozine network - to collaborate. How do we address these paradoxes? And what is the role of cultural journals in this process? Eurozine's conference explored these questions, and more, from a range of theoretical and practical perspectives.
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The Governance Code
Recent Audited Accounts
Child Safety Policy & Statement
As a registered charity, Graffiti Theatre Company has signed up to the Charities Regulator Governance Code and actively works to implement the Code in full. As per the Charities Regulator regulations, Graffiti has commenced compliance reporting for the Governance Code from 2021.
The Board has resolved to comply with the principles of good fundraising and its commitment to comply with SORP.
The main object for which the Company is established is to promote theatre arts within the community, to educate the public in such arts and in particular to provide for the production, presentation and performance of Theatre for Young Audiences and access to participation in the arts for children and young people.
Form of ownership:
Graffiti Theatre Company is a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) having no share capital.
Company Registration No. 124759.
Company Registered in Dublin
Registered Name: Graffiti Theatre CLG
Registered address: Assumption Road, Blackpool, Cork.
Charitable Status. No. CHY 8810
The Graffiti Board Of Directors
Niall Cleary is the Company's CEO and Lynn Canham is its Company Secretary
Ray Boland
Ray Boland is a barrister who has been practising at the bar in Cork since 1<|fim_middle|> she views as central to enhancing Ireland's creative youth and forging sustainable creative careers. Important programmes in this space include current development of Youth Theatre Ireland's Strategic Plan, Organisational Review and Strategic Plan development for Graffiti Theatre Company, design of multiple county-based Music Generation programmes and development of a Creative Youth Partnership for Laois and Offaly.
Recent annual audited accounts
Graffiti Audited Accounts 2017 (PDF)
Signed Graffiti Audited Accounts 2018 (PDF)
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Child Safeguarding Statement 2021 .docx | 997. He studied law in UCC from 1990 to 1993 and in the King's Inns, Dublin, from 1993 to 1995. He tutored criminal law in UCC, and lectured in the Law Society in Cork, and was a member of the Bar Council of Ireland from 2013 to 2017.
Ray has an interest in the arts and is a long term supporter of Corcadorca theatre company. He is a lifetime member of Cork Arts Theatre. He also served on the board of Cork Midsummer Festival from 2006 to 2012.
Yvon Bonenfant, PhD is head of the Department of Theatre at UCC. Yvon's work focuses on the voice, on sensation, and on tactility; and on questions of inclusion of different kinds of voices and bodies in culture. He is involved in the emerging field of interdisciplinary voice studies, and is a recognised innovator in research methods and transdisciplinary collaboration.
He explores questions around the human voice and its creative power, at the intersection of theatre, performance/live art, installation, and music/sound; often leading interdisciplinary research teams. A former laureate of the Wellcome Trust Large Arts Awards, he also collaborates with researchers from speech and language science, voice and speech medicine, and vibration, materials and textile engineering, and with an array of visual and design thinkers.
Yvon is also the Artistic Director of Touch & Tract and Your Vivacious Voice.
Joe Dermody
Joe Dermody, chair of Graffiti Theatre Company, has been a non-executive member of GTC's external governing board for the past decade. He is the Irish Examiner's Content Studio Editor, working in partnership with commercial clients to create 'sponsored content', paid-for multimedia stories, covering print and digital, including audio, video and social media campaigns.
He is also a regular reviewer for the Examiner's Arts pages, notably live music. He brings more than 25 years' experience in publishing to the GTC board.
Julie Kelleher (Chair)
Julie is Artistic Director and CEO at Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre. She holds a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies and English, and an MA in Drama and Theatre Studies from UCC. The former Artistic Director of The Everyman, Cork from 2014 to 2020, Julie is also Chair of the board for Theatre Forum Ireland, and sits on the Irish Playography Panel at Irish Theatre Institute. She has worked as an actor, director and producer with numerous Irish arts organisations and companies.
Recent directing credits include: The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh (2018), Bluetooth by Rachel Thornton (2018), Autumn Royal by Kevin Barry (2018 remount, associate director), Dancing At Lughnasa by Brian Friel (2017), The Factory Girls by Frank McGuinness (2016), The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig (2015), Lovers by Brian Friel (2015), all for The Everyman.
Recent producing credits include the world première of Mick Flannery's Evening Train musical (2019), the Landmark/Everyman world première of Asking for It by Louise O'Neill (2018), world première of Autumn Royal by Kevin Barry (2017) and Irish première of Futureproof by Lynda Radley (2017), all for The Everyman.
Sean Love
Seán Love is Executive Director of Fighting Words, which he co-founded in 2009 with author Roddy Doyle. Fighting Words provides free tutoring and mentoring in creative writing and related arts to children, young adults and adults with special needs, throughout Ireland.
Prior to his establishment of Fighting Words, Sean was Executive Director of Amnesty International, Ireland. He holds a BA in History and MA in Information Studies.
Niamh O'Sullivan
Being a daughter, sister, wife, aunt and mum are the roles I treasure most. I sing a little, play a little guitar & piano. I began my love of teaching in my late father's garden with his rhubarb plants as my students and naturally moved to teaching real students a little later!
I have spent the majority of my teaching career in St. Vincent's Convent Primary School where I am Principal since 2014. It is a very special place and I count my blessings every day. Working with children, I can say that the most complex expressions of the human soul I have witnessed have been from the "mouth of babes".
As a young child I did not have access to youth theatre and so the poet/author/word seamstress in me is more concrete than elastic. I borrow from the creativity of others to express and release my inner voice, and so one of my strongest convictions is to the expression children's voice and creativity. As a school, we have a decades long relationship with Graffiti Theatre.
As a parent, I brought my own children to the weekly Activate drama workshops. I am proud to sit on the Board of Graffiti Theatre.
Karan Thompson
Karan Thompson is an independent consultant and passionate advocate for the sustainable development of the arts, cultural and creative industries sectors in Ireland and internationally. At KTCL, she adopts strategic approaches to the development of people, organisations and place, using culture as a driver of change.
Her work involves cultural quarter and cultural organisational development, funding applications and bid development at national and European level, partnership development, project feasibility and cultural programme and project delivery.
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Be Kind Rewind: 1989 Sears Wishbook
For this "Be Kind Rewind", We going to try to be as kind as we can while taking a look back at a relic from the past. Here<|fim_middle|> bottom of a Timmy's toy bin if they were ever recovered again. Incidentally, why does the gal in the top photo look like shes awaiting the results of her home pregnancy test?
Its the age old first world question. What do you give the man who has everything? Something utterly ridiculous having to do with ties of course. What, he already has a motorized tie rack? A novelty light up tie for the company Christmas party? Ok, how about a mini retractable screen disguised as a tie clip that can be pulled down for eating like a pig without his tie experiencing consequences. His shirts is on it's own. Why do I feel like Patrick Bateman the killer from American Psycho would have had one of these. In fact it might have given him the idea for the blood splatter plastic suits he wore.
This boy is suffering from a particuarly bad haircut called "lightbulbhead". I recognize it well because, I too was given this haircut throughout most of my adolescence causing a plethora of social and emotional problems I'm still dealing with today. The good new is he just needs a little "product".
Amy Grant made an appearance in the 1989 Sears Wishbook Catalog to model for her line of young christian miss clothing.
Whitney Houston, not to be outdone by Miss Grant shows off pieces from her clothing line "Everywoman".
The Girls clothing section seemed to have some sort of endorsement with ABC. That networks' Full House was in its second season and extremely popular. To capitalize on this, the catalog featured several of the young stars of the show. here Jodi Sweetin who plays Stephanie Tanner models some cold weather outerwear.
Andrea Barber who portrayed the smelly Kimmie Gibler models a lovely pink sweater vest.
Even Michelle Tanner is here to model a lovely pink onesie with a duckling on the front. I cannot tell if this is Mary Kate or Ashley Olsen though, sorry.
This woman cant remember if shes modeling a blouse or headache medicine.
The soap star workout allowed you, through the magic of home video to work out with some of the hottest soap stars and Mr. Sheffield. The video cassette begins with the host introducing the titular "Soap Stars". They are: Jackie Zeman from ABC's "General Hospital", Holly Gagnier from "One Life to Live" and Charles Shaughnessy from NBC's "Days of Our Lives". The stars awkwardly turn and look at the screen to enthusiastically welcome us to work out with them as they appear on a monitor over the left shoulder of the host. Then in a silly, fake moment of contrived spontaneity Jackie Zeman pops back on the screen and excitedly reports that Ken Shriner of "General Hospital" is here and will join in. He pops up on the screen and explains that he has never done aerobics before but is excited to try it. The women, being soap stars in the eighties look right at home in the aerobics class environment. The men however look really clumsy and silly. You can see them lumber through the workout below.
Angela Lansbury's positive moves is a workout video for older people who want to stay looking and feeling young. It is not focused so much on an exhausting aerobic workout but instead a guide for golden girls to stay in tune with their bodies. In fact this video forces you to think about Angela Lansbury's body more that you ever thought you would. We see her rubbing lotion on herself, taking a bath, stretching on the floor, there is even an alleged masturbation scene. If you want some good old fashioned scatological fun try not to laugh as you or a friend makes "fart" noises especially as she is stretching and twisting on the floor. Go on, there is a video below, I dare you.
Larry "Bud" Melman was a lovable, quirky character seen on the late show with David Letterman. He became quite popular for a time and was portrayed by Calvert DeForest. Here you see a rare vehicle featuring the character on his own. Not sure if this is a real workout or meant for comic entertainment. Check out some excerpts and judge for yourself.
In 2007 Calvert Deforest unfortunately died, in the video below Dave Letterman pays tribute to the man who was a frequent contributor to the show.
Well, there you have it, a look through the pages of the 1989 Sears Wishbook catalog. Check back for more Be Kind Rewinds and we will go back in time looking at old catalogs, old movie reviews and more! This site will also be the home to stories about pop culture, technology, and automotive stuff! Thanks to the uploaders and owners of the YouYube videos used in this article, and are used for review and satire only, no ownership implied. | is a 1989 Sears Wishbook. For children of the 80's this was THE resource for tots deciding what Santa will bring them on Christmas morn. The catalog business and the Sears Wishbook are gone (since 1992), so now these old catalogs serve, as collectibles and time capsules. Lets see whats inside! But first, check out the cover, is that Cybill Shepherd?
Around the holidays, its nice to think about the old traditions. Fruit cakes are things passive aggressive people used to give to others they generally disliked. Sears offers them in three varieties; Masterpiece, which has more fruit and nuts; Butter Batter, which has more cake batter, and Grandma's, which has rum, bourbon, and brandy in it. Because grandma liked her liquor! They were available in 2 or 3 pound sizes.
For lovers of spiced meats, this 1989 Sears catalog offers a surprisingly extensive array of gift-able cheeses, mustards, and beef sticks. Ranging from a miserly $12.50 collection to the $50.00 family sampler that contains three kinds of meat sausages a variety of cheeses, candies, cakes, tea, and a nonalcoholic champagne, sorry Grandma.
The 1989 Sears catalog offers fresh cut Christmas trees to be delivered right to your door. Can you imagine the Griswalds doing this?
The California Raisins were still quite popular in 1989 as evidenced by this hysterical novelty sweatshirt. They first danced and sang their way into our hearts in 1986 in a commercial from the California Raisin Board featuring the hit Marvin Gaye song " I heard it through the Grapevine." This success in marketing was followed by two other commercials, one featuring Ray Charles and another with a "raisinized" and a "claymationized" Micheal Jackson. In it Micheal Jackson provides his spoken voice, but does not sing due to contract stipulations. He received $25,000 to appear in the commercial which he donated to charity. You can see that commercial below. In 1987 they were part of the Claymation Christmas Celebration special followed by two of their own Television Specials. The California Raisins actually released four studio albums and had their own video game.
It's surprising enough that they Kenner made a line of children's toys based on the ultraviolet R-rated RoboCop films, but here we see this mechanized antihero on a shirt intended for toddlers, no kidding.
Barbie has owned a lot of cars over the years. Her first car was a 1962 Austin Healy convertible in pink, of course. And since then she has probably owned thousands of corvettes, pink of course. Both of those cars however are purely two seaters and not very practical if you want four people to go to the beach or the mall. Here we see Barbie in a car that allows three friends to tag along. A nice 57' Chevy Bel Air with a pink interior, of course. The 57 Chevy was a popular car in the eighties, almost an icon for the nostalgia of the fifties and used often in toys and in other imagery. Ken seems to think it's his car.
Its totally cool Jazzie!, Barbie's teen cousin. She is the coolest teenager yet and she has lots of friends. They wear the latest teenage fashions and hang out in the hottest spots.... like Burger King? The crazy teenager in the Volkswagen must have misunderstood the concept of a drive-thru as she appears to have driven into the dining area of the restaurant. The male doll does not have a name unless his name is "high school dude" and the Burger King does not come with any employees so they best to get steppin' with a hairnet and fry up some fries or flame broil those Whoppers if they want to eat today. In this world Burger King needs to change their slogan from "have it your way" to "make it your damn self."
The 1989 Sears Wishbook Catalog offered a wide variety of licensed Disney plush companions. Can you name them all? Here is a hint there are eight Disney films represented by this plush assembly.
This is a Baloo plush from the jungle book movie. I actually bought this character on Ebay for my son. Below is a very recent photo of my son ignoring Baloo. Perhaps he will enjoy him more as he gets older.
Of all of the Disney plushes this dismal interpretation of Robin Hood is the worst. It looks like the trim athletic fox from the movie now has type II diabetes.
Pee Wee Herman's talking chair named Chairy was a available as a child's sized chair that a kid could actually sit in or on. I would pay extra if Chairy would provide me with the word of the day, and embrace my midsection with her "arms" and giggle whenever I took a seat.
Uh oh! someone left the barn door open! I was surprised to see this Fisher Price Farm playset in a 1989 catalog because I remember playing with this set and this being one of the first toys I ever had. Turns out this playset first came out in 1968.
Take a trip to Disney World any time you choose with this Disney Town Square replica. It even comes with a spray bottle so you can simulate Orlando's smothering humidity. The set was first offered in the 1988 catalog where the base set was 40 dollars. Here they seem to be pushing the leftovers as the price is half that of the original and quantities are limited. For additional dough you could add Disney figures, interior furniture, a trolley and a light kit! Gone are the working train and lighted Christmas tree options that were available in the previous years catalog. The clear weak point of this set is the lame two dimensional cardboard cutout Cinderella's castle.
Behold the Lego Metro Park and Service Tower included 5 mini figures cost 52.92 sponsored by Shell. A rare oil company, toy company collaboration.
This radio control motorcycle was made by JRL, a company I had not heard of before. I found no information when researching this toy. It looks cool, and like it may have been a fun at the relatively steep cost of $55.10.
One of the more unexpected titles among this collection of predominantly super hero based comic books was the Alf comic. Alf of course is the character based on the sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1990. Included perhaps for comic relief, it was part of a Marvel Value Pack that contained titles from Alf, Indiana Jones, GI Joe, X-Men and Spiderman, among others.
This is the Jaws video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, it appears to have been influenced by the most recent and least liked of all the Jaws movies, Jaws 4 the Revenge, which makes sense since it came out in 1987. The game features a sailboat, small airplane, and a tiny little submarine, which were all elements of that movie. The lame ending for the game is stolen from the lame ending from the movie, you can see its lameness below. Even as a huge Jaws fan, I cannot imagine paying forty bucks for this steamer.
Introducing the Gameboy! Nintendo action in the palm of your hand! The first handheld game system that allowed you to swap out game cartridges. You could own one of these for $89.47, games were about twenty bucks. This hugely popular system came with Tetris, annnnd now the song is stuck in my head! I owned one of these but I think Tetris was the only cartridge I had.
The Power Wheels company began in 1984. These Corvettes were large toy cars that kids could drive around in. They featured realistic styling, (kinda) opening doors and hood. Power Wheels is now owned by Fisher Price and Mattel. In keeping with tradition, and America's love of the Corvette, they have just released a new Power Wheels based on the newly redesigned 2014 Corvette.
One of the more expensive toys in this catalog were these go carts built by Action Products Inc. These were gas powered and capable of 18 miles per hour you could get a classic 57 Chevy body or a futuristic concept Corvette body both were 900.00!
As seen in the 1983 movie "A Christmas Story" the worlds most famous BB gun has returned to shoot out a whole new generation of eyes. The Gun comes with a 1939 Red Ryder comic book.
Here are some sleeping bags featuring timeless and beloved characters like Luigi and Steve Gutenberg.
Here are two "laptop computers that cost over one thousand dollars, boast weighing only 8 pounds, and are beige. By today's standard the memory in either of these early laptops are just minute fractions of a gigabyte. Compare that to the 8 to 32 gigs you commonly find your Smartphone or iPod.
This versatile stereo system supports three different recorded music formats Records, CDs and Cassettes.
I was surprised to see that even in 1989 most of the television sets were in a wood furniture style housing, like this one. Incidentally, this television was made by Zenith, a company synonymous with television sets in the 80's. The company actually still exists and is owned by LG, but no longer makes televisions wearing the famous lighting bolt logo.
Electronic organizers became popular in the late eighties with professionals, techie nerds and those who had everything. It would still be several years before the cell phone, and eventually the smartphone would come along and make them obsolete.
A cassette player for your bike allows you to combine your love of bike riding with your love of listening to music on cassette tapes! I hope it is water proof.
I owned this watch, or one very similar, it allowed you to customize the color of the band and the trim ring. It was like getting 25 watches for the price of one!
Novelty character watches featuring Snoopy, Mrs. Piggy, Kermit, Pee Wee Herman, and Crayola. Besides having adorable characters on them many of these watches featured clever ways that the watch display was revealed at the touch of a button or lift of a flap.
The eighties may have been a more commercialized decade then any that has yet to follow, embodied here in these licensed watches emblazoned with characters and company logos.
Here we have a mix of generic and licensed game watches . Major League Baseball and Pac-Man join "Soccer" and an unnamed racing game. They are each under twenty bucks.
Two of Nintendo's blockbusters, The legend of Zelda was introduced in 1986 while the original "Mario Brothers" was released in 1983. These devices are attractive to game and watch collectors alike and are sought after today.
There was only a 4 dollar difference between the pedestrian black Casio DBC-610 DataBank watch and the fancier $47.95 metallic version. Both could memorize 50 phone numbers. The odd Databank with a traditional analog watch face could hold 20 phone numbers on the tiny display below, it cost $39.96. Entering those numbers must have been a chore. And finally a basic $19.96 calculator watch rounded out this group of "so geeky they're cool" Casio watches.
The Epilady is a revolutionary new way to remove hair from the root! According to the text in the catalog, The rotating coil gently grasps hairs and removes it from below the skins surface! Although not mentioned by name this device was spoofed hilariously by the brilliant television show "Cheers" in 1990. In the episode Rebecca Howe complains about how the depilatory device, the "Lady Baldy", ripped up her legs. She convinced a local consumer advocate television program to let her speak out about the product. Along with a written letter, she took a piece of stationary and smacked it against her bloody, mangled legs and sent that to the show's producers as proof of her claims. Woody, while prepping her for her appearance grills her, "you knew the device removed hair from the roots, so you would have to be a complete idiot not to expect some discomfort or irritation." When she actually appears on the show "Consumer Patrol" they uncover and reveal that the company that makes the Lady Baldy happens to be owned by a company that is owned by Rebecca's love interest Robin Colcord. Upon hearing this, she changes her tune instantly and says the product is great! She even demonstrates the Lady Baldy on the air and her voice cracks and she fights back tears of pain as the device chews on her legs.
This is something people just don't seem to need anymore, but there was a time when people could add-on a spa mechanism to their ill equipped bathtubs. I'm just not sure how relaxed I would be with an electrical device so close to the tub. I've seen Groundhog Day.
The 1989 Sear Wishbook features the latest styling trends, like these European style mom jeans that featured 6 pockets. The jeans were tailored with an extremely high waist allowing the wearist to place a lovely brown leather belt just below her breasts.
Besides poaching eggs this device from Conair presses neat designs into your hair. This looks like something the Lubbuck babes would have owned and used before a hot date.
No this woman wasn't dared by malevolent peers to inch her face ever close to an oscillating fan. Its the Windmere Curly Top! This device solves the problem of what do you do if you want to dry your hair, but the said hair is curly and you want it to stay that way. It works great on mullets too. (see inset)
These were a thing for a while. Trouble is, despite what they could do for moms hair, they looked and acted just like bendy toys and most likely ended up in the | 2,932 |
Saint-Gobain Glass is challenging the hard-coat domestic retrofit market with the launch of SGG E-CLEAR A, an entry-level low-emissivity (low-E) glass designed to achieve a minimum WER 'B' Rating but with a number of specific advantages over existing online products.
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Saint-Gobain Glass has constantly pushed the boundaries in high performance offline coated products. The introduction of SGG E-CLEAR A now significantly widens the appeal of the low-E glass range, bringing it within reach of those customers who rely on fine distribution who may also be working with limited processing machinery.
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Farthest Known Planet Opens the Door For Finding New Earths
by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA)
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Seattle, WA-Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, MA, announced today they have detected the most distant extrasolar planet (OGLE-TR-56b) ever found in the constellation Sagittarius using a new method that could lead to the discovery of Earth-like worlds around nearby stars. Their achievement establishes the transit technique as the most accurate tool available to astronomers today with the potential for finding Earth-like planets in the future.
"We stand on the threshold of a new era of exploration and discovery. It only happens once in the history of an intelligent species and we are closing in on it," said Harvard astronomer and CfA team leader Dimitar Sasselov. "As in the Golden Age of Exploration in the 16th century, we have found a better way to detect new worlds in our own Milky Way galaxy that paves the way for future planetary discoveries."
Extrasolar planets are hard to detect because of their great distances and because they do not produce any light of their own. The feeble sunlight they do reflect back into space is lost in the glare of their sun.
In the past, astronomers have used radial velocity Doppler measurements of nearby 'wobbling' stars to deduce the existence of giant planets. They have also used astrometric measurements to detect the slight "to and fro" motion of stars caused by giant planets orbiting them.
In transit searches, astronomers look for systems where, from our point of view, a planet passes directly in front of the parent star it is orbiting. The planet blocks a tiny fraction of the star's light, causing the star to periodically dim. The effect is small, like a mosquito flying in front of a searchlight two hundred miles away, but still detectable. These measurements yield more accurate information regarding the size of the planet and its orbital characteristics than is possible using any other current method. It also extends the stellar search field from 40 thousand current stellar candidates to 100 million or more. While one other extrasolar planet (HD 209458b) is known to transit its parent star, that planet was first discovered using the radial velocity technique, which detected the slight gravitational tug the planet exerted on its star.
First Success for a Transit Search
This discovery marks the first success of a search program looking for transiting planets. Astronomers have conducted such searches for a number of years. While surveys that monitor the brightnesses of thousands of stars have turned up dozens of candidate systems, this is the first such system proven to harbor a planet-sized companion.
"Finding planetary candidates through photometric monitoring of stars is a relatively easy and straightforward task which does not require large telescopes. However, for the first time around, confirming that we had indeed found a new planet was a much more challenging task<|fim_middle|> nature of OGLE-TR-56b will appear separately in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) is a joint collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory. CfA scientists organized into seven research divisions study the origin, evolution, and ultimate fate of the universe.
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clafon@cfa.harvard.edu | ," said Caltech astronomer Maciej Konacki, lead author on the paper announcing the discovery.
The researchers' success came from studying 59 candidates identified by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey. The OGLE project searches for "dark matter" objects by monitoring thousands of stars for a brightness change caused by an object passing between the star and the Earth.
Sasselov's team succeeded in discovering the transiting planet by systematically eliminating imposters. They first examined the 59 OGLE candidates spectroscopically using the 1.5-meter telescope at Fred L. Whipple Observatory, Arizona, and the 6.5-meter Magellan telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile. Most of the systems were found to be binary star systems where the companion was a faint, stellar-mass object.
Five candidates remained as potential planetary systems because they showed small or undetectable radial velocity variations. Konacki and the CfA team then examined those candidates more closely using the HIRES instrument (High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer) at the Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The HIRES observations confirmed that the star designated OGLE-TR-56 was a single star orbited by a Jupiter-sized planet and a strange one indeed.
"Our success depended on efficiently eliminating binary stars using smaller telescopes," said Konacki. "The remaining planetary candidates were then confirmed using the largest optical telescope in the world, the 10-meter Keck I telescope in Hawaii. Our time on Keck was critical to achieving this discovery."
A Distant Planet "On The Edge"
The planet OGLE-TR-56b found by Sasselov's team is quite unique among the approximately 100 known extrasolar planets. Firstly, it is more than 20 times farther away than any currently known planet orbiting a normal star. In fact, it is the first planetary system found outside our local neighborhood - the Orion spiral arm that contains the Sun. The new planet orbits a star located in the Sagittarius arm, which is a spiral arm of stars adjacent to ours and closer to the Galaxy center.
The newfound planet is also unique because it orbits closer to its star than any other known planet, only four stellar radii away, or 50 times closer than the Earth is to the Sun. This Jupiter-sized world whips around its star every 29 hours (as compared to the 88-day orbit of Mercury and the 365-day orbit of Earth) and is baked to a temperature of 3,100 degrees Fahrenheit (2,000 Kelvin).
A handful of "hot Jupiters" have been found, the closest taking only 3 days to revolve around its parent star. However, finding a still closer-in planet was a surprise. Theorists have explained the existence of "hot Jupiters" by hypothesizing that the planet forms farther out in the disk of primordial material surrounding a newborn star. The gas giant then migrates inward, pulled by disk matter closer to the star and pushed by disk matter farther out. Any planet that moved too far inward was expected to be pushed completely into the star, where it would be swallowed up and destroyed.
Sasselov explains the existence of this newfound world by invoking mass transfer. When the planetary system was forming about 4 billion years ago, the planet migrated inward so close to the star that some of the planet's atmosphere was pulled off into the star. After losing about half of its original mass, the planet spiraled back outward to its current, stable location. This "dance" between the planet and its star lasted for about a million years. By the time the planet reached its current orbit, the protoplanetary disk from which it formed had dissipated, so there was nothing left to push the lucky survivor in to its final destruction.
By measuring the system's velocity wobble, the astronomers derived a mass for the planet of 0.9 Jupiter masses. The magnitude of dimming during transits showed that the planet's size (diameter) is about 1.3 times that of Jupiter, showing that the planet is a gas giant, similar in density to Saturn.
Intriguingly, the temperature of OGLE-TR-56b's upper atmosphere is theoretically just right to form clouds, not of water vapor, but of iron atoms. Earlier this year, astronomers reported evidence for iron rain on brown dwarfs. However, such storms only occur over a short portion of a brown dwarf's lifetime, while the newly discovered 4 billion year-old OGLE-TR-56b should still be experiencing this exotic weather, thanks to strong heating from the nearby star.
The Most Promising Way to Find New Earths
Seeking planets by looking for transits offers several advantages over radial velocity and astrometric studies. Transit searches offer greater efficiency, enabling astronomers to examine many more stars in a shorter period of time. It also opens the door for studying hundreds of thousands of new very distant stars like OGLE-TR-56 located 5,000 light-years away. Transit searches also can detect smaller planets and help measure their sizes and densities.
Radial velocity searches, on the other hand, are approaching the limit of current technology. These searches are limited to nearby, bright stars within a hundred or so light-years by the need to collect large amounts of light. Researchers cannot study farther, fainter stars until larger telescopes are built. Nor can they detect planets much smaller than Neptune because the velocity shifts due to the planet are masked by noise in the velocity shifts from the star itself. These techniques will not find smaller Earth-like planets in life-supporting orbits.
"Yes, we are excited," says Sasselov. "We are at the leading edge of extrasolar planet research and we are getting closer and closer to finding new habitable worlds like our own. Here at the CfA we are currently conducting three more transit searches that use complementary strategies for locating new planets. Undoubtedly, more discoveries will come in the near future."
In the next ten years, ground-based transit searches will be complemented by space-based searches. For example, NASA's planned Kepler mission will monitor thousands of stars over a four-year period, searching for transiting planets. Kepler will be sensitive enough to detect Earth-sized worlds, if any exist, around several hundred nearby stars. These studies will then lead to the ambitious Terrestrial Planet Finder mission, which will examine extrasolar planets for signs of life. CfA astronomers, like Lewis and Clark, are contributing to the Kepler mission to be launched in 2006 by scouting out new candidates for future exploration and making initial observations of them. CfA researchers also are developing new instrument technologies that may be used on NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder Mission to be launched between 2012-15.
This research will be reported in the January 23, 2003 issue of the scientific journal Nature. In addition to Sasselov and Konacki, participating researchers were Guillermo Torres of CfA and Saurabh Jha of UC Berkeley. A paper on the formation and | 1,473 |
Zen Gardens 2 in Kyoto
KENNIN-JI, HOJO, DAIGOJI, HONEN-IN
Zen gardens with their gravel patterns are usually the first association people have when thinking about Japanese gardens.
Reduced colors and little vegetation let the eye rest and calm the mind, giving<|fim_middle|>oto Temples in photos and comments
Zen Tempels in Kyoto: MYOSHIN-JI, KENNIN-JI, GINKAKUJI, TOFUKUJI, DAITOKU-JI
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Zen gardens are notable for the stark rocks-and-sand landscapes,
which we tend to think of as visual renderings of satori, the state of enlightenment.
KENNIN-JI
is the oldest Zen Temple in Kyoto.
Buddhism, founded by Buddha approximately 2500 years ago,
teaches that the inherent suffering of life can be transcended through equanimity, wisdom and compassion.
Gardening plays important role in teaching. "The garden of the sound of the tide" is full name of Kennin-ji. A set of three stones represent Buddha and two Zen monks.
Square garden is in front of the priests living quarters, abbots quarters and reception room. Design is based on the famous calligraphic work. The idea behind the "circle, triangle, square" is that all things in this universe are represented by these forms.
HOJO ZEN GARDEN
is best known for its rock garden, the rock as they say resemble tigers and their young flowing through the water. Also highly valued are paintings on fusuma (sliding door), which include more realistic illustration of tigers on the golden leaves. Visitors enter the complex of buildings Hojo by the former kitchen of the temple, where you can also find a small tea house overlooking a miniature waterfall behind the window.
DAIGOJI GARDEN
Located in eastern Kyoto, Daigoji Temple is a UNESCO World Heritage site and the location of a hanami party organized by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 16th century. Daigoji is known for its weeping cherry trees in the Sanboin Garden.
HONEN-IN GARDEN
Starting from a incredibly picturesque approach that ends up in the moss covered gate, Honen-in works its magic on the visitors from the start.
Once inside you pass a beautiful stone bridge over a pond where carp swim, followed by a garden covered with moss to find yourself at a secret cave behind the main lobby.
The shallow carp pond is crossed by low bridges and at the back of the temple to your right is a fine statue of Jizo.
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Layered security is an enterprise networking best practice, but expert Brad Casey says products that don't fit together may render layers useless.
In response to increasingly sophisticated malicious actors and malware strands, the layered security strategy became rather fashionable in the not-too-distant-past, and now has become firmly ingrained as a best practice for securing enterprise networks throughout the industry. From an intuitive perspective, it seemed that deploying multiple security devices within a network, each with its own defense vector, offered a kind of redundancy with respect to network defense that seemed to<|fim_middle|> spent five years doing security assessment testing in the U.S. Air Force, and in his spare time, you can find him looking at Wireshark captures and playing with various Linux distros in VMs.
The title and the first paragraph seem to imply that the strategy is passe - "it seemed that deploying..." Um, what's the alternative?
Is it the strategy that's overestimated, or the products?
Of course, no product is the be all end all, which is what the tests show.... but that's the whole point of the strategy in the first place! | make sense on several different levels.
These results alone indicate that deploying endpoint protection in and of itself is an insufficient security approach without being paired with some sort of inline security device.
For example, if an organization deployed a firewall, intrusion prevention system (IPS) and end-point-protection (EPP) system, it was believed that together those products could provide far greater protection through a mix of different capabilities: At the network exterior, the firewall examines incoming packets for bad URLs, IP addresses and other such indicators that can be easily verified in an access control list. Behind the firewall, the IPS examines the content and header information of each packet that was allowed through the firewall, and if any of the packet contents are deemed malicious in accordance with the IPS' list of signatures, the packet is then dropped or blocked. Finally, the EPP system resides on each endpoint device on the network, serving as a last line of defense against any malicious code that may have slipped through the firewall and IPS.
At each point in a given packet's traversal through a network, an increasingly invasive examination is performed in an effort to secure the network, with security administrators everywhere taking comfort in the idea that only the most sophisticated malicious code can successfully penetrate several layers of security devices. However, a report released by the independent security testers at NSS Labs casts doubt on the belief that deploying a layered security approach always increases enterprise network security.
As part of its report on exploit detection failures, NSS Labs decided to test 37 different security devices, including firewalls, next-generation firewalls (NGFWs), and IPS and EPP devices from 24 security vendors against 1,711 known exploits. The chosen exploits were known to affect more than 200 different software vendors, including products from Microsoft, Apple Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. NSS Labs tested the devices in a variety of different combinations in order to determine which pairings were best at detecting the exploits. The results provide an interesting take on the potential failures of a layered security strategy.
Of the 606 different combinations tested, only 19 successfully blocked all exploitation attempts; notably, no device tested individually was able to block all of the exploitations. As for which products worked best together, NSS Labs found that NGFW and IPS combinations were far more effective at blocking known exploits than any combination of EPP systems. For example, the average block failure rate of any NGFW-IPS combination was approximately 0.8%, while the average block failure rate of any EPP combination was an astounding 26%. These results alone indicate that deploying endpoint protection in and of itself is an insufficient security approach without being paired with some sort of inline security device.
So, how should organizations that have taken, or were planning to take, the layered security approach react to this report? First, a significant amount of attention should be paid to the specifics of the report. For example, it should be noted that no security device by itself was able to detect all Microsoft-related exploits directed at it. Microsoft-centric organizations should be cognizant of this fact when deciding which security device combos to deploy.
The report provides plenty of details on how the various combinations performed; I recommend at a minimum reading through the report and taking note of the performance of the products or vendors your organization uses. An apples-to-apples comparison may not be appropriate, but the data may highlight ways in which your products could be underperforming, and how combining them with other technologies could improve your layered security. For instance, one particular combo -- the Sourcefire 3D8250 IPS and Stonesoft 1301 NGFWs -- stood out for me because of how well it appears to have held up during testing. Still, certain products that will work well for one organization won't necessarily be a good fit for another.
A layered security strategy obviously depends, in part, on the security products that make up the layers. SearchSecurity.com expert Brad Casey has more advice that can help your organization decide which products to pursue, including a look at which management features are important for NGFWs and details on how an IPS device can help prevent advanced persistent threats.
To that end, each organization considering or employing a layered security approach should ideally conduct its own testing in accordance with NSS Labs methodology, taking into account its own threat profile and security requirements. This will provide result sets specifically tailored to each organization, and hopefully will produce a clearer picture as to which products will offer the best performance.
Ultimately, employing a layered security strategy with little to no regard for which appliance combinations are actually effective can lead to disastrous results. Despite the potential for failure, layered network security still offers as compelling an answer to the numerous questions being posed by attackers as any current approach does. To ensure better results from such a strategy, security administrators everywhere should thoroughly research different vendor appliance combinations before deploying them, and the above-mentioned NSS Labs report is a wise place to start such a process.
Brad Casey holds a Master of Science degree in information assurance from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and has extensive experience in the areas of penetration testing, public key infrastructure, VoIP and network packet analysis. He is also knowledgeable in the areas of system administration, Active Directory and Windows Server 2008. He | 1,068 |
This $25,000 Manicure Comes With 20 GIA-Graded Diamonds and a Personal Jeweler
A beauty salon in Southern California is offering a $25,000 manicure package that includes premium champagne, French-imported pastries, spa treatments, 20 GIA-graded diamonds and the expert assistance of a personal jeweler.
Catering to the ritzy clientele of Irvine and Newport Beach, Calif., Images Luxury Nail Lounge recently introduced three bling-tastic offerings ranging in price from $500 to $25,000.
The most luxurious of the packages is called "Glitz & Glamicure." For a service fee of $10,000 to $25,000, the salon will close its doors to the pubic and lavish the customer with a long list of elite services. Each client will sip premium champagne and eat French-imported pastries while consulting with a personal jeweler in the selection of 20 GIA-graded diamonds that will be used in the manicure design.
In additional to the diamond-adorned manicure, the "Glitz & Glamicure" package comes with an hour-long message, rejuvenating luxury facial and the Images Celebrity Makeover, which includes eyelash extensions and a waxing/threading service.
General manager Tony Nguyen told the Orange County Register that six clients have already earned "bragging rights" for being the first to indulge in the "Glitz & Glamicure" package.
"We have clients that request services like this, so when we decided to do a luxurious menu, we talked with them about all the things they would want together," Nguyen told refinery29.com. "I can't tell you their names, but there are<|fim_middle|> want to really splurge once in a while."
The spa's second-tier package, the Gold Rush Manicure by Models Own, carries a price tag ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 and takes place in a private suite. A-listers will bask in gilded luxury as their nails are applied with Models Own Gold Rush lacquer, said to be the second-most-expensive nail polish in the world at $130,000 per bottle. The effect, according to Bornrich.com, are nails that "shine like diamonds on a platter of gold." The application of 24-karat gold flakes takes this manicure to the next level.
The Gold Rush Manicure includes champagne, facial, lash extensions and threading.
The third-tier package, ranging from $500 and $2,500, is the Haute Couture Manicure, which includes diamond nail art (up to 20 diamonds), mineral bath, facial, massage and polish.
Images Luxury Nail Lounge operates salons in Newport Beach and Irvine. A third location, also in Irvine, opened last week.
Photos courtesy of Images Luxury Nail Lounge. | women in Newport and Irvine that | 6 |
Everyone is susceptible to falling. Younger people usually suffer no ill effects or if they do, the injury is minor and causes no long-term harm. Falls among older people, however, are a different story.
Every year, one in three older adults falls but only less than half of them tell their healthcare providers about it. The low number of people who report falling is alarming because falls are the chief cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries in older adults. In fact, more than 90% of hip fractures are caused by falling. The percentage of fractures related to falls is twice<|fim_middle|> inevitable nor do they have to be a natural consequence of ageing. These accidents could be avoided if the patients work together with their family members and caregiver in understanding that they can proactively safeguard themselves from falls. It's also essential for them to develop a positive attitude about keeping themselves healthy and making changes in their lifestyle and surroundings not only for fall prevention but for their overall well-being and health.
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In 2013, the direct medical costs from falls of older patients amounted to $34 billion. In the same year, about 25,500 older adults died from injuries caused by accidental falls.
Falls among older adults happen for a variety of reasons. Muscle weakness, infections, poor eyesight, issues with walking or balance, and hazards in the home are some of them.
Aside from causing fatal injuries, falls could also lead to nonfatal injuries that range from moderate to severe, such as laceration, hip fractures, and head traumas. In addition to the physical effects of a fall, there are also some psychological consequences, such as developing the fear of falling. Unfortunately, older patients who develop the fear of falling tend to restrict their movements, which makes their strength and flexibility deteriorate. This increases the risk of more falls in the future. Moreover, the same fear could keep them from engaging in social activities that are necessary for their mental and emotional health.
Calcium, protein, and essential vitamins are necessary for optimum health and having a balanced diet can help older adults prevent weakness, poor fall recovery, and risk injuries. A diet rich in calcium may also help decrease the negative effects if a fall should occur because calcium makes the bones stronger.
Regular physical exercise helps improve balance and leg strength. This is especially important for older patients so the risk of falling will be lessened as they move around the house or other environments. Tai chi, walking, and water workouts are ideal activities as these exercises are usually not too strenuous. However, it's a good idea to consult a doctor whether you can engage in these workouts. If not, the doctor may suggest other exercises that are better suited to you.
Poor eyesight is a common cause of falling. Patients can sometimes perceive objects as being closer or farther than they are and in some instances, they don't see objects in their paths altogether. To avoid accidents caused by eye conditions, such as glaucoma and cataracts, get your eyes checked at least once a year and make sure that your eyeglasses are updated so your vision will be maximized.
Some medicines or combinations of medicines can cause dizziness and drowsiness, which could increase the risk of falls in elderly patients. If you are taking more than four medications at a time, develop a good medication management plan and ask your doctor or pharmacist to review all the medicines you are taking.
Many things in the home could increase the risk of patient falls. To reduce the risk, rearrange the furniture to make wide and clear paths for walking, get rid of worn or slippery rugs, and make sure that objects are not left lying on the floor. Adequate lighting should be provided in areas where you usually spend your time in and grab rails should be installed in the bathroom, the kitchen, and other places in the house where falls are most likely to occur.
The elderly sometimes overestimate their abilities to do certain activities. Standing on unsteady chairs, climbing ladders, or moving without the assistance of prescribed devices are some behaviors that can increase the risk of falls. Although refraining from doing these activities could make your mobility limited, it's more important to be cautious to avoid accidents that could lead to more complications.
Loose footwear could be the cause of tripping or falling so make sure that you wear shoes that fit you perfectly. Choose shoes that have non-slip, textured soles with good ankle support to help you be balanced and stable on your feet. Avoid wearing slippers or going barefoot.
Walking aids, such as a walker or a cane are helpful in the reduction of falls in seniors who have difficulty walking steadily. It is crucial, however, to consult a physiotherapist first before getting a walking aid because the wrong one could actually increase the risk of injuries due to falls.
For most patients, fall prevention means making changes in their homes, the use of mobility aids, or the restriction of their activities. This is particularly true among older adults so it is important to educate them in this area in a way that promotes a realistic but positive attitude. To do this, family members and caregivers should emphasize the need for engaging in activities that improve balance, strength, and stability instead of highlighting the need to avoid the risks. For instance, instead of asking patients to avoid climbing the stairs as much as they can, patients should be encouraged to exercise to develop their leg muscles and their ability to maintain their balance during movement. This strategy improves the patients' view of exercise and allows them to actively participate in the activity to protect themselves from falls.
Older adults are often hesitant to acknowledge falls or to participate in interventions because (1) they are afraid that others will perceive them adversely, (2) they think that falls are part of ageing, or (3) they are ashamed to admit that they are losing control over their own bodies. These concerns are all valid but redirecting their focus to the benefits will make them more likely to participate in the initiatives. Because it's important for older patients to be in good health, to avoid becoming too dependent on the people around them, and to be sociable and interesting, some of the benefits that you could discuss with your ward are increased confidence, heightened independence, and the improvement in their ability to take a more active role in society.
Patients come in all shapes, sizes, and dispositions. Some like being in a group while others prefer the one-on-one approach. There are patients who like to keep the company of only people who share the same social standing, religious beliefs, cultural background, ethnicity, and even gender while there are those who have no such preferences. In any case, designing the fall prevention initiatives while taking into account the personality of the patient will go a long way in keeping him or her engaged in the activities.
Adults are more open to participating and adhering to fall prevention initiatives when their participation in the decision-making process is encouraged. Therefore, patients should be involved in creating or selecting the kind of initiative, the different forms of the same initiative, and the goals they want to achieve.
Contrary to what most people think, falls are not | 1,269 |
The "Tyranny of the OR" is a restrictive approach to decision-making that dictates a solitary choice between one of two seemingly contradictory strategies or outcomes — facilitating the necessary exclusion of the other. While frequently embraced by even billion-dollar corporations, this confining, restrictive approach is a tyrannical method of decision-making that can be avoided by individuals and companies alike.
While Collins' and Porras' book examines trends of "visionary" American companies, or the "truly exceptional and long-lasting companies [that] have an average age of nearly 100 years and have outperformed the general stock market by a factor of fifteen since<|fim_middle|>ness' and 'flexibility.' Upon closer examination, however, the scenario is hardly so black-and-white.
As with developing a "highly visionary" business strategy, the pursuit of dreams often beckons that one find a creative, inclusive third option when faced with the dilemma of a stark "either/or" situation. | 1926," the authors' advice about embracing an approach of strategic inclusion — even in common decision-making situations in everyday life — can greatly benefit visionary individuals, especially in the pursuit of their dreams and goals.
"On the surface, this dilemma would seem to be represented by the stark differences between 'perseverance' and 'feebleness,' or 'stubborn | 75 |
REVERE — The stakes were high for the Revere football team last week when the Patriots hosted Classical. Revere had already dropped its first two games of the season and the Patriots were hoping to avoid a three-game losing streak.
Lucas Barbosa and his teammates answered the bell.
Barbosa ran for 105 rushing yards and scored a touchdown in Revere's 19-16 overtime win over the Rams, helping his team earn a much-needed victory for its first win of the season.
"We played as a team," Barbosa, a junior running back/corner back in his second season on the varsity team, said. "We were down for a good part of the game. We never doubted ourselves. We worked together and grinded it out.
Barbosa's touchdown last Friday was a momentum-changing play that helped reel Revere back into the game. Classical took an 8-0 lead on its second drive of the game before the Patriots found the end zone on Barbosa's 84-yard jet sweep.
The Patriots haven't had many breaks during the early portion of the season. Aside from starting its schedule with games against Gloucester, Marblehead and Classical (three teams that qualified for the state tournament last year), Revere lost starting quarterback Calvin Boudreau to injury in Week 2.
The good news for Cicatelli is the Patriots have plenty of reliable running backs to carry the bulk of the touches and add new dimensions to the offense. Barbosa, with speed and good hands, is one of them.
"Lucas is solid as they come," Cicatelli said. "He's a great kid, a good team player. He's one of the fastest kids on the team. He's very effective inside and outside. He also has great hands so he's a solid back and a threat to score every time he touches the ball.
Barbosa missed the season opener at Gloucester with an arm injury he suffered during the preseason. He returned for Week 2's loss at Marblehead. In two games this season, Barbosa has tallied 210 rushing yards on 19 carries for two touchdowns and three receptions for 30 yards.
"I feel I'm having a pretty good season," Barbosa said. "I missed the first game but I made up for it in the past two games. I have two touchdowns, a couple receptions, a bunch of tackles on defense. As long as the team's getting better, I feel good things are coming.
As the season progresses, Cicatelli said the expectations for Barbosa, and the rest of the team, continue to elevate.
Barbosa and Revere visit Peabody Friday night (7).
Gloucester at Classical (7): The 2-1 Rams welcome an undefeated Gloucester (3-0) team to Manning Field Friday night. Gloucester struggled with Beverly in Week 2 but handled Revere and Somerville in Weeks 1 and 3, respectively. The Fishermen carry a multitude of running backs, including Marc Smith and Jan Pena Ortiz. Pena Ortiz ran for 233 yards in last week's win over the Highlanders. Classical suffered its first loss of the young season last week at Revere, a 19-16 OT win for the Patriots. The Rams will look to avoid a two-game slide.
Lynnfield at Winthrop (7): The Pioneers (0-3) continue their early season travels with a trip to Miller Field, still in search of their first win of the 2018 season. Both teams are looking to bounce back after tough losses last Friday when the Vikings (1-2) fell Swampscott and the Pioneers lost to Amesbury.
Arlington Catholic at Fenwick (7): The Crusaders went back to their winning ways last week with a huge 33-7 win over Pentucket at Donaldson Stadium. David Cifuentes carried Fenwick to victory with 187 rushing yards on 10 carries and three touchdowns. Sophomore quarterback Chrys Wilson tossed two touchdown passes. Now it's time for Fenwick (2-1) to open the Catholic Central League portion of its schedule.
Westford Academy at St. John's (7): The Eagles fell to 2-1 on the season with last week's loss at Everett but Prep coach Brian St. Pierre was pleased with his team's effort in competing against the Crimson Tide. Aise Pream helped propel a second-half Eagles rushing attack. Prep quarterback Matt Crowley ran for a touchdown and threw for another.
Danvers at Malden (7): Danvers has outscored its opponents 99-21 through its first three games of the season, en route to a 3-0 start with big wins over Masconomet, Peabody and Medford. The Golden Tornados (0-3), on the other hand, were blanked by Beverly last Friday and are still searching for their first victory of the season.
Northeast at Tech (10): The Tigers (3-0) kick-off a Saturday triple-header at Manning Field. In last Saturday's victory over Minuteman, Giuliani Daniells caught three passes from quarterback David Barrios for 143 yards and scored one touchdown. Chance Buono and Haidar Bdaiwi each ran for two touchdowns. Northeast (2-1) carries a pair of bruising backs in Zach Sanderson and Connor Joseph.
S<|fim_middle|> the Sachems' victory. Saugus (1-2) visits an English (2-1) team looking to bounce back from last Friday's loss to Malden Catholic. Bulldogs quarterback Matt Severance scored three touchdowns on the ground and threw for another.
Spellman at St. Mary's (7): The Spartans would like to erase any memory of last Friday's loss to Catholic Memorial, a game in which the Knights scored on five of their six first-half drives. The Spartans couldn't do much to contain a balanced Catholic Memorial offense. Patrick Henry and George Freeman each scored a touchdown for St. Mary's (1-2), who opens CCL play Saturday night. | alem at Swampscott (12): The Witches (2-1) are coming off their first loss of the season. Swampscott (3-0) rolled past Winthrop last Friday with a 40-6 win at Miller Field. Big Blue quarterback Graham Inzana, in his first season as Swampscott's starter, is quickly coming into his own. Inzana threw for 233 yards in last week's win and Dylan January ran for three touchdowns.
Marblehead at Beverly (1): Despite last Friday's win over Peabody, Magicians coach Jim Rudloff felt a bit disappointed with his team's slow start. Marblehead didn't earn a first down until late in the first half but remained undefeated (3-0) with the win over the Tanners. Tim Cronin scored two touchdowns and continued his stellar start to the season. After tough losses to English and Gloucester, the Panthers (1-2) earned their first win of the year last Friday at Malden.
Saugus at English (2): Behind 170 rushing yards from Marvens Jean, the Sachems earned their first win last Saturday over Salem. Jean scored on a 75-yard sweep to the end zone and Mason Nickolas connected with Christian Correia for a 55-yard touchdown strike to seal | 277 |
Comcast Posts Strong 1Q
By Multi Channel News Staff
Comcast Corp. reported consolidated net income of $65 million in the first quarter of 2004, or $0.03 per share, compared with a consolidated net loss from continuing operations of $355 million ($0.16) in the year-ago period.
The company sold its 5<|fim_middle|> our customers can access our HDTV service; and by the end of this year, digital-video recorders will be available across our entire footprint."
Roberts continued, "Similarly, our high-speed Internet service is continually enhanced to offer features like streaming content that serve to further differentiate our broadband product."
As for telephony, Roberts said, "We are enthusiastic about voice-over-Internet-protocol technology as we begin to deploy voice services in several of our markets. It provides another way to offer consumers more communications choices and features."
He added, "These new services are possible because of our upgraded networks, which provide an unparalleled platform to deliver enhanced services to our customers and increasing value to our shareholders."
Mediacom Posts Strong 1Q
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The Day After: Cablevision Posts Strong 1Q
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Comcast Roars In 1Q
'Comcastic' 1Q Meets Expectations | 7% ownership interest in QVC Inc. in September, so QVC's results prior to its sale are presented as discontinued operations.
Consolidated revenue was $4.908 billion versus $4.466 billion in the first quarter of 2003. Consolidated operating cash flow rose to $1.733 billion from $1.428 billion in the prior-year period.
Comcast Cable Communications Inc. posted revenue of $4.647 billion for the quarter, a 9.8% jump from $4.231 billion in the first quarter of 2003.
The MSO said it added 35,000 basic subscribers and 192,000 digital-cable customers during the period.
Comcast said 176,000 subscribers signed up for its HDTV service, giving it a quarter-end total of 469,000 HDTV customers, up 60% from the fourth quarter of 2003.
As for high-speed data, the MSO added 394,000 customers to finish the first quarter with nearly 5.7 million, representing a penetration rate of 15.7%.
Comcast said it generated average revenue per subscriber of $42.46, up more than $1 from fourth-quarter-2003 levels.
"We continue to make each of our services even more compelling by adding new features and applications that provide more value to our customers," CEO Brian Roberts said in a prepared statement.
"Our video service offers more choices than ever before, including digital cable, on-demand, high-definition programming and digital-video recorders," he added. "Today, more than 11 million subscribers have access to Comcast On Demand, our video-on-demand service; nearly 19 million of | 387 |
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The buzzwords have all changed, and investment books have gone negative<|fim_middle|> life of a man-boy genius would be so ungrammatically dramatic?
By the way, Steve Harmon's 2001 book "Zero Velocity," a nonfiction guide to the rough and tumble world of venture capital, currently ranks No. 247,300 in Amazon's tally.
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CHICAGO (CNN/Money) - Last year, the buzzword on every tech executive's lips was "visibility." (It was often preceded by the words "lack of," as companies that used to confidently predict clear skies forever suddenly decided they couldn't see a foot in front of them.)
These days, execs seem to be taking their cues from Snuggles the fabric softener bear, as companies ranging from giants like AOL (parent company of this Web site) to eBags ("the world's leading online provider of bags and accessories for all lifestyles") cite "softness" in the economy as a sort of catch-all explanation (or perhaps simply an excuse) for results that are less than stellar.
My favorite use of the term comes in this convoluted mess of corporate verbiage found in the earnings release issued after the bell Tuesday by US Unwired, a Louisiana-based wireless-communications company:
"Historically, demand for new wireless services has been weak in our markets during the second quarter," company President and CEO Robert Piper said in a statement. "This year, that softness was compounded as we curtailed demand by requiring a deposit from credit-challenged customers in our southern markets and experienced high involuntary disconnects in our sub-prime credit classes."
In other words: We decided it wasn't so smart to keep signing up so many deadbeats.
Dow 3600?
I recently did a little poking around on Amazon.com to see what investors are reading (or at least buying) these days. The No. 1 investment book, at least among Amazon shoppers? Robert Prechter's "Conquer the Crash," a gloom-and-doomy how-to guide intended to help investors avoid becoming "zombie-eyed victim[s]" of the "deflationary depression" that the author thinks is right around the corner.
That got me wondering how some of the ultra-bullish books of a few years back are doing these days. Not too well it turns out. "Dow 36,000," James Glassman and Kevin Hassett's guide to "Profiting From the Coming Rise in the Stock Market," has slipped to No. 23,632 on Amazon's ongoing tally of sales. Meanwhile, "Dow 40,000: Strategies for Profiting From the Greatest Bull Market in History" has dropped to No. 48,865.
These books may not be drawing many new customers, but they're still drawing some rather icy customer reviews. "Dow 36,000," Matt from Connecticut, USA writes, "Hahahahahahahahahaha. That's a good one. Dow 36,000. Haha. And to think that once upon a time this thesis was taken seriously. Hahahahahaha. Haha. Heh. ::wipes tears from eyes::."
Do No Harmon
It wasn't that long ago that Internet booster Henry Blodget left Merrill Lynch to write a book (that was the reason he gave, anyway). But Blodget is not the only bubble-era tech-stock guru with literary ambitions.
Take Steve Harmon, whom you may vaguely remember from a couple years back when he was being celebrated in the press as an independent tech stock "visionary." Harmon appeared regularly on CNBC and day traders gobbled up his stock picks.
He even started his own mutual fund, the immodestly named e-harmon Internet fund. As the tech market crashed, so did Harmon's little empire. The fund was shuttered and a scathing article in Business Week accused him of soliciting money for business ventures from tech executives "while talking up their stocks." Today, he writes a pricey tech newsletter.
But he's also writing a novel -- a sort of sci-fi thriller about a dashing young inventor who develops a computer chip that's part animal tissue, part silicon. In hopes of luring readers in, he's put the first two chapters of Hybrids online.
It's not just bad; it's "Plan 9 From Outer Space" bad, overstuffed with hackneyed ideas, clich�-ridden run-on sentences and other grave offenses against the English language. Here's a little excerpt, in which "man-boy genius" Ben Cormac hangs "by his fingertips" from the Golden Gate Bridge (and no, we don't know why):
Arms up stretched overhead like a hanging rag doll, Cormac's navy blue suit gripped hard under his arm pits [sic] ... Cormac's thoughts raced. Things like this didn't happen to university inventor of the year [sic], who just a few years ago graduated with honors from the Stanford Graduate School of Business...Class valedictorian and an IQ of 180 didn't matter now. Time for gross motor skills and brute force.
Who would have thought the | 1,051 |
THE FLATS FORM PART OF A BRICK AND TILED MID TERRACE PROPERTY which is believed to be of Georgian origin. The flats are self-contained with a separate entrance from the street and separate from the ground floor shop which is not included in the sale. The flats are covered by the Council Selective Licensing Scheme.
A copy of the full Energy Performance Certificates are available<|fim_middle|>ounge: 16' x 11' 5" (4.88m x 3.48m). Rear aspect. Fitted carpet. Heater.
Kitchen: 7' 5" x 7' 2" (2.26m x 2.18m). Rear aspect. Wall part tiled. Worktops with inset sink and with drawers and cupboards under. Wall mounted cupboards.
Bedroom: 13' 10" x 11' 5" (4.22m x 3.48m). Front aspect. Fitted carpet. Heater.
Bathroom: 9' 3" x 7' 7" (2.82m x 2.31m). Obscured window. Walls part tiled. Panelled bath. Hand basin. W.C.
We are informed by the Vendor that the properties will be sold leasehold with a 125 year term.
Both flats are let on Assured Shorthold tenancies. Flat 1 is let at a rent of £395 per calendar month and Flat 2 is let at a rent of £375 per calendar month. | for inspection at our office.
Each flat has been assessed Band 'A' payable to Peterborough City Council.
Hall: Fitted carpet. Storage cupboard.
Bathroom: 8' 1" x 7' 6" (2.46m x 2.28m). Obscured window and skylight. Panelled bath. Hand basin. Close coupled W.C. Radiator.
Hall: 8' 5" x 3' (2.56m x 0.91) plus 4' 7" x 3' 9" (1.40m x 1.14m). Built-in cupboard.
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In music, we often look to the lyrics to glean what the emotional content of a song might be. However, in many genres, such as electronic music, language ends up breaking down and sentimental cues are absent. Kentucky-based electronic producer Ellie Herring proves that words can be distilled<|fim_middle|> remix, Milo's vocals are bottled down into oohs that resemble a lonely siren call. Spacey synths undulate below cavernous vocals until the song builds to a fast-tempo catharsis. | while emotions can be amplified in her remix of Rainy Milo's "This Thing Of Ours". The song was originally the title track off the London-based artist's debut album released in 2014. It's a song about the fear of getting left behind and the pain of holding out hope, encapsulated lyrically ("She held the ground for you / When you didn't know what to do"). On Herring's 2014 EP Chipped, she displayed an ability to channel introspection in creative ways. In this | 110 |
Dwight Bain, M.A. and Catherine Hart Weber, Ph.D.
Coaching is a vital new helping field that is growing daily. Dwight Bain and Catherine Hart Weber help you understand this new skill and<|fim_middle|> techniques for Life Coaching. This lesson will offer techniques and practices that will assist you in helping your coaching clients make progress and experience breakthroughs.
Is Life Coaching a fad or does it have a real future? Life Coach, Dwight Bain, gives his view of the future of Christian coaching and helps explore its role in your future. | how it differs from other helping professions such as counseling.
Richard Eley, Ph.D.; Katie Brazelton, M.Div., Ph.D.; Catherine Hart Weber, Ph.D. and Sandra Dopf, B.S.
This panel of experts explores the biblical basis for the field of coaching and provides theological grounding as you launch into this new area of study.
There are many theories and models of coaching. Christian counselor and life coach, Georgia Shaffer, explains some of the basic theories and helps you understand how to develop an effective model of life coaching that will help your clients make effective changes in all areas of their lives.
Some of the core skills for the coaching profession are the same as the counseling profession: building a relationship and learning to effectively communicate with the client. Dr. Catherine Hart Weber helps you develop the core skills of building rapport, listening, and other foundational techniques.
In this lesson, Georgia Shaffer helps you learn some advanced coaching skills. You will also view helpful role-plays to facilitate building your advanced skills.
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"Trust is everything," according to Life Coach, Dwight Bain. He leads you through basic ethical guidelines and standards of practice for this new field of life coaching. Dwight also teaches you how to build and maintain trust with your clients—the most critical tool of effective life coaching.
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Being a highly skilled coach will prove pointless if you have no clients! Dwight Bain helps you understand the "business" of coaching and how to build a thriving and financially viable practice in Life Coaching, while helping people improve their lives.
Panel—Catherine Hart Weber, Ph.D.; Dwight Bain, M.A.; Sandra Dopf, B.S.; Katie Brazelton, M.Div., Ph.D. and Georgia Shaffer, M.A.
There are many types of coaching—from executive coaching to spiritual coaching to divorce coaching. This panel of expert coaches helps you explore possible specialties and gives you keys for determining your niche in the field of coaching.
Catherine Hart Weber, Ph.D.; Sylvia Frejd, M.A.; Katie Brazelton, M.Div., Ph.D.; Georgia Shaffer, M.A.; Sandra Dopf, B.S.; Dwight Bain, M.A.; Richard Eley, Ph.D. and Jennifer Cisney, M.A.
The entire AACC Life Coaching faculty shares their creative | 564 |
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (Clausthal, — Baden-Baden, ) foi um médico, patologista e bacteriologista alemão. Foi um dos fundadores da microbiologia e um dos principais responsáveis pela actual compreensão da epidemiologia das doenças transmissíveis.
As suas principais contribuições para a ciência médica incluem a descoberta e a descrição do agente do carbúnculo e do seu ciclo, a etiologia da infecção traumática, os métodos de fixação e de coloração de bactérias para estudo no microscópio, com respectiva identificação e classificação; e a descoberta, em 1882, do bacilo da tuberculose (i.e. Myobacterium tuberculosis, também denominado de bacilo de Koch) e sua responsabilização etiológica. O seu primeiro artigo sobre essa descoberta contém a primeira declaração do que veio a ser conhecido pelos postulados de Koch.
Em 1883, ele descobriu — ou redescobriu, segundo alguns autores — o Vibrio cholerae. Sendo contemplado com o Nobel de Fisiologia ou Medicina de 1905.
Biografia
Robert Koch nasceu em Clausthal, nas Montanhas Altas de Harz, na Alemanha. Era o terceiro de treze irmãos. Filho de Mathilde (1818–1871) e Hermann Koch (1814–1877) um engenheiro de mineração.
Formação
Cursou o ensino secundário numa escola local, onde mostrou interesse em biologia e, como seu pai, um forte ímpeto para viajar.
Em 1862, aos 19 anos, foi para a Universidade de Göttingen para estudar medicina, onde influenciado pela visão de seu professor de anatomia Jacob Henle, que publicou em 1840 que as doenças infecciosas eram causadas por organismos vivos, organismos parasitas. Depois de terminar o grau de médico em 1866, aos 23 anos, Koch foi para Berlim por seis meses para estudar química e lá foi influenciado por Rudolf Virchow. Em 1867 ele se estabeleceu, depois de um período como assistente no Hospital Clínico em Hamburgo, na clínica geral, primeiro em Langenhagen e logo depois, em 1869, em Rackwitz, na Província de Posen. Passou no seu exame Regional Médico. Em 1870 voluntariou-se para servir na guerra Franco-Prussiana e de 1872 a 1880 foi médico de Wolsztyn (antes de 1945 Wollstein), onde conduziu suas pesquisas, as quais o colocaram em primeiro lugar no ranking de trabalhos científicos, do século XIX.
Investigação sobre o carbúnculo
O antraz era, na época, comum entre os animais das fazendas da região de Wolsztyn (ao tempo<|fim_middle|>ha (a primeira vez que esta distinção foi dada a um médico), e ordens da Rússia e Turquia. Por muito tempo depois de sua morte ele foi honrado postumamente com memoriais e de outras maneiras em vários países.
Em 1905 recebeu o Nobel de Fisiologia ou Medicina. Em 1906 retornou para a África Central para trabalhar no controle de tripanossomíase humana, e lá ele demonstrou que o atoxyl é tão efetivo contra essa doença quando o quinino é contra malária. Depois Koch continuou seu trabalho experimental em bacteriologia e sorologia.
Em 1866 Koch casou-se com Emmy Fraats, mãe de sua única filha, Gerttrud, nascida em 1865, que se tornou a esposa do Dr. E. Pfuhl. Em 1893 Koch casou com Hedwig Freiberg (24 Julho 1872-16 Junho 1945 (72 anos).
Fatigado pelo excesso de trabalho, morreu em 27 de maio de 1910 vítima de um ataque cardíaco.
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Bibliografia
Brock, Thomas D. Robert Koch: A Life in Medicine and Bacteriology. ASM Press (1999). ISBN 978-1-55581-143-3
Morris, Robert D. The blue death: disease, disaster and the water we drink. HarperCollins (2007). ISBN 978-0-06-073089-5
Ver também
Lista de pessoas consideradas pai ou mãe de um campo científico
Ligações externas
Referências
Nobel de Fisiologia ou Medicina
Laureados da Alemanha com o Nobel
Membros da Academia de Ciências da Prússia
Membros da Academia Real das Ciências da Suécia
Membros estrangeiros da Royal Society
Professores da Universidade Humboldt de Berlim
Inventores da Alemanha
Médicos da Alemanha
Biólogos da Alemanha
Microbiologistas da Alemanha
Bacteriologistas da Alemanha
Epidemiologia
Microbiologia
Bacteriologistas
Alunos da Universidade de Göttingen | Wollstein). Koch, apesar de não ter equipamentos científicos e de estar afastado inteiramente de bibliotecas e contato com outros trabalhos científicos, embarcou num estudo sobre esta doença. O laboratório dele era um apartamento de quatro salas que era a sua casa, e seus equipamentos, além do microscópio que lhe foi dado pela sua mulher, foi ele mesmo quem providenciou. Mais cedo o Bacillus anthracis tinha sido descoberto por Aloys Pollender, Pierre Rayer, e Casimir Davaine, e Koch se determinou a provar cientificamente que este bacilo é, de fato, a causa da doença. Após extrair a bactéria do fígado de uma ovelha infectada, ele a cultivou e injetou em ratos, que desenvolveram a doença. Isso confirmou o trabalho de outros que mostrava que a doença pode ser transmitida pelo sangue de animais infectados pelo bacilo.
Mas isto não satisfez Koch, ele também queria saber se o B. anthracis que nunca tinha entrado em contato com nenhum tipo de animal podia causar doença. Para resolver este problema ele obteve culturas puras de bacilos, cultivando-os em humor aquoso do olho de boi. Estudando, desenhando e fotografando estas culturas, Koch registrou a multiplicação dos bacilos e anotou que, quando as condições lhes são desfavoráveis, eles produzem dentro de si mesmos esporos arredondados os quais podem resistir às condições adversas, especialmente falta de oxigênio e que, quando as condições adequadas de vida são restauradas, os esporos dão origem aos bacilos novamente. Koch cultivou bacilos por várias gerações nestas culturas puras e mostrou que, apesar delas não terem contato com nenhum tipo de animal, eles podem assim mesmo causar antraz.
Os resultados deste trabalho foram demonstrados por Koch a Ferdinand Cohn, professor de botânica da Universidade de Breslau, que promoveu um encontro entre seus colegas para testemunharem esta demonstração, entre os quais estava Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, professor de anatomia patológica. Ambos, Cohn e Cohnheim ficaram profundamente impressionados com o trabalho de Koch e quando Cohn, em 1876, publicou o trabalho de Koch no Botanical Journal do qual ele era editor, Koch imediatamente tornou-se famoso. Ele continuou, todavia, a trabalhar em Wollstein por mais quatro anos e durante este período ele melhorou seus métodos de fixação, coloração, fotografia das bactérias e fez mais um importante trabalho no estudo de doenças nas infecções bacterianas de feridas, publicando seus resultados em 1878. Neste trabalho ele provou, como tinha feito com antraz, uma base prática e cientifica para o controle destas infecções.
Koch ainda estava, de qualquer modo, sem estabelecimento apropriado ou condições para o seu trabalho e não o teve até 1880, quando ele foi indicado a membro do Departamento Imperial da Saúde (Imperial Health Bureau) em Berlim e foi munido, primeiro com uma sala pequena, e depois com um laboratório melhor no qual ele pôde trabalhar com Loeffer, Gaffky e outros, tanto quanto com seus assistentes. Aqui Koch continuou a aperfeiçoar os métodos bacteriológicos que ele esteve usando em Wollstein. Inventou novos métodos para cultivar culturas puras do bacilo em meios sólidos como batata e ágar mantido num tipo especial de recipiente (placa de Petri) inventado pelo seu colega, Julius Richard Petri, o qual é amplamente usado na atualidade. Ele também desenvolveu novos métodos de coloração de bactérias os quais as deixam mais facilmente visível e ajudam a identificá-las. O resultado de todo esse trabalho foi a introdução de métodos pelos quais a bactéria patogênica pôde ser simplesmente e facilmente obtidas em culturas puras, livre de outros organismos e através dos quais elas puderam ser detectadas e identificadas. Koch também decretou as condições conhecidas como Postulados de Koch, os quais devem ser satisfeitos antes que fosse aceito que uma bactéria especifica cause uma doença em particular.
Estudo da tuberculose
Dois anos depois de sua chegada em Berlim descobriu o bacilo da tuberculose e também um método para multiplicá-lo em cultura pura. Em 1882 publicou seu clássico trabalho sobre esses bacilos. Ele ainda estava ocupado com o trabalho sobre a tuberculose quando foi enviado, em 1883, para o Egito como líder da Comissão Alemã da Cólera para investigar o aparecimento da cólera naquele país, e foi lá que descobriu o vibrião, que causa a cólera. Levou culturas puras deste para a Alemanha. Também estudou a cólera na Índia.
Baseado no seu conhecimento sobre biologia e no modo de distribuição do vibrião colérico Koch formulou regras para o controle das epidemias as quais foram aprovadas em Dresden em 1893 e formulou a base para métodos de controle os quais são ainda usados atualmente. Seu trabalho sobre a cólera, o qual lhe rendeu um prêmio de 100 000,00 marcos alemães, também teve uma importante influência sobre os planos para a conservação de suprimentos de água.
Em 1885 Koch foi nomeado Professor de Higiene da Universidade de Berlim e diretor do recém formado Instituto de Higiene desta Universidade. Em 1890 foi nomeado general brigadeiro de I Classe e Cidadão Honorário da Cidade de Berlim. Em 1891 se tornou professor honorário da faculdade de Medicina de Berlim e diretor do novo Instituto para doenças Infecciosas.
Durante esse período Koch retornou ao seu trabalho sobre a tuberculose. Ele buscou prender a doença por meio de uma preparação, a qual ele chamou de tuberculina, feita a partir de culturas do bacilo da tuberculose. Ele fez duas preparações deste tipo e as chamou de nova e velha tuberculina respectivamente, e sua primeira comunicação sobre a velha tuberculina provocou considerável controvérsia. Infelizmente o poder de cura que Koch alegou para esta preparação estava grandemente exagerada e, por causa da esperança que ele provocou e que não foi cumprida, a opinião ficou contra isto e contra Koch. A nova tuberculina foi anunciada por Koch em 1896, e o valor de cura dela também foi um desapontamento, mas isto levou, contudo, à descoberta de substâncias de valor diagnóstico. Com a Etiologia da Tuberculose, Koch conseguiu, pela primeira vez na história, identificar um micro-organismo patogênico. Por este trabalho sobre a bactéria da tuberculose, ele recebeu o Prêmio Nobel de Medicina em 1905.
As viagens de Koch
Em 1896 Koch foi para a África do Sul para estudar a origem da Peste Bovina e apesar de não identificar a causa da doença ele conseguiu limitar o aparecimento dela injetando bílis em animais de fazenda, retirada de vesícula biliar de animais infectados. A partir daí seguiram-se trabalhos na Índia e na África sobre a malária, febre da água preta (uma complicação da Malária — caracterizada por hemólise intravascular), Surra de gado e cavalos e Peste, e a publicação de suas observações sobre essas doenças em 1898. Logo depois de seu retorno para a Alemanha viajou para a Itália e para os trópicos onde ele confirmou o trabalho de Sir Ronald Ross sobre malária e fez um importante trabalho sobre a etiologia das diferentes formas de malária e seus tratamentos/controles com quinino.
Foi durante esses últimos anos de sua vida que Koch chegou a conclusão de que o bacilo que causa a tuberculose humana e bovina não são idênticos e a sua constatação sobre esse ponto de vista no Congresso Médico Internacional sobre a Tuberculose em Londres em 1901 causou muita controvérsia e oposição, mas sabe-se hoje que o ponto de vista de Koch é correto. Seu trabalho sobre o tifo levou à ideia, que era então uma ideia nova, que essa doença é transmitida muito mais facilmente de homem para homem do que através de ingestão de água, e isso levou a novas medidas de controle.
Em dezembro de 1904, Koch foi enviado para a África Oriental Alemã para estudar a febre da costa leste de gado e fez importantes observações, não somente sobre essa doença, mas também das espécies patogênicas de Babesia e Trypanosoma e sobre espiroquetoses transmitidas por carrapatos, continuando seus trabalhos sobre esses microorganismos quando ele voltou para casa.
Koch recebeu prêmios e medalhas, doutorados honorários das Universidades de Heidelberg e Bolonha, cidadania honorária de Berlim, Wollstein e sua cidade natal de Clausthal e associações honorárias em sociedades culturais e academias em Berlim, Viena, Posen, Perugia, Nápoles e Nova Iorque. Ele ganhou a ordem da Coroa Alemã, a Grande Cruz da Ordem Alemã da Águia Vermel | 2,288 |
Thank You, Friends Big Star's Third Live…and More
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There is something so infectiously timeless about the music of Alex Chilton and Big Star, and it's never been so realized as on this star-studded concert of Big Star's Third. Recorded live at the Alex (ha!) Theatre in Glendale, California in April of 2016, this DVD/CD set reinforces the universality of Big Star's music like never before. Songs that you thought you alone had discovered and cherished turn out to be favorites of the cream of the indie rock world- I mean, just check out the ensemble: Big Star's Jody Stephens on drums, Mitch Easter and Chris Stamey, The Posies Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow, Mike Mills from R.E.M., Jeff Tweedy and Pat Sansone of Wilco, Rob<|fim_middle|>ocious "Feel" with Stringfellow on vocals, a heartfelt "When My Baby's Beside Me" from Jeff Tweedy and more. But two performances stand out. First is "Thirteen", one of Chilton's most heartfelt and expressive classics. It's performed by North Carolinian Skylar Gudasz in a rendition that literally could move you to tears, and it's only equaled by Chris Stamey's version of Chris Bell's "I Am The Cosmos". To watch him sing the opening lines – "Every night I tell myself, "I am the cosmos, I am the wind"/But that don't get you back again", your heart melts in recognition, and drives home why Big Star holds such a place in the hearts of fans- because it speaks to you – and only you. Despite the increased visibility of the band in later years (in large part due to this traveling show), the songs resonate deeply, and on moments such as "O, Dana" (sung here by Jon Auer) or "Back of a Car", you wonder how they tapped into your most private thoughts. That's art of the highest magnitude.
But the heart of the show was Third, the last album by Big Star – and really only Alex and Jody- performed live. The band had broken up before, during and after recording, and the songs had never really been performed live. The original string charts were made available, and hearing moments such as "Nighttime" by Jeff Tweedy, or a moving "For You" sung by Jody Stephens brings songs that previously existed only on vinyl alive, with string arrangements and a rowdy horn section. Oh to have been there, truly.
Big Star was a pivotal American band, whose simple songs moved you in ways never before experienced, emotional without artifice, rocking without posturing. Its music that has -and will continue- to find new ears, long after the band is sadly gone. Thank You, Friends will show you why.
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PJCIS stops short of recommending warrants to access metadata as scheme is tightened
by rootdaemon October 28, 2020
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) handed down its report [PDF] of Australia's metadata retention scheme on Wednesday, issuing 22 recommendations that tighten access to data, without introducing any large overhauls, such as needing a warrant.
In broad terms, thresholds are recommended to be increased by the committee in an effort to avoid a warrant regime, security and transparency on data held and passed across by telcos and authorised agencies would be boosted, while the period of time Australian telcos need to retain data collected on customers remains at two years.
"The committee is not satisfied that a warrant should be required for data held as part of the [mandatory data retention regime]. However, the committee considers that access should require a higher level of authorisation within each agency as well as more detailed reporting in relation to how, when, and for what reason that access is granted," the report said.
"It is the committee's view that there is a need for more information to be collated about the current functioning of the matter data retention regime. This would assist all relevant oversight and review bodies in undertaking their work as well as affording a higher degree of transparency which the committee believes will give the Parliament and the Australian community greater trust in the use of these powers."
One area to gain a recommended exemption from the committee is the use of Internet of Things devices, which is set to be specifically omitted.
"If the government considers that there are clear benefits in requiring service providers to keep information for particular Internet of Things devices, and that those benefits outweigh the costs, the Telecommunication (Interception and Access) Act 1979 could be further amended to impose clear and specific requirements on providers to retain that information," the report said.
The committee said it was "disconcerting" that there were thousands of authorised officers around the country that could approve access to retained data, and instead put forward reducing it only to officers in a "supervisory role in the functional command chain" as well as individuals with a specific appointment.
"The indiscriminate authorisation of entire classes/ranks of officers as 'authorised officers' is, in the committee's view, inappropriate," it said.
The committee also recommended cutting out the loopholes that have allowed agencies that are not deemed as enforcement agencies to use other powers in order to gain access to metadata. The Attorney-General's Department was previously advising agencies to skirt the restrictions on metadata access.
"The committee has considerable concern around the use of section 313(3) and 280(1)(b) of the Telecommunications Act to allow for access to metadata," the report said.
With 87 agencies found<|fim_middle|> she is satisfied that the disclosure is reasonably necessary to find a missing person, or for the enforcement of the criminal law or any law imposing a pecuniary penalty (including, for example, a parking infringement)". Instead, it wants access kept to voluntary disclosure, locating a missing person, or the investigation of a serious offence or an offence with a penalty of at least three years' imprisonment.
The committee said the definition of serious offence could be found in the Telecommunications Interception Act, and that access for "pecuniary penalties or protection of the public revenue" be repealed.
"Access to existing information and documents granted for 'enforcement of the criminal law' (section 178) is drafted broadly and is subject to no limitations," the report stated.
Despite concerns that location data kept is extremely private, the committee did not recommend for it not to be retained. Similarly, the committee said there are no "specific concerns" over agencies receiving URLs from telcos, but it did recommend an amendment for if such data is received, and the agency does not use it, and informs oversight agencies before destroying it with approval.
On the issue of oversight, PJCIS said it was difficult due to a lack of data about the operation of the scheme, and said it would be better if the Department of Home Affairs could create a report from each agency with access.
"This could be achieved by each agency adhering to an agreed format and method of recording prescribed information, which could be provided to Home Affairs, an oversight agency or a parliamentary committee on request for aggregation into a report," the report said before the committee went meta and put forward the idea of a database to help oversee the scheme.
"If it were deemed to be more cost effective, a national database created and managed by Home Affairs could also be an option albeit this would require consideration regarding privacy, security and rules for access. Ideally, data entered as part of the request for authorisation could be recorded in the agreed fields to reduce duplication of effort," the report said.
Similarly, the report also recommended telcos keep "detailed records of the kinds of information included in each disclosure", which it also said would go some way to alleviating concerns over browsing histories being passed across by telcos.
The report also called for Home Affairs to develop national guidelines on how the regime would operate within 18 months; that agencies keep received metadata long enough for oversight from either the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Commonwealth Ombudsman to be performed before it is subsequently deleted when no longer needed; and state criminal law-enforcement agencies be made to notify of any data breach involving received metadata.
It was also recommended that Home Affairs clearly define "content or substance of a communication".
"In defining the term 'content or substance of a communication', Home Affairs should specifically consider whether some information that is currently treated as telecommunications data should now be regarded as content given what that information can reveal about an individual," it said.
The committee also called for the explicit requirement that metadata is stored on servers within Australia, whereas currently, it could be stored anywhere in the world — as well as requiring agencies and carriers to meet minimum security standards.
In additional comments from the Labor party, opposition members laid out the case for warrants to be introduced from an independent issuing authority.
"Labor members are concerned that the power to access telecommunications data without a warrant may be used — and is, in fact, currently being used — to access the telecommunications data of individuals who are not themselves suspected of any wrongdoing."
Enforcement agencies should not be able to access metadata of those not suspected unless that person consents, consent cannot be gained to the person being injured or killed, or seeking consent from the person could compromise an investigation, the Labor members said.
If an enforcement agency thinks an innocent person's metadata could assist an investigation and they do not provide consent, at that point, the agency would need a warrant.
"Labor members note that significant intrusions into privacy by law enforcement agencies, such as a search of a person's home, opening a person's mail, installing a listening device or obtaining a saliva sample, generally require agencies to obtain a person's consent or a warrant from an independent issuing authority," the additional comments from Labor said.
"Given that context, we consider our proposal to be both modest and sensible."
PJCIS recommended that the committee conduct another review of the scheme by June 2025.
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"There were very few submitters that took this opportunity up. Those that did were unable to convince the committee of the need for this broad access to telecommunications data," the report said.
"The committee is concerned to build on and retain confidence in the data retention regime and concludes that the number and type of agencies that can access a person's telecommunications data via section 280 (1) (b) of the Telecommunications Act may undermine the social licence for ASIO and law enforcement agencies to access the information."
Home Affairs was also called out for failing to assist the committee in finding a way to amend this particular section to remove the loophole.
In seeking to tighten access, the committee recommended the binning of provisions that allow an officer to "authorise the disclosure of historic telecommunications data if he or | 185 |
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Adrian AtmaMusic at C'fest Cafe | 12 he left Italy and moved back to England, he'd been there 9 years. It would be another 7 years til he started taking the guitar more seriously. He played a lot with his cousin Ben Hardy and they busked around London and in the south of France.
It wasn't until he was 21 that he joined a psychedelic rock band based in Huddersfield called 'The Backchoi' led by Andy Outram.
In 1992 he joined a West African band called 'Lamin and Tobabbolu' based in Leeds. His apprenticeship with band leader and multi instrumentalist Lamin Jassey, allowed him to travel to Gambia in 1992, where he furthered his skills in lead and rhythm guitar, learning some of the vast and complex rhythms and harmonies of West African guitar styles.
He remained with Lamin and the band for 2 years. Lamin also taught him West African drumming techniques and gave him his first taste in helping out in large drumming workshops.
In 1994 he moved to Devon and provided improvised music for a variety of different 'five rhythms' and African dance teachers in the south west.
This was the first time that he started teaching adults the rhythms that he had been exposed to with Lamin. For a time he collaborated with Martinican percussionist, Omer Makessa and formed his own band 'Tanante'.
In '96 he moved back to London where he continued to refine his guitar techniques and started to make forays into working with film and animation. He made the music and did foley work for Becalelis Brodskis in the animation 'The father, the ram'. Over the next few years he travelled to New York and Australia where he continued to experiment with different genres and musical forms, collaborating with a plethora of different musicians and dancers, including Adura Onashile (dancer and spoken word performer), Si Mullumby (didgeridoo player who toured with Cirque du soleil) Hassan Hakmoun (Moroccan gnawa musician) Erin Sulman ( drummer in Melbourne) Carl Pannuzzo (multi instrumentalist and singer with the Accapellicans, checkerboard lounge, Melbourne). Derek Campbell (kora player and percussionist). Tata Dindin Kouyate ( Kora player and griot from Gambia).
In 2001 He studied flamenco guitar for 6 months with Rafael Habichuela, a master guitarist from one of the most acclaimed gypsy flamenco families in Spain.
His experience of studying with Raffa Habichuela was a very important one and to this day the influences of flamenco can be felt within his music.
Unfortunately he developed tendinitis, which stopped him from excelling as a flamenco guitarist. Instead he put his energies into developing his own style, one that was less rigorous and more complimentary to his other influences: Slide guitar, folk, finger picking, Afro-latin and Arabic as well as many more! He also got more into recording and learning various different music editing programmes, allowing him the time to explore his many voices.
In 2009 he moved to Bristol and started collaborating with various different artists. He released his first album 'Pilgrim' in 2011. He wrote, composed and produced the album, inviting some of Bristol's finest musicians to record on it.
He studied claw hammer banjo style with Liam Kirby and developed his style to incorporate flamenco and Arabic modes into the Appalachian folk style that the banjo is more commonly associated with. He also continued to develop his unique 'Flamenkulele' style on the ukulele as well as refining his techniques on the Arabic lute (Oud), Charango (Bolivian stringed instrument) and cavaquinho (Portuguese/Brazilian stringed instrument).
He joined the Colombian/Cuban band 'Aji pa Ti' as a lead guitarist learning some of the many styles of the Colombian folkloric tradition. In 2013 they played Glastonbury festival to a packed crowd on the 'Glastolatino' stage.
In 2013 he went to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and set up his youth music project 'Bristol Rio project'. Whilst there he soaked up the musical culture he'd always been inspired by and had lessons with Daniel Ansor from 'Maracatu Brasil' who taught him Bossa nova and Afro samba guitar techniques. He also had percussion classes in Olinda, Pernambuco learning Maracatu rhythms and Orixa stick rhythms with master drummer 'Neninho'.
On returning to England he joined forces with 'Baila la Cumbia' fronting the 12 piece cumbia band , which featured some of the top latin players of the south west. They also played Glastonbury two years running as well as doing gigs around the country.
Meanwhile his own solo show 'Lacuna' also doubled up as a three piece, playing at festivals such as 'Into the wild', 'Wildheart, 'Sunrise', 'Green gathering', 'Buddhafield'.
His collaborative projects over the years have involved a recording project with Senegalese singer 'Batch Gueye' (an album will be released this summer), Omer Makessa (previously in Mankala), Huayquy Ocean (Peruvian musician/activist). Attab Haddad (a British born Iraqui oud player), Julian Segura (Colombian band leader) Indira Roman (Cuban singer/ Aji Pa' Ti). Ivan Moreno (Spanish percussionist/vocalist). Chongo de Colombia (Percussionist from Colombia with Sidestepper). Ze Kouyate (Brazilian percussionist/ composer and kamelongoni player).
In 2016 he started collaborating with folk singer songwriter, Carrie Tree. He joined her trio and they played in various venues in the south west, including 'Cheese and Grain' in Frome to the 'Wild Goose' in Bristol.
He is presently running drum workshops and flamenco masterclasses in his studio in Stokes Croft, Bristol. He | 1,276 |
Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered<|fim_middle|>osarcoma cells. | that a molecule implicated in leukemia and lung cancer is also important in muscle repair and in a muscle cancer that strikes mainly children.
The study shows that immature muscle cells require the molecule, called miR-29, to become mature, and that the molecule is nearly missing in cells from rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer caused by the proliferation of immature muscle cells.
Cells from human rhabdomyosarcoma tumors showed levels of the molecule that were 10 percent or less of those in normal muscle cells. Artificially raising the level of the molecule in the cancer cells cut their growth by half and caused them to begin maturing, slowing down tumor growth.
MiR-29 is a type of microRNA, a family of molecules that helps regulate the proteins cells produce. Researchers say this study is unusual because it also sheds light on the how a microRNA itself is regulated.
"This study shows that there is a connection between this microRNA, muscle development and rhabdomyosarcoma," says principal investigator Denis C. Guttridge, associate professor of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics and a researcher with Ohio State's human cancer genetics program.
"The findings should give us a better understanding of muscle repair and development, and of rhabdomyosarcoma, and could lead to new treatments for this and other muscle diseases," he says.
The study is published in a recent issue of the journal Cancer Cell.
Guttridge and his colleagues discovered that the gene for miR-29 is silenced by the action of a protein, called NF-?? (pronounced, NF kappa B). Their study shows that this protein is present at high levels in rhabdomyosarcoma cells, and that this keeps miR-29 shut off, preventing muscle progenitor cells from maturing.
When they raised the level of the microRNA molecule in the cells, or lowered the level of the NF-?? protein, the cells' growth rate dropped two fold, and they began taking on the appearance of mature muscle cells. The modified cells also formed significantly smaller tumors when transplanted into an animal model than did typical rhabdomy | 442 |
The Bayern Munich side that won a league and cup double in the 1968/1969 season, including club legends Franz Beckenbauer (back row, l.) and Gerd Müller (back row, 2nd l.). - © © imago / Sven Simon
How Bayern Munich's first Bundesliga title was won
On 7 June 1969, after beating Hannover 96 on the final day of the season, Bayern Munich celebrated winning their maiden Bundesliga title. We take a look back on how the Bavarians claimed the first of their 26 league crowns.
When the Bundesliga was formed in 1963, Bayern were not even a member of the elite division. League authorities only wanted one Munich club to be part of the newly-created top flight and it was 1860 Munich who won the 1962/63 Oberliga Süd.
Bayern had finished third behind Nürnberg and had to grit their teeth as three teams directly below them in the table – Eintracht Frankfurt, Karlsruher SC and VfB Stuttgart – were also invited to compete in the first season of Bundesliga football.
As Bayern's website points out, however, what club president Wilhelm Neudecker felt was "an outrageous injustice" at the time turned out to be a blessing in disguise: "The parlous state of the finances [...] forced the club to dispense with expensive stars and back players from their own youth team, as well as talented footballers from the Bavarian provinces."
Franz Beckenbauer went on to captain Bayern and led them to three European Cup titles as a player. - © imago / WEREK
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Neudecker responded to the setback by professionalising the club further and also appointed Yugoslav coach Zlatko Cajkovski as manager, a man who had previously enjoyed considerable success with Cologne.
Bayern were forced to be patient but young goalkeeper Sepp Maier – who would go on to earn nicknamed 'the Cat from Anzing' due to his astonishing agility and reflexes – was maturing as a player and he would soon be joined in the first team by another future star. Sweeper Franz Beckenbauer made his debut – and scored – in a 4-0 win over St. Pauli in June 1964, but the team ultimately came up short in the promotion play-offs.
Legendary West Germany striker Gerd Müller would go on to win 12 major trophies as a Bayern player.
Another decisive piece of the jigsaw fell into place in July of that year, when Bayern pipped 1860 to the signing of Gerd Müller. Like Beckenbauer, the stocky striker was almost 19 and he made his Bayern debut in October, going on to score 33 goals that year as his side romped to the top of the Regionalliga Süd before sealing promotion via the play-offs.
According to the man who would become known as Der Kaiser, the extra time that Bayern spent outside the top flight would ultimately help the club to become a European powerhouse.
"We had a team with<|fim_middle|>ski's side also won the European Cup Winners' Cup that year thanks to an extra-time winner against Rangers from hard-hitting midfielder Franz 'The Bull' Roth.
Branko Zebec managed five other German clubs following his two-year stint in Bavaria. - © imago / Fred Joch
It would be another Croatian coach, however, who would lead Bayern to that elusive first Bundesliga title. A former international team-mate of Cajkovski, Branko Zebec had carved out a solid reputation as a joint manager with his hometown club Dinamo Zagreb.
In 1967 Zagreb had beaten Leeds United to win the Fairs Cup – a predecessor of the UEFA Europa League – and Zebec landed in Munich in time for the 1968/1969 campaign. In Bavaria, he brought a strict approach off the pitch and a more tactical, pragmatic one on it.
"He shaped us in a new style," Beckenbauer recalled later. "There was more professionalism, more order, more discipline."
Müller was rewarded with a crown and sceptre for being the league's top scorer in the 1968/69 season. - © imago / Metelmann
Still relying on the core of Maier, Beckenbauer and Müller, Bayern opened the league season with five wins and 15 goals. Their first defeat came at Werder Bremen on Matchday 11 but they only lost six games all season – half the total of nearest challengers Alemannia Aachen.
The title was all but secured when Bayern drew 1-1 with Aachen on Matchday 27, eventually clinching the Meisterschale by eight points in an era when only two were awarded for a win.
Bayern used only 13 players in that title-winning season – with eight of them having played all 34 league matches. While the side was packed with talent throughout, it was obvious who the star was that year.
To this day, Müller remains the Bundesliga's all-time record goalscorer and 30 of Der Bomber's 365 top-flight strikes helped Zebec's men win the league for the first time. Brenninger and Rainer Ohlhauser chipped in with a combined 19 goals but the league's leading marksman that season had bagged almost half of Bayern's tally of 61. "Without Gerd, Bayern would not be where they are today," Beckenbauer has often said.
Watch: Remind yourself of Müller's predatory ability in the box with this effort
A week after Bayern's final league game, a brace from Müller helped his team complete the double as they beat Schalke in the DFB Cup final.
Borussia Mönchengladbach – with future Bayern manager Jupp Heynckes in their attack – would rise to the challenge the following year to dethrone the league champions. A thrilling rivalry developed between those clubs in the 1970s but the Bavarians have rarely looked back since finally clinching that first Bundesliga crown.
Click here for more Bayern Munich news | Maier, Müller, [Dieter] Brenninger and [Rudolf] Nafziger that only comes around once" said Beckenbauer, who also praised the role of the attack-minded Cajkovski: "He could develop a talent like hardly anyone else. He constructed the team."
Sepp Maier (l.) and Franz Roth (r.) won four Bundesliga winners' medals each in the 1960s and 70s. - © imago / kicker/eissner
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Bayern lost their first ever Bundesliga game 1-0 against 1860 in August 1965 and their city neighbours would go on to win the league.
The tables, though, were beginning to turn. Bayern won the reverse fixture 3-0 in January 1966 and finished that season third in the standings, three points behind 1860 and only edged out by Borussia Dortmund for second on goal difference.
Bayern claimed the DFB Cup, however, beating Duisburg 4-2 in the final, and they defended that title in 1967. Cajkov | 244 |
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Whiteside Plunge Panel Bits are used to<|fim_middle|>. Set the depth of the plunge panel bit to match the depth cut by the plunge stile bit for a standard look or a little deeper for an additional step in the profile.The offset created by the bearing on the plunge panel bit will allow you to use the same template without any adjustments. | create the look of raised panel doors in MDF or solid wood construction. The Plunge Panel Bit forms the wide raised panel profile in the center of the door. While it can be used on its own, it works best when paired with a Whiteside Plunge Stile Bit, which creates the look of rail and stile profiles.
These bits were originally designed for use in production CNC machines,but they can still be used by the home shop woodworker. You'll just have to add some guide bearings and use a template.
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Aug 8, 2011 - LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Board of Directors of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. (NYSE: TYG) today declared the company's third quarter 2011 distribution of $0.5525 per share, an increase of 0.9 percent compared to the $0.5475 distribution<|fim_middle|> of this distribution is estimated to be 100 percent return of capital.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. owns a portfolio consisting primarily of master limited partnership investments in the energy infrastructure sector. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp.'s goal is to provide its stockholders a high level of total return with an emphasis on current distributions.
Tortoise Capital Advisors is an investment manager specializing in listed energy infrastructure investments. Tortoise is considered a pioneer in managing portfolios of MLP securities and other energy companies for individual, institutional and closed-end fund investors. As of July 31, 2011, Tortoise had approximately $6.7 billion of assets under management in six NYSE-listed investment companies, an open-end investment company and private accounts. For more information, visit our website at www.tortoiseadvisors.com.
Source: Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. | in the previous quarter. The distribution is payable on Sept. 1, 2011, to stockholders of record on Aug. 24, 2011.
"Our distribution increase reflects our confidence, as long-term investors, in the fundamentally stable and growing distributions from MLPs in our portfolio," said Tortoise Capital Advisors' Managing Director, Terry Matlack. "Additionally, despite recent market conditions, TYG's relatively low leverage positions it to withstand periods of MLP price volatility."
For tax purposes, the company estimates 50 to 100 percent of TYG's 2011 distributions will be characterized as qualified dividend income with the remaining percentage characterized as return of capital. The final characterization will not be made until determination of its earnings and profits after year end. For book purposes, the source | 170 |
JoJo's "Disaster" Video: Love, Loss And Motorcycles
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The full version of all-growed-up JoJo's "Disaster" video is finally here, and it's another entry in the "young, destructive love" category that's been a recurring theme in music videos lately. But rather than committing armed robbery like Britney or doing every drug imaginable like Rihanna, JoJo – who covered RiRi at<|fim_middle|> Jumping Trains, due out early next year. How does it rank against Britney and Rihanna's videos about good girls breaking bad? Tell us in the comments or on Twitter or Facebook.
Tags: Feature, Jojo | a Hard Rock gig last week – gains the strength to walk away from her dangerous biker boyfriend before any real damage is done. Watch it below.
JoJo – "Disaster"
JoJo shared with us how she picked her on-screen love interest, Rafi Gavron. "In choosing our leading man, I wanted it to be someone that was genuinely a rough-around-the-edges kinda guy," she said. "I had seen Rafi Gavron in Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist and thought he was a great actor and a natural choice for me. He embodied the edge and rugged sexiness that I wanted my guy to have. I wanted him to feel a bit like a bad boy from Boston, and although Rafi is from the UK, he pulled it off perfectly."
She also says of the kissing scene, "Kissing someone I had just met that day was…. uummm…. nerve-racking! But, I pushed my butterflies to the side and went for it. Rafi made me very comfortable and took any pressure that I was feeling off my shoulders."
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December 15, 2018 – Most mixers choose one environment to mix in – speakers or headphones – and then stick to that for the majority of the mix, referencing their work in the other periodically, or as the mix is wrapping up. Regardless of the character, quality, or response of the chosen reference, this provides a consistent monitoring experience, which can help the mixer maintain an overall internal tonal reference for the mix. But this isn't always possible, especially for mixers working in home-based studios – whether they're big or small affairs, there may come a time when the sound of the same song playing over and over in bits and pieces becomes too much for family and neighbors, and, especially as the mix drags on into the wee hours, it may become necessary to switch over from speakers to headphone monitoring.
Now this can potentially be an impediment to not only getting a good mix, but to getting the mix done in general. If the headphone monitoring experience is different enough than speaker monitoring, the mixer may end up second-guessing his decisions as he moves back and forth between the two environments, wasting time, and throwing off his internal tonal reference, possibly compromising the mix in the process. And as we all know, headphone monitoring is different from speaker monitoring. Besides the spatial differences, the lack of inter-aural crosstalk, and the often distinctly different frequency response in the phones, it may be distracting to have to make level, panning, and EQ choices for an unfinished mix when the environment is so inconsistent— it's one thing to compare a mostly-finished mix between speakers and headphones, it's another to have to bounce between those monitoring environments at earlier mix stages.
If a mixer has to frequently shift from monitoring on speakers to monitoring in headphones, a glaringly different frequency balance can easily cause him to make EQ and level changes in the phones based on those differences, only to reverse them when he's back on speakers – and vice versa – potentially slowing down and interfering with a smooth mix process. With a matching flat response for both speakers and phones, that issue can be largely put to rest – of course, there will still be inevitable small variations, due to the inconsistencies of headphone response for different users, thanks to the unique effects of how the phones physically interact with the users' head and ears – but the overall mixing experience in both environments can be much improved, especially when it comes to crafting mixes that "travel" well (sound good on many different playback systems), an important aspect of any commercial mix.
Besides the mixer not fighting himself with different EQ decisions as he moves back and forth between monitoring environments, more subtle aspects of the mix can benefit as well from a more consistent frequency balance between speakers and cans. There are inherent differences in these two environments – the lack of inter- aural crosstalk in headphones, where each ear only hears the corresponding stereo channel (rather than both ears hearing both channels, as with speakers), results in a different perception of subtle elements of the mix; these include the sense of depth and stereo image, the correct amount of reverb and ambience – which is more prominent in headphones – and the audibility of background parts in the musical arrangement, as well as some subtle time-based effects, like doublings and very short slap echoes. One of the<|fim_middle|> 7506s are up to the task.
Moving back and forth between properly calibrated speakers and cans can make for a much more seamless mix process, for anyone who might need to spend more than a little of their mixing time in headphones, letting the mixer focus on the details that do inherently differ between speaker and headphone monitoring, like imaging and the balance of background parts, instead of being distracted and tripped up by simple frequency response imbalances – a mixing experience that can take advantage of the best of both worlds. | useful aspects of mixing in headphones is that it can reveal these details more readily than speaker monitoring, but a distractingly unfamiliar headphone frequency balance or a response with more drastic peaks and dips can obscure some of these details that mixers may rely on headphone monitoring to bring to their attention. Then when they inevitably turn to speakers to verify how any mix decisions made in the phones regarding those aspects hold up in the less-forgiving outside world, they can again be thrown off by having to adapt to a very different tonal balance, and much of the benefit of comparing the mix between phones and speakers can be lost to that subconscious distraction.
The Reference 4 software can be used to calibrate both the main monitors and the headphones used for mixing to the same flat response, even if that response is tweaked very slightly to meet the user's preferences (that's what those very subtle Tilt controls and predefined target curve options are for). With a consistent tonal balance between speakers and phones, the mixer should be able to focus more easily on the other details of the mix, and utilize the differences in depth, imaging, and perception of detail between speakers and phones to his advantage, to craft a mix that works in both environments equally well, especially when it comes to the small, subtle aspects.
Measuring headphone response is a particularly finicky business, so there's no user-operated headphone version of the Reference 4 Measure software for calibrating speakers – instead Sonarworks maintains a collection of calibrated responses for a wide range of studio headphones. Even though there may be some variation among different runs of the same headphone model, these predefined calibration curves can achieve suitably flat response, especially with some popular studio headphones which might not otherwise serve well for mixing purposes. A perfect example would be the Sony MDR-7506 phones, a pair I've used with its corresponding Reference 4 calibration curve for mixing.
Most studio engineers are familiar with the 7506 as a tracking headphone, but emphatically not as a mixing headphone. Their excessively bright and harsh upper-midrange response may help voices and instruments cut through in a room full of other loud sound sources, but for mixing, that peak is edgy and fatigue-inducing, making these phones useful (and popular) for live recording but pretty much unsuitable for mix applications – at least in their natural state. But once calibrated with the Sony MDR-7506 Average curve from Sonarworks' profile library, they can be as useful as any headphone for mixing applications. From my own experience, despite the fact that I'd never use the 7506s to mix with their inherent peaky response, I've been able to shift between mixing on them through the Reference 4 plug-in with the proper calibrated response and on a pair of Reference 4-calibrated KRKs which, on their own, have an almost polar-opposite balance to the Sonys. While they still might not be my first choice as a mixing headphone, the calibrated | 610 |
Q: My high school friend just died of ampullary cancer. What is it?
A: The pancreas plays two major functions, the first being to produce the hormones insulin and glucagon that help regulate blood sugar levels, and the second being to produce multiple enzymes that help digest certain proteins, sugars and fats. These digestive enzymes leave the pancreas via the pancreatic duct.
producing bile (a key substance to help digest fats and fat-soluble vitamins).
The liver-produced digestive substances leave the liver via the hepatic duct. Some of the bile produced in the liver is stored in the gallbladder, and when a bolus of bile is needed it is squeezed out<|fim_middle|>), as well as other possible symptoms.
The evaluation of suspected disease of the liver, pancreas or gallbladder typically includes blood tests (including liver and pancreas function tests, as well as tests to look for certain tumor markers) and imaging tests (ultrasound, CT scan, specialized nuclear medicine scans, and/or MRI). Direct visualization of the ampulla during a specialized endoscopic test may be performed to further evaluate the patient and microscopic evaluation of a biopsy specimen will confirm the diagnosis.
Ampullary cancer is typically treated with surgery to remove the cancer and to 'reroute' the flow of the digestive fluids in a Whipple procedure (also known as a pancreaticoduodenectomy), a complex procedure where the head of the pancreas, the first part of the small intestine, the gallbladder and the bile duct are removed. Whipple procedure outcomes have improved from a peri-surgical mortality of 20 percent a couple of decades ago to the present 5 percent or less mortality rate.
Stage IV: tumor having invaded the small intestine, pancreas or lymph nodes.
Lower stage cancers have a 5-year survival rate as high as 70 percent or higher, but later stage cancers having a much more guarded prognosis with an overall 25 percent or even lower five-year survival (lower when the initial disease is more widespread).
There are no clear recommendations regarding the role of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy after surgical resection for ampullary cancer. Imaging surveillance every six months after surgery is commonly recommended. For some patients (especially those with more advanced disease) adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy may be recommended. | of the gallbladder through the cystic duct.
The pancreatic duct, common hepatic duct and the cystic duct empty into the common bile duct, which in turn empties into the small intestines through the ampulla of Vater. Ampullary cancer is a rare cancer (less than 6000 cases were entered into the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results [SEER] Program between 1975 and 2005, for an overall incidence of around 5 per million Americans) that originates in the cells of the ampulla.
The symptoms in a patient with ampullary cancer stem from blockage of the egress of the digestive fluids noted above (causing a backup of these fluids in the pancreas, liver and gallbladder), and include jaundice (yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes from a buildup of bilirubin, which is normally excreted in the bile, into the blood; overall this is the most common symptom), diarrhea (from insufficient availability of digestive fluids in the small intestines), symptoms similar to those from gallbladder disease and/or pancreatitis (such as abdominal pain, back pain, nausea/vomiting | 251 |
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As an entrepreneur, I've learned that successful management requires more than just assigning tasks to a team. It calls for a leader who can inspire team members<|fim_middle|> Foreign Land
By Ishwar Chugani, an EO U.A.E. member and managing director of Giordano Middle East
In 1979, right after graduating from university, I left my home in the Philippines and moved to Dubai. It created quite a stir. My family had its own business, and I was expected to take the helm. But I wanted something different for myself. I joined a Dubai-based group of companies and was tasked to open and operate the first family entertainment center in Dubai. (more…)
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By Joe Fuld, an EO DC member and the president of The Campaign Workshop
When I started my company five years ago with a single employee, I did everything. As an entrepreneur, I took the risk to organize, create and manage a business. Running a successful business requires teamwork, a lesson that I learned quickly. It was critical for me to have a perspective on both the employee side and client side of my advertising firm. After I was able to understand that, I realized that it was just not efficient or possible for me to do it all. (more…)
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It was 1993, and my first business idea was to provide presentation skills training to professionals who believed that competitive advantage was due to the ability to communicate persuasively and confidently. The business start-up consisted of US$200 in the bank, a spare bedroom as an office, and two house cats that served as my vice presidents of the company. A lot has happened in 20 years. (more…)
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We will hold our next meeting on Tuesday, March 5 , 2019, the first Tuesday of the month, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the B. Calvin Jones<|fim_middle|> plantations, lighthouses, railroad depots, bridges and hotels, they can shed light on over 300 years of technological and social change. Despite being one of the most prolific types of artifacts found in Florida, bricks are frequently overlooked or discarded. This talk highlights the intriguing history of brickmaking in Florida by exploring the growing statewide reference collection created by the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research. An assortment of bricks will be introduced, all of which tell tales of historic structures and characters from across the United States and beyond. | Center for Archaeology at the Governor Martin House. The Center is located off Lafayette Street, between Seminole Drive and Myers Park Drive, at 1001 De Soto Park Drive. Reception begins at 6:30. We encourage you to bring a snack to share.
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Take a culinary tour of India at Tamarind on Rochdale
If you never had a reason to visit northwest Regina, you do now.
Ashley Martin • Regina Leader-Post
Head chef Vinu Paily makes flames as water hits hot oil at Tamarind restaurant in Regina. Photo by TROY FLEECE /Regina Leader-Post
Tamarind is the city's newest Indian restaurant. It opened last month, tucked into one of the many strip malls now surrounding the north Superstore.
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But this is not typical strip mall food. Maybe it's the array of fresh-ground spices at the ready. Maybe it's Chef Vinu Paily's sheer love for his job — he literally cooks with a smile. But the flavours at Tamarind are off the charts.
So is the presentation.
Head chef Vinu Paily prepares some salmon in turmeric at Tamarind restaurant in Regina. Photo by TROY FLEECE /Regina Leader-Post
"I used to work in Western cuisine, so I know garnish," Paily said of a cucumber and carrot flower surrounded by four pieces of spiced chicken.
The restaurant's tagline is "the real taste of India," and that's what Paily and co-owner Aji Vilavinal are going for.
Their focus is on fresh food and authentic flavours, reflecting the entire map of Indian cuisine.
"We just keep the authentic way," said Paily, who has enjoyed cooking since childhood, helping his parents in the kitchen.
"I know what is the authentic food back<|fim_middle|> sent to Saskatoon physicians in attempt to free up hospital beds | home, and I used to work on different continents, so I know what is the difference between this country and other countries from back home as well."
Paily worked as a chef in India and Singapore before moving to Regina in 2010 for his wife's nursing career.
"If you're trying other restaurants, you can feel like they're a bit Canadianized," said Vilavinal, a Regina resident since 2011. "We have a little bit more spice here."
That includes Paily's go-to five-spice garam masala, which doubles as décor on the restaurant's front counter: cardamom, fennel, cinnamon, star anise and cloves.
The restaurant is inviting, with buttery yellow walls, orange and red seating, and a lot of wood. Sunlight pours in through two full walls of windows, providing warmth on even a frigid day.
The food does likewise.
The menu's "chef's specials" section reflects the recipes Paily and Vilavinal grew up with in Kerala, southern India.
One of those dishes is the fish moilee, a salmon that tastes almost caramelized. It is first boiled in turmeric-spiced water, then finished in coconut sauce with tomatoes and spices (including a base of black mustard seeds).
Head chef Vinu Paily prepared a beautiful garnish of cucumbers and carrots at Tamarind restaurant in Regina. Photo by TROY FLEECE /Regina Leader-Post
A chef's special usually goes out to every table. Paily is glad people are trying something new, because "you can get the butter chicken anywhere in this world." That staple is on the menu though, and rooted in northern Indian cuisine. Each region has a different curry (sauce) that people typically cook at home.
Palak paneer is another northern Indian dish: cubed cheese in a subtly spicy sauce of creamy spinach and onions.
Keeping it fresh, Tamarind's menu is "comparatively smaller" to other Indian restaurants in Regina, said Vilavinal.
Meat is delivered each morning. Few things in Paily's kitchen are canned or frozen.
The four-person cook staff makes fresh sauces in bulk each day or two; they're time intensive at an hour-plus from scratch. (Even mid-day, "white gravy" simmers in a big pot, full of onions, cashew nut paste, ginger and garlic.)
The sauces are the base of most meals here, and attention to detail is key.
"I worked on Western cuisine. If you follow the exact recipe, the product will be (the) same as long as you know how to cook. But Indian food never happens like that," said Paily.
"There is a lot of details. If you blend too much, it's going to be another taste. If you blend less, it's going to be another taste. The timing is important as well."
"If you cook it two seconds more, it changes the taste," said Vilavinal.
"If you add at the beginning, the taste is different. If you add when you make the sauce, also different," said Paily.
Head chef Vinu Paily plates some food at Tamarind restaurant in Regina. Photo by TROY FLEECE /Regina Leader-Post
Tamarind is located at 4400 Rochdale Blvd. Reservations are recommended for larger crowds, but couples can usually drop in on a weeknight.
The restaurant is open 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays, and closed Mondays.
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In the same moment you can see there is nothing to talk to yourself about that is worthwhile listening to -- you will feel the faint stirring of a sweet new silence within you that braces the soul with a strength unexpected.
To realize the great liberating truth that we never walk through this life alone, we must spend more time by ourselves!
The main reason it<|fim_middle|> raindrops, on their way back to the sea.
The more we dwell on something we wish wasn't so, the more we soak ourselves in negative energies created by our own resistance. The longer we soak, the more we suffer; the more we suffer, the more we resist what seems to be the unwanted event when, in truth, what we are really drowning in are the dark waves of our own uninvestigated consciousness. | 's wise to listen to one's own heart -- whenever we can step out of the rush and remember to do so -- is because there's much more to be learned from the parts of us that don't "speak" in words, than those that do.
Mindfulness is mandatory for anyone wishing to end the misery born of trying -- in vain -- to fill an empty heart with meaningless experiences.
Who you really are cannot be made "less" by any event in life...anymore than the ocean is diminished by the sun that makes its waters rise and fall again, as | 117 |
On the eve of Britain's upcoming EU referendum vote, financial planning firm Guardian Wealth Management (GWM) has outlined how expatriates in the Middle East can safeguard their investments, regardless of the outcome.
With polls indicating the 23 June vote will be a close call, uncertainty has hit the value of Britain's equity, property and currency markets, all potentially impacting expats with investments in the UK.
Guardian Wealth Management senior executives outlined a range of investment tactics to follow in the event of both stay or leave votes, with forward planning key to a positive financial outcome.
"This is one of the closest votes in UK history and that has left much uncertainty when it comes to investments and finances. Investors may be unsure of exactly how their finances will be affected but the key is to prepare either way so people are not left short after the vote," said Hamzah Shalchi, GWM regional manager.
Although UK investments will feel the heat in both results, it will be more so in the event of an exit and financials will be at the forefront as their regulation at present is highly dependent on EU law, said GWM. The company warned that if the outcome of the referendum is 'Vote Leave' then a sterling sell-off on the stock market is highly likely, with the pound potentially losing a third of its value.
Advice: GWM advises expats with investments heavily weighted to UK stocks to look at moving into cash to minimise potential losses. Monthly savers with long-term investment plans will unlikely be affected so they should carry on with what they are already doing. In fact,<|fim_middle|> great time to invest in UK shares.
Do not invest anything over the next four days, sit on your cash and wait for the results.
Be ready to make decisions quickly and communicate more than normal with your IFA or broker . | 'Vote Leave' may even be beneficial because they will get cheaper units in the ensuing months, this creates-dollar cost averaging.
Although staying within the EU will surely increase confidence among expat investors, there will likely be some trade and trust issues within Europe, according to GWM.
Advice: GWM advises people to implement a solid strategy to ensure they have a well-diversified portfolio. Portfolios with portions allocated to low-risk assets have proven to weather even the most market-impacting events, as well as equities that deliver a greater tendency for higher returns over the long term.
Another positive is that if the UK chooses to stay in, it will outperform Europe in the markets due to underperformance over the past year, therefore a 'Vote Remain' result is a | 156 |
Significance: The Enumclaw High School is most significant as Enumclaw's sole reminder of its long educational heritage. However, like many schools in other small towns, the Enumclaw High School has served the entire community in a variety of roles. For many decades after its erection in 1921, the Enumclaw High School remained its community's center for cultural, social, educational, and sports activities.<|fim_middle|> of windows. Designed by the notable architect, Harlan Thomas, the school has remained one of the most prominent structures in town. The Enumclaw High School stands on land that was purchased from the Catholic Diocese for $5,000 in 1920. The original site totaled approximately five acres and contained a cemetery, which was relocated. The school board retained Harlan Thomas to design the school. At that time, Thomas was a well-known architect practicing in Seattle and had designed at least three other schools in the state, including a primary school in Enumclaw. The successful completion of this earlier commission no doubt aided Thomas in the receipt of the High School contract. Peter Woeck of Seattle was selected as the contractor. | Additions to the building during the depression also helped to relieve local unemployment. The design of the building is typical of large schools built during this period with its restrained ornamentation, central halls, and banks | 40 |
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Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks: Bringing unique craft beer to Asian markets
October 02, 2017 Grow Export Sales
Tom Orange knew from the start that being just another player in British Columbia's crowded craft beer market was not going to cut it, so when Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks was launched in 2015, the focus was on being different.
From the company's name (Fuggles and Warlock are the nicknames of the two master brewers), to its tagline (Keeping Beer Weird) and the label designs and names of its beer that identify with characters in popular video games and Japanese manga comics, Fuggles & Warlock has set itself apart. The company has developed a loyal customer base, not only in B.C., but in parts of Asia as well where exports now make up about 10 per cent of total sales.
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"I was thinking about exporting from the get-go, even before we opened our brewery because I thought that while the market was growing here in B.C., I knew that in the longer term it would be important to establish export markets in order to have the ability to grow when the local marketplace became crowded," he says.
It was a prescient move. According to Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, there were 102 craft breweries in B.C. in 2016, and 31 per cent were less than a year old and another 18 per cent had been around for three years or less.
Nevertheless, the market was thriving with year-over-year average growth of 17 per cent annually since 2010, while conventional beer sales declined 3 per cent annually over the same period.
And domestic sales are booming. According to the British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch, microbrewery sales increased by 50 per cent from 2014 to 2015.
It was against this background that Fuggles & Warlock looked abroad to expand its market. Its first export sale was in South Korea, which came about through a proactive approach, says Orange.
"We flew to South Korea and interviewed different importers and distributors and selected a company that had a lot in common with ours. Since then we've sent several shipments over and they've been building the brand beautifully," says Orange.
The company is now also exporting to Taiwan and Japan and recently opened a new market in Brazil. Orange says branding has had a lot to do with Fuggles & Warlock's success in Asia.
"It has a very Asian appeal and a significant Asian art influence," he adds. "We take pride in references to geek culture, so video gaming, anime, pop culture, movies, that kind of thing. It's something that resonates in Asia."
For example, beer names include: Raiden, a video game character in the Mortal Kombat fighting video game series; Icarus, a play on the Kid Icarus franchise of fantasy video games by Nintendo; and Ryegar, a rye beer named for Rhaegar Targaryen, a character in Games of Thrones. There are also beers named after the Japanese manga comic and video game characters Hikari, Kakeru and Kiwami.
But while Asia is a key market for the company with China now in its sights, Orange says exports to other countries are also being explored with Australia and the U.K. at the top of the priority list.
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What were your biggest challenges when you first started exporting?
Documentation and import rules in each of the countries. Just getting to understand what the requirements were. For example, understanding that they required laboratory testing on the beers. The logistics and overall documentation were the biggest challenge.
How essential is it for a Canadian exporter to have partners on the ground, particularly in Asia?
It's critical. In the beer world, you can't simply dump product in a market and hope it's going to grow. You need to be working with people who are strategically aligned with your brand philosophy and marketing philosophy, and work in conjunction with them. The one thing that we were very comfortable with was our strategic plan to build the brand with our partners in our export markets.
What would you advise a new exporter to look out for when starting out?
Protect your brand; that's number one. We trademark our brand in all the countries that we go to. Number two, select an import partner who is very much aligned with your business philosophy.
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RY<|fim_middle|> and addictively engrossing. No House To Call My Home is that rarest of stories—it transports and informs its reader, mesmerizing us first with the beauty of its economical prose, and then with its unblinking gaze at these resilient young people. I was so moved, not only by their stories—at turns hilarious, tragic, and hopeful—but also to stay awake to the reality of their struggle, and the broken parts of our culture that create it. With this book, Berg reminds us how radical and compassionate an act storytelling can be. Not since Adrian Nicole LeBlanc's Random Family have I been so impressed with a writer's ability to show us unseen lives, with grace, respect, and clarity."
—Melissa Febos, author of Whip Smart: The True Story of a Secret Life
In this lyrical debut, Ryan Berg immerses readers in the gritty, dangerous, and shockingly underreported world of homeless LGBTQ teens in New York. As a caseworker in a group home for disowned LGBTQ teenagers, Berg witnessed the struggles, fears, and ambitions of these disconnected youth as they resisted the pull of the street, tottering between destruction and survival.
Focusing on the lives and loves of eight unforgettable youth, No House to Call My Home traces their efforts to break away from dangerous sex work and cycles of drug and alcohol abuse, and, in the process, to heal from years of trauma. From Bella's fervent desire for stability to Christina's irrepressible dreams of stardom to Benny's continuing efforts to find someone to love him, Berg uncovers the real lives behind the harrowing statistics: over 4,000 youth are homeless in New York City—43 percent of them identify as LGBTQ.
Through these stories, Berg compels us to rethink the way we define privilege, identity, love, and family. Beyond the tears, bluster, and bravado, he reveals the force that allows them to carry on—the irrepressible hope of youth.
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"Stories of queer homeless youths of color told with humility, self-scrutiny, intelligence, and love. It is a brave and conscientious book, an important book."
"An important and revelatory read."
--The Rumpus
"Compelling.... Berg's extraordinary talent is his portrayal of the human dimension. These are teenagers with the same anxieties, frustrations, interests, hopes, and desires as teenagers (and others) everywhere, but they also face bullying beyond what would break most... The resilience of Raheem, Bella, Rodrigo, and others profiled is so astonishing that it is impossible not to be amazed."
--Library Journal
"Berg's portraits are arresting... His fraught encounters with individuals become universal, offering a touch of hope."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Through their compelling stories, Berg looks at inequalities suffered by LGBTQ youth in housing, public safety, health care, prison, immigration, employment, poverty, and homelessness."
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"Berg's book makes the lives of these brave, vulnerable, brilliant, fierce young people impossible to ignore."
"Ryan's Berg's No House to Call My Home is a searing, harrowing, and ultimately inspiring story of the struggles all too many transgender people experience. Berg's heroes, denied the common decency of house and home, nonetheless refuse to surrender their humanity. Sobering, moving and stirring, No House to Call My Home is a must read for anyone wishing to understand the challenges of LGBTQ youth—and their caregivers." —Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of She's Not There and Stuck In The Middle With You
"Sometimes we don't understand the life we find ourselves in the midst of living. Sometimes our longing for home can drive us toward oblivion. Sometimes the best we can do is to create who we have to be in order to get what we need. Sometimes, by immersing ourselves in something larger than ourselves, we can discover who we are. In this moving and clear-eyed account, Ryan Berg reminds us that this moment is more precious than we think, and that sometimes the best we can do is to love each other (damn it). —Nick Flynn, bestselling author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
"Managing to be both journalistic and novelistic, Berg provides intimate portraits of LGBTQ youths who are left to fend for themselves. Compelling from the first page No House to Call My Home is unflinchingly candid in its portrayal of a broken system, and a broken society where abandoning youths is overlooked. Berg allows the brilliance and resilience of these young people to shine bright. The adversity they face should enrage you; their courage and grace will move you." —Richard Blanco, author of The Prince of los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood
"In No House to Call My Home Berg has given us an antidote to the numbness that comes with reading the statistics on homeless queer youth in America. He's given us their stories. In harrowing, vivid detail, he shows us, through his own experience of working with them, the lives of these young people of color as they struggle through the neglect of adults, the indifference of bureaucracies, and the harsh realities of fending for themselves in a cold world. Again and again, what they are denied is dignity. Which is what this book tries in its own way to give them back, and which is what any social cause requires to initiate lasting change—the opening of empathy." —Adam Haslett, National Book Award Finalist and author of Union Atlantic
"Ryan Berg opens a window into the troubled, often ignored world of New York City's foster care system, and by extension, America. No House to Call My Home is an important work that will be a revelation for many." —Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, author of Brief Encounters With the Enemy and When Skateboards Will Be Free
"In No House to Call My Home Ryan Berg takes us into the New York foster care system—where he worked for two years as a residential counselor in a group home for LGBTQ youth of color—and gives us, along the way, an earnest, heartfelt, and deeply compassionate portrait of that most fundamental of human needs: to be loved unconditionally. Berg is a brave and clear-eyed writer, and this profoundly important book should be required reading for anyone wishing to be a better ally—or, for that matter, for anyone wishing to be a better human being." —Lacy M. Johnson, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist and author of The Other Side
"Ryan Berg's No House to Call My Home takes readers inside the New York State foster care system, where LGBTQ youth who have been abandoned or abused are housed in order to keep them off the streets and out of harm. Residential counselors advise and advocate for these kids, helping them to negotiate institutional red tape, visits with their real families, education, employment and recovery. Berg's chronicle of the lives of the young residents at the 401 and Keap Street shows how much adversity they face and how much strength they draw from one another. These kids are smart, resourceful, brave and fierce. But they are also kids. No House to Call My Home is a call for greater understanding, support and advocacy for these children struggling to stand on their own as they 'age out' of the system and enter adulthood. Challenge and change are the daily currency for them. How are they to succeed with so many obstacles? This book offers suggestions and hope." —D. A. Powell, author of Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys and Chronic
"What do we owe our children? Who will keep the company of those children forgotten or lost? Ryan Berg ventures an unforgettable tribute to the youth he encountered in the New York foster care system. Zooming in on LGBT youth of color and the forgotten stories of homeless youth in America, No House to Call My Home recalls, remembers, recovers the lives and bodies and truths of the children we leave behind. Home is a story told by children who had to write the fiction of a family for themselves in order to survive. All those voices, in these pages, becoming song." —Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Chronology of Water: A Memoir and The Small Backs of Children: A Novel
"Ryan Berg has transformed his experience of working with queer homeless youth of color into a nonfiction book that reads like a novel—it is tender, intelligent, | 1,343 |
In today's musical climate, where everyone who's anyone flaunts an aspirational digital music library and every man and their dog has a high-street Nirvana t-shirt, it could be easy to lose sight of what's true and authentic in the creative sphere. With supply and demand, live music advocates readily pay blisteringly absurd ticket prices and don't so much as flinch at the excessive fees that come hand in hand. That's just the way it is, we hear you cry.
Well, this month reintroduced the timeless secret, underground live music experience in Coventry. As the first in a sequence of events, co-owned by Native Magazine and Eleven Studios, Warehouse One worked to celebrate subculture, address creativity and challenge these obstructions. Locally, at least. Coventry may not be music capital "Madchester" or alternative haven London, but we as a city are opening our eyes to the plethora of dirty, down-low musical offerings of our time and space.
The evening began with Free Galaxy, a moniker which everyone probably hoped was a mystical nod towards the universe, but is rumoured to be down to a generous vending machine. This only added to the fourpiece's boyish charm as they ran through a grungy set peppered with pop punk nuances. The real treat was the delicate, fortuitous harmony shared by singers Ciaran O'Sullivan and Luke Osmond, which teamed with the impressive, adventurous drums made magic. A tentative start only seemed to amplify Leave It, an antique with a progressive chorus, punky bass and seething attitude.
New track Treadmill, which is set for release next month, shone as perhaps the band's most accomplished-sounding song. An emphatic and memorable cover of Freddy Krueger, originally by alt-rockers Reuben, introduced an insight into musical influences. Although the band don't yet seem to be seasoned performers, their delivery was a refreshing, angsty slap to make way for what was to come.
Candid, another local fourpiece, brought a cultivated confidence with their indie rock smorgasbord. It's almost as though a foetal Catfish and the Bottlemen donned the Warehouse stage, as lead singer Rob Latimer embodied a playful yet accomplished presence. The well-oiled machine pumped out<|fim_middle|>roring drummer Peter Szots' dominating percussion. There were minor technical hitches, but this only added to the saturnine mystique of an underground event.
Mara Falls' latest single Thanks to You boasted a scalding chorus and their ever recognisable electronic element. Fan favourites Getaway and One for the Road indulged long-term advocates of the band, as they flirted with catchy rock riffs and that signature growl. The bijou of the set, though, was Want It All, which began modestly before building to a liberating, effusive stop-start chorus. Fellow unrecorded tracks Feed Me and Hooks offered catchy melodies, while Lola Rose delivered driving basslines. Although the flawless musician was the only female in the evening's musical line-up, a small army of women contributed to its success and artistry – namely Rhiannon, known as @tschock_tschock on social media, who supplied a captivating montage of Coventry-based visuals to amplify the atmosphere. Another of the evening's inaugurations was new guitarist Joe Burditt, who connected dots that we didn't even realise were once unconnected. The addition of a fourth member freed up some responsibility, allowing the band to unleash the dexterous gravitational pull they possess.
The event, which was open only to those who had previously registered interest, prospered wildly for something built from nothing. Everyone somehow had a hand in its victory, and although there were hiccups in places, a celebration of underground music can only be seasoned and nourished by such issues. Each of the three bands could learn something from one another, which only adds to what these nights were created for. Warehouse One may be just the beginning, but we cannot wait to see what's next.
Photographed by Ruby Nixon and Adam Goss. | winning tracks Rumours, an oldie, and Breathless – their newest, Smiths-like anthem. Noticeably, it wouldn't be entirely to the lads' detriment to experiment further with the rawness that live music can ultimately bring, as "very polished" isn't always the most complimentary signet of a band. Although, as a band with their fingers in all the pies, gigging relentlessly, it's no surprise that their music sounded professional this evening. The band were an esteemed choice of act, especially betwixt the other two, as they easily attracted the biggest crowd – loyal friends busted out lyrics and jostled around to their heavenly set. If any two local bands were fit to open a show of this calibre, it's promising, young stars Free Galaxy and Candid.
Mara Falls always promise an electric show – not only with their rough and ready tales of love and loss, but their sense of adventure and power onstage. A mesmerising lightshow by lead singer Peter Black debuted at Warehouse One, mir | 210 |
Beyonce May Spend Second Week Behind Disney's "Frozen" on Billboard 200
January 14th, 2014 by K104
Columbia RecordsLate last week, Beyonce's self-titled album was on pace to return to the top of the Billboard 200 after being displaced by Disney's Frozen soundtrack. Now, it seems the singer will spend her second consecutive week as the runner-up.
According to the publication, industry forecasters did not anticipate strong weekend sales for Frozen, which is now estimated to sell 83,000 to 86,000 copies. Meanwhile, Bey's fifth solo effort is expected to sell around 78,000 to 81,000 copies in the week ending January 12.
The official sales figures will be revealed on Wednesday, January 15.
In other news, the singer's hit single "Drunk in Love" featuring Jay Z continues to climb the U.K. Official Singles Chart. The song climbed from #<|fim_middle|>SOS' tops 'Billboard' 200 for sixth week Read More
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Published: 8th February 2013
Families can leave the hassle of driving at home this February half term, with the launch of the 'Cross Lakes Experience' ticket in the heart of the English Lake District. Windermere Lake Cruises has teamed up with tour specialists Mountain Goat and The National Trust to bring the service to the shores of Windermere and beyond. With daily services from Sat 16 – Sun 24 February, the Cross Lakes Experience links up England's largest lake with Hill Top, Beatrix Potter's House and Hawkshead, two of the locations most synonymous with one of the Lake District's best loved inhabitants, children's author Beatrix Potter.
Windermere Lake Cruises set sail for 'ultimate travel trade event of 2013'
Windermere Lake Cruises will be showcasing a range of value for money, family days out at BOBI (Best of Britain and Ireland) 2013. We will be at the Birmingham's NEC, 13-14 March 2013, for the event alongside a number of other key Cumbrian attractions such as the Lakeland Motor Museum.
Family-friendly festive fun on Windermere
Windermere Lake Cruises is helping families celebrate in style this December with a series of festive Santa cruises. The 90 minute 'Santa Specials' will set off from Bowness in the run up to Christmas, taking in the stunning landscape of wintry Windermere from the warm and cosy surroundings of a boat beautifully decked out in traditional Christmas decorations.
New 'Shop and Cruise' Winter Warmer launched
Published: 29th October 2012
Visitors to the Lake District are set to start 2013 in style with a relaxing seasonal cruise on England's largest lake, coupled with some retail therapy at one of the region's premier shopping outlet centres. Windermere Lake Cruises and K Village, the Lakes Outlet, have joined together to offer a great day out to coach passengers looking for a unique mix of bargains, followed by a memorable boat trip - complete with some winter warmer treats.
Jump aboard Windermere's Halloween Ghost Ship, with the UK's leading storyteller
A 145 foot 'Ghost Ship' will be taking to the waters of England's largest lake this half term, complete with spooky tales from the UK's first official Laureate for Storytelling Taffy Thomas MBE. Windermere's oldest and most iconic steamer MV Tern will be decked out in Halloween-themed decorations on Sunday 28 October 2012, to mark some of the ghostly goings on in and around Lake Windermere down the centuries.
Popular 'Pensioner Days' return for record tenth autumn season
Published: 6th September 2012
Windermere's popular 'Pensioner Days' are proving so popular they're returning for a record tenth autumn season from this Friday 7 September – giving the older generation substantial savings on cruises around the lake. Any retiree living in the CA and LA postcodes is eligible for the special discounts, available every Friday from 7 September up to and including 2 November.
Free bus service more than doubles number of passengers
The South Lakes FreeRider, a free bus service linking some of the Lake District's most prominent attractions, has welcomed almost 7,000 passengers during just 30 days. That compares to 3,000 passengers during the same period in 2011. The service is the result of an innovative collaboration between a group of local businesses, who joined together to fund and implement this great new way to get around.
Another top ten for Windermere Lake Cruises!
Published: 1st August 2012
Windermere Lake Cruises is one of only four attractions outside London to make England's top ten most popular paid for visitor attractions, according to figures released by VisitEngland today. The latest Annual Visitor Attractions Survey collated by the national tourism body shows that Windermere Lake Cruises ranks in the top ten list of paid for visitor attractions in England in company with iconic attractions such as Stonehenge and Kew Gardens.
Businesses join forces to secure 30 days of free summer travel
The region's popular FreeRider programme is back this summer and this time it's bigger and better than ever, thanks to the continued support of local businesses. This years South Lakes FreeRider service will run for 30 days, from next Monday 23rd July 2012 until Friday 31st August, Monday to Friday and will provide a completely free bus service around the South Lakes region for both locals and visitors to enjoy.
Queen of the Lake returns home after Diamond Jubilee Pageant
Published: 7th June 2012
Windermere Lake Cruises' historic 'Queen of the Lake' vessel has been safely returned home to Windermere after taking her place in history and representing Cumbria in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. The vessel travelled a 600 mile round trip to | 1,067 |
Peruvian-born photographer Mario Testino HonFRPS was presented with an honorary OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) on 14 January 2014 by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey in recognition of his service to photography and charity.
One of the most highly regarded fashion and portrait photographers in the world, Mario Testino came to London in 1976 to train as a photographer. He made his name as a contributor to various fashion magazines and by the early 90s he emerged as one of the leading fashion and portrait photographers. Since then his work has featured worldwide in magazines such as Vogue and Vanity Fair.
His work has also been exhibited in galleries and museums across<|fim_middle|> coast of Peru, with the El Salvador clinic being entirely funded from the sale of a single print from his iconic Princess Diana portraits. He also supports Aid for AIDS, Life Ball and the Naked Heart Foundation among many others, and has received many awards for his photography and charitable work. In 2012 he opened his first not-for-profit association in Barranco, Lima called 'MATE' which will act as a platform for Peruvian art and will hold a permanent exhibition of his works. | the world. One of his most successful exhibitions was 'Portraits' at the National Portrait Gallery in 2002, which showcased over 100 works and received huge visitor numbers.
As well as his work as a leading photographer, Mario Testino is also a great charity supporter. He launched a campaign with Save the Children to raise funds for victims of the 2007 earthquake which hit the | 84 |
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I have three boys of my own, and I know as a mom how hard it is to get great pictures of your son. I also understand how much you would treasure some great images of your boy. That is one of the reasons why I love shooting high school guys so much. Mothers of daughters most likely have lots of pictures of their girls. Mamas of boys, not so much. I'd LOVE the opportunity to give you some amazing images of your boy!
I also know that your son might fight you on having senior pictures taken. Many guys have no interest in senior portraits. My best advice is to talk to him about including things that he loves in his session. Meaning, if he is a musician, lets incorporate that into his session. If he is an athlete, we'll include that in some cool way. If he is a hunter, we can even showcase that in his pictures. By incorporating whatever he is most passionate about, he will usually be a little more interested in the session.
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Grip The Mat recently re-established as a non-profit public charity.<|fim_middle|> | The goal has always been to empower people to lead balanced lifestyles through our yoga social events, but now we're taking more intentional measures to offer our services as a tool to cultivate a community centered in mindfulness and togetherness.
The world is changing rapidly and, although we live in such a globally connected age, it seems like it's easier to stay in touch online than it is to actually experience the company and support of others in person. Our goal is to provide a space for people to step out of routine to feel good and have fun while exploring mindfulness. We hope to provide the tools so that we can all be the change we wish to see in the world - together.
To kick things off, Grip The Mat is hosting Vinyasa to Vino - an evening of yoga, wine and good vibes - at A Baked Joint April 25th. Grab your spot if you're interested in joining us! | 186 |
Trackside with the Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro
The Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro (better known as the R8 V10) waits for us trackside at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
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The sleeping beast
After a quick lead/follow session, where we tailed trained racing instructors around the raceway to familiarize ourselves with the course, we were set loose with Audi's new halo car.
The R8 V10's heart is located amidships and gets two more cylinders, an extra liter of displacement, and a whopping 105 more horsepower over its V8-powered doppelganger. This is the same V10 engine that powers the R8 LMS GT3 race car. Nice!
Breathe easier
The R8's trademark sideblades receive an outward flare to make room for larger air intakes for the heavy-breathing V10.
Full LED headlamps
The R8 V10 is the world's first<|fim_middle|>, Comfort and Sport, which change the firmness of the dampening for different situations. Comfort mode was still quite firmly damped, but Sport could be downright tooth-rattling over potholes.
Ceramic brakes
Although not equipped here, the R8 5.2 FSI quattro is optionally available with a ceramic brake system with disks that are especially light--their combined weight is 19.84 pounds less than the weight of equivalent steel disks. Less unsprung weight means faster acceleration, shorter stops, and nimbler handling.
After our ride in the country, it was time to don our helmets and take the R8 V10 for a spin on the track, where we could safely test the car's limits.
Quattro grip
On the track, we were blown away by the R8's almost endless grip. You'd think that 525 horsepower would make for an awesome burnout, but launching the supercar was drama- and wheelspin-free. The R8 V10 is also equipped with a launch control program, but we were unable to test it.
Torque monster
The R8 handled corners quite neutrally, with a goes-where-you-point-it attitude.
The V10 engine has plenty of horsepower, but the 390 pound-feet of torque are what really put a smile on our faces. The R8 rocketed out of corners and there was plenty of grunt, even if you found yourself a gear or two too high.
...and good looks, to boot
On top of its superb performance, both on and off of the track, the R8 is also quite a looker.
However, I think I prefer the look of its cousin, the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4, which uses an all-wheel drive system based on quattro and powered by a V10 engine, albeit a more powerful one--552 horsepower and 398 pound-feet.
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Quattro all-wheel drive
The R8 V10 wouldn't be a high-performance Audi without the automaker's trademark quattro all-wheel drive system.
There are all sorts of neat design details to be found in the R8's design, such as this aluminum fuel filler cap with a machined R8 logo.
New MMI
The R8's MMI interface has been improved since we last saw it, however it still pales in comparison to the new generation of MMI in Audi's S4.
Road testing
The first leg of our testing was a road course that took us through some winding Sonoma County backroads. The R8 performed admirably. Even its R-Tronic sequential automated manual transmission--which we've previously taken issue with--was quite well behaved.
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If there is a weak link of the major metro areas in the IQ Corridor biotech chain connecting Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison and Minneapolis, some say it's Milwaukee. However, a new project, the Wisconsin Institute for Biomedical and Health Technologies (WIBHT), may change that.
The new institute is a joint effort between the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Medical College of Wisconsin, GE Healthcare, Aurora Health Care and Kansas City-based Cerner Corp, a health care technology company.
Institute officials hope to attract other universities and corporations from southeastern Wisconsin to participate in the initiative.
The institute aims to create new innovations within the biomedical and health industries that will ultimately lead to new products being made in Wisconsin and new jobs for workers to make them.
The institute will be housed at the Cozzens and Cudahy Research Center on Milwaukee's northwest side.
"As we look downstream, we want there to be developments to create new technology that will be commercialized," UWM chancellor Carlos Santiago said. "Spin-off companies can really support economic development.
"Milwaukee is still not strong enough for the Chicago technology and the developments from Madison. That's the weak link now," Santiago said. "I think that within three years, we'll see it start to develop real funded research niches, where UWM will become known for one thing it does very well. It will take on a life of its own. If we get and attract the right people, we can't predict where it's going to go."
Two projects that will fall under the umbrella of the institute when it is formally established in July are already running, and work has begun for additional projects.
UWM's College of Nursing has been working with Aurora and Cerner Corp. for the past seven months on a project dedicated to health care informatics, the study of digitally storing medical records and patient information to make that information easily accessible for health care workers.
"We're developing what I call intelligent decision-making systems for health care," said Sally Lundeen, dean of the UWM College of Nursing. "As health care and nursing becomes much more complex because of our clients and technology, we're developing the first partnership in the country that I'm aware of between a major software company, a health care system and academia. We're building an information system that brings information to nurses at the point of care and allows a nurse that is going to make complex decisions to have a knowledge base to make those decisions."
It typically takes 12 to 17 years to get research in the health care industry to be used by health care workers. Having the health care industry partnering in the informatics project should speed up the process, she said.
Norma Lang, former dean of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, has been brought to UWM to lead the informatics project. Lang has been named Aurora professor of health care quality and a distinguished professor in the UW system.
If the project is successful, Lang said it could greatly improve health care in southeastern Wisconsin.
"Nurses often determine the quality of care that's going on," Lang said. "The whole care design has to go along with the patient, and that goes right along with the nurses."
The promise of improving patient outcomes motivated Aurora to become involved with the informatics project, according to Susan Ela, senior clinical vice president at the Milwaukee company.
"We believe that the new research work that will be made possible through the Wisconsin Institute for Biomedical and Health Technologies has the potential to change the way people are cared for," Ela said.
UWM's College of Engineering and Applied Science will be working with GE Healthcare and the Medical College of Wisconsin on another project, which has yet to be determined.
"We've had about eight hours of meetings (at GE Healthcare) and here at UWM, and discussions of possible projects on the table," said Bill Gregory, dean of UWM's College of Engineering and Applied Science. "The beauty is that between UWM and (the Medical College of Wisconsin), there are almost 60 faculty involved."
Gregory's son, Christopher Gregory, is an associated researcher with the UWM College of Engineering and Applied Science, and is working with his father and several others from the engineering program on an electrical scanning project, which they hope will be a breakthrough in cancer screening tests.
Christopher Gregory said the electrical scanning program, which he calls electronic impedance tomography, reads electrical signals sent out by different types of tissues and is able to differentiate between, healthy tissue and suspected cancer.
The team is working to develop an electronic impedance tomography device that will be able to scan patients in tests that will be done alongside mammograms, Christopher Gregory said.
"We're working on that test prototype of the scan device," he said. "My dad has been talking with Aurora in the last six weeks. We still need to go through the review process."
The institute was born from conversations between Santiago and Katherine Lyall, the former president of the University of Wisconsin System, when Santiago was making preparations to lead UWM.
"They hired me to build, implement and improve our research stature," Santiago said. "But I realized that is an expensive undertaking, and at the same time, there's not a lot of free money floating around."
However, Santiago was able to secure $1 million in seed money and another $1 million in annual funding for a new strategic research program.<|fim_middle|>. Michael Bolger, president of the Medical College of Wisconsin, said the institute will give the universities in southeastern Wisconsin a chance to collaborate, which in turn will help spur innovation.
"Our institutions should be working together in both research and educational programs because we complement each other so well," he said. "Through collaboration, we can build something in Milwaukee that is far greater than the sum of its parts."
May 27, 2005, Small Business Times, Milwaukee, WI | To leverage the money for its best use, Santiago asked the deans of UWM's colleges to form teams and submit their best projects.
WIBHT was one of the seven proposals created by the UWM community and also incorporates several of the other nominations. The other nominations include creating a center for neural plasticity, enhanced surface and nano studies, a center on biotechnology, and a center on age and community.
"The characteristics we were looking for were that it would involve multiple schools and outside partners in the private sector, and they should put resources into it as well," Santiago said. "Then we could use the $1 million in seed money to attract a team of researchers."
UWM and WIBHT are now looking for a leadership team.
"That's where that $1 million comes in, to bring in that person and their team," he said.
Abbas Ourmazd, who was named UWM's new vice chancellor for research and dean of its graduate school, will play a significant role in finding and attracting the right person to lead WIBHT.
Ourmazd will start with UWM on July 1. He is the chairman of Frankfurt, Germany-based Lesswire AG, a high-tech company founded in 1999 that holds 10 patents and has published more than 130 papers in journals. Ourmazd also has served as chief executive officer of Frankfurt-based Communicant Semiconductor Technologies AG and has overseen several laboratories.
"He has a lot of connections to help us attract a top-notch researcher," Santiago said. "He's got all the research credentials, and he knows the business world."
Because WIBHT's mission is to create partnerships between academia and private enterprise, it plays upon the strengths of each, Lundeen said.
"What academia is really excellent at doing is creating new knowledge and synthesizing existing knowledge," Lundeen said. "What Cerner is excellent at is computerizing this knowledge, and what Aurora is stellar at doing is implementing the latest knowledge at the bedside, creating a culture where nurses can test what has been found in academia and coded in industry."
Ultimately, the goals of the institute are the transfer of intellectual property from universities and the institute, where they will be developed, to private business, where they could result in new products and ultimately, new jobs and manufacturing in southeastern Wisconsin.
"The student is your intellectual transfer," Gregory said.
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Dr John Strak, Honorary Professor in Food Economics at The University of Nottingham, on his recent encounter with the Women's Institute as it launches its report on global food security.
A day out in York in cold, snowy December probably isn't that appealing but I was tempted when I heard that the Women's Institute was launching its report Food for thought: global and national challenges of food security.
This was part of its Great Food Debate – a debate which it wants to see gathering steam next year. I wasn't the only one prepared to endure the weather as the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Owen Patterson, was in York too and he shared the platform with an alumnus of the University, Peter Kendall, the President of the National Farmers' Union. Whatever the WI's report might say these policy-makers and opinion-formers knew that the +200,00<|fim_middle|> launching pad for entry into the "great food debate". I would expect that, as part of that debate, the University's research into global food security can offer some solutions to the long list of challenges that the WI's meeting identified. | 0 members of the WI would be very engaged in the debate on food security in the near future. I had high hopes of learning something from this event so the trek seemed worthwhile.
And did I learn anything from this venture north?
Well, I didn't get answers to a lot of questions but I did get confirmation that the Global Food Security research group at the University is asking the right questions – and that there are a lot of them. Again and again the speakers, the WI's report, and the audience came back to the same (long) list of challenges and queries in the food security agenda and, generally, they put the emphasis on science and rational debate to answer those inquiries. This was one learning point – that the University is right to have a multi-disciplinary evidence-based approach to global food security research and that we have identified many of the challenges that will determine the correct outcome to the research efforts in this area. Even if the destination is not clear it's good to know that we are travelling in the right direction.
Perhaps it wasn't surprising that the Secretary of State approached the problems in a reasoned and rational way as he is the brother in law of Matt Ridley the author of The Rational Optimist. But it was pleasing, nevertheless, to hear a key politician underlining the need to have science-based answers to food security questions. This was another learning point and one that I was pleased to identify in the attitude of a key policy-maker as I reflected on the evening's discussions on my return south.
The NFU President, Peter Kendall, made an important observation as well – that the Foresight Report on food security may have made a mistake in talking about what we needed to do by 2050. In Kendall's view we need to be talking about what we need to do by 2025 – or a lot of people will be going hungry, and the planet will be warming uncontrollably, long before 2050 appears in the smartphone calendar or the PC's desktop diary. I hope that I am not overly influenced by Mr Kendall's links with Nottingham University (he is one of our graduates) but I think this is a crucial point. There is no time to waste and we should not let the policy-makers think that the answers to food security challenges can wait until after the next election – or, worse, after the next but one.
The WI's great food debate could not come at a better time and it's a debate that the University's research priority group can play a part in – indeed, our recent Shanghai food security forum is a | 523 |
Superbells Cherry Star Calibrachoa. Photo from Proven Winners.
My garden is built around perennials, and I would recommend that strategy to anyone. But this year I vow to use more annuals.
Yes, perennials are great because they stay in your garden year after year–you don't have to spend money buying them every year. Plus, they tend to spread. You can start with a small garden and expand it from year to year.
The problem with perennials is that while the plants are there all year, the blossoms come and go. My<|fim_middle|>-me-nots, allium, columbine and chives (chives are a tangy herb, but they also get a beautiful flower in spring).
Lobularia in basket. Photo from Proven Winners.
Then there tends to be a lag as I wait for tiger lilies and black-eyed Susans and hostas to bloom later in the summer.
One answer is to try to find perennials to fill in that gap, and I'm working on that. Another answer is to use annuals.
But before we go any further, let me explain how I'm using the terms perennial and annual. If something comes back on its own every year in Western New York (even if the plant dies and reseeds itself), I'm referring to it as a perennial. If you have to go out and buy a new specimen of the plant every year, or you have to start it yourself from seed, I'm referring to it as an annual. These definitions differ from the botanical definitions.
Lobularia in the ground. Photo from Proven Winners.
boxes, deck boxes and planters. If you place annuals in pots that are small enough to be moved, the container can be placed wherever you need color at that time. You have a broader range of plants to choose from when you add annuals to the mix of plants in your garden.
In this article, we'll look at some annuals that do well in sun in Buffalo-area gardens. These suggestions were provided by the staff at Lockwood's Greenhouses, 4484 Clark Street, Hamburg, NY 14075. This list includes some new annuals as well as tried-and-true annuals.
Angelonia Angelface dark violet. Photo from Proven Winners.
A new color of calibrachoa, Superbells Cherry Star from Proven Winners, looks great in containers, said Jill Kisker, grower at Lockwood's.
Long, trailing branches will cascade over the side of hanging baskets and spread out in flower beds. Abundant, small petunia-like flowers appear all season and into fall.
It's heat tolerant and low maintenance– no deadheading is necessary. It attracts hummingbirds and other birds.
Serena lavender pink angelonia. Photo from Ball Horticultural Company.
Lobularia was a big hit last year, and Kisker expects it to be popular this year as well.
It's a hanging alyssum that gets big and full. It can grow in a big, round ball. Steve Lockwood, owner of Lockwood's, noted that lobularia can drape down as much as three or four feet. It also trails nicely when planted in the ground. It comes only in white.
It will flower from spring, into summer–and beyond! Kisker said they had a plant that made it through to the middle of December last year.
"It's fragrant, too, which is nice," Lockwood added.
It does take a lot of water, but it won't look ratty in the middle of summer as some plants do.
"It's a good all-around plant," Kisker said.
Angelonia is a flower that doesn't get used enough, Kisker said. It flowers all summer, likes heat and is a good, reliable plant.
AngelMist spreading pink angelonia. Photo from Ball Horticultural Company.
Because it looks like a snapdragon, it's often referred to as a summer snapdragon, Lockwood noted. It comes in pinks, purples and whites.
There are several varieties. The Angelface series from Proven Winners is 18-24 inches tall. A shorter variety is Serena, which grows about 12 inches tall. A spreading variety is AngelMist from Ball Horticultural Company.
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If I plant Agapanthus in gallon pots in Buffalo now, will they be in bloom by late July?
It is hard to say if the Agapanthus will bloom at all the first year you pot them up. They bloom better when the roots are constricted in the pot and sometimes take a couple years to flower. It also depends on the size and age of the plants. You may have luck if they are already larger, mature plants. | garden looks great in spring when I have many plants in bloom, including narcissus, forget | 18 |
When I was a little girl of about seven or eight years old, I met a lady who had the most amazing garden. She was a friend of my dad's, and I would go visit him a few times a year. This woman had the most interesting set up that seemed to go on for miles. She spent a lot of time in her garden, and the results of her efforts were beautiful. I would spend hours walking through with her, or on my own, because I could not get over how magical her garden seemed to be. There was always garden furniture placed around so you could sit down and enjoy the day.
I don't have a garden like hers yet, but I really hope to one day. Her garden covered almost two acres, and I still to this day do not know how she managed it by herself. She lived with her sister, but she didn't help out very often. The garden furniture was almost as lovely as the garden, and thinking back, I don't think it would have been as beautiful had the furniture not been as nice as it was. It was like she had a gift in that department, and she used that special touch to make a garden unlike any I had ever seen, or have seen since.
When you buy garden furniture, keep in mind that this is something that should compliment your garden. It should not seem as if it was placed there, it should seem as if it belongs there. There is plenty of garden furniture out there from which to choose, so it should not be too hard to find the perfect set or individual pieces that you want to have in your own space. If you put love and time into your garden, you will know it when you come upon the right stuff. Remember to check for durability and condition when you buy. Some stuff will rust rather quickly, and that is the last thing you want. Instead, look for something that<|fim_middle|> paint to protect it on your own. Once you find a great piece, you don't want to have to throw it away the next year because it did not make it through the winter. Don't go overboard with your garden furniture either. Just get enough to fill a few small spaces, and then let nature have the rest. | is protected, or make sure you buy the | 9 |
Signet LLC acquires Indiana chemical manufacturer
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Investment and development firm Signet LLC says it's looking to grow its specialty manufacturing investments, and its latest move allows it to do just that.
Signet has acquired Blue Grass Chemical Specialties in New Albany, Ind., for an<|fim_middle|> also supporting strategic enhancements to their infrastructure, manufacturing and business processes."
Blue Grass, founded in 1969, specializes in the production of metal nitrates, principally ferric nitrate. The company employs 17. | undisclosed amount, the Akron-based firm announced in a news release on Monday, Oct. 23.
Blue Grass is a contract chemical manufacturer and toll producer of custom products, plus it makes some of its own branded offerings. In its 27,144-square-foot manufacturing facility, the company makes chemicals used in agricultural processes, waste water treatment and nuclear waste irradiation, the release stated.
"We are delighted to add Blue Grass Chemical Specialties to our growing portfolio of manufacturing investments," Anthony Manna, Signet chairman, said in a statement. "We are actively pursuing specialty manufacturing opportunities in high-growth markets and Blue Grass fits this profile to a tee. We are excited to engage with their executives to add value through our vast corporate resources, which we foresee, in time, will boost revenue and take their business to the next level."
Like at Signet's other portfolio companies — which range from book binding and publishing businesses to a corrosion-control polymer maker — the Blue Grass management team will remain in place while Signet executives work with them to revamp the company's strategy, including branding, officials said.
Signet will look for ways to grow the company and its market potential, plus it plans "operational enhancements and new plant investment" for Blue Grass. A Signet spokesman couldn't provide additional details about those plans.
"Blue Grass is a successful, mature company with a stable book of business," Signet president and chief operating office Mark Corr said in the release. "We see a great opportunity for us to build on their strong foundation through investments in brand positioning and awareness in the marketplace, while | 326 |
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Court School is primarily behaviorally oriented, more therapeutic, and where students achieve social and academic skills that facilitate their return to the regular school environment and/or community. Students have to follow strict guidelines while attending the school.
The mission of the school is four-fold:
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Join us for a special series of Facebook Live benefit broadcasts with our next livestream launching on Friday, October 8, 2021 at 9:00 pm EDT with singer/songwriter/guitarist and Ticked Off Foundation founder Gregg Kirk.
Kirk has played and spoken on behalf of Lyme patients since recovering from the disease himself in 2011, and he has appeared at events in Hawaii, Florida, California, Maryland, Maine, and Delaware.
Proceeds will go to Lyme patients in crisis via our sister organization, Ticked Off Foundation Inc., a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization, EIN: 47-4783824. This fund gives support to patients in financial, physical, and emotional crisis.
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Launched in 2013, The Ticked Off Music Fest is the only ongoing music event solely focused on Lyme disease education, awareness and fundraising that travels to trouble spots around the country.
The series is designed to hold events in different regions where tick-borne disease awareness is low but incidence of infection is high.
The goal of the concert series is to drive awareness, give tips on prevention, and to educate on the many symptoms of the diseases. It is to also raise funds for a Lyme patient fund developed by our sister organization, Ticked Off Foundation Inc., a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization, EIN: 47-4783824. This fund gives support to patients in financial, physical, and emotional crisis.
Since its inception, the Ticked Off Music Fest has partnered with respected Lyme disease support groups, organizers and sponsors to host events in Wilmington, DE, Jacksonville, FL, Annapolis, MD, Los Angeles, CA, Honolulu, HI, Woolwich, ME and Richmond, VA.
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With<|fim_middle|> cost around $2.6 million. | the beginning of the NFL Playoffs just a mere days away, we're heading back to Miami, Florida for Super Bowl XLI between the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears.
On February 4, 2007, the Colts and Bears kicked off a historic Super Bowl XLI from Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida. Super Bowl XLI would become the first Super Bowl in which not only was there an African American head coach leading one of the two teams, but both teams, and one would become the first African American head coach to win the Super Bowl. The Indianapolis Colts and head coach Tony Dungy would take home the title, by a final score of 29-17.
Many remember Super Bowl XLI as the Super Bowl where Colts quarterback Peyton Manning finally got the "monkey off his back." After years of early playoff exits and disappointing finishes, Manning and the Colts had finally captured their first Lombardi trophy. Manning would go on to be named Super Bowl XLI MVP, completing 25 of his 38 passes for 247 yards and a touchdown.
In front of 74,512 football fans at Dolphin Stadium, the late Prince would perform the Super Bowl halftime show, in a performance that would become iconic, and the national anthem was sung by Billy Joel. A total of 93.2 million fans tuned in to catch Super Bowl XLI, broadcast by Jim Nantz and Phil Simms on CBS. And the cost of a 30-second Super Bowl commercial spot would | 311 |
The 91-year life of Joyce Pulk quietly was given<|fim_middle|> honorary bearers of Dennis Pulk and Ryan Pulk. She will be laid to rest at Credit River Cemetery.
The simple life of Joyce Clara began on October 28, 1926, in TrimBelle Township in Wisconsin. She was the youngest of six children born to Albert and Mary (Brickner) Deiss. Joyce grew up on the farm, in the area known as Big River near Ellsworth, WI, with siblings, Beatrice, Clarence, Marvin, Mildred and Virginia. She spent many years working hard on the farm, especially milking the cows by hand. Joyce attended Big River grade school. Upon entering Ellsworth High School, she boarded in town, while assisting families with household chores. Joyce completed her education in 11 years.
After graduating from high school, Joyce took a position at the Ellsworth Bank. She then set her eyes upon a hardworking and "fun guy" named, Stewart J. Pulk. They courted for a short time and on February 6, 1945, Joyce and Stewart married at St Joseph Catholic Church, in Prescott, WI. From this union, they welcomed eight children, Patricia, Michael, Peter, Joseph, Mary, William, Paula and Robert. She always knew her place was raising her children, taking care of her husband and the household. From morning to night, Joyce could be found in the kitchen baking and cooking meals. She had perfected over 100 recipes based on a pound of hamburger. Joyce would tend a large vegetable garden and put-up many servings of preserved fruits and vegetables.
Their first home was nothing more than a converted chicken coop in Ellsworth, WI. Multiple moves to Litchfield, MN, Prescott WI and then to Hastings, MN before moving to Bloomington, MN in 1956. In the early 70's, Joyce and Stewart moved to Prior Lake, MN building a home in Casey's Addition. Shortly after, they purchased acreage in Credit River Township and built the family homestead. They loved to spend Saturday nights with friends and family polka dancing at the local halls. After the unexpected passing of Stewart in 1996, Joyce remained on the farm one more year, before moving into Prior Lake, where she remained.
Joyce was a prolific and skilled seamstress and very handy with a crochet hook and embroidery needle. Her handiwork graces countless items that are cherished by many. She was a quiet, humble and self-sufficient woman, who enjoyed intimate conversations with family and friends. Joyce was interested in keeping up with the lives of her children, grandchildren and her great grandchildren. A bargain shopper, she felt the best when a coupon could sweeten the deal.
Family and faith were most important to Joyce. She and Stewart were an excellent example of a committed marriage in good times and in bad. Joyce loved her family immensely and was very proud of each and every one of them. Her character of generosity, resourcefulness, reserve and love; was rooted in her strong faith in God.
Forever loved and celebrated by children Pat (Tom) Weeklund, Mike (Karen) Pulk, Pete (Jill) Pulk, Joe (Julie) Pulk, Mary (Mike) Mraz, Bill (Denisa) Pulk, Bob (Shona) Pulk; son-in-law, Troy (Nancy) Scott; 23 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren; sisters, Mildred Ray, Virginia Reis; sister-in-law, Bernice Deiss; brother-in-law, Roger "Bud" Pulk; other relatives and friends.
Joyce entered eternal life joining her loving husband, Stewart; daughter, Paula Scott; daughter-in-law, Paula Pulk; grandsons, Dennis Pulk, Ryan Pulk. Siblings, Beatrice (Marvin) Worth, Clarence (Mildred) Deiss, Marvin (Elvira) Deiss, brothers-in-law, Jim Ray and Herman Reis.
My sincere & heartfelt condolences to each & everyone of JOYCE's family. She was an amazing Lady. She was my dear friend for many years. I always said, "your my big , Sis", Joyce! When our husbands Stu & Charlie passed away in 1996, just 2 months apart, we had many nights on the phone supporting one another. Thanks for the great memories, Sis! Love you! Until we meet again! Prayers & hugs to you, all! Jan Yetzer…. | back to the Lord on Saturday, July 7, 2018, at her residence at New Perspective Senior Living, in Prior Lake, MN.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, July 10 at 11 am, with a visitation from 9-10:45 am, at St. Michael Catholic Church 16311 Duluth Avenue SE, Prior Lake, MN. Father Tom Walker will preside. Joyce's pall bearers will be, David Pulk, Andrew Pulk, Mic Mraz, Alex Scott, Stew Pulk and Clint Pulk, with heaven's | 133 |
Cheesy spinach pies by kriscrox. A Thermomix <sup>®</sup> recipe in the category Baby food on www.recipecommunity.com.au, the Thermomix <sup>®</sup> Community.
Add potato and water. Cook on 100, speed 1, <|fim_middle|> with grated cheese.
Bake at 220oC for 10 minutes or until almost golden OR wrap individually and freeze until required.
Can be fully heated in microwave for convenience.
I have been feeding these to my baby since she was 6 months old and she still loves them 5 months on. You can vary the texture very easily depending on their age and stage.
Also delicious for pregnant mums to eat at the same time!
Submitted by NanCee.60 on 28. January 2017 - 18:18.
Hard to get out of paper when hot.
Paper removes easily when cold.
Submitted by Rix1401 on 31. May 2015 - 09:03.
Submitted by kelsabels on 14. April 2013 - 18:00.
Mine also ended up a bit sloppy! I may have pureed them too much? They tasted great though and I fed them to my daughter with a spoon straight from the patty case.
Submitted by kriscrox on 31. July 2012 - 18:10.
I've never needed egg. The water content of the potatoes can have an effect, same as when you make gnocchi. Perhaps try draining some water out before you blend the potatoes.
Also, they are meant to be served in patty pans!
Submitted by StephH on 27. July 2012 - 14:21.
I have just made these and they are very, very sloppy. I wondered whether there is meant to be an egg or something to bind the mixture? | 20 min.
While you're waiting, line a muffin pan with patty pans or baking paper squares.
Pause at 15 min, add spinach and peas to varoma. Continue cooking.
Set peas and spinach aside.
Add cottage cheese to bowl and mash with potato speed 6, 20-30 sec.
Add spinach and peas to bowl and mix on speed 2-3 for 20-30 sec or until combined.
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This is my happy place right now. I wish I could<|fim_middle|> | spend a lot more time here.
In my last post, I was rather down about sewing. But today I report a win that I am very happy about.
I got the iconic Sew Together pattern from Sew Demented. I feel really comfortable making zippered pouches, so I wanted to give this a shot.
Although there were some parts that took some thinking, this must be a wonderfully written pattern because I was able to follow it quite easily with very few mistakes.
It also served as a great skill builder for different sewing techniques. It didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would- I imagine if I did it all in one go a second time around, I could do it in less than 2 hours.
I first mentioned this mini-quilt in another post, and wanted to give an update since it is now finished, in some state.
As you can see, compared to my previous post, half of my intended mini is missing. When I started quilting the warm side, everything just went to crap. It wasn't working, and I knew I was approaching melt-down. So I made an executive decision to go with just the cool colors. It's approx 13″ x 13″.
I'll be honest. I am having severe anxiety about this. One thing about quilting that I have never been good at is perfection. The day I finished/turned it in for the quilt show, I cried MANY TEARS. I was so ashamed because it didn't feel up to snuff and I truly tried the best I could.
I'm coping a little better now, but I might have another meltdown when I see it displayed next to to the other submissions from our guild.
But I've been listening to Elizabeth Gilbert's book- Big Magic, and it reminded me that all creativity comes with fear and vulnerability, so I'm trying to embrace it in whatever way I can. I know that the upcoming year will hold many challenges creatively for me and require much bravery, so I guess this is a good way to start the year.
If you're in the area, the Oklahoma City Winter Quilt Show is this coming weekend. Check it out!
I am not a big new year's resolution person. Instead I choose topics to think about, work towards, or meditate on, but this year I do have some measurable goals for my sewing practice.
Hand quilt something. Maybe something very small- a mug rug, a pin cushion. But hand quilt something.
Quilt my Botanics offset cross quilt.
Take a long-arm certification class at Prairie Quilt to see if I like long-arm quilting.
Learn how to use rivets in bag making.
Make a sewing machine cubby.
Show work in a quilt show. This is cheating because I know I'm showing something on the second weekend of January. I'm terrified; more about that later.
Get more involved in my local quilt guild. Also cheating, because I was just elected to the board of my local quilt guild, haha.
I have some other goals that I want to define more and that are more personal to me. There are some items I want to design myself, which I'm sure will take some painful trial and error, but such is learning and growing.
2015 has been a blast. Can't wait for 2016!
Long ago, I bought a layer cake of the Cotton + Steel line Mustang, because it reminded me of my sister. She loved horses growing up, and I loved the designs and metallic accents of the fabric.
A few months ago, I decided to make her a quilt this Christmas. It's a simple stack and whack block, and I sashed it with Cotton + Steel sprinkles in gray.
It's backed in two kinds of chambray and a stripe of cream and metallic gold stars. | 780 |
Category Archives: epistemology
The Zero Effect of Archival Research
Posted on 6 June 2013 by Donald Taylor II
Now that I'm spending time doing research for my thesis at the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and the National Archive, I'm really wishing that the fictional manual / memoir that serves as Daryl Zero's voice-over in The Zero Effect were a real book that I could consult:
Now, a few words on looking for things. When you look for something specific your chances of finding it are very bad because of all things in the world, you only want one of them. When you look for anything at all your chances of finding it are very good because of all the things in the world you're sure to find some of them.
Daryl Zero is for me a guru on par with Yoda, Keisuke Miyagi and Ogami Itto.
Posted in epistemology, film, Personal
Knowledge is a Network
Posted on 9 July 2009 by Donald Taylor II
Knowledge is a network phenomenon. Only primitive knowledge consists of non-systematized catalogues of facts. System is the highest state of knowledge. Right now the system of our knowledge might be said to be clumpy, with well developed disciplines, but tenuous connections between them. Knowledge is still subject to cluster analysis. The apogee of knowledge will be a system of complete propositional consistency.
I present here a selection of discussions of the network nature of knowledge:
Kevin Kelly ("The Fifth and Sixth Discontinuity," The Technium, 15 June 2009):
We casually talk about the "discovery of America" in 1492, or the "discovery of gorillas" in 1856, or the "discovery of vaccines" in 1796. Yet vaccines, gorillas and America were not unknown before their "discovery." Native peoples had been living in the Americas for 10,000 years before Columbus arrived and they had explored the continent far better than any European ever could. Certain West African tribes were intimately familiar the gorilla, and many more primate species yet to be "discovered." Dairy farmers had long been aware of the protective power of vaccines that related diseases offered, although they did not have a name for it. The same argument can be made about whole libraries worth of knowledge — herbal wisdom, traditional practices, spiritual insights — that are "discovered" by the educated but only after having been long known by native and folk peoples. These supposed "discoveries" seems imperialistic and condescending, and often are.
Yet there is one legitimate way in which we can claim that Columbus discovered America, and the French-American explorer Paul du Chaillu discovered gorillas, and Edward Jenner discovered vaccines. They "discovered" previously locally known knowledge by adding it to the growing pool of structured global knowledge. Nowadays we would call that accumulating structured knowledge science. Until du Chaillu's adventures in Gabon any knowledge about gorillas was extremely parochial; the local tribes' vast natural knowledge about these primates was not integrated into all that science knew about all other animals. Information about "gorillas" remained outside of the structured known. In fact, until zoologists got their hands on Paul du Chaillu's specimens, gorillas were scientifically considered to be a mythical creature similar to Big Foot, seen only by uneducated, gullible natives. Du Chaillu's "discovery" was actually science's discovery. The meager anatomical information contained in the killed animals was fitted into the vetted system of zoology. Once their existence was "known," essential information about the gorilla's behavior and natural history could be annexed. In the same way, local farmers' knowledge about how cowpox could inoculate against small pox remained local knowledge and was not connected to the rest of what was known about medicine. The remedy therefore remained isolated. When Jenner "discovered" the effect, he took what was known locally, and linked its effect into to medical theory and all the little science knew of infection and germs. He did not so much "discover" vaccines as much as he "linked in" vaccines. Likewise America. Columbus's encounter put America on the map of the globe, linking it to the rest of the known world, integrating its own inherent body of knowledge into the slowly accumulating, unified body of verified knowledge. Columbus joined two large continents of knowledge into a growing global consilience.
The reason science absorbs local knowledge and not the other way around is because science is a machine we have invented to connect information. It is built to integrate new knowledge with the web of the old. If a new insight is presented with too many "facts" that don't fit into what is already known, then the new knowledge is rejected until those facts can be explained. A new theory does not need to have every unexpected detail explained (and rarely does) but it must be woven to some satisfaction into the established order. Every strand of conjecture, assumption, observation is subject to scrutiny, testing, skepticism and verification. Piece by piece consilience is built.
Pierre Bayard (How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read [New York: Bloomsbury, 2007]):
As cultivated people know (and, to their misfortune, uncultivated people do not), culture is above all a matter of orientation. Being cultivated is a matter not of having read any book in particular, but of being able to find your bearings within books as a system, which requires you to know that they form a system and to be able to locate each element in relation to the others. …
Most statements about a book are not about the book itself, despite appearances, but about the larger set of books on which our culture depends at that moment. It is that set, which I shall henceforth refer to as the collective library, that truly matters, since it is our mastery of this collective library that is at stake in all discussions about books. But this mastery is a command of relations, not of any book in isolation …
The idea of overall perspective has implications for more than just situating a book within the collective library; it is equally relevant to the task of situating each passage within a book. (pgs. 10-11, 12, 14)
And I might add that it is not only passages within a book, but passages between books. Books, passages, paragraphs, et cetera are all stand-ins for or not-quite-there-yet stabs at the notion of memes. It is the relation of memes that is critical and books or passages therefrom are proxies or meme carriers. A book is a bundle of memes. And those memes bear a certain set of relations to all the other memes bundled in all the other books (or magazines, memos, blog posts, radio broadcasts, conversations, thoughts, or any of the other carriers of memes).
This brings us to the ur-theory of them all, W.V.O. Quine's thumb-nail sketch epistemology from "Two Dogmas of Empiricism," (The Philosophical Review vol. 60, 1951, pp. 20-43; Reprinted in From a Logical Point of View [Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1953; second, revised, edition 1961]):
The totality of our so-called knowledge or beliefs, from the most casual matters of geography and history to the profoundest laws of atomic physics or even of pure mathematics and logic, is a man-made fabric which impinges on experience only along the edges. Or, to change the figure, total science is like a field of force whose boundary conditions are experience. A conflict with experience at the periphery occasions readjustments in the interior of the field. Truth values have to be redistributed over some of our statements. Reevaluation of some statements entails re-evaluation of others, because of their logical interconnections — the logical laws being in turn simply certain further statements of the system, certain further elements of the field. Having reevaluated one statement we must reevaluate some others, whether they be statements logically connected with the first or whether they be the statements of logical connections themselves. But the total field is so undetermined by its boundary conditions, experience, that there is much latitude of choice as to what statements to reevaluate in the light of any single contrary experience. No particular experiences are linked with any particular statements in the interior of the field, except indirectly through considerations of equilibrium affecting the field as a whole.
If this view is right, it is misleading to speak of the empirical content of an individual statement — especially if it be a statement at all remote from the experiential periphery of the field. Furthermore it becomes folly to seek a boundary between synthetic statements, which hold contingently on experience, and analytic statements which hold come what may. Any statement can be held true come what may, if we make drastic enough adjustments elsewhere in the system. Even a statement very close to the periphery can be held true in the face of recalcitrant experience by pleading hallucination or by amending certain statements of the kind called logical laws. Conversely, by the same token, no statement is immune to revision. Revision even of the logical law of the excluded middle has been proposed as a means of simplifying quantum mechanics; and what difference is there in principle between such a shift and the shift whereby Kepler superseded Ptolemy, or Einstein Newton, or Darwin Aristotle?
For vividness I have been speaking in terms of varying distances from a sensory periphery. Let me try now to clarify this notion without metaphor. Certain statements, though about physical objects and not sense experience, seem peculiarly germane to sense experience — and in a selective way: some statements to some experiences, others to others. Such statements, especially germane to particular experiences, I picture as near the periphery. But in this relation of "germaneness" I envisage nothing more than a loose association reflecting the relative likelihood, in practice, of our choosing one statement rather than another for revision in the event of recalcitrant experience. For example, we can imagine recalcitrant experiences to which we would surely be inclined to accommodate our system by reevaluating just the statement that there are brick houses on Elm Street, together with related statements on the same topic. We can imagine other recalcitrant experiences to which we would be inclined to accommodate our system by reevaluating just the statement that there are no centaurs, along with kindred statements. A recalcitrant experience can, I have already urged, be accommodated by any of various alternative reevaluations in various alternative quarters of the total system; but, in the cases which we are now imagining, our natural tendency to disturb the total system as little as possible would lead us to focus our revisions upon these specific statements concerning brick houses or centaurs. These statements are felt, therefore, to have a sharper empirical reference than highly theoretical statements of physics or logic or ontology. The latter statements may be thought of as relatively centrally located within the total network, meaning merely that little preferential connection with any particular sense data obtrudes itself.
As an empiricist I continue to think of the conceptual scheme of science as a tool, ultimately, for predicting future experience in the light of past experience. Physical objects are conceptually imported into the situation as convenient intermediaries — not by definition in terms of experience, but simply as irreducible posits comparable, epistemologically, to the gods of Homer. Let me interject that for my part I do, qua lay physicist, believe in physical objects and not in Homer's gods; and I consider it a scientific error to believe otherwise. But in point of epistemological footing the physical objects and the gods differ only in degree and not in kind. Both sorts of entities enter our conception only as cultural posits. The myth of physical objects is epistemologically superior to most in that it has proved more efficacious than other myths as a device for working a manageable structure into the flux of experience.
Image from Bollen, Johan, Herbert Van de Sompel, Aric Hagberg, Luis Bettencourt, Ryan Chute, et al., "Clickstream Data Yields High-Resolution Maps of Science," Public Library of Science One, vol. 4, no. 3, March 2009, e4803, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004803. See article for a larger version.
Posted in epistemology, Philosophy, systems | Tagged Kevin Kelly, Pierre Bayard, W.V.O. Quine
Information Phenotype
Posted on 2 May 2009 by Donald Taylor II
I have previously commented on my love of the movie π ("The Supernovae in Your Coffee Cup," 2 November 2008). It left me with two enduring images: mixing coffee and cream as an example of turbulence, previously discussed; and the branching of tree limbs as an example of fractal symmetry. I love winter for its exposure of this fabulous phenomena, innocuously right over our heads. I am always a little sad for the arrival of spring and the enshrouding of all these thought-provoking fractals in greenery.
The picture above is of my favorite tree in the neighborhood where I live. The degree to which the pattern of major arc over two-thirds of growth length followed by sharp break and lesser arc over remainder of growth length is repeated trunk to twig is amazing. Notice the arc of the trunk: unlike many trees which follow one rule for trunk and a separate rule for the branches, this tree follows a single rule throughout.
We think of a fractal as a recursive algorithm, a mathematical formula. But there's no math in that tree. The recipe for that fractal is coded somewhere in the tree's DNA. But the DNA contains no fractal. The DNA is a bunch of nucleotides that are transcribed by messenger RNA that code amino acids that assemble into proteins that form the structures of cells. The cells then split and differentiate in response to a complex of internal chemical signals and environmental stimuli to grow in a pattern that is the fractal.
One might say that there is a fractal somewhere in that tree, but there are so many transformation rules between nucleotide sequence and fractal growth pattern, that it is only in a manner of speaking. I am reminded of Wittgenstein's discussion of what constitutes following a rule and going against it (Philosophical Investigations, trans. G. E. M. Anscombe [Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 1953]):
198. "But how can a rule shew me what I have to do at this point? Whatever I do is, on some interpretation, in accord with the rule." — That is not what we ought to say, but rather: any interpretation still hangs in the air along with what it interprets, and cannot give it any support. Interpretations by themselves do not determine meaning.
"Then can whatever I do be brought into accord with the rule?" — Let me ask this: what has the expression of a rule — say a sign-post — got to do with my actions? What sort of connection is there here? — Well perhaps this one: I have been trained to react to this sign in a particular way, and now I so react to it.
But that is only to give the causal connection; to tell how it has come about that we now go by the sign-post; not what this going-by-the-sign really consists in. On the contrary; I have further indicated that a person goes by a sign-post only in so far as there exists a regular use of sign posts, a custom.
199. Is what we call "obeying a rule" something that it would be possible for only one man to do, and to do only once in his life? — This is of course a note on the grammar of the expression "to obey a rule."
It is not possible that there should have been only one occasion on which someone obeyed a rule. It is not possible that there should have been only one occasion on which a report was made, an order given or understood; and so on. — To obey a rule, to make a report, to give an order, to play a game of chess, are customs (uses, institutions).
To understand a sentence means to understand a language. To understand a language means to be master of a technique.
200. It is, of course, imaginable that two people belonging to a tribe unacquainted with games should sit at a chess-board and go through the moves of a game of chess; and even with all the appropriate mental accompaniments. And if we were to see it we should say they were playing chess. But now imagine a game of chess translated according to certain rules into a series of actions which we do not ordinarily associate with a game — say into yells and stamping of feet. And now suppose those two people to yell and stamp instead of playing the form of chess that we are used to; and this in such a way that their procedure is translatable by suitable rules into a game of chess. Should we still be inclined to say that they were playing a game? What right would one have to say so?
201. This is our paradox: no course of action could be determined by a rule, because every course of action can be made out to accord with the rule. The answer was: if everything can be made out to accord with the rule, then it can also be made out to conflict with it. And so there would be neither accord nor conflict here.
It can be seen that there is a misunderstanding here from the mere fact that in the course of our argument we gave one interpretation after another; as if each one contented us at least for a moment, until we thought of yet another standing behind it. What this shews is that there is a way of grasping a rule which is not an interpretation, but which is exhibited in what we call "obeying the rule" and "going against it" in actual cases.
Of course Wittgenstein is writing about social phenomena where custom and training are factors, but the undecidability of rules is the point here. Socially dogmatic, we are dismissive of blatant divergence from consensus. Less dogmatic — but not free of dogma — science resorts to the metaphysical-aesthetic notion of Ockham's razor with which to cut through the myriad of rules that might potentially be made to accord with observed behavior. Is there really a fractal in the tree's DNA? The fractal pattern of tree growth is but an interpretation of the tree's DNA — an interpretation that would be different given a differing machinery of RNA transcription, amino acid assembly, protein expression, etc.
Posted in epistemology, Philosophy, Science, systems, Washington, D.C. | Tagged biology, Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosophy of biology, scale symmetry
The Future of Economics: The Arational and the Irrational
Back in 2000 The Economist ran an article titled "The Future of Economics" (4 March 2000, p. 80). It was largely a gloss on a symposium on the same from the Journal of Economic Perspectives (vol. 14, no. 1, Winter 2000). The authors acknowledged that economics was a faltering field. Setting aside the proposition that economics may simply have run it's course and be into its dotage of diminishing returns, the article considers two possibilities for a way forward:
David Colander of Middlebury College, in an article that looks back on the present from an imagined 2050, blames the current discontent on the orthodox general-equilibrium model that underlies most of today's economic theory. He favors a shift from the current approach, which has been called "loose-fitting positivism" (propose a model consistent with standard assumptions, then test it), to one based on "loose-fitting pragmatism" (forget about canonical principles, just search for patterns in the data).
Such an approach, he says, would be consistent with "the rise of complexity science within the scientific community generally." Researchers sitting at their computers, subjecting data to a withering barrage of statistical analysis, would still hope to come up with laws of a sort, or regularities at any rate. But these "laws" would be regarded as provisional and ever-shifting: indeed, the claim is that changeless underlying patterns do not exist. Complex systems expand and evolve; even at the most fundamental level, these patterns are temporary. But whether this approach could still be called "economics" is debatable.
The second approach is much easier to reconcile with traditional methods. Its most celebrated exponent is Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago, who has also written a paper for the symposium. Mr. Thaler agrees that the canonical principles of orthodox theory have led economics astray, but he believes these mistakes can be put right. He seeks, in other words, a tighter-fitting positivism. You improve the fit above all, he would argue, by putting a more realistic account of human cognition at the center of the theory.
Orthodox theory famously assumes that people are rational. In reality, they are not. On the other hand, they are not crazy, or crassly incompetent — in other words, their behavior is not random. If economics could try harder to recognize that people try to be rational, but in certain, often predictable, ways fail to be, the positivist approach would have a better foundation. In essence, what Mr. Thaler calls for is a marriage, or at least much closer cohabitation, between economics and psychology.
I have thought of this article frequently since reading it back in 2000 when it was first published. Given the spate of books along these lines, especially the second, I'd have to say that this was one of the more perspicacious articles that I've ever read.
The first approach is an example of Petabyte Age type thinking, eight years before Wired put it on the cover. But of course it is an idea that had to incubate in the rarified world of advanced theoreticians for years before any eruption into the popular conscience. The main offering in this area would be Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner's Freakonomics (2005), though their book is not a fully atheoretic inquiry so much as putting of large questions to the test of large data sets. More to the topic would be Ian Ayres's Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart (2007), though the fact that Mr. Ayres used the very methods he describes in his book to arrive upon a title casts a great deal of doubt on the soundness of said methods.
As for the build a better model of the economic corpuscles approach, it seems to have advanced along far enough that it is now also ready to be packaged up for mass consumption. And of course the psychologists have much more lucrative options in publishing than the mathematicians and computer scientists.
Judging by some of the key phrases in the Economist article (the predictably irrational stuff) I was pretty sure that they had in mind Dan Ariely's thinking, published as Predictably Irrational (2008), but it turns out that Richard Thaler is, along with Cass Sunstein, the author of Nudge (2008). Rounding out the most omnipresent trio is Tim Harford's The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World (2008). Also on the list of offerings along this line would be Ori and Rom Brafman's Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior (2008) and Michael Shermer's The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics (2007).
So that's the future of economic study. Either a discounting of human rationality in favor of the system effect of irrationality or allowing rationality to drop out in favor of the system effect of economic thing-in-itself.
Posted in Economics, epistemology, Philosophy | Tagged Cass Sunstein, choice architecture, Dan Ariely, Ian Ayres, nudge, petabyte age, Richard Thaler, Stephen Dubner, Steven Levitt, The Economist
Patterned Lawlessness
Back in July Will Wilkinson made a point that I thought was interesting at the time, but that has stuck in my grey matter and is gradually working it's way toward becoming a fundamental component of my worldview ("Note About Rational Scofflaws," The Fly Bottle, 11 July 2008):
I wonder how many drivers exceed the speed limit basically whenever they judge that it won't cause anybody any problems. I'd guess, approximately, all of them. Also, there are very clear laws about, say, using turn signals, or using turn signals when parallel parking (do you do this?), or not taking a right hand turn on red lights when it is marked, not double parking, even if you're just going to be one minute while you fetch your latte. And so on. When's the last time you jaywalked? Lunch? People are more or less rational and tend to respond to incentives, and therefore the roads are a zone of patterned lawlessness. We all know what infractions the cops care about — how much over the speed limit is too much over, etc. — and we tend to respond accordingly. We even tend to internalize and moralize the rules whose expected cost of violation is relatively high. It's more efficient that way. And thus our huffing indignation is easily riled by those who face different incentives and so flout different rules than the ones we flout without reflection.
This morning on my ride to work I coasted through a stop sign in front of a police cruiser that was approaching from the road to my right. I gave a little embarrassed smile and a little wave. She made a little disapproving face and waved back. It's anarchy I tell you. Anarchy! I got to work in four minutes.
I have always thought of anarchism as a proscriptivist political program. It's never occurred to me to consider anarchism as a positivist description of what's actually going on behind normal law-conforming behavior.
People have an imagination of the law as somehow an ultimately hard thing. We hear expressions like "the iron law of …" or we use the same word, "law," in physics as we do in our social imaginings. By linking the law with morality and construing morality as partaking of the metaphysical, the associations flow back the other direction as well.
And reference to the law would serve as a good explanation in most instances. Why does everyone so assiduously follow the lines painted on the roads, or when they drive over them, do so in such a regular fashion? And thus we might explain the vast middle hump of the bell curve of driving behavior. But then someone swerves over the line into oncoming traffic. To account for all driving behavior — the outliers as well as the vast middle of the curve — another theory with more breadth is required.
I also like the way that this theory strips morality of its metaphysical pretensions, paints the metaphysics as mere rhetorical device, or sees the inclination to render our ordering prescripts as fundamental as merely a pragmatic shorthand, or as the ideological reification of particularly strong emotions. Really we just react in a pragmatic way to the incentives that we find around us. It should be noted that some of those incentives are natural and some institutional. This is perhaps part of the basis for distinction, a la Elliot Turiel, between prohibitions of morality and prohibitions of social convention.
Patterned lawlessness is also a description of affairs that comports with the existential account of law-conforming behavior. So entrenched is our notion of the law as somehow inviolable, or so cowed is our thinking by the high wall of consequence erected by the law that we are prone to see dictates of the law as things about which there simply is no other option but to do as we are told. Existentialism was born in part as a reaction to the horrors of amorality and unreason to which people were pushed at the behest of state bureaucracies in the Twentieth Century, namely the Somme, the Holocaust. Existentialism contains the admonition that at every moment we stand free to do otherwise, even where the law is concerned.
Posted in epistemology, Philosophy, political philosophy, Politics | Tagged libertarianism, Will Wilkinson
American Pseudo-Religion; Science and Experience
The title of David Brooks's op-ed Tuesday, "The Neural Buddhists" (The New York Times, 13 May 2008), sounded cyberpunk and that was enough to entice me to read it. Turns out it's some comments on the trend in neurological and genetic research toward characterizing the religious tendency and the religious experience. A lot of the editorial is wishful thinking on the part of a religious conservative, but then there's the musings from which the piece draws its title:
This new wave of research will not seep into the public realm in the form of militant atheism. Instead it will lead to what you might call neural Buddhism.
In their arguments with Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, the faithful have been defending the existence of God. That was the easy debate. The real challenge is going to come from people who feel the existence of the sacred, but who think that particular religions are just cultural artifacts built on top of universal human traits. It's going to come from scientists whose beliefs overlap a bit with Buddhism.
I often point out that the fastest growing religion in the U.S. today is not Mormonism or any branch of Christianity, but the poorly conceptualized "spiritual but not religious" ("Teens: Spiritual, But Not Religious," smarties, 11 January 2005). This isn't some entirely post-1960s baby-boom or gen-X phenomenon. It is the latest manifestation of a long line of uniquely American religion stretching from the Enlightenment deism of the founding generation to the transcendentalism of the late Nineteenth Century to the Progressive era psycho-spirituality of William James. It pulls together an idiosyncratic combination of Christianity, grand historical conspiracy theories à la the Freemasons, various strains of mysticism, yeoman pragmatism, naturalism, popular science, amateur philosophical speculation, do-gooderism, health fads, self-help, popular psychology and positive thinking. It's all of a piece with American mesianism, paranoia, individualism, pragmatism and the melting pot. It's a little incipient and a little too convenient for the American way of life, having dispensed with the hard truths and the dark side of religion as well as any of the really imposing moral injunctions, but there it is. And Mr. Brooks is right to point out that the best fit for this among the ancient religions is Buddhism.
As for the rest of the article, it's just the ontological argument for the existence of god without the minor premise. And the refutation is the same today as it was in the Eighteenth Century: you can't imagine something into existence. A recurrent dream of Pegasus, however deeply felt, is not the existence of Pegasus. Conversely, the Pegasus of the recurrent dream is not what people would mean were they to speak of the existence of Pegasus. The question isn't whether one has a particular brain experience. People have all manner of experiences, imaginary and not, as well as everything in between — in fact, the vast bulk of human experience probably lies somewhere between the real and the imagined. The question is whether or not a given experience correlates to an existent external state of affairs.
Amidst the natural sciences the question of correlation between a purported experience and a state of affairs external to mind is not something determined in some crass way. "It really happed." "No it didn't." "Yes it did!" There is simply no sense dwelling on a single instance. Scientists discount a sample size of one. If there is too much dispute over a particular instance, simply drop it in favor of further inquiry. Fleeting and unitary experiences are dismissed in scientific practice in favor of what might be called the intersubjective (see e.g. intersubjectivity or intersubjective verifiability), the societal nature of scientific knowledge or a Wittgensteinian denial of a private language in favor of the essentially public nature of our scientific discourses.
For all of Nietzsche's fretting that the death of god had unchained the Earth from the Sun, religion was every bit as arbitrary and subjective as its adherents today accuse irreligion of being. In the end, the whole of society swings over the abyss on a tether of fundamentally ungrounded beliefs. Science at least has the merit of basing its propositional criteria on egalitarian public discourse. Religion is based on all manner of purportedly private experience — revelations, miracles, conversations with the gods, passions, et cetera — all considered beyond criticism. Some people are chosen, enlightened or who knows what — the plans of the gods are inscrutable — and the rest of us, not so exalted, accept or reject religious belief on the authority of those possessed of such experiences. To those who prefer something more determinate, Jesus reiterates the Deuteronomic injunction, "Do not put the Lord your God to the test" (Matthew 4:7, Deuteronomy 6:16).
This is one of the major divisions between science and religion. Were science to start poking its nose into religious business, the religious person would object that the spiritual is a realm of deeply personal experience, not subject to the critical dissection of all comers. And yet in it's public aspect, religious practitioners are expected to take the word of people having had religious experiences. No attempt is made to abstract an experience away from an individual experiencer. Religion believes every obscurantist story that any old quack tells, at least where not condemned by religious authority.
A recognition deeply built into the practice of natural science, even if never properly conceptualized or explicitly taught, is the recognition of the fallibility, or at least the broad diversity in function, of the human mind. The well observed fact of low brain performance, stretching from simple poor judgment, forgetfulness, error, misperception and dishonesty to careerism, optical illusions and dreams, all the way to delusion, mental disorder, group psychology and mass hysteria has been incorporated into the background of scientific practice. In this regard a particular theory of mind is a part of the body of scientific practice. And, importantly, it's not a complicated theory of mind — though one can pursue it to various levels of sophistication — but rather one built upon rather day-to-day observation of human foibles. I think the books of reference here are not any of the ones that Mr. Brooks lists, but David Linden's The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God or Gary Marcus's Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind.
One doesn't have to search very far in one's own life to find examples of how the brain, while a miracle of evolution, only works so well. At least a couple of times a week I experience a random, spasmodic jerk of some extremity. My cube neighbor at work, my brother, my highschool physics teacher and a former priest all have facial ticks, some rather elaborate, of which I am certain they are completely unaware and were<|fim_middle|> bifurcation between an illuminati and the rabble — as well as the historical swings in power between the two — is probably a permanent fixture of the human condition. In short, there will be no panacea for the mess of human affairs. The problem of politics can never be solved, only negated.
Posted in epistemology, evolution, futurism, Philosophy, Science, systems, Technology | Tagged Ben Goertzel, Immanuel Kant, Stephen Wolfram | they to become aware, would not be able to control. So-called religious phenomena — feelings of destiny, hearing voices, talking to god, heightened emotional states, impulses, a sense of unity, feelings of disembodiment — are of a piece with this. I don't deny that religious people have the experiences that they claim. Subjective experiences are experiences nonetheless. What I deny is that such experiences have any greater significance.
Or for that matter there is the even more commonplace matter of difference in perspective. In this sense science is a highly stylized political methodology for producing consensus amidst the rocky shoals of vast differences in human experience.
These commonplace observations are the cause for the emphasis on repeatability and independent verification in scientific practice. It's not enough for one person to have had an experience, or even for a very large number of people to have shared that experience for it to be established as a scientific fact. The standard for a scientific fact is that it must be something accessible to all; it must be something determinately replicable. A scientific community employs a fairly common engineering method for combating error: given that humans are cheap and plentiful, accommodate for the very low performance of each individual unit of scientific production by performing each task in redundancy. The inaccuracy of any given unit is cancelled out over the span of the entire system.
This is also the cause for the conservatism in science when it comes to abandonment of a long-standing theory. Nonscientists are fond of pointing out one or two contrary studies or a handful of unexplained mysteries and thinking a major theory overturned. The more efficient explanation is to discount early anomalies as human fallibility. The efficient practice when dealing with a theory propped up by thousands of observations, millions of person hours of labor and the consilience of logically related theories and at the same time a small set of recalcitrant data is to wait and see. That's not to say that anomalies are dismissed — from economics, to discount something is to calculate the present day value of something that will potentially be of a different value in the future — they are merely tabled pending additional information. But should the accumulation of anomalies reaches a critical mass, they will eventually be widely admitted into the corpus of accepted fact. It's the other side of the redundancy equation.
"We're in the middle of a scientific revolution. It's going to have big cultural effects." True, just not the ones Mr. Brooks is thinking of. I think that what we're seeing is essentially Antony Flew's "Theology and Falsification" playing out on a societal scale. Atheists keep on raising unanswerable objections to religious belief — and not just in polemics, but ubiquitously in the zeitgeist — and religious people are staging a fighting retreat by continually lowering the bar and circumscribing ever more narrowly the propositional territory it is that they are defending. Neural Buddhism, spiritual but not religious — people may continue to profess all manner of confusion on the matter — it's all a track to an essentially irreligious society.
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Formal Cognition
Posted on 1 January 2008 by Donald Taylor II
A few weeks ago I went to the most recent installment of the D.C. Future Salon. The presenter was the organizer, Ben Goertzel of Novamente and the subject was "Artificial Intelligence and the Semantic Web." One of the dilemmas that Mr. Goertzel chased out with the notion of a semantic web is that the complexity is conserved: either it has to be in the software agent or it has to be in the content. If it is in the agent, then it can be highly centralized — a few geniuses develop some incredibly sophisticated agents — or it can be in the content in which case the distributed community of content providers all have to adequately mark-up their content in a way that more simple agents can process. Mr. Goertzel is hedging his bets: he is interested both in developing more sophisticated agents and in providing a systematic incentive to users to mark up their content.
In the course of discussing how to encourage users to mark up their own content, Mr. Goertzel listed as one of the problems that most lack the expertise to do so. "What portion of people are adept at formal cognition? One tenth of one percent? Even that?" I had probably herd the phrase or something like it before but for whatever reason, this time it leapt out. I had a collection of haphazard thoughts for which this seemed a fitting rubric and I was excited that this may have been a wheel for which no reinvention was required. When I got home I googled "formal cognition" figuring there would be a nice write-up of the concept on Wikipedia, but nothing. I fretted: formal cognition could simply mean machine cognition (computers are formal systems). Maybe it was a Goertzel colloquialism and the only idea behind it was a hazy notion that came together in that moment in Mr. Goertzel's mind.
Anyway, I like the notion and absent an already systemized body of thought called formal cognition, here is what I wish it was.
While the majority might continue to think with their gut and their gonads, a certain, narrow, technocratic elite is in the process of assembling the complete catalog of formally cognitive concepts. There is the set that consists of all valid, irreducibly simple algorithms operative in the world along with their application rules covering range, structure of behavior, variants, proximate algorithms, compatibilities, transition rules, exceptions, et cetera. I am going to show my reductionist cards and say that given a complete set of such algorithms, all phenomena in the universe can be subsumed under one of these rules, or of a number acting in conjunction. In addition to there being a complete physis of the world, there is, underlying that, a complete logic of the world.
This reminds me of Kant's maxim of practical reason that will is a kind of causality and that the free will is the will that is not determined by alien causes, that is, the will that acts according to its own principles, which are reason (see e.g. Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, Part III). It seems to me that a project of delineating the principles of formal cognition is a liberating act insofar as we are casting out the innumerable unconscious inclinations of that dark netherworld of the intuition (gut and gonad), instilled as they were by millennia of survival pressures — the requirements for precision of which were considerably different from those of a modern technological people — in favor of consciously scrutinized and validated principles of thought.
By way of outstanding example, one might be prone to say that evolution is such a logic. At this point evolution has jumped the bank of its originating field of thought, the life sciences, and begun to infect fields far beyond its origin. It is increasingly recognized today that evolution through natural selection is a logical system, one of the fundamental algorithms of the world, of which the common conception of it as a process of life science is merely one instantiation. Perhaps it was only discovered there first because it is in life phenomena that its operation is most aggressive and obvious. But it is now recognized that any place where replication, deviation and competition are found, an evolutionary dynamic will arise. Some cosmologists even propose a fundamental cosmological role for it as some sort of multiverse evolution would mitigate the anthropic problem (that the universe is strangely tuned to the emergence of intelligent life).
However, note that evolution is a second order logic that arises in the presence of replication, deviation and competition. It would seem that evolution admits to further decomposition and that it is replication, deviation and competition that are fundamental algorithms for our catalog. But even these may be slight variations on still more fundamental algorithms. It strikes me that replication might just be a variant of cycle, related perhaps through something like class inheritance or, more mundanely, through composition (I feel unqualified to comment on identity or subspecies with algorithms because it is probably something that should be determined by the mathematical properties of algorithms).
System. But have I been wrong to stipulate irreducibly simplicity as one of the criteria for inclusion in our catalog? The algorithms in which we are interested are more complex than cycle. They are things like induction, slippery-slope, combinatorial optimization or multiplayer games with incomplete information. We have fundamental algorithms and second order or composite algorithms and a network of relations between them. Our catalogue of algorithms is structured.
The thing that I think of most here is Stephen Wolfram's A New Kind of Science (complete text online | Amazon.com | Wikipedia) in which he describes a systematic catalog of enumerated algorithms, that is, there is an algorithm that could generate the entire catalog of algorithms, one after the other. These algorithms each generate certain complex patterns and as Mr. Wolfram suggests, the algorithms stand behind the phenomena of the material world.
An interesting aside lifted from the Wikipedia page: in his model science becomes a matching problem: rather than reverse engineering our theories from observation, once a phenomenon has been adequately characterized, we simply search the catalogue for the rules corresponding to the phenomenon at hand.
It seems to me that this catalog might be organized according to evolutionary principles. By way of example, I often find myself looking at some particularly swampy looking plant — this is Washington, D.C. — with an obviously symmetrical growth pattern — say, radial symmetry followed by bilateral symmetry, namely a star pattern of stems with rows of leaves down each side. Think of a fern. Then I see a more modern plant such as a deciduous tree, whose branch growth pattern seems to follow more of a scale symmetry pattern. The fern-like plants look primitive, whereas the deciduous branch patterns look more complex. And one followed the other on the evolutionary trajectory. The fern pattern was one of the first plant structures to emerge following unstructured algae and very simple filament structure moss. The branching patterns of deciduous trees didn't come along until much later. There are even early trees like the palm tree that are simple a fern thrust up into the air. The reason that fern-like plants predate deciduous trees has to do with the arrangement of logical space. A heuristic traversing logical space encounters the algorithm giving rise to the radial symmetry pattern before it does that of scale symmetry. The heuristic would work the same whether it was encoded in DNA or in binary or any other instantiation you happen to think of.
A fantastical symmetry. I'm going to allow myself a completely fantastical aside here — but what are blogs for?
It is slightly problematic to organize the catalogue on evolutionary principles insofar as they are logical principles and sprung into existence along with space and time. Or perhaps they are somehow more fundamental than the universe itself (see e.g. Leibniz) — it is best to avoid the question of whence logic lest one wander off into all sorts of baseless metaphysical speculation. Whatever the case, biological evolution comes onto the scene relatively late in cosmological time. It would seem that the organizing principle of the catalogue would have to be more fundamental than some latter-day epiphenomena of organic chemistry.
Perhaps the entire network of logic sprung into existence within the realm of possibility all at once, though the emergence of existent phenomena instantiating each rule may have traversed a specific, stepwise path through the catalogue only later. But there isn't a straightforward, linear trajectory of simple all the way up to the pinnacle of complexity, but rather an iterative process whereby one medium of evolution advances the program of the instantiation of the possible as far as that particular medium is capable before its potential is exhausted. But just as the limits of its possibilities are reached, it gives way to a new medium that instantiates a new evolutionary cycle. The new evolutionary cycle doesn't pick up where the previous medium left off, but start all the way from zero. Like in Ptolemy's astronomy there are epicycles and retrograde motion. But the new medium has greater potential then its progenitor and so will advance further before it too eventually runs up against the limits of its potential. So cosmological evolution was only able to produce phenomena as complex as, say, fluid dynamics. But this gave rise to star systems and planets. The geology of the rocky planets has manifest a larger number of patterns, but most importantly life and the most aggressive manifestation of the catalog of algorithms to date, biological evolution. As has been observed, the most complexly structured three pounds of matter in the known universe is the human brain that everyone carries around in their head.
If life-based evolution has proceeded so rapidly and demonstrated so much potential, it is owing to the suppleness of biology. However, the limits of human potential are already within sight and a new, far more dexterous being, even more hungry to bend matter to logic than biological life ever was has emerged on the scene: namely the Turing machine, or the computer. This monster of reason is far faster, more fluid and polymorphous, adaptable, durable and precise than us carbon creatures. In a comparable compression of time from cosmos to geology and geology to life, the computer will "climb mount improbable," outstrip its progenitor and explore further bounds of the catalog of logic. One can even imagine a further iteration of this cycle whereby whatever beings of information we bequeath to the process of reason becoming real repeat the cycle: they too reach their limits but give rise to some even more advanced thing capable of instantiating as yet unimagined corners of the catalogue of potential logics.
But there is a symmetry between each instantiation of evolution whereby the system of algorithms was traversed in the same order and along the same pathways. Perhaps more than the algorithms themselves are universal, perhaps the network whereby they are related is as well. That is to say that perhaps there is an inherent organizing structure within the algorithms themselves, a natural ordering running from simple to complex. Evolution is not the principle by which the catalog is organized, but merely a heuristic algorithm that traverses this network according to that organizing principle. Evolution doesn't organize the catalog, but its operation illuminates the organization of the catalog. Perhaps that is what makes evolution seem so fundamental: that whatever it's particular instantiation, it is like running water that flows across a territory defined by the catalogue. Again and again in each new instantiation evolution re-traverses the catalogue. First it did so in energy and matter, then in DNA, then in steel and silicon, now in information.
Anti-System. This is fantastical because, among other reasons, it is well observed that people who are captivated by ideas are all Platonists at heart. I have assiduously been avoiding referring to the algorithms of a system of formal cognition as forms. It all begs the question of whence logic — which, again, is a terrible question.
Of course the notion of formal cognition doesn't need to be as systematic as what I have laid out so far. Merely a large, unsystematized collection of logically valid methods along with the relevant observations about the limitations, application rules and behaviors of each one would go a significant way toward more reliable reasoning. Perhaps such a thing doesn't exist at all — I tend towards a certain nominalism, anti-foundationalism and relativism. But the notion of a complete logical space, or a systematic catalog is perhaps like one of Kant's transcendental illusions — a complete science or moral perfection — the telos, actually attainable or only fantasized, that lures on a certain human endeavor.
Politics. All of this having been said, I remain of the belief that politics is the queen of the sciences. Formal cognition wouldn't be automated decision making and it could only ever enter into political dialog as decision support or as rhetoric.
As Kant wrote, "Thoughts without content are empty; intuitions without concepts are blind" (Critique of Pure Reason, A51 / B75). Kant developed an idiosyncratic terminology and perhaps another way of phrasing this, more suited to my purpose here, would be to say that formal reason absent empirical data is empty; but that empirical data unsystemized by conceptual apparatus is an incoherent mess. A complete system of the world cannot be worked out a priori and a mere catalogue of all observations about the world would be worse than useless.
Formally cognitive methods must be brought to bear. And against a complex and messy world I do not think that their application will be unproblematic. In passing above, I mentioned the notion of application rules. Each algorithm has attendant rules regarding when it comes into force, for what range of phenomena it is applicable, when it segues to another applicable algorithm, et cetera. Take for instance the notion of the slippery-slope or the snowball. Not all slippery-slopes run all the way to the bottom. Most are punctuated by points of stability along the way, each with its own internal logic as to when some threshold is overcome and the logic of the slipper-slope resumes once more. Or perhaps some slippery-slope may be imagined to run all the way to the bottom — it's not ruled out by the logic of the situation — but for some empirical reason in fact does not. Once the principles of formal cognition come up against the formidable empirical world, much disputation will ensue.
Then there is the question of different valuation. Two parties entering into a negotiation subscribe to two (or possibly many, many more) different systems of valuation. Even when all parties are in agreement about methods and facts, they place different weights on the various outcomes and bargaining positions on the table. One can imagine formally cognitive methods having a pedagogic effect and causing a convergence of values over time — insofar as values are a peculiar type of conclusion that we draw from experience or social positionality — but the problems of different valuation cannot be quickly evaporated. One might say that the possibly fundamental algorithm of trade-off operating over different systems of valuation goes a long way toward a definition of politics.
Finally, one could hope that an increased use and awareness of formally cognitive methods might have a normative effect on society, bringing an increased proportion of the citizenry into the fold. But I imagine that a majority of people will always remain fickle and quixotic. Right reasoning can always simply be ignored by free agents — as the last seven years of the administration of George W. Bush, famous devotee of the cult of the gut as he is, have amply demonstrated. As an elitist, I am going to say that the | 3,812 |
Happy New Year!! The Feast of New Year's Eve… – Eat, Drink, and Go!
What is<|fim_middle|> and writing about it in 2017. I hope you'll join me in another year for some great Eat, Drink, and Go!! | all this? All this is just some of the things my mom, my sis, and I put together to entertain ourselves and loved ones. Low key with the crowd, but upper crust with the eats!! And with a respectable amount of champagne to wash it down.
The champagne was free flowing, and we went with a variety.
Sometimes we had them straight, sometimes we splashed in a little flavored vodka – hey, we had a lot of time to be indulgent and the night was young!! And there's no judgment on how much you drink on New Year's Eve. You will pay the price on New Year's Day, so judge not lest ye be hungover. Be sure to start alternating in glasses of water!
One dish I wanted to make was a bread boule with salmon dip inside. But I decided to be a little different and instead of round, I went rectangular – a ciabatta! Why-notta? This was fun. I made a clean cut with a sharp bread knife and scooped out the insides.
The dip began with a home-canned smoked Alaskan salmon. It is ridiculously amazing, no bones, and not over salted. All you have to do is fork it apart.
This Alaskan deliciousness makes amazing salmon dip, but I've used it for salmon burgers too. I wish I could say where you can get it, but it's not even on the market…it is homemade. One brick of cream cheese, softened, then mix together with the salmon, add some sour cream and a little milk to thin it. I went tangy, so I added some truffle mustard from Olivier (see truffle chicken blog). Then I decided to do it hot, so fontina seemed like the right cheese for that. It came out insanely good!!
The best in show was a creation by my mom, a fabulous foodie as well, and she still hasn't decided what to call it. A take on rumaki, we think. Whatever, it was incredible. She marinated shrimp and water chestnuts in a citrus marinade, heavy on the orange and ginger.
Oh yes, that is bacon – the wrap consisted of a shrimp, a water chestnut, and a chunk of pineapple, all lovingly embraced by a blanket of bacon.
The flavor combo was a 1, 2, 3 punch to the tastebuds and was just the perfect sweet, salty, savory flavor balance with just as many textures! What a mouthful. Loved it and couldn't get enough of it. Then there was a new guy in town – my new Himalayan salt block. I got it a while ago and hadn't used it yet, so I was determined to make this part of the feast.
You heat it slowly and then it becomes your searing surface. So cool!! I went with a super thick NY Strip. It was so fun to cook on this!! And it give it such a nice natural salt flavor, but not too much at all. In fact, much less salty than I expected.
The searing ended up being perfect to a mid-rare, just how we like it. I gave it about 4 minutes on each side.
So juicy!! We made a red wine mushroom reduction to spoon on top. Poor us, only had an awesome Stag's Leap Merlot on hand…Luckily tonight was the night of decadence.
And of course there had to be a rawness to all this, tuna tartare was the selection. A nice cubing of tuna, tossed in truffle oil and placed on a pop chip, with a little arugula and a dollop of caviar. Whoa is right!
But this wasn't nearly all. Of course we had the cheese board. A Camembert with Tait Farms Fig and Honey Conserve. This spreadable is so good, it's like biting into a fig dipped in honey!!
I put it in the middle and on top of the Camembert with some chopped pecans. Along side the Camembert, I placed a wine-soaked cheddar that I found at Wegmans recently and just love. Crystalline, which I love in a hard cheese.
No, this was not the extent of the cheese for the night. I also made Gorgonzola stuffed dates. This is easy and fabulous. Cut the dates in half, take out the pit, stuff the Gorgonzola into each half. Then dollop something fun on top. I used a pecan pumpkin butter this time. Easy-peasy and never leftover.
The last cheese star was the truffle burrata. We added some beautifully colored olives around it and then drizzled a truffle balsamic glaze on top. Gorgeous and delicious!
We filled in with some kid-friendly food like pizza bagels, pigs in blankets, and hummus – yes, kids love hummus. Fancy sodas and sparkling cider for them.
And copious amounts of champagne for us, but I think I already mentioned that! We capped off the night with chocolate raspberry sauce to dip berries in. Missed the photo op for that because, well, we had had a lot of champagne by then. But with the last of the chocolate raspberry sauce, we did one last shot for the evening…a chocolate shot!
One more look at that spread…oh yes, there was also some awesome orange Cognac duck pate from Alexian, some extra tuna tartare with caviar just in a dish, and some nice crunchy veggies!
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Rev. Dr. Carl W. Bogue 1939-2022
Carl William Bogue fell asleep in the Lord and passed into glory on Sunday morning, September 18, 2022. Carl was born in 1939 in Vincennes, Indiana, the son of Carl W. Bogue Sr. and Jessie Mae (Parker) B<|fim_middle|> and had a large record collection. His photo collection was even larger, a testimony to a life filled with family, church work, and travel. He was a skilled gardener and loved fishing in the Portage Lakes of Ohio and the trout streams of New Mexico and Arizona. He had his private pilot's license for many years. After he retired, he took up skiing with Deb and looked forward to every opportunity to practice his new hobby.
He is survived by wife Deborah, children Katherine Chapman (Stephen), Andrew Bogue, Elizabeth Bogue, and Sarah Coombes (Christopher), and eight grandchildren: Daniel (Caroline), Peter, Emma, and Chloe Chapman; Liam, Ulrik, Rosalie and Brynn Coombes. He was a mentor and father in the faith to many more. After fighting the good fight, keeping the faith, and finishing his course, he is at home with his Lord. He would not want us to mourn him too much, but rather to work diligently for Christ's kingdom. | ogue.
He grew up in Princeton, IN, graduated from Princeton High School in 1957, and attended Muskingum College in Ohio, where he met his future wife, Rosalie Maffett. He graduated in 1961 with a B.A. in History and Philosophy.
After college he spent a year at the Presbyterian mission in Dembi Dollo, Ethiopia, teaching 7th and 8th grade.
He married Rosalie in 1962. They would eventually have four children together. He then attended Pittsburgh Theological Seminary for three years, receiving an M.Div. After graduation from seminary he moved to the Netherlands, where he studied systematic theology at the Free University of Amsterdam, receiving a Doctorandus and ultimately, ThD.
Returning to the US in 1969, he took a pastorate at Allenside United Presbyterian Church in Akron, Ohio. He would spend the rest of his career in Akron, first at Allenside and then at Faith Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in America), which he led out of the mainline denomination in 1975. Faith PCA was the first church in that denomination outside of the southern United States.
Also in 1975, he defended his doctoral thesis, Jonathan Edwards and the Covenant of Grace, by oral exam, in Dutch, at the Free University. His doctorate was republished in 2009, in coordination with the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University.
In addition to pastoring a church and keeping a full preaching schedule, he was active in church leadership at the regional level (Ascension Presbytery) and the national level, serving on various committees for the PCA General Assembly. He was a signatory to the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy. He taught theology to students at Westminster Academy, a Christian school started by Faith Church. Over the course of his career, he mentored many young men who later became pastors and missionaries in the PCA or Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Besides his thesis, he wrote numerous articles, some pamphlets, and contributed chapters to several books. He taught courses focused on theology and missions at several seminaries and institutions of higher learning, both in the USA and in South Korea and Cyprus. Over the course of his long career, he maintained an extensive correspondence with his colleagues in the pastorate and on the mission field, and with fellow Christians around the world. He welcomed opportunities to travel and teach or preach wherever he went.
Rosalie passed away from cancer in 2004. He remarried, to Deborah Jones Feil. He retired in 2007 and moved to Scottsdale, Arizona. Even after retirement, he maintained an active preaching and teaching schedule, preaching in many vacant pulpits throughout Arizona and at Calvin OPC in Phoenix. He was received into the OPC in 2020 (Presbytery of Southern California). He and Deborah recently joined a new OPC church plant in Scottsdale; Providence OPC.
He enjoyed playing tennis, and was a lifelong fan of Indiana college basketball, Ohio State football, and the St. Louis Cardinals. He appreciated classical music | 644 |
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THURSDAY: Expect a partly cloudy sky with highs muscling their way into lower and middle 90s. Feels like temperatures will push into the lower 100s. A scattering of storms will develop through the afternoon and ealry evening hours. A strong storm or two can't be ruled out. Most of the storms will fizzle after sunset as lows<|fim_middle|> By the afternoon hours; a scattering of showers and storms may flare up – mainly east of I-55 and south of I-20. Most of the storms will lose their punch after sunset as lows dip to the upper 60s to near 70°.
FRIDAY: The nearly stationary front may wobble a little farther west on Friday – helping to spark a few more showers or storms in the forecast by the afternoon hours. Expect a mix of sun and clouds with highs in the middle and upper 80s.
WEEKEND AND BEYOND: The front nearby will wiggle back west and 'washout' allowing for our weather pattern to return to more of a typical August pattern with partly cloudy skies and highs returning to the lower 90s. A few hit and miss storms possible through Monday. More widely spaced showers and storms will be possible through mid-week ahead of another boundary due to settle into the area by late week. | dip into the lower to middle 70s.
EXTENDED RANGE: The upper ridge over the region will break down into the weekend, bringing up better chances to see showers and storms develop. Highs will be near normal, near 90°. A front will be approaching the region by mid-next week – bringing another uptick in rain chances and a downward trend into temperatures. Behind the front, drier air will attempt to infiltrate the region by the end of the work week.
WEDNESDAY: Yet another hot and humid day – expect highs to push closer to the upper range of the 90s with mostly to partly sunny skies. Feels like temperatures will likely crest near or above 105°. A few storms could flare up through the afternoon hours with frequent lightning and gusty winds amid the downpours.
THURSDAY: A few clouds will stream through the skies Thursday morning; a few of which could grow into a few storms by the afternoon hours. Expect a partly cloudy sky with highs in the lower and middle 90s.
EXTENDED RANGE: The upper ridge over the region will begin to show some weaknesses through the latter half of the week, bringing up better chances to see showers and storms develop, more so into the upcoming weekend. Highs will be near normal, in the lower 90s. A front will be approaching the region by mid-next week – bringing another uptick in rain chances and a downward trend into temperatures.
TUESDAY: A few patches of fog may greet you out the door; but outside of that, expect a quiet, yet hot, day. Mostly to partly sunny skies will push highs in the middle 90s for many; feels like temperatures will push closer to 105° for some this afternoon. A stray storm or two can't be ruled out, but many of us will stay dry. Overnight, we'll turn partly clear with lows in the 70s.
Heat is increasing as the week begins. For the afternoon, a mix of sun and clouds with highs in the lower 90s along with a few passing showers or storms.
Oppressive heat beginning Tuesday; highs soar into the middle 90s with heat indices over 100. Rain chances remain low through Thursday, followed by an increase in scattered storms this weekend as temperatures drop a few degrees.
Muggy this morning along with areas of fog. Drizzle and light showers are ongoing in the Delta, but nothing widespread or heavy.
Warming to near 90 this afternoon. Hit and miss storms develop, bringing isolated downpours and frequent lightning; certainly not a washout, but make sure you have a First Alert Weather App in order to track the radar.
For next week, hotter as highs return to the middle 90s and heat indices over 100 degrees.
A hot and humid weekend with highs in the lower 90s along with hit and miss storms... Starting out near 70 this morning with areas of fog. Warming quickly leading to middle 80s by lunch time and lower 90s this afternoon. Isolated showers and storms develop mainly between noon and sunset. Otherwise, a mix of sun and clouds.
For Sunday, low to middle 90s along with a few passing storms.
The heat cranks up next week with highs in the middle 90s and due to the humidity, it will feel over 100 degrees.
THURSDAY: Grab the umbrella as you head out the door! A front will be poised to the north of the region along with a residual boundary overhead will help to spark a scattering of showers and storms through the day. Though it won't rain all day long, you may have a better chance to find yourself under a downpour or two. Highs will top out around 90°.
FRIDAY: The front edges a little closer through Friday - bringing better chances for showers and storms into the fold to round out the work week. Highs will run in the upper 80s. Localized flooding may become a concern in some locations.
WEEKEND AND BEYOND: The front will move closer to the region through Friday, bringing up chances of showers and storms. Expect highs to be in the middle and upper 80s Friday and Saturday. Rain chances will likely be maximized through the weekend as the front stalls over the region. By mid-next week, the front will dissipate – returning us to a more typical August pattern.
TUESDAY: More school districts will head back to school today – expect nearly a carbon copy of your Monday for your Tuesday. A mix of sun and clouds will push highs into the lower and middle 90s. A few pop-up storms will be possible through the afternoon and early evening hours. Lows will drop into the 70s.
WEDNESDAY: The August heat and humidity will continue to be present through mid-week; a mix of sun and clouds will be the flavor of the day with highs into the lower and middle 90s. A few widely spaced showers and storms will be expected by the afternoon hours.
MID-LATE WEEK: A front will move closer to the region through the latter half of the week bringing up chances of showers and storms. Expect highs to be in the upper 80s to lower 90s. Rain chances will likely be maximized through the weekend as the front stalls over the region. The front will begin to dissipate by early next week with highs rebounding to the lower 90s.
Warmer through the beginning of next week. The heat is increasing, leading to highs in the low to middle 90s each day trough Tuesday along with a few hit and miss storms.
The pattern becomes more active by midweek with an increase in the storm coverage and slightly cooler temperatures; highs drop back to the upper 80s Thursday into the weekend.
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When it comes to creating a podcast, it takes a little courage. Today on episode 623 we talk with Cody Gough of the Curiosity podcast. Cody had a podcast that was successful, and based on the goals of the podcast decided to make a radical change to their publishing schedule.
Brenda from My Tech Toolbelt shares the story of being able to score media passes for one of the top educational events that would've cost her $650 but she's going for free Because of her podcast.
Every month we have one episode based on listener feedback, and somehow Todd's from the Trucker Dump podcast (www.abouttruckdriving.com ) went to spam. Todd shares an idea he may be turning into a podcast, and how he was able to get some sponsors for his podcast.
I can't think of anything that was perfect right out of the gate. Yet, people will not start a podcast because it is "not right." In a recent interview on the "My guest needs no introduction" Howard Stern talks about how he has changed over the years because he went to therapy, and isn't as insecure as he used to be. He states, "I think that bad radio is when you don't somehow change it up constantly." In another interview, Jerry Seinfeld interview David Letterman and he explained how Johnny Carson had all sorts of stipulations on how Dave could do his show, and as Dave put it,<|fim_middle|> require you to get out from behind the desk. | "I picked up the crumbs and try to make something out of it." That lead to Dave being super creative, and doing something you couldn't find on the TV anyplace and brought him a super loyal audience. So what can you do with your podcast if you took away some of the segments, some of the format, and had to come up with something new?
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I was listening to the New Media Show and Todd Cohran brought up an interesting question, "What is there wasn't social media, how would you promote your show? That may be something we think about, and start doing. We can easily rely on promoting ourselves sitting in front of a computer screen, but there are other strategies that | 149 |
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Una Passio greca narra di due fratelli gemelli, Floro e Lauro, nativi di Bisanzio, educati nell'arte della scultura dai cristiani Proclo e Massimo. I due maestri perirono durante la persecuzione indetta da Adriano (117-138), e i fratelli spostarono il loro centro di attività dalla loro città natale alla regione della Dardania, dove esercitarono nella città di Ulpiana al servizio del giudice e console Licone.
La fama del loro operato spinse Licinio, il figlio dell'imperatrice Elpidia, ad affidare loro la costruzione di un tempio in onore degli dèi, promettendo ricche elargizioni se questo fosse stato completato nel minore tempo possibile. I due fratelli avviarono i lavori edilizi, ma mentre il giorno attendevano all'opera, la notte si raccoglievano in preghiera e donavano ai pover | 262 |
The Plainview All-Stars baseball team was eliminated from the Cal Ripken Southwest Regional Tournament after an 8-2 loss to Vancleave (Mississippi) on Sunday at Oxy Sports Complex in Levelland.
Aaron Picasso scored both of Plainview's runs in each of the fourth and sixth innings. He went 2-for-3 at the plate, which included a triple.
Vancleave, meanwhile spread their scoring over three innings, including three runs scored in the opening frame. The team added another run in the fourth and four more in the fifth.
Plainview reached the second round of the consolation bracket after a four-inning, 20-4 win over Kentwood (Louisiana) on Saturday night.
Twelve runs in the first inning set up Plainview's 16-run win. Zach Soliz had three hits in three official at-bats to complement four runs scored and four RBI. Seth Mayberry, Ryan Mesquite and Jacob Marin each scored three runs with Mesquite, Javien Vasquez and Isaiah Medina collected two RBI.
Soliz, Vasquez and Grayson McMillan combined pitching duties to hold Kentwood to four runs on three hits with four strikeouts.
Plainview originally fell into the consolation bracket after an opening-round 14-5 loss to Mobile Westside (Alabama) on Friday afternoon.
The Plainview 10U All Stars baseball team fell to Mobile Westside, 15-4, during the first round of the Cal Ripken Southwest Regional Tournament on Friday at Levelland-Oxy Sports Complex in Levelland.
Westside used a four-run first inning as momentum to power the win. Plainview was able to get one back in the bottom of the second when Davian Ramos scored on Isaiah Medina's RBI base hit.
Ramos smacked a triple to deep right field to get on before advancing the final 90 feet.
A Westside error then allowed Plainview two more runs as Mesquite, who reached on a<|fim_middle|> a wild pitch.
Westside then added seven more runs in the sixth inning. Medina began Plainview's comeback attempt in the bottom half of the inning with a leadoff double. Courtesy runner Jordan Lucio stole third and scored on Picasso's RBI groundout.
Zaerick Sifuentes was able to reach first via a Westside miscue, but was left stranded when Westside got the final two outs.
Regional tournament action picked back up at 2:30 p.m. Monday with a winner's bracket semifinal matchup with consolation contests following. The regional championship game is at 10 a.m. today.
Mobile Westside got their bats working right away and opened the Cal Ripken Southwest Regional Tournament with a 14-5 win over Plainview on Friday at Levelland-Oxy Sports Complex in Levelland.
A Westside error then allowed Plainview two more runs as Ryan Mesquite, who reached on a fielder's choice, and Zach Soliz, who singled, trotted home. Javien Vasquez got on due to the error and scored on a wild pitch.
Westside then added seven more runs in the sixth inning. Medina began Plainview's comeback attempt in the bottom half of the inning with a leadoff double. Courtesy runner Jordan Lucio stole third and scored on Aaron Picasso's RBI groundout.
Plainview falls to the consolation bracket and awaits its opponent for an 8 p.m. contest on Saturday. | fielder's choice, and Soliz, who singled, trotted home. Vasquez got on due to the error and scored on | 27 |
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Changing Corporate Culture
Companies today are facing increasing economic and social challenges, whilst still being expected to achieve and maintain a high level of performance. Research shows that corporate culture has a key role to play in the challenge for companies to engage their employees for successful implementation of strategy which drives high performance.
Dreams, now the leading bed company in England, was founded in 1985 and had to file for bankruptcy in 2013. The private equity firm Sun took over the company in the same year and appointed a new CEO. Mike Logue was expected to help lead the company back towards profitable growth. Intensive efforts were needed to establish a high-performance culture within the organisation, which laid the foundations for all additional changes and triggered a fundamental change process.
Denison Organisational Culture Survey (DOCS)
The DOCS measures the current state and "health" of corporate culture. The results of the survey are compared with over 1,000 of the most global companies, which are stored in a single database. This process guarantees a reliable assessment of your own company as well as a comparison with other organisations. The impact of corporate culture on financial performance and key performance indicators is clear; this is no short-term phenomenon, but a lasting effect that gives you
a competitive edge.
The Denison Model translates the intuitive side of culture into
measurable values and enables them to be interpreted in terms of a business context and corporate strategy. In doing so, gaps are
identified, which is crucial for effectively implementing your strategies – for example, managers can set clear goals to establish the necessary culture within the company.
In anticipation of these changes, over the three years following him being appointed, the CEO was able to successfully bring the company out of bankruptcy and back into impressive profits. As a result of the change process, Dreams developed a healthy business basis once more and regained the trust of its customers. Today, it is once again the most highly recommended bed company with just under 200 branches and 1,900 employees. But where do you even begin with a change process like this? How can a failed retail business be given a new lease of life? What does it mean to be taken over by a private equity firm, which recognises a company's growth potential but expects rapid improvement with
concrete financial results? The new executive management team initially focussed on customers, and placed them at the forefront. In addition, the brand was revived through improved customer experience on site, improved products, innovative marketing campaigns, a redesigned company logo and a fleet of new delivery vehicles.
These changes in day-to-day operations were essential but not sufficient. The new management
insisted that only an entirely new corporate culture would change the business in a sustainable way.
Extensive organisational measures enabled the creation of a strong corporate culture, which formed the basis for all other changes along the value chain. The development of Dreams shows that a clearly focussed and consistent culture, involving and taking employees on board, can bring a company out of bankruptcy and into success.
Culture analysis as the starting point
Corporate culture includes the common norms, attitudes, and beliefs of the members of an
organisation. These can help to define employees' behaviour and respect for corporate values by
evaluating their instinctive, repetitive habits and emotional reactions. In simpler terms, "culture is the way in which we do things." Or, to put it even more simply, "culture is what we do even when we're not being watched."
Whichever definition you prefer, the new management recognised the importance of a "culture of
winning", where employees create a working atmosphere that encourages discretionary effort &
performance. Initial observations of various business functions, however, gave reason to fear that the workforce had already given up. However, the extent to which their negative attitudes had affected the entire company still<|fim_middle|> and Beyond the Call of Dreams" (ABCD) – This is an award for employees who consistently show above-average commitment.
These recognitions reduced the impression of a faceless and inaccessible executive management team for employees. Their initially negative image increasingly became one of appreciation.
Of course, involving employees in the financial success of their employer is also a thank you and an
important preservation tool. The sustained economic success of the last three years, as a result of the change process, has enabled all employees to receive bonus payments. The improved economic
situation also created additional scope for extensive employee training and further development at all levels. Feedback demonstrates that this has had a positive impact on retention.
But this still wasn't enough. Dreams set itself the goal of improving the sleep and therefore the quality of life of all of its employees and their relatives. The company now offers employees the opportunity to purchase high-quality beds at attractive prices. Dreams has spent £2.6 million on this initiative, which is being used by many.
In addition, Dreams supports the charitable organisation "The Fostering Network". Many employees show their personal commitment by collecting donations in their spare time or by organising fund
raising events. So far, 180 children have benefited from the company's dedication.
Positive employee experiences have a direct influence on the customer experience and helped build a trusting relationship; this is clear in the case of Dreams. The effects of this are a core element of the
culture change at Dreams, which continues to develop. Currently, structured training plans, further training measures, and succession planning programmes are being implemented in all areas. To enable this, a process has been developed that recognises and promotes talent.
Measuring engagement
The change process has shown Dreams' executive management team that a change in company
culture is worthwhile. The positive interaction between investing resources in customer and employee satisfaction and the financial outcome of this have been clearly demonstrated.
Validation studies by Denison have reliably shown that ROE for companies with a results-oriented
culture is increasing significantly. Dreams' corporate culture survey, based on this method, measures employee engagement. The increase in performance within the company speaks for itself (see figures).
To begin with, the Denison Organisational Culture Survey enabled the management team at Dreams to make an initial assessment of their corporate culture. It later also served as a tool to drive change and measure its progress, such as employee engagement. The tool provides analyses that management can use to pinpoint and implement the correct necessary measures. These measures always have the goal of improving the economic performance of the company through clarity and one common focus
Today, CEO Mike Logue is proud to have been named "Specialty Retailer of 2017" thanks to his
leadership skills. This award is one for a rigorous change process that has led to better numbers over a four-year period of improved culture. | remained unclear. The people in charge knew they needed to assess how deep such attitude went throughout the company.
The investor, Sun, requires all subsidiaries to conduct the so-called Denison Organisational Culture Survey. For Dreams, a survey like this was completely new territory. When the first culture analysis was performed in 2014, many people were sceptical; however, the results provided conclusive evidence on the current state of the company. They confirmed initial observations, and proved a negative corporate culture was present with harmful effects on engagement and profitability.
The real work began once the results were available. Key questions were important to answer:
What's the status quo of the company?
How do culture and strategy interact?
What are the culture-related barriers that are preventing management from achieving business goals?
Presenting and discussing the results of the analysis revealed critical gaps that needed to be addressed in the coming months.
Challenges in implementing the survey
Only half of the employees participated in the initial survey, which suggests that many didn't trust management's motives. The results of the culture analysis confirmed the negative attitudes of the workforce and the negative consequences of this on the company.
It was important to find out why employees were feeling this way. The next step was carried out
company-wide with a number of "One Team, One Dreams" working groups. Employees were invited to share their opinions openly and honestly, with the promise that the executive management team would hear, understand and act. They also promised to evaluate the employees' statements and use them as a basis for the change process.
The working groups clearly showed that a lot of effort was needed to turn the dominant culture trends – namely deficit thinking and avoidance – back into positive energy and a performance-based culture. The company's management noted that a fundamental and sustainable change process was only
possible with mutual trust. Building trust in the company and in the management team became the first priority in order to gently re-establish a positive team spirit within Dreams' corporate culture. The
process of building confidence began with demonstrating a mutual respect at all levels and
establishing permanent and transparent communication with all employees.
Creating a culture of winning
The key word here is communication – as it turned out, this was at best, missing and in the worst case scenario, inconsistent. As a result, many employees felt isolated, uninvolved, and eventually
marginalised.
First of all, the executive management team developed and delivered a clear strategy based on a
mission and vision for the future. To get employees involved, it was necessary for all employees,
regardless of location or functional responsibility, to understand the company's direction over the
following three years. In addition, employees are only likely to make an above-average contribution to the company if they are able to see the value of their contributions in terms of the overall result. The
demands of the management team in this respect were clear: listen – understand – act. As a result, management was able to invest resources selectively in specific measures that were necessary to create a performance-oriented culture full of committed employees.
Establishing trust through a positive employee experience
All employees were given easy access to the intranet and therefore had direct access to important
information such as changes in day-to-day operations. In addition, measures were implemented to ensure that every employee could be easily and quickly contacted. An employee app called Hub was introduced to ensure that this was made possible. Using Hub, a member of the executive team, usually the CEO, creates a weekly video update on business transactions over the past seven days. Above-average customer service is also properly acknowledged by the CEO. Employees can also ask
questions via Hub; their questions will be answered within 48 hours and published for all to see. Hub also has a chat feature that allows employees to contact the executive management team even at the weekend, highlighting the availability of the executive team.
Finally, it's important for every new employee to understand the company's goals. Once a month, all new colleagues meet in Birmingham for the so-called Bedding-in Day. On this day, the mission and strategy are outlined, employees take part in a tour of the factory and also have the opportunity to meet the executive team in person. As it turned out, interacting with colleagues in person was much faster and more effective than other methods of communication. As a result, regular road shows were
introduced for all of the company's employees as well as quarterly listening forums, a Monday briefing in Bedquarter – Dreams' headquarters – and an annual conference for retailers. These formats allow the management team to personally inform all business units about the latest developments. Employees sitting at the front are also encouraged to ask questions about their department so that any problems can be quickly resolved.
"Employees are only likely to make an above-average contribution to the company if they can see the value of their contributions in terms of the overall result."
The appreciation and satisfaction of our customers is equally as important. Dreams has received almost half a
million responses to a customer survey so far: Customers appreciate the excellent service but see potential for
improvement. Based on feedback like this, the company has recently introduced free shipping. This required an investment of ten million British pounds. Dreams is, however, satisfied that offering this service "for free" is what's right for its customers.
Culture of gratitude
At Dreams, there's a culture of gratitude that is expressed through various internal awards and simple gestures.
Example one: The executive team serve lunch to factory employees.
Example two: "Above | 1,117 |
Fall is in full swing in our neck of the woods!
The leaves are brightly colored and frost made it's first appearance. We spent this past holiday weekend doing all things<|fim_middle|> weekend…. Well it was topped off with a little pumpkin patching, as a treat for the kiddo doing so well on our drive! | we consider fun for our family during Fall. From pumpkin picking to a classic New England Foliage drive, I am definitely enjoying all this season has to offer.
We decided to end our drive in Putney, Vermont. We stopped at a wonderful place for lunch called Chelsea Royal Diner. And boy, was it a lucky find! The food was to die for. I had the Bison burger. Seriously the best burger I have ever had, hands done. After we ate we had to find a sugar house to see where Maple Syrup was produced. We decided on Harlow's Sugar House. It is a small wooden building off the highway with produce, yummy Maple snacks, and of course Maple Syrup! I just made pumpkin pancakes to try out the syrup and let me tell you, it was amazingly good!
Might have to do syrup by mail order from now on.
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By Logan Moore - November 27<|fim_middle|> that you would be interested in playing down the road? Let me know your own thoughts and reaction either down in the comments or hit me up on Twitter at @MooreMan12. | , 2021 02:07 pm EST
Over the past few years, Marvel has been greatly expanding its presence in the video game space. With titles such as Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Avengers, and this year's release of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, the company has shown that it wants to have a much larger focus on gaming than ever before in the coming years. Now, that focus seems to also include the addition of an MMO (massively multiplayer online) game that will be associated with the Marvel brand.
A mentioned in a new investor presentation from company Enad Global 7, it was said that an unannounced MMORPG associated with Marvel is currently in development. The project is said to be in the works at Dimensional Ink Studios, which is the studio that previously worked on DC Universe Online. Jack Emmert, who previously helmed both City of Heroes and DC Universe Online, is said to be the person in charge of this new MMO tied to Marvel. Other than these key details, though, not much else was offered up about what the game will have in store.
At this point in time, Enad Global 7 has classified this new Marvel MMO as a "longer-term" project within the company's portfolio. And while it hasn't talked about specific release windows or anything of the sort, it has clearly labeled this game as one that won't release until well after 2022. With this all taken into account, it definitely sounds like the game is still very early on in its development.
For now, Marvel Games as a whole hasn't officially confirmed that this MMO is even in the works, which makes the revelation of its existence a bit peculiar. Given how clearly this game is mentioned in Enad Global 7's investor document, though, the publisher seems to have not left anything up for interpretation. Because of this, perhaps a formal reveal of its development will come about in the near future from Marvel.
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On Monday August 20 2<|fim_middle|> to offer those who have experienced abuse an outstretched hand of assistance. Some people have asked questions about why we should all pray and do penance when we did not commit these crimes. However Pope Francis is suggesting that we all take on responsibility for stopping this. He invites us all to work on the means to ensure the present and future safety of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and to fight against all forms of spiritual corruption and clericalism, causes of these offences. He wants us to be part of a social and ecclesial change including a personal and communal conversion to see things as the Lord does.
Such change and conversion cannot be successful if only a small group are involved in the work. Pope Francis sees that it requires the active participation of all members of the People of God to generate the necessary dynamics for sound and realistic change. He invites us all to a prayer and fasting that opens our ears to the pain of those who have suffered, that gives us a hunger and thirst for justice, and that moves us to action in truth and charity to combat all forms of abuse of power, sexual abuse and abuse of conscience.
The Council of Priests spent a whole day and a half looking at this on 15th-16th of this month. The next day the Council met again, together with the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, the Board of Administration and Te Kahu o te Rangi (the Māori advisory council for the ADW) and the Archdioicesan Directors. That day we all considered Pope Francis' letter. As another step in this process of prayer and action, I am inviting us all at the beginning of this penitential season of Advent to use the penitential rite which follow this newsletter and with this to seek forgivenness and conversion.
A few weeks ago all the priest of the Archdiocese had a day of prayer and fasting (October 5th). I am inviting all people in the Archdiocese to pray in a special way on Sunday December 2 and to reflect on what we can all do to be more aware of this and to find new ways to work together. | 018, Pope Francis wrote a letter to the People of God about the recent revelations of sexual abuse, abuse of power and abuse of conscience by a significant number of clergy and consecrated persons around the world. Pope Francis particularly wanted to acknowledge the suffering endured by many minors, their families and the larger community due to these crimes.
With shame and repentance Pope Francis acknowledged the failings of the ecclesial community with regard to these crimes. He wrote that the extent and the gravity of all that has happened requires coming to grips with it in a comprehensive and communal way. He wanted us not just to acknowledge what has happenned but to 'take on the pain of our brothers and sisters, wounded in flesh and spirit', and | 148 |
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Film Review: Kevin Hart and His Brand of Comedy Barely Pass in "Night School"
Written by: Patrick Howard
Film poster: "Night School"
Night School (Malcolm D. Lee, 2018) 1½ out of 4 stars.
Tiffany Haddish and her Girls Trip director Malcolm D. Lee team up with comedy megastar Kevin Hart in Night School, the latest send-up to John Hughes' The Breakfast Club and other films centered on a group of losers. Hart plays high school dropout, Teddy Walker. Teddy believes he's living the good life. He's the top employee at a barbeque grill store in Atlanta, Georgia, and he's living a high-end life while engaged to the<|fim_middle|> go away every time the film cuts to it.
Kevin Hart in NIGHT SCHOOL ©Universal Pictures
Tiffany Haddish is in full form here, as well, but this time we get a brief glimpse of her dramatic chops. Her character of Carrie has the "from the streets"-style wit and no-nonsense attitude that are perfect traits for the main lead of a multiple-seasons running television sitcom. We warm up to her instantly when we see how she holds her own with the students and the school's faculty, including its overbearing principal, played by SNL alum Taran Killam. The potential is there in Night School, and it has characters that most viewers would gladly latch onto, but the script needs another pass under the gaze of a relentless screenwriter who could save the elements that would otherwise work in a format like television.
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Patrick Howard has been a cinephile since age seven. Alongside 10 years of experience in film analysis and criticism, he is a staunch supporter of all art forms and believes their influence and legacy over human culture is vital. Mr. Howard takes the time to write his own narrative stories when he can.
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This entry was posted in Breaking, Film Reviews, Patrick Howard and tagged kevin hart, Malcolm D. Lee, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Night School, Patrick Howard, Rob Riggle, Romany Malco, Tiffany Haddish. Bookmark the permalink. | most beautiful and most successful woman in town, played by Megalyn Echikunwoke. Sadly, unbeknownst to his fiancé, Teddy is living his luxurious life on lies and late payments. His little game of deception almost reveals itself when his job at the grill store goes up in flames. Teddy's friend, played by Ben Schwartz, convinces him to go back to high school and get his GED once and for all. Teddy hopes to breeze through this class without breaking a sweat, but he'll soon learn that his teacher, played by Haddish, is not like the other teachers he had in school.
Once aware of the fact that the script of Night School was the under the control of six screenwriters, you quickly understand why many of the plot elements and story setups and pay-offs rarely gel with another and instead fizzle out in their respective directions. As the trailers have suggested, we must come and see the film to have fun hanging out Teddy and his fellow night-school classmates (played by Rob Riggle, Romany Malco, and Mary Lynn Rajskub, just to name a few) as they struggle to cram four years of high-school academia into only a few months of classes. This promise fulfills itself in some small comedic fortune, but on the other hand, we know that more can be done with the premise.
Tiffany Haddish in NIGHT SCHOOL ©Universal Pictures
These students' journey can include all of the typical high-school hijinks and Kevin Hart antics, but we must also witness a clear and emotional line of cause and effect from the academic, and even life, lessons they learn from their coursework—a real satisfactory resolution anyone has felt during their stint as a student. Kevin Hart is in full form in Night School, but Hart is not doing anything we haven't seen before. He whines; he falls down, and his noticeable short stature is brought up more than ten times. It's a Kevin Hart flick—nothing more and nothing less. His character Teddy works when he is bouncing off of the other ne'er-do-wells in his class. Outside of that, he and his fiancé are caught in a tired liar-revealed subplot that you pray will | 449 |
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