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A 'studiolo' (from the Italian, meaning little studio) is a small room, often lavishly decorated, dedicated to reading, studying and writing. It is generally of a relatively private character.In the 15th century, Isabella d'Este commissioned paintings from Mantegna and other major artists for her 'studiolo' in Mantua. The paintings of 'Rhetoric' and 'Music' attributed to Justus of Ghent came from the 'studiolo' of Federigo de Montefeltro in the Palace of Gubbio.
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2019-04-26T03:43:37Z
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https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/glossary/the-studiolo
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Arts
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Arts
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unt
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Description: The objective of this project is to increase heavy oil reserves in a portion of the Wilmington Oil Field, near Long Beach, California, by implementing advanced reservoir characterization and thermal production technologies. Based on the knowledge and experience gained with this project, these technologies are intended to be extended to other sections of the Wilmington Oil Field, and, through technology transfer, will be available to increase heavy oil reserves in other slope and basin clastic (SBC) reservoirs.
Description: This project reactivates ARCO�s idle Pru Fee lease in the Midway-Sunset field, California and conducts a continuous steamflood enhanced oil recovery demonstration aided by an integration of modern reservoir characterization and simulation methods. Cyclic steaming is being used to reestablish baseline production within the reservoir characterization phase of the project. During the demonstration phase scheduled to begin in January 1997, a continuous steamflood enhanced oil recovery will be initiated to test the incremental value of this method as an alternative to cyclic steaming. Other economically marginal Class III reservoirs having similar producibility problems will benefit from insight gained in this project. The objectives of the project are: (1) to return the shut-in portion of the reservoir to optimal commercial production; (2) to accurately describe the reservoir and recovery process; and (3) to convey the details of this activity to the domestic petroleum industry, especially to other producers in California, through an aggressive technology transfer program.
Description: This project is intended to increase recoverable waterflood reserves in slope and basin reservoirs through improved reservoir characterization and reservoir management. The particular application of this project is in portions of Fault Blocks IV and V of the Wilmington Oil Field, in Long Beach, California, but the approach is widely applicable in slope and basin reservoirs. Transferring technology so that it can be applied in other sections of the Wilmington Field and by operators in other slope and basin reservoirs is a primary component of the project.
Description: For a part of the Foster and South Cowden (Grayburg-San Andres) oil fields, improvement in oil production has been accomplished, in part, by using �pipeline fracturing� technology in the most recent completion to improve fluid flow rates, and filtration of waterflood injection water to preserve reservoir permeability. The 3D seismic survey acquired in conjunction with this DOE project has been used to calculate a 3D seismic inversion model, which has been analyzed to provide detailed maps of porosity within the productive upper 250 feet of the Grayburg Formation. Geologic data, particularly from logs and cores, have been combined with the geophysical interpretation and production history information to develop a model of the reservoir that defines estimations of remaining producible oil. The integrated result is greater than the sum of its parts, since no single data form adequately describes the reservoir. Each discipline relies upon computer software that runs on PC-type computers, allowing virtually any size company to affordably access the technology required to achieve similar results.
Description: The objective of this project is to demonstrate that detailed reservoir characterization of slope and basin clastic reservoirs in sandstones of the Delaware Mountain Group in the Delaware Basin of West Texas and New Mexico is a cost effective way to recover a higher percentage of the original oil in place through strategic placement of infill wells and geologically based field development. Project objectives are divided into two major phases. The objectives of the reservoir characterization phase of the project are to provide a detailed understanding of the architecture and heterogeneity of two fields, the Ford Geraldine unit and Ford West field, which produce from the Bell Canyon and Cherry Canyon Formations, respectively, of the Delaware Mountain Group and to compare Bell Canyon and Cherry Canyon reservoirs. Reservoir characterization will utilize 3-D seismic data, high-resolution sequence stratigraphy, subsurface field studies, outcrop characterization, and other techniques. Once the reservoir-characterization study of both fields is completed, a pilot area of approximately 1 mi 2 in one of the fields will be chosen for reservoir simulation.
Description: Surfactant and foam properties have been evaluated at high pressure using the foam durability apparatus. For a number of surfactant solutions the interfacial tension with cense CO2, critical micelle concentrations, foaming ability, and foam stability were determined. Preliminary results show that these tests correlate well to predict surfactant properties and mobility in cores. Work has also restarted in the parallel-dual permeability system.
Description: The main objective of this project is to devise an effective redevelopment strategy to combat producibility problems related to the Repetto turbidite sequences of the Carpinteria Field. The lack of adequate reservoir characterization, high-water cut production, and scaling problems have in the past contributed to the field's low productivity. To improve productivity and enhance recoverable reserves, the following specific goals are proposed: ° Develop an integrated database of all existing data from work done by the former ownership group. ° Expand reservoir drainage and reduce sand problems through horizontal well drilling and completion. ° Operate and validate reservoirs� conceptual model by incorporating new data from the proposed trilateral well. ° Transfer methodologies employed in geologic modeling and drilling multilateral wells to other operators with similar reservoirs.
Description: The project involves improving thermal recovery techniques in a slope and basin clastic (SBC) reservoir in the Wilmington field, Los Angeles Co., Calif. using advanced reservoir characterization and thermal production technologies. The existing steamflood in the Tar zone of Fault Block (FB) II-A has been relatively inefficient because of several producibility problems which are common in SBC reservoirs. Inadequate characterization of the heterogeneous turbidite sands, high permeability thief zones, low gravity oil, and nonuniform distribution of remaining oil have all contributed to poor sweep efficiency, high steam-oil ratios, and early steam breakthrough. Operational problems related to steam breakthrough, high reservoir pressure, and unconsolidated formation sands have caused premature well and downhole equipment failures. In aggregate, these reservoir and operational constraints have resulted in increased operating costs and decreased recoverable reserves. The advanced technologies to be applied include: (1) Develop three-dimensional (3-D) deterministic and stochastic geologic models. (2) Develop 3-D deterministic and stochastic thermal reservoir simulation models to aid in reservoir management and subsequent development work. (3) Develop computerized 3-D visualizations of the geologic and reservoir simulation models to aid in analysis. (4) Perform detailed study on the geochemical interactions between the steam and the formation rock and fluids. (5) Pilot steam injection and production via four new horizontal wells (2 producers and 2 injectors). (6) Hot water alternating steam (WAS) drive pilot in the existing steam drive area to improve thermal efficiency. (7) Installing a 2100 foot insulated, subsurface harbor channel crossing to supply steam to an island location. (8) Test a novel alkaline steam completion technique to control well sanding problems and fluid entry profiles. (9) Advanced reservoir management through computer-aided access to production and geologic data to integrate reservoir characterization, engineering, monitoring, and evaluation.
Description: Luff Exploration Company (LEC) focused on involvement in technologies being developed utilizing horizontal drilling concepts to enhance oil- well productivity starting in 1992. Initial efforts were directed toward high-pressure lateral jetting techniques to be applied in existing vertical wells. After involvement in several failed field attempts with jetting technologies, emphasis shifted to application of emerging technologies for drilling short-radius laterals in existing wellbores and medium-radius technologies in new wells. These lateral drilling technologies were applied in the Mississippi Ratcliffe and Ordovician Red River formations at depths of 2590 to 2890 m (8500 to 9500 ft) in Richland Co., MT; Bowman Co., ND; and Harding Co., SD.
Creator: Gibbons, David; Carrell, Larry A. & George, Richard D.
Description: A previously idle portion of the Midway-Sunset field, the ARCO Western Energy Pru Fee property, is being brought back into commercial production through tight integration of geologic characterization, geostatistical modeling, reservoir simulation, and petroleum engineering. This property, shut-in over a decade ago as economically marginal using conventional cyclic steaming methods, has a 200-300 foot thick oil column in the Monarch Sand. However, the sand lacks effective steam barriers and has a thick water-saturation zone above the oil-water contact. These factors require an innovative approach to steam flood production design that will balance optimal total oil production against economically viable steam-oil ratios and production rates. The methods used in the Class III demonstration are accessible to most operators in the Midway-Sunset field and could be used to revitalize properties with declining production of heavy oils throughout the region.
Description: The characteristics of seismic- derived porosity maps have been further qualified by geologic and production relationships not previously explained nor their significance recognized. Patterns of seismic- derived porosity in the upper Grayburg compare accurately to geologic well data and to historic oil production in section 36. Areas of economic reservoir seem to be separated hydrodynamically, based on the porosity distribution and related differences of gas- to- oil ratio values. Porosity values east of the current limit of the seismic inversion model (where the current seismic data quality is poor) have been estimated for the Grayburg zones, to be used in the next production model run. Production data for that area are being requested from offset operators. When those data become available, they will be included in a revised engineering model will be made to match the production history and to simulate the effect of waterflood efforts. The mapping of porosity of the upper Grayburg zones from the seismic data was completed during the third quarter of 1997, with further qualification of the results done during the fourth quarter. The cross- plots of well log- determined porosity versus seismic velocity have shown a strong linear relationship useful for calibrating the conversion of velocity to porosity. Maps of porosity for the A, B, and C zones are being tested against geological and engineering data. Complexity of reservoir demonstrated in those maps has exposed the need to include significantly more geologic and production data in the area around section 36 in order to create a proper model for the Grayburg reservoir in section 36.
Description: The distal fan margin in the northeast portion of the Yowlumne field contains significant reserves but is not economical to develop using vertical wells. Numerous interbedded shales and deteriorating rock properties limit producibility. In addition, extreme depths (13,000 ft) present a challenging environment for hydraulic fracturing and artificial lift. Lastly, a mature waterflood increases risk because of the uncertainty with size and location of flood fronts. This project attempts to demonstrate the effectiveness of exploiting the distal fan margin of this slope-basin clastic reservoir through the use of a high-angle well completed with multiple hydraulic-fracture treatments. The combination of a high-angle (or horizontal) well and hydraulic fracturing will allow greater pay exposure than can be achieved with conventional vertical wells while maintaining vertical communication between thin interbedded layers and the wellbore. The equivalent production rate and reserves of three vertical wells are anticipated at one-half to two-thirds the cost.
Description: The goal of this project is to increase recovery of heavy oils. Towards that goal studies are being conducted in how to assess the influence of temperature and pressure on the absolute and relative permeability to oil and water and on capillary pressure; to evaluate the effect of different reservoir parameters on the in site combustion process; to develop and understand mechanisms of surfactants on for the reduction of gravity override and channeling of steam; and to improve techniques of formation evaluation.
Creator: Castanier, Louis M. & Brigham, William E.
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2019-04-19T14:40:30Z
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https://digital.library.unt.edu/search/?q5=%22Enhanced%20Recovery%22&t5=dc_subject&searchType=advanced
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Arts
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Science
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prweb
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Commencing April 1, 2010 business travelers visiting to the city of Singapore will enjoy a free food and beverage spend of up to S$50 per room per night booked, plus unlimited Internet access use.
Accor hotels in Singapore are offering business travelers more value and flexibility during their stay in Singapore with the 'Flexi Business Stay' promotion. Commencing April 1, 2010 business travelers visiting to the city of Singapore will enjoy a free food and beverage spend of up to S$50 per room per night booked, plus unlimited Internet access use. This promotion is available for bookings from now until May 15, 2010 and applicable for stays until June 30, 2010.
The three participating Singapore hotels have tailored the 'Flexi Business Stay' promotion to meet the needs of business travelers visiting Singapore. With this promotion, guests staying at either Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel Singapore, Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay or ibis Singapore on Bencoolen will enjoy a $50 spend per room per night in any of the designated outlets in the hotel (S$25 at ibis Singapore on Bencoolen) and unlimited Internet access.
Grand Mecure Roxy Singapore is just 15 minutes away from Singapore Changi International Airport and provides free airport transfer on every half-hourly basis. The room rate starts from S$176++ (from USD128++) per room per night.
Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay is located in the heart of entertainment and business district, and is minutes away from the shopping belt of Orchard Road. The room rate starts from S$243++ (from USD176++) per room per night.
ibis Singapore on Bencoolen, being voted the Best Budget Hotel 2009 by TTG, is located in the City Centre and the hotel is walking distance to the Bugis MRT station. The room rate starts from S$153++ (from USD112++) per room per night.
The above Flexi Business Stay rates would include free unlimited Internet access plus a S$50 F&B voucher per room per night at Grand Mercure Roxy Singapore or Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay, and a S$25 F&B credit per room per night at ibis Singapore on Bencoolen. The F&B voucher/credit can be accumulated and used at any designated restaurant and/or bar in the hotel at any time of your stay period.
You can book 'Flexi Business Stay' promotion from now to May 15, 2010 and valid for stays from now till June 30, 2010. For reservations visit "http://www.accorasiapacificpartners.com/promo"
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2019-04-25T16:57:13Z
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https://www.prweb.com/releases/accor-hotels-singapore/flexi-business-stay/prweb3850274.htm
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Arts
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Business
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time
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Considered the holier of the two Eids, the festival earns its name from the annual sacrifice of cows and other livestock, which in turn commemorates the story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son to God.
1. The run-up has been accompanied by a war of words between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Harsh exchanges of rhetoric between the religious leaders of Iran and Saudi Arabia took place during hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, which falls just before Eid al-Adha.
Referring to a stampede last year that killed at least 750 people near Mecca, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, last Monday criticized Saudi Arabia’s management of the Islamic world’s holiest site, which lies within Saudi borders.
Khamenei said the Saudi ruling family “does not deserve to be in charge and manage the holy sites,” Agence France-Presse reports.
Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheik Abdulaziz al-Sheik in turn told reporters that Iran’s leaders “are not Muslims,” according to a local report cited by al-Jazeera. “They are children of the Magi and their hostility towards Muslims is ancient,” he reportedly said, referring to the pre-Islamic Persian Zoroastrian religion.
2. The volume of trade in livestock at this time of year is enormous.
As many as a million goats were sent from Berbera port in Somaliland to Saudi Arabia this year, contributing to one of the largest trade movements of livestock in the world, al-Jazeera reports.
The trade is absolutely vital to Somaliland — a breakaway territory from Somalia that declared independence in 1991 but has since gone unrecognized. Today, almost all of the territory’s export income is derived from livestock, providing vital earnings for one of the world’s poorest places, with a youth unemployment level of around 70%.
3. This year’s Eid will be more frugal for many Muslims.
Although the Eid holidays are traditionally known for lavish spending, many Muslims around the world will celebrate more frugally this year. According to Reuters, low oil prices have caused consumers in Saudi Arabia to spend less during this year’s holiday season.
In Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, people have reportedly been buying communal cows to sacrifice with their neighbors, owing to the country’s economy shrinking to its slowest growth in six years.
In Pakistan, where the annual per capita income is just $1,500, many families will also be pooling resources to jointly buy a sacrificial animal, the Washington Post reports.
Those who are able to spend, however, can drop by Indian e-commerce site OLX, says the Times of India, and buy goats named after Bollywood stars for up to $1,650.
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2019-04-18T15:19:44Z
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http://time.com/4487034/eid-al-adha-islam-festival-of-sacrifice/
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Arts
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Shopping
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wsj
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Dr. Daniel P. Huttenlocher is a Professor at Cornell University. He is on the Board of Directors at Amazon.com, Inc., Corning, Inc. and Intelligent Markets, Inc. Dr. Huttenlocher was previously employed as Principal Scientist by Xerox Corp. He also served on the board at John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, a graduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a doctorate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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2019-04-20T04:53:00Z
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https://quotes.wsj.com/AMZN/company-people/executive-profile/96318050
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Arts
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howstuffworks
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Whether dressing up for Halloween, a party, or just for fun, a chef's hat is an easy and recognizable accessory to make.
Here's how to make a chef's hat.
Cut your poster board into a rectangle long enough to wrap around your head and with an overlap of an inch or two (2.5 or 5 centimeters). The rectangle should be between 9- and 12-inches (23- and 30-centimeters) wide. This will be your hat's height.
Hold the rectangle horizontally. Fold the bottom edge up three to four inches (7.6 to 10 centimeters) and crease.
Fold the flap downward and crease about an inch (2.5 centimeters) above your previous fold. You now have a flap that's between 2- and 3-inches (5- and 7.5-centimeters) wide.
Set your tissue paper or cloth so it sits inside the groove. Line up one edge of the tissue paper or cloth with one edge of the folded paper. The tissue paper or cloth should extend at least four inches (10 centimeters) past the top.
Staple the edge of the tissue paper or cloth to the groove underneath the flap. Don't staple through the top flap, or it won't look nice and clean from the outside.
Fasten the rest of the tissue paper or cloth to the groove only and not the flap. Don't fasten the tissue paper smoothly. Rather, make small pleats and folds so it looks puffy. Continue this until you've covered the entire length of the folded paper.
Fold the paper into a cylinder, like a chef's hat. Determine your hat's exact size by wrapping it snuggly around your head.
Staple the hat together at the seam.
Gather the top of the tissue paper or cloth together. Hold it together with staples or tape. Tuck it down into the top of the hat.
Puff and preen your hat so it looks nice and fluffy [source: Dorsey, Charner].
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2019-04-24T12:53:50Z
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https://lifestyle.howstuffworks.com/crafts/wearable/how-to-make-chef-hat.htm
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Arts
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Recreation
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e-architect
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AS+GG: Architecture announce that it has completed a master plan for Chengdu Tianfu District Great City, a self-sustaining, environmentally sensitive 1.3-square-kilometer satellite city scheduled to begin construction this fall on an approximately 3-square-kilometer site outside Chengdu, China. Great City is envisioned as a prototype or model city to be replicated in other locations throughout the country.
AS+GG is pleased to announce that it has won an international competition to design Qintai Center, a 248-meter (814-feet) tall, high-performance corporate headquarters tower and related podium structure in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. AS+GG’s winning entry was selected over competing schemes from firms based in the Netherlands, Japan and Hong Kong.
The bold design for Dancing Dragons by AS+GG Architecture includes residential, office and retail elements. The pair of supertall tower buildings is for the new Yongsan International Business District.
This tower is due to become the world’s tallest building.
The tower’s will be at least 173 m (568 ft) taller than the Burj Khalifa – the world’s current tallest building at 828 m high.
This architecture firm is pleased to announce that it has won an international competition to design Wuhan Greenland Center, which at 606 meters (1,988 feet) will likely be China’s third-tallest building, and the fourth tallest in the world, when completed in about five years. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer in Wuhan near the meeting of the Yangtze and Han rivers.
CHICAGO, Feb. 17, 2011 — Sara Beardsley, AIA, a senior architect at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, is one of 11 recipients of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Young Architects Award for 2011.
Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill are co-designers of all projects at Chicago practice Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill.
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2019-04-23T08:08:23Z
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https://www.e-architect.co.uk/architects/adrian-smith-gordon-gill-architecture
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Arts
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Business
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silbermedia
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I dreamed that I went to see U2 and it was boring.
Interview with the mighty Rllrbll in SuccoAcido. Check it out!
ps have you heard this band the beatles? you should def. include them in the next qrd.
There were some other buttons that sold with the “buy it now” option that I re-listed.
I can’t keep track of new music, who’s this band called “The Beatles”?
wake up! you’re still here, baby.
Richard! Is it really you? You still dealing in those crazy photographs? I got a button maker, if those photos are in the public domain, we should start a button empire based on them….
One Response to REH, Buttons, Etc.
Have fun at the horror convention.
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2019-04-23T10:48:18Z
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http://silbermedia.com/blog/index.php/tag/buttons/page/2/
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Arts
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Business
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oregonlive
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This company offers custom built homes, framing, siding & remodeling.
Taylor Brian Construction can be found at 32nd St 2318. The following is offered: B2B Contractors. The entry is present with us since Sep 10, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Springfield there are 60 other B2B Contractors. An overview can be found here.
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2019-04-23T20:37:36Z
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https://businessfinder.oregonlive.com/taylor-brian-construction-springfield-or.html
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Arts
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Business
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wordpress
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so how could we not?
In fact, we’ve met many a times over the years. You come in different shapes and forms, carrying various backgrounds on your back. Sometimes you’re rich, sometimes you’re not. Sometimes you proudly hold your PhDs, sometimes you don’t. You’re a woman, you’re a man, you’re a teenager, you’re an old person. You’re never a child, though.
We’ve had coffee, we’ve talked about our Master’s dissertations, we’ve shared drinks, we’ve traveled together, we’ve gone to day-trips together and we’ve dined and we’ve partied. You and I both have had the same experiences meaning that we both came out of one womb and then we both cried, laughed, loved and hated at some point in our lives.
Every time I have encountered you I tried to understand you. Every single time I ask about your life, I try to rationalize your beliefs, I even try to find excuses for you because I have to somehow find the ability to politely converse with you without you knowing that I secretly don’t really like you. Yet, I’ll never wish for your death. I’ll never verbally or physically abuse you. I will never suggest that maybe you should change to comply with what I see as right. I will not treat you as you treat others even though I highly dislike you. I will let you be.
The thing is there’s space for you in this world. You came into this world without you choosing anything about your life. You were simply born into your skin ( dark or fair),into your character, into your social class, into your sexual preference, into your country, into your religion, into your language, into your history. You have never gained this space, it was given to you. And that is simply the case. You’ve done absolutely nothing to deserve your ethnicity, or your skin, or your country of origin or your sexuality. You were created. You are no better! And that goes for all of us.
Surely, you have the ability to understand that if I accept you ( as long as you don’t hurt others) then maybe you too should consider accepting others?
I know there’s love in you. I know because I’ve seen you loving your family to death, I’ve seen you protecting your dog, I’ve seen you being polite to strangers… I’ve watched you being human! I sometimes fear you when you speak and I can’t help but think; with you around… how will this world get any better?
Although I don’t get you, and I find it hard to respect you, I try to accept you.
But it broke my heart seeing you coming out of Church the other day.
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2019-04-21T10:22:29Z
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https://valentinestavrou.wordpress.com/2015/03/
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Arts
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Reference
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nih
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the effects associated with combination antiretroviral therapy.
currently funded R01, P01, or P50 grants will also be considered.
the NIH Guide, December 15, 1998).
Group will be in modules of $25,000.
award date is September 30, 1999.
of outstanding scientific and technical merit.
better treatments for HAD be realized.
brain, and the effects associated with combination antiretroviral therapy.
o studies to identify surrogate markers for viral load within the CNS.
the YES box must be marked.
policy as stated in the NIH Grants Policy Statement (October 1, 1998).
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2019-04-24T22:49:59Z
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https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-99-012.html
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Arts
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Health
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cafepress
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Dress your lapel to impress with fun Buddy The Elf Mini Buttons. At CafePress you'll find many sizes of shapes of attention-getting & conversation-starting buttons. Find pins on every topic under the sun (including summer themes like that beach party). Plus score cool badges celebrating political campaigns & presidential candidates as well as holidays & occasions like 4th of July and Father's Day. We have buttons with funny sayings that are sure to make people laugh and break the ice at a party. We also have mini-buttons and all the way up to 3.5" buttons, all available with bulk discounts so you can buy 1 or 1,001 buttons and get a great deal. And don't forget that if you need buttons with promotional messages and your own logo, it's simple to make your own personalized buttons.
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2019-04-19T01:24:57Z
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https://www.cafepress.com/+buddy-the-elf+mini-buttons
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Arts
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Shopping
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brown
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/'gra.(z)i.jas/~/'gra.(z)I.j@s/ is common among non-native speakers.
sequence /ia/ is spelled <ía>.
"adjectivali(s|z)er" used in this context before.
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2019-04-21T04:49:28Z
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https://listserv.brown.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0704e&L=CONLANG&P=13553
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Arts
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Reference
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arizona
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Applications only accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
Applicant must be registered with the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
Must have graduated from medical school no more than two years ago.
Two to four letters of recommendation.
Personal statement including career and research interests.
Applications are accepted only through Visiting Student Application Service (VSASSM) - University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix. VSAS opens on April 15th to apply to the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency.
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2019-04-24T16:44:31Z
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https://phoenixmed.arizona.edu/orthopaedic-residency/apply
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Arts
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Health
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wordpress
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It has been a particularly cold and snowy winter here in Michigan and other parts of the country. On more than one occasion, the temperatures have dipped into the single digits with wind chills hovering at zero or below. And the snow continues to pile up as we get hit with snowstorm after snowstorm.
As you can imagine, the unusually cold weather can be extremely dangerous for homeless people living in abandoned buildings, vacant houses and under bridges. The Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries’ (DRMM) shelters have been used as warming centers during the frigid winter blast. Although we have been filled beyond capacity several times, we made room for more people by setting out chairs and spare mattresses for sleeping. In addition to giving the homeless a place to stay, we provide food, clothing and case management services. We don’t turn anyone away.
Although it is February, we here in Michigan know that we can get ice and snow when the calendar shows it is April! So, DRMM will most likely continue to see an influx of people at our facilities seeking assistance and shelter from the cold. That means we will need more blankets, more food, more warm clothes, and more space to house them. The Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries ask for your prayers, donations and support as we weather the storm.
A new report on the State of Homelessness in America 2011 shows the nation’s recession is continuing to have an impact on the number of people who have nowhere to call home. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, there was a three percent increase in the country’s homeless population from 2008 to 2009. Hardest hit were families, and the main economic reasons stemmed from unemployment, foreclosure, income, and the burden of housing costs. The report also investigated the demographic drivers of homelessness. Among them are aging out of foster care, release from incarceration, doubled up living situations, and lack of insurance.
Here at the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (DRMM), we too have seen an increase in the number of families seeking shelter, food and other human services. Overall, the demand for our services has risen thirty percent. We also understand the challenges faced by men and women who leave the prison system after several years and are suddenly confronted with a transformed society. Often they are released with no housing, transportation or jobs. That’s why we work with the Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative (MPRI) to help newly-released prisoners transition back to the community. DRMM services begin before the prisoners are discharged. Our staff visits with them at the jails and prisons to work out a transition plan. We match up many of the former prisoners with church mentors to provide spiritual nourishment. Those who are homeless receive shelter and transitional housing at our facilities. And they are placed in transitional jobs and job training.
DRMM is doing the best we can to address the needs of the whole individual in order to bring lasting change. And without a doubt, preventing homelessness is a key component in America’s economic recovery.
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2019-04-22T16:33:34Z
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https://helpinghomeless.wordpress.com/2011/02/
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Arts
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Society
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moogarchives
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After many years, I have decided to sell my MemoryMoog +. I have always fought the tuning problems, but other than that, it is perfect. I bought it new from the drum/keyboard shop on Alabama St. back in the mid eighties.
Please post contact information if you are interested. I am in Houston, TX.
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2019-04-18T13:07:16Z
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http://moogarchives.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1238
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Arts
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Shopping
| 0.906052 |
nesta
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We're launching a new report, conducted in partnership with the technology firm Sage, which examines small and medium-sized businesses across the UK.
Nesta is today launching a new report, conducted in partnership with the technology firm Sage, which examines small and medium-sized businesses across the UK.
Together with an accompanying data-filled website containing profiles of every local authority in the UK, it provides a fine-grained view of how SMEs have performed since the recession.
Why is this of interest to Nesta?
Firstly, there are strong suggestions that the UK's productivity gap is linked to the rate of innovation diffusion from leaders to laggards, and increasing evidence that productivity dispersion is linked with wage dispersion. Therefore, a better understanding of productivity - especially, questions of where the low-productivity firms are within the UK, and what might encourage them to innovate - is a vital step in tackling social inequality and improving the quality of life for all.
Secondly, Nesta is a proponent of better use of timely data and evidence. There are good reasons to believe that, from business to government, better data and smarter use of data analytics helps improve performance. Many local governments are already making great strides towards local data analytics; other local authorities could increase their efforts to get more from their data. This project is a contribution towards that end, providing a range of data to help local authorities understand aspects of their local business environment. However, it also shows the limitations of the available data, underscoring the need for new metrics.
Thirdly, because we believe that entrepreneurs are agents of innovation, we have an interest in understanding the conditions under which new companies start and scale. Whilst one must be wary of treating startups like all SMEs (startups are a specialist subset), or of presuming that all SMEs are innovative (many are not), a better picture of local economic growth complements our other work such as the EDCI, in improving our understanding of how local conditions affect startups and other businesses.
SMEs have disproportionately driven job creation since 2010 (having created 73 per cent of new private sector jobs, despite accounting for just 60 per cent of private sector employment).
There has been a huge variance in the growth of number of SMEs across the UK (from an increase of 41 per cent in London to just four per cent in Northern Ireland).
SME productivity (defined here as aggregate SME turnover divided by aggregate SME employment) varies significantly (with the most productive part of the UK, the City of London, being 26 times more productive than the least, West Somerset). At a regional level, there is not a vast difference in the least productive areas; rather, average productivity is typically pulled up by the top performers.
There is a negative relationship between productivity and survival rates. Whilst this will not be surprising to most economists, it is a helpful reminder that, whilst individual business failure is often regrettable, the churn and dynamism of ‘creative destruction’ is good for the economy as a whole.
Whilst broadband coverage is lower in rural areas and the devolved regions, it mirrors other work in finding that there is not yet evidence for connection speeds having an impact on SME activity, growth, or productivity at local authority level. Whilst we are not claiming that infrastructure is unimportant (quite the contrary), it suggests that infrastructure needs to be combined with digital skills and tools to reap the benefits.
At present, business support – and, perhaps more significant, the broader engagement between local authorities and local businesses – varies significantly between areas. Our research uncovered both authorities who were extremely active in gathering data about their local SMEs and supporting them, and others who seemed to offer very little support.
One significant change may come from the proposed ‘devolution revolution’ – plans to allow local government to retain all local tax income, including the £26 billion of revenue from business rates. Pilots of this are expected shortly.
The positive side of this rates devolution may be that local government can better tailor support to the specific needs of local entrepreneurs and SMEs, granting more freedom to experiment.
Conversely, however, this move may increase the fragmentation of business support, making it more complex to navigate. There are also concerns that, with economic hotspots generating more revenue that is reinvested locally, it might further entrench divisions.
In addition, there is no statutory obligation for local authorities to support local businesses – and with obvious financial pressures from other areas, some local governments may see SMEs as cash cows to be milked, rather than an area for investment. That would be a mistake.
The forthcoming Industrial Strategy White Paper will set out a national plan for growth and productivity across the UK economy. However, if we are to see wages rise and income inequality fall, then building a landscape of thriving, productive SMEs should be the priority of every layer of government from Whitehall to town hall.
This means supporting not burdening SMEs; involving them in local policymaking; and ensuring that policy interventions acknowledge both the diversity of the SME landscape across the UK and the variance of local conditions.
We hope that this online data tool and report will give policymakers and elected representatives at every level of government the data they need to make informed and evidence-led policy decisions to support their local entrepreneurs and SMEs.
Erratum: In the first publication of the report, Figure 11 incorrectly showed ONS data for 2013-16 rather than 2007-16. This has been amended.
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The formula for so-called black films is both specific and ill-defined: Jenifer Lewis, Lynn Whitfield or Loretta Devine lead a mostly black cast, with Taye Diggs or Morris Chestnut in there somewhere; Spike Lee or Tyler Perry is writer, director and star; every character hides their purse around cousin Pookie; and prayer is the only substitute for a doctor's visit. There's often also a "Soul Train" line to Maze featuring Frankie Beverly's "Before I Let Go" and plenty of sassy, neck rolling to go around.
But with "Barbershop: The Next Cut," in theaters beginning Friday, writers Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver didn't want to follow said formula. They believed that a "black movie" could be more than what it's too often forced to be.
"We wanted to make sure it was a good script, and we weren't phoning it in," said Oliver ("Survivor's Remorse"), who jokingly refers to "The Next Cut" as "the sequel no one is screaming for." "Just because it was 'Barbershop,' we didn't dumb the writing down or try to make it stereotypical comedy. We pushed ourselves in ways we haven't seen some other black comedies do."
"The Next Cut" is the third film of the "Barbershop" franchise. The original, which opened in 2002, introduced the world to Calvin (Ice Cube), who runs the barbershop he inherited from his father. Though the struggling business is first seen as a burden, Calvin comes to adopt his father's vision and embrace the legacy of the shop as a pillar of its South Side Chicago community. Cube's fellow barbers were Cedric the Entertainer, Anthony Anderson, Sean Patrick Thomas and Eve.
In 2004's "Barbershop 2: Back in Business," gentrification threatens the shop's livelihood and the broader neighborhood as the government looks to improve the area. Calvin uses his community role to stand up to the city to no avail, but his barbershop weathers the storm.
Things are changing, once again, in the latest installment. At the shop, the once male-dominated space is now part beauty salon, and the female stylists (played by Regina Hall, Nicki Minaj and Margot Bingham) are making their voices heard. Outside the shop, the neighborhood has taken a turn for the worse as gangs and guns have taken over the streets.
Most comedies with black casts follow the same formula, said Barris, who created ABC's "black-ish" after working on TV shows that include "The Game," "Girlfriends" and "The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show." Par for the course of "black movies," he said, is to hew closely to what's worked in the past, relying on stereotypes to bring in laughs and box office bucks.
"For so long there was a stagnant movement," said Barris about black film comedies. "We got comfortable doing certain things because they worked. [And they worked] because there weren't enough images out there, so when you put [the stereotypical ones] on screen, people will come. That's not who Tracy was, and that's not what I wanted to do. We wanted to make sure we didn't tread on any tropes."
But current events meant that repudiating stereotypes alone wasn't enough. In a world of Black Lives Matter and untamed gang and gun violence in Chicago, the franchise's backdrop, everyone involved — MGM and New Line included — knew that the film needed to address the social climate but in a way native to it. In fact, that is the only reason Cube signed on. After initially not believing there was a need for one more "Barbershop" film, he stumbled on a news article about a Memphis barber who gave out free haircuts to stop the shootings in his community. That real-life example became "a great reason to do this movie, other than clowning celebrities and the typical …," he said. It was important to Cube, Barris and Oliver for the story line about gang life to be nuanced.
"That's what's cool about the movie," said Cube who also serves as one of the film's producers. "That's reality. We just wanted to make sure we weren't painting that same old, 'He didn't have a mom or a daddy so he's gonna be bad. If he had two parents, he'd be good.' That ain't how it go."
Malcolm D. Lee, the film's director who created "The Best Man" franchise, added: "I've always felt a responsibility to project images about black people that are fuller and more dimensional and nuanced and subtle [as opposed to the] more in-your-face or archetypal portrayals of black people. Here, we have black fathers being active, before it's too late, but at the same time anybody can fall victim to gangs and gun violence."
To be clear, the effort to go against the grain of the "black movie" stereotype is not to reject the importance of films by, for and about black people and their unique cultural experiences. Contrarily, it's to illuminate how that label often limits the commercial success, Oliver said, or deems the film an anomaly if it does well at the box office.
Barris agreed, adding: "The idea of a 'black movie' is narrowing. You don't say a 'white movie.' When you start narrowing, it makes [success] feel smaller than it is. I want my people to support, but I want it to stand up creatively next to 'The Hangover' and others who fit into the ensemble comedy genre."
Because, as Lee said, " 'Black movies' are not a genre."
"Barbershop: The Next Cut" is a comedy. It just so happens to be black.
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Grace is, once again, without shoes, as you can clearly see, but at least she has some color. Grace's dress is a deep reddish color, and I also colored in her clutch.
She's lovely. I like the simplicity of her style- she reminds me of a fashion designer's sketch.
Thanks so much! I actually modeled her after this female figure model that I used to use in my old art class.
These will mostly be from Silver and Lily, but you'll see things from the others too.
Click here to view our old paper dolls.
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To view a list of position titles and descriptions within a Professional Support Staff classification, simply select that classification from the list below.
Select a classified template below to create or modify a Professional Support Staff Position Description.
Please submit updated Position Descriptions to Human Resources using the appropriate template for the classification being submitted.
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Physical fitness is a valuable element of life for many of ‘Ōlelo’s clientele, especially the senior community. It is important in maintaining health, flexibility, and longevity, as well as in managing pain and symptoms of physical ailments. One client in particular, Faye Murata (pictured on the left with her husband), believes that, while the aforementioned reasons are legitimate, laughter and fun is truly the best workout for your overall well-being.
Faye, who has been producing her ‘Ōlelo series “Faye’s Genki Taiso” (Genki meaning “Healthy”, and Taiso meaning “Exercise”) for five years now, is a retired schoolteacher born in Manchuria, China. She and her family relocated to Hiroshima, Japan after the war ended when she was 8 years old. Through a series of fortunate circumstances, Faye was given the opportunity to study abroad in Hawai’i. Her first few years here was a challenge as she did not speak one word of English upon arriving, but managed to grade-hop her way through varying degrees of education (she started at a first grade level in tenth grade) and eventually finishing her high school career at Kohala High School on Hawai’i island. The thirst for education didn’t stop there. She earned her mastered degree in Education from the University of Hawai’i and became a Fulbright Scholar in 1985 to study abroad at Tokyo University.
Her teaching career took her from St. Louis High School to Kapiolani Community College to Chaminade University. She also spent 20 years teaching Japanese in the hotel industry, 12 years in the banking industry, and a summer in the Marshall Islands.
For the past nineteen years, Faye has been volunteering with the Moiliili Community Center and going to nursing homes, senior daycare centers, and various other community establishments to teach fitness to senior citizens. To add some spice to her curriculum and to keep her students engaged, Faye often dresses in elaborate costumes of animals such as a fish, a monkey, a sumo wrestler, or even Michael Jackson. Now, you can see her in all her glory on ‘Ōlelo. Faye fosters a warm and inviting atmosphere as she demonstrates Japanese exercise techniques that benefit the mind, body, and soul. She uses movements for blood circulation, oxygenation, and flexibility all the while incorporating Japanese culture and song.
Faye also continues to offer support to Japanese, Korean, and Chinese students in need of education with a focus in the English language. In February 2019, Faye played a key part in inviting students from Sendai University’s Exercise Team from Japan (pictured below) to Hawai’i to observe the University of Hawai’i’s athletic training and to take English classes. The team appeared as guests on Faye’s show at the Māpunapuna Media Service Center.
The exchange with Sendai University is one of many ways Faye serves as a role model to the community, bridging the gap between two worlds while never losing her larger-than-life personality and ideology. She would like to personally thank the ‘Ōlelo staff, Mrs. Hiju Ashikaga, a former ‘Ōlelo producer who originally turned Faye on to public access television production, and most importantly, her family including her son Dr. Nathan Murata, who connected her to Sendai University.
Be sure to catch “Faye’s Genki Taiso” on ‘Ōlelo channel 54 every Thursday at 8:00 AM. The Sendai University students’ episodes will air in April and May. In June and July 2019, Faye will feature Kazuko Kikuchi Sensei from Japan.
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Maria E. Kirk, a homemaker and former receptionist, died of heart and renal failure Thursday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The Lutherville resident was 93.
She was born and raised Maria Elizabeth Nickol in East Baltimore. She was a graduate of the old St. James the Less Parochial School at Aisquith and Eager streets and attended the Maryland Institute College of Art.
She worked in the accounting department of Capitol Bakery until her marriage in 1940 to Howard Kenneth Kirk, an insurance agent who died in 1994. The couple had lived in Northwood for 32 years before moving to Lutherville in 1981.
In the early 1960s, Mrs. Kirk worked as a dental receptionist in the Medical Arts Building.
Mrs. Kirk enjoyed traveling and was 78 when she embarked on a float trip down the Snake River in the Pacific Northwest, family members said.
She also enjoyed cooking and entertaining and was especially fond of making desserts.
Mrs. Kirk was a communicant of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ Roman Catholic Church in Timonium.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth G. Kirk of Arlington Heights, Ill.; two daughters, M. Kristine Kirk and Pamela F. Kirk, both of Lutherville; and a brother, Lawrence J. Nickol of Medford, N.Y.
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eMazzanti Technologies provides an article to help businesses anticipate the v3.0 credit card standards that will go into effect in November 2013.
A new article from eMazzanti Technologies is now available that reviews the upcoming Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) version 3.0 in order to prepare organizations for its introduction from November 2013—though until July 1, 2015. The standards will be best-practices-only according to the PCI Securities Standards Council. Every business that offers credit or debit card transactions will fall under the new rules. The article spells out the changes that business entities will want to be informed about.
A full version of the article can be found here.
Based on feedback from the industry, in 2010 the Council moved from a two-year to a three-year standards development lifecycle. The additional year provides a longer period to gather feedback and more time for organizations to implement changes before a new version is released. Version 3.0 will introduce more changes than Version 2.0. The core 12 security areas remain the same, but the updates will include several new sub-requirements that did not exist previously.
Recognizing that additional time may be necessary to implement some of these sub-requirements, the Council will introduce future implementation dates accordingly. This means until 1 July 2015 some of these sub-requirements will be best practices only, to allow organizations more flexibility in planning for and adapting to these changes. Additionally, while entities are encouraged to begin implementation of the new version of the Standards as soon as possible, to ensure adequate time for the transition, Version 2.0 will remain active until 31 December 2014.
Why all the changes? It’s because threats to data are continuous. New vulnerabilities follow the payment ecosystem as it geometrically expands to include mobile, cloud and data analytics. Cardholder data continues to be a target for criminals. Lack of education and awareness around payment security and poor implementation and maintenance of the PCI Standards leads to many of the security breaches happening today. The updates address these challenges by building in additional guidance and clarification on the intent of the requirements and ways to meet them. Additionally, the changes in PCI DSS and PA-DSS 3.0 focus on some of the most frequently seen threats and risks that precipitate incidents of cardholder-data compromise. The updated standards will help organizations not by making the requirements more prescriptive, but by adding more flexibility and guidance for integrating card security into their business-as-usual activities. At the same time, the changes will provide increased stringency for validating that these controls have been implemented properly, with more rigorous and specific testing procedures that clarify the level of validation the assessor is expected to perform. Overall, the changes are designed to give organizations a strong but flexible security architecture with principles that can be applied to their unique technology, payment, and business environments.
IT experts, like eMazzanti Technologies, offer cost-effective PCI compliance services--including helping SMBs complete their self-assessment questionnaire or assess PCI readiness.
Consultants like eMazzanti are also certified by the PCI as Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) companies, which have QSA employees who have been certified by the PCI Council to validate an entity's adherence to the PCI DSS.
eMazzanti Technologies’ team of trained, certified experts provide 24x7 outsourced IT support to help ensure business productivity, address challenges of growth, cloud computing, mobility, critical business continuity and disaster recovery demands. The consultancy has special expertise in manufacturing, distribution, retail and PCI compliance, financial, architectural, engineering, construction, government, educational, legal services, accounting, marketing communications, and healthcare market segments, while maintaining high customer satisfaction levels. Flexible support plans range from fixed-fee, around-the-clock network management where eMazzanti functions as an extension of a businesses’ IT staff to a custom-solution provided on an as-needed basis. eMazzanti serves the Hoboken, NJ and NYC area markets as well as regional, national and international business support requirements. The IT firm is Microsoft's 2012 Partner of the Year and on-going Gold Partner, Microsoft Northeast Region Partner of the Year, a four-time recipient of WatchGuard's Partner of the Year and has achieved the Inc. 5000 list for the fourth year in a row. Download the free article: How to Select an IT Provider here. More than 400 companies trust their IT support needs to eMazzanti Technologies. For more information, contact: Carl Mazzanti 201-360-4400 or emazzanti.net. Twitter: @emazzanti, Facebook: Facebook.com/emazzantitechnologies.
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Andre Soukhamthath (Lao: ອານເດຣ ສຸຄຳທັດ, born October 23, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, into an immigrant family of Laotian descent. Soukhamthath began competing in soccer as a youngster where he was a standout goalie. He began training in mixed martial arts in 2009. He is the first Lao-American fighter signed to the UFC.
Soukhamthath compiled an amateur record of 1-2 before making his professional debut in 2011. He competed on the regional scene, almost exclusively for CES MMA in his native state of Rhode Island.
He was the reigning CES MMA Bantamweight Champion when he was signed to the UFC in early 2017.
Soukhamthath made his promotional debut on March 4, 2017 against Albert Morales at UFC 209. He lost the back-and-forth fight by split decision.
Soukhamthath faced Alejandro Pérez on August 5, 2017 at UFC Fight Night 114. He lost the fight by split decision.
Soukhamthath replaced Bryan Caraway to take on Luke Sanders on December 9, 2017 at UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega. He won the fight via TKO in the second round to gain his first UFC win.
On December 22, 2017 Soukhamthath announced to have signed a new, five-fight contract with UFC.
Soukhamthath faced Sean O'Malley at UFC 222. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. Sean O'Malley injured his foot at the end of the third round. Soukhamthath was criticized for showing poor fight IQ and choosing to take O'Malley down to the ground and not capitalizing on O'Malley's injury. Joe Rogan said it was the single worst decision in UFC history. This fight earned him the Fight of the Night bonus.
Soukhamthath faced Gavin Tucker on October 27, 2018 at UFC Fight Night 138. However, Tucker pulled out of the fight in early October citing an undisclosed injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Jonathan Martinez. He won the fight via unanimous decision.
Soukhamthath faced Montel Jackson on April 13, 2019 at UFC 236 He lost the fight by unanimous decision.
Loss 12–6 Sean O'Malley Decision (unanimous) UFC 222 March 3, 2018 3 5:00 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Fight of the Night.
Win 11–3 Kin Moy TKO (knees and punches) CES MMA 37 August 12, 2016 2 2:32 Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States Defended the CES MMA Bantamweight Championship.
Win 8–2 Tom English Submission (rear-naked choke) CES MMA 26 October 10, 2014 2 2:17 Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States Catchweight (138 lbs) bout.
Loss 7–2 Kin Moy Decision (unanimous) CES MMA 21 January 24, 2014 3 5:00 Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States Return to Bantamweight.
Win 7–1 Corey Simmons TKO (retirement) CES MMA 20 December 6, 2013 1 5:00 Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States Catchweight (140 lbs) bout.
Win 6–1 Billy Vaughn Submission (keylock) CES MMA: Rise or Fall October 4, 2013 1 3:39 Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States Featherweight debut.
Loss 0–1 Robbie Slade Decision (majority) Cage Titans 6 September 10, 2011 3 5:00 Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Bantamweight debut.
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The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) and the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party—SGP) condemn in the sharpest terms the attack by university President Sabine Kunst (Social Democratic Party—SPD) on the Student Council at Humboldt University and her complicity with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). We support the Student Council’s decision not to publish the personal details of politically active students and we demand Kunst’s immediate resignation as HU president, as well as the publication of information on and the ending of all connections between the university administration and right-wing extremist circles.
While the presidents of Berlin’s two other major universities refused to publish the personal details of politically active students following a request by AfD politician Martin Trefzer, Kunst filed a lawsuit against the students of her own university in late July. She wants to legally compel the Student Council to publish the full names of all council members and their deputies as Trefzer demanded. To carry through the far-right conspiracy, Kunst intends to revoke the Student Council’s autonomy and change the statute providing for it that was initially adopted by the students themselves.
Under no circumstances should the names of the Student Council members be published and handed over to the AfD, which enjoys close ties to far-right terrorists and neo-Nazis capable of violence. The university administration also has no right to this information. When students anonymously criticised the militarist positions of Professor Herfried Münkler on the blog Münkler-Watch in 2015, the university administration demanded their names so it could launch a crackdown against them.
It is high time to stop Kunst and the right-wing offensive against students at Humboldt University! Right-wing extremist networks and authoritarian measures should never again be allowed to prevail at this university, of all places!
Jörg Baberowski, a professor of Eastern European history, is at the centre of the far-right conspiracy at Humboldt University. Baberowski is an internationally known Nazi apologist and ideological pioneer of the far-right. His writings are characterised by the downplaying of the crimes of the Nazis and the Third Reich. “Hitler was not a psychopath, he was not vicious. He did not want to talk about the extermination of the Jews at his table,” he told Der Spiegel in 2014.
Baberowski’s historical revisionism goes hand in hand with the far-right agenda he is pursuing politically. It is now known that he is the organiser of a right-wing extremist discussion circle, which also includes the Social Democrat and racist Thilo Sarrazin; Michael Klonowsky, who is a personal adviser to AfD leader Alexander Gauland; and right-wing publicists such as Dieter Stein (Junge Freiheit), Karlheinz Weißmann (Cato), and Frank Böckelmann (Tomult). Earlier this year, the so-called “Statement 2018” emerged from this fascistic network. It railed against alleged “illegal mass migration” and declared its solidarity with xenophobic demonstrations.
Baberowski not only exploits his connections in politics, the media and the military to carry out his right-wing extremist agenda, but also the university infrastructure. While he has long listed his anti-refugee interviews, newspaper articles and radio contributions on his HU website, he recently employed the Facebook page of his Department of Eastern European History within the Institute of History to spread the far-right’s propaganda.
Baberowski has long been demanding that students critical of his right-wing tirades be thrown out of the university and suppressed by authoritarian means. He sued the Bremen Student Council in 2017 because it criticized his right-wing standpoint. Kunst, who has been president of Humboldt since May 2016, supported Baberowski’s course from the outset. After his defeat in the courts, she released an official statement from the university administration declaring that it would not tolerate any criticism of the “outstanding scholar” and threatening legal action against his critics.
With her crackdown on the Student Council, Kunst stands fully exposed as a supporter of this agenda. It is now clear that the appointment of the SPD politician to head Humboldt University was a deliberate political decision. Involved is the defence of Baberowski’s far-right network, the accelerated drive to revive German militarism, and the suppression of all opposition to this among students.
Already in earlier positions as president of the University of Potsdam and minister of science in the Brandenburg SPD-Left Party government, Kunst strengthened the influence of right-wing and militarist tendencies at universities. In 2015, she appointed Sönke Neitzel as professor of the German army study programme “War and conflict studies.” Like Münkler and Baberowski, Neitzel works systematically to rewrite the history of the First and Second World War so as to whitewash the crimes of German imperialism and prepare new ones. In a recent interview in the magazine Zeit Geschichte titled “Learn from the Wehrmacht?” he praised the tradition-setting role of Wehrmacht soldiers for the German army’s military interventions in the post-World War II era.
Kunst’s actions at Humboldt University correspond to the grand coalition’s right-wing agenda and the SPD’s role within it. With its decision to continue the grand coalition, the SPD consciously chose to make the AfD, which won only 12.6 percent of the vote in last year’s federal election, the official opposition, so as to strengthen the far-right’s influence and implement its programme in practice. The doubling of defence spending, brutal social spending cuts across Europe, and a crackdown on refugees are central to the grand coalition’s programme, along with the strengthening of the repressive powers of the police and the suppression of any domestic left-wing or socialist opposition.
The parallels to the 1920s and 1930s are striking. As then, the ruling elite is responding to the deep crisis of capitalism, extreme levels of social inequality, and mounting conflicts between the major powers with anti-democratic and authoritarian forms of rule. It is deliberately encouraging the growth of far-right forces to enforce their reactionary policies against mounting opposition within the population.
Hitler did not come to power in 1933 by riding a wave of popular support, but by means of a conspiracy involving influential figures in politics, business and the military. After the Nazis suffered a major defeat in the 1932 parliamentary elections and were plunged into crisis, President Paul von Hindenburg, who was elected with the support of the SPD and the Centre Party, appointed Hitler chancellor on 30 January, 1933. Two months later, all of the bourgeois parties voted in parliament for the Enabling Act, which laid the basis for the Nazis’ terror regime.
Today, the influence of the far-right over the ruling elite’s policies stands in even greater contrast to the views and convictions of the vast majority of the people. The AfD does not have a mass base but is viewed with deep hostility. In May, tens of thousands protested in Berlin against a march by the AfD, which managed to mobilise just 2,000 supporters from across the country. In the workplaces and universities, the AfD and the ruling elite’s right-wing policies are despised. According to a recent poll, 67 percent of the population is concerned about the rightward shift of German politics.
The IYSSE urges all students not to be intimidated by Kunst’s threats, but instead to organise a powerful counter-offensive. Humboldt University cannot be permitted to be transformed into a centre for right-wing extremist and militarist propaganda, as it was prior to the First and Second World War. All measures against politically active students must be withdrawn and a student-led investigation initiated into the activities of right-wing extremist networks at HU.
• To what extent and by whom were the right-wing activities at Humboldt University financially supported?
• Which other members of the teaching staff participated in the meetings with Baberowski?
• What discussions took place between Kunst and the grand coalition, or the SPD-Left Party-Green coalition in the state of Berlin, about protecting Baberowski from criticism?
To stop the right-wing conspiracy at HU, the IYSSE appeals to all students, university clubs and academics who are not prepared to allow the return of German militarism to proceed unopposed: Organise protests and demonstrations at HU and other universities to demand the resignation of Kunst and Baberowski!
The chief task is to mobilise support among the working class, to inform workers about the dangerous developments at Humboldt University, and win them to a socialist programme against war, capitalism and fascism. Make contact with the IYSSE and SGP, and help to organise this struggle!
War and fascism, never again!
Stop Kunst, Baberowski and the right-wing extremist conspiracy at Humboldt University!
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Xrays show diffuse calcification in the tissues of the right thigh as well as the left. The bone stock is relatively normal.
When she first presented ten years previously the patient had a small calcified mass near the greater trochanter R. Biopsy showed calcification in the soft tissues. She has chronic renal failure. The lesions have since progressed to the diffuse calcification seen about both hips in the X rays on this page. There are no aggressive features such as erosion of bone that may suggest malignancy.
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So I had a job interview on Monday. Friday morning I received a call from the Home Depot offices, not the store but one of the offices located here in San Diego. They asked if I would like to come in for an interview, I could hardly contain myself but I joyfully responded with a happy yes, remembering to talk while having a smile on my face.
Then comes Saturday night. Janet and I were intertaining her aunt most of the day and then we were out after that. Well sometime during Saturday another Home Depot called me asking me to call them because they would like me to coming for an interview. I called back and left a voice mail for the HR person. She returned my call Monday morning and I told her that I had an interview with Home Depot in Mission Valley so she told me to call her back if that job didn’t workout.
I went to the interview at the Mission Valley Home Depot, It lasted all of 10 minutes most of which was spent sitting in the interview area waiting to be interviewed. This place turned out to be the Home Depot Call Center. Wow I thought, this is a job I can talk my way in to, after all I designed Call Centers so I can talk about them quite well. Everything was great until she asked me how much I would like to be paid.
I spent some time on http://www.salary.com looking up how much people make in different jobs for the skills I listed and the retail business and came up with $25.16 per hour. About 52K or so. I told the person interviewing this and she told me that the job she has is an entry-level position and would only pay $12.00 per hour, I need AT-LEAST $18.00 per hour to just pay the rent and feed the family. So we both thanked each other and parted ways.
I called the other HR person who told me she would like to interview me and left her voice mail, lets see if this goes any place. I guess I should just ask for $18.50 and hope for the best. I have no idea what to ask for.
Okay, so it isn’t engineering work and I can’t possibly make even half of what I made as an engineer. At this point I don’t care! I need a job to take care of my family and so that I can prove to the INS I can support Janet. If I had to I would work two Mc Donald’s jobs or something to keep my family housed and feed.
It’s so strange not working, I have always been employed in one job or another and I hope I get the Home Depot job.
Janet is almost done with the house and now she’s started to plant flowers and stuff. Today we went to Home Depot and bought some potting soil, pot and planter she repotted her Kalamansi tree in to this HUGE planter. In another planter she planted some sort of giant Daisy and Mexican fire plants and in a 3rd planter she planted 2 different varieties if Mexican Fire plants that she will put outside the kitchen window once I install a window shelf.
Saturday night Janet put the first coat of varnish on the Gossip Chair we were refinishing and Sunday we put the final coat. Today I have to stop by an upholstery shop so I can get black vinyl to recover the seat.
Janet seems to be enjoying fixing the house, tasting new food and seeing things. I know she misses the Philippines, her family and friends but I have been trying my best to help her adjust. We went to San Diego State but she can’t enroll until next Nov. so she might take some courses at the community collage or the cosmetology school. Hmm we went to the Navy recruiting office yesterday, she wanted to see what opportunities they had in the Navy Reserves.
wow janet! you’re so talented!
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If you are a regular here, you know that I have a mission to increase home entertaining nationally by 10%. Really. If you are new to my blog, now you know about my mission. Cynics kid me about the 10%. They ask, “Why 10%?” or, with a touch of sarcasm, “How will you know you have accomplished your mission?” My response is that I believe in setting expansive goals. President Obama would call them audacious. Ten percent is a nice round number and actually not so difficult to accomplish. If you normally entertain friends and family in your home once a year and I encourage and inspire you to do it twice a year, that’s a 100% increase in your home entertaining. So, help out! Entertain at home.
My recipe for holiday parties has three simple steps.
2. Think about having The Good Enough Holiday Party. Don’t set the bar unrealistically high for yourself. Over-reaching rarely has a happy ending. Either you end up saying, “No, that’s too hard” and skip home entertaining altogether. Or, you try something that’s way beyond your resources — psychic, time and/or money — and at your party’s end you are resentful and swear off future entertaining at home.
3. Whatever you do, spend the upfront time to plan and spread out your tasks over at least one week so you get your one relaxed hour before guests arrive. Plan to entertain this holiday season. Better. Easier.
Hanukkah begins Friday evening, December 11th and runs through Saturday evening, December 19th. That gives you two weekend windows to entertain friends and family with latkes. Plan ahead! If you make applesauce this weekend it will hold in your refrigerator up through that last candle in the menorah. Visit your local farm stand or farmer’s market if you can for a mix of fresh sweet and tart apples for your applesauce. (The Reading Terminal — where I am spending weekends with At Home — is loaded with varieties of local apples. Shop, visit and get a signed book…or two or three.) Latkes may be made in advance and frozen.
It’s a shame that potato pancakes tend to be made only for Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday that comes in December. The Hanukkah story celebrates the miracle of oil—there was reportedly just enough to burn one day in the temple, but it lasted for eight days. The fact that potato pancakes require prodigious amounts of oil to fry is surely a coincidence. The key to making them crispy is to squeeze out excess water from the grated onion and potato. Make the applesauce first so it’s ready for your hot latkes. The recipe will yield more than you will likely need for the latkes.
do ahead Applesauce may be made up to two weeks ahead and stored in the refrigerator. Latkes may be made up to three days ahead and stored, tightly wrapped, in the refrigerator or frozen up to a month. Reheat in a 350° oven for 7-10 minutes, turning them over midway through.
1 Make the applesauce: In a large pot, add apple cider and cinnamon sticks and simmer slowly for 10 minutes, taking care not to boil the cider away.
2 Leaving skin on, core apples and cut them into chunks.
3 Add apples and sugar to pot. Increase heat to high and cover. After about 5 minutes, stir apples to move the top apples down into the liquid. Continue cooking until apples are soft and falling apart, about 10-15 minutes more.
5 Make the latkes: On the largest holes of a box grater, grate onion and potatoes. The large-holed grating disk on the food processor does a fine job too. Turn the mixture onto several layers of cheesecloth or an open kitchen towel. Gather the corners and squeeze the water from the mixture.
6 Combine eggs, flour, salt and pepper in large bowl. Add onions and potatoes and mix well.
7 Preheat oven to 200°. Line a baking sheet with two layers of paper towels and have another unlined baking sheet ready. Heat 1⁄2 cup oil in a sauté pan over moderately high heat until very hot but not smoking. Fill a 1⁄3 cup measure with the potato mixture. Drop it into the sauté pan and push it down with the flat side of the measuring cup so you have a pancake about 3 inches in diameter and 1⁄4-inch thick. Cook pancakes until brown and crisp on one side, about 2-3 minutes, and flip, taking care not to splatter the oil. Continue cooking for 1-2 minutes more. Add more oil as needed, making sure to get the oil hot before adding the pancake mixture. Adjust heat as needed so that the pancakes brown as they cook through without burning. As you get to the bottom of the mix it will be watery, so be sure to give it a stir. Transfer cooked pancakes to the prepared baking sheet to drain. Pat the top of the pancakes with another double layer of paper towels. Cook remaining batter in batches until all the pancakes are cooked, transferring cooked and drained pancakes to the unlined baking sheet.
8 Keep them warm in the oven until ready to serve. Serve with applesauce and/or sour cream.
Additional note about making latkes in advance: Make sure latkes get cooked through if you are making your latkes in advance. Uncooked potato will discolor. To make sure latkes are cooked through, make sure you cook over moderate heat so that the inside gets cooked before the outside gets over-cooked.
To tell the story of At Home, Daily News writer Beth D’Addono created a mini reality show by recruiting a willing, but mildly entertaining-phobic Cara Schneider to work with me. Together we designed a plan for a small dinner party. Over the next several weeks I was Cara’s coach. I could not have wanted a better student. I confess to being a bit nervous at the outset. Would these principles to make home entertaining better and easier work in real time and real life? Read the article to find out or watch the video.
At Home by Steve Poses is not available in bookstores, but only online or “live and in-person.” Please stop by one of these places. I would love to inscribe a book to you and everyone on your holiday list who loves or aspires to entertain more — better and easier.
I will be at Reading Terminal Market weekends between now and the end of the year. Look for At Home’s table in Center Court across from Meze on Saturday’s and near Spataro’s Cheesesteaks — across from the pig — on Sundays.
Beth opened Coopermarket in 1995 and since that time Coopermarket has been an everyday and special event Main Line source for wonderful prepared foods and catering. Beth’s first restaurant job was at The Commissary and she also cooked for me at the 16th Street Bar & Grill. Sara, Beth’s key assistant, worked for me at The Market of The Commissary where she single-handedly introduced Philadelphians to fine cheeses long before fine cheese became a food store staple. I will be visiting with Beth and Sara and signing At Home on Monday, December 14th from 3 to 6 PM.
Coopermarket is at 302 Levering Mill Road in Bala Cynwyd.
I will be at Weaver’s Way in Mt. Airy on Saturday, December 19th from 11 AM to 2 PM. Weaver’s Way General Manager Glen Bergman is an old friend and former General Manager of The Commissary. Weaver’s Way’s Mt. Airy is located on 559 Carpenter Lane.
Some of Pascal’s illustrations are both autobiographical and a public service, of sorts.
If you are thinking of opening a restaurant, speak to me first!
Today’s preview of Chapter 15 — Starches & Grains is the last of three chapters in our Accompaniments section. Chapter 15 features 21 recipes for starches and grains. I just love accompaniments. Accompaniments offer opportunities to play with both flavors and textures. This recipe is a perfect transitional recipes that includes hearty fall flavors but with its mint, harkens back to summer’s fleeting.
Cracked wheat, usually available in health food stores, is similar in texture and appearance to bulgur. Unlike bulgur, which is pre-steamed and dried, cracked wheat consists of uncooked wheat berries that have been cracked into pieces. This pilaf combines the nutty grain with earthy green lentils, sweet onions and carrots, and fragrant mint.
do ahead Pilaf can be made up to two days ahead, stored in the refrigerator and reheated, well covered, in a 325° oven for 20-25 minutes.
1 In dry pan over moderate heat, toast cracked wheat until it darkens a little and releases a nutty fragrance, 3-5 minutes. Remove from pan.
2 In a large saucepan over moderate heat, add oil until hot but not smoking. Add onions, carrots and garlic and cook over moderate heat until vegetables have softened and onion is translucent, about 7 minutes. Add toasted cracked wheat and lentils and cook for another minute. Add stock, salt and pepper and cook, covered, for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to sit for 5 minutes.
3 Fluff grains with a fork, and stir in scallions, mint and parsley.
superior results, and this is part of the wonderful satisfaction of cooking.
Tomorrow: We move on to Section 6: Lighter Meals. This section has two dense chapters beginning the Chapter 16 — Sandwiches & Lighter & Vegetarian Entrées.
Less than two weeks left to buy the book — and companion website — and receive a signed, numbered first edition.
Note: I will be speaking all about At Home — book and companion website — at the Free Library on Thursday, October 15 beginning at 7:30 PM. Hope to see you there.
Today is my brother Fred’s birthday. This is a “bottom note” from At Home by Steve Poses: A Caterer’s Guide to Cooking & Entertaining.
My brother, Fred, is a very successful corporate executive. Fred helped open Frog, but soon returned to corporate life in New York. We speak regularly by phone and see on another irregularly. Fred’s birthday is September 3. Some years ago, when his family bought a summer house on Long Island, I began cooking on Labor Day weekends for Fred’s family and friends. It’s a birthday gift I can uniquely give, and a chance to try new things for a small and appreciative audience. Highlights from this past summer include: steamed mussels with lemongrass and coconut milk with cellophane noodles; diver scallops with orange essence and basil oil; open-faced sandwich of grilled tuna, fresh herb mayonnaise, pickled red onion, sliced tomatoes and arugula (see page 360); and grilled butterflied leg of lamb marinated in honey, lemon and mint (see page 197).
This year things are too busy between the book and website and our starting to operate the daytime food services at The Franklin Institute next week. I look forward to next Labor Day and resuming the tradition.
Couscous and Corn Salad has been a Fred’s Birthday regular and has been passed along to Fred’s family to include in their summer entertaining repertoire. Couscous is actually a pasta and not a grain. There are two varieties of couscous. One is Moroccan style couscous, tiny in size and seems much like a grain. The other is Israeli couscous, about the size of pearl barley with a texture much more like pasta. This salad uses the Moroccan style.
Do Ahead Couscous and corn salad may be made two or three days ahead. Re-fluff before serving. As with any pasta salad, the pasta absorbs the dressing as it sits. While not required, the salad would benefit from the addition of a touch more lemon juice and olive oil after it sits for a few days.
1. Bring a pot of salted water to a rolling boil. Blanche corn for 2-3 minutes. Immediately stop cooking by running under cold water or plunging into a bowl filed with water and ice.
2. Hold one ear of corn vertically with the blunt stalk-end of corn down. Using a chef’s knife, shave off the kernels moving your blade from top to bottom. Repeat with rest of corn.
Next, holding the knife blade perpendicular corn, scrape the cob to remove remnants of corn and extract the “milk.” Reserve. It all goes into the salad.
3. Place couscous in a large bowl. Bring water to a boil. Pour water over couscous and allow to sit as couscous absorbs all the water. Once the water is absorbed, fluff with a fork. This just takes a few minutes. For “extra credit,” make a corn stock by returning the scraped cobs to the water you used to cook the corn, simmer for 10-15 minutes and use this corn stock to cook the couscous.
4. Add to the cooked couscous, corn, onion, scallion, sweet pepper, garlic and cilantro. Mix well. Add lemon juice and mix well again. You want to add the lemon juice and mix before adding olive oil so that the couscous can absorb the lemon juice before being coated with the oil. Add olive oil, salt and pepper and mix again.
It’s nice to serve a salad like this in something low rather than a deep bowl.
This week’s blog is filled with great recipes to share with friends and family. It’s a good time to suggest they subscribe to the blog to save you the trouble of constantly emailing recipes. In the spirit of Labor Day — less labor for you!
We are about four weeks from having books in hand and starting to ship. If you buy your book(s) now, you will receive a signed, limited first edition.
More than a great grilled steak, more than soft-shell crabs, more than caviar, I love corn. Recently I have given you recipes for Chilled Corn Soup and Corn and Tomato Salad. Today, it’s fresh Corn Cakes.
I’m partial to bi-color corn. White corn is more dependably sweeter, but I prefer the corniness and color of bi-color. The fresher the better. You can use either for this recipe — just keep it fresh.
Do ahead It is best to blanch the corn as close to its picking as possible, but once it’s cooked its flavor is set. You can make the batter or actually cook the cakes up to three or four days before serving. Just follow instructions for reheating below. If you make batter in advance and refrigerate, remove from refrigerator at least an hour before cooking to take the chill off. If using cold batter, adjust the cooking temperature a bit to enable to batter to cook through while not over-cooking surface.
1. Blanch corn in a pot of boiling water for about 2 minutes. Remove and immediately run under cold water to stop cooking and cool.
2. With a sharp knife, cut corn from cob. Using the blunt edge of knife, scape corn to remove remaining remnants of kernels and the milky corn residue. Place in large bowl. Add scallion.
3. In a small bowl, beat eggs until well mixed.
4. Add eggs to corn. Mix well. Add flour, baking powder, salt and pepper. Mix well. Depending on the size of your corn, the batter may be too thick or too thin. Hold out a few tablespoons of flour and add as needed. Batter should be thick and hold its shape on a spoon.
5. Add about 3 tablespoons vegetable oil to medium saute pan over moderate heat. You want a generous amount of oil such that when you put in cakes, oil comes up the sides slightly, but cakes are not swimming in oil. Cook cake in batches. For a medium-sized corn cake — about 3″ diameter — add a heaping tablespoon batter to the oil, pressing lightly to flatten and distribute. When bottom is lightly browned and cake modestly firm, carefully flip and continue cooking until second side is lightly browned. Set aside until all batter used.
6. You can re-heat cakes two ways. Simplest is to preheat oven to 350 degrees, place cakes in a single layer and heat for 7-10 minutes until hot. Better is to quickly grill cakes in a dry, hot grill pan or over moderate grill. Cakes will char lightly where they come in contact with grill adding a nutty flavor to the corn. Serve immediately or reheat according to oven instruction above.
Hot and Sweet Pepper Relish is an ideal accompaniment.
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Living in the Pacific Northwest, I quickly became a fan of the show Portlandia. It is a comedy sketch show on IFC (the Independent Film Channel), and all the characters are representative of the eccentric people that live in Portland, Oregon. In the first season, there was a famous sketch called, “Put a Bird on It” where two characters go around putting birds on everything and selling it as art. It is one of my favorite sketches! So when I made this necklace, I used that episode as inspiration!
This project is really easy to make! I’ll list the supplies and tools below needed to recreate this look!
All the supplies and tools needed to recreate this necklace!
Use the Vintaj Metal Reliefing Block to remove a top layer of the patina on the bird. This will really make the details pop.
After the bird has been sanded, the feathers really stand out.
Line up the beads in the color order you want them to appear on the necklace before you start wire wrapping the loops.
Cut several segments of the Artistic Wire with your wire cutters that are about 3-4 inches long.
Use your round nose pliers to make a loop about an inch down on one of the wire segments.
Wrap the Artistic Wire down the length of the wire, coiling it down about 3 times.
Now add a bead and make it flush with the wire wrapping (trim excess wire with you wire cutters). Then, wrap the wire down on the other end of the bead to match the other side.
Attach your next segment of wire to the previous link with a wrapped loop, like seen in the photo. Then add a bead, in the order you want, and wrap the loop at the end. This will slowly create a beaded chain.
You want to make the pattern the same on both sides.
Continue to make the chain segments for both sides of the necklace.
Attach the bird to the center of the beaded chain that you have created using the 4.5mm antique brass jump rings.
When the necklace gets to the length that you like, add a lobster clasp to the end using more of the 4.5mm antique brass jump rings. I ended up making my necklace 18 inches long, which is a pretty standard length.
Completed “Put a Bird on It” Necklace. I love the luster colors combined with the antique brass!
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These pages are for the Chapman University Mathematics Club. Chapman students and Mathematics faculty get together about once a week for an hour to discuss interesting mathematics problems and puzzles. In the Fall semester we also do some training for the prestigious Putnam Mathematics Competition.
Anyone is welcome to attend. Hope to see you there!
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Tiana Marie paints in the Romantic Nature tradition, celebrating elemental power in fleeting images of natural forms, exploring light and imagination as the ensoulment of the natural world.
Tiana is a native of England's Lake District. She also works in the West Country which provides another ancient and mystical aspect to her work.
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Gil Welch, who has scrutinized cancer screening in a number of venues, has two-thirds of a publishing hat trick this week: An op-ed in the New York Times, and an article in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Trouble is, the op-ed broke the embargo on the JAMA Internal Medicine paper.
Last week, Matt Hardigree, the editor-in-chief of Gawker Media-owned car site Jalopnik, riffed on embargoes following the leak of photos of the 2015 Ford Mustang.
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What a bunch of sleaze balls to take a mans name he worked so hard for. The only positive side is Brian is funny and will go on. You 2 morons are not funny and I hope your program does not make it.
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Martin Puryear, Big Phrygian, 2010-2014, red cedar, paint, 58 x 40 x 76".
As 2014 came to a close, several questions lingered: What happened to the radicality of abstract spirit, both in the formal sense and in its political import? Where can those two essential elements meet in order to reinvigorate traditional art forms such as painting and sculpture and veer away from the decorative and mediocre? Martin Puryear’s latest exhibition inscribes the political within the abstract without yielding ground on either side. His work evokes a tension between the intelligibility of his sculptures as revolutionary artifacts and as concurrently pleasurable experiments in nonrepresentational form.
The Phrygian cap, or red cap of liberty is an inspiration through out, albeit a reference likely lost on the uninitiated viewer. Big Phrygian, 2010–2014, is the work among this group most legible as a cap, and yet it is also a large, painted piece of cedar sitting on the floor, its relative size and historical remoteness from the titular object reducing its readability. Phrygian Spirit, 2012–14, a delicate work made of Alaskan yellow cedar, holly, ebony, leather, string, and milk paint, presents a tension between its two endpoints—a suspended pendulum-like ebony ball suggesting uncertainty and, on the other end, a stabilized rod attached to the wall representing immobility. Does liberty oscillate between these two extremes? Stepping back, Phrygian Spirit takes on the shape of the cap, the symbol of the antiroyalist forces of the French Revolution and the Rights of Man, which were catalysts for the Haitian Revolution. In our age, what embodies the Phrygian spirit? The protesters in the street? Puryear adroitly unpacks such questions with a repetition of formal elements.
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Description "48 [age] ; Carpenter ; 600 [value of real estate owned] ; 600 [value of personal estate] ; Mississippi [place of birth]."
Source Includes data from the 1870 Census Population Schedules, Precinct 2 , Gainesville Post Office, Cooke County, Texas, Series: M593, Roll: 1580, p. 227 (stamped), p. 25 (handwritten), entry 154.
Artisan or Artist Pervto, Augustus.
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Wonder full work. Have we not given ourselves permission to not deal with the tension that seeing life come to us as parents creates. We become good providers and disciplinarians, but rarely do we truly listen to our children. We are too busy!
My mother complex is so strong, I usually pick women who are angry, talk about wanting to love and be loved, but unable to truly to be present in that muck and mire called intimacy. It has taken me walking through a living hell, working to release the pain of that trauma that I have carried in my body my whole life, and the willingness to truly be “alone,” before I could get to the place where I am able to truly be present for the one I am with.
This does not mean the complex is not triggered, but that I am on many occasions I can see it and not respond to it’s urge to act out of that place of deprivation which usually becomes abuse towards self.
And very insightful thoughts. Yes, the new life that comes to us as parents does bring deeply threatening tensions that many choose to ignore in favor of our cultural obsession with looking good, moving fast, and working hard to impress and earn money. Unfortunately, tension ignored is tension embodied and absorbed by those around us, especially the youngest and most impressionable. They get the message early that their needs to be heard are very low on the list of parental priorities. One result is low self-esteem.
Thank you for giving us a glimpse of your mother complex. Your description reinforces how low self-worth makes it impossible to create intimacy with others because we don’t take our own needs and feelings seriously. Compassion for our wounds, no matter how insignificant they may seem, is the only road to compassion for others.
The connection you draw between self-awareness and healing is also very pertinent.
Thank you, thank you, Jean, for sharing both pain and wisdom.
Your words as always; beautiful and so eloquently written. I love how you freely share your life experiences, deep wisdom and insights with us all. I found myself nodding throughout, resonating deeply with your blog post, from title to last word. The black and white image of the tiny child walking alone on the beach spoke volumes to me, seamlessly merging with your own narrative.
The Mother Complex, hmm where to begin?! Begin at the beginning I guess, no way out but through! (pun intended For the information we gather regarding our personal mother’s pregnancy, birth and atmosphere at home during those early years gives us our greatest clues if we are to excavate, in later years, our own mother complex. Thank you so much for this gem! Such treasure!
I realise that although I am a ‘good enough’ mother, my own mother was not, She failed all her children miserably. Cold, distant and unavailable, I sought similar friendships and relationships with others for many years in order to re-enact that primal relationship and try to find my own version of whatever resolution was – i.e. find the fairy tale ending, discover that my love would melt her (or anyone else’s) frozen heart.
Of course, it never worked that way, it couldn’t until I learned to melt my own frozen heart … which I discovered was in fact, my mother’s internalised one, and the reason she was so cold was because of her unavailable mother. Multi-generational cause and effect that span centuries no doubt! Although I will never condone my mother’s behaviour, I do understand where it all comes from, and that gifts me much peace and understanding.
You are so right and I applaud you! We cannot quantify emotional pain, neither do we have to continue feeling as though we don’t measure up otherwise we do diminish our honest feelings and self-worth. Escapist rationalisation indeed! Brilliant telling! As I read your final words on this post Plato’s allegory of the cave comes to mind and the liberation (and dizziness) one feels as they finally leave the darkness.
Your musings bring so much insight and pleasure. A sincere thank-you for sharing them here, including this pearl: “…until I learned to melt my own frozen heart … which I discovered was in fact, my mother’s internalised one, and the reason she was so cold was because of her unavailable mother.” Reminds me of Jung’s saying that when we fail to heal our own shadows we pass them on to our children. Could there be a better reason for doing our own inner work?
I feel the same about you, Deborah.
Wow! Jean, I am very moved by your level of self-awareness. It is the most important trait for Jews to cultivate for the task of repentance that Yom Kippur bids us to take up tonight and all day tomorrow.
After reading your essay I wish I could reach out—even though we have never met—and give you a long hug in the hope that it would make you feel better and to thank you for the light you shed on my path.
Thank you, Steven. And I’m very moved by Judaism’s commitment to bringing about more reflection, self-knowledge, forgiveness, and repentance in its followers. Surely this is exactly what all religions should be dedicated to. How else to heal the divides that are obstacles to spiritual growth and peace?
I’ll happily accept a virtual hug from you and send one back. I admire the light you’re shedding with your writing too.
I smiled when I saw your title. This week before seeing your post, I wrote about the importance of including our wounded childhood selves in a love relationship. This happened unintentionally in my early relationship with Vic, before we married. I had childhood wounds with a stoic mother who tried to hide that my dad was dying and her extreme anxiety and fear. No one tried to hurt me and I wasn’t abused or neglected. Just sad and confused. Vic, on the other hand, had dark secrets and ugly shameful experiences he kept hidden with a heroic personal. He was hurt and neglected. Looking back, I understand it was essential for our close marriage that he opened this part of himself to me. One of those unintentional gifts of life on which everything else pivots.
You and Vic were way ahead of your time when it comes to relationship wisdom!.To know that you needed to talk about those old and painful hurts, to both be willing to share them and deal with them openly….these were things that neither Fred nor I knew were important early in our relationship. So they’ve had to surface gradually through the years. Sometimes they came out because we realized were the cause of conflicts; at other times, we resorted to being more honest with each other as a way of helping us understand ourselves and our relationship better. But either way, this opening to each other has been pivotal in our relationship too. Our partners can be the best teachers we’ll ever have…with the exception of our dreams…if we can open to them.
Thank you Skip. Your obviously heartfelt words mean very much to me. I hope whatever momentum I seem to be gathering hangs on for a while.
Thank you for this very meaningful post ..
Wow! I’m kind of blown away. How interesting that you have an early memory so similar to mine. And that our mothers were both so stoic. And that it’s taken us both a long time to dis-identify with stoicism “though traces still remain.” And that we both had children a little later than most of our peers, (I was 27 before my first was born), and that we both were consciously trying hard not to unload our emotional baggage onto our children…. My goodness. And then here we are, both very introspective writers with a Jungian bent, a love for mythology, and a passion for nature and understanding the inner life, and you’re still working on your emotional baggage and so am I! And Elaine has most of this in common with us too!!
Thanks for writing. I really do find this fascinating.
Rest well and sweet dreams, my sister from across the sea.
Very touching, heart rending, without sentimentality. Very insightful. Touching each of us in its own way, I am sure, with connections (& considerations) of the major figures in our life. I should speak for myself instead of generalizing perhaps. Okay, aspects of this story nail me to the wall.
Thank you, Steven. I’m touched by the vulnerability you reveal in your last line. The experience of being nailed to the wall. I’ve been there. It’s a portal to painful wounds and an invitation to let ourselves feel them. Growth and healing lie on the other side. Our path. Our choice.
After catching up on many of your posts the day I wrote that I felt the emotional impact of this process you discuss. So, thank you very much.
You’re most welcome. Thank you for taking the time to tell me.
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https://jeanraffa.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/excavating-a-wounded-child-with-a-mother-complex/
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Fast growing, tree-like deciduous shrub reaching up to 15 feet in height and 8 feet in width. Leaves are 3- to 5-lobed, soft, hairy with a gray-green tone up to 6 inches. Grown for showy, white to purple flowers in early summer. This plant was a favorite of Victorians, growing well in bright conservatories and relocated outside in containers during warmer months. Whiteflies, spider mites, scale insects and and mealy bugs may be a problem. May be grown outside year round in frost-free areas or against warm wall or protected space in marginal areas. Use in shrub border, container garden, or as espalier.
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https://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/abutilon-vitifolium-abutilon/
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Initiative hopes to being about 'long-term change' in the lives of marginalised people.
Vulnerable: Payments will go towards practical help (file pic).
People will be able to make online donations and use contactless giving points as part of an "alternative giving" scheme to help beggars in Glasgow.
The Street Change Glasgow scheme, run by the city council, will allow donors to contribute to a fund providing practical help such as clothes to attend job interviews, travel tickets or training to help find work.
A begging strategy group visited other cities in the UK, including Manchester and Liverpool, to observe what schemes have been used there and to evaluate what would be most suitable for Glasgow.
Third Sector partners involved in the scheme include Simon Community Scotland, Glasgow Homelessness Network and The Big Issue, as well as the Chamber of Commerce and Police Scotland.
Businesses and other city organisations will be invited to become ambassadors for the scheme, providing 'in kind' financial support or work experience for suitable candidates.
Groups working with homeless people will be able to apply to the fund on their behalf.
Firms tendering for council contracts may also be encouraged to back the scheme via "community benefit" clauses.
Councillor Allan Casey, Begging Strategy Group chairman, said: "Glasgow is a generous city and people care deeply about those who are vulnerable and marginalised.
"They regularly give their spare change to people who are begging. This may help in the short term, but may not bring about positive, long term change in that person's life.
"Not everyone who begs is homeless, but this scheme will operate in tandem with existing services in the city such as the new roving Digital Inclusion Officer, the Housing First Scheme and homelessness services.
"We aim to remove barriers preventing people from rising out of poverty and no longer having to participate in begging."
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2019-04-24T18:53:41Z
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https://stv.tv/news/west-central/1435320-glasgow-sets-up-contactless-payments-scheme-for-beggars/
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Suriname had a total export of 1,441,019.45 in thousands of US$ and total imports of 1,208,805.02 in thousands of US$ leading to a positive trade balance of 232,214.42 in thousands of US$The trade growth is 16.50% compared to a world growth of 1.50%. GDP of Suriname is 2,995,827,900.91 in current US$. Suriname services export is 139,463,805.75 in BoP, current US$ and services import is 518,398,554.90 in Bop, current US$.
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2019-04-19T05:30:56Z
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https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/SUR
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When is a restaurant really just a bar?
You'd think it would be a good thing when prostitutes and crack addicts move out of a neighbourhood and a boutique hotel moves in.
But when the beautifully refurbished Drake Hotel opened in 2004, at the corner of Queen St. W. and Beaconsfield Ave., neighbours along a four-block strip of Queen found they had traded one set of problems for another.
Seedier elements were pushed out by new restaurants that subsequently took over vacant storefronts, and by the reopening of the likewise-renovated Gladstone Hotel. But then residents found themselves pushing their way through crowds of unruly patrons cluttering the Queen St. sidewalks between Dovercourt and Gladstone.
"Six years ago, this neighbourhood would be completely unrecognizable. There were more crackheads and prostitutes on the street, but they were quiet," said resident and activist Misha Glouberman. Now when restaurants and bars close, "there's a lot of noise, issues with vandalism and people peeing and vomiting in the doorways."
At a community meeting last May attended by about 50 people, residents complained of cigarette smoke drifting from patios and traffic congestion on what used to be quiet residential streets. They said at closing time patrons are drunk and noisy. And residents said there were just too many bars.
A city report on Queen West found many establishments licensed as restaurants were operating as bars, pushing back tables and chairs and serving more alcohol than food.
And that presents a Catch-22 for Toronto: How can a city that licenses only restaurants and entertainment facilities restrict bars?
Toronto hasn't had a "tavern" classification on the books since 1992. It was deleted after a change in provincial regulations in 1990, when the Ontario Liquor Licensing Board – now the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario – said establishments applying for liquor licences must offer a menu with enough food to make up a light meal.
That meant nearly every establishment had a kitchen, making it difficult for the city to distinguish a restaurant serving alcohol from a bar serving food. In current city bylaw parlance, "restaurant" now covers both.
Queen West residents asked if the city could redefine bars and cap their numbers, but were told it would be too difficult since every establishment is required to sell food.
As an alternative, staff recommendations passed by council in January limited the size of new restaurants so they wouldn't attract large crowds. They prohibited new dance floors and disc jockeys, and restricted new rooftop or rear-yard patios.
Councillor Gord Perks, whose Parkdale-High Park ward is west of the strip, and Ward 18 Councillor Adam Giambrone want the city to find a way to regulate bars. They've asked bylaw staff to come up with a city-wide definition for "bars" that could be used to limit their concentration.
"I don't mind a residential neighbourhood with a restaurant or two and a pub," said Perks. "But a string of pubs with a guy who has a restaurant with 350 capacity and never has any tables and barely any food? That's not a healthy part of a neighbourhood."
The problem is that since the regulation change, "basically, a bar doesn't exist" as a legal entity in Toronto, says Lynda MacDonald, a community planning manager for the city. "We have two definitions: a restaurant, which is for the service of food while (patrons) are sitting down. And an entertainment facility, which includes nightclubs, places where you dance and drink and go for an evening out."
Unlike some other large North American cities, Toronto has no way to limit the number of restaurants, or restaurants operating as bars, in a specific area. New York City, for instance, has density laws that stipulate a public hearing must be held if there is a new application for a liquor licence within 500 feet of three other licensed establishments.
Perks says the regulatory changes have created a "jurisdictional nightmare" because the alcohol and gaming commission no longer recognizes distinctions between different kinds of establishments.
In the early '90s, the agency, in consultation with municipalities, removed the old licence categories such as "dining lounge," which referred to a restaurant where all types of liquor could be served; "dining room," which meant beer or wine could be served with food; and "lounge," which allowed liquor to be served without food.
One reason that was removed was to allow municipalities, rather than the province, to decide what type of establishment should go where, said Lisa Murray, spokeswoman for the alcohol and gaming commission.
Perks says "if the (AGCO) would give us better tools to control where liquor licences go, we could be a lot more flexible about where restaurants go. That's the conundrum."
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2019-04-24T04:16:19Z
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https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2010/04/06/when_is_a_restaurant_really_just_a_bar.html
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Do you know what an endangered species is and why animals become endangered?
Who Will Roar If I Go? will introduce you to thirteen animals around the world who have one thing in common: they need your help. With beautiful watercolor illustrations and rhyming verse, each animal is sharing a message with you that you will remember long after reading.
"The King of the Beasts - that's my claim to fame.
I've got a big crown of hair that's called a mane."
You will meet many animals in Africa: lion, rhinoceros, and gorilla all have something to tell you.
"With black-patchy eyes, I'm chubby and cute.
I'm a lazy bear who chews bamboo shoots."
"We need you to care and let us live free.
Or there will be no more wild animals to see."
Who Will Roar If I Go? will introduce the basics of endangered species to young children and open up conversations of what we can all do to help.
Will you roar before they go?
Will You Miss Us If We Go?
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2019-04-18T16:58:05Z
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https://books.apple.com/us/book/who-will-roar-if-i-go/id1309450840?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
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Hey, Snert Slayers! You apparently still PWN my friends list. Woo!
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2019-04-25T22:11:45Z
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https://getaway-machine.livejournal.com/189649.html
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Background: Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML) is the standard model representation and description language in systems biology. Enriching and analysing systems biology models by integrating the multitude of available data, increases the predictive power of these models. This may be a daunting task, which commonly requires bioinformatic competence and scripting.
Results: We present SBMLmod, a Python-based web application and service, that automates integration of high throughput data into SBML models. Subsequent steady state analysis is readily accessible via the web service COPASIWS. We illustrate the utility of SBMLmod by integrating gene expression data from different healthy tissues as well as from a cancer dataset into a previously published model of mammalian tryptophan metabolism.
Conclusion: SBMLmod is a user-friendly platform for model modification and simulation. The web application is available at http://sbmlmod.uit.no, whereas the WSDL definition file for the web service is accessible via http://sbmlmod.uit.no/SBMLmod.wsdl. Furthermore, the entire package can be downloaded from https://github.com/MolecularBioinformatics/sbml-mod-ws. We envision that SBMLmod will make automated model modification and simulation available to a broader research community.
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2019-04-24T03:50:17Z
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http://bora.uib.no/handle/1956/17141
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Columbia University holds several editions of the Tibetan canon, in print and electronic formats, including the Narthang, Dege, Lhasa Shol, Urga, Peking manuscript, and Gyantse Tempangma editions, etc. This page was developed with assistance from CU graduate student Runxiao Zhu. It provides links to several online finding tools for the study of Tibetan Buddhist canonical texts, as well as information on the editions available at Columbia University.
This list surveys the canonical editions available at Columbia University. For more information, please consult "Introductions and Finding Tools" (left sidebar), as well as the genre heading "Canon" in the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center online database.
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https://library.columbia.edu/locations/eastasian/tibetan/canons.html
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“In this documentary home movies show us an ordinary happy family in twentieth century America. However, not all is as it seems. The father in the movies is still alive but he does not remember anything. Or does he? Rick Minnich made a documentary about his own father, who says he lost his memory after a car accident but the doctors cannot find anything wrong with him and the members of the family are not convinced either. Memory loss might be an act of will.
I like your articles on your page, but it appears as though your RSS feed is saying 404 error? Maybe it has something to do with your host. I just thought from site owner to site owner I would warn you of this problem so you don’t miss out on potential subscribers! If it still works for you have a friend try it, could be blocking external connections.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I’ll look into it.
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2019-04-26T03:46:34Z
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https://forgettingdad.wordpress.com/jury-statements/
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Furthering the notion that there is no situation, real or virtual, that cannot be enhanced by the addition of Koji Kondo music, I give you "SuperField Bros. 3", the perfect marriage of heavy weapons and heavy whimsy.
YouTube video craftsman DerpShark took the music of Nintendo classic Super Mario Bros., laid it over some Battlefield 3 gameplay, and with a little creative editing produced this wonder of a video. If this were the actual BF3 soundtrack I'd probably still be playing.
And no, ten times isn't an arbitrary figure. I counted.
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2019-04-24T04:47:38Z
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https://kotaku.com/a-little-mario-music-makes-battlefield-3-ten-times-more-5893230
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café | Bon Chic. Bon Appétit.
I often look back at my month abroad in Paris in the summer of 2015 and ponder about what I could have done differently. Yes, in all honesty it was probably the best month of my life. However, I’ll admit that I do have some regrets. They’re my food regrets. Food regrets? You’re probably wondering what those are. Well, although I had all the time in the world to explore my curiosities about French cuisine, I feel that I didn’t do enough of that.
It’s truly an exciting time, living in a new city, meeting new people and just taking the culture in. Often, in the midst of my excitement of just being in Paris, I’d get so distracted that I wouldn’t plan all the places I wanted to try, and I didn’t do as much research as I could have. So in dire times of hunger, my friends and I would rush to the nearest café.
In retrospect, I see these as missed opportunities. Not that the food at these places was terrible, but there were certainly more worthwhile options. Had I just asked a local for their recommendations or even planned my day accordingly, I could have tried so many different restaurants.
I won’t deny that there were a few times when by simply roaming the streets, we found some hidden gems. There was one particular café that became our go-to spot for happy hour. Café Rubis, located in Alesia, was great for draft beer with fruit syrup (something that the states should definitely have) and small afternoon snacks.
Then there were times when we planned exactly where we wanted to go, and completely lucked out. One of my favorite dinners was at Le Volant Basque, located in the 15th arrondissement. My meal, which consisted of veal and an egg casserole with mushrooms and vetreche was incredibly delicious. I also had the best crêpes with chocolate sauce at a small crêperie in Montmartre. These are just a few of the many positive dining experiences I had in Paris.
But being the foodie that I am, I guess it’s only natural to want to try it all. Some of the restaurants I wish I could have made it to are Carette, Café Trama and A La Biche Au Bois. I definitely will not be missing these on my next visit.
My advice for anyone that wants to make the most of their dining experiences in Paris or in any other city in the world: don’t settle! Don’t settle for what’s easy, what’s convenient, and what’s close. If you want to truly immerse yourself in the culture for a week or a month, or if you simply want to have an outstanding meal, do your homework. Do some research and discover some non-touristy spots. Make a list of all the restaurants you want to try and plan your day with them in mind. Trust me, it will definitely be worth it because food adventures are the best adventures.
Tell me about any of your food regrets and advice!
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2019-04-20T15:20:56Z
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A spirited emergency AMS council meeting took place tonight to react to Blake Frederick’s human rights complaint to the UN. Because of the large turnout, the meeting took place in the Hebb Theatre and went for approximately three hours.
At its most populated, there were 175-200 students present, with a large number of students-at-large. As was outlined in a letter earlier today, Blake and Tim did not show up. The other three executives (Tom Dvorak, Johannes Rebane and Crystal Hon) did attend. Many students-at-large did voice their opinions during the meeting. A small contingent either defended/supported Blake and Tim’s actions, or condemned AMS Council for going ahead with this. A much larger number of students voiced their displeasure, for various reasons, with the actions of Blake and Tim.
All three motions of the motions on the agenda passed unanimously (the first motion was amended minorly during the meeting). AMS council has withdrawn the UN complaint, and asked for the resignations of President Blake Frederick and Vice President External Affairs Tim Chu.
After that business was over, Tom Dvorak and Johannes Rebane got up and addressed the fact that they both signed off on the contract with Pivot Legal Society. Tom and Johannes both apologized and took full responsibility for the lack of due diligence displayed in signing the document, and were also questioned by the audience about it.
After a number of questions, Mona Maghsoodi (GSS councillor and Former GSS President) then moved a motion to ask Tom and Johannes to resign. Much of the discussion focused on the fact that whereas Blake and Tim willfully deceived council, Tom and Johannes made an error in judgment and the fact that councillors consulted with constituents about Blake and Tim, but there has not be any time to consult constituents about Tom and Johannes. This motion was tabled until the first AMS meeting in January.
Petitions to recall Blake and Tim were also completed, putting the recall process in motion. In addition to the regularly scheduled council meeting on Wednesday, December 2, (agenda here) a special council meeting was also called for Monday, December 7, to deal with the recall.
And finally, a little history of of the last recall attempt that took place in the AMS.
Dec. 7, 2004: The Executive fired the General Manager.
Dec. 10, 2004: Council held an emergency meeting to discuss the firing, and notice was presented of motions asking for the recall of the whole Executive at a meeting to be held the following week.
Dec. 17, 2004: At the second meeting Council reversed the firing of the General Manager and passed a motion asking the President to resign. It then adjourned till after Christmas.
Jan. 5, 2005: Council met again; the President said she had decided not to resign. The motion to recall her was defeated, and the motions for recalling the rest of the Executive were essentially withdrawn. Council then passed a motion to censure the Executive.
So it started as recall, ended as censure. This way it’s going the other way around.
The Ubyssey provides a few more updates.
Geoff Costeloe, vice-chair of the UBC Vancouver Senate with a very good piece on idealists and realists.
Radical Beer with some historical context, and the right way of dealing with bad ideas. Also, asking us in an unfortunately-worded manner to “please lay off the staff”.
Erica, bringing the dramazz and Paul Bucci love.
UBC Spectator on people who support Blake, Blake and Tim retroactively asking permission in a motion with more than a page of whereas clauses, and Blake and Tim’s letter.
Social Capital with a day two update and coverage of today’s letter from Blake and Tim.
Andrea thinks this is embarrassing and likes to plug the Social Capital blog.
Jason In Vancouver is jealous of Blake Frederick.
Chanelle, telling us to beware of the Blake Witch trials.
AMS Gossip Guy thinks he understands Blake’s rationale.
Jesse Ferreras still showing a few feverish symptoms of AMS-itis.
Terry spreading the word about the meeting.
Phew. And we are sure there are many other forums, tweeters and the like out there on the tubes.
Isn’t there a huge difference between what Amina did (firing the GM) and what Blake did?
What Amina did was illegal – having no just cause to fire someone can be challenged in court. And to boot, she didn’t follow AMS code in firing Bernie.
Amina’s situation is comparable in the sense that it was the last time an exec was asked to resign. But what the comparison should reveal is how they are completely not comparable situations!
What Amina did violated the letter of AMS rules, while what Blake has done here has violated the convention of the AMS, and undermined the spirit of AMS rules.
Both of them, however, did it for political reasons. My understanding is that Amina did her action to get the AMS out of a lawsuit. Blake did his action to avoid AMS due process.
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2019-04-23T03:32:28Z
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http://blogs.ubc.ca/ubcinsiders/2009/11/28/ams-council-votes-unanimously-to-withdraw-un-complaint-ask-for-resignations-of-president-and-vpx/
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You’d think at 29 I’d have more quick meals in my repertoire. I’d be able to whip up a quiche for an impromptu dinner party in the blink of an eye. I’d have casseroles and speedy saute combinations at the ready. Instead, I find myself in the student lounge three nights each week with the same meal I ate in third grade: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, string cheese, baby carrots and a piece of fruit. Considering peanut butter is on my list of “Five Things You’d Take if You Were Stranded Eternally on a Deserted Island,” I grew alarmed when I found myself grimacing as I spread another slice of whole wheat bread with my favorite nut butter just the other day. Could it be? Was it actually possible for me to tire of the one invention I am certain is even better than sliced bread? (Honestly, we all know sliced bread is only as good as the tasty peanut butter which is spread upon it) Unwilling to fathom a world in which peanut butter could not heal all that ails me (yes I believe it can), I tucked the tub away and placed a moratorium on my favorite condiment for one week. Did I starve? Did I just eat jam sandwiches instead? Certainly not! In fact, I came up with some really delicious, and quick, meals that I’ve now happily added to my dinner rotation. In addition to a fabulous mixed greens salad with pecans, herbed goat cheese, dried cherries and homemade vinaigrette (with or without grilled chicken), I invented this little number. If you already have leftover brown rice, this can be ready in five minutes. For real!
1. Heat a nonstick pan over medium heat. Add pepper and saute, with or without a splash of olive oil, for 4 minutes.
2. Add rice, curry powder, soy sauce and garlic chili sauce, stirring to coat. Heat thoroughly.
3. Remove rice and pepper from pan and place on serving plate.
4. Crack egg into pan, keeping edges as contained as possible. Cover pan with lid and cook, undisturbed, for 4 minutes. Or, cook just until white is set, flip and cook 3 more minutes.
5. Slide egg out of pan on top of rice and pepper. Top with green onion, if desired. Serve.
What 5 things would you take if you were going to be stranded eternally on a deserted island?
to Hoo-rah? First, place about half a small container of Fage Total in your bowl. Then, tear open one of these raw crunch bars and sprinkle all over.
Kathy sent me some of these amazing bars about a week ago and I’ve been eating them absolutely everywhere! They’re 150 calories, raw, vegan, soy free, dairy free, peanut free and wheat free. And they taste AMAZING too! They have just enough sweetness to be tasty, but don’t get my sweet tooth jonesing for a pint of ice cream the way lots of other granola bars do. Even the chocolate raw crunch bar has the perfect sweet : salt ratio to keep it clearly in the mealtime, not dessert time, category. I think my favorite bar, though, has been the cranberry flavor, which I enjoyed first as a rushed out the door to two midterms and only had time to eat during my taxi ride over to Chelsea!
Basically, all four flavors are pretty much the nutritional bomb, and it’s kind of amazing that they taste so good too. AND, they keep me full for, like, hours! No joke. I had my first bar (see frantic taxi ride above) after a 6 mile run and before a Pathology midterm. It was in my belly by 9:45 and I didn’t eat lunch until noon! And did it help me on my test? Let’s just say I won’t need those little frosted mini wheats guys around me to remind me that I’m focused anymore. Aced the run, aced the class, aced my breakfast! Hoorah!
You know what else makes this morning’s breakfast particularly hoorah-worthy? Today is the opening of registration for the 2011 Marine Corps Marathon! Nothing puts a little Hoorah! in my step like remembering the commitment and conviction, not to mention the sheer excitement, of running this marathon in 2009. It was a race that seemed doomed before it even began. Between moving away from friends in Boston and injuring myself at my new gym during my first week in NYC, training started out with a thud. But then I started blogging, meeting other writers, runners and foodies, and got my footholds in this Big Apple. In the end, I did run the marathon and, in spite of a few grouchy days right after (probably just withdrawal from the endorphins!), I have some really incredible memories of this race.
Is this all a way of saying I’m running MCM again this year? Well, no. This year I’m finishing school and keeping my fitness up with my alternative exercise class experiments. I’ve also logged some miles, but I can honestly say I haven’t been within 10 feet of a treadmill in months and I’m a-okay with that! Instead, this is my way of saying if you’re sitting inside, bundled up away from the wind, cursing the icy piles of snow that still cling to our sidewalks, maybe take a few minutes this week to think about your running (and other fitness goals) for the rest of this year. If you’re like me at all, you probably wrote down some goals during the holidays. Call them resolutions, goals, projects, whatever. They were little gold stars you wanted to get during this year and they were probably all you could think about as we rounded the holiday bend(er) into 2011.
Now that we’re approaching March, though, that list of goals may be buried under grocery lists, bills, or, if you really are like me, piles and piles of notecards. Spend some time today reviewing that goal list. Maybe you wanted to read a few more books this year, or learn to sew, or travel to a new place. Or maybe you wanted to run a marathon! Whether it’s your first, or your hundred and first, I can’t say enough about the Marine Corps Marathon. Well, I probably can, and have!, so you can look through all those old posts if you’re actually interested. What I can say now, though, is think of a way to make the training exciting. Take the ‘blah’ out of your mindless running and put some Hoorah back into it. Try running with a friend, running in a new location (with a map), or try a new training plan! One of many wonders of the internet is the bevy of resources we have at the click of a mouse. For starters, check out some of the blogs I’ve listed in my blogroll, or stop by Runner’s World.
Taking this time for yourself, to show yourself that you appreciate YOU, will pay off tenfold. Whether you make new running friends, find a new class you love, or just happen upon an unbeatable breakfast combination, I hope you can take your blah to Hoorah! too. Have an awesome Wednesday and be well!
PS To get a jump start on some future breakfast awesomeness, Kathy is offering all of your beautiful readers a discount on her raw crunch bars! Just enter BLOG1 for the rest of this week to receive 10% off your order!
Hello lovelies! Thank you for the warm reception; it’s good to be back! Now if only I could be writing from a beach chair in the tropics, rather than a Starbucks in Manhattan as I hide from the cold. Ah well, I suppose there’s still something kind of wonderful about cozying up with a cup of decaf, my Shiatsu notes and all of you.
Originally I was just going to trudge to school, be a responsible student and hunker down in the library for 3 hours. Lately, though, I’ve been trying to indulge in little self care luxuries more often. Note I said “little” since my husband and I are still a young couple living in NYC on only one salary while paying for my education! In lieu of weekend trips to St. Maarten, I’m enjoying small treats like coffee (bought with a gift card) and some new exercise classes. Which classes you ask? Well, I started my alternative fitness mission about two weeks ago by trying the Physique 57 DVD suite at the suggestion of my dear friend, Diana!
For those who aren’t familiar, Physique 57 is a barre-based class inspired by the Lotte Berk Method. It incorporates light weights, a playground ball, and a whole lot of sweat and determination. The DVDs start with a brief warmup and an arms section using weights. Each section is followed by brief stretches for the muscles that were just worked and then you move right on to the next muscle group. Other sections include thighs (lots of plies and squats), seat (the torturous “pretzel”), and core. By the end of each section, my legs were shaking, my heart was pumping and, as Tanya says in the video, that is how we make muscle! I did the classic 57-minute workout every day for a week and capped it all off by attending one of the classes at the studio on 57th Street. The class followed a format similar to the DVDs but was even harder! (I couldn’t finish the thigh or seat sections because I was afraid my legs were going to collapse under me).
And the signature “thigh dancing” section was practically impossible, but you’ll be happy to know I’m getting much better at the deep pelvic thrusts. Stephanie, the instructor for the class, was amazing though – so supportive, very attentive, and awesomely high energy considering class started at 8am on a Saturday!
Ever since that class I’ve been keeping up with the DVDs, especially since they’re significantly cheaper than paying $35 for classes. Not that I wouldn’t try to maximize a monthly membership at the studio (and I can only imagine the kind of results I’d see!!), but the $450 price tag is most definitely outside my budget. Thankfully the DVDs continue to be incredibly challenging and, to give myself a little variety, I’ve also started adding some other barre-style classes into my workouts. Stay tuned for my thoughts on these, and on what that means for the future of my fitness routine!
In the meantime, my coffee is almost gone, my school work is giving me ‘the look’ from my backpack, and I’ve got to go!
Have you ever taken a barre-style class? What do you think of workout DVDs? Any suggestions?
I was trudging through snow drifts and slush puddles today with a frown on my face, my hands jammed in my pockets and my shoulders hunched forward. As I crossed Park Avenue, I heard children laughing and squealing with excitement as they ran full tilt toward Central Park with their sleds tucked under their arms. As they passed me, I looked up and saw the sun shining and I started to smile. My shoulders relaxed, my frown melted away and I couldn’t help but laugh. Seeing this probably helped too!
The sight of those children and the tower of snow-covered cans reminded me to appreciate the little joys and to savor the pure happiness that can be felt while catching snowflakes on my tongue. Happy snow day!
Oh boy. Somehow restarting/reincarnating my blog seemed like it would be so easy and would happen so seamlessly. Does anything in life happen that way? Silly me. Besides, I think I pretty well exhausted my creative muscles after writing my new “About” section so why don’t you read that for now? In the meantime, I’m going to finish getting my thoughts organized, get some pictures cleaned up, and savor this comforting and delicious bowl of homemade chicken soup, courtesy of my father-in-law.
I’m so glad to be back and I hope you have a wonderful day!
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On November 7th 2018, the University of Alberta will be featuring two globally renowned sound artists to cross pollinate their research and creativity by presenting their own work. The theme of this LASERAlberta is Art and Science of Sound. The following will be speaking from 6 PM to 7.30PM in FAB 2-20, Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta Campus, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2C9.
The singing voice is extremely complex and often frustrating to master, yet it is possibly also the most beautiful, flexible and fascinating instrument of them all. It is frustrating because of its complexity and the number of components that must act synergistically and interdependently, yet it is also the most magical and rewarding of instruments if certain principles are adhered to.
This session will present the core principles of the Bel Canto Manner of Singing and how they can very positively transform a choir’s tone and vocal technique by unlocking the vocal Stradivarius within us all. It will also document through objective, state-of-the-art acoustical analyses such as real-time spectrography and videostroboscopy, how these techniques allow choral sound to be more in tune and pleasing to the ear while also effortlessly carrying over the sound of a large orchestra. Principles of vocal tone will be presented from both artistic and scientific perspectives and participants will both hear and see how bel canto principles not only elevate the level of choral singing from a technical standpoint, but also enhance the expressive character of the human voice in both solo and ensemble contexts. Come and experience the true power and magic of the human voice!
With a doctorate in choral conducting (U of A / IRCAM, Paris) and a master’s degree in vocal pedagogy (U. Laval), there is nothing Professor Laurier Fagnan enjoys more than inspiring singers to make the most beautiful sound possible. He has served as guest conductor and vocal coach for many choral festivals and has offered hundreds of workshops in vocal technique to choirs from Whitehorse to Seattle to Paris. He was awarded a generous grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to establish Canada’s first Vocal Acoustics Laboratory at Campus Saint-Jean of the University of Alberta, where he has conducted the very dynamic Chorale Saint-Jean since 1995. He has recently launched a DVD on vocal technique for choirs, which incorporates bel canto vocal principles applied to choral singing and is currently writing a book on bel canto vocal pedagogy. Recent highlights include presenting at the National Conference of the American Choral Directors’ Association and the Acoustical Society of America in Salt Lake City. Dr. Fagnan recently completed a post-graduate certificate in Vocology in the US and served as co-Chair of Podium 2016, Canada’s national conference and festival on choral singing. Recent engagements include conducting at the Académie internationale du Domaine Forget (Québec) and a debut concert at Carnegie Hall in New York (May 2018) conducting the New England Symphonic Ensemble and four Canadian Choirs.
Gary James Joynes (aka Clinker): A JOURNEY THROUGH VISUAL SOUND - Extending the Science of Cymatics into Artistic Practice.
Sound is a ubiquitous element in the human experience – its presence or absence defines spaces, emotions, experiences, and time. Joynes' explorations and experimentation in art are focused on the active process of listening to, looking at, and feeling art; slowing down time and linking sensoria to allow for immersion in a whole body experience. Joynes' intent is to bring the viewer to a greater realization of the impact sound has on our contemporary world and the links sound and hearing create to history, spirituality and understanding. Through the early science experiments of Ernst Chladni and Dr. Hans Jenny Joynes was exposed to the physical and visual properties of sound (Cymatics). Joynes continues this work as an artistic practice by using modified and custom-built science laboratory tools to create multisensory environments that continue his interests in the slow and meditative nature of minimalist electronic sound compositions, and the experience of deep listening and viewing.
In his presentation, Joynes will take the audience through a body of work where he has looked at ways that sound can be experienced, not just as an aural stimulus, but as a physical and visual experience as well. He will explain works created with a visual and synesthetic language (12 Tones, 2011), using sound as the creative force in relation to neural synaptic activity (Soundbursting No.1, 2012) and more recent work (Broken Sound, 2015) where he explored the absence of sound as both a compositional element and a physical state representing pauses in our lives and in the cyclical nature of all life.
Gary James Joynes (aka Clinker) is an award-winning sound and visual artist who has been active in the international live audio-visual and experimental music performance community for many years. He blends the beauty and physicality of sounds auditory and visual elements in Live Cinema AV performances and in rigorous and emotional photo and video installation works. The most recent chapter in Joynes’ audio-visual catalog presented a new large-scale solo installation work entitled Broken Sound at dc3 Art Projects in May of 2015. Broken Sound was awarded the 2016 Eldon & Ann Foote Edmonton Visual Arts prize for best solo art show of 2015. His previous solo show entitled Topographic Sound at dc3 in early 2013 showed his critically acclaimed work Ouroboros which had its large-scale premiere as a featured work in City Hall at the inaugural Nuit Blanche Edmonton Festival in September 2015.
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Wednesday’s Milwaukee Bucks-Houston Rockets matchup was billed as a battle of MVP favorites.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and James Harden did not disappoint.
Both had monster individual performances as the Bucks pulled out a 116-109 win in Houston.
Antetokounmpo also got the best of Harden with this errant dodgeball throw that careened off Harden’s head in the fourth quarter.
The fast ball clearly wasn’t intentional. But when the ball bounced back to Antetokounmpo, who immediately found Ersan Ilyasova for an open 3-pointer, it confirmed that it was the Greek Freak’s night.
Antetokounmpo finished with 27 points, 21 rebounds and five assists in the win, negating the efforts of Harden’s 14th straight 30-point game.
He was gracious in the loss and able to laugh off his blow to the head.
The Rockets opened a 60-54 halftime lead, but a dominant third quarter from Milwaukee proved to be the difference. Antetokounmpo scored nine of his 27 in the third as the Bucks turned a six-point deficit into a 92-83 lead.
The loss snapped a 10-game home winning streak for the Rockets as the Bucks continue to prove their first-place standing in the Eastern Conference is no fluke.
The Rockets have been red-hot lately behind Harden’s historic tear, posting wins over the Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets, the top two teams in the Western Conference.
But the beasts of the East proved too much on Wednesday.
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"I am fearfully and wonderfully made..."
God has created each of us with unique characteristics, quirks, and gifts that make us who we are. We are all lovingly created and have been given an invitation for a greater purpose on this earth, to be a part of God's Larger Story.
God has placed on my heart a desire to work with those that are often cast out on the margins of society. Those that society has deemed as "less than". In today's world, two of these populations of people are abandoned children and people with disabilities. Often times it seems that if someone cannot contribute in a way that society deems as meaningful.. the society then determines that the person themself is meaningless.
However, this line of thinking is exactly opposite of what God tells us is True. Each person has a purpose in this world..and they are so loved by the Creator. In fact, in Luke 14, Jesus tells a story of a master who has prepared a beautiful feast and tells his servant to invite people to the feast. The first people that the servant invites have all of these excuses why they can't come to the feast. The Master than tells the servant to "go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and invite the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame." The servant did this and then there was still more room at the feast! So the master then said "Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you find to come, so that the house will be full."
I was recently at a conference where we took this story and dissected it a bit. Back in Jesus' time, most feasts were given in honor of someone that society deemed as important. A big meal was made, everyone drank a lot..and when people were drunk, they would then go out and get people with disabilities to come into the party and dance for them. They would become a source of laughter and mockery for the guests of the feast.
However, the parable from Jesus in Luke 14 once again TURNS THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN.
Jesus is being very direct with who we are to invite to the feast. We are to go out and invite those with disabilities to the feast. Go out specifically to those that society sees as meaningless, and show them how meaningful they are.
Paul, in 1 Corinthians 12, talks about the members of the body of Christ. When we think of our own body, we may think that there are certain parts of our body that aren't quite as needed. WRONG. We often times think of our body parts as eyes, ears, legs, arms, etc. We forget about our knuckles, fingernails, and elbows. Yikes, imagine if we didn't have these body parts!
Paul tells us that each part of the Body of Christ is valuable, and "in fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary" (verse 22). As a society, we often times see people with disabilities as less than, less important, and weak. But if we are looking at them in that way, and looking at what Paul says, than in fact, the people with disabilities are the most necessary in the Body of Christ, in our churches!
So, if we don't have people with disabilities in our church, we are missing the most important members of our body! We are missing body parts. And..we, as a church, are in fact disabled if we are missing parts of our body. Did you catch that? If we don't have people with disabilities in our churches, our church isn't a whole body- we are missing members- and we are in fact disabled. This is a bold statement I know, but man, it resonates deep within me and within Scripture.
I recently read an article that Iceland has almost 100% eradicated down syndrome through abortion. This disgusts me.
On the other side of the pond, in America, Frank Stephens recently stood up for down syndrome and advocated for more research to be done. Some of his quotes include: "I don't feel I should have to justify my existence..is there really no place for us in the world..let's make our goal to be Alzheimer's free, not Down Syndrome free." Click here if you would like to hear his testimony to the courts.
Almost everytime I watch this video, tears come into my eyes.
God has created us all in unique ways. We are all important. And if we're looking at what Paul says with the Body of Christ, those with disabilities are a vital part of our churches.
Let us all seek to be a body, seek to be a church, that goes out to the streets and the alleys, and then to the countryside to bring those with disabilities to the feast. A feast in their honor. A feast where we experience Fellowship together. Lord, use us and may your Kingdom come!
Luke 14 Mural Revealed from Hyatt Moore on Vimeo.
Catch up on the past few months: As most of you know, I have been dealing with some health issues for a few months now. I did not feel like myself at different points during the summer and then the month of September was a tough one. I spent the month of September lying on my teammate's couch and seeing doctor after doctor. I wasn't able to do much of anything- feeling exhausted all the time, feeling like I was going to faint, having hot spells, feeling light headed, "brain fog", and difficulty concentrating. It was difficult to stand and shower, let alone cook for myself or get around on public transportation to the doctors offices. My dear friend and teammate, Rhonda, took loving care of me and my other teammates helped out as they could. After a month of no answers in Romania, my dad flew out to Romania and brought me back to the states to seek out medical help here.
My dad and I arrived in Iowa on October 6th. God then provided a cancellation at a doctor in Marion, IA so I was able to see her on October 10th. After some rounds of blood tests, I found out I have celiac disease.
What is celiac disease?- Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that is triggered by consuming gluten. When someone with celiac disease consumes gluten, the body attacks itself and destroys the villi lining the small intestine. Over time, the villi are destroyed and the person's body is not able to absorb vitamins and minerals, which leads to malnutrition. If left untreated, people with celiac disease are at risk for more autoimmune diseases.
What have I found out in the states so far?- The doctors that I have seen are not 100% sure about the damage that was done inside my body by the gluten I consumed, but they told me that it may be months before I heal up completely. As you read above, celiac destroys the villi in your intestine which means you can't absorb nutrients and are essentially starving your body of what it needs to keep going. And for me, I was training for a marathon this summer so not only was I not able to absorb nutrients from the gluten, but I also was straining myself by the training I was doing. So we think that my body was preserving itself as much as it could but shutting down in other ways. I couldn't believe how limited I was in my physical abilities towards the end of August and all of September.
What has my healing process looked like so far? I have been on a gluten free and dairy free diet since the beginning of October. On October 10th, I went to the doctor in Marion and by mid October I knew I had celiac. I also found out that I had leaky gut syndrome and candida overgrowth which means even more damage to my gut. At the end of October I started an autoimmune diet to help heal the damage that was done to my gut by taking away all the foods that are hard to digest. The diet that I was on meant no sugar, no egg, no dairy, no gluten, no beans, no nuts, no corn, and no rice. Basically I have been only eating organic meats, low sugar organic fruits, and some organic vegetables. At the beginning of December, I started slowly reintroducing some foods and now I have beans, rice, and nuts back in my diet. Woot! I hope to add corn back into my diet within the next week.
At the end of October I began meeting with a chiropractor who specializes in auto immune disorders and other issues. He has helped me with the supplements I take and also administers electromagnetic pulse therapy on my whole body while also focusing on my stomach for 1 hour, 2 times a week. Since working with him, I am amazed at the progress I have made in the past month and a half.
How am I doing now? Overall, I am doing better each day. I am excited that my diet includes more things now, I can drive myself 30 minutes to the chiropractor each time, I can do normal household chores, and I can participate in most family activities. However, in the past 10 days, I have had two episodes where I felt really weak, got really hot, and my legs felt like jello for hours. Both times I spent time on the couch until I regained my strength. These times remind me that I am not 100% healthy yet.
Am I going back to Romania? Yes, I am going back to Romania! However, I do not have a return date yet. ReachGlobal graciously told me to enjoy the holidays with family and to take the necessary time to heal and head back after the new year sometime.
What is God teaching me during this time? God has been teaching me that He is in absolute control and that His ways are far greater, and far above my ways. I was initially very confused as to why I was so sick and needed to be medically evacuated from Romania, but now that I am in Iowa and healing, I see everyday why I am here right now.
What do I miss most about Romania? I miss the language. I love the Romanian language and I miss learning it. I miss the children I worked with and I miss my teammates and the Romanians I was getting to know.
Where did I live and will that be there when I get back? I lived in an apartment on my own and my teammates have graciously been paying my bills and taking care of it for me. I will move back in once I return to Bucharest.
Thank you for your support, encouragement, and prayers for me and my family over these past few months. We are so grateful for you lifting us up. I ask for your continued prayers for wisdom as we determine where to go from here with my healing process. I need guidance on how to push and challenge myself, while not overdoing it. Please also praise God with me for His provision!
What if Jesus asked you: "what do you want me to do for you?". Do you know what your answer to that would be? Would you be dumbfounded at this question and stumble over your words?
I think our prayer life would be dramatically changed if we could answer this question.
The story of the two blind men on the roadside can be found in Matthew 20:29-34. The two blind men are sitting along the roadside and they hear Jesus coming. The men call out to Him, and acknowledge Him as the Son of David. "Son of David, have mercy on us," they say. The crowds try to quiet the men. Jesus doesn't need to be bothered by a couple blind men on the roadside. But the men shout all the louder, "LORD, Son of David, have mercy on us." And Jesus stops. He doesn't keep going, he doesn't get impatient. He stops and asks the men- "what do you want me to do for you?"
What would I have done if I was in that situation? What would I do if that happened to me today? Jesus asking me, Mandi, what do you want me to do for you?
The men asked for sight. Jesus restored their sight, but more importantly, the men followed Jesus.
I think God is waiting for us. I think God has made Himself known to us throughout the Bible. God has promised us many things, and He desires to be asked to provide for His children. God is waiting for us to tell Him our deepest desires.
God desires for me, for you, for us.. to talk with Him and set our requests before Him.
I just started a book called The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson.
"God honors bold prayers. Bold prayers honor God."
When we pray vague prayers, it's hard to know if God answered the prayer or if it was just a coincidence. But, with bold prayers come bold answers that cannot be denied.
"The more specific your prayers are, the more glory God receives."
I know a child who was recently encouraged to pray a big prayer. She hesitated, not knowing if she could say what her biggest request was now that she lived in a big city. A friend encouraged her to pray boldly and specifically. What did the girl pray for? A horse. To have her own horse. And you know what? God answered her prayer! Soon after she prayed, her grandfather (without knowing that this was her prayer request) informed her that he had bought a horse for her. Incredible! In this case, the child and her family (and anyone who heard this story!) praised God! The specific request from this girl was answered and God received all the glory for this child's very own horse!
I believe that God loves to hear our prayers. God loves to be with us in our prayers as we pour out to Him our heart, all that we are thankful for, how we are seeing Him work, and then come before Him and boldly ask.
Let us pray. Let us pray boldly. Let us pray with confidence that the Lord of Lords can provide for us in ways that we cannot even fathom.
Hello my dear friends and family!
What a year this has been! I started the year in Iowa, and I am finishing the year in Romania..with many more years to come in this country that has become my home. Thank you so much for the ways that you have supported, encouraged, and prayed for me this past year.
I want to update you all on a few things that have been happening recently. As you may know, I volunteer at the Ruth School 2x/week at their after-school program. If you're interested in seeing what we have been up to recently at the Ruth School, you can click here to be taken to Project Ruth's Facebook page with pictures and stories of recent events.
Some of the Ruth School children and I in front of their beautiful Christmas tree in the lunch room.
One of my favorite times at the Ruth School was last Wednesday, which was the last day of school before Christmas break. The children performed the Christmas play in the morning (which was so adorable!) and we spent the afternoon talking with the children about being a light in the community. The neighborhoods where these children live can be seen as such dark and evil places. As an example of the darkness, click here to read an article that was published in November that describes the Livezilor street which is 2 blocks away from the Ruth School.
As you read in the article, these neighborhoods are "dark". But the Ruth School exists to change the cycle of darkness in these communities. The Ruth School provides education for these children and tells them about the good news of Jesus Christ in their lives.
So on the Wednesday before Christmas break, we talked to the children about what it looks like to be a light in their family and in their community. And as a symbol of that light, we brought in "make your own" candles from Asociate Ateliere Protejate and talked with the children about the people with special needs that make these beautiful candles. We then let the children decorate their own symbols of light to use as a reminder of the light that they can be in their home. The children were so proud of their creations, and we are thrilled that the children went home with a new sense of purpose in their families.
This candle was made by a Ruth School student and was taken back to the candle workshop as a thank you for the beautiful candles that they made for us.
During the Christmas message yesterday, the pastor talked about the examples we have in scripture of the angels coming to Joseph, Mary, Zechariah, and the shepards with similar messages.. do not be afraid for Jesus is coming. Immanuel, God with us, is coming. The long awaited, promised Messiah is coming!
What a gift we have in Jesus. The promised Messiah is here and has come to bring light into a dark world.
As 2015 is about to end, and 2016 is about to begin, let us remember Immanuel, God is with us. We do not need to be afraid.
And as we more fully understand what Immanuel means in our lives, may we seek to go out and tell others of this great message as well.
As many of you know, all of my hands are full and I am leaving for Romania on September 20..3 days away.
Thank you for all your emails, cards, texts, Facebook comments, hugs, conversations, Coldstone yumminess (Eric and Erin), sleepovers (Nelson family and Hannah), photo album with story accompaniment (Melissa), and many, many adventures with a number of you. I have been so blessed with the time and memories made with all of you.
August 8th- Bachelorette party in honor of my baby sister, Crystal!
August 23-Sept 1- Friends in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, and Iowa that I was able to see in a week. Praise Jesus for the amazing friends that He has blessed me with!
Sept 5- Wedding day! Our family minus the groom, Trevor!
This summer has been FULL. Full of time with family and friends. Full with traveling and trainings with ReachGlobal. Full of ever seeking after God. Full of packing. And now, it is time for me to go.
The next time I write, I will be in Bucharest, Romania! Wow! Still a wild thing to think about! Again, thank you all for your support..I didn't even know all the ways that one could receive encouragement but I sure have received it in a variety of ways!
Please pray for my travel, language learning, visa process, and cultural immersion. Above all, please pray that God would use me as a vessel to do His work.
"Seek justice. Encourage the oppressed.
plead the case of the widow."
Hi! My name is Mandi Rodger, and I have accepted a position to serve with ReachGlobal in Romania, specifically with abandoned children and people with disabilities. Please join me as I share about the journey.
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It was absolutely deluging with rain outside, so unfortunately we couldn’t experience water at the lake or the river, as I had originally intended.
So, instead, we experimented with water inside. We first talked about how much water we had on earth, how it was the most important thing on earth and why, how it tasted, smelled and what it looked like.
We then went to talk about how it reacted, first comparing water to our sand marble runs we made last week. What would water do? It would run down. Why? Because of gravity. What did we need to combine the sand in to a stronger shape? We needed water. Water reacts with materials, changing it’s form.
Then we tried two experiments, both to do with the above facts. The first was seeing how water ran downwards, by the scrunching of paper, and using pipettes and coloured water to drop on the paper, see the rivers it makes, and open it up to see the ‘art work’. The fun part was using two different types of paper – normal printing paper, and watercolour paper, to see which held the water the longest. The watercolour paper was by far the strongest!
This group, being slightly younger, found it much harder to add the exact amount of water for the right consistency – thus truly experiencing how water changes form!
English Club : Worm Farm Sketches & Sand Runs!
We had observed that the worms had been busy making tunnels, and moving the earth in to the sand, and vice versa.
As we are presently looking at the element of ‘earth’, and have been looking at what the earth is made up of (having looked and explored clay, and now soil) we now moved on to sand…..
Alfie even joined us for a bit!
The kids worked hard, but this was a really tricky task! And sadly we didn’t manage to quite get those marbles rolling down our runs!
This enabled us to talk a little about the earth’s pull, of gravity.
Of course, being by the lake, on a warm day, we couldn’t help but paddle!
Last week our english group had a fantastic time, quite simply ‘experiencing’ fire!
….but sometimes I managed to crack them 😂….
Experimenting as to whether they can make a fire on (and burn a hole in!) the ice….
…and just generally enjoying eachother’s company by the warmth of the fire, and learning to work as a ‘team’….
We talked about what fire gives us – the heat to cook our food, the heat for warmth, and light. We also talked about having respect for fire, and how to be safe around fire – and of course, to always be sure to put a fire out (and how!)….
Last night we learnt about the phases of the moon.
We started with an experiment using a foil covered ball (the moon!), and a torch, in darkness. Shining the torch on the ball and getting the kids to walk around looking at how bright the ball shone, or not, gave the idea of how the moon looks at its different phases, and how the sun affects it.
We then talked about the different phases of the moon – how long it took for the moon to rotate the earth, how long it took between each stage, what each stage looked like and what it was called.
I then challenged the kids to make the moon phases using Oreo cookies…(which they thought was great of course! 😆)….
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2019-04-24T00:50:06Z
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https://squashedtomatoes.wordpress.com/category/simple-science/
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One of the arguments for a west-east pipeline from western Canada to refineries in Quebec and Atlantic Canada is that it will improve Canadian energy security. The question is, energy security for whom—the producer or the consumer?
To an energy producer, energy security means a market offering guaranteed, preferably long-term, demand. At present, this is an issue to unconventional oil producers in western Canada, with transportation challenges limiting market access.
On the other hand, to an energy consumer, energy security means, in the words of the International Energy Agency, “the uninterrupted physical availability [of energy] at a price which is affordable, while respecting environment concerns”.
Refineries in both Quebec and Atlantic Canada rely on imported crude oil for over 85% and 80% of crude oil supply, respectively (with the remainder coming from offshore Newfoundland and Labrador). While much of the imported crude oil comes from countries with declining production rates, political instability, or both, the availability of this supply has not been seen as a significant issue in eastern Canada until the past year or so (about the time when the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline was facing opposition in the United States). Moreover, the availability of refined petroleum products (such as gasoline and diesel) was not considered an issue either.
The same cannot be said of affordability.
Per capita, Atlantic Canadians consume about the same volume of gasoline and other transportation fuels as other Canadians; however, since the residential and commercial-institutional sectors in Atlantic Canada meet over half of their space and hot-water heating demand from various grades of fuel oil, the total per-capita consumption of refined petroleum products in Atlantic Canada is about 50% higher than in the rest of Canada.
This reliance on fuel oil for heating, combined with the high cost of electricity and limited natural gas penetration, means that energy is responsible for about 20% to 27% of shelter costs in Atlantic Canada, as compared to 14% nationally. For example, in January 2007, the cost-per-unit-energy of fuel oil in Atlantic Canada was almost three-times higher than that of natural gas in Alberta; by December 2011, the cost of fuel oil had risen by almost 42%, whereas natural gas had fallen by over 55%.
Although western Canadian unconventional oil is, in general, less expensive (i.e., more affordable to the refiner) than internationally-supplied crude, once it reaches the Atlantic “tidewater”, its price will increase. This, coupled with other factors such as refining costs, international trade in refined products, and taxes, will continue to make the affordability of fuel oil a challenge to many Atlantic Canadians.
While a west-east pipeline will undoubtedly improve the energy security of crude oil producers, it will do little to improve the energy security of consumers of refined oil products in Atlantic Canada. If the pipeline’s proponents are as concerned as they claim about energy security in Canada, they should focus on improving the energy security of consumers in Atlantic Canada: changing the building code so that buildings use less energy and finding alternatives to oil products for space and water heating would be good places to start.
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2019-04-21T20:56:55Z
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http://lh.ece.dal.ca/enen/2013/gm02.html
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Walked to B Shed at Fremantle Harbour about 9am. Had coffee while I waited for the 9.30am ferry to Rottnest Island to come in. It takes about half an hour to get there. Rode from The Settlement clockwise towards the Wadjemup Lighthouse. Took me a couple of hours because I went the wrong way and had to double back! At least I realised I had. Had lunch at the foot of the lighthouse. There’s a fairly spectacular view of the island from there. Crossed through the Pink Lakes to the other side of the island towards Parakeet Bay. Paddled a little at Little Parakeet Bay. Stopped at a cafe at Geordie Bay. There are many cabins and camping spots all over the island. Some are a bit newer than others. The original prison at The Settlement is now Rottnest Lodge! It was originally for aboriginal prisoners and then they added delinquent boys! What a life! Very harsh in the 1800s. Also dipped my toes in the water at The Basin. Kind of wished I’d taken my bathers. Thought it would be too cold but the water wasn’t cold at all. Walked around The Settlement shops to wait for the ferry back to Fremantle. Apart from the march flies it was a spectacular trip!
Another restless and warm night in Fremantle led me to get up early and take a walk around the foreshore. Walked past Little Creatures Brewery and a fishing boat unloading its catch. It cleared the cobwebs away a little and woke me up for the first official day of the conference.
I thought 200 people for a conference was not that many but when you see them all together in one room it really is quite a lot. We were welcomed by Bev Port-Louis with her ‘welcome to country’, the Mayor of Fremantle, Brad Pettitt and also Robin Bower, president of the Society of Editors (WA) Inc, Rob Sheehan and IPEd patron, Professor Roly Sussex.
The launch of the ‘Australian standards for editing practice’ 2nd edn was an exciting moment and a long time coming.
Keynote speaker Nury Vittachi kept us all in stitches with his ‘Globalese for beginners’ talk. An interesting fact that he mentioned was that 60% of people that speak English are actually Asian. The outcomes of that could be startling.
I met Elizabeth Spiegel on my first night in Fremantle at dinner. Apart from a few technical hitches her talk on ‘Creating an accessible web – the editor’s role’ was extremely interesting and made me think I should be changing my ways to gear for the future.
Next was Dr Angelo Loukakis speaking on ‘Editing in the digital age’ which was sitting on the floor room only! He has a long and colourful history in publishing and is now the president of the Australian Society of Authors.
Definitely time for a break from listening to people talk! I caught the blue CAT bus and did a tour of the Fremantle area.Got off at the maritime museum which I realised I’d visited before. On to getting some info on Rottnest Island ferrries at the sheds on the foreshore.
I’m going to get prettied up for our gala dinner in the Island Suite at the Esplanade Hotel tonight. It will probably be a late night so no more until tomorrow.
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2019-04-24T14:35:04Z
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https://dotbyrne.wordpress.com/tag/rottnest-island/
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Can you guess what we bought on the weekend????
But my darling husband couldn’t walk away from an amazing deal, nearly 60% off RRP!
So here they are – the first of many purchases for our yet-to-be-built, brand spanking new home.
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2019-04-21T16:42:35Z
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https://ourhudson.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/first-house-purchase/
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has claimed his club are only interested in signing “special” players this summer, according to the BBC.
Wenger, who is under increasing pressure to spend big with just a little over a week left to run of the transfer window, has only signed Yaya Sanogo on a free from Auxerre so far.
Arsenal want to sign Real Madrid striker and winger Karim Benzema and Angel Di Maria along with Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye.
The Gunners have endured a relatively frustrating summer transfer window so far and have missed out on a series of top targets, such as Stevan Jovetic, Gonzalo Higuain and Luis Suarez.
The Londoners have also seen a 10 million bid for Cabaye rejected by Newcastle, prompting the France international to go on strike.
Mathieu Flamini is rumoured to be on his way to the Emirates on a free transfer, five years after leaving Arsenal for AC Milan.
Wenger also wants to bring in a goalkeeper and a defender before next Tuesday’s transfer deadline, and has been linked with a move for QPR’s shot-stopper Julio Cesar.
The post Arsenal Transfer News: Gunners Only Interested In “Special Players” appeared first on WhatCulture!.
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2019-04-26T05:53:23Z
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https://kittygossip.wordpress.com/category/arsene-wenger/
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The Taking Flight program is comprised of two workshops: one for nominated student leaders, the other a one-day seminar open to all graduating seniors. You will be eligible to participate during the semester you are graduating.
The workshop for student leaders is only open to students who have been nominated to attend by faculty and staff at the university, whereas the one-day seminar is open to all graduating students. For more information regarding the nomination process, visit the workshops for student leaders page.
Share their expectations for post-graduation life.
"These workshops helped me articulate my goals, skills and the UNCW experiences."
Taking Flight..."Helped me gain a better understanding and perspective on how my skill sets apply to work force. Benefited from seeing other examples of resumes."
"I feel that this workshop has helped me to realize how much I have learned throughout my time here at UNCW. I was really able to see how much I have retained and how much I am gained from my experiences here."
"The most helpful part about Taking Flight was the open dialogue that was allowed and encouraged amongst the students as we are all approaching the same situations and can really connect our concerns and opinions."
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2019-04-22T05:17:31Z
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https://uncw.edu/takingflight/workshop/index.html
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All the disks are made from Jesmonite. I have made four moulds so far. The larger is 12" diameter. Many of the disks are shown in pairs ~ front and back.
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2019-04-23T20:53:14Z
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https://bamber-art.smugmug.com/Art/Disks/i-TvSGgfr
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Even urban cities in China have the occasional wildlife surprises. I found this 20cm long beauty by the door of our flat yesterday. I moved it to some nearby bushes to give it a chance of survival and it was still there when JD returned form Kindergarten, much to his delight. Although stick insects are renowned for their slow moving I think this one was especially lethargic due to the recent cold snap here. Otherwise he looked pretty healthy.
Spider by Hider !! Sorry that's the best I could think of. Don't have your skills!!
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2019-04-19T20:32:50Z
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http://oceanofmorality.weebly.com/blog/stick-to-it7822966
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StreetsRmine.Com Exclusive Street Wear & Products.
» Click To Enter: MANHATTAN N.Y.C.
» Click To Enter: QUEENS N.Y.C.
» Click To Enter: STATEN ISLAND N.Y.C.
StreetsRmine.com Another Empire Committee creation.
"Changing the world one street at a time"
Your online location for exclusive street apparel and products.
We are humbled that you took time out to visit our shop. Please note that StreetsRmine.com is not just another website. This is a stepping stone towards greater things for New York. Our ultimate goal is to create a positive movement for THE BRONX and the rest of New York (and beyond). UNITY is our main focus. Only in New York are we all one in the same and don’t even know it. We plan to change that!
StreetsRmine.com plans to unite all sorts of nationalities, cultures, and backgrounds through communication, peace, and love. After all, our shells might be adorned with different shades of colors, but our blood is the same. Would a rainbow be a rainbow if it weren’t for the variations of colors? Our world is the same. Our streets are the same.
The members of StreetsRmine.com dream of creating a non-profit organization. In this organization there will be many opportunities for children and young adults. Free dance classes, makeovers, business classes, computer classes, cooking classes, and self-defense classes are SOME of the many subjects we plan on offering to these young KINGS and QUEENS of New York. These are the leaders of OUR FUTURE.
StreetsRmine.com will soon have journals, video blogs, online radio shows, upcoming events, BOROUGH REPRESENTATIVES of the month, and an interactive forum. BE APART OF THE NEW MOVEMENT that is waiting to unfold. While we, at StreetsRmine.com, dream of creating this non-profit organization, the truth is StreetsRmine.com is our first stepping stone towards this ultimate goal. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!
Now you have a chance to stand out from the rest and represent your block, to the fullest, with our one-of-a-kind designs, brought to you by www.StreetsRmine.com (another Empire Committee creation). We provide exclusive street apparel. This urban wear can be worn just about anywhere with an array of styles, also available in women’s and children’s sizes. These versatile styles can be dressed down with sweats and some fresh kicks, or dressed up with some chic jeans and a blazer. Either way, your individual style will surely get you noticed. We also provide great gifts for loved ones, such as hats, mouse pads, wall clocks (and everything in between) with your block’s logo. Be THE FIRST around your way (or abroad) to let your pride show!
Any feedback, comments, advice, ideas, support, words of encouragement, and/or resources you wish to share with StreetsRmine.com are welcomed and greatly appreciated. From one Bronx native to the next, from one New Yorker to the next, we thank you in advance.
An innovative Bronx-based company, StreetsRMine.com, is looking to change the world one street at a time, and is giving Bronxites a chance to own a piece of their ’hood.
The site offers 70 unique products and 119 total selections, including shirts, hats and calendars, all featuring a specific street name, based on the buyer’s selection.
Whether you are from Morris Park, Throggs Neck, Castle Hill, Co-op City, Fordham or anywhere in between, StreetsRMine.com has a shirt that will allow residents to represent their neighborhoods with pride.
The partners both attended Columbus High School but became close friends after their graduation, creating StreetsRMine.com in September. The belief was that if someone wore a shirt or button featuring their street or avenue, they would look to make a positive change there so they could take greater pride in where they come from.
The duo has been involved in various other projects as a way of giving back before they came up with the StreetsRMine.com idea.
For instance, Estrella would offer live standup comedy shows at the Whitestone Multiplex, while Torres would teach dance and assist her sensei in teaching karate.
But in organizing block parties, they noticed that sense of pride in one’s community was missing and decided to do something to change that. Clothing was just a starting block, one that has gotten good feedback from those who purchase items on the company’s website, but in truth, Estrella and Torres, who are looking to win nonprofit status, are still developing the company and its mission.
Using the book We Took the Streets by Miguel Melendez as inspiration, the couple decided to go into the community and find out what needed to be done.
“We didn’t know what the first objective was,” Estrella said. “We were looking to create positive changes in the community, but we didn’t know where to start, so we went out to the streets. We surveyed the community … found out what they wanted.”.
The duo asked residents three questions:.
1) What changes would you like to see in your community?.
2) What can be improved from what already exists in your community?.
3) What community do you come from … what street are you representing?.
And both founding members answered those questions..
“The one thing I would like to see changed are the amounts of kids I see cursing and being disrespectful,” Torres said. “I want to bring the kids together to various events and start educating them about the streets. We need programs that will mentor kids.”.
For Estrella, financial literacy programs are needed..
And more. “I’ve moved out to Michigan and the suburbs of Queens before coming back to the Bronx, and I would like to see more trees planted to make all communities more aesthetically pleasing,” he said. “It would make neighborhoods look like neighborhoods, and I would like kids that graduate from fifth grade to plant trees together at the end of the school year so they can start taking pride in something they put into the community.” .
Both Bronxites also want to see residents have more access to nonprofit programs that can benefit them and as part of StreetsRMine.com, are trying to compile a list of such programs so residents can discover what services are available near them..
The duo are also currently filming a television show called Underground Connections, which will feature a section called StreetsRMine, interviewing Bronxites, including famous Bronx personalities who have gone on to achieve great things..
Other plans include an expansion of the website, a presence at Bronx events such as the Annual Raising Kings and Queens Concert, additional block parties and a working relationship with Bronx politicians and community and business leaders to increase positive change in the communities..
“We are trying to be as effective as possible,” Estrella said. “StreetsRMine.com is our first stepping stone toward our ultimate goal of uniting everyone and making a positive impact in our communities.”.
We encourage you to feel free to submit your photo's representing your block by either submitting flicks with your products, or simply a picture of your street sign(s).
Please note that we will be including your photo's not only in our representor's slide (shown above), but also in the corresponding street section(s) you are representing.
(See Rosedale Ave For Example).
FIND YOUR STREET NAME HERE AND Represent!!
Click To Enter: MANHATTAN N.Y.C.
Click To Enter: QUEENS N.Y.C.
Click To Enter: STATEN ISLAND N.Y.C.
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2019-04-24T18:11:01Z
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https://www.cafepress.com/empirecommittee
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Little goat cards are available in my Etsy shop. These little goats are sure to brighten anyone’s day. The cards are 4.5″ x 5.5″ (folded), printed on heavyweight textured card stock, and come with envelopes. The goats are the 6 primary dairy breeds: Alpine, Toggenburg, LaMancha, Nubian, Oberhasli, and Saanen; one of each in the 6-card set. (If you would like a set of just one or two breeds, please let me know when you order.) Notes are blank inside for you to write your own message.
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2019-04-21T12:33:11Z
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https://friendlyfox18.wordpress.com/goats/
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cold coffee. – animal crackers on the couch.
around 5:30am I hear Jack playing with the toys in his crib. “Toot! Toot! This is the ABC train!” I try to mentally will him back to sleep, or to play with a quieter toy so that he doesn’t wake up Lincoln. Doesn’t work.
I try to mentally will both of them to go back to bed. Then Stella wanders in. “I want some mow milllk.” I lay there. She shoves the cup closer and closer to my nose until it’s wedged under my cheek. I still lay there a bit longer willing them away. It doesn’t work.
Once up it’s diapers for Jack, diapers for Stella. shut off music. Lincoln feeds and lets Toonces out (taking care of her is his job and he takes it very serious). I start the series of waffles. Trader Joes frozen waffles are what get me through. It’s all I can do to put them in the toaster and press down. Most days it seems like anything more would actually kill me. I wish they’d stop wanting to eat every. single. morning.
Once drinks and food are dispersed I start my coffee. as soon as it’s ready someone needs something. or a fight breaks out. once that is solved I sit down and try to relax for a second and take a sip. another fight. more milk is needed. or juice, really, they want the opposite of whatever I’ve just poured into the cup. I usually just walk away. there are only so many games a mama can play.
attempt 41 at a sip of coffee. someone stinks. I let that fly, but then Stella pulls out the Ace in the Sleeve. “I want to sit on the potty!” no she doesn’t. she wants to go in there and get her pjs off and then convince me to give her a bubble bath. it works. while distracted with Stella in the bathroom, Jack climbs onto the table in the dining room and flings my coffee to the ground, takes a few photos of himself with the laptop computer and pulls up an email account I haven’t used in ages. I clean all that up and make a new cup.
Lincoln wants to blow bubbles, I agree and hand him bubbles and tell him to go outside. Stella’s in the bath, Lincoln’s blowing bubbles, Jack is…..somewhere. I sit down and again attempt to take a sip of coffee.
“I’m ready to get ouuuuuut.” Stella’s done. Suddenly Lincoln appears, apparently the bubbles are broken. He needs help, I have to come outside RIGHT NOW. Stella is yelling. Jack is still quiet and has now hit the ‘too quiet’ mark. I go find him first. I find him in Stella’s room licking her cds and shoving doll house pieces into the cd player while at the same time standing on the rocking chair and rocking back and forth. (not kidding.) I take him down and shut her door. He screams. Stella is yelling louder about needing a “towrell” so I go give her one. I suggest getting dressed or perhaps brushing her hair and she screams and runs.
I sit back down. Please, just one little tiny sip of coffee….Suddenly Lincoln is by my side. oh yeah, the bubbles are broken. I grab my lukewarm coffee and everyone heads outside. I try to explain that the bubbles aren’t broken but no one listens. They all appear happy and content so I go back inside with my cup. I sit down. a fight breaks out.
I set my cold coffee down and start to get ready for work. It’s not even 8am.
Posted on August 23, 2012 August 23, 2012 by stibbsfamily This entry was posted in daily life, thoughts. Bookmark the permalink.
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2019-04-19T04:33:01Z
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https://animalcrackersonthecouch.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/cold-coffee/
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Games
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Includes Basic, Stage 1, Stage 2 Japanese blanks of all classic types (no Metal, Dragon, etc.) and a symbol sheet. Trainer and Energy blanks not included. Click the download button to the right for the ZIP.
Blanks by me. Special thanks to cscdgnpry for recoloring the textures for me.
The Pokémon TCG is Copyright Pokémon/Nintendo.
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2019-04-18T22:54:55Z
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https://www.deviantart.com/icycatelf/art/Beta-Blanks-Are-Here-595783259
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Arts
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Games
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weebly
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COMPTON is a place infamous for its violent gangs and dirty streets. Extending from the remains of a once prosperous suburban community, Compton has become a broken city, reflected through its society and reputation. The poverty stricken South Central LA area is now recognized nationwide by one thing, and one thing only. Its gangs. But what led to the rise of the prominent Crips and Bloods? Here we will be exploring the history of gangs in Compton, starting from their origins, through the LA riots, all the way to present day. We will also be looking at the impact of gang violence in pop culture, focusing specifically on music, as well as the influence of pop culture on gangs.
To get started, choose a path below!
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2019-04-18T20:23:33Z
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http://historyofcomptongangs.weebly.com/index.html
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This site is a collective research notebook for the Birmingham Centre for Modern and Contemporary History. It will contain posts on research by members of the Centre, details of workshops and other events that we’re holding, and more general stuff about things we’re interested in—books, films, or current affairs. It is currently coordinated by the Director of the Centre, Dr. Simon Jackson, with support from Rose Parkinson, and previously by Dr Benjamin Thomas White and Dr Su-Lin Lewis.
You can also follow us on Twitter @modcontempbham.
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2019-04-23T20:22:31Z
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https://moderncontemporarybham.wordpress.com/about/
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Congratulations on number 3, very exciting! My loves this week include the Olympics, seeing Gus a lot and planning some exciting upcoming trips.
Thanks! Oooh can’t wait to hear all about your trips!
Yippeeee to the new house! It’s gorgeous! New beginnings and parties!
3) precious time spent with Shan before she flys back to honkers!
Enjoy your trip away to your mums! Road trip! Road trip!
Yay for you! How’s the healthy eating going? It only takes a day or two doesn’t it?? Well done!
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2019-04-26T14:58:56Z
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https://sewandbakeandlove.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/love-three-things-18/
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Health
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chicagotribune
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A woman told police that $163 of her food was stolen Tuesday at Dominick's, 2063 Lincoln Highway. The woman said she paid for the food and left the cart inside the store near the exit doors while she went to buy a bottle of wine. When she returned, she said the cart was gone.
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2019-04-26T13:26:41Z
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-10-26-9510260171-story.html
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Shopping
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cabq
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Information for teachers about school tours at Albuquerque Museum and Casa San Ysidro. Schedule a Magic Bus!
Bring your class to see "Visions of the Hispanic World"
School tours at Albuquerque Museum connect students with their community through art, culture and history.
Groups in grades K – 12 from public, private, or home schools may request a school tour at Albuquerque Museum. Tours of the Museum’s historic property in Corrales, Casa San Ysidro are for grades 3 – 8 only.
Albuquerque Museum has permanent exhibitions focusing on the art and history of the region as well as traveling exhibitions.
Learn more about current exhibitions.
Learn more about Casa San Ysidro.
School tours at Albuquerque Museum and Casa San Ysidro support New Mexico State Standards by addressing themes relevant to visual arts, language arts, and/or social studies curricula. Click here to see a listing of the relevant standards.
Due to the generosity of donors to the Albuquerque Museum Foundation, admission is free to K – 12 school groups who schedule a tour. Tours can be either self-guided or docent guided.
Self-guided tours: One hour tours of the Albuquerque Museum on an exhibition of your choice. Please contact the Museum to schedule your tour, 764-6502.
Albuquerque Museum: Grade levels K – 1 and 6 – 8. One hour tour of preferred exhibition. Up to 60 students.
Casa San Ysidro: Grade levels 3 – 8. One hour tour and activity. Up to 45 students.
The Magic Bus is a free program of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation. Funding is provided to cover transportation and admission to the Museum from the Albuquerque Metro Area. The program is available on a first come, first served basis.
To apply to this program, complete the tour request form.
If you are not in need of transportation, contact the tour coordinators directly to schedule your tour.
Groups must bring one adult per 10 children for both docent and self-guided tours. Download "10 Things to Know about Your Museum Tour" and share with your chaperones.
Groups should arrive 15 minutes prior to their scheduled tour time. One representative from the group should check in at Admissions desk in the Main Lobby to confirm your groups’ arrival.
Groups that are more than 15 minutes late for their scheduled tour time may be asked to reschedule their tour. The group may be allowed to self-guide if space and time allows.
Only in Albuquerque Spirited. Courageous. Resourceful. Innovative. See the history of our city.
Common Ground: Art in New Mexico A bold installation of Albuquerque Museum's permanent art collection emphasizes real New Mexico.
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2019-04-20T18:59:57Z
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https://www.cabq.gov/culturalservices/albuquerque-museum/education-programming/teacher-school-tours
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Nadler's response to the report, amplified by Democrats in the hours that followed, underscored a political reality taking hold as the nation processes the report's meaning: While the exhaustive investigative work in the Russia probe is finished, the shadow hanging over Donald Trump's presidency may never be fully lifted. Democrats ramped up their rhetoric in the hours after Barr's press conference on Thursday, kicking off a fresh fight over an investigation the White House desperately wants to leave behind.
Notre Dame Cathedral's bees, kept in hives on the historic church's roof, survived the fire earlier this week, the beekeeper says. The 180,000 bees live in three hives on Notre Dame's roof as part of an effort since 2013 to help prevent bee die-off. "I got a call from Andre Finot, the spokesman for Notre Dame, who said there were bees flying in and out of the hives which means they are still alive!" Geant told CNN.
The number of Americans who approve of President Donald Trump dropped by 3 percentage points to the lowest level of the year following the release of a special counsel report detailing Russian interference in the last U.S. presidential election, according to an exclusive Reuters/Ipsos public opinion poll. The poll, conducted Thursday afternoon to Friday morning, is the first national survey to measure the response from the American public after the U.S. Justice Department released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 448-page report that recounted numerous occasions in which Trump may have interfered with the investigation. In his report, Mueller said his investigation did not establish that the Trump campaign had coordinated with Russians.
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2019-04-20T22:51:15Z
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https://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&e=1&u=/nm/20040320/wl_nm/iraq_retaliation_dc
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Are you getting ready to sell your home? Are you fully prepared? Do you want to move your property fast – and for the highest selling price possible? Well…you can with these 7 tips from Nick and Joe Santoro of Personal Property Managers (www.personalpropertymanagers.com ). These easy, affordable staging tricks will help you sell your home and make your home attractive to the largest pool of potential buyers.
While the term has become more common over the past few years, home staging still remains a confusing concept for many people. What is it exactly, and how can it help with selling a home? When you sell your home, you want to appeal to the greatest number of potential buyers. This will help you get the best possible price, with the least amount of time on the market.
Home staging is how you get your home ready for sale so that it appeals to a large number of people. Most buyers are not able to envision a home’s true potential; as sellers or caregivers of elderly loved ones who want to or need to sell their home, we must create this vision for our buyers. Try to think of your house as a product for sale, and look at it objectively. It is now a “house” and not a home.
Staging accentuates the positive aspects of your home, and eliminates or downplays the negative features. Your beautifully staged home is only seven simple steps away.
You need to tour your own home as if you were the buyer. We often become so used to our homes that we don’t notice the imperfections anymore. During your tour, take some notes, create and complete checklists of things to look for, and take pictures. These will help you pinpoint areas that need repair or improvement. Often you will see things in pictures that you didn’t notice while actually in the space. Another option is to ask for an objective opinion from friends, family members, or your real estate agent.
This is the simplest and least expensive step, but is the one most frequently overlooked. Buyers don’t want to have the impression that they are buying your clutter and your mess. They want to envision their stuff in your clean and de-cluttered home. In reality, only 10% of buyers can see the potential of a home.
Once all the clutter is removed, give the house a thorough cleaning. If you absolutely hate cleaning, hire a professional cleaning service. Nothing turns buyers off more than someone else’s dirt.
In the first step, evaluate and take a fresh look, you were asked to take notes on areas that might need updating or repair. If you don’t complete the repairs buyers will wonder what else is wrong with the home. They fear that you didn’t take good care of the home and that there may be deferred maintenance.
There are many simple updates you can do. Most are minor projects, such as replacing outdated cabinet knobs. This is not the time to take on major renovations.
You want buyers to be able to envision themselves living in the home. If your home looks too personal (such as family pictures everywhere….), buyers feel like they are intruding and won’t allow themselves to make an emotional connection with the home. Most of us buy with emotion and then justify with reason. If your home is too specific in taste or style it will not appeal to a wide range of buyers, no matter how beautiful it is.
Homes need to be clean, bright, airy, and spacious. Traffic should flow easily through and between the rooms. The furniture arrangement needs to make sense. Create a flow that draws your eye to the focal point of each room.
Accessorizing can be compared to putting on jewelry when getting dressed for a special dinner or party; it’s the little touches that have a big impact. Keep it simple, such as a vase of fresh flowers on the entry table.
It is important to get the house in front of as many buyers as possible. The first ten days a home is on the market are the most critical because this is when excitement is the highest. Do your research and make sure you are setting the correct price. The number one reason a property doesn’t sell is because it is overpriced. Once a home is listed too high, the damage can’t be undone, even if the price is later dropped.
In addition to pricing a home correctly for a potential buyer, it is very important to consider that the vast majority of buyers will need bank financing / mortgage. Banks will look at comps when evaluating your potential purchase. So, even if you have a meeting of the mind between buyer and seller, the buyer’s bank or Mortgage Company may not approve the loan if it is priced well above market comps.
These seven steps will give you the best chance of selling success. One of the most compelling statistics on home staging is that the cost of staging is almost always less than the amount of the first price reduction. And how many times have you seen homes get not one, but multiple price reductions? Staging really does sell homes.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged caregiver, caregivers, downsizing, home clean out, home downsizing, home sale, Joe Santoro, moving, Nick Santoro, personal property managers, personalpropertymanagers.com, real estate, www.personalpropertymanagers.com on February 19, 2016 by Joe Santoro.
If you are downsizing or helping a loved on e who has lived in their home for many years to transition, move, relocate or settling an estate, then you know how overwhelming this process can be. It can be extremely emotional. It can be physically demanding. It can be very time consuming. That’s just the start of it. Now the next challenge in downsizing is what to do with all of your home content? If you are moving from a larger home into a smaller more efficient home, then you will be faced with where do you put all your old stuff in your new setting? Naturally, you can’t physically put 40 years of your life’s possessions, complete with stuffed attics, basements, garages, and multiple bedrooms into a smaller home, active adult community, condo or senior care community. So now what? You may ask yourself questions like, can I sell my things? What are they worth? Will anyone want them? Will my grandchildren want anything?
This is part of a continuing series of articles and helpful tips and insights into helping you with your home and downsizing by Nick Santoro and Joe Santoro of Personal Property Managers (www.personalpropertymanagers.com ) Personal Property Managers specializes in providing a one-stop solution for your full service real estate needs, marketing, home downsizing, content clean-out and removal and estate sales. We services Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Did you know that downsizing and moving ranks as one of life’s most difficult events, along with loss of a spouse, divorce and job change?
When your needs change, your home may need to change with them.
Homeowners are constantly living through change. From empty nesters who just don’t need their large home anymore, to seniors moving into retirement facilities; downsizing can be a new and often overwhelming and humbling reality.
Joe Santoro, co-founder of Personal Property Managers says that the first place to start is the space you have in your new place. Joe encourages people to think about their current lifestyle, and in that respect, some items that have been accumulated will naturally eliminate themselves, based on usage or lack thereof.
Santoro points out that many downsizers choose not to keep a formal dining room set anymore; there’s just not enough room in the new space, so the big dining room table and hutch are often among the first big items to go.
Nick says, “the next step is deciding if any family members might want a dining room set or other household contents you no longer want and can no longer fit in your new home. If family doesn’t want it, you may be able to sell it.” However, Joe Santoro points out that the market is flooded with items like older more formal dining room sets, pool tables and pianos, so you won’t get as much value as when it was initially purchased. Joe points out that the style today is what is described as contemporary / transition furniture. It’s well made but less formal and much smaller in size. Personal Property Managers assists clients in helping them liquidate their home contents, to clean out their homes, sell their home / property at the best price and even move residents. This is accomplished through hosting an estate sale if the contents warrant it, or helping to liquidate it though its vast array of resources. It some cases, items may be donated. Personal Property Managers is a service disabled Veteran owned business, so it’s priorities are working with Veterans in need or veteran groups. Of course, some items must be disposed of.
Joe points out that people often make the mistake of thinking a charity is going to clean out their house for nothing and just take everything the owners no longer want. This is far from reality.
When it comes to selling items, Joe Santoro points out that people often have an over inflated opinion of the value of their contents. Just because you paid $2,000 for a sofa and love seat 10 years ago, you should be prepared to accept less than 10% of that today, and that depends upon its condition. Rips, tears, pet odors or smoking odors will totally eliminate any potential for items to be sold. Joe often starts off by asking people, “how much would you pay for a 12 year old couch?” Often the answer is “I wouldn’t.” Joe, points out that something is only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it at a given point in time.
Lastly, on this subject, Joe and Nick Santoro are often asked about moving items to storage units. While this is strictly a personal decision of the clients, often driven by emotion, the Santoro’s point out that the cost of a storage unit, kept over time, is often more costly than the actual contents are worth.
For more information on real estate or home downsizing please contact Nick Santoro or Joe Santoro of Personal Property Managers at www.personalpropertymanagers.com or simply give us a call at 215-485-9272 or 908-368-1909. Personal Property Managers specializes in helping home owners transition from their home of many years into a new community. Personal Property Managers services Pennsylvania and New Jersey and offers downsizing services, estate sales services, home staging, and discount full service real estate services via its association with Every Home Realty.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged caregiver, caregivers, downsizing, Elder Care, elderly, helpful, home clean out, home downsizing, insights, Joe Santoro, moving, Nick Santoro, personal property managers, personalpropertymanagers.com, ppm, relocating, senior care, tips, transition on February 16, 2016 by Joe Santoro.
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Sideroblastic anemia is a group of blood disorders characterized by an impaired ability of the bone marrow to produce normal red blood cells. In this condition, the iron inside red blood cells is inadequately used to make hemoglobin, despite normal amounts of iron. As a result, iron accumulates in the red blood cells, giving a ringed appearance to the nucleus (ringed sideroblast). The signs and symptoms of this condition may include fatigue, breathing difficulties, weakness, and enlargement of the liver or spleen. There are many potential causes of sideroblastic anemia. Depending on the cause, it can be classified as hereditary (sometimes called congenital), acquired, and idiopathic (cause unknown). The treatment for this condition differs depending on the underlying cause. If acquired, avoidance and or removal of the toxin or drug can lead to recovery. Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) may be useful in some circumstances.
The signs and symptoms of sideroblastic anemia may include: fatigue, weakness, the sensation of a pounding or racing heart (palpitations), shortness of breath, headaches, irritability, and chest pain. Physical findings may include pale skin and/or a lemon-yellow colored tinge to the skin and rarely, a brownish discoloration caused by bleeding under the skin. Enlargement of the spleen (splenomegaly) and/or liver (hepatomegaly) may also occur. Rarely, in severe cases, acute leukemia can develop.
Sideroblastic anemia can be caused by hereditary factors, acquired as part of an underlying condition or exposure to drugs or toxins, or the cause may be unknown (idiopathic).
The diagnostic workup for sideroblastic anemia may include blood work (complete blood count, peripheral smear, iron studies) and a bone marrow aspiration and/or biopsy. Additional studies that may be useful include imaging of the brain, such as MRI and genetic testing for known or suspected hereditary conditions associated with sideroblastic anemia.
The treatment of sideroblastic anemia may differ depending on whether the underlying cause is inherited or acquired. For acquired cases, avoidance or removal of the toxin or causative medication may lead to recovery. Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) therapy may be beneficial in both inherited and acquired forms. If vitamin B6 therapy is not effective, a blood transfusion can be useful, but since it has been known to worsen iron overload, the benefits and limitations of this option should be carefully considered. Rarely, when all other treatment methods have been exhausted, bone marrow transplantation may be utilized. While this therapy may offer the possibility of a cure, the complications associated with transplantation surgery must be considered.
It is recommended that all individuals with sideroblastic anemia avoid zinc-containing supplements and the use of alcohol. Regular follow-up and care with a hematologist is important.
The prognosis of sideroblastic anemia varies depending on the underlying cause. For acquired cases, such as those associated with alcohol and drugs, there may not be long-term symptoms. Patients requiring transfusions, those with conditions unresponsive to pyridoxine and other therapies, and those with a myelodysplastic syndrome that develops into acute leukemia have a poorer prognosis. Major causes of death in cases of sideroblastic anemia are secondary hemochromatosis from transfusions and leukemia.
Thrombocytosis appears to be a relatively good prognostic sign. Patients with no need for blood transfusions are very likely to be long-term survivors, whereas those who become transfusion dependent are at risk of death from the complications of secondary hemochromatosis.
ClinicalTrials.gov lists trials that are related to Sideroblastic anemia. Click on the link to go to ClinicalTrials.gov to read descriptions of these studies.
The Information Center for Sickle Cell and Thalassemic Disorders, a service of Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital, provides information about sideroblastic anemia. Click on the above link to access this information.
PubMed is a searchable database of medical literature and lists journal articles that discuss Sideroblastic anemia. Click on the link to view a sample search on this topic.
Anemias, Sideroblastic. National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). 2007; https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/anemias-sideroblastic/.
Braunstein EM. Sideroblastic Anemias. Merck Manual Professional Version. November 2016; http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/hematology-and-oncology/anemias-caused-by-deficient-erythropoiesis/sideroblastic-anemias.
Muhammad AM. Sideroblastic Anemias. Medscape. November 18, 2015; http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1389794-overview.
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The bathroom– it may be the first place you go each day, but a new study also reveals that an estimated 640 people are treated each day in emergency departments for nonfatal injuries suffered in the bathroom. The findings are published in Thursday's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While U.S. injuries are documented in the National Electronic Surveillance System All Injury Program, (NEISS-AIP), there was no specific information available about injuries that occurred in the bathroom. The study authors note that their analysis of 2008 data is the first to dig deeper on nonfatal bathroom injuries among teens and adults. Looking at emergency department records, the researchers report that an estimated 234,000 people age 15 and older were treated for bathroom related injuries in 2008.
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He was the only one to spot the weakness in the starting pack of unelectable lightweights and has-beens.
He contrived many plans, and all of them were good, but none of them was quite sweeping enough: the poorest of them would hurt a great many individuals, but what he wanted was a plan which would comprehend the entire town, and not let so much as one person escape unhurt. At last he had a fortunate idea, and when it fell into his brain it lit up his whole head with an evil joy. He began to form a plan at once, saying to himself, "That is the thing to do—I will corrupt the town."
Before the Trumpalanche came roaring down the slopes of the Appalachians Tuesday night, I was surfing the channels of the electric teevee machine, lighting here and there for a moment. At one point, I bounced from the closing moments of The First Wives Club, a 1996 movie in which Ivana Trump made a cameo appearance. I flipped from there to a Law And Order episode from the show's second season, which was 1992. Mike Logan and Phil Cerreta were squeezing a bookie who'd been handling the stiff du jour's action. The bookie told him that the dead guy, "had debts The Donald couldn't pay." And it struck me that I'd missed an important part of this year's unwieldy burlesque of a presidential race.
He, Trump is regularly referred to as a reality TV host, but that's only his most recent gig. He, Trump has been a central figure in that strange place where financial success and celebrity culture blend into each other, a shadowland that first became obvious in the modern world during the go-go 1980s. By the beginning of the 1990s, he was well-known enough to become a reference that even his media nickname no longer needed explanation. Yes, by 1980, Ronald Reagan had more political experience than He, Trump has now. But, to be perfectly honest, by 1980, it hardly mattered to anyone that Reagan once had hosted Death Valley Days. He, Trump has been pure celebrity for longer than Reagan ever was, and in today's politics, folks, that makes all the damn difference.
Just cast an eye over the reaction to his sweep of Tuesday night's primary. Squint and the Meat Puppet were beside themselves, which is at least one too many of each of them. Watching them on Wednesday morning was like watching E! News the day after the Oscars. The giddiness was so wild and glowing that it completely obscured the obvious—that He, Trump is no more qualified to be President of the United States than is the average opossum, that this was the case last June and it is the case today, and that this will be the case in the first week of November. He has demonstrated one perceptible political skill but, in the lifeless wilderness that is the Republican Party, that skill has been more than enough for him not only to survive, but to prosper.
He has a wolverine's instinct for weakness in his opposition. He was the only one of the 17 (!) original presidential candidates—that vaunted Deep Bench about which we heard so much—who acted on the self-evident fact that it was a passel of unelectable lightweights and has-beens. He was the only one who (correctly) perceived that the Republican National Committee was an empty shell presided over by the emptiest suit in American politics, obvious anagram Reince Priebus. He was the only one who (correctly) perceived that the universe of sugar daddies and interest groups and intellectual chop-shops that make up modern conservatism was such a tangle of opposing gravimetric forces that it was dangerously unstable. In short, He, Trump looked out at the Republican primary process the way that a particularly sharp carny looks down from the top of the hill and sees a village full of nothing but suckers. The show's leaving town now and nobody from the village has bus fare home.
Donald Trump boasted about his five-state win late Tuesday in a victory speech that accused Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton of using the "woman's card" to collect votes. The sexist remark heard at the tail end of his Trump Tower press conference in Manhattan garnered a quizzical smirk from one of Trump's sidekicks: Gov. Chris Christie's wife Mary Pat Christie. "If Hillary Clinton was a man, I don't think she'd get 5% of the vote," Trump said.
We will now spend the next few months living through The Great Accommodation. Excuses for how all this happened will be carefully crafted, none of which will touch the real reason. House Speaker Paul Ryan was on with S&MP, and the zombie-eyed granny starver expressed confidence that his "vision" for the GOP will live on, even after He, Trump shows the rest of the nation that into which Republican politics really have devolved. Either that, or Ryan is a walking Mad Lib, because this is tautology polished to a gleaming shine.
"The key for populism, Joe, as you well know because you practiced this, how do you take this populism and connect it to principle so that it's populism tethered to good principles which give us good solutions, not unprincipled populism and that to me is our value added to this equation."
Paul Ryan talking about "populism." Donald Trump as the nominee.
The Party of Lincoln had a helluva night.
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The Worst Part About Donald Trump's Abortion Flip-Flopping? It Won't Matter.
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One day after dislocating his ankle while celebrating a hole-in-one in the par-3 contest, he fires a 68 to share second place at Augusta National.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – There’s an old saying in golf: beware the injured golfer. Or, as it applies to Tony Finau: beware the golfer who dislocates an ankle while celebrating a hole-in-one in the Masters par-3 contest.
Check out the video, but only on an empty stomach.
One day after exuberance led to protuberance – his left ankle buckled and the bone popped out of its socket as he backpedaled and pointed at the crowd after his ace – Finau shot a 68 in his Augusta National debut Thursday to share second place in the first round of the 82nd Masters Tournament.
Jordan Spieth, the 2015 Masters champion, made five consecutive birdies on the back nine and finished with a 66 for the lead.
When he rolled the ankle, the pain was instantaneous and excruciating – 10 on a 10-point scale, he said – but the first thing that went through his mind was saving face. He was a good high school basketball player, a 6-foot-4 center who turned down college scholarship offers to concentrate on golf. Jabari Parker is his cousin.
Instinctively and almost nonchalantly, he knelt and pushed the bone back into place.
Finau wins the award for freakiest Masters eve injury, narrowly beating out Shoeless Dustin Johnson, who slipped and fell on stairs in his rental house last year, injured his back and withdrew as the pre-tournament favorite.
What a wimp, that D.J. Finau wasn’t going to let a little thing like a grotesquely dislocated ankle keep him out of his first Masters. After an MRI on Thursday morning revealed no structural damage and a doctor cleared him, he taped up and played.
Augusta National is not an easy walk. The only level lies are on the tee boxes and the course is much hillier than it appears to be on television. Dealing with uneven lies is hard enough for a golfer with two stable ankles. But Finau birdied all four par-5 holes and made two more birdies, against just two bogeys.
If Finau was dealing with some pain, he wasn’t alone. Sergio Garcia, the defending Masters champion, spun five consecutive shots back off the green and into the water on the par-5 15th hole and made a 13, the highest score ever on that hole and tied for the highest score on any hole in Masters history. He shot an 81.
Four-time champion Tiger Woods, playing in his first Masters round in 1,089 days, appeared to be headed to an early exit after bogeys on Nos. 11 and 12 put him 3-over for the round, but he made two birdies coming in to salvage a 73.
Finau, though, was story of the day, at least until Spieth posted his 66 later in the afternoon. Best known for his prodigious length off the tee and for being the most accomplished golfer of Tongan and American Samoan descent, he has won just once on the PGA Tour, the 2016 Puerto Rican Open.
He had a modest upbringing in Salt Lake City and didn’t have much of an amateur pedigree. His father hung a mattress in the garage and Tony and his brother Gipper honed their golf swings by beating thousands of balls into it.
In 2007, a few weeks after Finau turned pro at 17, he fired a course-record 64 at Fire Ridge in Grafton, Wis., to qualify for the now-defunct U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. At the time, he was the youngest player to qualify for a PGA Tour event in 17 years. Finau made the cut at Brown Deer Park and impressed touring pros with his power.
Obviously, he’s not lacking in the mental toughness department, either.
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Optus has decided to lease a new capacity from another unnamed carrier to prevent a network disaster such as Queensland's loss of internet, voice and mobile services last month.
"We will not be laying an additional fibre link," a spokesperson for the company told ZDNet.com.au following News Ltd's newspaper reports that the carrier had plans to put more cable in the ground. "We will be leasing additional capacity from another carrier using the carrier's existing fibre link."
The move was in response to a statewide outage last month in Queensland caused by pipe-laying contractors cutting a cable at Molendinar, west of Surfer's Paradise. The cut occurred as the inland route at Stanthorpe, through which traffic normally would have been re-routed, was down due to a hardware fault.
Without having a working backup, over a million customers experienced services outages for hours, which resulted in calls for compensation.
At the time, Premier Anna Bligh expressed her displeasure at the extent of damage a cut to one cable could cause.
"I think Queenslanders and, frankly, Australians, are entitled to expect a telecommunications network that can withstand one cable cut," she told reporters in Brisbane at the time.
The additional capacity Optus has decided to lease would create a third level of redundancy for fixed and mobile voice calls within Queensland, but not for those headed interstate.
"In the unlikely event that our two existing links fail again, as occurred on the 15 July, this additional capacity will enable fixed and mobile voice calls initiated within Queensland to reach other Queensland-based recipients," the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson was unable to say exactly how much capacity the telco intended to lease and declined to say from which carrier Optus would lease it.
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Phosphorescent played all of C’est La Vie.
About halfway through Saturday night’s excellent set at The Granada Theater, Phosphorescent band leader Matthew Houck coughed one time too many.
“I’m sorry, y’all. I’ve got quite the cold,” he announced to the surprise of few in the audience.
After watching him power through a couple of false starts, rearrange a couple monitors with the sound technician and audibly sneeze a time or two, it was obvious Houck had fallen victim to the swift changing of the seasons.
“This velvet voice that you’re all accustomed to hearing is a bit damaged, but we’re making it through,” Houck deadpanned.
And make it through he and the band did, putting on an inspiring and memorable 90-minute set that showcased Houck’s heartfelt songwriting and made up for lost time. It’s been five years since Phosphorescent’s last proper tour, and if some internet sleuthing is to be believed, seven years since their last Dallas appearance.
“It’s been a hot minute, Dallas,” Houck observed at a pause near the start of the show.
A lot has changed in the intervening years. He earned the greatest praise of his career in 2013 with the release of Muchacho, an album that reflected a lot of inner turmoil. Following that tour, he suffered through a nasty bout of meningitis but fortunately recovered in time to start a new life journey. He got married, had kids and relocated to Nashville, where he built a home studio and logged the hours that have resulted in C’est La Vie, his brilliant new album, whose title graced the back of The Granada’s stage in bright, fluorescent lights for the duration of the performance.
As an aside, let’s pause to appreciate Houck’s creativity in naming songs. With songs like “I Am a Full Grown Man (I Will Lay in the Grass All Day)” and “It’s Hard To Be Humble (When You’re From Alabama),” he’s reached Nick Cave-like territory in the naming department.
The set list was peppered with songs from C’est La Vie. If you include the “Black Moon/Silver Waves,” the tense instrumental track that kicks off the album and served as the band’s stage entrance music, and excluding its bookending instrumental track, the new album was played in its entirety. Houck’s absence from the stage made these songs resonate more than usual from material with such a recent shelf life. Of course, his most recognizable tracks also made appearances. “Nothing Was Stolen,” “The Quotidian Beasts” and his signature hit “Song For Zula” all brought down the house with their anthemic choruses and collective driving force.
Of course, his most recognizable tracks also made appearances. “Nothing Was Stolen,” “The Quotidian Beasts” and his signature hit, “Song For Zula” all brought down the house with their anthemic choruses and collective driving force.
Throughout the set, despite his presence right in the center of the stage, Houck held court with guitar or mic in hand. He allowed each musician their solos and showcase moments while intently locking in from time to time with each. It’s a beast of a band and one that could succeed playing arenas if the business afforded artists like Houck that luxury.
Five-plus years is a long time between gigs. With the outpouring of support as strong as it was Saturday night, it’s likely to assume that Phosphorescent fans are a patient and appreciative bunch who won’t mind waiting as long as they need for Houck to make his way back. He and his band will be there ready in turn to deliver.
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How is LiDAR Data Used to Protect Water Quality in Minnesota?
High resolution elevation data collected using LiDAR technology has been available for parts of Minnesota for several years, much of it made possible by funding from the Clean Water Fund of the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment. The following examples illustrate how LiDAR data is already being used to protect water quality in Minnesota. As this data becomes available for more areas of the state, the uses are expected to increase exponentially. Click on any graphic to see it full-size.
137Cs is a radioactive isotope whose only source is nuclear fission. The isotope bonds strongly to soils and “labeled” the soil surface during aboveground nuclear testing in the 1950s and 1960s. Measuring the 137Cs content of soil profiles serves as an effective tracer for soil movement on decadal scales. The picture is an example output from a regression model developed by researchers at the University of Minnesota. Based on digital terrain attributes, the model result shows localized areas of potentially high erosion rates while the overall average field erosion rate is 3 tons/acre/year. When applied to cultivated landscapes, the regression models create maps of predicted long-term rates of soil erosion or deposition. These maps will be useful to Board of Water and Soil Resources personnel, soil conservationists, and other local government unit personnel to help identify which portions of the landscape would benefit the most from perennial vegetation conservation practices.
In the Seven Mile Creek watershed in Nicollet County, LiDAR data was used to reduce time and labor to find likely sites of gully erosion. A terrain model and water routing computer program predicted where water would flow across fields; the points at which these flows entered a ditch or stream were the most likely locations for gullies to form. Field inspection verified that the model accurately predicted where gullies were forming. The map to the left shows the water flows as orange and red lines (red lines are higher flows); sites of field-verified gully erosion are shown as green dots.
Performing an on-the-ground inspection to locate and map gullies in the same small watershed required $10,000 in labor and other costs. Scaling up ground inspections to the size of Nicollet County would cost more than $100,000 and to the size of the Minnesota River Basin, $4 million. On-the-ground work at that scale would require several years to accomplish with available trained personnel. High resolution topographic data with the terrain models would eliminate much of the reconnaissance work and re-focus valuable personnel field time on designing and installing targeted solutions to reduce or prevent erosion.
NRCS is using LiDAR to help identify ephemeral erosion sites and to produce slope estimates to use in computing the amount of erosion (determined using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, or RUSLE). LiDAR will also be used in the hydrology/hydraulics model which in turn will be used to estimate potential streambank erosion sites.
High resolution topography can be used to very accurately identify the size, depth and location of depressions in the landscape. The graphic shows depressional areas where water could be stored in the area drained by Nicollet County Ditch 46A, within the Sevenmile Creek watershed, which drains directly into the Minnesota River. Using the depression information, hydrologic modeling can then be done to identify specific locations within a watershed for temporarily storing runoff to achieve the greatest reduction in peak flows. Reducing peak flows from this watershed will decrease the amount of sediment and nutrients delivered to the Minnesota River.
This is for one project in a 9 square mile watershed. The Minnesota River Basin includes 15,000 square miles in Minnesota. Scaling up savings of this magnitude equals $38 million in potential savings if similar projects were completed throughout the watershed.
The Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District used LiDAR-derived elevation data to speed the siting and design of a manure storage facility. Such facilities protect water quality by allowing farmers to avoid winter application of manure which can be washed away in spring run-off. The topographic data allowed staff to quickly assess the entire project area to select preliminary sites; on-the-ground surveying was then targeted to these sites. Once the final site was selected, staff compared cut-and-fill estimates obtained using the computer model with those obtained using on-site surveying; the figures were remarkably similar, within 3-7 percent.
A proposal to comprehensively identify and rank critical sources of erosion and runoff in the Zumbro Watershed has been recommended for funding by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). The project would use LiDAR and other GIS data and precision conservation tools to prioritize restoration and protection projects with the highest cost-benefit.
Once the top 50 source locations were identified, staff would develop and use an in-field assessment technique to further evaluate and plan best management practices appropriate for those locations. LiDAR will assist in defining critical runoff areas, and guide the placement of BMPs including terraces, sediment and water control structures, grassed waterways, and grassed buffers.
Click on either graphic to see a map of the whole watershed.
As part of an on-going project to update Minnesota's National Wetland Inventory (NWI) data, a pilot study was conducted to develop a wetland probability map for the Knowles Creek Watershed in Rice County, Minnesota. Using terrain variables derived from LiDAR and soils data, two models were developed to create continuous wetland probability maps for the study area. The graphic to the left compares original NWI wetland boundaries (white lines) with the output from one of the models (blue-green colors). Blue areas have the highest probability of being wetlands; green areas have a lower probability. The background is a hillshade created from LiDAR data.
Example Impoundment Site: To design an impoundment site in an area along Clay County Ditch 18, accurate topographic data was essential to avoid flooding a farmstead. The graphic to the left uses red lines to show the elevation contours around the farmstead at 1,192-feet, the proposed level of the top of the dam. The analysis confirmed that much of the property would be flooded at that level. The graphic to the right illustrates the lands flooded at different water levels; in the final plan, an emergency spillway ensures a maximum level of 1189 which will not flood the farmstead.
Houston Engineering used LiDAR elevation data when designing a ring dike to protect a farmstead from flooding in the Wild Rice Watershed. High-resolution topographic data was needed to accurately locate, size and align the structure, to estimate material quantities and total costs, and to meet permitting and mitigation requirements.
LiDAR-based flood-peak inundation maps and water-surface profiles were created for the U.S. Geological Survey report, Floods of September 2010 in Southern Minnesota. The maps and profiles were constructed using GIS by combining high-water-mark data with the highest resolution digital elevation model data available. The flood maps and profiles show the extent and height of flooding through the most severely affected communities.
These maps are used by Federal, State, and local agencies to make informed decisions in meeting mission requirements related to flood hazard mitigation, planning, and response. For example, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, and Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management need timely information on the magnitudes and frequency of floods to help respond to flood damage, enhance emergency response management, protect infrastructure, provide recovery guidance from the National Flood Insurance Program and State regulatory programs, and plan for future flood events.
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This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 at 11:26 am and is filed under . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
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2019-04-18T19:07:11Z
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http://utnews.utoledo.edu/index.php/11_01_2018/womens-basketball-team-ready-to-hit-the-hardwood/womens-basketball-vs-central-michigan
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At times, it seems that coaches in professional sports are shuffled more often than the decks at Vegas blackjack tables. And when the cards finally land, the hand can be a raw deal: With even a hint of distress, managers take heavy fire from team brass, sponsors and fans, all of whom have different stakes at risk and their own set of expectations for success.
If things go badly enough, teams may even dismiss a coach midseason, in a desperate attempt to bring the squad back from a season in freefall.
But a group of German soccer fans, who just happen to be statistics and sports science experts, suggests that it’s time to rethink the all-too-familiar blame game.
Pouring over 46 seasons of German soccer league data, Andreas Heuer and colleagues from the University of Muenster and the University of Kassel have published results in the journal PLoS ONE showing that a coach only contributes a small fraction to a team's overall success, and such midseason coaching changes have absolutely no effect on the team’s future performance.
Instead of using the team-ranking system established by FIFA, where victories earn three points in the standings and ties get one, Heuer and his team followed guidelines he defined with co-author Oliver Rubner in 2009, when they argued that a better measure of a team's impact, or fitness, was the difference in the number of goals the two teams scored in a particular match.
Analyzed this way, a team's fitness remains relatively constant throughout the season. After all, players aren't going to make Herculean gains in ability in just a few weeks' time. Rather, midseason soccer team fitness is more likely affected by variables such as weather conditions, injuries and even the number of red cards accrued.
The researchers found that when you plot the goal differential of teams who fired their coach midseason, it appears (at least at first glance) that these teams do get better.
But Heuer argued that this is simply an artifact of team that has fallen on hard luck. As any fantasy sports obsessive can attest, the chance that these down-and-out teams will eventually do better is high, regardless if they get a new coach or not.
So, to really compare apples to apples and provide a clearer picture of what effect a new coach has on a losing team, Heuer thought it better to identify suitable control groups – teams that had bad luck, but stuck it out with their current coach for the rest of the season – and compare them to teams that handed their coach a pink slip when times got tough.
As they suspected, there was absolutely no difference between the teams that fired or retained their coach, as all teams that experienced an early period of bad luck showed improvement later in the season. But pride is a formidable enemy, and the data consistently showed that in many cases, a team decided to prematurely give their coach the boot after they took a beating on two consecutive games.
Since team fitness is stable during the season, and refactoring the head coaching job does nothing to improve a team's fitness, Heuer's group wanted to get a measure of how much a coach contributes to a team's overall success. To that end, the group looked at data of coaching changes that occurred in between seasons.
By comparing how teams who got a new coach improved relative to measures other squads in the league used get better – like acquiring new or better players – Heuer and his colleagues found that, at best, a German-league soccer coach accounts for 15 percent of the overall team fitness, a sizeable yet bounded amount.
Heuer told Wired.com by e-mail that "this may [show] that most professional coaches have a similar qualification and that the players make the difference between good and bad teams."
More work needs to be done in this field, and there's no data suggesting this phenomenon generalizes across all professional sport domains. But teams fire coaches for a myriad of reasons, and data suggests that the unhappy clubhouses are the ones touted to do much better than they fared during a given season.
Disappointment is a hard pill to swallow for any team’s executive office, but it seems that at least in the case of German soccer clubs, coaches are taking more than their fair share of the blame.
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https://www.wired.com/2011/04/replacing-coach-losing-teams/
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Delta Airlines, Exxon and Facebook are the Yahoo Finance charts of the day.
Delta Airlines (DAL): Shares are down in early trade, at around .25%. Reuters is reporting that the airline has hired two investment banks to help sell its stake in its refining subsidiary.
Exxon (XOM): Shares are up here, at around .23%. Exxon Mobile signed a framework agreement for a proposed chemical complex in China. The project would meet expected chemical demand growth in China.
Facebook (FB): Shares down here, at around 1.29%. Facebook said it will invest over $1billion to build a data centre in Singapore, its first in Asia, powered by renewable energy and adapted to the city-state's tropical climate. The centre is expected to be operational around 2022.
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https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/delta-airlines-exxon-facebook-yahoo-154713051.html
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Which of these two Filme has your Favorit CGI?
Whom do Du like more?
My Favorit 3D DP Animation vs my least Favorit 3D DP animation! Which Animation do Du think is better?
My Favorit 2D DP Animation vs my least Favorit 2D DP animation! Which Animation do Du think is better?
My 5th Favorit DP vs my 5th least Favorit DP, who do Du like more?
My Favorit DP vs my least Favorit DP, who do Du like more?
My 4th Favorit DP vs my 4th least Favorit DP, who do Du like more?
My 3rd Favorit DP vs my 3rd least Favorit DP, who do Du like more?
My 2nd Favorit DP vs my 2nd least Favorit DP, who do Du like more?
My Favorit Animation vs my least favorite; which do Du think has better animation?
The Little Mermaid to be a filmed live musical TV event airing in October on ABC; yay oder nay?
Which unpopular opinion do Du agree with more?
Your Favorit DP is from the ____ era, and your least Favorit DP is from the _____era.
Disney Princess Icon Contest round 18: rosa Princess, pick your Favorit icon.
30 Tag CHALLENGE DP STYLE 26-30:which do Du agree with most?
30 Tag CHALLENGE DP STYLE 21-25:which do Du agree with most?
30 Tag CHALLENGE DP STYLE 16-20:which do Du agree with most?
30 Tag CHALLENGE DP STYLE 11-15:which do Du agree with most?
30 Tag CHALLENGE DP STYLE 6-10:which do Du agree with most?
30 Tag CHALLENGE DP STYLE 1-5:which do Du agree with most?
Do Du think that Haruka's outfit (AKA Sailor Uranus) looks like Prince Adam's outfit?
Die Fanauswahl: Omygosh! It Does!!!
Do Du want to read my fanfiction JASMINE: UNSPOKEN LOVE?
Which of these Zufällig Filme do Du like most?
Which Super Anna and Elsa story is the worst?
Which hero in the Super Anna and Elsa stories is a better hero?
Do u like alina of avalore?
Should If I Can't Liebe Her be in the 2017 reboot of Beauty and the Beast?
Should my future Super Anna and Elsa stories have Mehr comedy?
Which picture, taken out of context, most makes the princess look vain?
Which group of princesses do Du tend to generally prefer with?
Which picture, taken out of context, looks most like the DP was smiling for a photograph?
Have Du read any Disney Princess books?
Do Du think that Usagi from Sailormoon Crystal looks like an Anime Rapunzel in this photo?
Die Fanauswahl: A bit, I have to say!
Disney Princess Icon Contest round 17: Half Princesses, pick your Favorit icon.
What do Du think of my Super Anna and Elsa Fan stories?
What is your favourite xmas snow white dress?
What do Du think about the 2017 Belle Sixth Scale Collectible Figure?
Which favourite DP reboot is your most favourite and why?
What do Du think of the Fan story Super Anna and Elsa Meeting Captain Underpants?
Disney vs. Non-Disney. Which movie do Du like more?
Which Zeigen do Du like more?
Pretty Pastel Princesses ~ Which picture, featuring Ariel,Belle and Jasmine, is your favorite?
Favourite Beauty and the Beast Prologue?
Disney Princess Icon Contest round 16: From back, pick your Favorit icon.
Of my oben, nach oben 3 DPs, which is your favorite?
Would Du say that the 3 classical princesses (snow white, Aschenputtel and aurora) are all damsel's in distress?
Which wedding dress do Du like more?
Which do Du prefer (links in comments)?
What do Du think of the super hero costumes in the Fan story Super Anna and Elsa's Origin?
(Girls only question) Which costume from the story Super Anna and Elsa's Origin would Du rather wear?
Which drinking game would Du rather play?
Do Du think Beauty & the Beast: The Verzaubert Weihnachten should be make into a live-action movie too featuring the 2017 cast again?
Die Fanauswahl: Not so great idea!
Is the DP Du consider to be the least like yourself also your least Favorit DP?
My Favourite animated vs live-action poster, which is your most favourite?
Disney Princess Icon Contest round 15: Nature, pick your Favorit icon.
What do Du think of the story Super Anna and Elsa's Origin?
My Favourite DP vs Non-DP International Anthem, which is your least favourite?
Favourite the Beast/ Prince Adam's actor?
Princesses that well-known for their beauty, which one do Du think is the most beautiful?
Which non-official live-action princess do Du like more?
Do Du find Disney Princesses are inspiring?
If Disney were to make their Irish princess, which hobbies do Du want her to do?
Which princess will sing 'Goodbye's (The Saddest Word) to their mother as a prayer oder before the events of their respective films?
*UPDATED VERSION* Which DP Reboot doll is your favourite????
Disney Princess Icon Contest round 14: Bunnies, pick your Favorit icon.
Which of these Fan stories is your least favorite?
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2019-04-19T11:17:32Z
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http://de.fanpop.com/clubs/disney-princess/picks/45
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[ Regulatory & Policy ] as a Foundational Course : While Tax is often mentioned by business lawyers as useful background for any career in business law, it is essential for those pursuing a career in tax law. As a foundational course, Tax is a building block for more advanced tax and business law courses. This course provides an overview of federal income tax law as applied primarily to individuals.
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2019-04-19T19:29:05Z
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http://slsnavigator.law.stanford.edu/node/2255/103,83/?item=9&track=10207&course_type=49
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Lost Contact Draconemignis of FA - "Artists Beware"
EDIT: after a year of waiting and no contact do you think its appropriate to create a beware on this artist as well?
This is a lost contact of Dragondoodles or Draconemignis of Furaffinity. I commissioned them back in 2015 at BLFC (biggest little fur con) for a badge, and have been promised multiple times of its completion, and have apparently been dropped out of contact.
They have deactivated FA, and the email provided for contact bounces now so I'm assuming thats been disabled. Did they do a name change? Does ANYONE have contact as this was a 40 dollar badge and Id love to fund another honest artist with that money rather than just be out the cash. I've asked for refunds over email, notes on FA (pre-disable), and shouts. Have yet to be contacted and since it was an in person cash transaction (I have a physical receipt however) I cant file a dispute.
And noticed they were not responding. So I left this as a message, hopefully they get in contact with me. Blocked out my email since its not needed here in this forum.
"I see this message has been seen, if you could email me at xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com again id like to discuss my refund for my badge please."
Edit to update 11/23/2016: My second message has been seen on facebook but not responded to. I have left them a message stating they have 24 hours from a specific time to respond or a full beware will be posted.
Feeling like I wont be seeing my art or my money, but I'd like to just warn others of this potential scam.
I know them from Arizona Furcon, they took a lot of money and ran from that convention too, then shut their accounts down.
not sure if any of those help.
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2019-04-24T18:21:39Z
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https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/934067.html?thread=32764595
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fastcompany
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Björk literally bares her heart; Deerhoof critiques capitalism in this week’s best videos.
It was a good week in music video land: Björk and Deerhoof released a pair of gems, ’80s synthpop duo Tears for Fears is back in an excellent and bizarre collaboration with Comedy Bang Bang‘s Reggie Watts, and Azealia Banks lets you puppeteer her image via webcam in her new interactive video.
The star of Azealia Banks’s new interactive music video for “Wallace,” directed by Nick Ace and Rob Soucy and produced by Collins, is you, wiggling around in front of your webcam. As you move, a kaleidoscopic image of Azealia mirrors you. Head to her site for the full video (which is only viewable on Google Chrome, since it runs on Google Cloud Platform).
So when this animated video arrived suddenly one day in my inbox and I watched this thing, I feel that the animator has not only understood the song and the words, but to a level that felt uncanny—you know sometimes you have that feeling where it’s like you meet someone and you’ve known them your whole life.
And finally Abelard’s video for “Meta Valley” is all pretty pastel animations of abstract geometric shapes and 3-D modeled sculptures mixed in with net arty video clips.
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2019-04-24T18:02:11Z
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https://www.fastcompany.com/3043632/bjoerk-azealia-banks-reggie-watts-the-weeks-best-music-videos
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2019-04-23T22:24:19Z
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Club Penguin is a big deal in the second grade.
It is the online game of choice in my daughter’s class in any case.
My daughter has been playing the game off and on for a couple of years now and has gotten for various birthdays and such, a small collection of Club Penguin toys, each of which comes with a code for an in-game item.
With her invested in her penguin, I was surprised to see her logging on the other day with another account. I was also a little annoyed, because the new account violated one of the online game rules I had set down.
And so when I saw her new penguin in-game had her first name, I had to step in.
The first thing I wanted to know was what happened to her other penguin.
After some running around, whining, and general attempts to avoid the question, it came out that her account had been banned.
And not just banned, but BANNED FOREVER!
And then the inquisition really began. There were tears and pleas and somebody was banished to her room until she was ready to talk.
Eventually, I was able to piece together the tale.
One of her classmates had told her about some special hat that was available in Club Penguin, but which was difficult to obtain. He offered to get this hat for her penguin if she just gave him the account and password. And she did it.
Then something happened that got the account banned.
Details on what exactly occurred, what with one 8 year old making up tales for another who was then trying to convey the whole mess to me, were pretty fuzzy. There may or may not have been an older cousin involved who may or may not have forced the classmate to hand over my daughter’s account and password to him.
It was time to contact Club Penguin.
I will say that the people at Club Penguin were pleasant and responsive and even, dare I say, sympathetic to my questions and concerns.
The representative with whom I exchanged a series of email messages did confirm that the account had been perma-banned for use of inappropriate language.
That seemed unlikely to be my daughter’s activity, little house censor that she is. My wife and I are scolded if we watch any television or movies that contain swearing while she is awake. I can’t even get away with playing “Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)” on RockBand just because it has one swear word in it.
The rep also provided me with the exact times and phrases that were typed into the game that lead first to a series of 24 hour bans and then then final perma-ban.
That, and the actual phrases used, helped confirm, in my mind, my daughter’s innocence. They all occurred late in the evening, long after her bed time but when my wife and I are generally still up and about. Since the computer she has access to is sitting out in the family room area, we would have noticed.
The Club Penguin rep said that I could call up their support center and, if I claimed that my daughter was an unknowing victim and did not type these words into the game, I could get the ban lifted and her account restored.
The part of me that cherishes the role of “Daddy, all knowing computer guy!” liked the option. Once again I could swoop in and save the day.
On the other hand, I had warned my daughter on numerous occasions about not giving out account names and passwords. To restore the account would remove the sting of the event and would not encourage her to take care with her account and password in the future.
Teaching something about personal responsibility had to win out over my own desire to always be a star in my daughter’s eyes. Not an easy choice.
My daughter took this all better than I thought. We’ll see if she learned her lesson. Some tears were shed over the items she lost by losing her old account. But we went and made a new Club Penguin account for her that did not include her real name as the character name.
My wife, eschewing my plan to play out a Hitchcockian scenario with the kid to whom my daughter gave her account and password, a scenario that I was sure would have him confessing but which, I admit, had some flaws, went and spoke to the mother of said child armed with the times, dates, and phrases used. What happened to the classmate after that I cannot say.
However, two things still bother me about the whole situation.
First, to create a Club Penguin account, you have to give an email address. It is supposed to be a parental email address, but I am sure kids skirt that issue regularly. I fear the day when my daughter discovers just how easy it is to create a fresh Yahoo or Gmail account.
Not once during the series of banning or at the point of the final, permanent ban, did Club Penguin send any sort of notification to the email address associated with the account. When I asked why I had not been sent any notification, I was told that Club Penguin does not bother, since the email address could belong to anybody. They only send information when they have established they are communicating with a parent.
I did not quite follow the logic of not bothering to send email warnings to follow up a ban. If nothing else, it would have immediately alerted me to the situation rather than letting things proceed as they did, with somebody logging in every third day for a couple of weeks and getting the account repeatedly banned until it was made permanent.
In fact, part of their argument for the permanent ban was that she should have gotten warnings about the whole affair and thus could have changed her password in time to avoid the final ban. Except that my daughter wasn’t really playing the game, she ebbs and flows on the whole thing, and no warnings were sent out of game to the associated email address.
But this lead to what I would consider a larger concern. Here I was getting all this information about my daughter’s account, and all I had done to establish that I was the parent was to say that I was.
I did not even write from the associated email account. I just said, “Hey, this is my daughter’s account, why has it been banned?” and they were ready to pass me all the information I wanted.
Well, they didn’t give me the password, nor any sensitive identifying information. But their own statement was that they wouldn’t give out anything at all until they had established they were communicating with the parent of the child concerned, so I am not sure how they accurately established that I was the parent. The use of multi-syllable words correctly in a sentence perhaps?
A somewhat unsatisfying experience with Club Penguin.
And after all of that, my daughter lost interest in the game yet again.
Still, I think she’ll hold onto her new account name and password more closely from now on.
This entry was posted in entertainment and tagged Account Security, Banned, club penguin, Life Lessons Learned, Perma Ban, Sphenisciformes on July 13, 2010 by Wilhelm Arcturus.
As a developer, let me give a hearty “thank you” for teaching your daughter about responsibility in online games. It sounds like you do a great job of warning her about the dangers without descending into hysterics.
One of the biggest fans of Meridian 59 had kids that he wouldn’t let play the game because he didn’t think it was appropriate. Sure, I missed out on some monthly fees, but I though it was the responsible thing for him to do as a parent.
I hope all parents take such an active stance on the online behavior of their kids. I applaud you, sir, and truly hope that a few tears now save what could be more tears later.
Tough Love Wilhelm, I am impressed.
We had our own mini brush with privacy in the new interconnected world. After much pestering my nine year old was allowed to buy a mobile phone with her own money (I know I know but “every else has one ….”).
A couple of months later we noticed that she was getting odd text messages. Just a simple “Hello” but always from the same number, often several texts a day and often at odd times in the middle of the night. None of us recognised the number and attempts to ring or text the person to find out who it was were never answered. I even contacted the phone company to try to get it stopped but while they were sympathetic they didn’t actually do anything. On questioning my daughter confessed to having shared her phone number with everyone in her class.
We confiscated the phone but I am not as tough as you Wilhelm. I gave in after a month and returned the phone with a replacement sim card (new phone number).
Wow, I have a lot to look forward to! Yay? I’m glad I’m not the only one planning to keep the computer in the family room. That Club Penguin customer service/security model is pretty scary.
I feel like you did the right thing by not restoring the original account. Today it’s Club Penguin, but tomorrow it could be a stalker. A powerful “DO NOT SHARE” lesson now will go a long way later. After all, once you share, you cannot “un-share”.
Excellent post. Not looking forward to my kids become internet savvy in the big bad real world.
That is one scary message to log on to!
And kudos to the Club Penguin staff for actually providing details on what led up to the ban. I only wish Turbine did that for my account, after they banned me for 3 days on DDO due to “inappropriate language” that I have no recollection of.
I take it she doesn’t read the blog?
I think you deserve a lot of respect for what you did, teaching your daughter the responsibility of privacy and sticking to the rules can’t have been easy for you/on you, but you did it all the same. It terrifys me the sorts of information you can get about people, accounts and goodness knows what else, just from a simple call or email. Proving you are or aren’t some one is very difficult these days, so I was suprised to read that club penguin people decided you were her parent instantly!
Thank you for an informative post! While it scares the poop out of me for what it will be like when my son is old enough to game etc, it also stands as a warning for things we must teach him!
My daughter also got perma banned from Club Penguin. My biggest problem was that the first 2 warnings were given in game to her and not to my email. So when the banning email came to me I had no prior knowledge of the reason. I contacted them and they sent me the log of what when down. For starters the context of my daughters first to warnings were her defending herself. I think the first was “jerk” and the second time was “a-hole” which she typed “a-hole” Given the context of what was going on I actually think she was justified standing up for herself. So she had the 2 warnings over a long period of time and did not tell me of course. So she tried to clean up her language and used “wtf” The “wtf” got her the permaban. Although I don’t agree with banning over “wtf” ( we hear it daily in our culture now) and I disagree totally with parents not being emailed over any warnings, I didn’t fight it. I call it the school of hard knocks. She didn’t follow their rules and got busted. Whether you agree with the rules or not you must obey when in their “world”. I figure we had over $100 invested in that game..c’est la vie.
I appreciate your action has consequences approach to parenting.
Although, that said, it does somewhat prove a point that perhaps an 8 year-old shouldn’t be entrusted with “account security” in the first place.
As seen in your example, even with proper parenting and education, your daughter still gave away account information and still violated your rules regarding privacy.
It’s not that I think you could have done more to prevent it. It’s that I think perhaps any 8-year old would do the same things your daughter did provided sufficient motivation (getting the item/loss of account/friend pressure at school).
Which begs the question, at what age should children be entrusted with their own safety on the internet?
I don’t really have a good answer to that one. My daughter is 9 years old and we tend to practice avoidance. Which I’m not convinced is a good solution either — after all, with avoidance comes no experience.
A great post that really gets someone like me thinking about what we’ll do when the time comes for our youngster to start finding their feet in the real world and the virtual world.
Thanks for taking the time to relate it to us.
Excellent post. Club Penguin’s security certainly needs some work.
My step-kids, now all grown and out of the nest, showed virtually no interest at all in gaming, either on or offline, while they were growing up. They all three abandoned consoles by the time they were in their low teens and only one ever even tried online gaming, for about a year in a pretty disinterested, offhand way.
It would have been nice if we’d all got into playing as a family (we’d have made virtually a full group for a start…) but on balance, given the problems that could have arisen I’m quite glad they all thought gaming was a bit beneath them.
Yeah, good choice on the account ban. Today your dealing with just a Club Penguin account but tomorrow you could be dealing with a WoW account loss loaded with time investment and sparkle ponies if such lesson is not learned.
Like I mentioned on our show, I know one single parent out of the dozen that I know well that actually locks down the internet. You have to have a password to log on and a password to visit any single page, no matter the security level.
While Wil did react in an admirable way, most security issues or problems arise when the child simply has free access. My friend, the one that locks down her internet, is a mom to a 15 and an 8 year old. She knows that, even if by accident, a child can stumble upon some very scary things online.
The internet is not a toy, and should be used very responsibly. I am not claiming that Wil *let* his daughter have free reign, but I think we all know someone who has kids who spend most of their time online inside their room.
So yes, while Penguin’s ease with handing out information can be seen as slightly scary, remember that the entire issue first came up because of the misuse of the internet by the player. Curious, if by example, the child was not even permitted to sign on at all, but instead had to wait in the other room while the parent signed her on.
Yes, I know some will tell me that is “unrealistic”, but I don’t see why it is. After all, it’s a simple step that will no longer allow a child that has shown that she might make a poor choice online that she can no longer have access without full security.
Nice post, and congrats on the way you handled it. Those days are coming my way soon – my daughter is now nearing 5, my son 3, and they both know how to surf the web than I did at their age. (Well, okay I was 4 in 1968. But I digress…) I hope my future self has the presence of mind you did in this situation.
It’s a shame there isn’t a governing body of some sort that could establish rules around stupidity and enforcement of random rules with regard to kids’ sites. “You need a parent email address to sign up but we won’t use it before we ban you”. Classic.
I know my Parents would have done Exactly like you did! I wish Club Penguin had notified you so your daughter could get help BEFORE she got Banned Forever! But I wonder one thing why didn’t she ask for your help as soon she got the first 24 hours Banned?
@Saraapril – My daughter ebbs and flows on Club Penguin. She’ll play for a month or two, then not touch it for weeks at a stretch. The whole ban scenario happened during an inactive period.
Please know that there is a much better youth site called http://www.xeko.com. (pronounced zeeko). The kids play on Elf Island, where they create an Elf avatar, create a home & clothing similar to Club P. The biggest difference is that Xeko is a champion for helping endangered animals. Kids play monthly Good Quests and the more they game, the more money the company contributes to helping the animal. This month’s Goodquest is to help sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico, as funds are contributed to the Audubon Aguarium in New Orleans to clean and transplant these endangered animals. You can get a free one month membership if you redeem the code “sea turtle”. Your child will “adopt” this creature and will learn about its habitat and how to care for it. It will follow them around in the game for three months, at which point it is released into a sanctuary. Kids can come back and call them up later. The company has several animals including Chimps, Snow Leopards, Elephants, Tigers. Kids can buy the plush animals at Justice stores across the U.S. It is fun and dare I say educational. In addition, Xeko has a chat feature like Club P, but your kids will not have any problems, as the chat contains an inclusive dictionary. This simply means that kids cannot type any words that are not contained in the dictionary. This eliminates swear words and profane acronyms & bullying. Parents need to confirm their email accounts.
I strongly suggest you check out http://www.xeko.com as a much better alternative to the Disney owned Club Penquin. The cost is the same. The founders and owners have a mission to help change the world through our kids. It promotes education and conservation while kids are having fun in the highly popular virtual world in which they like to play. They were also very concerned about making sure it was a safe environment and avoid the very problems associated with Club Penquin. Check it out and spread the word!
I am so sad, why is XEKO closing???????????
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eHRAF World Cultures (ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu) and eHRAF Archaeology (ehrafarchaeology.yale.edu) are award-winning databases for cultural and archaeological research. Search across 400 cultures and archaeological traditions, 800,000 pages of ethnographic text, photographs, excavation reports, and more.
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Bleach Manga discussion. Anime-only viewers should stay out, this is likely to be a spoiler-heavy topic.
Anyone else think Bleach is based on the Six Paths of Buddhist reincarnation?
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How To Get Rid Of Acidity And Improve Digestive Health Naturally?
When there is an excess of digestive acid or when there is an imbalance in the secretion of these acids, there will be issues like bad breath, nausea, gas and stomach ache. There are chances of other similar symptoms as well.
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When it comes to stomach problems, acidity and indigestion are stated to be the biggest problems faced by many people irrespective of their age. Indigestion can occur due to different reasons like pregnancy, thyroid disease, chronic pancreatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, stomach infections, gastroparesis, GERD or acidity and ulcers.
Before finding any remedy to treat digestive disorders or acidity, understanding of the digestive problem is important. Food tolerance is the clear indication of good digestion. Bloating and/or cramp are the symptoms of food intolerance. The digestive system occupies an extended area of the body.
Nothing can ruin your meals like painful bouts suffered from heartburn. It is an uncomfortable burning sensation triggered from the stomach which leads back up to the esophagus. These sensations can cause serious issues and make you feel as if a bonfire is in action from your chest travelling way up to your neck.
Acidity can occur at any age in a person’s life. People who eat too much of spicy foods and consume alcohol mostly experience this problem in their life. When acidity occurs, it brings a feeling of burning inside stomach and chest.
Diet plays a key role in controlling health issues like bloating. As per studies, certain herbal remedies are found to be very effective to treat health issues like excessive production of stomach acid. Let’s see here how to reduce excess stomach acid.
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Thank you, contramimi! Blessings to All.
Keep the faith – it can’t hurt.
Great update! Only thing I’d add, is make sure your popcorn is organic! But 50 pound bags are a must!!
Have fun out west Laura, and see you on the other side!
Hi Timothy, thanks for your post (and this update!).
I hear you on what these people can do. I’ve had dreams of massive earthquakes, tornados, tsunamis etc. for years. I know that they have appropriated the “Electric Universe Theory” for their own designs, at least since Tesla, and can use this knowledge to create all of the above. Having worked in the field of genetics, I also know what they can do by corrupting biology as well. I expect every part of this world will experience something disruptive, soon – or at least, they will *attempt* to do so.
I have found that simply admitting to oneself that yes, it IS possible that these things can happen, instead of ignoring or denying them, is a very powerful proactive measure. As many have said, “knowledge protects.” And being prepared to face whatever comes at you, and as you said, NOT resisting but accepting and moving with them – much as one learns in martial arts – is the key to not being a victim.
That said, I had a lucid dream about a month ago that seemed prophetic: I dreamed that I was caught outside in a city I didn’t recognize and the outer bands of a hurricane were moving in. I wandered about looking for shelter, and though I didn’t see another soul I could find shelter from the wind and rain easily. And I saw that most people had prepared their houses to handle the coming storm. But I still didn’t feel safe, and kept looking for better shelter, because of the LIGHTNING.
I then looked at the storm coming in and saw that the center of it was a giant ball of luminescent, living light, and I knew no one would escape it. NOONE. But, it was *necessary*. Then I woke up.
The storm is here, but it’s going to be a GOOD thing – I keep telling myself!!
Thanks again for your update, and thanks Laura for posting it!
Thanks for sharing that dream, Anthony. For the entire world, The Storm is upon us. “The world as we have known it” will be ending for everyone, but not all at once. Pockets of humanity will experience the Earth changes at different times. Then there will be the end of the old control system — another facet of “the world as we have known it”. Well, that’s the weather forecast. What we choose to do in that weather is up to us.
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2014-11-25T13:49:50-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/82f/20141121200033003_hd.jpgThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in two consolidated cases, Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama and Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, docket number 13-895, challenging state’s legislative redistricting plan as relying too heavily on racial gerrymandering. The black and Democratic officeholders argued that the new plan packed black voters into existing majority-black voting districts diluting their overall voting power in the state.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in two consolidated cases, Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama and Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, docket number 13-895, challenging state’s legislative redistricting plan as relying too heavily on racial gerrymandering. The black and Democratic officeholders argued that the new plan packed black voters into existing majority-black voting districts diluting their overall voting power in the state.
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The couple announce plans for a carriage procession through the streets of Windsor after their May 19 ceremony.
Saying they want the British public to take part in their celebrations, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced a particularly grand way to open up their May 19 wedding to the world. Kensington Palace has announced that the couple will take part in a carriage procession immediately after their wedding ceremony, which will take place at noon at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor.
There are also plans for a giant screen to be erected in Windsor Town so that the crowds can watch the ceremony, which is due to be televised. There is also talk of some members of the public being allowed onto the grounds of Windsor Castle.
The blueprint for the wedding is said to be Prince Edward’s wedding to Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999, when, in addition to a carriage procession, 8,000 members of the public were invited onto the castle grounds via a ballot system.
Now less than 100 days away, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding is likely to be even more popular, with scores of American tourists coming to the U.K. for the occasion. Windsor is bracing itself for a huge spike in tourism, with some hotels charging thousands of pounds a night for luxury suites. Many broadcasters who will be covering the event have been priced out of the town and have reserved rooms in the nearby town of Slough three miles away.
As family and friends eagerly await their invitations, many guests have already been informed by the couple that they have made the exclusive guest list. The Queen and Charles, the Prince of Wales, who are paying for the wedding and evening party, are overseeing a reception at St. George’s Hall for the couple and guests from the congregation after the wedding. Prince Charles is hosting an evening reception for the couple and close family and friends later that night.
Kensington Palace has also confirmed that the Dean of Windsor, the Rt Revd. David Conner, will conduct the service, and the Most Revd. and Rt Hon. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, will officiate as the couple make their marriage vows.
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Look forward to seeing the results on the simulation solver. The connections between SDD solver to matrix exponential.
In the next post in our series of STOC 2014 recaps, Adrian Vladu tells us about some of the latest and greatest in Laplacian and SDD linear system solvers. There’s been a flurry of exciting results in this line of work, so we hope this gets you up to speed.
The Monday morning session was dominated by a nowadays popular topic, symmetric diagonally dominant (SDD) linear system solvers. Richard Peng started by presenting his work with Dan Spielman, the first parallel solver with near linear work and poly-logarithmic depth! This is exciting, since parallel algorithms are used for large scale problems in scientific computing, so this is a result with great practical applications.
Next Post What are systematic ways to prepare for dynamic programming?
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Construction of the Fajã Gallery in one of the mountains of São Nicolau can be seen in this photo. Since water is scarce in Cape Verde, this project was initiated in order to find water for the community. 85.8% of water consumption is used for agricultural resources, while the rest is used by industrial and domestic consumption.
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National Republican rooms, Washington, May 8, 1858. To Republicans: : In a few month, nearly every Northern state elects her members of the House of Representatives for the next Congress. The importance, to the Republican Party, of securing a majority in that Congress, cannot be over-estimated. Indeed, it will be almost an indispensable requisite to success in the next presidential contest. ..
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The former prisoner of war’s “reintegration process” continued on Sunday as he completed inpatient treatment at the Brooke Army Medical Center at San Antonio’s Fort Sam Houston. An Army spokesperson said that he will remain on the base for outpatient care. Officials investigating the circumstances surrounding Bergdahl’s disappearance and capture in Afghanistan have yet to interview the 28-year-old, who is still working on “exposure to more people and a gradual increase in social interaction,” according to officials.
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SACRAMENTO -- Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced Tuesday that the City of Sacramento has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund.
It’s a planning grant that the city can use to start building a financial crisis center and provide free financial counseling to anyone who needs it. Clients of any financial background can work with professional financial advisors to reduce debt, increase savings and build credit.
According to Steinberg, too many people in Sacramento are on the brink of financial collapse that could lead to homelessness.
"A recent study from the website Family Assets Count found that nearly half of Sacramento households do not have enough savings to live above the poverty level for three months if they were to lose a job," Steinberg said.
Sacramento is one of 12 cities or metropolitan areas across the country to be awarded the grant. Others include Akron, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Greenville County, South Carolina; Houston, Texas and Memphis, Tennessee.
The $20,000 grant is just the beginning. In order to access $250,000 in funding needed to run the program, the city needs to raise an additional $250,000 to match it.
But Veronica Smith, Senior Development Project Manager for the City of Sacramento, says implementing human-focused programs like this is an important issue for the Sacramento region.
"In order for the residents in the city of Sacramento and the region to see the assets in their community, to see new investments in their community, we can’t just focus on the businesses," Smith said. "It really is about investing in people as well."
Six cities nationwide, including New York City, Denver and Philadelphia, have already started financial empowerment programs. CFE says clients of these programs nationwide have reduced their collective debt by $22.5 million and increased their savings by $2.7 million.
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COSTA MESA — The house that was once declared the first in Orange County to receive a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council has received an offer.
Although the deal is not yet sealed, an offer was made for $2.19 million, which is down from the almost $3 million asking price, said Steve Blanchard, a real estate investor, who built the 4,900-square-foot house.
The Costa Mesa residence at 1811 Gisler Ave., was built with the environment in every aspect of the mind. Blanchard first built the spacious and breezy house for his family. He even painted one of the rooms pink for his daughter.
But he later decided to sell it.
Months ago, when the house was almost complete, Blanchard said that he's not selling the house for profit, but to showcase the homes people should be looking for, buying and building.
Blanchard initially bought the property for $1.7 million about three years ago. And since building green is not cheap, he spent thousands of dollars making it a state of the arts home that earned the highest rating in the country.
While the price is perhaps high, those who end up buying it are likely to reap savings on utilities in the long-term.
Among many of its features, the seven-room, 6 1/2–bath house has LED lighting, internal grey water system, native plants, solar power, cold water pipes insulated, windows bringing in natural air and light from every direction, and even the wood that built it was recycled.
LEED certification appears to be a growing trend among builders. A home along Bayside Drive in Corona del Mar, which is seeking the environmental standard, won a good deal of attention after installing a massive solar panel on the property that Balboa Island residents across the bay complained about.
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