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The Law Society of Upper Canada recognizes that Rwanda is a society that was devastated by the genocide that occurred in 1994. Since the genocide, Rwanda has made significant progress in achieving stability and security, bolstering its political institutions and enhancing its economic growth and development. The Law Society of Upper Canada applauds Rwanda for its success in healing, rebuilding and recovery.
As Rwanda continues to strengthen its democracy and adherence to the rule of law, it should be recognized that the work of local, as well as, international lawyers plays a paramount role in that process. It is in that context that the Law Society of Upper Canada is appealing to the Rwandan Government to grant bail and release American professor and lawyer Peter Erlinder.
Reports indicated that on May 28, 2010 Professor Erlinder was arrested in Kigali Rwanda and charged with 'genocide denial' and 'genocide minimization' Professor Erlinder, former lead defence counsel at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, was in Kigali to fulfill his professional obligations by representing and defending his client, opposition party member and possible presidential candidate, Ms. Victoire Ingabire.
In recognizing the important contributions that a lawyer such as Professor Erlinder can make to the continued development of Rwandan society, the Law Society of Upper Canada calls on the Government of Rwanda to,
The Law Society of Upper Canada is the governing body for some 41, 000 lawyers in the Province of Ontario, Canada and the Treasurer is the head of the Law Society. The mandate of the Law Society is to govern the legal profession in the public interest by upholding the independence, integrity and honour of the legal profession for the purpose of advancing the cause of justice and the rule of law.
The Law Society urges the legal community to intervene in support of members of the legal profession in Colombia in their effort to advance the respect of human rights and to promote the rule of law and democracy.
For more information, contact: Josée Bouchard, Equity Advisor, at 416-947-3984 or email@example.com
On June 3, 2010 the Law Society of Upper Canada intervened by way of letter and public statement in the case of American lawyer and Professor Peter Erlinder in Rwanda. Professor Erlinder was arrested in Kigali Rwanda and charged with 'genocide denial' and 'genocide minimization'. He had arrived in Kigali in May to represent and defend his client and aspiring presidential candidate, Ms. Victoire Ingabire. After being imprisoned for three weeks, he was released and on June 22 returned to the United States.


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Rose Namajunas talks new hair, Machida, Tecia and more
Rose Namajunas talks new hair, Machida, Tecia and more
Rose Namajunas joined the Split Decision MMA Podcast yesterday and talked with the boys about her now co-main event rematch fight with Tecia Torres at UFC on Fox 19. Namajunas talks briefly about Lyoto Machida being removed from the card which ultimately bumped her and Torres up to the co-main spot.
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Navy, Black & a Pink Lip –
Happy Humpday! Well, wearing nothing new here. I just had to get one of my favorite sweaters and heavy skirts out of the way before things really started heating up (these were taken a month ago). I've been a horrible personal style blogger lately with barely any outfit posts and I've hardly done any shopping lately either. I guess it's time to get creative with what's already hanging in my closet and just start taking pictures again.


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June Holtvluwer's face lights up when she talks about 64 years of marriage to her beloved Ken. She carries his legacy with her every day since Ken passed away on Christmas Eve, 2010.
"I miss Ken. He was a very quick-witted person," June remembers. "Even when he was terribly sick and in the emergency room, he would have the doctors laughing. He never lost his sense of humor."
For 25 years, Ken and June operated a furniture store together in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. It wasn't always easy.
"We went through two fires, two tornadoes, and our roof collapsed at the business … we had a lot of trials in our life, but the Lord has kept us through it all," says June.
Together, Ken and June welcomed four children, eight grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren into the world!
Their personal friendship with Mission India Founder John DeVries and his wife, Atts, inspired them to give to reach India. Having raised four kids of their own, children were of special interest to Ken and June.
June says that it is "just amazing" to see how the impact of Children's Bible Clubs in India has grown each year. She adds, "The children come to accept the Lord. Then, they take that home to their parents, and the parents are so often saved through the children. Usually, parents are the leaders … but in India it's the children!"
Smiling, June comments, "My husband wasn't happy unless he was giving to Mission India. There are many Christian causes that my husband gave to all the time, but Mission India was always his favorite. It was uppermost in his mind … how much he could give away. Ken said, 'The more I make, the more I can give away.' That was his motto."
As a member of the Legacy Society, it means a lot to June that India will continue to be reached through their estate plans.
"So many lives have been changed through Mission India, and I want to continue to help bring the saving love of Jesus to these precious people," June says.


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Passage Family Church has purchased 40 acres of land on E. University Ave. and is planning to build a multi-faceted facility there.
On the new property near Christ United Methodist Mission at 5000 E. University Ave., the Rev. George Dix, the pastor of Passage, said the plan is to build a new campus, his terminology for a 5,000-seat sanctuary, a family life center, an entrepreneurial and vocational center, and a ministerial and leadership development institute.
"It will cost $25 million to build, and we'll do it in phases and debt free," said Dix. "We're on a capital campaign to raise funds. Our goal is to be debt free." A timeline for construction has not been determined, but Dix did say the church has "a very giving congregation.''
With a congregation of more than 1,800, Dix said they have outgrown their campus on NE 15th Street. In fact, they are now holding three Sunday services, with one of them at Christ United.
Dix said they looked at property to buy around Gainesville and settled on E. University Avenue because "we're trying to build a relationship on that side of town."
He also talked about the partnership the church has entered with Pastor Don Denton of Christ United to utilize that church when it is not in use, and also to financially support the Christ United PrimeTime After-School Program.
"I know Pastor Denton through the (Santa Fe Community College) East Gainesville Initiative," said Rev. Dix. "He is a wonderful man of God."
Because education is one of his priorities, Dix's support of Pastor Denton's PrimeTime program is a good fit. In fact, this school year, Passage donated $100,000 for education enrichment programs to be organized at Metcalfe and Rawlings, two elementary schools located near the church.
"I minister heavily on education," said Rev. Dix. "I think education is the key. Our children are a gift to us and we owe them our best."
Denton is excited about his church's partnership with Passage. "They are doing outreach to this community," said Pastor Denton. "Our vision is to grow with them as a mission. I want to see the kingdom grow."
Dix spoke about his plans for the new campus. He said the ministerial and leadership development institute, a program that already is available at Passage, will offer a two-year program for those who feel a spiritual calling. It will offer biblical and leadership training. The entrepreneurial and vocational center will help launch businesses and train people to operate them.
Dix, who holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida and worked for 27 years at Gainesville Regional Utilities, said he wants to take what he has learned to help others. He said his ministry at Passage is directed to helping people with their health, their personal finances, and to teach biblical principles to strengthen marriage and the family. "I really believe we can't just preach. We must be holistic and provide life skills training and help to improve people's lives."
Dix said the church has not yet decided what to do with their campus on NE 15th Street, but one idea is to convert it into a youth center, where the children can become involved in building the community.
Passage was started by Dix on March 3, 2002, when he held his first worship service at the Best Western Gateway Grand hotel, with a congregation consisting of his family and some friends. Nine months later, the church moved to its current location, and on Jan. 5, 2003, held its first service with a congregation numbering 90.
He said they also strive to help people outside of Gainesville. Since Hurricane Katrina, Dix said the church has gone to New Orleans three times to help the people and another trip has been planned for this year. Also this year, the church will travel to Haiti to help people there.
"We're called to do things large because God is large," said Dix. "We've to think beyond ourselves. Our vision is to win families and communities to Christ, as we build a diverse congregation."
Passage buys land with plans to build
Passage Family Church has purchased 40 acres of land on E. University Ave. and is planning to build a multi-faceted facility there.


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Blue is Happy + What is Stress LOOKING BACK 2013
Looking Back: Originally Posted on November 20, 2013
I still feel the same way about blue and stress.
Blue is a Happy color.....Need I say more?
What is Stress?
I have never believed in stress as a real ailment. I feel if you do not dwell on the negative then it will not exist. Not that negativity is non-existent, but that it is avoidable. Doctors say stress can be a gateway to depression....why lead yourself there?...Stress is a non-factor to me because I mainly focus on organizing my priorities and moving beyond what others expect of me.
There are times when I may become overwhelmed, but again, I just need to reevaluate my situation and focus on what is important to me and how my actions and decisions will affect myself and my family. I am not Gandhi, nor do I meditate or go off to tranquility retreats. I just use my strengths to keep myself from letting myself down. If someone were to ask me if I am happy...without hesitation, YES! I am not rich, I am not poor, and I am not just "staying afloat". I am simply comfortable with who I am and the progress I have made and continuing to make. I have very rare moments of feeling "down".


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Seagate FreeAgent Desk
Seagate originally released the FreeAgent line of external hard drives back in 2007 and recently updated the lineup with the FreeAgent Desk standing as a desk-based data backup and storage solution
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Capacity: 1.5TB
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Data transfer rate: 32.9MB/sec
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Seagate originally released the FreeAgent line of external hard drives back in 2007 and recently updated the lineup with the FreeAgent Desk standing as a desk-based data backup and storage solution.
The difference between the old and new line of FreeAgents is visible internally as well as externally. Whereas older FreeAgents adopted an orange and dark brown finish, the new line adopts white and silver as its primary colours. As a result, the new FreeAgent models look very much like, dare we say it, Apple products. Overall, the team preferred the older look slightly more. Another niggle is that whereas the older drive had a dedicated power button to switch the drive on or off, the new Desk doesn't.
Our test sample offered a massive 1.5Tbytes of hard disk space and putting the Seagate through our HDTach3 benchmark, the drive returned average and burst speed results of 32.9Mbytes/sec and 34Mbytes/sec. Moving to real world testing, it took two minutes and 50 seconds to transfer 3.98Gbytes of data from our test PC to the FreeAgent and finished the job two seconds quicker, when it came to copying the same data back to the PC. A decent performance overall that outperforms its predecessor by some margin. The Desk was also faster than Western Digital's MyBook USB drive in this test.
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|Posted by Amalia on November 11, 2011 at 3:35 AM
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SANAA in alliance with MSU (Mixed Student Union) bring you
The 2nd Annual KnockOut Poetry Jam
Thursday, November 17 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Moore 100, UCLA Campus
We are excited to present your UCLA peers and our headliner
This event was created with the intention of bringing everyone from all walks of life together for a beautiful night of poetry, music and expression. We have gathered a great array of talent from your UCLA community.
Our Headliner this year is Chinaka Hodge, also a Def Jam Poet and hailing from Oakland, CA! We are pleased to bring her to our school to bless us with her talent.
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Come out and support SANAA!
We are starting a community project this quarter and need as much money as we can to give back to the kids and make this program a success!
Great music! Great fun! Great party!
In celebration of love and life.
Pre-sales $5!
Feb. 4, 2011
Sunset Rec Center, UCLA
Before 10:30pm $7
After 10:30pm $10
Security Enforced!!!!!
SANAA works to promote a fusion between art and activism in a diverse environment on UCLA's campus and beyond. If you are interested in volunteering with the org, please message us, and we will send more info your way.
For more info:
Email us at [email protected] for any questions.
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SANAA-Social Awareness Network for Activism through Art & OneHEARTSource are teaming up to provide you with this awesome event! If you or someone you know is interested in opening for Mayda Del Valle, we are looking for poets to take the stage ! Either send us a Facebook message or email us by Saturday, November 7th at [email protected] to set up an audition!
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Come join us to help launch our first workshop!
Other workshops will most likely be on a different set day and time but we want to get your ideas and feedback first.
We will be discussing identity issues and getting to know more about one another and what is to come with the new org, SANAA!!
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The African Activists Association of UCLA with SANAA brings you
A Spoken Word and Performance Art Benefit for Haiti
Thursday feb 4th , 2010 at UCLA
From 5:30-9 pm
NRB Auditorium - South Campus - (across from school of public health/ at structure 9)
There is no cost to enter the show, we suggest you make donations of 5-10dollars, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Proceeds to benefit PSI's relief efforts in Haiti. See more about them bellow.
Featuring Haitian Art
Capoeira – Afro-Brazilian Dance Ensemble
Hip Hop performance by Tha Profound Sound
Featuring a Pan-African Dance Ensemble with Deborah Dauda, co-chair of AAA
music by UCLA's Šara Stranovsky
Comedy by Los Angeles's Leading Comedians


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Hello Peeps !!!
Happy Wednesday !!!
We celebrated October birthdays with our group and Here's what I came up with-
Something bought and something I made and something altered. I used rub-ons
for the flower pots, the pumpkin wood I bought, and the cards I made.
The leaf I used is the Magnificent Maple from last year that I happen to love.
I used the new background Petal Burst, added a strip of DSP and a
strip of Washi tape. The sentiment was done using circle punches.
Hope you like it.
Thanks for stopping by.
Have a wonderful day stampin'
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Using SyMRI, clinicians can capture multiple image contrasts in a single scan using synthetic MRI, providing an efficient workflow and the possibility of examining more patients per day. The contrast can be adjusted after the scan, creating additional images without re-calling the patient. Automatic segmentation of brain tissue provides objective decision support based on quantitative data.
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This holiday home in Umbria has 9 elegant and spacious apartments. Situated between Magione and Castel Rigone, Lake Trasimeno is at a short distance, as well as the city of Perugia. An excellent location to explore Umbria and the South East of Tuscany.
"Our stay at La Pergola was great! We were received in a very friendly manner. The apartment was more spacious then we expected and the location is wonderful."
There are beautiful views all around and each apartment has its own covered terrace with wrought iron furniture. The holiday home is close to Magione, only 4 km away, centrally located and easy to reach. It has a wide choice of shops. In July and August the supermarket is also open on Sunday.
An excellent place for those who like to combine a tour of Umbria and Tuscany with relaxing around the pool. On the premises there is a ping pong table and table soccer. Each apartment has a safe built into the wall.
The large swimming pool has a nice sun terrace with sun beds. The swimming pool is 7m by 15m and 1.20m to 1.50m deep. Now and then friends of the owner also use the pool.
Holiday home 'La Pergola' has 9 comfortable apartments, for 2 to 6 guests, each with outdoor area where guests have a table and chairs for their own use. The apartments are well furnished and cosy. The kitchens are basic: fridge, gas stove, sink, no oven. There is wifi internet in the pool area. Next to the pool is a bar area where guests can have breakfast, if they wish. So far the bar hasn't been used for other purposes. There are 3 barbecues for common use on the premises, and two washing machines.
Ground floor apartments:
The ground floor apartments of this holiday home are Apartment Assisi, Perugia, Citta della Pieve, Panicale, Montefalco, Orvieto.
Assisi (sleeps 2+2) - surface 41 m2
Entrance in the living room on the ground floor, with a double sofa bed, a kitchen corner with table for 4. Spiral staircase leading up to first floor with the bathroom with shower and a double bed. Outside the apartment has a covered terrace with table for 4.
Perugia (sleeps 2+2) - surface 47 m2
Entrance in the living room on the ground floor, with a double sofa bed, a kitchen corner with table for 4. Spiral staircase leading up to first floor with the bathroom with shower and a double bed. Outside the apartment has a covered terrace with table for 4.
Città della Pieve (sleeps 3+2) - 53 m2
suitable for wheelchair users -accessible via a ramp, no stairs
Living room with double sofa bed and kitchen corner. One small bedroom with French bed (1.5 place, width = 1.20m) and a bedroom with double bed. One bathroom with shower. Outside sitting area is at the side of the house with a covered terrace. The swimming pool is accessible for wheelchair users.
Panicale (sleeps 2+4) - 75 m2
Very spacious apartment with two doors to the outside pergola, from the kitchen and from the living room. Kitchen is on a ramp with double sofa bed in the back. Living room with fireplace and another double sofa bed. One bedroom with double bed and a bathroom with shower. External private area under the pergola that stretches out in front of the holiday home.
Montefalco (sleeps 2+2) - 47 m2
A large living room and kitchen corner, double sofa bed, double room and a bathroom with shower. Outside private sitting area under the pergola.
Orvieto (sleeps 5+2) - 92 m2
Apartment Orvieto is the large apartment at the back of the holiday home, on two floors. One enters in a large hall with a fireplace and a double sofa bed with next to it the spacious kitchen with dining table. A wide spiral staircases leads up to the first floor with two bedrooms (one with a double bed and an extra single bed and the other with one double bed). There is one bathroom with shower. There is a private outside area with dining table.
The apartments on the first floor are: Monte del Lago, Bevagna and Todi. Each has a private terrace in the garden below. All first floor apartments have an outside staircase.
Monte del Lago (sleeps 5+2) - 53 m2
Living room with kitchen corner and a double sofa bed. Two double bedrooms and an extra single bed sharing a bathroom with shower. In the garden below the external steps is a covered terrace with garden furniture. The small terrace on the first floor would be suitable for two guests only.
Bevagna (sleeps 5+2) - 74 m2
Spacious living room with kitchen corner, fireplace and a double sofa bed. One double bedroom with and extra bed and a bathroom, the other bedroom has two double beds and a bathroom. Both bathrooms with shower. This apartment has a small loggia with outdoor table and a covered terrace in the garden below near to the BBQ area.
Todi (sleeps 2+2) - 48 m2
Spacious living room with a fireplace, a kitchen corner and double sofa bed. Double bedroom and bathroom with shower. There is a lovely covered terrace on the first floor, but also tabel and chairs in the garden underneath the pergola.
The prices of the holiday home are as follows:
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|La Pergola - apartment Assisi
|€ 300.00
|€ 400.00
|€ 550.00
|La Pergola - apartment Bevagna
|€ 500.00
|€ 630.00
|€ 900.00
|La Pergola - apartment Citta della Pieve
|€ 400.00
|€ 520.00
|€ 700.00
|La Pergola - apartment Monte del Lago
|€ 410.00
|€ 540.00
|€ 800.00
|La Pergola - apartment Montefalco
|€ 320.00
|€ 420.00
|€ 600.00
|La Pergola - apartment Orvieto
|€ 500.00
|€ 630.00
|€ 900.00
|La Pergola - apartment Panicale
|€ 450.00
|€ 620.00
|€ 750.00
|La Pergola - apartment Perugia
|€ 310.00
|€ 420.00
|€ 550.00
|La Pergola - apartment Todi
|€ 310.00
|€ 420.00
|€ 600.00
Prices are un euro per week, 7 nights and are inclusive of linen package with sheets and towels, final cleaning and utilities. The heating in colder periods has to be paid extra (12,50 euro per day). Guests bring their own towels for the pool.
In high season the mimimum stay is 7 nights. The change over day is flexible in all seasons. Out of high season or last minute one can also stay less then 7 nights but other daily prices apply in these cases.
The pool is open from June until September.
Please note that there is a tourism tax to be paid. This tax is not included in the rental price above. Currently this tax is Eur 0,80/person/night for a maximum of 5 nights (the amount remains the same for longer periods). Children until 14 years of age do not have to pay.
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we very much enjoyed our stay at La Pergola. The swimming pool was lovely, the apartments were clean. A good place to explore Umbria.
Recommended for those who love tranquility!
Regards, fam. De Backer-Wauters
Dear Saskia and Sylvia,
We enjoyed our holiday at La Pergola. The apartment was clean and the views wee real Italian.
The Pergola is a cosy place to have breakfast or just to drink a cup of coffee. It is a quiet location, maybe because there are only 8 apartments.
The huge and clean swimming pool with sun beds and umbrella's is excellent. Add to this the table tennis, table-football and the two barbecue's and it all makes up for a good holiday with a friendly house keeper.
We will surely come back!
Willeke and Niek Willem
(apartment Monte del Lago)
Hello Saskia and Sylvia,
We've already got back home, but we just wanted to tell you that we've had a lovely holiday in Umbria!
(apartment Orvieto)
We enjoyed again!
One comment : upon request the owner invited us for a pizza evening on Friday night. Fantastic! We met the other guests. The children played with each other. It would have been nicer if the owner started organizing this evening on a Monday, so that we have the possibility to know each other at the beginning of our holiday. The kitchen utensils are basic. We didn't have a cutting board, we could get one from an other apartment where we found three cutting boards! Maybe also a salad bowl would be handy. The new sun beds were great! Much better.
Best regards, Liselotte Holland
Dear ladies, here a short review:
Our apartment (Monte del Lago) was excellent, clean and well furnished. It is beautifully situated. Good parking for cars. Very hospitable lady received us (she may want to learn some more english...). The pool was clean and easy to reach. We had hardly any disturbance from other guests.
We would return at any time. I can't think of any negative aspects.
Many greetings, Marcel
Hello Willemijn and Saskia,
We very much enjoyed our holiday in Umbria.
very friendly people
the grounds were neat and well kept and the children enjoyed the ping pong and table soccer games.
Good apartment, comfortable beds
small attentions: some olive oil upon arrival and the rubbish was taken away without us asking.
we cannot think of any negative aspects. It is a pity the owners speak only very little englis. It would have been nice to comunicate better with them.
Kind regards, Chantal
Hi Willemijn and Saskia,
Our stay at La Pergola was great! We were received in a very friendly manner. the apartment was more spacious then we expected and the location is wonderful. In short: we can give only compliments. Thanks a lot!
With kind regards, Ellen
La Pergola: A good apartment (Citta della Pieve) in a large agriturismo. There were guests of different nationalities (Dutch, Belgium, Germans and Italians). The pool is rather large, but not particularly clean. We liked the ping pong table! Castel Rigone is at only 5 minutes driving and a lovely village for a coffee in the morning. There isn't a lot of cutlery and other utensils in the kitchen. The shower was not well fixed to the wall. There isn't a lot of privacy on the terraces and it is quite noisy. We did not see the owner, only his son who barely speaks english.
The positions of these apartments is good as well as the pool. The apartment itself was also good, spacious and had good beds. The apartment was for 7 people but we only found 3 wineglasses. The utensils, pots, pans etc. in the kitchen are limited. Nontheless, we enjoyed our holiday.
Regards, Pol
Dear Saskia and Willemijn,
We very much enjoyed our holiday in Umbria. The surroundings are wonderful. We stayed in the apartment Todi which was fine, apart from the fact that we almost constantly heard the noise of a waterpump below. I would also recommend future guests to take som extra towels with them. To visit UMbria and the villages around this is an excellent starting point, very centrally located.
Regards, André
Thank you. We had a wonderful stay! The view was amazing and the apartments where very nice. The pool was well kept and clean and the outside dining places gave us many wonderful dining experiences. We only wish there would have been more grills outside since there was no ovens in the apartments. Every night this was a problem. The communication could have been better on location as well. The staff spoke no english at all, but everything got worked out thanks to other Italian guests who spoke english and my friend who lives nearby. We will absolutely consider coming back for another nice and relaxing vacation in the future.
Thank you very much!
Best wishes, Linda
Dear Saskia and Willemijn,
we very much enjoyed our stay in apartment Orvieto of La Pergola. The position is fantastic and the apartment is cosy. During our stay the weather was not stable, it was early spring. We did not miss the pool at all, so no problem it was still closed. We received a hearty reception by the owner. He only speaks Italian and we don't. Despite that we managed somehow to communicate. My mother did remark the lacking of smoke alarm despite there being dire places. She was concerned about this, especially because the apartment is on the first floor. I hope this is of use to you and maybe we will meet again a next time.
Best wishes, Francien
Willemijn & Saskia,
We have had a lovely stay. Excellent position and wonderful apartment with good facilities and service. We only have a small item that needs improving regarding the info folder. There are restaurants, but no addresses or how to get there. Knowing where the nearest baker and supermarket can be found would have been appreciated, plus a detailed map of the area, better even if some hiking routes would have been indicated.
Best wishes, Peter
Dear Willemijn & Saskia,
only really positive opinion from us. We have enjoyed it. The apartment (Citta della Pieve) had a good atmosphere, cosy, clean, excellent pool, nice position and the owner is very friendly (does not speak a word of English), but my husband managed somehow to have nice conversation with him! We would give a fat 9 out of 10.
Best wishes, Janneke
Dear Willemijn, Saskia,
we had lovely days in our countryside in "la pergola" ! The closest city: Castel Rigone is a beautiful quiet & typical little city with a great view on the Trasimeno lake. We loved take the aperitive or a morning cappuccino over there sometimes. The house was as usual ( it's the 3rd time we are using Villainumbria): perfect, we felt at home very easierly. The view on the area, with the clean pool, perfect. We appreciate the kindness of the owner, Léo and his organization of a pizza party. We bought him some olive oil he made, a paradise!! The washing machine is a good service when you have children, the ping pong was great too.
There was nothing to do unfortunately, but the only bad thing: the respect of quietness by some guests was not done...I mean, waking up by neighbours who felt completely alone at 6:15 every morning...HARD!!! But , I perfectly know there was nothing to do, depends on the neighbours you have...
Thank you for everything again , and we hope to rent again with you by the future!
Bybye! Muriel, Gaetan and children - France
Hello Saskia and Willemijn,
A beautiful place with a delightful apartment. We had expected a smaller apartment but were pleasantly surprised by the two spacious bedrooms, nice big bathroom and another big room annex kitchen with a sofabed, large enough for the five of us. Great amenities like covered terrace, couch on the side of the apartment, the possibility to BBQ, the covered ping-pong table which really helped to create a relaxed holiday feeling. Creating this feeling was helped by the lovely pool with its good quality deckchairs which could be used all day. Great place as a base from which to make some excursions to visit all the lovely places. Worthwhile to come back to, we were spoiled.
Thank you very much for the great service we had a lovely holiday.
Kind regards, Bea and Peter.
From 2009:
Hello Saskia & Willemijn,
We had a lovely time in Umbria, good pool, large apartment, beautiful surroundings and a friendly owner. The only "but" is the equipment of the kitchen which we found very scarse. We improvised a lot and think that a Senseo coffee maker would be advisable. Apart from that, we have been very satisfied.
Best regards, Yvonne & Patrick
Hi Saskia,
We returned from a lovely time in Italy. The apartment at La Pergola was all we wished for. We also liked the pool and the always helpful owner. An excellent place for trips in both Umbria and Tuscany.
Thank you for organising it and we'll contact you again for a next holiday.
With kind regards, Riemmy
Dear Saskia and Willemijn,
We had a wonderful holiday at La Pergola. Upon arrival we were pleasantly surprised by its beauty, the views and the furnishment of the apartment. The owner is very friendly and helpful. The central location allows for a lot of trips in the area. The children very enjoyed the beautifully situated pool. The pool is clean, but has quite a bit of chloride. Both hair and bathing suits turned yellow/green. Apart from that it is undoubtfully a place we would like to return to.
Kind regards, Kees and Carin
Hello Saskia and Willemijn,
We enjoyed our holiday at La Pergola and were lucky to meet a few other families with children. They played a lot together and also us parents had some good conversations now and then. We got a good introduction to the apartment, surprisingly, since the owner only speaks italian! Very positive were the fly screens in front of the windows. The pool is large and clean. The small lighted terraces in front of each apartment were quite special during the evenings. The bathroom wasn't particularly clean when we arrived (outside of the sink and toilet were still dirty) Another negative aspect was the large amount of visitors at the pool (family? Friends? People from the village?). We weren't really disturbed by them, but it would have been more pleasant if they wouldn't have been there. When making the booking, one doesn't think there will be other visitors to the pool then the guests of the apartments themselves.
Best regards and maybe until next time, Annette
From before 2009:
Hello Saskia and Willemijn,
We have had a wonderful 2 weeks in both houses.
Regards, Christa and Arie
Hello Willemijn,
We tremendously enjoyed our holiday (La Pergola). The house was super, the location, the weather, etc etc. Realy a place to return to. We also liked the the information and itinerary you sent upfront. Once again thanks for taking care of us and for the way you provide your information.
Kind regards, Marco en Lizette
Good morning,
We had a wonderful time in Umbria. Super house, super views. Swimming pool etc. It was a topspot with a incredibly beautiful and tranquilizing view. The only drawback was that there was no custodian who could be asked questions. When we arrived there was no one to wellcome us. We had to find our own apartment and there were no towels but that problem was quickly solved.
Another small drawback is the lack of a sandwich service of some kind. You have to go out every day to get your breakfast.
These are small drawbacks because it was super!!!!!
Kind regards, Hettie
Comment Villa in Umbria:
the owner comes every morning to clean the pool and check if everything is all right. This is between 8.00 and 9.00, so quite early.
Dear mrs. Lindeboom,
We have enjoyed the very nice situated (and tasty furnished) apartment at La Pergola for a week. One marginal note. The block of apartments isn't locally known as La Pergola. It doesn't ring a bell with anyone as we have found out. The name of the village and turn right after the Agritourism sign will do as itinerary I think.
Thanks for taking care of our booking.
Kind regards, Henry
Comment Villa in Umbria:
The names of the holiday homes fictitious names made up by us. We sent everyone, very timely, an itinerary and an email with in wich all necessary information and tips regarding the surroundings, restaurant etc. can be found.
Hello Willemijn,
Off course we would like to share our experiences. We had a lovely holiday. The house was super, based on the pictures we had thought it would be much smaller but it turned out to be bigger. Also the swimming pool and deckchairs were excellent.
Regards, Gerdy
We enjoyed our stay in Umbria. The apartment, the garden, the pool all were well taken care of and pleasant. Nice that everyone has his own terrace yet their remains enough contact with the neighbours. Very nice is the oven to make pizza's and the possibility to have a BBQ. There also were enough deck chairs and parasols. The owner is friendly end helpful.
We thought it a pity we didn't have a freezing compartment and the fridge is to small for 4 people. It is in a somewhat unstable position and there is danger of tipping over.
The temperatures were very high and it doesn't cool down a lot at night. Airco would be nice to make the nights more comfortable.
Another tip for the owner. As he sells olive oil and jams it would be a good idea to make this known upon arrival by letting people taste some.
Kind regards, Koen en Carine
The downpayment is 30% of the rental sum. The balance has to be paid one month before arrival. The security deposit is 150 Euro.
In Italy the tourism tax has been introduced. Each town can decide independently whether to apply this tax. It is important to keep in mind that the prices on our website do NOT include the tourism tax. Where we received confirmation from house owners that they have to ask for this tax, it is written underneath the price table.
Villa in Umbria is an intermediary and as such rents out holiday homes and apartments on behalf of their owners. When you book we will be sending an agreement in which you will find the bank details for the down payment and the final payment.
We know each vacation rental personally and also the owners of all the holiday rentals we have in our portfolio.
You can read more about us on the 'About Villa in Umbria' page.
La Pergola
When renting two or more weeks in a row you get a 5% discount.
There is an early bird discount of 5% when booking before 01.04.2018.
Discounts are not accumulative.


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Computer vision for the mobile industry
How Xloudia Works
Xloudia solves a blocking issue: computer vision is too resource hungry to compare more than a few images on a smartphone. By sending the big job to the cloud's unlimited servers, Xloudia opens limitless capabilities to image recognition from a smartphone.
- Image's feature points and colors' RGB are extracted from the smartphone video flow and are sent to Xloudia's servers for comparison with known patterns in registered images.
- The requests are distributed to a neural network of servers. Xloudia reverts with the image ID as registered in Xloudia. When the tracking is activated, the smartphone also receives back the tracking matrix which is used by the 3D visualisation.
- The smartphone sends the image ID to an external CMS for getting web contents (prices, images, 3D model,...).
This sophisticated process is typically taking a fraction of a second.
Xloudia does not send any video or pictures to the servers. Xloudia processes the videos and images on the smartphone and send unreadable and very lightweight sets of data to the server. Each set is about the size of an empty mail. The impact on the end user data plan is close to nothing when on public network and totally zero on WiFi. Xloudia does not communicate any private information on the network.
Highest Performance and Capability
Xloudia is the fastest image and movie recognition service on the market. It typically recognises an image within 200 milliseconds when connected to a WiFi or 4G LTE network with a smatphone.
Xloudia processes 1 out of 3 frames from the smartphone or tablet's video flow, searching for known images, shapes, colors. It broadcasts requests to the cloud when necessary only as JSON strings.
Xloudia relies on Amazon AWS excellence for the requests handling. Requests are distributed to a neural networks which auto-adjust to burst and traffic increase.
Xloudia operates from Japan, a country known for its internet infrastructure excellence. Xloudia's engine and databases are securely duplicated in real time.
Xloudia is designed for the mobile industry and leverages the 4G LTE specifications.
Xloudia offers a perfectly optimised experience on most recent smartphones like Apple's iPhone 5S or Samsung's Galaxy S4 but also runs on older models.
Speed is critical
Ease of use and speed are the most important factors of success for an image recognition project. It will decide if your application will create value or discomfort to your users. Adoption and regular use is totally depending on these user experience factors.
Countless failed projects were based on picture-taking solutions. Requesting the user to take a picture is not a solution. Xloudia extracts feature points from the video stream of the smartphone and leverage a hyper efficient communication algorithm to exchange with Xloudia cloud servers.
Thanks to recent algorithm and architecture improvements on both client and cloud sides, Xloudia Plus is 10 times faster than the standard Xloudia solution which is 30% faster than other video stream-based solutions.
A Modular Approach
Not all projects require all Xloudia modules. Xloudia proposes a series of modules which can work independently from each others or together within the mobile application.
- Xloudia Imerico: image, product, logo, QR code, building recognition and tracking
- Xloudia TV: TV program and movie recognition
- Xloudia Color: track colors
- Xloudia Lite: a packaged version of Xloudia for non-developers
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Deep Learning
Xloudia started running proprietary machine learning algorithms for 3 missions:
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Those algorithms cross multiple data sources like:
- Image feature points (Xloudia Imerico)
- Colors (Xloudia Colors)
- 3D Shape (Xloudia 3D, soon)
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- TV programs (Xloudia TV)
- Contextualdata: time, weather, events, user history,...
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3- Classifications and Proximity suggestions.
The Unified Dashboard
Xloudia's various modules are unified by the dashboard which allows efficient:
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Xloudia's dashboard is the ultimate windows to project operations management.
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API (REST): upload images, download usage data with REST API.
Multi-lingual: Beyond native English, Japanese and French, you can ask us to integrate additional languages.
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The Unity3D strategy
Xloudia plugins are based on Unity3D and integrate into Objective C, Java and Windows mobile app projects in a few clicks. It significantly limits development costs, and accelerates mobile applications' go-to-market. From idea to store, it does not take more than Monday to Friday.
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We assign a personal support engineer to each and every of our clients. They know who to call to complete their mission in total confidence. Support is paramount to Xloudia and makes a huge difference to our clients. Consider Xloudia as an extension of your team.
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We are young and flexible. We can adapt to our clients' needs. The Xloudia team can go pretty far when it is about creating customer satisfaction. Everything you ask us is a new experience.
We are experienced in interactivity, m-commerce, Unity3D, computer vision and we share this experience with our customers as consulting missions to help them achieve their business goals.
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Xloudia has been designed to accomodate distribution in various countries, under local brand colors, by multiple companies.
Operators (or distributors), manage local clIents.
Local clients run various projects (Categories).


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Definition of addition reaction
- To try and explain what happens during these diamond reactions, Doren and Danesha Fitzgerald have used computational chemistry to model the way the molecules interact with the diamond surface. They have shown that the addition reactions work because pairs of carbon atoms on the naked surface of the diamond act as if they are themselves individual molecules.
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The S.N. Hancock Christian Education Institute is a historical museum of PCAF memorabilia and artifacts. It is located at The Bread House, Bethlehem Temple Church, in Lansing, Michigan. The museum features a sizeable collection of personal and private effects of Bishop Hancock, including shoes and clothing, membership cards, ministerial credentials, letters, cameras and equipment, photos, and more. PCAF artifacts include textiles, photos, books, sound recordings, newsletters, songbooks, minute books, and numerous other items. Among the collection of books is The Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith: In Retrospect, Part 1 (Copyright 1982), written by Bishop Jerry L. Jones, Sr., general secretary and PCAF historian. The book chronicles our organizational history and the Pentecostal and Oneness movements in America.
Bishop Alfred Singleton (1928-2017), former presiding bishop from 2000-2008 and pastor emeritus of the Bread House in Lansing, was the museum's founder and president. The collections in the museum include authentic relics donated by Dennis Huguley, an heir of the Hancock Estate, and artifacts from the personal collection of Singleton who worked closely with Hancock as one of the assistant pastors of Clinton Street Greater Bethlehem Temple in Detroit. Singleton was a part of the original group that met at the special call meeting in October 1957 to organize the PCAF. His work in protecting, preserving, and assembling our history through the museum's establishment is a legacy that will be treasured for generations to come.


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Speaker & Panel Room
WE ARE BUSY LINING UP SPEAKERS & PANELISTS FOR OUR 2018 EVENT. FOR 2018, WE HAVE LISTENED TO your FEEDBACK AND COMBINED THE SPEAKER & PANEL ROOM. THIS WILL ALLOW ATTENDEES THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE MORE OF THE SPEAKERS, CHEF DEMOS, AND PANELS OFFERED WITH LESS OVERLAP.
You can see our 2017 speakers below and our 2017 Panelists HERE.
If you are interested in speaking or participating in a panel for our 2018 event, please email Sandi Swiss at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Dr. Amie Breeze Harper
Main Speaker Stage Schedule
10:30 | Yoga With Gopi OM (Nicole Sopko)
Yoga as You Are
Being part of a group of like minded people is powerful! Join Gopi Om (Nicole Sopko) for a short morning yoga session to move your body, notice your breath, and start your day on the right foot. No special clothing or materials are needed for this class and we will work standing up or seated in a chair throughout. This class will introduce yoga postures, breathing, and mantra all available to you just as you are now.
11:00 | Nicole Sopko
Yoga and Veganism
Yoga is so much more than the postures with which many of us have become familiar. The teachings of yoga include profound and proven techniques for approaching life and it's many complexities. Join Gopi Om (Nicole Sopko) for this workshop illuminating the ways in which yogic philosophy encourages and supports the ethics of a vegan diet. In this talk, we'll discuss the foundational principals of traditional yoga and how veganism fits right in. If you have no experience of yogic philosophy, this talk will be a wonderful introduction to the true depth of yoga. For those with experience in the philosophical teachings of yoga, this talk will illuminate the deep connections between yoga and the practice of veganism.
12:00 | JL Fields
Keepin' in Real: Five Easy Ways to Eat Vegan
1:00 | Marla Rose
Five Simple, Powerful Strategies for Thriving as a Vegan
2:00 | Dr. Amie Breeze Harper
Black, Mama, Scholar: On Motherhood, Black Feminism, and the Vegan Foodscape in 'PostRacial USA (Before and During and Era of Trump)
The Impact and Influence of Historical Racial & Ethnic Bias on US Dietary Guidelines and Government Food Support Programs
4:00 | Anita Krajnc
Bearing Witness to Animals
About Our Speakers
Gopi Om (Nicole Sopko) first discovered yoga by chance and was instantly intrigued. She attended her first teacher training with the sole intention of learning more about the practice, but discovered the teachings of yoga to be so transformational that she couldn't keep them to herself and began teaching in 2005. Shortly after, her practice grew immensely due to the discovery and subsequent influence of her beloved Guru, Sri Dharma Mittra, who gave her the name Gopi.
Gopi has completed the advanced level (500 hour & 800 hour) Life of a Yogi teacher trainings at the Dharma Yoga Center in New York with Sri Dharma. She feels blessed to have received and to carry on his teachings. She strives to live every moment as an offering to the divine and to pass on the teachings of yoga as they have been generously shared with her. She is a vegan of nearly 20 years who knows that veganism was her first yogic practice in embracing compassion for all beings. A believer in the power of yoga as a lifestyle, Gopi feels that a playful yoga practice enables a person to approach the more mundane aspects of life with a lighter heart and a more accepting attitude. Her yogic journey has played a big role in her life and she feels lucky to have the opportunity to share that journey with others.
Gopi is the owner/director of Nature Sanctuary in Chicago and Yoga Trek Center in Oak Park, IL. Additionally, she works alongside her life partner, Dan, in the operation of his natural foods company, Upton's Naturals, and vegan cafe, Upton's Breakroom.
JL Fields is the founder and culinary director of the Colorado Springs Vegan Cooking Academy. She is a Master Vegan Lifestyle Coach & Educator, Food for Life instructor, chef instructor in the culinary program at the University of New Mexico-Taos, personal chef, career coach, and a corporate consultant offering wellness training, brand representation, and strategic planning services.
JL is the author of the revised and updated Vegan Pressure Cooking: More Than 100 Delicious Grain, Bean, and One-Pot Meals Using a Traditional or Electric Pressure Cooker or Instant Pot® (Fair Winds Press, January 2018), The Vegan Air Fryer: The Healthier Way to Enjoy Deep-Fried Flavors (Vegan Heritage Press, June 2017), and Vegan Pressure Cooking: Delicious Beans, Grains, and One-Pot Meals in Minutes (Fair Winds Press, January 2015), co-author of The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook: Over 100 Plant-Sourced Recipes Plus Practical Tips for the Healthiest, Most Compassionate You (Ben Bella, December 2017) and Vegan for Her: The Woman's Guide to Being Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet (Da Capo Lifelong Books, July 2013) and co-creator of The 3-Month Real World Vegan Meal Plan. She produces and hosts the weekly radio program Easy Vegan and writes the monthly vegan dining review for the Colorado Springs Gazette.
Marla Rose is an award-nominated journalist, columnist and author as well as the co-founder of Chicago VeganMania. Since 1995, Marla has dedicated her life to building vegan culture and community. Besides writing most of the content and managing social media for Vegan Street, she is the co-founder of Vegan Street Media, which produces marketing, design, social media and communications for progressive businesses and organizations. In 1999, she was the founding chairperson of EarthSave Chicago and produced five day-long conferences called the Conference for Conscious Living, which ultimately evolved into Chicago VeganMania. In 2007, she launched a blog, Vegan Feminist Agitator, and has since published hundreds of essays and interviews with vegan leaders, activists and culture builders. Marla and her partner, John Beske, were honored as Mercy for Animals' Activists of the Year in 2009.
Dr. A. Breeze Harper is a diversity strategist and analyst with Critical Diversity Solutions and the founder of the Sistah Vegan Project.Dr. Harper has a PhD in Social Science with emphasis on leveraging diversity challenges for social impact. She holds a MA in Educational Technologies (emphasis in black feminist theory, social impact, and educational technologies) from Harvard University, where she received the Dean's Award for her masters thesis work. She earned her BA in feminist geography from Dartmouth College and received the Innovative Thesis award for her work on heterosexism in rural geographies. She has 10+ years career experience as a diversity and inclusion consultant, ranging from curriculum development, to conference planning, to research and reporting, to publishing books and articles. Harper is also an accomplished writer.
Dr. Harper created and edited the ground-breaking anthology, Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak On Food, Identity, Health, and Society. Her most recently published book, Scars: A Black Lesbian Experience in Rural White New England (Sense Publishers 2014) interrogates how systems of oppression and power impact the life of the only Black teenager living in an all white and working class rural New England town.
In 2016, Dr. Harper's latest book Recipes for Racial Tension Headaches: A Critical Race Feminist's Journey Through the 'Post-Racial' Ethical Foodscape will be released. You can learn more about her professional work at www.criticaldiversitysolutions.com and her publications atwww.abreezeharper.com
Milton R. Mills, M.D., serves as Associate Director of Preventive Medicine for the
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a North American group
of doctors and laypersons dedicated to promoting improved health care, better
and more appropriate nutrition, and higher standards in medical research.
Dr. Mills practices outpatient clinic-based medicine in Northern Virginia and works
as a Critical Care physician with Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia and United
Medical Center in Washington DC. His varied experience specializing in Internal
Medicine and HIV disease, and in the relationship between nutrition and chronic
diseases has made him extensively knowledgeable about the unique healthcare
needs of minorities, the challenges of practicing medicine in inner cities, and the
special medical and nutritional requirements of HIV+ and AIDS patients.
As an African-American physician focusing on preventive medicine, Dr. Mills has
delved into some of the environmental and societal influences affecting the health
of African Americans and other racial/ethnic minorities. Dr. Mills has lectured and
given research seminars across the United States and in Mexico and Canada on
such topics as the negative impacts of meat and dairy consumption on human
health; nutrition and HIV/AIDS; nutrition and cancer; and the dietary needs of
various ethnic groups.
Dr. Mills, who graduated in 1991 from Stanford University School of Medicine,
began working with AIDS patients while still in school. He also served as student
body president of the medical school, founded the Minority Students' Alliance,
and worked as Editor-in-chief and Managing editor of the Stanford Medical School
newspaper. He did his internship at the University of California-San Francisco, and
completed his residency training at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington,
Dr. Mills' papers on race and diet have appeared in the Journal of the National
Medical Association.
Anita Krajnc is co-founder of Toronto Pig Save, which was started in 2010. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto. Her was based on the role of scientific knowledge and public education in building international environmental regimes. Krajnc has been Assistant Professor at Queen's University. She has also been a media democracy activist and a writer. She was an aide to Charles Caccia, former Minister of Environment.
She had been charged with criminal mischief for giving water to pigs in a slaughter truck on the way to Fearman's Pork Inc. slaughterhouse, located in Burlington, Greater Toronto Area on June 22, 2015. She was later found not guilty of criminal mischief on May 4, 2017, judging that a crime had not occurred because simply giving water to the pigs did not constitute interference "with the operation, enjoyment or use of" the pigs by their owners as argued by the Crown.


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by TJ AndersonIt's a funny thing: When you're young and all kinds of lessons are foisted upon you, learning gets to feeling like a chore. As you get older, and opportunities to learn new skills
Buying And Selling A Home Is A Team Effort
Dated: 05/25/2016
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by TJ Anderson
The experience of buying your first home will probably surprise you in a lot of ways — just how many moving pieces are involved, how many key details need wrangling, how profound the paper-signing handcramp can get on closing day.
It's a necessarily complex process, but it doesn't have to be a frustrating one. Keeping things running smoothly, effectively and positively — that's where your team comes in.
My professional and personal opinion: Having a team you can rely on is the key to a frictionless, facepalm-less home buying or selling process. So assembling that team is something worth giving focused thought to, and doing right.
Your team should be made up of professionals who know their area of expertise thoroughly enough to anticipate issues that can arise, and to plan for those left turns thoroughly enough to help make a good deal bulletproof, help make a not-so-great deal better, and walk you confidently across the finish line.
If you're new to this process, and haven't gotten acquainted with the partners who'll help you get into your home, here's a little shorthand on who you're teaming up with, and what you'll want them to bring to the table.
With recognition of my bias, I'd say an experienced, informed Realtor is the place to start when gathering your team. A good Realtor will give you a sense of what the budget looks like for what you want and need, and what you'll need to do to navigate the current market. He or she will help find properties that fit your budget and your must-have list, and help you formulate a smart offer. Your Realtor will also guide and advocate for you once the offer's accepted, coordinating with you and the seller's team, making sure things are done when and how they need to be, and ensuring that your best interests are front and center as all the pieces are moving into place.
A Realtor's role goes well beyond finding and showing you houses — really, you finding your dream property is just the beginning of my job kicking into gear. And since we're coordinating all those moving pieces for every one of our clients, we have a good sense of the exemplary choices for other parts of your team in our area. If you need help finding the right people, your Realtor should be able to offer well-informed recommendations. But from your Realtor beyond, I'd encourage you to get a handful of suggestions, do some research and meet/talk with professionals you're considering. Just like the home itself, you want the members of your team to be a good match.
Before you start touring houses and potentially putting an offer on your dream home, I'd also encourage you to get a mortgage pre-approval — in a busy market like Nashville's, you're more ready to put in a strong offer if you have a pre-approval in hand. But finding a lender and finding the right lender for you are two different things.
You want to make sure you're getting the best rate, but there are other factors to consider. Is your lender nimble enough to close as quickly as you need to? Does working with a particular lender offer closing-cost perks with a builder you're considering? Is your lender as tech-focused/paperless as you want it to be? It's worth making a list of your expectations and needs, putting in some research time, and getting a few different quotes to compare. (You can always ask your Realtor for recommendations/opinions too — we work with just about everyone, so we'll have personal experiences to draw from.)
Home Inspector
Your home inspector, in a sense, takes the 2D image you have of the home and renders it in 3D, giving you a look into all the nooks and crannies, so you'll have a more complete view. I say "more complete" and not just "complete" for a reason — no inspector can find every hidden issue in a few hours. But a good inspector gets you closer to knowing what you'll be in for as a homeowner, which is invaluable. If a roof replacement is looming on that older home, or foundation work wasn't done properly on that newer build, you'll know up front, and have the opportunity to negotiate for repairs or a price concession, or walk away.
An important thing to think about, if you're a first-time buyer: You'll pretty much never find a home with a totally clean bill of health. Your inspector's job is to find the things that aren't optimal, and make you aware of them, so you're going into the transaction with as clear a picture as possible. He or she can't tell you whether or not to go through with the purchase, but can give you a sense of how serious or commonplace the issues they've found are, so you can follow up, research, negotiate or move on.
Title company
I find that the Title Company is the member of the team new homebuyers generally are least familiar with, because their role is, up until closing day, more behind the scenes, and focused on the legal details. But they're kind of secret stars of the home-buying process.
Among the many, many things a title company does: makes sure your property's title is legitimate and free of liens/unpaid taxes, etc.; issues a title insurance policy to protect you against ownership claims; collects and properly distributes the funds from the transaction; gets the new title prepared and filed… I could go on. And on.
But I think one of the most important things a good title company does is walk buyers through closing, step by step, answering questions about those legal details and making the most complex pieces crystal clear. You should feel comfortable and informed, and well-represented, during closing. So when you're looking for recommendations (again, Realtors can be fantastic resources here), seek out title companies with a long track record and a reputation for friendly and attentive service.
I know exceptional title company pros that go the extra mile to make my clients feel at home with buying a home, and I've been thankful to have them on my team when I've been the buyer.
I've also been thankful to be a part of many buyers' teams, from first-time buyers to growing families and downsizing couples. If I can help you find the home you're looking for in the Nashville area (and, if you need, find the right team members to back you up through the process), please reach out. I'd be honored to be on your team.
TJ Anderson
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Political risk is back with a vengeance in Italy. As the third largest global issuer of government bonds after the US and Japan, the country is too big to be allowed to fail without severe contagion to the global financial system. However, it is also too big to bail out comfortably using tried and tested mechanisms.
Last week, in one of our daily morning team meetings (when all the economists, strategists and fund managers gather round to exchange market-relevant news and views), each and every one of the contributions was about politics; including Brexit, Germany, Italy, Catalonia, the Netherlands, the US and Japan.
US corporate bad loans appear to have peaked, suggesting limited 'spillover' from the oil sector to the broader economy. This should keep banks lending, the economy growing and the Fed hiking.
Following the surprise Brexit vote and election of Trump, what is in store for Europe? Here are my highlights from the Outlook for Europe Masterclass with Robert Peston on AssetTV.
I've had Italy in my sights for a long time. Beautiful lakes, stunning food…and oh, some potential political turmoil. So before I go off to enjoy the delights of Lake Garda, I'll impart my latest thoughts on political developments in Italy.
The US corporate credit cycle seems to have turned with rising bad loans leading to banks tightening corporate credit conditions. This can be self-reinforcing. So I send a 'yellow card' warning to investors that we're 70 minutes into the match and we could see a recession in 2018.
The eternal truth in financial crises is that debt is the heart of the problem. Without debt, there is no leverage and no forced selling. Warning lights are now flashing across emerging markets. Timing the next debt crisis is extraordinarily difficult, but we know where to look.


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A baby elephant had been abandoned by its herd. He was sick, lonely, and not long for this world. Then, Karen Trendler and Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage came to the rescue. The elephant was close to death when they arrived and needed immediate medical attention; he was septic from a difficult birth.
To make matters worse, the rescuers realized the elephant had an intolerance to milk, making it difficult to feed him and get his energy levels up so he could begin recovering. Ellie the elephant slowly started to feel better. The staff of the orphanage thought he could use a friend. That's where Duma comes in! Watch this adorable video below.
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Genable Moves Closer to a Gene Therapy Clinical Trial for Dominant RP
After a recent meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Irish biopharmaceutical company Genable is on course to launch the first gene therapy clinical trial for people with an autosomal dominant retinal disease. The condition is retinitis pigmentosa caused by mutations in the gene rhodopsin (RHO), which affects about 30,000 people in the United States and Europe and thousands more around the world.
Jason Loveridge, Ph.D., Genable's chief executive officer, says that the feedback the company received from a pre-IND meeting with the FDA puts the company in a good position to seek authorization of a clinical trial in the near future, so long as development of the therapy continues as planned. IND is an acronym for Investigational New Drug Application, which is submitted to the FDA by organizations seeking to launch human studies in the United States.
Applicants often request a pre-IND meeting to get feedback on their development plans and improve their chances that the FDA will authorize a clinical trial. The Foundation Fighting Blindness funded the development of Genable's therapy early on, and continues to provide the company with consultation.
"To get our gene therapy, GT038, into a human study, we need to do more work in our large-animal model, the pig," says Loveridge. "We need to ensure it's safe for patients and determine the most effective dose." When the treatment is a pill or eye drop, dosage can be easily changed for the patient. GT038, however, is injected underneath the retina, so dosage cannot be adjusted once it has been administered.
Before its gene therapy is used in a clinical trial, Genable will also have to meet good manufacturing practices, or GMP, to ensure that the treatment qualifies for use in humans. The company has partnered with Spark Therapeutics, which is currently conducting a Phase III clinical trial of a gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) caused by RPE65 mutations. Genable will use Spark's manufacturing system to produce an adeno-associated virus, or AAV, for gene delivery into the retinal cells. AAVs have performed safely and effectively over the last six years in a number of clinical trials for retinal-disease treatments.
"Spark is one of the best groups in the world for doing this," says Loveridge. "Their gene therapy originally came from Jean Bennett at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and they have an excellent track record. They have a lot of experience developing ocular gene therapies, and we can benefit from their clinical expertise as well."
However, developing a gene therapy for autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP) presents a technical hurdle that has yet to be cleared in the clinic. Most retinal gene therapies currently in human studies are for autosomal recessive conditions, in which a mutated gene results in an insufficient amount of protein. Simply replacing the gene corrects the problem. But in adRP caused by RHO mutations, the mutated gene leads to the production of a toxic protein. Treatment will likely require a two-step process: Shutting down the mutated RHO and replacing it.
Development of GT038 began 10 years ago and was performed by Jane Farrar, Ph.D., Paul Kenna, Ph.D., and their colleagues at Trinity College Dublin. "To date, Genable has shown that its novel and proprietary approach of using suppression and replacement works in mouse models of the disease," Loveridge explains. "And, now, we have formulated the final drug candidate, GT038, which will go into humans."
The Foundation Fighting Blindness funded early GT038 research, and, today, its chief researcher officer, Stephen Rose, Ph.D., serves Genable in a consultative capacity. Patricia Zilliox, Ph.D., the chief drug development officer at the Foundation's Clinical Research Institute, also provides the company with insights into the clinical development of GT038. "Now that we are moving toward the clinic, we have been speaking a lot with Patricia and Steve," Loveridge says. "They've been very helpful to us, providing extensive expertise and advice. Patricia has been involved in clinical ophthalmology for a long time. It is invaluable to have access to her experience and knowledge."


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Data Science and Big Data are not just buzzwords. Decades of software engineering and research lie behind the recent media coverage.
What media do not describe so well is that if Data Science and Big Data are indeed naturally connected, the two are not exchangeable.
Data Science encompasses models, methods, tools and techniques for dealing with data, no matter the size of the dataset, requiring highly qualified Data Science Engineers to build them.
Big Data is an observable phenomenon of exponential data growth, which requires highly qualified Data Science Analysts to extract meaningful and actionable knowledge for their employers.
As a consequence, Data Scientists come in three flavours:
- the specialists in Information Systems and IT for Big Data who usually come from a computer science background,
- the applied mathematics lovers who focus on algorithmics for artificial intelligence (optimisation, statistics, machine learning, deep learning)
- the Data Engineers, i.e those who can do both!
At Data ScienceTech Institute, we are very conscious the job markets expectations and have created the most intensive programmes for covering all needs: the MSc in Applied Data Science and Big Data & the Advanced MSc in Information Systems & Artificial Intelligence for Big Data Engineering, all accessible from either our Nice Sophia-Antipolis or Paris campuses as well as online.
What is Data Science?
Data Science is the study of the computational principles, methods, and systems for extracting knowledge from data. Large data sets are now generated by almost every activity in science, society, and commerce — ranging from molecular biology to social media, from sustainable energy to health care.
Data Science asks: How can we efficiently find patterns in these vast streams of data? Many research areas have tackled parts of this problem: machine learning focuses on finding patterns and making predictions from data; databases are needed for efficiently accessing data and ensuring its quality; ideas from algorithms are required to build systems that scale to big data streams; and natural language processing, computer vision, and speech processing are each needed for analysis of different types of unstructured data. Recently, these distinct disciplines have begun to converge into a single field called Data Science.
What is Big Data?
Big Data is an all-encompassing term for any collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process them using traditional data processing applications.
The challenges include analysis, capture, curation, search, sharing, storage, transfer, visualization, and privacy violations. The trend to larger data sets is due to the additional information derivable from analysis of a single large set of related data, as compared to separate smaller sets with the same total amount of data, allowing correlations to be found to "spot business trends, prevent diseases, combat crime and so on."
How do we get you there?
Data Science and Big Data are transverse to organisations. Looking at self-declared Data Scientists on Linkedin, shows backgrounds as diverse as mathematics, physics, biology, geography, electronics, telecoms or, of course, computer science graduates.
For at least the last ten years, it is also rather noticeable that all science-based higher education has been including various courses of computer science and IT.
Throughout this kaleidoscope of skills, a common denominator strongly appear: science and most particularly the "scientific method", most notably thanks to mathematical education. This way of reasoning via systematic observation, measurement, experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses is common to most of higher education graduates.
As such, and in order to graceful integrate students from all educational and professional backgrounds, Data ScienceTech Institute organises its programmes so that students will start with the most "science-oriented" courses, where tutorials will bring everyone together to computer science and IT applications.
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A MEMORIAL garden to remember police heroes was unveiled yesterday in a special ceremony attended by relatives of officers killed in the line of duty.
Three officers working for Greater Manchester Police have died in six years - more than any other force in the country.
The widow of Special Branch officer Stephen Oake, who was stabbed to death as he fought to prevent an al-Qaida terrorist escaping during a raid in Crumpsall, in 2003, was among the specially-invited guests at the opening.
Lesley Oake and her children were joined by family members of 12 other GMP officers permanently commemorated on a 13ft stone monument, which is in the centre of the John Armstrong Welch memorial garden in the grounds of the police training school, at the Grade II Sedgley House, in Prestwich.
Manchester's Chief Constable, Michael Todd, laid floral tributes after a service conducted by Rev Charles Nevin and Imam Hafiz Abdul Malik.
Chief Constable Todd said: "It is absolutely vital to remember the police officers that over the years have paid with their lives to protect our community. People see police officers on the news and those not involved might forget how dangerous a job it is, but loved ones don't forget.
"I'm pleased that this memorial has opened after the long overdue national memorial was opened by the Queen.
"This garden is a fitting tribute to the brave and committed men and women of GMP who made the ultimate sacrifice for the communities they served."
Work on the garden has been under way since 2003 and follows the installation of a national police memorial overseen by the Queen on The Mall in London last month.
The names of fallen GMP officers joined those of 1,600 officers who have been killed on duty since 1900.


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Eli Manning, New York Giants set sights on Super Bowl home game
Failing doesn't sit well with New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. The 2012 season particularly stung for Manning as the Giants failed to defend their Super Bowl XLVI crown. The Giants, who made a run to the title two years ago with a 9-7 record …
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Bruno Mars to play at Super Bowl XLVIII halftime
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Pop musician Bruno Mars will play at the halftime show during Super Bowl XLVIII, the National Football League announced Sunday. Mars, who will play at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on Feb 2, 2014, follows last …
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Super Bowl Halftime Show 2014 Will Be Led By Bruno Mars
… Super Bowl 2014, Super Bowl Halftime Show, Super Bowl Xlviii, Entertainment News. Super Bowl Halftime Show 2014. Bruno Mars will perform at the halftime show. NEW YORK — Grammy-winner Bruno Mars will perform at halftime of the Super Bowl.
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Selections from Harp-Felt
|Selections from Harp-Felt
|Price: $16.00 plus P&H and MD Sales Tax when applicable.
|Year of Publication: 2007
Contact Barbra to purchase via mail order.
You can also buy this volume at:
A Description of Selections from Harp-Felt
Barbra's book – Selections from Harp-Felt – was published in 2007, and is a collection of solo music on her latest CD, Harp-Felt, that was not published in Straight from the Harp, Volumes 1 and 2.
Although listed as a book for lever harp, the music can also be performed on pedal harp.
Selections from Harp-Felt includes Simple Gifts, A Medley of Carols, Swing Low / Steal Away Medley, Greensleeves, Variations on the Cherry Tree Carol , A Medley for Sue, and Sonata for Harp, 2006 [Joy, Peace, Exuberence.]
Simple Gifts is a traditional tune from the eastern United States. Barbra set it originally for one of her harp students, and then expanded it for the recording and the book.
A Medley of Carols was originally written as an ensemble piece for the Heatherwood Harp Ensemble's 2005 holiday performing season. The solo version was created as a way of making it a more versatile performing piece. The three carols – Past Three A'Clock, The Holly and the Ivy, and The Sans Day Carol – are well known carols [in England] from the English tradition. Barbra had been familiar with The Holly and the Ivy from her childhood years in Canada, but first heard and fell in love with Past Three A'Clock and The Sans Day Carol when she spent a memorable Christmas with her relatives in Nottingham. Even today, the carols bring back wonderful memories.
Swing Low/Steal Away Medley is an arrangement of two traditional spirituals. It was set first as an ensemble piece, and premiered in that genre by the Finale Ensemble at the 2006 Annual Benefit Concert of the Washington Area Folk Harp Society. The solo version was created as a way of making it a more versatile performing piece. The music has a soothing quality to it.
Variations on the Cherry Tree Carol is a theme and ten variations on a carol from the old English. tradition. Barbra heard it first on a childhood trip to Toronto – sung by a church choir – and decided to set it in the variation style as a way of performing it on the harp. It has always been one of her favourite carols.
A Medley for Sue was originally written as an ensemble piece for Sue Richards' Unsemble to perform at the 2006 Annual Benefit Concert of the Washington Area Folk Harp Society. The solo version was created as a way of making it a more versatile performing piece. It is a medley of two traditional tunes – A Man's a Man and The Old Foreign Hag.
Sonata for Harp, 2006, is an original composition for harp by Barbra Bailey Bradley, and has three movements – Joy, Peace, and .Exuberance. Each movement reflects a different mood, and all three movements are inspired by the style of the Classic period. The sonata, in the Classic Period, was a piece of music for a solo instrument to play, and the word has its derivation in the Italian verb, sonare [to sound.]
Trio versions of Simple Gifts, A Medley of Carols, Swing Low/Steal Away Medley, Greensleeves, and A Medley for Sue are found in Barbra's book, Harpists Three. Selections from Harp-Felt sells for $16.00 plus P&H and MD Sales Tax when applicable.
Joy is written in Sonata Form, with an Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation. The Development is in the minor mode, while the rest of the piece is in the Major mode. It displays a happy lyricism.
Peace is more of a Song Form, and is repeated in its entirety. It is a contrast in mood to the feeling of Joy, and. evokes a feeling of contentment.
Exuberance is a Slip Jig, written in a loose Sonata Form, with the Development in the key of the Dominant. It is the most exciting of the three in mood.
Sample from Selections from Harp-Felt:
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My first venture into owning a website.
It has been long coming but finally, I took the dive and managed to get myself a website to host my galleries. For future work with clients, this website will allow me to upload images for customer proofing before purchasing or editing. You purchase prints straight from this website if we did not include prints or rights to digital file in the photography package chosen by the client.
I am pretty excited to finally get this site going. It will expand as time goes by (obviously) so keep checking up for updated galleries or subscribe to my blog to get the latest news on new photo shoots. Exciting things are happening on my end and I can't wait to share what I got to offer with all of you.
Please refer people to this site if you know someone in need of photography, you can click on the "contact" link and email me any requests.
My entrepreneurship is just kicking off, so take advantage of my super low rates. I can beat any price, just promise you will refer me to your friends and family if you like my work and your final product.
Prices are not yet set on my site because I want to be able to work with budgets, within a reasonable amount. People don't realize how much work is put into photography, all they see is the photographer clicking a button, but photography involves a TON more than that.
Preparation for photo shoots could be stressful because I want to get the session right, I only get one shot at capturing a moment and I like to make it count. During the shoot there is so much to know and get right in order for the images to look professional. Lighting is taken into consideration whether it is artificial or natural light. Equipment malfunctions can always occur during a session and could ruin a shoot if you are not prepared. Photography equipment is not cheap or simple to operate, so that needs to be taken into consideration. We as photographers dont just click the shutter button and expect a good picture to come out. The settings have to be right and most of the time we are shooting in FULL MANUAL mode, which is not easy to operate if you do not understand what is involved in getting a good exposure on a picture.
Last, but not least, is post processing. An image straight out of a camera can look gorgeous, but for the most part, a true masterpiece is created after the image has been uploaded to the editing machine (computer now a days). There can be more time spent in post processing than anything else that was involved during the photo shoot. Late nights of working with a computer getting all the images just right, or simply just combing through hundreds of pictures and sifting out the ones that are similar but not quite as good as the next one.
This is why photography is expensive, it is truly an art form and you need to know what you are doing or else you can really mess up a picture. Be mindful of all the work that goes into photography because it is a lot of work and knowledge that goes into it.
Now, for the fun part. Let's get this party started! I can't wait for this venture to blossom and hopefully one day dedicate all my working ours to photography and only work doing what I love.
Till next time...
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