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Lately, photographs of vintage suitcases have been catching my eye. Since I like all things about travel I found this idea of vintage suitcase furniture very appealing.
If you have old suitcases that you don't use anymore because you rather pull your luggage than carry it, below you'll find great ideas to repurpose those suitcases. I don't have any old suitcases but I would even go buy some at a thrift or vintage store to create some awesome vintage suitcase furniture.
You can learn how to make this coffee table right here!
Leather suitcase chair. Spotted here.
Yellow trunk and charcoal black linen two seater. Spotted here.
For the more nautical look, a traditional blue-ticking fabric suitcase chair. Spotted here.
An old pharmacist's box is transformed into this sidetable.
Vintage suitcase cupboard with a little history.
Here is how you can recreate this vintage suitcase table.
For cat lovers.
Or you can just throw some vintage suitcases on a stack and it still looks great.


text: ❤When I am not working, I love doing arts and crafts and many more things. When it comes to art, I can do many things. I paint, draw, sketch, and my favorite is coloring. Yes, I said it, coloring. I do an amazing job with Velvits. They are designed so creatively and each one is different in nature.

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Arenaviruses such as Lassa fever virus (LASV) are known to cause deadly hemorrhagic fever diseases in human with little preventive or prophylactic measures. A hallmark of arenavirus-induced hemorrhagic fevers is the general immune suppression in severe and lethally infected patients. The current lack of knowledge on how arenaviral infections lead to host immune suppression is a major barrier to understanding the virulence nature and disease pathogenesis of these human pathogens and has hindered the development of effective vaccine and therapeutic intervention. Arenavirus nucleoprotein (NP) has been shown to suppress the interferon (IFN) induction, the mechanism of which, however, remains elusive. We have recently reported the first crystal structure of the LASV NP protein (Qi, et al, Dec 2010, Nature). An unexpected finding from our structural and functional analyses is that the C domain of NP folds into a functional 3'-5'exoribonuclease (RNase) that degrades various types of RNA substrates and is essential for the NP's ability to suppress the IFN induction. As IFNs are induced by the cellular pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that recognize viral pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMP) RNAs, we hypothesize that arenaviral NP proteins evade host innate immunity by specifically degrading these PAMP RNA ligands via its exoribonuclease activity. LASV NP is the first virally encoded RNase that uses exoribonuclease activity to block the IFN induction, which represents a novel mechanism of viral immune evasion. The goal of this proposal therefore is to provide mechanistic insights into this novel approach of viral immune evasion by arenavirus NP exoribonuclease activity. Specifically, we will define the structural basis of LASV NP in mediating IFN suppression and exoribonuclease activities (Aim #1) and determine its RNA substrate specificity (Aim #2). Finally, we will complement and extend biochemical and cell-based studies outlined in Aims #1 and #2 to determine the role of NP RNase in mediating host immune suppression and pathogenesis using a disease-relevant small animal model (Aim #3). The novelties of the study are defined not only by the unique concept of how virally encoded RNase mediates the IFN suppression but also by a combination of unique experimental systems that integrate protein structural biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, infectious virus, and a pertinent animal model for understanding human hemorrhagic fever diseases. The proposed study is highly significant as it will reveal for the first time a novel molecular mechanism of immune evasion mediated by arenaviral NP protein that may offer opportunities for development of effective therapeutics and/or vaccines against lethal arenaviral hemorrhagic fever infections in humans. As LASV NP is the first identified viral RNase with IFN suppression function, this study has a broaden significance in understanding the virus-host interactions, in particular, on how viral pathogens employ various ingenious strategies to evade host immunity.
Lassa fever virus infection can lead to severe and sometime lethal hemorrhagic fever (HF) diseases in humans, for which there is no vaccine and effective drugs. We have uncovered a novel functional mechanism of Lassa virus NP protein in mediating immune suppression, in which NP blocks the IFN induction through its novel exoribonuclease function. This is the first virally encoded exoribonuclease involved in innate immune suppression. We propose to mechanistically characterize this novel mechanism of NP in host immune suppression, which are expected to reveal potential targets for the development of effective therapeutics and advance our understanding of virus-host interactions in general.
|Ly, Hinh (2017) Differential Immune Responses to New World and Old World Mammalian Arenaviruses. Int J Mol Sci 18:
|Dhanwani, Rekha; Ly, Hinh; Liang, Yuying (2017) Recombinant Tri-Segmented Pichinde Virus as a Novel Live Viral Vaccine Platform. Methods Mol Biol 1581:169-179
|Meyer, Bjoern; Ly, Hinh (2016) Inhibition of Innate Immune Responses Is Key to Pathogenesis by Arenaviruses. J Virol 90:3810-8
|Shao, Junjie; Liu, Xiaoying; Ly, Hinh et al. (2016) Characterization of the Glycoprotein Stable Signal Peptide in Mediating Pichinde Virus Replication and Virulence. J Virol 90:10390-10397
|Ly, Hinh; Liang, Yuying (2015) Immune evasion mechanisms of arenaviruses. Oncotarget 6:40386-7
|Huang, Qinfeng; Shao, Junjie; Lan, Shuiyun et al. (2015) In vitro and in vivo characterizations of pichinde viral nucleoprotein exoribonuclease functions. J Virol 89:6595-607
|Dhanwani, Rekha; Zhou, Yanqin; Huang, Qinfeng et al. (2015) A Novel Live Pichinde Virus-Based Vaccine Vector Induces Enhanced Humoral and Cellular Immunity after a Booster Dose. J Virol 90:2551-60
|Xing, Junji; Ly, Hinh; Liang, Yuying (2015) The Z proteins of pathogenic but not nonpathogenic arenaviruses inhibit RIG-I-like receptor-dependent interferon production. J Virol 89:2944-55
|Shao, Junjie; Liang, Yuying; Ly, Hinh (2015) Human hemorrhagic Fever causing arenaviruses: molecular mechanisms contributing to virus virulence and disease pathogenesis. Pathogens 4:283-306
|Meyer, Bjoern; Ly, Hinh (2015) Immunosuppressive arenaviral exoribonuclease. Oncotarget 6:32315-6
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
All movements go too far.
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.
I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so.
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.
Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the teacher knows more than his pupils; it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher unless he is a very exceptional man. Yet the habit of passive acceptance is a disastrous one in later life. It causes man to seek and to accept a leader, and to accept as a leader whoever is established in that position.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection.
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.
The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.
This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.
This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
Too little liberty brings stagnation and too much brings chaos.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer.
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. ("Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?", 1947)
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. ("Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?", 1947)
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. It is much more nearly certain that we are assembled here tonight than it is that this or that political party is in the right. Certainly there are degrees of certainty, and one should be very careful to emphasize that fact, because otherwise one is landed in an utter skepticism, and complete skepticism would, of course, be totally barren and completely useless. ("Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?", 1947)
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact. (Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 1)
A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation. (Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 10)
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. (Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 12)
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. (Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 14)
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. (Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 5)
One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways. (Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 9)
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths. (Impact of Science on Society (1952) ch. 1)
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. (Marriage and Morals (1929) ch. 19)
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible. (Marriage and Morals (1929) ch. 5)
Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true. (Mysticism and Logic (1917) ch. 4)
Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day. (Sceptical Essays (1928), "Dreams and Facts")
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach. (Sceptical Essays (1928), "Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness")
It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true. (Sceptical Essays (1928), "On the Value of Scepticism")
It is obvious that 'obscenity' is not a term capable of exact legal definition; in the practice of the Courts, it means 'anything that shocks the magistrate.' (Sceptical Essays (1928), "Recrudescence of Puritanism")
The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. (The Philosophy of Logical Atomism)
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. (Unpopular Essays (1950), "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish")
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. (Unpopular Essays (1950), "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish")
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The Austin Disaster Relief Network needs 6000 survivor welcome kits for Hurricane Harvey evacuees who will be sheltering in Austin.
On Wednesday, Mayor Steve Adler released a video demonstrating how to put the kit together.
"We have company coming. We have some guests," he said. "So there are chores we need to do so we can welcome folks the way they deserve to be welcomed into our city."
As of Friday morning, the ADRN had already received 600 welcome kits. Adler's message to Austinites? "Keep it up."
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HOW TO HELP: Austin Volunteers, donations needed for Harvey relief
Like many of our fellow Austinites, Statesman staffers are answering the call, pooling resources and planning to build kits this weekend. To involve the little ones in our lives, we created this fun printable checklist to take along to the store.
Also, the Austin Animal Center still needs kennels and used bedding; donations can be dropped off at the shelter, 7201 Levander Loop, Austin, from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. daily.


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The core mission of law enforcement worldwide is to secure public safety and serve our communities. This purpose may be phrased many different ways in mission statements and enacted through a multitude of differing policies, tactics, and strategies, but I would suggest that we can all agree that controlling crime is a key element of protecting our communities.
But what does "crime control" really entail—and how do we determine which crime control strategies are most relevant and effective based on our jurisdictions' particular needs and resources? Originally, crime control encompassed policing methods that concentrated on the arrest, prosecution, and penalization of those who committed crimes. This perspective on crime control is reflected in the legislation of some countries, including the United States, that mandated more severe sentences for the perpetrators of certain crimes. The intents of this reactive approach to crime were to both keep offenders off the streets and to discourage future offenders (or recidivism among released offenders).
While it's obvious that it's still vitally important to have clear consequences for crimes against public safety and to discourage future crimes, law enforcement approaches to crime control have shifted over time to align more closely with what we commonly call crime prevention. This perspective isn't an entirely new idea—in the oft-cited principles attributed to Sir Robert Peel, the concept is clearly and succinctly stated: "The basic mission for which police exist is to prevent crime and disorder."1
This shift from penalization to prevention can also be defined as a move from reactive policing to proactive policing. Effective proactive policing has a number of benefits. If we can prevent crime from happening in the first place, then not only do we improve public safety, but we also reduce the pressures on the often-overloaded criminal justice system (e.g., courts, corrections). Proactive policing can also reduce fear in our communities and increase trust—if there is less crime and less victimization, it stands to reason that our community members will feel safer and trust our organizations to maintain that safety.
One tool that can assist in informing policing strategies, and has become more accessible recently due to advances in technology, is predictive analytics. When used effectively, predictive analytics can help determine the likelihood of where and when future criminal activities might take place. It can reduce traffic crashes by finding a pattern in location, time of day, or dates when the most crashes occur; it can identify trends in a jurisdiction that could suggest potential benefits from increased police presence; predictive analytics can even use patterns in crime to identify businesses at the highest risk for burglary or to identify an expansion in a gang's territory. By maximizing data and recognizing and highlighting trends, predictive technology allows us to allocate our officers and other resources when they can do the most good.
While technology is constantly improving, the importance of our crime analysts to the success of intelligence-led and data-driven policing cannot be overstated. The technology is only as good as the people operating it, and skilled crime analysts can not only guide resource allocation decisions, but can also provide us with the information we need to answer two key questions that we will hear from our colleagues, community members, and the media: (1) what are the major crime problems in the community? and (2) what are we doing about them? Experienced analysts have skills that go beyond statistical analysis and data interpretation—their training also typically includes problem-solving, and their understanding of the data can provide them with ideas or solutions that are not as obvious to those of us standing behind the chief's desk or patrolling the streets.
We hear a lot about community engagement, and building trust and legitimacy is a valuable goal in itself. However, community engagement can also be an effective element of a larger crime control strategy. Community members have a vested interest in reducing or preventing crime in their own neighborhoods, and community leaders can provide knowledge and insight into the root causes of problems that might not be readily apparent to law enforcement. Consistently communicating with and involving these stakeholders in public safety can achieve the dual goals of building relationships and controlling crime.
A type of crime control that incorporates communication with the community and found to be effective for certain types of crime is focused deterrence. This strategy incorporates both proactive and reactive elements. It applies to crimes by known offenders (e.g., gang violence, drug crimes, domestic violence) because it consists of swift, effective consequences for the targeted group or individual. In cases such as gang violence or drug activity, law enforcement can team up with community leaders to identify and locate members of a particular gang or group. Reaching out to these individuals allows law enforcement to communicate their options—stop offending or face increased enforcement and other penalties. By incorporating community leaders in these operations, both in accessing targeted individuals and hearing their ideas for effective penalties, agencies can encourage community investment and engagement.
As you read the articles in this month's Police Chief that discuss these and other crime control strategies, best practices, and recommendations, I encourage you to consider how proactive crime control can increase public safety and build stronger relationships in your communities. Effective crime control can help us fulfill our shared mission of ensuring the safety and security of those we are sworn to serve.♦
1"Sir Robert Peel's Nine Principles of Policing," New York Times, April 15, 2014.
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Donald W. De Lucca, "Crime Control in the 21st Century: Proactive, Analytical, and Collaborative," President's Message, The Police Chief (July 2017): 6.


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Jack Johnson Its All Understood tab
awsome mellow song by Jack got this off his dvd. first tab so let us know. by Phil slabba listen for strum pattern. INTRO: A# F A Dm-Cm x2 VERSE: A# F Everyone laughed at her joke A Dm Cm As if they'd never even heard it before A# F And maybe they were truly amused A Dm Cm But every word that she spoke was a bore A# F And maybe it's because they had seen A Dm Cm The previews on the TV screen A# F Well this part is good and that's well understood A Dm Cm So you should laugh if you know what I mean CHORUS (strum pattern changes a little- hold the A for a fraction longer) A# F But it's all relative A Dm-Cm Even if you don't understand A# F Well it's all understood A Dm-Cm Especially when you don't understand A# F Then it's all just because A Dm-Cm Even if we don't understand A# F A Dm-Cm Then lets all just believe Pretty much the same for the rest of the song. Funny bit right at the end: A# A# But there you go once again F F You missed the point and then you point A Your fingers at me Dm Cm A# F And say that I said not to believe A I believe Dm Cm A# I guess it's all relative And thats all ive got. Hunch Pak


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Mental models
Avi Parush of Carelton University's (Canada) Human Oriented Technology Lab interviewed me about mental models.
NOTE: Sadly the interview with Avi Parush is no longer available.
- All Books
- The Design of Everyday Things, Revised and Expanded Edition
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- Things That Make us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine
- Turn Signals Are the Facial Expressions of Automobiles
- The Design of Everyday Things


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Fizzy Dizzy
Monday, June 16, 2008
After the recent entry "My Granny Went To Guantanemo" Strange Games received an email from Bryan Mayoh detailing an inane game he loves to play that has some similarities. He calls the game Fizzy Dizzy. Fizzy Dizzy is for as many players as feel brave enough to try it, each is given a glass full of fizzy coke which they must drink yet hold in their mouth without swallowing. Still holding the
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D'Evelyn Education Foundation's Annual Auction
Celebrating a Quarter Century of Academic Excellence
Friday, November 9, 2018
Baldoria Event Center
146 Van Gordon Street
Lakewood, CO 80228
It doesn't matter if your student is an athlete, musician, singer, future lawyer or actor, the D'Evelyn Education Foundation (DEF) plays a role in supporting them. All the money raised at the Annual Auction, our largest fundraising event, supports DEF, and consequently, our students and teachers. This support makes D'Evelyn the remarkable school that it is.


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Watch the book Trailer
"You came back herE to bury your past. . .
thing is, you gottA kill it first."
Kevin Pearce—baseball star, honor student, the pride of Brighton—was fifteen when he left town in the back of his uncle's cab. He and his buddy, Bobby Scales, had just committed heinous violence for what they thought were the best of reasons. Kevin didn't want a pass, but he was getting it anyway. Bobby would stay and face the music; Kevin's future would remain bright as ever. At least that was the way things were supposed to work. But in Brighton, things never work the way they're supposed to.
Twenty-six years later, Kevin is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for the Boston Globe. He's never been back to his old block, having avoided his family and, especially, Bobby Scales. Then he learns his old friend is the prime suspect in a string of local murders. All of a sudden Kevin's headed home—to protect a friend and the secret they share. In order to report this story to the end and safeguard those he loves, he must face not only an elusive, slippery killer, but also his own corrupted conscience.
A powerhouse of a thriller, Brighton is a riveting and elegiac exploration of promises broken, debts owed, and old wrongs made right . . . no matter what the cost.


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Silver Peak to offer free, downloadable versions of WAN optimization products
After watching customers continually download and install one of the vendor's free, limited products from the company website, Silver Peak CEO Rick Tinsley was interested to see how they would respond to the same access to its more advanced products.
That idea gave birth to the Virtual WAN Optimization Marketplace, an online resource launching Tuesday where customers can download free, 30-day trial versions of Silver Peak's virtual WAN optimization tools.
Although Tinsley says he expects customers with remote branch offices in international locations to jump at an opportunity to deploy software over the Internet, some of which he says "incur as much cost in shipping and physical installation as they incur purchasing the product itself," he acknowledged that the virtual marketplace will be a valuable experiment on the market's preferences for software delivery as a whole.
"Our mission is to make this WAN optimization technology available in as many different ways as possible, and let the market choose how it wishes to consume it," Tinsley says.
ANALYSIS: WAN optimization market shakeup predicted
Part of the inspiration for the idea stems from an entirely free WAN optimization application called Vxx, which had been successful on Silver Peak's website. Consistent attention toward the self-service nature of installing and deploying the product is what Tinsley saw as a sign that customers may be interested in accessing its other WAN optimization tools in the same fashion.
"We saw so many customers completely self-service, downloading this thing and installing it successfully and getting great value from it, that we said 'let's go ahead and open this up to other customers,'" Tinsley says. "Larger customers, who had liked to evaluate our larger pay products, maybe just want to do it themselves."
Silver Peak had offered trial versions of its products in the past, Tinsley says. The process, however, involved the customer submitting a form on the Silver Peak website, after which a manual process between a sales representative and the customer would be carried out. Although the virtual marketplace will not replace the manual process that some customers may still prefer, Tinsley believes it's a step toward a trend that could catch on quickly.
"That seems to be where the industry's going," Tinsley says. "Obviously, the physical appliances don't go away. We still have a lot of customers who prefer physical appliances, especially for the very large data center locations, but in many cases customers find virtual versions of these products more cost-effective."
Silver Peak is betting quite heavily on further growth of this trend, as Tinsley says virtual WAN optimization tools will account for 50% of the company's offerings by the end of 2013.
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Holly is a down to earth, great person to be around who we met travelling in Laos. She is from Oxford, United Kingdom
- Describe yourself in 7 words for someone who doesn't know you at all
Easygoing, open, unsurprised, Clumsy, scatterbrained, sarcastic.
- What is the most interesting travel experience you have had?
Trekking to Machu Picchu while accidentally stalking zac Efron!
- What inspires you?
Getting out of my comfort zone! As soon as I'm doing something really difficult, different or scary I genuinely feel really motivated.
- What is something you do/say everyday?
"Jesus Christ!" / " I would like a cup of tea."
- What do you believe in?
I believe in science…? & Having fun!


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Let's Go To Bali!/
FSX/P3D. Or perhaps not. The airline I work for has canceled all flights there this week. Things don't look very good at the moment. But hey, all destinations in the sim are always good to go and soon go we shall! Another independent development is taking place and it looks good! See for yourself!


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Good Morning Monday,
I've got a new workwear post for you today featuring a lovely new pair of trousers which are the perfect addition to my wardrobe. They are exactly what I was looking for right about now as my other black high waist trousers (x2) have been worn to death and are no longer crisp and fresh. The colour has slightly faded but because I love the style and shape so much, I was too stubborn to stop wearing them until I found a replacement.
I check the new in section of Topshop every day and I was hoping they would bring back the high waist styles that I've been buying in recent years. I checked as usual on Friday and just like magic, they had the exact style and colour I was hoping for. I've got these in the grey check as you'll have seen in my previous posts (here and here) and they are so comfortable, very stylish and flattering too. The ruffled frill detail at the waist is really feminine, it adds shape and is right on trend too. These are actually a crepe material which is perfect for Spring/Summer as they will be light and airy whereas the grey ones are a very thick material and therefore might not get as much wear over the coming months.
I've worn with a simple high neck white blouse with black detailing. It's the perfect match as it's formal enough and compliments the trousers without overpowering. A black tailored blazer keeps me warm in the office and a monochrome gingham jacket goes well over the top. It's really lightweight therefore perfect for this time of year.
Outfit Details: River Island Jacket – Zara Blazer – H&M Blouse – Topshop Trousers – Zara Shoes – Aldo Bag – ASOS Sunglasses
Have a good day!


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History of the Universe eBook. 398 pages, 300 illustrations only $2.99
AVA, the ancient capital of the Burman empire, now a subdivision of the Sagaing district in the Sagaing division of Upper Burma. It is situated on the Irrawaddy on the opposite [v.03 p.0051]bank to Sagaing, with which it was amalgamated in 1889. Amarapura, another ancient capital, lies 5 m. to the north-east of Ava, and Mandalay, the present capital, 6 m. to the north. The classical name of Ava is Yadanapura, "the city of precious gems." It was founded by Thadomin Payā in A.D. 1364 as successor to Pagan, and the religious buildings of Pagan were to a certain extent reproduced here, although on nothing like the same scale as regards either size or splendour. It remained the seat of government for about four centuries with a succession of thirty Kings. In 1782 a new capital, Amarapura, was founded by Bodaw Payā, but was deserted again in favour of Ava by King Baggidaw in 1823. On his deposition by King Tharawaddi in 1837, the capital reverted to Amarapura; but finally in 1860 the last capital of Mandalay was occupied by King Mindōn. For picturesque beauty Ava is unequalled in Burma, but it is now more like a park than the site of an old capital. Traces of the great council chamber and various portions of the royal palace are still visible, but otherwise the secular buildings are completely destroyed; and most of the religious edifices are also dilapidated.
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February 6, 2012 (CHICAGO) --Police are searching for a man who tackled a woman in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood and stole her bag and purse.
Officers found some of the woman's belongings discarded in a parking lot in the 2700-block of South Wentworth. That's about a block from where the victim was knocked to the ground and robbed Monday morning.
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"You're just like your mother." I've heard that curse thrown at many a woman, and never as a compliment. Just like your mother. The implication? Critical. Nagging. Sharp-tongued. Impossible to please. But the phrase always gave me hope. If all women eventually transform into images of their moms, I was seriously in luck! Nancy Smerdell is one… Continue reading Just Like My Mother…
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At 18, living alone in a new city, there was a day I decided to wear only red. The color would be my brand, my hallmark, my calling card. In a strange new place, where I was as of yet anonymous, I could choose to become anyone, anything. I chose red. I visited dozens of… Continue reading A Softer Shade of Red
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Born in 1989, Andreas Ottensamer comes from an Austro-Hungarian family of musicians and was drawn to music early, receiving his first piano lessons when he was four. At the age of ten he began studying the cello at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, then changed to the clarinet under Johann Hindlerin in 2003.
Andreas Ottensamer gained his first orchestral experience as a deputy in the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Philharmonic and as a member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. In 2009 he interrupted his Harvard studies to become a scholar of the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic. He is now the principal clarinettist of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Ottensamer has won first prize in competitions for clarinet, cello and piano, and performs as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the world with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, the Rotterdam Philharmonic and the Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under Sir Simon Rattle, Yannick Nezét-Séguin, Andris Nelsons, Pablo Heras-Casado and Alan Gilbert. His artistic partnerships as chamber musician include work with Murray Perahia, Leif Ove Andsnes, Leonidas Kavakos, Janine Jansen, Sol Gabetta and Yo-Yo Ma, and together with pianist José Gallardo he is artistic director of the Bürgenstock Festival in Switzerland.
In February 2013 Andreas Ottensamer entered an exclusive recording partnership with Deutsche Grammophon, making him the first ever solo clarinettist to sign an exclusive agreement with the Yellow Label. His second album "Brahms - The Hungarian Connection" won the Echo Klassik Award for Instrumentalist of the Year 2015.
In February 2017 his new album "New Era" was released by Decca Classics and features music by Johann and Carl Stamitz, Danzi and Mozart.
In April and May he performed Carl Maria von Weber's Clarinet Concerto No.1 under Mariss Jansons in Berin and for Europakonzert in Cyprus, which will also be released on DVD.
In 2005 Andreas Ottensamer founded the clarinet trio The Clarinotts with his father Ernst and brother Daniel, both principal clarinettists of the Vienna Philharmonic. A CD of the trio was released in 2016 by Deutsche Grammophon.
In 2017/2018 Andreas Ottensamer holds the titles of "Junge Wilde" with the Konzerthaus Dortmund, "Menuhin Heritage Artist" with the Gstaad Festival, as well as "Artist in Residence" with the Kammerakademie Potsdam as well as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
Residencies 2017Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
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Decca Classics NEW ERA:Limelight
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June 19 and 20 2017 at 19.30
Musikverein Graz: The Clarinotts
July 6 2017 at 19.30
Wigmore Hall London: Recital with Jose Gallardo
July 7 2017
Lockenhaus Festival: Messiaen "Quartet for the End of Time"
July 15 2017 at 19.30
Bad Brückenau/Staatsbad, König Ludwig I.-Saal: Concert with Daniel Ottensamer
July 18 2017 at 19.30
Gstaad Festival, Rougemont Church: Trio with Nicolas Altstaedt and Dejan Lazic
September 1 2017 at 19.30
Kammerakademie Potsdam at the Nikolai Saal in Potsdam: Opening Gala
September 8 2017 at 19.30
Schloss Esterhazy Eisenstadt: RSO Wien, Cornelius Meister: Carl Stamitz Clarinet concerto number 7
October 11 2017: Poole: Lighthouse
October 12 2017: Bristol, Colston Hall
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits / Hindemith Clarinet Concerto
October 14 and 15 2017
Bürgenstock Festival
October 26 2017
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
October 28 2017 at 19.30
Peterhouse Theatre, Cambridge: Recital with Jose Gallardo
November 28 2017: Daegu Concert Hall
November 29 2017: Sumida Triphony Hall, Tokyo
November 30 2017: The Symphony Hall, Osaka
December 1 2017: Peking
December 2 2017: Shenzhen
Musikkollegium Winterthur: Johann Stamitz: Concerto b flat Major / Franz Danzi: Fantasy on "la ci Darem" / Weber: Concertino e flat Major
December 15 2017 at 20.00
Prinzregententheater, Munich with the Kelemen Quartet: Mozart Quintet / Danzi Variations on La Ci Darem (clarinet and string quintet) / Beethoven Septet
January 11 2018
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra with Lorenzo Viotti
January 17 2018: Poole, Lighthouse
January 18 2018: Basingstoke, The Anvil
January 19 2018: Cheltenham, Town Hall
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Matthew Halls: Johann Stamitz Clarinet Concerto in Bb / Carl Philip Stamitz Clarinet Concerto in Eb "Darmstädter Konzert"
January 24 2018 at 20.00
Palais Lichtenau in Berlin: Chamber music with the Kammerakademie Potsdam
January 28 2018
Gstaad Festival: Recital with Renaud Capucon
February 7 – 11 2018
Bürgenstock Festival
February 21 2018
Poole, Lighthouse: Recital with Jose Gallardo
February 24 2018
Liszt Academy, Budapest: concert with the Kelemen Quartet
March 3 2018: Nikolaisaal, Potsdam
March 4 2018: Kieler Schloss, Kiel
March 5 2018: Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie Berlin
March 20 2018: Konzerthaus, Dortmund
Kammerakademie Potsdam: Carl Phillip Stamitz Konzert für Klarinette Es-Dur "Darmstädter Konzert" / Johann Stamitz Konzert für Klarinette B-Dur / Franz Danzi Fantasie über "Reich mir die Hand mein Leben"
March 25 2018 at 11.00
Wigmore Hall, London
March 26 2018
Chur, Switzerland: The Carinotts
March 29 2018
Kurhaus, Baden-Baden: Messiaen Quartet for the end of the Time
April 10 2018: Philharmonie, Berlin
April 15 2018: Filharmonia, Warsaw
April 16 2018: Budapest
Trio recital with Daishin Kajimoto and Yuja Wang: Johannes Brahms - Intermezzi, Op. 117 and Op. 118 for piano (selection) / Igor Stravinsky - Suite from L'Histoire du soldat for violin, clarinet and piano / György Ligeti - Études for Piano / Béla Bartók - Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano
April 23 2018 at 19.30: Vienna Konzerthaus
April 24 2018 at 20.00: Neumarkt
April 25 2018 at 20.00: Philharmonie Cologne
April 26 April 2018 at 20.00: Liederhalle Stuttgart
April 28 2018 at 20.00: Philharmonie Dresden
Amsterdam Sinfonietta: Mozart and Stamitz
May 8 2018
Kleve: The Clarinotts
May 12 2018
Wetzlar: The Clarinotts
June 13 2018
Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie Berlin: Concert with Emmanuel Pahud.
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Why Was Isaiah Thomas Upset Again After Cavaliers Beat Pistons?
The Cleveland Cavaliers blew out the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night at Quicken Loans Arena for a rare moment of succor in a harsh winter. LeBron James and Kevin Love both had big games while the Cavaliers got help from their bench, too. It was the kind of all-round effort that's been missing during the New Year slide.
One good game, though, doesn't mean Cleveland's problems are suddenly all cleared up. Isaiah Thomas remains one of them. Tyronn Lue didn't play his point guard at all during the fourth quarter of the 121-104 win. The Cavaliers pulled further away from the Pistons in that fourth quarter with a 31-17 stretch to win their second game of the weekend. They beat the Indiana Pacers 115-108 on Friday.
Thomas, who recorded a season-high seven assists in 27 minutes of playing time, didn't sound happy afterwards about being benched. "I don't know. What do you want me to say?" Thomas told reporters including ESPN. "I'm just glad we won."
Thomas, whose Cavaliers debut was delayed until the start of January as he recovered from a hip injury, hasn't exactly been on-message during the Cavaliers' slump. On Saturday he hit back at suggestions he is the player responsible for the Cleveland's awful defensive record. "When I come back, it's my fault now [team defense]," Thomas told Dave McMenamin of ESPN. "Which, life isn't fair, but that's not fair, bro. At all. I just laugh at those things because I know in this circle and this team, everybody believes in each other, and everybody's in here for it to work and for us to be playing in June. That's the ultimate goal."
After the Cavaliers' worst defensive performance of the season, against the Oklahoma City Thunder on January 20, Thomas said his old Boston Celtics team "played a lot harder" than the Cavaliers. "I think on that end [defense] we do not trust each other, and that has to change," Thomas said in quotes reported by MassLive.com.


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Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church | New Auditorium and Youth Center
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The New Auditorium and Youth Center at St. Stephen's Church in Sewickley, PA, included the design of a new 14,500 SF auditorium/multi-purpose space that functions more as a hotel ballroom, as it can be divided into a number of sections. The space can accommodate 600 persons for contemporary worship, meetings, dining and performance. In addition, the project included an 11,000 SF renovation of the existing education wing to update classroom space.
Across the parking lot is the Henning Center, a gambrel roofed structure from 1910. CFB designed a 5,200 SF addition and the house was totally renovated to become the youth center for the vibrant congregation. All work was completed in accordance with the historic district requirements of Sewickley.
For the project, CFB worked through the CM with design/build contractors for the MEP work. This process of working with M/E engineers retained by the design/build contractor was one of close coordination, as dictated by the need to fit the ductwork, lighting, speaker sound and electronic systems into the large auditorium space. Because the existing building had a number of additions and renovations over time, the project became complex at the interfaces between existing construction and new.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-4587?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12856905#action_12856905 ] Bryan Pendleton commented on DERBY-4587: ---------------------------------------- > there are all the statistic variables that are stored in the tables.So we can > grab them from the source code.So it will be very easy to get the values > from the XPLAIN tables rather that retrieving them from the derby.log file. Yes, I think it would be much better to generate the XML form of the query plan statistics by querying the XPLAIN tables, than by trying to parse the text output of the logged query plan. +1 to your suggestion! > Add tools for improved analysis and understanding of query plans and execution statistics > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: DERBY-4587 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-4587 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: SQL, Tools > Reporter: Bryan Pendleton > Assignee: Bryan Pendleton > Attachments: Derby Query Plan Screen Shot 2.jpg, Derby_Query_Plan_Screen_Shot.jpg, PostgreSQL license.jpg, Read_Me.txt, Source.rar > > > I think it would be great to see some work in the area of tools for helping > with the analysis of complex query execution. Quite frequently, users of > Derby have trouble comprehending (a) how their query is being translated > into a query plan by the optimizer, and (b) what the execution-time resource > usage of the various parts of the query is. > There are low-level features in Derby which capture this information and > record it, such as logQueryPlan, and the XPLAIN tables, but there is a lot > of opportunity for designing higher-level tools which can process the query > plan and execution statistics information and present it in a more > comprehensible fashion. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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Inspiring video... love the passion behind the poetry... love the heart for people in the N. Portland community... Until the whole world knows! One life. One family. One neighborhood at a time...
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In association with Parker Logan Media, Web Studio NW launched a new website for client Morones Analytics, a forensic accounting firm in Portland Oregon.
On the heels of the release of producer Jeff Martin's/Lightening Strikes Entertainment documentary film, UnDivided, Parker Logan Media created and released 8 short films for the non-profit Be|Undivided. These films were produced.. .
When approached to create and shoot the film, "Change" for the new church plant, SouthLake North, executive producer Parker Logan realized that co-pastors Herman and Nike Greene were not your ordinary church leaders with a mission to create a bigger, better church...
Filmed for Wild Canyon Games, this is the story of a the vet, Luke Wilson, who takes to the streets of Portland, Oregon to get to his yoga class, showing his strength and determination to keep in the game.
This film was created for the annual Doernbecher auction. One of the shoots of a lifetime was spent getting to know the kids, and just freely filming them in the environment of the staff and care at Doernbecher.
Jenn Bonner had everything to lose and much to gain when she decided to compete in Wild Canyon Games. Her story of radical life change just kept getting better and better.
When local business leaders began to see the change in Roosevelt High School in North Portland, they partnered with each other and funded a new track. Parker Logan Media is documenting the process, completion and dedication through photos and film footage.
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Parker Logan Media spent several weeks on assignment with an international manufacturing company, a maker of high end window coverings with a world-wide market. Their progressive customers include architects and interior designers looking for window treatments with distinctive design. -Image by Parker Logan
Oregon Govenor John Kitzhaber, Salem Mayor Anna Peterson and National Guard commanders preside in a mobilization ceremony for medics to be deployed on a one year assignment to Kuwait. -Image by Diana Liz Dettwyler
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Landscape for a Grade 1 Listed Building
We have just embarked on a prestigious new project at Kings Weston House in Bristol. Kings Weston is a Grade 1 listed building designed for politician Edward Southwell by John Vanbrugh at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The magnificent house was originally surrounded by a garden made for Southwell with help from his distinguished friend, John Evelyn.
Almost every trace of the Baroque layout and the Picturesque landscape that replaced it has gone, but the new garden takes its inspiration from the grand combination of Baroque parterres and avenues immortalised in Johannes Kip's eighteenth-century engraving of Kings Weston.
As the garden's original boundaries have disappeared, we have been able to create a slightly different footprint for the modern layout.
The new design incorporates generous lawns surrounded by colourful perennial planting. This new addition will provide a romantic background for marquees erected when the garden is used as the setting for weddings, parties and other celebrations. A new terrace furnished with two simple fountains will form a striking and practical link between house and garden.
On the southwest side of the house we have echoed Vanbrugh's circular entrance courtyard known as the Great Court. We will retain the ancient lime trees leading up to this facade, planting a brand new lime avenue to lead visitors into our new interpretation of the Great Court.
These days the garden must work for a living and be self sustaining. The new layout will be realised in stages. Watch this space for news as this exciting new project unfolds.


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Rosalyn Reeder of Summit is happy that the solitary sisterhood she long endured as the only woman mayor in Lexington County is ended.
"Things are changing," she said. "We want to do our part and be heard."
The ranks of women in the top municipal posts in the county's 14 communities doubled to four in elections Tuesday, as Batesburg-Leesville and Pelion joined Summit and Cayce.
Lexington Town Councilwoman Kathy Maness is pleased with the trend, noting women bring family concerns into decisions often dominated by financial considerations.
"It's important we have a balance," said Maness, former president of the National Conference of Women in Municipal Government.
The increase is a matter of more women being ready to seek a mayoral post after serving on town councils, rather than a breakthrough.
"It's just an evolution," says Reeder, who was Lexington County's only woman mayor for the first 16 of the 21 years she has served as leader of Summit's 300 residents.
Women serve on all five school boards, County Council and 13 municipal councils in the county as well as planning commissions and other advisory panels. Pine Ridge, the only town with all-male elected leadership currently, has had women serve as mayor and in appointed roles, such as administrator.
Before the ballot, women were mayors in 40 of 270 municipalities in the state, according to the Municipal Association of South Carolina.
For Elise Partin, mayor in Cayce for five years, gender is one of many factors that voters weigh with a candidate's proposed solutions to local topics mattering most.
"They look at what you bring to the table," she said.
Barbara Smith, Pelion's new mayor, said she decided she wanted to "be effective" after returning to her hometown in 2008, following a career as an educator elsewhere.
Becoming mayor "just fit," after a brief stint on Town Council, she said.
Smith will be Pelion's second woman mayor. Former legislator Elsie Rast Stuart was mayor there in the 1980s.
In Batesburg-Leesville, Rita Crapps is changing chairs from council member to mayor.
Smith and Crapps won with the endorsement of longtime mayors who retired. Both have a network of relatives and friends who provided support and campaign help.
The rise in women elected mayors "could be absolute coincidence," Crapps said. "You vote for a person's experience, you vote for their knowledge."
She will serve as town leader, with daughter Meggie Ricard elected to the council post that Crapps held for 21 years.
Ricard called her decision to run natural since she knows the ins and outs of Town Hall after attending meetings and discussing matters over the years with her mother.
It did surprise her mother.
"I had not given that great a consideration to the fact that she had a taste for it," Crapps, 53, said of her 27-year-old daughter. "But she's as well indoctrinated as anyone. She's up to speed."
Crapps and Ricard expect disagreement to be rare.
"It would surprise me," Ricard said. "We have a lot of the same vision for the town."
Crapps doesn't mind if her daughter goes her own way politically.
"Blood has no bearing in this situation," she said. "If she disagrees with mom, that's OK."
Their partnership in public office is a tradition.
Crapps' father was a state representative in the 1960s and her brother is a mayor in Virginia.
"It really is the thing in our family," she said.


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New Photography Book Captures Great Lakes Ships
There's a new photography book on the market for anyone intrigued by the large ships roaming the Great Lakes. "Classic Ships of the Great Lakes" is by Robert B. Campbell, whose photos have been published in the Michigan History Magazine and other publications.
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Germany's Yachticon Boat Care Products Come to U.S.
Germany's No. 1 line of boat care products is now available in the U.S. Stateside boaters can now purchase Yachticon, distributed by GlobalTec Solutions, for all their cleaning, maintenance and engine care boat product needs. The Yachticon product line includes the biodegradable Boats Wash...
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Syntek Global's XFT Available For All Engine Types
Syntek Global is offering a double whammy with their Xtreme Fuel Treatment (XFT): not only does the fuel additive combat the effects of ethanol and stabilize fuel sitting in your tank, it's also environmentally friendly, reducing emissions by 33 percent.
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SeaSucker's New Waste Band Keeps Things Tidy
The time for makeshift garbage bags (or bins, buckets, storage lockers) is over. SeaSucker has developed the Waste Band, a plastic hoop and clip device that conveniently holds garbage bags in place on your boat.
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Keep your engines clean as can be, with Star Tron's new Ring Clean+, which is formulated with the latest technology deposit control compounds, PLUS a proprietary enzyme package for the ultimate in cleaning power.
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GOST Tracker App Puts Nav-Tracker on Phones and Tablets
GOST (Global Ocean Security Technologies) is a company specializing in marine security, tracking, monitoring and video surveillance systems. For their 10th year in business, they released the free GOST Tracker App, which allows boaters to link vessel data from a corresponding Nav-Tracker device and ...
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Kahlenberg Introduces KB-15 Electric Horn
Listen up! Kahlenberg Industries' KB-15 is a type-approved electric horn and hailing system producing a powerful horn signal for all types of vessels up to 65 feet. The KB-15 also creates voice amplification, "talkback" and wireless connectively to Bluetooth-enabled devices.
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Eliminate Seasickness With Seakeeper
Seakeeper hopes to eliminate seasickness with just the push of a button. Using gyro stabilization technology, Seakeeper reduces boat roll to create a more land-like boating experience.
Seakeeper is a computer-controlled gyroscope that is installed in the hull. It fits in boats 30 feet and ab...
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Portable Rug Doctor Cures Stain Woes
There's nothing more aggravating than a stain that just won't come out of your boat carpet, despite all your toughest spot-removing home remedies. But now, thanks to Rug Doctor's Portable Spot Cleaner, you can have professional carpet-cleaning power at your fingertips.
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Snap-Stick Fixes Pesky Zippers
After a long day out on the water, the last thing you want to do is wrestle with some pesky snaps or zippers. However, with Shurhold's Snap-Stick, a solid lubricant, you won't have to worry about that again.
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On April 1 the food trucks will officially roll out, and in addition to the returning sites at City Hall Plaza, Boston Public Library and Clarendon Street, some new sites and vendors are on the list.
Mayor Thomas Menino announced the relaunch of the program on Tuesday, March 20, adding his excitement for both new and returning food vendors.
"My administration has worked extensively across City departments and with food truck operators and residents to create a program that continues to give opportunities to small businesses, enliven public spaces, and promote access to fun, interesting, fresh food across the city," said Menino.
This, coupled with a new initiative to connect the city's Hubway bikes to mobile food spots, will give Bostonians a chance to tour the town while chowing down.
Here is where you can grab some grub from mobile vendors when you're walking around the city:
*Copley Square at Stuart & Trinity Place - while this site existed last year, we've created the City's first 3-truck cluster site on city streets by adding 2 additional truck-vending sites here.
*China Trade Building at Boylston Street - next to the outdoor plaza in front of the China Trade building and across from the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
*Financial District - the City's 3rd food truck cluster site, is located on the corner of Milk & Kilby. This site can accommodate 2 food trucks.
*South End at Tremont Street and Berkeley Streets adjacent to the Benjamin Franklin Institute.


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Project X has a way-out premise. There is an incredibly complex plot about involving I am not sure if I entirely follow this the attempt by 22nd Century scientists to probe a comatose mans mind by creating a fake identity and placing him in a simulacrum of 20th Century Earth, all in order to try and create a situation that prompts him to dream of the information so they can retrieve it from his memory as they monitor him sleeping. There is considerable conceptual ambition to this and about an equal degree of confusion. There are all manner of bizarre flips between reality and illusion, and a subplot akin to The Chairman (1969) involving a secret mission into China that are shot in trippy psychedelic visuals (courtesy of no less than Flintstones, Jetsons and Yogi Bear creators Hanna-Barbera). It gets even more complicated when a saboteur starts trying to infiltrate the simulation and the person at the centre of it starts manifesting latent psychic powers a la Forbidden Planet (1956). If it is never particularly clear what is going on the conceptual juggle of ideas that William Castle manages to keep spinning in the air all at once is mind-boggling. It should be noted that a similar plot was also used in the stunning Dark City (1998).
The supposedly futuristic technology does leave a number of amusements to us three decades later. There is no concept of closed-circuit monitoring systems, rather people have a wall-sized one-way mirror built right next to Christopher Georges bed; the electrodes attached to his skull come with huge trails of cables; and nobody seems able to do something as simple as trace a phone call made to the house.
William Castles other films of genre note as producer-director are: as director of Crime Doctors Manhunt (1945), the sixth in a series of Columbia crime thrillers, of which Castle directed several, featuring a forensicologist against a split-personalitied killer; the psycho-thriller Macabre (1958); House on Haunted Hill (1959); the classic The Tingler (1959), probably Castles best film; the haunted house film 13 Ghosts (1960); the psycho-thriller Homicidal (1961); Mr. Sardonicus (1961) about a man with his face caught in a grotesque frozen smile; the juvenile comedy Zotz! (1962) about a magical coin; the remake of The Old Dark House (1963) for Hammer; the Grand Guignol psycho-thriller Strait-Jacket (1964) with Joan Crawford; The Night Walker (1965), a psycho-thriller about a dream lover; the prank phonecall psycho-thriller I Saw What You Did (1965); the psycho-thriller Lets Kill Uncle (1965); the ghost comedy The Spirit is Willing (1967); as producer of the classic occult film Rosemarys Baby (1968); as producer of the anthology series Ghost Story (1972-3); Shanks (1974) with Marcel Marceau as a puppeteer who can resurrect the dead; and as producer of the firestarting insect film Bug! (1975).


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Some films stand the test of time, and some feel dated. This one does feel dated in some aspects (which isn't always a bad thing), but it definitely stands out as one of Dario Argento's best films. Tenebre follows the story of an American novelist visiting Rome whose latest novel has inspired a string of copycat murders. Peter Neal's book, aptly names Tenebre, has created quite the controversy being labeled as misogynistic and sexist. Women as victims and men as heroes; human perversions and its effects on society. The film itself also falls into this labeling as well. This film is rated X and for good reason. It is very bloody, very sexy, and very daring.
The film opens in gruesome delight. A glamorous and beautiful woman tries shoplifting a copy of the mega-hit Tenebre and uses her sexual prowess to get out of it. After, she arrives home only to be greeted by a psychotic killer who stuffs pages of the book into her mouth as he stabs a knife through her neck. Shown through the killer's point of view, we hear his heavy breathing, only adding to the already frightening and shocking atmosphere.
When Peter arrives in Rome, he is met by detectives who ask him about the woman who was murdered not five hours ago from forty-four stab wounds with an old-fashioned razor. The killings are like a tribute to Peter Neal. But does the killer admire or abhor the author?
All the deaths are psychosexual and cater to torture-porn fantasies of men. Another death deals with a quarrelling lesbian couple. Each of the death scenes of these beautiful, scantily-clad women are slowed down, shown in slow-motion for dramatic effect, almost in an erotic way as blood gushes from their pearly white skin.
As the deaths continue, Peter and his assistant start doing a little detective work themselves, especially keen on following a suspicious journalist. At one point, the two witness a murder and decide not to go to the police. Peter got hit in the back of the head so he doesn't remember anything. This scene frustrated me a lot because if you were at the scene of a crime you would damn well go to the police.
There are a few other irritating inconsistencies, but the ravage and brutal death scenes more than make up for it. Considered one of the goriest scenes ever, is the iconic scene of a woman close to Peter, who gets her arm decapitated by an axe. While she screams for her life with her arm sputtering blood, she gets an axe to the stomach… numerous times. It is so bloody and horrific as blood streams down the stark white walls.
The reveal is expected and surprising all at once. The film definitely delivers on an ending full of terror and twists. Though sometimes cheesy, the solid plot and extreme gore can hold any horror lover's interest and heart. This is definitely one of Dario Argento's better films. Known as one of the kings of horror cinema, making well over twenty film in his career (and still going), some of his films are complete genius and others are complete duds. But this one definitely lands somewhere close to the top.
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Sunday, 18 December 2005
Artwork: More Kandinsky and Tulips
This is the pastel study I did of the Kandinsky and Tulips photograph as a mock-up for the acrylic painting I am working on. The painting is still in the 'not so pretty' stage as basically I have only blocked in the main colors as an underpainting. I will post the painting again as I progress.
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Your pastel is gorgeous, I'll check back to see your work on the painting! really beautiful!ReplyDelete
This pastel is gorgeous work and I can't wait to see how the painting comes out. You visited my blog and asked me "what is EDM" Everyday Matters is a yahoo group where they do a weekly challenge drawing as well as discuss everything art and support each other in thier artistic endeavors. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/everydaymatters/ Great group of people.ReplyDelete
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The images are not real, but the scenes that Photoshop allows us to create may become our reality after the election.
The essence of any news organization is its credibility when it comes to delivering news to its audience. That means being able to properly determine whether or not available material relates to something that actually took place. This has to be at the forefront of any decision prior to its presentation, since the alternative means a much longer timespan trying to restore that credibility.
The method of delivery in such attempts to deceive can vary, with video, photographs and audio all capable of being manipulated by someone. The intent may be connected to putting forth a particular political agenda or it might be related to discrediting an opposing viewpoint. In the latter case, this can take the form of doctored photographs or audio that's deliberately taken out of context. In some cases, the goal may simply be to play a prank on an organization.
An Evolution in Standards
The changing media landscape in the past few decades has heightened the competitive nature of being the first to break a news story. That's resulted in news outlets becoming more vulnerable to manipulation in some form. It's also meant that the traditional concept of having multiple sources for an official confirmation is now seemingly a relic of the past.
Inattention to Detail
In the quest for more online recognition, news organizations now assess what's trending on social media as a gauge of what they should provide on their website. The problem is that in numerous instances, news outlets looking for a photo to accompany their subsequent story fail to take into account that it's been altered from its original form by an individual that likely used Photoshop software.
Newer organizations with a much looser interpretation of what constitutes a legitimate photo tend to be the most vulnerable to this sort of mistake. However, even longstanding media can fall victim to such hoaxes.
In 2010, Time Magazine published a photo of a tornado near the Statue of Liberty. While the photo itself was legitimate, the publisher didn't realize that the photo had been taken in 1976. A more controversial decision from the magazine had been made in 1994, when the decision to darken the features of accused murderer O.J. Simpson quickly brought charges of racism.
The Agenda Issue
In other cases, the political angle espoused by a news outlet can lead them to make a rash decision to use a photograph. Conservative outlets during the U.S. presidential campaign have used faked photos that purport to show a female supporter of Donald Trump that was severely beaten and a car with Trump stickers on it being vandalized.
Besides Photoshop, audio software like Audacity affords someone the opportunity to mislead a media outlet by being able to change the gender of his or her voice. In some cases, the ability of someone to imitate a celebrity's voice ends up resulting in embarrassment.
A Willingness to Be Taken
The person doesn't even need to be a celebrity, which followers of radio shock jock Howard Stern have done for years to on-air broadcasters. One of the more notorious instances of this was again connected to the O.J. Simpson case, with the events prior to his arrest allegedly being described to Peter Jennings on ABC television. In truth, the depiction was false and only debunked after a subsequent call from sports caster Al Michaels.
Video manipulation has left television stations and websites to report on dubious incidents, with embarrassing results. In April 2014, the ABC affiliate in Phoenix reported on the alleged claim that teenagers were smoking crushed bedbugs in an effort to reach intoxication. The video shown had been made by an individual who was upset over a previous news story on marijuana that had featured the man.
Fox News offers a mix of straight news and opinion-based programs, with many news stories finding their way into the mix of segments in the latter category. That's led to a number of misleading stories, including a story about large crowds at a Sarah Palin book signing that turned out to be from one of her 2008 speeches while running for Vice President.
Another falsity presented as fact was a purported large crowd at a rally against a health care reform bill in Washington. The crowd, in fact, had been from a Glenn Beck rally two months earlier.
While networks and online outlets can be the source of such manipulation, the fact that they allow themselves to be victims of a hoax shows a laxity in previously established standards.
The Growing Tide of Problems
Considering the tools that pranksters or politically charged individuals continue to have at their disposal, the ease at achieving such goals suggests that such media outlets should get a better gatekeeper.


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Westport Capital Partners, on behalf of certain funds it manages, announced a lease with University of Utah Health for the investment firm's new Sugar House development located at 2290 South 1300 East. U of U Health will occupy one of two office buildings in the new project as the sole tenant of 170,000 square feet in the building on the southeast corner of the development.
"University of Utah Health is the perfect partner for the Sugar House community," said Principal & Portfolio Manager for Westport Capital Partners, Greg Geiger. "Early on in the planning process we sought feedback from the community on what they wanted to see in the area. One of the key themes we heard was that Sugar House really needs is more daytime users for existing retail and dining establishments. The new University facility will not only provide easy access to top-notch medical services, but more than 200 employees and hundreds of visitors will come into the area each day who will shop, dine and support local businesses – infusing the economy and strengthening this growing community."
The U's Sugar House Clinic will focus on promoting the health of the community, offering a wide range of health services to patients, including primary and preventative care, oncology care and weight loss services.
"This property was a natural fit for us. From the breathtaking views to the easy access of I-80 and proximity to the Sugar House business district, this location accommodates our patients by moving critical services from our hospital campus into the community where it's more convenient," says Wayne Imbrescia, executive director of ambulatory services at U of U Health.
Westport's Sugar House development is set to include two office towers and a multi-family residential building. Elements of the project include the creation of a new street to reconnect Highland Drive and 1300 East, pedestrian and biking improvements along the new street and Ashton Avenue, ample below-grade parking that blends with the nearby structures, retail spaces, a public plaza, public art and programmable active window displays that will activate the street for pedestrians as they enter the greater Sugar House business district.
Demolition on the site is expected to begin in June with the U of U Health building anticipated to be complete mid-2019.
Westport Capital Partners is currently undergoing approval processes with Salt Lake City Corporation to finalize designs for the project and will announce the listing broker to lease the second office tower totaling 150,000 square feet soon.


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Lisa lets us in on Pisa Lisa's bumpy start and its rebound
Pisa Lisa
Sedona, Arizona
Sedona restaurateur Lisa Dahl adjusted her wood-fired pizzeria concept – which opened last year – to include table service.
In the beginning it was chaotic… In these new businesses, it's very important for you to admit what you did wrong in the beginning. And sometimes you are learning in real time what isn't working, but you can't always correct it in that moment. You are too in the midst of chaos sometimes to know you can fix it. So you stand back and you assess the situation and you try to isolate what those issues are and you try to make a plan of attack how to eliminate those things or how to progress from the mistakes that you made. You can't get better if you don't make mistakes. We made our fair share and we are so much better now because we learned from them.
We started with a self-service approach and realized that our customers wanted table service. They had always had table service in our fine-dining restaurants, so that was a big learning experience for us. And what we actually realized was our restaurant wasn't really big enough to do self-service in the right way.
We were getting hit really hard with a lot of volume in the first month, and then we got hit with the back-end slap on the result — which was the three slow months of the summer. We almost went to no business and it scared us. Given that, we used our slow times to figure out what we needed to correct. So we came back with a vengeance and I did some corrective measures, which should have been done in the first place, but we got off to a late start.
We took advantage of doing the things that we should have done in the first place, which was going around to all of the concierges (in the area) and having parties (for them) and Jeep drivers and our various hospitality associates. So that was imperative for marketing, but it was also imperative for kind of humbling ourselves in saying that, "We know that you've heard some things that might not be the best of what we are all about, but taste it and feel it for yourself. I personally went out to deliver the message on many fronts and made presentations locally, for instance, with the timeshare groups, destination groups. But I also took samples of my product and killed them with kindness and it started to turn around exponentially.
Now we are 50 percent over the numbers for July than where we were in the first year. On TripAdvisor, Pisa Lisa started at 153 and now it's 21. That means that we had to perform five stars a lot to achieve such a turnaround.
I think when you are in a town like this, there is no place to run and hide. It's not like you are in a mall in the middle of a massive city of six million people and you can get away with mediocrity. In this town, you just can't. I'm more proud than I can even tell you.


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Robotics for youth is a non profit organization and our mission is to give awareness and mentor robotics clubs and teams. We are a group of young engineers who have many years of experience in FLL, FTC, FRC combined. We are a STEM ambassadorship for robotics engineering and we are reaching out to different schools to increase awareness in Robotics and it's applications in the real world. We are also reaching out to experts and major scientists in the field of robotics to come and give speeches to the community. We are in the process of developing one on one and web lessons to kids about robot design and programming. We hope to increase Stem-literacy in the community.
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Looks yummy to me the Lamb in Cabbage. Love to try it sometimes..Regards.
Blimey, I haven't had fårikål for absolutely ages. That must be remedied 🙂
the best food i make….captain thank you so much….
Hello! Yes, this fårikål is well worth being named the nation's official dish! It's so good for you, and makes your house smell so very country homey. I literally watch my two teenagers and husband change their moods to "yum" mode! Everybody is a bit happier when a pot of fårikål is simmering very slowly.
the way my family makes it, any time of year, is a few packs of frozen lamb meat or fresh is best, sliced up to chunks, even serving pieces. Much of the fat has to be trimmed off or it gets very greasy.
I make mine on the stove always, and start with the fattiest meat slices for the bottom of the pan, then a layer of cabbage slices, a layer of lamb slices, salt, pepper, etc.. until filled. Bring the water level up to 1-3 of the way from the top, and bring to a boil. Turn down to medium low and simmer gently, checking to see you do not run low on water. you have all the time in the world to do whatever you want to do before your guests get to the house .. so this kind of dinner is so tasty, we serve it to guests, and use nice porsgrunn porcelain to serve on. I do have lignoberry sauce on the side. Potatoes are served with thë
fårikål and butter (setesmør) farm butter. Hvar så god! 😀
oopsy I forgot.. you need to add a bayleaf and a tablespoon of peppercorns, (red, green, black is good for this).. peel and trim a carrot and put those in to simmer with it. I also add a level tablespoon of mustard seed. Simmer it simmer it all day simmer that! You are going to love this if you decide to try it, and now my mouth is watering! 😮 😀 Enjoy
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Yes, a bay leaf is a very traditional ingredient to put into Fårikål. Thanks for the tips 😉
Hello 🙂
This indeed looks very yummy and reading all the posts you guys put after it makes me definitely want to try it out!! The only problem: price! Meat is so expensive here and not to mention the lamb, of all meats… I just got here so I wasn't able to stock up on meet for the freezer (from the hunting season). Is there any place you can still get some meat at a reasonable price to cook this? (by reasonable I mean probably half the prices I see for portions of say chicken, in the regular supermarkets) (also I don't have a car so I probably can't access further locations easily… so is there a place in big cities where you find cheaper lamb or meat to try these recipes out?)
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Hi Corina!
Most out of season meat can be bought in the frozen food section. Rema is the cheapest in meat that I've seen but it needs to be a fairly big store to have a good selection. Spar has a good reputation of providing traditional meats in the frozen section too. The best time to buy meat, of course, is when it s in season as it's cheaper and fresh. Norwegians normally have a big freezer and bulk buy their meat when it is cheap.
Pork is really the cheapest meat in Norway (Lamb is actually expensive out of season). At Coop Obs! we buy pork chops from the freezer for about kr30,- per kilo.
Cool — I'll definitely try to find some meat at those stores… I've got to say turning vegetarian all of a sudden = not cool when you love meat 🙂
I've been invited to have dinner with my friends today. Guess what? We had fårikal! I've never imagined lamb can be so dilicious! (Ps, I don't like lamb before)
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Small world 😉
Cowberry sauce ??
We do NOT eat our fårikål with cowberry sauce!! I never heard of this.
I'm norwegian by the way…
cowberry sauce is delicious with reindeer..
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The National Fårikål association in Norway begs to differ.
The National Fårikål association ??? hhahahahahah
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Hey, well, Norwegians love making up these types of 'associations' – you should be proud of your tradition – though it is also Norwegian to mock themselves. You obviously didn't check out the link.
I guess you'd bag on Rogaland, Oppland and Nord-Møre for having their own version of fårikål too. You have the wrong idea about fårikål. There is no wrong or right – it is not a locked in tradition that if you deviate you cannot call yourself Norwegian anymore. Fårikål was a peoples dish and they used what they had to make variety – for sheep farmers, having fårikål every night in autumn can get boring so they mixed it up a little with what they had available. The reason I know this is because I live on a sheep farm run for three generations. We raise our own spæl sau and we have been in the situation of having an abundance of fårikål meat and we certainly mix things up. I think cowberry sauce is lovely with fårikål, it is a good complement to the meat. You should try it some time. Since you seem so passionate about fårikål, you will just love our series on our different fårikål versions:
Fårikål with Rosemary and Garlic
Fårikål with Cinnamon
Fårikål with Curry
Fårikål with Ginger and Chili
Check out farikal.no for more recipes.
This is one of my all time favorite meals! I have wonderful childhood memories of my mum making this, and have continued the tradition with my own family. My husband had never tasted this until he met me, and now requests this every winter here in Australia
Oh, memories … I remember many of these meals prepared by my mormor … It was a childhood favorite of mine!
This reminds me of a similar dish we were served when visiting aunty and uncle at their dairy farm in Brostadbotn, Northern Norway – the only difference is that pork was used not lamb otherwise the ingredients and cooking method were identical. Perhaps it is a case of utilizing an option they had at their disposal? It also is delicious and I prepare this for my family occassionally [we live in Australia] with great success
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It is a little strange as Norway, especially the North doesn't traditionally have pigs – they can't stand the cold…lol. But the dish is like the good old shepherds pie – lamb, beef, pork – whatever you have laying around…lol.


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We have a variety of dance styles to suit your child from Ballet, Tap, Ballroom & Latin, and Street dance. Our aim is to teach professional technique and style while keeping the emphasis of our classes on fun and enjoyment. There are the options for entering exams and performance opportunities or to dance for the pure enjoyment of it. Have a look at our children's timetable below.
Here's what our classes are about
A beautiful flowing dance form that encourages strength and control. You will work on stunning routines with classical and popular influences. We work through the United Kingdom Alliance Dance and Drama Syllabus.
Funky rhythms and percussive sounds make tap a one off dance form. Trendy New York and British dance groups and bands over the last few years have meant that tap is coming into its own. Tap is also known for its stylish elegance and old time charm. Again, we work within the United Kingdom Alliance syllabus
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