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This is the sixth blog entry in my series Leaflet-Diary. In my last post: Chapter 4, Towards Leaflet 1.1, I talked about changes that were made to the Leaflet package to make it extensible. This one is about the release of version 1.1 and what's coming in the months ahead.
- Leaflet 1.1.0 has finally been released and available via CRAN. It contains a ton of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.
- Next iteration of changes will start soon.
- Leaflet.extras is coming along nicely and should also be available on CRAN in the near future.
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Version 1.1
After almost a full year of development and with contributions from many people, Leaflet 1.1.0 was released on CRAN. Although RStudio folks were really nice to mention my humble contribution, I can personally tell you that this was a combination of contributions from a lot of folks. A truly team effort of many people involved in improving the GIS visualization capabilities in R. Here I will elaborate on the RStudio blog post highlighting some of the major features available in leaflet 1.1.0. If you have followed the past posts of Leaflet Diary you might be familiar with most of the following items.
- Leaflet JS lib upgraded from 0.7.3 to 0.7.7, and respective plugins upgraded too. Leaflet 0.7.7 will be the last release in 0.7.x series of the Javascript library.
- Support for custom projections via the
leafletCRSclass. To see this in action check out some of the examples I have uploaded to Rpubs.
- Introductory post about Proj4Leaflet support.
- Slightly advanced use case of polar projections.
- Non geographic data plotting using
L.CRS.Simple; Tilegrams in R.
- Support for labels on mouse over.
- Mutually compatible marker clustering and grouping. See fourth example in this Rpubs page.
- Auto-completable 3rd party tiles provider list.
- Support for adding custom Javascript buttons and toolbars.
- Ability to highlight shapes on mouse over.
- Support for more customized markers.
- Support for sf objects in addition to
sfis the successor and in many ways a better alternative to
spfor storing/processing spatial data in R.
- Support for crosstalk from cross-widget communication. This allows your leaflet widget to interact with other widgets on the page.
- With version 1.1.0 leaflet will handle missing data more gracefully. It will either warn or error out when data is missing depending on whether it can or cannot proceed.
As you can see a lot of effort and time was put in to making Leaflet 1.1.0 as bug free and as feature rich as possible by everyone involved.
What's Next?
Although it is still too early to determine what's next for leaflet, one thing we are all excited about is the release of version 1.x of the Leaflet Javascript library. At this point I am evaluating how much of an effort it will be to upgrade the R package to use the 1.x version of the JS lib. But rest assured that the new JS version not only comes with a lot of bug fixes, but also some major performance improvements and some interesting features. So stay tuned for future development.
Leaflet Extras
My own add-on package to leaflet, leaflet-extras is coming along nicely. If you haven't checked it out yet, I highly encourage you to do so. One of the advantage of the Leaflet JavaScript library is that it is very extensible and provides a ton of plugins that enhance the capabilities of the base library. We have already integrated some of these plugins in to the leaflet R package. But we cannot incorporate all the plugins and we need to keep the leaflet R package relatively stable. With that in mind we made the R package extensible, and
leaflet.extras is an add-on R package that provides enhanced functionality using a lot of 3rd plugins. For those unfamiliar with
leaflet.extras here is a small list of feature set it supports.
- Enhanced and extended support for GeoJSON, TopoJSON, GPX, KML file formats.
- Automatic choropleths with bi-directional legend highlighting.
- Heatmaps
- More customized icons.
- Support for drawing shaped and markers on the map and interacting with them in Shiny.
- Search GeoJSON and markers on the map. Geolocate using OSM Nominatim API.
- Support for time dimension. (Coming soon).
- Miscellaneous features like tile caching, suspend map during scrolling, GPS locator.
If you work with ESRI products like ArcGIS/ArcMap etc. Also check out my other add-on package leaflet.esri. More on this in a separate blog post.
Final Word
2017 promises to bring a lot of exciting features to geospatial data analysis and visualization using R. A lot of interested parties and experts in this domain are involved in the process. If you want to follow I suggest you check out r-spatial and its related products/blogs. Also the folks over at ROpenSci are doing some fantastic work in providing a lot of packages for geospatial analysis.


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Geert Albers van Engen 1792-1837
I'm searching for information about my Albers line of the family. My gggg-grandfather, Geert Albers. He as born Slue, Drenthe, Netherlands January 19, 1792. He married the widow Fenne Swiers van Engen in 1816. Geert, whose father was Teunis, took Fenne's last name we're not exactly sure why. But were told it was often done to be able to inherit property.
Fenne and Geert had a son, Harm van Engen who was born Feb. 28, 1820 in Emlenkamp (now Emleichham), Hannover, Germany who married Aoltien Peters who was born in 1826 in Wilsum, Hannover, Germany. (sidenote: Aoltien Peters wore goudere corijzer of the best family.)
If you have any information on this Albers family, I would appreciate any help I can get.
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Here's an interesting one from the parish register for Ste. Anne des plaines:
Marriage,18 September 1809. Augustin Alari fils de Augustin Alari et de Therese Forgette, & Marie Pariseau fille mineur de Jean-Baptiste Pariseau et de Marie Josephe Coucher. Among the witnesses were:
Augustin Alari, pere de l'epouse, Gabriel Forget, grandpere, Guillaume Alari, oncle, Antoine Alari, oncle, Jean-Baptiste Pariseau. There were a few others but the writing is so blurred on the microfilm that I could not make them out.
The bride's father and her uncle Guillaume appear to be the sons of Antoine Halary and Therese Defoi from whom I am descended.


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January '10 Magazine Roundup
Sushi, tapas and chocolate cake. It's all here in our monthly roundup of Japanese food magazines.
The January 2010 issue of ELLE à table (720 yen) runs with the theme "Let's Party" and asks two caterers to produce a menu for 4 people that comes in under 5000 yen (p. 40). Dancyu (850 yen), meanwhile, dedicates much of it's 210 pages to sushi and sashimi. Dancyu columnist Kundo Koyama also contributes an essay on "The five best dishes of 2009".
Syokuraku (860 yen) follows the sushi theme, looking at which wines best match Japan's favourite finger food. Cuisine Kingdom (980 yen) leads with a 'special feature' entitled "Bar, Bistro, Trattoria – the secret of their popularity". This basically turns out to be an excuse to present some exquisite food porn from the likes of Barcelona and Paris, of which we wholly approve.
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Words from Ejo
Ninth Precept: Not Being Angry
it's not as if I didn't know
how the truth pushes up from the belly
gets caught in the chest
white heat at the crown
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Series of six Tuesdays 2/15 - 3/31
It is said that meditation and ethics are "One Thusness". While these two aspects of Buddhist practice seem to speak to different issues, they are both simply the brightness of an awakened mind. To study the Buddha way through meditation naturally leads to ethical inquiry and, in our tradition, the Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts are the gateway. In this class, we will encounter the teachings of these precepts and explore how they can enliven each of us and our communities. No registration is necessary and drop-ins are welcome.
March Sesshin
March 11 - 15, 2015
Sesshin means "to gather the mind." In the Zen tradition, extended periods of silent meditation are undertaken to focus and deepen our practice.
As conducted at Butsugenji, sesshin centers around 40 minute periods of zazen, alternating with 10 minute periods of kinhin, walking meditation. Samu, work practice, occurs once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Meals are ceremonial and are served in the zendo. Sanzen, private meetings with the priest, occur at intervals. Dharma talks are given occasionally during zazen.
These activities model daily life and, when conducted in Noble Silence, are an opportunity to practice attention while functioning in the world-off-the-cushion. Extended group practice solidifies the sangha and the energy generated supports the temple.
If you are interested in attending sesshin, please register using the registration forms available at the zendo You may attend all or part of the sesshin. Please arrive and depart during breaks, kinhin, or work periods. It is fine to drop in at any time for zazen or service without registering, but if you will be attending meals or work practice, please pre-register to allow us to make space and food calculations. It is best to register as far in advance as possible and to be clear beforehand about which portions you will attend and which you will not.
Sleeping accommodations are available; please bring your own linens or sleeping bag, and towels. Meals are vegetarian; if you have allergies, please make note of that when registering. Bring work clothes and rain gear if you are able to work outside. Please do not bring clocks, watches, devices, books, or journals.
All the temple activities, including sesshin, are offered at no charge. Your generous donations are appreciated.
If you would like to offer an evening meal of soup and bread, please let Ejo know. Offerings for the snack table are also welcome; cheese, crackers, fruit, and nuts are appreciated as much as sweets.
Fusatsu is the ceremony of Atonement and is done at the Buddha Eye Temple once a month on the evening of the full moon. This ceremony provides us with an opportunity to experience the deep nurturing of ritual. The Fusatsu ceremony happens without any underpinning of explanation and provides us with the opportunity experience ritual in a clear and direct way.
We arrive, offer incense, do zazen, Ejo offers incense and we do personal atonement either openly or silently. Ejo then takes the high seat and we do essentially the Precept Ceremony .
Fusatsu is an opportunity to renew our vows and be reminded of the Precepts and their functioning in our everyday lives.
In doing Fusatsu each month we can review our lives, look deeply in ourselves and ask: What do I want to atone for?, Where has my behavior been incongruent with my intention? Where have I not been aware and behaved from old conditioned responses?
The importance of ritual lies also in the shared experience ....we join with one another and in this way the ceremony expresses our compassion with self and other.
I find Fusatsu the most effecting and beautiful of the ceremonies that we do at the Zendo. What happens is not just about me or any one individual but is about us being supported by the Dharma in our intention on the Path.
I hope to gather with you for Fusatsu on March 5, the night of the full moon.
- Jun-e
Board Report
The primary work the Zendo board did at our February meeting was to solidify the budget for 2015. It is similar to our 2014 budget with a modest increase in total expenditures for a total budget of $66,000 for the year, which is up a couple of thousand dollars from last year.
We discussed solidifying the budget for the residency program as Sogaku will be retuning in the fall and two others are likely to join the postulancy program at that time.
We also discussed the serious need we have for a new computer for the office as we are working on a 2003 model. We would like to buy a new Apple desktop sometime this year if funds allow.
Work on the construction project and budgets was discussed and seems to be in line with funds available as we move into the final stretch.
Embracing Practice Workshops
"Embracing Practice" is a two-hour workshop offered once a month during Practice Term, as a follow-up for those who have already been introduced to the practice of zazen -- either throughSunday morning orientation, or at the Tuesday evening "Intro to Zazen" class. The workshop provides an opportunity for newcomers to investigate their intentions and their inspirations. Through a mix of short readings, shared practice (sitting, walking, chanting), and plenty of time for conversation and sharing, participants will be invited to explore the embodied tradition of Zen: the postures of body, breath and mind with which fellow travelers have embraced the path of awakening. (This workshop may be attended more than once.)Mar 7, Apr 4 and May 16 at 10 a.m. For more information, contact Myobun: email@example.com
New Sangha Directory
The first version of the Sangha Directory has been emailed out. If you did't receive a copy and would like to be in it, please email your contact information to Jikie at email@example.com. If you believe you should have received a copy but didn't, it is probably due to a typo in your email address. Email your correct information to Jikie and she will fix the error.
Practice Positions Available
We are still looking for two bodhisattvas interested in being trained for two available practice positions. One is a chiden position, which is responsible for altar care, helping to preparing for ceremonies, and cleaning incense ash. We are also looking for someone to take responsibility for the tea & coffee kitchen and setup on Sunday morning. Please contact Kogen at email@example.com
March Work Party
Sangha work parties are on the fourth Sunday of the month. The next work party is on Sunday, March 22 from 12-3 pm, so mark your calendars. Now that the last steps of our new addition are almost done, there will be lots of landscaping to do, so we need lots of folks to help. It's helpful, but not necessary, that you stay for the whole time; you are welcome to come for only an hour. Lunch will be provided.
The April work party will be April 26.
Construction Update
We are getting very close to completion of the new hall! All the little details that have been discussed over the past several months but have yet to be resolved make a fairly long list, but the main components are all complete. The engawa (deck area at the front of the hall) is simply spectacular. Kogen's many years as a carpenter really shine through.
We expect to be getting final inspections within the next couple of weeks. Throughout the spring we will work on the landscaping and should be ready for a big party at our 11th anniversary this June.


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Cate Blanchett sets the record straight about her sexuality after 'coming out'
Remember when Cate Blanchett nonchalantly said she had (many) relationships with women and we all fell in love with her just a little bit more?
Because she is drop-dead gorg and all around brilliant.
Well, that didn't seem to be the whole, or 100 percent correct, story. She cleared up the confusion about her sexuality comments by basically telling everyone to just get over it.
"From memory, the conversation ran, 'Have you had relationships with women?' And I said, 'Yes, many times. If you mean I've had sexual relationships with women, the answer is, 'no.'' But that obviously didn't make it to print," she said.
Then she laid down the law, saying, "But in 2015, the point should be, 'Who cares?'"
Indeed, Cate, indeed.
More: Cate Blanchett reveals a big secret about her sexuality — and we applaud her
She explained exactly why it shouldn't matter and tells us that we have a lot of work left to do on the sexual orientation front, saying, "What happens these days is if you are homosexual you have to talk about it constantly. We are living in deeply conservative times, if we think otherwise we are very foolish."
I'm completely with Blanchett on this one. You may initially think she is being priggish, but that's not the case. What she is saying is it still matters to our society what your sexual orientation is, and it just plain shouldn't matter at all.
It shouldn't matter if you are attracted to men or women or both! People are not defined by the gender of their significant other, so it shouldn't be something any sexual orientation should have to discuss.
More: Cate Blanchett loses her cool, all thanks to this cat-related question (VIDEO)
Then she turned the tables to discuss something of much more merit: the number of film roles for women.
"I think it needs to be the center of conversation… The more rich and diverse the stories are the better it serves audiences both male and female. I think it fell off the agenda and lost a lot of ground. But it's wonderful to work with female producers who want to make great, intelligent films."
Blanchett was at the Cannes Film Festival promoting her latest film, Carol.
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Latest TV Spot Calls "Deadpool" a 'Love Story'
The 20th season of "The Bachelor" — yes, that's not a typo, "The Bachelor" has now been on for 20 seasons — debuted tonight on ABC. Normally, that wouldn't really be news on CBR, but a new "Deadpool" TV spot aired during the season premiere.
While it's mainly footage from the most recent "Deadpool" trailer, the spot contains a new intro with Ryan Reynolds' title character making light of the seemingly odd fit between the two properties. "Surprise," Reynolds says, in character as the Marvel mercenary. "This is actually a love story." The subsequent footage focuses partly upon between the relationship between Wade Wilson (the pre-transformation Deadpool) and Vanessa, his love interest played by Morena Baccarin.
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I'm Winnie! First, a wife to my hub, Edmund. Then a mum to my gems, Sonia and Arnold. Together we form WESA. Everything written in this blog space is about us – it's a family affair! Here I share snippets of our everyday kind of life and adventures. I love motherhood, family, children, playdates, travel, parties and simple joy.
Ed and I are true blue Singaporean who loves everything about Singapore (okay, maybe not everything, but still, many things). Though Singapore may only be a red dot on the world map, but we are a very prominent red dot. Perhaps, even more popular than some bigger countries. And on this little red dot, with some kind of affinity, our path crossed. We met in school through a student leader camp, became friends, fell in love, and were married in twenty eleven.
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Tontine Too prefers real dirt
ARCADIA, Calif. - The good allowance sprinter Tontine Too was supposed to like the new Cushion Track at Hollywood Park. Because of persistent heat in his feet, Tontine Too figured to appreciate the synthetic surface that horsemen believe is more forgiving than a standard dirt track.
But the all-weather learning curve continues, and before Tontine Too had gone a quarter-mile at Hollywood, trainer Howard Zucker could see things were not working out.
"He didn't really care for the synthetic," Zucker said. "He fell back, which was not like him. He wasn't one of those horses that jumped on it and loved it. I thought he would."
A flat third in the allowance, Tontine Too gets a chance to redeem himself Friday at Santa Anita when he returns to dirt in an optional $80,000 claimer that is the seventh-race feature.
Tontine Too, a front-runner, has trained well for his first start since Nov. 25 and catches a field that came up without an overflow of speed. Diamond Fury has some gas but returns from a 10-month layoff, and if Tontine Too wants the lead under Richard Migliore, he can have it.
A field of seven entered the 6 1/2-furlong race with third-level allowance conditions, including Zanzibar, Brooker, The Pharaoh, Swing Your Partner, and back-class closer Publication, the only horse in for the $80,000 claiming price. Tontine Too, a 4-year-old gelding who won his first three starts before the Cushion Track fiasco, might be the one to catch.
"He likes to hear his feet rattle," Zucker said. "He really relishes running over the top of the ground. We have high hopes for this horse."
The surface-switch dilemma also applies to the second race Friday. Five 3-year-olds, including likely favorite Level Red, race 1o1/16 miles in the first-level allowance. Grass-to-dirt Law Breaker, however, might be better than his turf form indicates.
Trainer Bob Baffert said Law Breaker was not working well on Cushion Track at Hollywood, so he ran him on turf in his Nov. 22 debut. He sprang an upset at 54-1, then returned with a game third, beaten a neck, in the Eddie Logan Stakes on Dec. 30.
"He's bred for dirt, and works good on dirt," Baffert said. "I think he's better on dirt."


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- West Pines 1.0
- West Pines 1.0 is an event that we have every few months that is all about letting you get to know West Pines better and letting us get to know you better.
- It's a great first step to thinking through if you should call West Pines your church home.
- The next West Pines 1.0 is coming up on Sunday, September 30th, right after the second service.
- We'll provide lunch and childcare, should you need it. If you're interested, write "1.0" on the back of your Connection Card.
- We are very excited that our Women's Ministry is starting back up
- They will be doing a 6 week study starting on 10/10 - that's Wednesdays at 10am
- Childcare is available for a small fee
- The will be studying - read slide
- Don't forget that we have a few WOF tickets left - There is a table in the back with more info on purchasing tickets for that event
- Baptism Class
- If you are interested in taking the step of Baptism, we are having a class for you to learn more about that on Thursday 10/11 at 7pm in the MP Room
- If you are interested in attending the class, just write "Baptism" on the back of your connection card
Sermon Title: Finding Your Sea Legs, Part 1: Hoist the Mainsail
Main Text: Titus 1:1-4
- Paul is writing a book that trains a young pastor, Titus. In this book he teaches him about how to lead the new Christians in the churches he is looking after.
- This book contains some of the challenges that each Christian has to survive as they are on this adventure of following Christ.
- In the first four verses of the book. Paul sets the tone for the entire book. He says, when it comes to Christians it's our knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness.
- This is an important statement that every Christian needs to wrestle with. Because in our culture we tend to be led by our emotions. We can believe we can attest to the reality of something by what we feel. We say things like:
- You know it when you feel it.
- It feels right.
- I wasn't feeling it.
- I can't help how I feel.
- Trust your heart.
- But having emotions as Supreme Guides of our lives is dangerous. We tend to be very fickle. A bad night sleep, a rude comment, or eating something funky can completely change our mode. Something small can change our emotions and tint our entire day. We know better than to trust our emotions.
- Emotions are important, but in a very subtle way sometimes this same type of thinking can slip into how we relate with God. We can let emotions guide us, rather than us guide our emotions.
- There are many ways Christians can let emotions guide us:
- Don't confuse what you feel with the Holy Spirit. We use phrases like, "I'm not feeling led to..." But that is a tricky thing to determine. While that is not necessarily wrong, we should make sure that it doesn't trump truth. There are times we don't feel like doing something we should. Or we feel like doing something we shouldn't. If we trust our emotions too much, we can allow ourselves to get convinced of something that is not true or right. When we "feel led" we have to test that with truth.
- Don't confuse how you are feeling with how close you are to God. Often we gauge our spiritual temperature by our emotions. After a conference or a camp or a particularly powerful church service, we feel very close to God. Then at other times we don't feel very spiritual or passionate. At that point we feel like God is far away. But the truth is if we have put our faith in Jesus for salvation, then He has washed us clean. He will never leave us or forsake us.
- Don't confuse how you are feeling with validity of a spiritual experience. Emotions can be played with. There is nothing wrong with stirring each other up and motivating each other to godliness. But the true test of the validity of a worship experience is how it aligns with truth. Many Christians hear speaker who are not teaching anything of substance, or even teaching untruths, but miss it because they are stirred emotionally.
- Don't confuse how you feel with what is right and wrong. Just because something does not feel wrong, doesn't mean that it is ok. In the same way, just because something does not feel right, does not mean it is wrong. We can't trust our emotions to tell us what is right or wrong. Our consciences are not the same as our emotions. Sometimes there is a nagging feeling we have about something, that should trigger us to dig deeper: look to scripture, get some godly advice.
- Don't let the lack of emotion, frighten you. Often times we go through a dry time. And sometimes God is intentionally guiding us through that season to strengthen our faith.
- We must let our knowledge and belief of the truth be what drives us.
- This doesn't mean that emotion is unimportant! Not by any means. Emotions are important just not the driving force. If we are in a dry season, we should try to stir up our hearts for God.
- What to do if we are in a dry season:
- Change things up in our personal time with God.
- Quit ignoring things that are getting us down. Pour them out to God.
- Get back to the truths that fuel our emotions. Use the gifts God gave us to get us there:
- music
- Christian friendships
- listen to good preaching
Key Questions:
- What are some small things that can affect our emotions in a big way?
- Read Titus 1:1-4.
- Paul says it is the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness. When do people tend to trust their emotions and get into trouble?
- What are some wise ways to discern if something is right or wrong?
- If I feel like I am far from God, what is the truth I need to remind myself of?
- When was a time you felt particularly passionate about your relationship with God?
- Can someone share a time when God allowed them to go through a spiritually dry season?
- What should someone do when they feel spiritually dry?
- What are some truths about God that anchor you when you feel unstable?
- What are some areas you feel like you let emotions guide you, rather than you guiding your emotions?
- What truth about God do you most need to remind yourself of right now in this season?
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FAA Regulatory Activity Concerning the use of Drones
FAA Regulatory Activity Concerning the use of Drones
CLE Hours:1.5
CLE Credit:Substantive
Course Level:Advanced
When the Federal Aviation Administration finalized its rules for unmanned aircraft systems in 2016, it expanded opportunities for commercial uses of that technology. A range of industries, including insurance, logistics and delivery, media and entertainment, energy, real estate, and emergency responders, are actively exploring the use of drones in their businesses or already using drones.
This session will provide an overview of recent FAA regulatory activity and guidance concerning the use of drones, including how to seek exemptions from the FAA for special operations of drones and how to respond to FAA enforcement proceedings. It will explore personal and professional uses of drones and the potential losses and liabilities associated with those activities.
This session will also explore the evolution of insurance coverage and the interplay with federal regulation. It will discuss the traditional and novel insurance products that can be used to provide coverage for these risks.
Topics include:
- Overview of FAA regulation of personal and business uses of drones and next steps as the FAA moves to further integrate drones into the national airspace.
- Potential liabilities and losses that could result from drone use.
- Insurance coverages available for those personal and professional uses and a high-level overview of the insurance claims and underwriting process.
- Role of insurers in using, sponsoring and insuring drones, including property insurers' use of drones for underwriting and claims.
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{gallery}Black Hat Week 5 - Jamarcus Grant{/gallery}
What was your favorite part of camp and why did you choose to come here?
My favorite part of camp was the free time with the diverse people. I chose to come to camp because I want to prove to all the people who doubt me that I can be the best.
Who is a role model that you look up to and why?
Role models I look up to would be my dad and my coach Guy Takahashi. My dad because he always believed in me and he was liked by a lot of people because of how nice he is. My coach because he pushed me to my limits and because he isn't a hypocrite and always lives up to his word.
What/who is your inspiration to wrestle and why?
Winning. I don't necessarily enjoy the work and how tired I get but I love winning and I'm making the sacrifices of being a little tired just to be that much better at winning.
What is the most valuable thing you learned at camp?
The most valuable thing I learned at camp was to never cheat myself.
What's the most important quality that a successful wrestler must have?
To improve as a person I need to…
Do more and do the most difficult things rather than the easiest.
What was the hardest thing about camp?
Running without a doubt.
What advice would you give to a future camper?
Never quite no matter how hard it gets. Just keep moving.
What makes wrestling different from other sports/activities you participate in?
You can never get through anything in wrestling without it being tough.
Who was your favorite coach at camp and why?
My favorite coach was Darius Wright because he pushed me and was hard on me no matter what I did.


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Swiss Army / Swiss Army Casino Royale
Swiss Army
The Swiss Army knife, like a Swiss movement watch, is the definition of precision design and manufacturing. The Casino Royale edition is a limited edition of one of the signature versions of the knife family and the creative brief called for a clean design that would present the knife in a premium way. To accomplish this, the package design called for a hidden magnetic closure, premium Fibermark covering and sculpted black cross-linked microcell foam to hold the knife.
Consumer Goods
Anthropologie / PADDYWAX Candle Box
Paddywax manufactures hand-poured artistic pillars, votives and tin container candles which began as the brainchild of Gretchen Hollingsworth and David Duncan in 1996. Using a blended soy wax and combining it with unique fragrances has helped to build their company into a premier, US-based, candle brand known for unequaled quality, creative design and compelling packaging. Having partnered with some high end brands such as Anthropologie, Paddywax has continuously come to Taylor Box to produce a line of packaging that lives up to the expectations, quality and brand name that has become expected with the Paddywax name.
Marketing Kits
UVEX / Uvex Ignite
The world's top selling protective eyewear brand, Uvex has been an acknowledged leader in safety eyewear innovation for more than fifty years. In 2007, they approached Taylor Box wanting to design a promotional package that would represent their sleek addition to its line of premium safety eyewear, the Uvex Ignite. Taylor Box then created a printed specialty diecut package that was as lightweight and boldly styled as the eyewear it packages.
Marketing Kits
Coach / Coach Gift with Purchase
Coach is a leading American designer and maker of luxury lifestyle handbags and accessories. During the last decade, Coach has emerged as America's preeminent designer, producer and marketer of fine accessories and gifts for women and men including handbags, business cases, luggage and travel accessories, wallets, outerwear, eyewear, gloves, scarves, fragrance and fine jewelry. Continued development of new categories has further established the signature style and distinctive identity of the Coach brand. Taylor Box created a package to hold four Coach nail polishes that would be given out as a free gift in stores to customers who made a purchase during the holiday season.
Marketing Kits
EDX Design / Wyndham Sales Box
EDX Design
Wyndham Hotel Group is the world's largest and most diverse hotel company with approximately 7,150 hotels worldwide represented in the marketplace by over 20 well respected brands. A high quality guest experience is at the forefront of the brand's mission and linens are a leading point of touch for the hotel guest. To be sure that each guest has the same high quality experience, a package reflecting the brand standards for linens was created and distributed across all of the Wyndam properties. Designed to tell the story and illustrate the brand values with actual samples of the linens; it is a very accessable reference for hotel managment at all levels.
Marketing Kits
Taylor Box Company / The Curve Project Kit
Taylor Box Company
Our marketing message to the nation's design community: think about The Curve as a design element in your next premium packaging project. We invited the design community at the 2012 Boston HOW Design Conference to begin the process with a promotion entitled "The Curve Project". Designers were invited to visit www.thecurveproject.info and then stop by the Taylor Box Company booth to pick up their "Curve Kit" and they did in record numbers; collecting over 1,000 kits in the first 40 minutes after the doors opened. Our invitation to doodle a curve idea using the kit's contents was equally successful with close to 500 designers putting colored pencil to paper and submitting their creations. Message delivered!
Condé Nast / Client Holiday Gift Box
Condé Nast
Condé Nast is largely considered to be the originator of the "lifestyle magazines", a type of magazines focused on a particular class or interest instead of targeting the largest possible readership. Its magazines focus on a wide range of subjects, including travel, food, home, culture, and other interests, with fashion the larger portion of the company's focus. More recently, Condé Nast has expanded its offerings to include marketing services and consumer-focused products such as apps and licensed merchandise. Condé Nast International Ltd., which publishes international editions of the U.S. titles, was incorporated in 2005. This division publishes more than 126 magazines and 104 websites, representing 24 markets around the globe. For their holiday, Taylor Box created a package for them to hold a set of their holiday cards to be sent to their partners and clients.
Powell's Books, Inc. / The Night Circus
Powell's Books, Inc.
Powell's Books is the largest independent used and new bookstore in the world. They carry an extensive collection of out of print, rare and technical titles as well. They started as a storefront in 1971 in Portland, Oregon and have since grown to five locations and one of the book world's most successful dot-coms, serving customers worldwide. Powell's also created "Indiespensable", a subscription club designed to deliver the best new books, with special attention to independent publishers. Every six weeks another installment of signed first editions, inventive, original sets or exclusive printings to read and admire are sent out to subscribers in their own Taylor Box specialty packaging.
Stephen King / The 25th Anniversary Special Edition of Stephen King's IT
Stephen King
Stephen King needs no introduction to readers of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and many titles have made their way to the silver screen. Mr. King's books are heavily collected for this special anniversary edition they were each placed into a padded traycase produced with great care here at Taylor Box Company.
Marketing Kits
Taylor Box Company / H20 Curved Binder
Taylor Box Company
Designed to take full advantage of the Curve element available exclusively through Taylor Box; the abstract water illustration is given added physical presence with the smooth curve edge of the case's front panel. Inspired design creations featuring curved or angled panels are possible with our CRVTK case maker's high speed case wrapping, made right here in the USA at affordable prices. We will work with you to develop a curve or angle for your graphic design! For more information about Curve Technology visit www.thecurveproject.info
L'Auberge Chez Francois / Chez Francois
L'Auberge Chez Francois
Jacques Haeringer, Chef de Cuisine, is one of America's most respected and innovative culinary personalities. Legendary for reinterpreting Alsatian and French cuisine for American palates; M. Haeringer has won a number of awards including the coveted AAA Four Diamonds. This prestigious restaurant has been voted Washington, DC's "Most Popular" and "Most Romantic" by readers of Washingtonian Magazine for 17 years.
When Chef Jacques and his team contacted Taylor Box, they asked us to develop a beautiful and elegant package to reflect the brand values of their restaurant.
Taylor Box responded with a gold-ribbed set up box featuring gold foil stamping for a tone on tone look; resulting in a simple yet luxurious package. The elegance of the presentation increases the likelihood that the package will be given without further wrapping, keeping the L'Auberge Chez Francois logo prominently and elegantly displayed - a win win!
Institute for Operational / Institute for Operational Excellence
Institute for Operational
Institute For Operational Excellence, a leading educational center for organizations and individuals interested in learning how to evolve a lean enterprise into one that can achieve and sustain Operational Excellence through training, innovative products, and academic resources for businesses of all sizes, from all industries and in all countries.
Event Promotion
Taylor Box Company / Taylor Giant
Taylor Box Company
Self promotional box launched at the How Design Conference in Boston, 2014. Promotion included a contest for a mini-iPad with completion of constructing a mini-giant with enclosed legos and posting the photo of the mini-giant to Twitter
Cosabella / Cosabella Candle Box
To introduce the new line of candles, Cosabella created a set including a candle and a complimentary gift from their lingerie. Both items are displayed neatly within this base and lid box, wrapped in beautiful soft touch printed paper with their signature bright fuschia ribbon.


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Tag: quality service
Courtesy of Rewire Me
I was totally floored by a blog post by Jackie Huba of Church of the Customer.
In her post, Huba recounted how Nordstrom – a beacon of premium customer service in the US – upped the ante by replacing her worn-out loyalty card with a new one sent to her home without any prompting. All it took was for Huba to remark that her card was old and presto! A new card was delivered.
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Do you enjoy the self check out queues at supermarkets? (courtesy of MUO)
What is fabulous service? How do you define a "delightful experience"?
To many, an exceptional encounter is a heroic one, epitomised by a smiling human being who jumps through flaming hoops to provide memorable encounters.
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Courtesy of HotelManagement.Net
The world has changed. Customers now have all the information they need to decide where they wish to visit, what they want to buy, and what services they require.
With an attention span of 90 seconds or less (at 140 characters each time), business as usual isn't going to cut it for the Facebook and Twitter generation. The game has changed from word of mouth to world of mouse.
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Bali has always held special meaning to me and my wife. It was on this tropical island that we had our honeymoon way back in January 2003. Back then, I was so inspired by the holiday experience and customer encounters that I wrote an article that was published in the Straits Times on the legendary hospitality of Balinese.
Sadly things have changed, even at Ubud (Bali's cultural heart) which is supposedly less mercantilist than Kuta, Uluwatu or the coastal cities. While its verdant and pastoral landscapes have largely remained, the ugly effects of commercialisation and gentrification have left major scars on the island.
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Ritz Carlton is the epitome of superior customer experience (source)
Have you pampered yourself with a Ritz-Carlton experience? If you did, I'm sure the experience was unforgettable.
How did the world's premiere hotel brand manage to achieve such lofty heights in customer service and experience? What is its secret formula?
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Outstanding and smooth in finish, we are engaged in manufacturing and supplying an excellent range of Black Marble Buddha Statue. This stunning statue is designed using finest quality marble and latest machines in line with the latest market trends. The statue is crafted by our talented artisans with intricate detailing and amazing color. Besides, it is widely demanded in hotels, homes, high end apartments, resorts and guest houses. Moreover, clients can avail this Black Marble Buddha Statue from us in different sizes.
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Cheers to Our Success, Both Past and Future!
Cheers to Our Success, Both Past and Future!
Current & Prospective Member Mixer
Join us at our next mixer to ignite new relationships and rekindle established connections within the A/E/C industry.
A/E/C Golfing "Fore" Business 4-Person Scramble to benefit Children's Home of York
SMPS Central PA, in conjunction with this year's premier sponsor, Stewart & Tate Construction, present our 5th annual Golfing Fore Business 4-person scramble. A portion of proceeds will benefit Children's Home of York (CHoY).
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Meet & Eat: Tech Tools for Communication, Collaboration, and Organization
October 31, 2017
Kinsley Education Center
350 Hill Street
York, PA 17403
Attend in a Halloween costume for a chance at a special prize (see below)!
Join us as we explore Microsoft OneNote and the web-based platform Slack: tech tools that can be implemented for personal and team organization, communication, and coordination.
Ever dream of truly going paperless?
Anne Miller did, because her clean-freak of a husband kept throwing away the recipes she was stockpiling on the desk in their home office. Knowing he could not (and would not) touch her computer, Anne looked for a way to digitally hoard and organize her recipes, and that's when she discovered Microsoft OneNote. She quickly realized how beneficial the software could be to help her stay organized at work and make information accessible to everyone, all the time. She implemented use of the software at work, first for herself, and then among the marketing team at her office.
Ever Miss AOL Instant Messenger?
Anne Miller did, because she realized that when she yelled to her coworkers across the hall, her voice carried upstairs into the executive suite. Knowing she should zip it, Anne looked for a way to digitally communicate instantly with her co-workers in a way that she could justify as having a business purpose, and that's when she discovered Slack. She quickly realized how beneficial the software could be to enhance communication throughout the organization. She implemented a soft launch of the software among the marketing team at her office, and its growth is spreading organically throughout the organization.
Want To Play Along?
Bring your laptop or other device to see how shared OneNote notebooks and Slack channels work!
- You'll need to have a Microsoft account for sharing a OneNote notebook, and sharing works best in Office 360.
- Slack is web-based with an optional down-loadable app. No special software needed.
Dress for (Halloween) Success!
Every attendee who attends in costume will be entered to win a $25 gift card to Panera Bread!
Click HERE to see who's attending!
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Cancellations made 24-hours prior to the event will be fully refunded. Due to our commitment with the meeting facility for food and beverage quantities, all other cancellations or no-shows will be invoiced for the full cost of the event.
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Although payments and contributions to SMPS Central Pennsylvania are not tax deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes, they may be deductible as business expenses under other provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Fine art landscape, scenic and nature photography of northern California by award winning and best selling photographic artist Leland Howard
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103 imagesFine Art Photography of northern California by award winning photographic artist Leland Howard
15 imagesCalifornia, northern. "Goodbye God, I'm going to Bodie". The brochure says this is what a little girl wrote in her diary when she found out her family was taking her to this infamous town described as second to none for badmen, wickedness and the worst climate outdoors. In typical poetic reverend fashion, F.M. Warrington described this gold rush town in the high desert of northern California as "a sea of sin, lashed by the tempests of lust and passion". Besides the popular pastimes like murder, hanging or drinking whiskey in one or more of the 65 bars, there was of course other opportunities for entertainment. A row of one-room cabins called "cribs" housed the likes of The Beautiful Doll (alias Madame Mustache), Rosa May, Emma Goldsmith, Nellie Monroe, French Joe and as they say, other popular ladies. I found an account of how one popular lady married a local butcher and later became "respectable". Tourists walk the streets now in the town described by the forest service as being in a state of arrested decay - interesting terminology. A few of the buildings are open like the museum and church but most are sealed with locked doors and wire over the windows. A look through the windows and it becomes quite obvious that you wouldn't want to venture inside anyway. Although a bio suit might allow investigations of the incredible array of antiques covered with dust and in disarray.
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Website Announcement
Nick Gotts has put together a new weblog based site, Natural History of Conway's Game of Life, in which he will be presenting some of the results of his investigations into simple starting pattern. The first posting deals with "Patterns with Eventful Histories", patterns which can interact in non-periodic ways and which have been followed for up to 2^36 (over 137 billion) generations.
Cutting and Repairing Diagonal Lines
David Bell recently asked if it was possible to detect a long diagonal line without destroying it, and if it was possible to send a signal through a diagonal line. The answers to both questions hinge on the ability to cleanly break and then repair the line. The glider constructions for such actions, while not optimum, have been found.
Bell showed that it was possible to repair a two cell break with a Loaf predecessor, and then Karel Suhajda and H.Koenig were able to find a 3 Glider construction of a Loaf that worked perfectly. Mark Niemiec also posted some similar contructions by David Buckingham which can also be used to close up a line.
A way to break a line was then posted by H.Koenig. Two gliders cause the diagonal line to become a pair of clean burning fuses, and then a pair of reactions consisting of two Gliders and a Lightweight Spacehip (LWSS) (previously discovered by Jason Summers) create the domino sparks which halts the burning fuses. This results in a twenty bit gap where the diagonal line used to be. This construction is not complete, however, because two of the gliders would interfere with each other if they came from infinity. Also, the gap created is much larger than it could be.
David Greene then showed how to use a pair of reactions using a Pond, a LWSS and three Gliders to lengthen a diagonal line by 4 bits can be used to close a gap by 8 bits. So a gap of 8n+2, with 10 bits as the minimum, becomes the more useful reactions.
Bell then showed how a Glider collision with a stable object could be used to cleanly cut a line. The added cost in Gliders used to construct and place the stable object (in this example, a Block and a Loaf) is outweighed by the flexibility in timing and and in the placement of the reaction which ends the burning of the fuse. Greene also showed a a way to place and ignite a Tub to make a 10 cell gap. But the 9 cell gap can be expanded to 10 by simply delaying one of the fuse stablizers by one generation and shifting it slightly. (Any reaction can be made arbitrarily wide in the same fashion.)
All of these reactions require a glider to be placed as close as possible to the diagonal line. Bell showed an example of a reaction of 2 LWSSs and a Glider which can place the Gliders needed in the previous reactions, as well as one that can place a Loaf near the line for the 9 bit gap.
There are some issues remaining. It would be useful if all the Gliders and LWSSs in the gap cloing reactions camefrom the same side of the diagonal line, as that would make timing issues a lot easier. Also a demonstration of a reaction that can detect the presence of the line needs to be made. Finally, for use in other patterns, the reactions which cut or repair a diagonal line that are triggered by a single Glider (or a set of Herschel Track components) needs to be actually built.
New Record Methuselah
Andrzej Okrasinski has found a new methuselah record holder, a 15 bit intial pattern with a final population of 1623 after 29053 generations. David Bell quickly found a 13 cell predecessor, bringing the record to 29055.
Some of the more unusual objects which make an appearance but which aren't in the final census include a Lightweight Spaceship [9P4H2V0.1], a Fishook Eater [7.3], a Long Barge [8.9], a Big S [14.492], a Bi-Pond [16.2630] and an unnamed 13 bit object [13.182].
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Note: Not all of the paths of escaped gliders are shown.
c/2 and 2c/4 "greyships"
Hartmut Holzwart and Jason Summers have been investigating possible shapes for 2c/4 "greyships" that include an extensible striped region of half-ON, half-OFF cells. Triangles, diamonds, and other shapes are possible.
This technology can be extended to produce more complex shapes with a variety of slopes. Some components also exist for a ship traveling perpendicular to the "grain" of the stripes, instead of parallel, but currently not enough to produce a complete ship. See this blog for details.
(Disclaimer— I have no association with anyone or any organization, and speak only for myself. Links and quotes are provided for information only.)


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I've had a hankering to try MF, but I'm not sure what to pick up. I suspect IQ's going to be similar in all cameras so it's really more a question of ergonomics.
Here's a list of things I'm looking for:
- TLR or SLR but not rangefinder or folding camera: I want the ground glass viewed from above experience.
- Preferably 6x6
- Shutter speed up to 1/400 or 1/500
- Leaf shutter (pretty sure that's a given)
- Integrated light meter
- f/2.8 or 3.5 max
- Integrated magnifying glass
- Reliable construction
I've got the following cameras shortlisted (in no particular order):
- Minolta Autocord
- Rolleiflex 2.8F
- Mamiya C330S
- Yashicamat 124G
- Hasselblad 500 CM
- Bronica Z or ETRS
Most of them are over-budget though, since I'm looking at maybe spending $3-400 on body + lens (75 or 80mm).
Any suggestions?


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Lacey Powell Clark
Lacey Powell Clark is the oldest daughter of Gillis E. Powell, Jr., and the granddaughter of our founding partner, Gillis E. Powell, Sr. She grew up in Crestview and graduated from Crestview High School in 1988. She attended Florida State University in Tallahassee and earned a Bachelor of Science degree, Magna Cum Laude, in Criminology in 1991. She earned her law degree (Juris Doctor) from the Florida State University College of Law, with Honors, in 1994. As a law student at FSU, she received an award for outstanding achievement in Advanced Criminal Procedure.
Mrs. Clark joined the firm in 1994, and became a partner in 2007. She is a member of the Florida Bar, the Okaloosa Bar Association, the Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association, the Walton County Bar Association, the Okaloosa Florida Association for Women Lawyers, the Northwest Florida Association for Women Lawyers, and the Florida Justice Association. She is licensed to practice in all state courts in Florida, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
She is an AV Preeminent rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, an award signifying that her peers ranked her at the highest level of professional excellence. She has also earned the Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award.
Mrs. Clark devotes the majority of her practice to litigation, including all types of civil litigation, insurance claims, auto accidents, criminal defense, real estate, and probate and guardianship matters. Many of Mrs. Clark's clients are active duty or retired military service members. She also assists local special forces troops as a volunteer in training scenarios.
Mrs. Clark serves on the Board of Directors of Fresh Start for Children & Families, a United Way agency that provides transitional housing and life skills training for homeless families. She serves as a volunteer at Repeat Street, a non-profit thrift store in Ft. Walton Beach which funds the Fresh Start program. She also enjoys serving the community as a member of the Crestview Rotary Club, Impact 100 of Northwest Florida, and Pensacola Bay Area Impact 100.
Her husband, James G. Clark, is also a member of the firm. They have two children.


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Genre: Struggle, Thriller, Drama
Year: 2011
Director: Katherine Uindfeld
Country: Sweden
Runtime: 109 min
Actors: Mikael Persbrandt, Pernilla Augusts, Jason Flemyng, Peter Andersson, Gustaf Hammarsten, Fanny Risberg, Kevin McNally
The film Agent Hamilton: In the interest of the nation (2011) tells the story of the Swedish version of the 007 - Special Agent Charles Hamilton. Rooted in the organization of the Russian mafia who had stolen the new military developments of the Swedish defense company - GPS-guided artillery shells, he remains the only one living in an attack the group of unknowns. After the attack the attackers with projectiles people disappear in an unknown direction. At the same time a message arrives on the abduction and detention in jail Somali famous Swedish weapons technology. US security company called to carry out a rescue operation, but the Prime Minister puts the main condition for participation of Hamilton. After all, only Carl Hamilton could save from imprisonment technique to find out the mystery of the disappearance of the newest weapons, and unravel all the threads of this rather complicated story with many unknowns With SarMovie.com you can download Hamilton: I nationens intresse full movie in HD quality.