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Plans for a new college on the site of the former Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield are expected to take a step forward next week.
When the stadium was demolished planners gave the go-ahead for the Olympic Legacy Park, featuring a new stadium, sports and education facilities.
The Government approved plans to establish a University Technical College on the site, with its first students expected to start courses in September 2016.
Part of the deal was for Sheffield City Council to transfer land for the building to the UTC Trust, which Sheffield Council's cabinet members are set to agree next Wednesday.
The UTC for Human Sciences and Computing is on top of a state-of-the-art £17 million super school and community hub, with 1,200 places for youngsters aged two to 16, which is due to open to pupils this September.
Councillor Jackie Drayton, Sheffield Council's Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Families, said: "Sheffield is leading the way in education with not just one, but two university technical colleges.
"Not only will this UTC be a huge boost in driving forward our ambition to making sure every young person gets the right training for future jobs, it also adds to our plans to boost education in this area, which includes our brand new through school.
"'Our vision for the city is that all children, young people and families achieve their full potential.
"It is vital that we make sure our next generation of young people have the right skills and experience they need to get jobs and opportunities in years to come."
The city's first UTC, on Matilda Street in Sheffield city centre, opened in September 2013.


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The destination will provide bustling waterfront spaces, where cafes and restaurants will open up on to the interconnected promenades fronting the creek
Rediscover the heart of Dubai through the bustling promenade at Al Seef, and breathe in the atmosphere created by cafes, restaurants, shops, and an events plaza, where shows, events, and cultural activities attract people from near and far to the waterfront where fishermen, pearl-divers, weavers and tradesmen once came together to trade.
Located along the shores of Dubai's much-loved creek, close to the Al Fahidi Cultural Historical Neighbourhood, Al Seef is designed to reflect the city's culture and heritage, as well as its status as a modern cosmopolitan city. Visitors to the destination can choose to enjoy a casual dinner as they watch dhows make their way up and down this unique waterway, or wander the interconnected paths and walkways filled with exciting retail concepts that connect to create a rich, diverse and vibrant place.
With architecture influenced by the past and the present, visitors will embark on a journey through time, between the authentic heritage and stylish contemporary areas, where a treasure trove of retail, leisure, and hospitality experiences await.
These experiences are deeply rooted in Emirati culture, with local, pan-Arab, Asian and international cuisine served as guests savour the natural, architectural, and cultural ambiance of a traditional wharf. The atmosphere at Al Seef will be further enhanced by the presence of a 200-key heritage hotel, a 150-key contemporary upscale hotel, and a 200-room contemporary luxury hotel.
The destination also includes a marina, traditional souk, a floating market and pontoons with space for floating restaurants, art galleries, and shops selling locally made Emirati crafts..
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Potential application of these low-light visualization methods could dramatically reduce the amount of microscope light required by surgeons, which we expect will translate to benefits for both patients and surgeons
Santa Barbara, Ca (PRWEB) January 17, 2016
TrueVision 3D Surgical, a world leader in ophthalmic 3D surgical guidance and visualization, announced today it was issued a patent by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) for an apparatus and associated methods for performing enhanced visually directed procedures under low ambient light conditions that target objects including structures and tissues, particularly procedures related to the measurement and treatment of ocular conditions.
The U.S. patent number issued to TrueVision is 9,168,173. The patent, the sixth for the company in less than four years, provides a novel visualization platform for performing enhanced visually directed procedures on target tissues under low ambient light conditions. The visualization platform can be included with or retro-fit to existing optical systems, such as surgical stereomicroscopes or LASIK systems, and includes at least one high resolution camera to aquire and display a plurality of optical views. Real-time, high resolution video is transmitted showing the live surgical view from the photosensor to at least one high resolution video display.
"We are thrilled with the patent office's continued recognition of our game-changing surgical technology," said Forrest Fleming, TrueVision chief executive officer. "Potential application of these low-light visualization methods could dramatically reduce the amount of microscope light required by surgeons, which we expect will translate to benefits for both patients and surgeons. We aim to deliver exeptional digital image quality under a variety of operating conditions, and the concept of low light microsurgery is yet another exciting TrueVision innovation."
This U.S. patent joins a growing portfolio of issued patents and pending patent applications that TrueVision holds in association with its pioneering work in the area of surgical visualization and computer guidance


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Technicolor at Paramount sound mixer Anna Behlmer and re-recording mixer Terry Porter were part of the audio post production team on Adam McKay's Oscar-nominated film The Big Short. McKay himself was nominated in the Best Director category for the film.
In our recent interview with the director he gave a shout-out to Behlmer and Porter: "Mixers Anna Behlmer and Terry Porter just killed it," he said. "I've never done a mix quite like it, where it was shot about 80 percent verite, but the rest is framed more traditionally and we go into montages. The sound had to be ambient and real, but then sometimes it wasn't. So it had to be moment-by-moment."
We recently reached out to the duo to find out how they got involved and their work on the film.
Behlmer, who had worked with McKay on Anchor Man 2, did a one-day temp for The Big Short in early September. "I started effects predubs on September 17, and Terry started dial predubs the same day. We started the final mix on September 28 and our last day was October 16."
Porter handled dialogue and the music, while Behlmer took on all the sound effects. The audio team was up against it schedule-wise, which led to some long days. "We worked six days a week, close to 12 hours a day," says Behlmer. "It was a very short schedule and we needed to work fast.
" What could have been a very stressful turnaround was made easy because of McKay's nature, says Behlmer. "He's very easygoing and collaborative. Terry and I would final a reel and Adam and the picture editor Hank Corwin (nominated for his work on this film) would come in for playback. They would give notes and we would execute them and move on to another reel."
Porter, who hadn't worked with McKay or Corwin before, echoed Behlmer's sentiment, "Adam and Hank Corwin had a blueprint for what they wanted to hear, but Adam was very open to any creative ideas and new concepts."
"It was a very efficient way to work," says Behlmer. "Adam and Hank knew what they wanted, but they were also open to our input."
One challenge on the film was that it had pieces of non-traditional storytelling. "There are scenes where an actor would turn to the camera and speak to the audience and then go back in to the scene," she explains. "These were opportunities for us; we would suspend the sounds of reality for those moments and then suddenly slam the sound back in when the actor returned to the scene. There were no rules as far as the soundscape; the picture editing was non-traditional and the sound had to follow suit."
She also points to the effective use of stock footage in the film. "In some cases we would add sound design or music, and other cases it would be silent. There were several creative uses of silence in the film. There were also scenes that sped up and the sound effects reflected that."
What Porter found challenging was that the soundscape used all of the production recorded dialogue. "Most movies can have between 10 percent and 50 percent of the production recorded dialog replaced after the filming of the movie. They wanted the feel of a documentary-type dialog track, even if the dialog wasn't perfectly recorded. This kept it very real. Only a few lines were re-recorded."
In the end that real feeling worked for the film, as evidenced by its Oscar noms. "The story of the housing market crash is one that has effected us all in one way or another. The film will entertain you, make you laugh, educate you and, finally, make you very angry," concludes Behlmer.


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When it comes to veterinary care, we understand that you only want the very best for your beloved animal companion. At Shore Veterinary Centre, we share that same goal! That's why we've worked so hard to put together a system of care that will not only treat your pet in the event that he or she becomes ill, but will prevent such illnesses and diseases from occurring in the first place, promoting a lifetime of good health.
Our comprehensive services, facility and wide range of equipment have all been designed to assist each patient that we serve as they navigate through the various life stages, providing all of the support and care needed along the way. Whether it's preventative medicine to keep your puppy or kitten healthy, ongoing medical, diagnostic, dental and surgical care throughout your pet's adolescent and adult years, or specialised geriatric care when your pet becomes a senior, we'll be with you every step of the way.
The complete small animal healthcare services provided at Shore Veterinary Centre include:
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Did you know that something as simple as brushing your pet's teeth could add years to their life? When not properly cared for, your companion's mouth could become a haven for bacteria, leading to everything from bad breath and tooth decay to dental disease, a much more serious condition that could affect your pet's quality and length of life. Shore Veterinary Centre has all of the veterinary dental services your companion needs to enjoy a lifetime of good oral health, from preventative care to treatment of existing dental problems. Let us help keep your pet smiling for many years to come! Read more about dental advice here.
Just as with humans, not every illness or injury that could be affecting our animal companions can be easily detected on the surface of the skin. In order to properly identify, diagnose and treat these various ailments, our vets must be able to learn exactly what's happening inside the body. We achieve this through the use of veterinary diagnostics; tools which provide the ability to pinpoint precisely what is bothering your pet so that we can reach an accurate diagnosis and develop an appropriate treatment plan. Shore Veterinary Centre utilises a range of veterinary diagnostic tools, including laboratory testing, x-ray and ultrasound imaging, to help manage the ongoing health of our patients.
At Shore Veterinary Centre, we believe that our patients deserve the same level of quality care at night or on weekends as they receive during our normal operating hours, even if we can't be there to provide that care. Emergency services are available to our patients through the Glasgow University Vet School Out of Hours Emergency Service, through which pets can receive round the clock treatment and monitoring by well supported vets and nurses. Nobody wants to imagine an emergency situation for their animal companion, but it's important to be prepared, just in case. Rest assured that should your pet need urgent medical care when we are not open, Glasgow University Vet School will be there to assist with any and all of your veterinary care needs.
At Shore Veterinary Centre, we believe that when it comes to keeping our pets happy and healthy, prevention is always the best medicine. Your animal companion shouldn't be seen only when he or she is ill, but routinely to help prevent those illnesses from occurring in the first place. Our preventative healthcare services are designed to support all of your pet's changing medical needs throughout his or her lifetime, including customised vaccination plans, parasite prevention, nutritional counseling, weight management, and more. Let us be there for you and your pet every step of the way, providing all of the care needed for a lifetime of good health.
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I finally got to try out some printmaking while at the Academy. This was the most involved of all the prints--an etching using a copper plate. I had a few accidents along the way, but they ended up working quite well which makes me even more proud of the print.
This one goes out to you Sara Thompson!
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Take a moment and ask yourself if your resume contains the dreaded and dreary words 'responsible for'. You think it might? Ohhhh, say it isn't so! What if I told you that the words 'responsible for' translate into 'absolutely average at' – would you still use that statement in your major marketing document? I highly doubt it. Might as well write: 'no value here' because being 'responsible for' something (in a resume) doesn't say much at all.
What about the phrase "duties included"; does your resume say this? Please don't tell me you pasted a copy of your job description(s) right into your resume!? The sad fact is, a majority of job seekers do dump generic job posting details directly into their resume, despite these adding no value. Think about it, employers aren't interested in what was assigned to you; they want to be told how you demonstrated related skills to successful outcomes. Past success translates into future success, so please revisit your resume and swap out generic statements with concrete examples of achievement and results. Ensure your resume is marketing you as a valuable commodity.
Prevent yourself from coming across as completely average in your resume by avoiding copious focus on what you have been 'responsible for'. It is a given that you were required to get certain things done; that is the whole purpose of employment. Instead, take care to appropriately emphasize related skills in your resume, along with concrete examples of success and results! Speak to employer's buying motivators and prove to them you will add value to their open position.
If you are not sure how to set yourself apart on paper and you are not personally savvy at creating an impressive representation of your work history, employ the assistance of a professional resume strategist – who can extract the unique worth of your skill sets and effectively communicate your key messages. Contact me today: www.careerimpressions.ca


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An environment of happiness surrounding you for some period of time.
The escort provided a happy bubble to him all the time.
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A fun loving god who is always on the go running away from the likes of Skippy and Splash. He is yellow and has a big smile which he loves to share with people. Buddhists called him Happy BEE BEE
How are you?
Im sure felling Happy Bubbles today
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In search of the best clubs for Blues & Jazz along the east shore of the San Francisco Bay, we asked Saxophonist Jeff Tauber for his advice and got the whole story. Some clubs are listening rooms and others are bars and lounges. Easy links to their websites will get you to their music calendars. …… Read more
At a recent Saturday East Brother Beer Co. tasting at Cordial Bottle Shop in San Leandro, one group of tasters held the Bo Pils as 'worthy.' Others touted the Red Lager and Red IPA. It is hard to distinguish yourself in the crowded craft beer market these days, but this new beer company keeps it …… Read more
Situated on the water's edge in Richmond on the Bay, Riggers Loft Wine Co. is a wine and music destination in Richmond with views you cannot beat! And dreams that paint the city with optimism in hues of orange and magenta. What was once an empty shipyard building is now transformed into a venue for …… Read more
Must Love Dogs These two neighborhood favorites are dog-friendly and both are Italian with different twists – Italian Colors in the Montclair district and Ballanico Restaurant and Wine Bar in the Glenview district of Oakland. Italian Colors Owners Alan Carlson and Steve Montgomery started Italian Colors 23 years ago and many of their staff ha… Read more
Just in from the Back Room…They are experimenting with Faye Carol performing every Sunday at 5pm. Join them to listen to one of the finest jazz singers who is a great entertainer with warmth and a voice you can't help but fall in love with. Faye Carol is one of the premier vocalists of her time. …… Read more
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An experienced and versatile writer who has written for a range of TV programmes as well as for the stage. He has adapted several classic novels successfully for the stage including ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT and AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. In May 2014 his reworked youth theatre version of ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT was performed as part of the neat14 festival in association with the Nottingham Playhouse. His play CAUTIONARY TALES FOR DAUGHTERS ran at the Edinburgh Festival in 2015, before embarking on a tour, and most recently had a London run at the Jermyn Street Theatre. He has written extensively for children's and family TV, on shows ranging from pre-school classics like THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE to CBBC comedy dramas.
Robin is also a successful actor, having appeared most recently in Stephen Berkoff's ON THE WATERFRONT in the West End and on tour in Japan.
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L&G paid out over half a billion pounds in individual protection claims during 2013, whilst also improving the number of claims paid
Legal & General has today released its claims stats for its protection products in 2013. The figures show £262 million paid out to individual bereavement claimants with an increase in critical illness pay outs to £153 million compared to £134 million in 2012.
Likewise terminal illness claims rose to £89 million in 2013 compared to £74 million in 2012. £1.41 million was paid to income protection claimants and £1.4 million for children's critical illness claims.
Critical Illness Claims
The total of critical illness claims paid was £153 million compared to £134 million in 2012 primarily for cancer (58.9%), heart attack (11.8%) and stroke (8.7%). The percentage of claims paid improved to 92.3% in 2013 compared to 88.7% in 2012. The average total of claims paid was £59,514 and the largest claim made was £500,000. The average age of a claimant was 47 years and the average time a policy was held before a claim was made was 8 years.
Bereavement Claims
Individual bereavement claims totalled £262 million in 2013. 98.7% of all claims were paid compared with 98.1% in 2012 helping a total of 5448 policyholders. The average value of claims was £48,000 and the largest claim was for £7.5 million.
Terminal Illness Claims
£89 million was paid to 923 terminal illness cases with cancer (94.8%) Motor Neurone Disease (2.9%) and Respiratory Failure (0.5%) the primary causes for claims. The percentage of claims paid rose to 95.7% compared with 94.4% in 2012. The average age of a claim was 54 years and the average pay out was £98,367 with the highest totalling £1 million.
Income Protection Claims
£1.41 million claims were paid overall in 2013 totalling almost £27,000 per week. The main causes were musculoskeletal (26.5%), mental health (21.6%) and neurological (18.5%) conditions. The average monthly benefit was £650 and the largest £3,443 per month. The average age of a claimant was 42 years and the percentage of claims paid rose from 90.7% in 2012 to 94.8% in 2013.
Children's Critical Illness
£1.4 million worth of claims were paid out for children's critical illness policies with the average age of the claimants just 9 years old and the average time a policy had been in force before claiming 5 years.
Russell Whitworth, Underwriting and Claims Director, Legal & General Insurance says: "The purpose of our cover is to be there at the time when our policyholders need our support the most. I am proud that across the board our percentage of claims paid has increased and that the payments reached customers quickly.
"At a time of critical illness and bereavement our customers just need to know that the financial support is going to be there so they can focus on dealing with the far more immediate and important issues. With all our claims paid percentages over 90% it is abundantly clear that is what happens and our challenge is to continue to improve that process."


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It is that time of year. The time where people get all grateful for what they do have and what they were able to get through. I think that gratitude should be something that you do every day, not just something that you do once a year. I think in turn it helps a person remain more humble, but it also keeps you in a more positive frame of mind. Which considering how stressful people make Christmas, maybe it is a good thing that Thanksgiving is right before.
Thanksgiving day is on Thursday, and we're not having it at my house this year. My sister-in-law wants to have it at her house this year. She did Thanksgiving and Christmas last year. We're splitting them this year. So we're going to have Christmas at our house. She is having a turkey and a ham and all the usual trimmings. And I'm looking forward to having a meal with everyone, my family and hers included. I miss the big family gatherings we used to have when my Gramma was still alive. But as with all families, unless they are all close throughout the year, when the Gramma passes away, holidays will be infinitely smaller.
Lil Mr. V will be 2 next month. The time really is flying by so quickly. I'm still trying to figure how he could be 2 already. I'm excited for his birthday and Christmas. Last Christmas, he could really care less about things, but this year, he'll be so excited and it'll be hard to keep him from tearing everything up. :) But I am so excited. I'm also happy that I've gotten almost all the shopping finished. Mr. V has to get his family and closest friends something, and I have to get my brother and his wife something. Which really, I'm making their present, so it's not so bad. I also have get my brother his birthday present.
Why do people choose to stress so hard over the holidays? Is perfection that important? For me, I'd rather spend the time with my family with a few gifts and decorations and a typical dinner than to break myself and my bank account for everything to be perfect. Just the other day, I received some junk mail from a loan company asking me to take out a loan for Christmas. Is that what this world has come to? Let's put ourselves in debt just so Jr can have better toys than his friends and that my house could be the prettiest on the block and that my dinner is bigger and better than whoever threw it last year. No thank you. I like knowing that Christmas will come and go and I'll be in the same position financially.
This is a rather random post. And for that I apologize. It's just what comes off the top of my head. I guess we need these purging sessions every now and again.


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News Release
May 1, 2017
Concord's Music and Market, special events offer free family fun
The much anticipated launch of this summer's Thursday Night Music and Market series takes place May 11 in Todos Santos Plaza in downtown Concord. The series continues through Sept. 14 with the Farmers' Market in the plaza from 4 to 8 p.m. and music on the Todos Santos stage from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
The 29th annual Music and Market Series is one of the longest running, most popular free civic concert series in the Bay Area. The series is funded through donations collected from attendees during last year's concert series and by local sponsors. The 2017 sponsor list is led by Concord Disposal, Pacific Service Credit Union, Tesoro, Dolan's Lumber, Chevron, Ashby Lumber, Pacific Coast Farmers' Market, Concord Police Association, Brenden Mann Foundation and the tourism consortium Visit Concord with its 'Diablo Valley, Defying Expectations, Concord California' campaign.
Music and Market Highlights
The series begins on May 11 with a celebratory memorial for Steve Sage, who taught rock 'n roll at DVC for many years and was a much-loved activist/musician in the Diablo Valley. This show features many of the bands he mentored through the years.
The music of the '60s is a special theme this year. It's the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love. Most people don't know that Jimi Hendrix and the Yardbirds performed in Concord, not far from Todos Santos Plaza in the building then called the Concord Coliseum. Today, the white Quonset hut at 1825 Salvio Street houses Dollar Tree. On June 15, Purple Haze with their tribute to Jimi Hendrix and The RaveUps with their tribute to the Yardbirds will salute the Summer of Love.
It's also the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, and The Sun Kings will return Aug. 24 with a faithful rendition of the Beatles classic album.
Frobeck on July 13 salutes bands of the same era, performing songs of Tower of Power, Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, and Queen.
Zepperella on July 6 throws in a twist with all-female versions of Led Zeppelin favorites, while Fleetwood Mask on July 27 plays tribute to Fleetwood Mac.
Those who love to dance will be glad to hear that Zydeco Flames will be churning out the Cajun and Zydeco music of the Gulf Coast on May 18. people will be groovin' to Reggae music with Natives Elements on June 8 and there will be a lively line-dancing scene at the California Cowboys show on July 20.
Always a favorite, Foreverland honors the music of Michael Jackson on July 26. Every Thursday brings a different band so there's something for everyone. The season closes with local blues diva Annie Simpson on Sept. 14.
Many of the concerts are broadcast live (as well as rebroadcast) on Concord Cable TV channel 28 (Comcast), 29 (Astound) and 99 (U-Verse).
Tuesday Night Blues Series
July's Tuesday Blues returns this year from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on July 11, 18 and 25. Mark Hummel kicks off the series July 11 with traditional blues harmonica and Cool Concord Cars – a display of vintage autos that encircles the plaza. Mitch Woods, performing July 18, is a modern day boogie-woogie, jump blues and jazz pianist and singer. Closing the series July 25 is Roy Rogers, who has been called one of the finest blues rock slide guitarists playing today.
Todos Santos Plaza Special Events
In addition to a year-round Off the Grid Food Truck Mondays from 5 to 9 p.m., Farmers' Market on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the summer music series, downtown Concord's Todos Santos Plaza features two special events this summer.
Concord celebrates Mother's Day a day early on Saturday, May 13. The event includes the Mount Diablo Music Education Foundation's Annual All Area Music Festival, featuring music students from Mt. Diablo elementary, middle and high schools. The musical performances will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. At 1 p.m., Concord Mayor Laura Hoffmeister will announce the winners of the Mother's Day Essay Contest. The AAUW Art and Wine (and Beer) Walk is also hosted that day at locations around the plaza from 1 to 4 p.m.
The July 4th Independence Day celebration features a pancake breakfast at 7:30 a.m., the Concord Police Association Stars and Stripes run at 8 a.m., and parade at 10 a.m. Entertainment and fireworks, presented by the Todos Santos Business Arts Foundation at Mt. Diablo High School, start at 4 p.m.
Free ParkingTodos Santos Plaza is located in downtown Concord on Willow Pass Road between Mt. Diablo and Grant streets. Free parking is available in two municipal garages and on the street. For a complete listing of musical guests and event information, visit www.concordfirst.org


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"Self-control" (egkrateia egkrateia) is the virtue of one who masters his desires and passions, especially his sensual appetites. The mastering self-control comes from the Holy Spirit. Self-control presupposes taking up one's cross and crucifying self in order to be resurrected with Christ into the new life. The fruit of the Spirit is the harvest of the cross and empty tomb and self-control is a sign of the "much fruit" that Christ desires and expects in the believer.
Verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit (John 12:24 YLT).
I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything (John 15:5 YLT).
In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples (John 15:8 YLT).
Self-control is not severe discipline—"grin and bear it." Instead, it is the believer's whole heart, body, soul, and strength resurrected to new life in Christ through the Spirit. It is living under the power and authority of the Spirit of Christ. Of ourselves, we are not capable of self-improvement that leads to godliness; we must yield ourselves to the Spirit of God's leading to produce self-control in our life.
In His incarnation, Jesus was the epitome of self-control. He was never tempted or tricked into doing or saying anything that was not consistent with His Father's will and His own divine nature. Believers, like Jesus, should exercise self-control in all things.
Everyone is a curious mixture of weaknesses and strengths, having inherited a distinct temperament—predominantly sanguine, choleric, melancholy or phlegmatic. If any of the following weaknesses dominate the believer, he or she lacks the fruit of self-control.
As Christians, we are not to live under the tyranny of our temperaments. We live by faith in Christ's capacity to control our temperaments. A believer full of the Spirit is not a slave to his inherited weaknesses; instead, all nine-encompassing traits or strengths of the fruit of the Spirit give a new freedom of love, joy, peace, purpose, self-control and dignity. The Spirit strengthens the positive traits and negates the negative traits of our temperament when we are Spirit-controlled. An excellent book on temperaments and the Spirit is Spirit-Controlled Temperament by Tim LaHaye.
Many believers know what they ought to do in matters pertaining to bodily pleasures, desires, and appetites, but too frequently, they do not add self-control to that knowledge. Flagrant lack of self-control is carnality. Too often we contend for own rights, pushing and shoving, instead of controlling ourselves, looking to the interest of others first. Instead, we are to:
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord (Romans 12:10-11 NIV).
Fervor (zew zeo) denotes boiling or bubbling over. To have spiritual fervor in the Spirit is to have zeal for what is good. It is taking one's mind away from the pursuit of pleasure and self-interests, to pursue what is good for others—the very core of God's love.
These changes do not come overnight. The fruit of the Spirit is growth that progresses from love to self-control. Love, joy and peace are inward traits; patience is the bridge between the inward and the outward traits linked with kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and gentleness that we manifest toward others; and self-control is the upward trait of godliness.
Therefore, "against such things there is no law." When the nine traits of the fruit of the Spirit are present in our life, we fulfill the Law of God and are in a state of freedom or liberty.
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts—this person will be blessed in what he does (James 1:25).
The fruit of the Spirit covers our complete responsibility to the Law of God:
1. Duty towards self—personal fruit of love, joy and peace
2. Duty toward others—outreaching fruit of patience, kindness and goodness
3. Duty toward God—upward reaching fruit of faithfulness, gentleness and self-control
"Against such things there is no law" concludes this section of Galatians on freedom in Christ and life in the Spirit.
I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don't do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law (Galatians 5:18).
People want change to come quickly—especially when it is change in someone else. However, Paul says believers are people in process—to walk and to be led by the Spirit. Believers "have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of his Creator" (Colossians 3:10). Notice the tense—"being renewed!" Therefore, cooperate with the Spirit; decide to walk by the Spirit, to be led by Him, and not by self-effort. Every step of the way you must walk after the Spirit; the way you walk is one-step at a time, and then the cluster of the fruit of the Spirit will appear in your life.
Don't be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap, because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit (Galatians 6:7-8).
There is a way of sowing to the Spirit not mentioned thus far. If you want the fruit of the Spirit, you must be involved in a church. There are many pictures of the church in Scripture. One of the best known and loved is of a body with Christ as its head. We are part of a fellowship where Christ is connecting all the members together, coordinating us, deeply involving us in the life of a believing fellowship under His control. Therefore, believers are urged to keep the unity of the Spirit, which results from His fruit.
I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, accepting one another in love, diligently keeping the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds us (Ephesians 4:3).
Christianity is not lived in isolation—"Just me and the Lord." Christianity is lived within a community of believers that submits to the Lordship of Christ and is prepared to submit to one another. It is at this very point many churches get into trouble. The fruit of the Spirit in the lives of believers results in the unity of believers.


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Christmastime isn't quite over in McDonough, GA.
Tyler Perry will be filming Christmas scenes for an upcoming movie in the town's square on Jan. 16. The shoot is expected to take place around the Welcome Center, Party Time, and the Annex Building behind the Bliss cupcake shop.
Filming will also take place around the Square on the afternoons of Jan. 23-24. The movie is set to be released in December.
Though the town did not specify which movie Perry will be filming, based on the scene description and release date, it is most likely A Madea Christmas which is set to begin filming this month in Georgia. The film follows Madea as she helps a friend see her daughter at Christmas.
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Posted by Kevin Reimer on March 02, 2004 at 16:54:50:
In Reply to: Re: Subs & HF on Aux posted by rodman on March 02, 2004 at 12:00:53:
I pondered this more last night and I think a mono config would work on the subs at least. I would use the AUX5 to the x-over and then Y-cable the single output to my amp. I'm also utilizing your pin-flip configuration to get more power out of the amp. So, if I flip the pins on the Y-cable to the second channel on the amp this would work well. If I mentioned that yesterday that probably would've helped the answers a little more. (sorry, forgot some details) As far as the HF on an AUX I might cut that out. Although I would think the Y-cable config would work as well. Obviously there wouldn't be any stereo imaging controls on the hi-hat and such, but I'm not overly worried about that in a 400 person max club. The instruments I would send to the HF wouldn't necessarily be panned anyways. I think changing my focus on a specific x-over helped eliminate some of the problem as well.
Dave, you have me curious again. Do you run both HF on an Aux or just one? I think you have the 2" set down to 900hz from previous reading, but I could be wrong. Also, do you use one crossover per side and split the venue in half(with the RAT5 system not arrays) or do you stereo image the low and mid with one crossover and then pull some other tricks out of your sleeve for the HF and Subs? Maybe I should buy a ticket to a show RAT is covering and pester the hell out of the sound crew. I'm sure they'd love it. I know I do . . . ha-ha
: I use a driverack 241 and I think you could run two inputs in and have 4 outputs. You can cross or divide frequencies as needed.
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: : : I am looking to re-route a sound system with subs on aux 5 and HF on Aux6. I am thinking of getting another 3-way crossover and setting my bottom cutoff around 100Hz and then setting my upper limits in the 5K range. For cost reasons I wanted to get this accomplished through one crossover. The problem is that the crossover is meant for stereo signals and I would be sending two mono sends with different signals. I don't think this would work. Obviously I'm trying to keep the cost down and amount of rack gear as well. What would you recommend here? Maybe I'm just looking at it the wrong way. Is there a piece of equipment that would handle this that you know of?
: : Hmmm, the stereo 3 way should work but tweets on an aux may need a more sophisticated setup to be benificial. In our systems we run the 2" all the out to 20K and then have our 1" tweets run from 8K out to 20K. Time alignment is important and it is important the the system sounds balanced and close to normal with the tweets off.
: : Dave Rat
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I was a guest at the London Film and Comic Convention this past weekend, manning a table for the Jack Kirby Museum and trying to drum up a bit of work. I was travelling from Blackpool with Marvel and DC cover artist John Watson and musician/writer Darrell Till in my surprisingly roadworthy car. We were all staying at the Ibis Shepherds Bush, which was better than expected, with great parking and some particularly impressive wallpaper in reception. The convention was about half an hours walk up the road to Earl's Court.
Earls Court is hot. Not in the "hey what a hip and happening place!" kind of hot, temperature hot. Maybe it was built before air-conditioning, but the humidity in there made the Eden Project rainforest dome look like the freezer aisle of Morrisons. It was so hot someone cosplaying as Iceman actually melted. Earls Court is also big, a cavernous sprawling aircraft hanger of a space, over 2000 tables, acres of floor and even then the event was split into two halls, the actors, authors and merchandise in the main Earl Court and the comic artists and writers, video games and two Batmobiles in Earls Court's second hall. We were in Earls Court 2, with the Batmobiles. This is a big convention, big venue, big guests and big queues. A preview evening on the Friday followed by two long solid days of talks, photo sessions, signings, sketching, cosplay and very expensive hotdogs or as Earls Court food venders like to call them - "Sausage in a sub roll with onions"
The Friday night preview was a new concept to me, the event opens from 6pm to 9pm on the Friday evening, with the really keen fans paying to squeeze an extra few hours out of the convention. I had one pre-con commission this year, a girl emailed and asked me to draw "a fat Superman and Batman" for her, so I set up my table between John Watson and David Hine and eagerly awaited her. She never came.
I chatted to one man who had flown in from Poland especially to see Stan, and was overjoyed to have briefly met the man and got his photo. I have some misgivings about the way Stan has hogged the limelight, often at the expense of artists who had more input then him into the characters he is so famous for, but you can't deny the affection so many people have for him, or the unique accomplishment of crossing over from being "famous in comics" to just being "famous".
I chatted to one man who had flown in from Poland especially to see Stan, and was overjoyed to have briefly met the man and got his photo. I have some misgivings about the way Stan has hogged the limelight, often at the expense of artists who had more input then him into the characters he is so famous for, but you can't deny the affection so many people have for him, or the unique accomplishment of crossing over from being "famous in comics" to just being "famous".
Stan Lee's talk was a rare opportunity to see him in Europe, allegedly the last European con he'll ever do, so I went along but he didn't really say anything I'd not heard before, I'm sure he does loads of these appearances, and has a fine collection of anecdotes and stories he can roll-out no matter what the questions actually are. If I've heard "I saw a fly climbing down the wall and thought What a cool idea for a Superhero" once I've heard it a million times, not one mention of Jack Kirby either, but the crowd loved Stan and despite his advancing years and increasing frailty, he came across very well, joking with the audience, pausing for applause and laughs that the 2000 strong crowd supplied.
LFCC had an exclusive Stan Lee Funko Pop Vinyl figure too, they've done loads of different Stan Lee ones now, one for each big convention, but there's not a single Jack Kirby Pop Vinyl figure, heck I'd buy one......
LFCC had an exclusive Stan Lee Funko Pop Vinyl figure too, they've done loads of different Stan Lee ones now, one for each big convention, but there's not a single Jack Kirby Pop Vinyl figure, heck I'd buy one......
One other major highlight was that the organisers of LonCon3 had a couple of big shelving displays with free old science fiction books on them. A "help yourself" sign was a dream come true for someone who loves rifling through secondhand book stores for old Clifford D Simak books, I came home with a stash that would have taken me months of old book shops to find. Looking forward to reading them.
And of course the F in LFCC meant lots of movie and TV guests too, Stan Lee's bodyguard went off with the key to the Comic Zone Green Room, so some of us Comic Guests went over to the other Green Room and found ourselves sitting with the cast of Game of Thrones, Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica. Odd, but cool odd. Milo Ventimiglia introduced himself to me, I knew him from Gilmore Girls, but he was in Heroes too, and I'm sure a lot of other stuff. My wife and daughters love Gilmore Girls, it's being re-run in the UK every evening now on Channel 5 so I was used to seeing 2001 Milo, while 2014 Milo has a big black beard and looks about 13 years older, but he was a super nice guy, he recorded a quick "Hi there" for one of my daughters, who now watches it on a loop on her iPad.
I also chatted to the actor Curtis Armstrong, who was in 80s Bruce Willis vehicle Moonlighting and more recently "House". Meeting Curtis was a bit of a personal highpoint, if you'd have told a 16 year old me I'd be a guest alongside Bert Viola from Moonlighting, I'd have been awestruck. Curtis was, and is, one of the finest actors ever to appear on film and his performance as "Booger" in the Revenge of the Nerds movies will one day be recognised by the establishment as the monumental triumph that it was. Wish I'd talked to him about Harry Nilsson though, he's a big fan apparently. Maybe next time.
Lots of others too, but it would just be a list of names, those were the ones I really chatted with. I had a quick chat with Bambos Georgiou who had some really nice recreations of old comic covers, including many Jack Kirby ones, a nice alternative to owning original art for those who can't afford the original originals.
All the Comic Zone talks were cancelled, so I didn't do my Kirby panel, but it was so extremely busy and there were so many things going on that every talk you attended meant deciding not to go to something else, so I don't think anyone really missed out. I did get to chat to people like Steve Rude, Mike Mayhew and Bryan Talbot about Kirby though, so I was happy.
I spent the vast majority of time just behind the table though, trying to tell people about the Jack Kirby museum, and in a moment of egotism, I started doing free sketches for people, which I realise now was unfair on all the other artists who were trying to sell sketches. How could they be expected to get people to pay when I was giving way work of this quality....?
So all in all I really enjoyed LFCC, it had easily the most impressive lineup of any convention I've ever been to, and so much going on it was nearly impossible to see it all. There were clearly some logistical problems, but given the scale of the thing, that's inevitable, and spending a bit of time behind the scenes you could see how hard people were working to make it happen. Cosplay played a large part, and it was frustrating to see so many people dressed as Jack Kirby characters, who had no idea who Jack Kirby was, but that's why I was there and hopefully I did something to address the balance.
A big thank you to the father/daughter team of Mike and Cassandra Conroy who organised the Comic Zone part of the event, neither of whom I saw stop or sit down all weekend, and to everyone who came over to say hi and talk to me. I'll be at the NICE convention in September, maybe I'll see you there....
You can read John Watson's version of events here on his blog, it's funnier than mine.....
You can read John Watson's version of events here on his blog, it's funnier than mine.....


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It's just one week to go until WorldCon officially starts in Chicago! I'm looking forward to it a lot, and I've got a couple of extra days to have a look around the city beforehand too – I can relax a little too, as I've just finished the first draft of The Age Atomic, the Empire State sequel. The draft came in at nearly 154,000 words and needs a hell of a rewrite, but I'm going to chill until I get back from Chicago.
On the Angry Robot side of things, there will be nineteen authors and three "staffers" going, which I think is the biggest gathering we've ever had – if you head over to the Angry Robot blog, you can see a full schedule of where you'll find us. My own schedule (with some more detail) can be found here.
Veteran SF magazine Starburst posted their review of Seven Wonders the other day, giving it 8/10 and saying:
It's compulsive reading at its best… the author's glee-filled love of comic-books radiating from every page. [Adam Christopher] evokes classic comic book writers such as Busiek, Moore, Morrison and Gaiman, and yet retains a unique style and sense of a world.
Seven Wonders is out in the US next week (August 28th), and in the UK a week later (September 6th).
Finally, I was recently a guest on Mur Lafferty's I Should Be Writing podcast, where I talked about Empire State, Seven Wonders, future projects (including The Age Atomic, Hang Wire and Shadow's Call) and various bits and pieces about writing. You can listen to the episode here (or subscribe in iTunes). Being on I Should Be Writing is a pretty big deal for me, because it was this podcast that got me back into writing seriously, in 2006 – its importance to me as a writer cannot be understated. In fact, Mur and I talk about that in the interview – so check it out!


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Principal Bridesmaid, also known as the Chief Bridesmaid or Maid of Honor if she is not married, and a close friend or sister of the bride.
Being the Maid of Honor or Matron of Honor is a great privilege in itself. This means Maid of Honor or Matron of Honor is the number one person next to the Bride.
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These are just a few of the main things the Maid of Honor helps with. She is your wedding aide.
A Junior Bridesmaid is between the ages of 7 and 14. Too young to be a Principal Bridesmaid and too old to be a Flower Girl. Her duties are....
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Ushers are usually relatives or close friends. If the Groomsman is busy with photos or getting the last minute things ready before the church, the Usher can fill in. Their duties are....
The Groomsman is the right-hand man to the Groom if you are not having a Best Man, just like the Maid of Honor or Matron of Honor is to the Bride. His duties are the same as the Best Man's, see below.
The Best Man is something like the Groomsman above, supporting the Groom on the big day. If you don't have a Groomsman at your wedding then the Best Man will do his duties and more, which are.....
As you can see, the Best Man has lots to do. His is the number-one man to the Groom. Your wedding helper.
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His duties are..
It's perfectly OK for the Page Boy or Ring Bearer to sit with their parents after they have handed the rings over. Your wedding helper.
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nephews or young brothers, nieces or sisters of the Bride and Groom.
He or she walks down the aisle bearing coins to the Bride and Groom.
They are sometimes know as 'Wedding Arrhae.' The coins consist of 13 gold and 13 silver coins. It's to symbolize Jesus and his apostles.
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Behold the general structure of a CUP specification:
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terminal stringtype lparen, rparen, digit; non terminal inttype Number; non terminal stringtype Parens;
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For this assignment, you will modify only the file Fsa.java, and that is the only file you will turn in.
When you are done, commit and push your files.
The file as supplied contains a skeletal finite-state machine (simulator), driven by the tables GOTO[][] and ACTION[][], as described in class. Your assignment is to expand and fill in these tables appropriately, and to add code in the switch statement to perform the required translation.
While processing the rules section, you will check each production for right-linear form. That is, there should be only nonterminals on the left side of a rule, and the right side of a rule should be a terminal followed by at most one nonterminal. To determine the type of a symbol previously entered into the symbol table, invoke
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I have played with make up for 2 days now. I tried how I do look with (almost) full make up on. It really has been too long since last time.
Well, here´s some results! This is me having fun, so pictures are looking like it ;) :
Well, here´s some results! This is me having fun, so pictures are looking like it ;) :
And oh my gosh...I look weird :D My man asked: where´s Maarit? :D
And one without:
But that NYX. For me lipstick is definitely that umber one thing to use. If I´m in hurry (usually am) or just lazy (that too) lipstick is the easiest way to fresh your look. As I think that, it has been always lipstick.
Some days ago I started to think: orange lipstick. I remember one orange from -90s that I used. It was YSL awesome color and lipstick.
I really, really wanted that color now, and woops, so easy to to Sokos online shop. I thought, that I dont want to pay too much, because there´s so many colors still to want. I saw this new line in Finland, NYX. The price was good for me (8.50€) and it sounded good, butter lipstick.
Yesterday that precious came to me and I fell in love. It it, by far, best price / performance ratio. That lipstick has be in my lips now several hours and still looking good, soft. With moisture. So..it´s good. Really.
Love, love love that!!!!!
And how it looks on me?
I think, that I "have to" buy more NYX in future...
Nails too! More orange, please.... I have used lot´s of we care icon´s nail polish, it´s a good price and good size. So again..I can buy more colors and I dont have to throw away, because getting old.
Those two, good together.


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A Christmas card in neutral colors, wishing to make a card with a peaceful feeling!
Used the beautiful die cut from Penny Black
and the words from the useful set
A beautiful neutral card Birgit using that pretty dove. I love your stitched mats and the rustic bow with the lovely beads threaded at intervals is a great design idea. x
Yes, this card is peaceful looking. Thanks for sharing this idea!
Jattefint kort Birgit, perfekt for dom
som inte firar jul x
Very Beautiful!


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Terry Teachout, author of "All in the Dances: A Brief Life of George Balanchine," "A Terry Teachout Reader" and "The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken," started writing Second City, a monthly column about the arts in New York, in the fall of 1999. In September, after six years and 64 columns, he filed his final report for The Post.
"I can't even begin to tell you how much I'll miss Second City," he says. "Not only was it a pleasure and a privilege to report to the readers of one great city about the artistic doings of another, but I learned to love Washington along the way."
Here are excerpts from Teachout's reports on the 10 most memorable events he covered in Second City. "I don't know whether they're the very best things I saw," he explains, "but of the hundreds of performances and shows I wrote about in the column, they're the ones I still talk about the most."
2000: If I had to see one March event over again, it would be "Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art," on display at the Equitable Gallery. . . . Porter has never been even slightly trendy (it's no accident that this exhibit is being presented by a corporate gallery, not a major museum), but those who love his work, myself included, regard him as one of the half-dozen greatest American painters of the postwar era.
This small-scale retrospective, curated by Justin Spring, author of a newly published Porter biography, makes the strongest possible case for his quiet, airy realism. Every painting has been chosen with scrupulous care, and the full range of his work is on display, from the coolly observant portraits of his family and friends to the near-abstract seascapes of his last years. I can't think of a better show to visit on a busy day: You'll come away feeling as though you'd wandered through a green glade dappled with bright yellow sunshine, and there'll be a big smile on your face.
2001: I have finally figured out "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato," Mark Morris's masterly dance version of the Handel oratorio. For some inexplicable reason, I didn't warm to the dance when I saw it at the Lincoln Center Festival six years ago -- it struck me as virtuosic but empty. What was I thinking? "L'Allegro" is a whole world of dance in a single evening, everything from childlike pantomime to knockabout comedy to complex groupings reminiscent of George Balanchine in their control and clarity. I wish Morris's dancers did "L'Allegro" in New York each spring, just like New York City Ballet does Balanchine's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," so that we could all revel in it as often as we want.
2001: I'm worn out, which is why I didn't want to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art two Fridays ago to hear Eighth Blackbird give the premiere of "The Time Gallery," Paul Moravec's latest composition.
Instead of staying home and going to bed early, though, I faced the music -- and I'm glad I did. Eighth Blackbird is a spiffy sextet from Chicago that specializes in avant-garde music of the old-fashioned, hyper-complicated sort, while Moravec is one of the accessibility-conscious "new tonalists" who are giving contemporary classical music a much-needed makeover. It's an odd match, but Moravec had the clever idea to write a piece that deploys the whole avant-garde bag of tricks -- a multimedia slide show, electronic-music interludes, even a touch of performance art -- in support of a score that is unabashedly tonal and breathtakingly beautiful. I sat on the edge of my seat as each movement unfolded, acutely aware that I was hearing an important new work, perhaps even a masterpiece, for the very first time.
2001: Of all the things I did in December, the one that best summed up the spirit of this wounded city was a midweek visit I paid to the Village Vanguard, New York's oldest jazz club, down whose narrow stairs I stepped gingerly one night to hear the Bill Charlap Trio. Imagine my astonishment when my eyes adjusted to the dimness and I spotted Tony Bennett sitting in the corner -- and imagine my delight when he sauntered up to the tiny bandstand and sang "Time After Time" and "The Lady Is a Tramp." Yes, we're battered and bruised and living with the worst kind of uncertainty, yet there we were, drinking up our minimums and goggling at a living legend, after which we all rushed home to call up our envious friends and tell them what they'd missed.
2002: Man cannot live by champagne alone -- he also needs the music of Emmanuel Chabrier, which is the aesthetic equivalent of a chilled split of Dom Perignon. If that sounds good to you, it's not too late to catch New York City Opera's divinely silly production of Chabrier's "L'Etoile," an operetta full of surreal happenings and sparkling tunes.
Mark Lamos's dizzy staging is as slapsticky as a Chaplin short, and Robert Orth, the star of the evening, not only mugs like a trouper but also does a cartwheel and a split, an event almost certainly unique in the annals of opera.
2003: As for the world premiere of Maria Schneider's "Bulerias, Soleas y Rumbas" at Alice Tully Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center has never done anything more important than commissioning this piece. It's no secret that Schneider is the foremost big-band composer of her generation, but this powerful large-scale work, in which she blends jazz and flamenco with the skill of an alchemist, is so good that I hesitate to limit its significance by calling it big-band music, or even jazz. It is as tightly woven and emotionally compelling as a symphony.
2003: I'd been looking forward to Lincoln Center's revival of Basil Twist's "Symphonie Fantastique" ever since it was announced last year, but when my friends asked me exactly what it was, I hemmed and hawed and finally said, "Well, uh . . . it's an abstract puppet show in a thousand-gallon water tank, set to a recording of Berlioz's 'Symphonie Fantastique.' " Sounds crazy, no? And to tell the truth, "Symphonie Fantastique" is a little crazy -- a loony masterpiece that defies any sort of easy characterization, save to say that it is one of the half-dozen most entrancing theatrical experiences I've encountered since I started writing this column. Sure, all you see are strange objects swishing and swirling behind a colorfully lit wall of glass, but the images conjured up by Twist and his crack team of puppeteers are so inscrutably gorgeous (think of a cross between George Balanchine, Paul Klee and Chuck Jones) that they will stick in your mind like a wild but happy daydream.
2004: For me, the major thrill of the month came when Propeller, Edward Hall's London-based, all-male acting company, brought his production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to the Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAM Harvey Theater. Hall has a ritzy theatrical pedigree (his father is Sir Peter Hall), but his joyously informal approach to Shakespeare is all his own, and I can't remember when I saw a "Midsummer Night's Dream" half so good as this version, flung across the simplest of sets with imagination to burn. The female roles are done in deliberately crude drag, the actors supply their own incidental music (and sound effects) by singing in chorus and playing cheap harmonicas, and the results are both absurdly funny and -- when appropriate -- heart-catchingly affecting.
2004: Never mind the damn election. The most important art exhibit in Second City -- maybe even in all of America -- is the Giorgio Morandi show on display at Lucas Schoormans Gallery through Dec. 4. . . . The effect of this show is wildly disproportionate to its minuscule size: six oil paintings and two works on paper, all of them still lifes and none in any obvious way imposing. Yet as you look at how the greatest Italian artist of the 20th century painstakingly arranged and rearranged a dozen bottles, bowls and boxes on a table and painted them over and over again, you find yourself whisked out of the grinding noise of everyday urban life and spirited away to a place of intense stillness. It's as if a soft-spoken man had slipped discreetly into a small room open to the public, whispering life-changing confidences to the fortunate few who visit him there.
2005: The kind of surprise I like best is when something I'm already enjoying turns out to be even better than I'd first thought. That's what happened when I saw Austin Pendleton's "Orson's Shadow," now playing off-Broadway in an open-ended run at the Barrow Street Theatre.
At first I thought it was nothing more (or less) than a coruscatingly brilliant entertainment, a tour de force in which five actors portraying Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Kenneth Tynan and Joan Plowright are put onstage and turned loose like a fleet of bumper cars, sending blue sparks flying across the stage as they smash into one another. I was half right: "Orson's Shadow" is brilliant, all right, but it's far more than mere entertainment.


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At enrolment all students undertake an assessment which identifies each student's preferred learning style as well as flagging any areas where the Learning Support Team can offer support. Any student identified who may benefit from accessing our Learning Support will be provided with guidance and support about such services in a discreet and understanding manner. By identifying students' individual needs and providing the appropriate support we enable students to achieve their full potential.
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Windows 8 hotspot wifi
Virtual WiFi Router | Virtual Router | WiFi HotspotIf another device is unable to join your Wi-Fi network, ensure that the user enters the Wi-Fi password correctly.
How To Use Your Windows 8 Laptop as a WiFi Hotspot
Introduced in 1912, Oreo cookies are the best selling cookie in the United States.I have turned my pc into a WiFi Access Point (using command prompt, Connectify, mHotspot, Virtual Router, etc.You can configure a wireless connection and Airplane mode using one of the following options.
I had been using my phone just fine but did get the recent update.
How to Connect to WiFi on Windows 8: 10 Steps - wikiHowStep 1: To Create WiFi Hotspot in Windows 8,8.1, Windows 7 PC.If none of the previous steps resolves your issue, restore the iPhone.
Confirm that your iOS device, computer, and wireless plan all meet the system requirements for Personal Hotspot.As we can see, this has happened in Windows Vista, as well, and also with an iPhone 4.Microsoft quietly removed the ability to make your Windows 8 laptop a WiFi hotspot for mobile devices.
Recently I spent a full week in a hotel, where I grudgingly paid for Wi-Fi so I could get some work done.Verify the Internet connection on your iOS device by tapping Safari and loading a new webpage.If you still have issues connecting your iPhone WiFi hotspot to your Windows 8 laptop, try also the following.Quickly fix PC issues and prevent others from happening with this software.
With the release of Windows 8, Microsoft decided to remove the option to set-up an ad-hoc network option from the interface.Instructions below will show you how to turn a computer into a WiFi hotspot without using a. on Windows 8.Turn your Windows 8 PC into a Wi-Fi hot spot with a free program that lets your computer share its Internet connection with other devices.
How To Make WiFi Tethering in Laptops [Windows 8]Setting up a mobile hotspot on your Windows PC can be a bit of a hassle, or it can be pretty easy.You can also use it to share a wired connection if you just want an easier way to do it than creating an ad-hoc network.
This video will show you how to create a WiFi hotspot in windows 8.1 in just 1 minute.
Turn Windows 7 into a Wi-Fi hotspot - NeowinMy windows 8 laptop will not connect to the wifi hotspot of my samsung galaxy note 3 Can find it on other devices such as: iphone, ipad, Mac Computer.
I want to know how I can use Windows 8.1 preview as Wi-Fi hotspot.I want to create a wifi hotspot shared with an Ethernet connection as you would find in a hotel setup.Verify how many devices are currently using your Personal Hotspot.Learn how to create Wi-Fi hotspot in windows 8 with the help of CMD.


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Exploring Bulgaria and Greece – Ascents on Musala, Vihren and Myticas Summits
June 21 - June 30565euro
Event Navigation
The top of the highest summits of the Balkan Peninsula is led by Musala (2925m), followed closely by Myticas (2918m) and Vihren (2914m). All three are located in Bulgaria and Greece; during our expedition, we'll try reaching all of them and, at the end, we'll relax for a few days on the shore of the Aegean See.
The cost of the expedition includes:
- 2 nights accommodation in a 3* hotel in Borovets – place in double room with breakfast included;
- 2 nights accommodation in a 3* hotel in Bansko – place in double room with breakfast included;
- 1 night accommodation in a 3* hotel in Litochoro – place in double room with breakfast included;
- 1 night accommodation at Refuge A (Spilios Agapitos);
- 3 nights accommodation in Olympiaki Akti – place in double room;
- costs of the touristic assistance provided by a licensed mountain guide/tour leader (with all expenses included);
- rental of the specific climbing equipment (where necessary) and trekking poles;
The cost of the expedition DOESN'T include:
- transport (this issue will be discussed and we'll choose the best option);
- meals, other than mentioned above;
- visiting fees of the touristic objectives on route (on your request and ONLY if we still have some available time);
- the cost of the ticket for the gondola Borovet – Yastrebets;
- other expenses that are nor mentioned as being included;
Number of participants: 3-6 (accompanied by a fully qualified licensed international mountain leader).
Next trip in Bulgaria and Greece: June 21 – 30, 2018
Deadline for bookings: May 1, 2018
Your place is confirmed only after the payment of 30% deposit, in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.
The program of the expedition (with all details) can be found here


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Adults and children will be awed by the sight of the dragon boat races coming to Ramsey Creek Park in Cornelius on May 15. The Dragon Boat Festival is an action-packed day of competitive dragon boat races, cultural presentations, food and fun for the family.
Dragon boat racing is one of the earliest known forms of boat racing, according to the Charlotte dragon boat festival website. The roots of dragon boat racing go back 2,300 years. The legend tells the story of Qu Yuan, an adviser to the emperor, who jumped into the Mei Lo River to protest against government corruption. The local fisherman rushed out to save him. They beat drums and slammed their paddles into the water to distract the dragons from eating Qu Yuan. Dragon boat racing is now re-enacted at festivals all over the world.
A dragon boat is similar to a canoe but much longer. A decorated dragon's head is on the front, with a tail on the back. Each boat holds about 20 paddlers and one drummer. The drummer, along with the steerperson, helps the boat to keep its course and stay motivated. The average race course is 500 meters in length.
Dragon boat races regained popularity in the United States in 1988. After that, it spread like wildfire throughout the country. But it wasn't until 2006 that Charlotte had its first festival. Dr. John Chen, founder of the Charlotte Dragon Boat Festival and president of the Asian Chamber of Commerce, was integral in bringing the festival to our area. Each year the festival has grown in popularity. In 2006, 18 teams competed. This year, there are 36 teams. The majority of the teams are local, from our own community. They can often be seen practicing on Saturdays at Midtown Sundries, West Catawba Avenue, Cornelius. There is also a team from Charleston and a breast cancer survivor team from Canada. Winning teams will be awarded medals and trophies.
The Lake Norman community has been a great support to this festival. "It is a great team and community builder," Chen said. He said so many individuals and organizations have rallied to make this event successful, including the Mecklenburg Parks and Recreations Department and Visit Lake Norman. The Coast Guard Auxiliary will be at the event to ensure the safety of participants.


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Alaska to LA – part 1.
From Fairbanks to LA.
A writer looking for his voice, a photographer with sleepy eyes, and three German filmmakers walk into a bar in Alaska …
What could easily be the beginning of a bad joke is the first blog entry by Jimmy George Francis and Sean Johnstun before their journey from Fairbanks, Alaska down to Los Angeles in a 35-year old car.
The goal is the journey.
The distance they are about to cover is 4,218 miles to be precise. However, this is of little consequence. The goal is the journey. If you remember JG and Sean from our California Cool article you already know that these guys know how to turn work into a lifestyle. They don't hurry back home down the highway in a cheap rental car or sleep on a Greyhound to make it back as quickly as possible. True to JG's favourite Hemingway quote "The shortest answer is doing the thing", the reason for this trip is a light beige 1976 Mercedes-Benz 240 D with only 46,000 original miles that JG bought unseen in Fairbanks and that now needs to be taken home to LA to be restored.
So this is no mere return trip. This is what turned out to be a 2-week journey with all the little challenges, jaw-dropping views and moments of self-discovery that you'd expect from a decent road trip.


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Some lovely pieces of art for March.
In KS1 we have been looking at watercolours, painting our favourite Beatrix Potter characters.
In KS2 we have been looking at collaging, using Tutankhamun as our inspiration.
Art of the Month has been having a break, whilst we refurbished our hall, where the gallery was. Here are some example of the artwork which has been going on, so that you know we have still been creating!
Our last Art of the month winners have now been chosen for the 2016/17 Year, and what lovely pieces they are!
Brooke in Year 1 has produced this lovely picture of a cat using pastels.
Lola has done a beautiful picture of an owl based on their science topic looking at living things and their habitats.
Spring has arrived with new art of the month winner! Infants have been looking at the famous painter Vincent Van Gogh and his painting of sunflowers. Maximus in Year 1 showed great expression and colour in his work.
Reception made some lovely pictures of fruit. Look at how accurate Felix's work is. There is definitely an artist in the making.
Last half term the infants were creating paintings based on their Topic of Places. Here is a lovely picture of our school done by a Year 1.
In Year 5/6 the children have been looking into the migration of animals and produced some lovely watercolours of birds. It was so hard to decide on a winner that we picked two!
Last term the infants were creating self portraits.
In Year 3/4 the children were creating pictures of Roald Dahl characters. Can you guess who this is?
A month has passed and we are now ready to announce November's Art of the Month!
Infants have been creating some spectacular fireworks pictures.
Year 3/4 have been creating pieces linked to their Prehistoric topic and below is a painted picture of Stonehenge.


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If you own a franchise you would be wise to stay in constant communication with your fellow and local franchisee counterparts. You should call up once a week and simply say; Hi. It is important to call up and just say hi to your fellow franchisees because it will remind them that you are always near by. You will get something positive out of the phone call such as:
A good lead
A streamlining technique
A way to handle a new employee
Someone who will listen
A time efficient way to attract new customers
A mistake which was made, that you can avoid
You can also talk about the worst customer of the week, The most ridiculous complaint of the year. Your fellow franchisee who normally cannot talk about such things will be glad to have someone listen to his story. The fellow franchisee might laugh and call her "the customer from hell." Business owners when they get in the room with other business owners often tell the stories like this at meetings. In franchising you have a built in group of folks who know exactly how you feel and what you are talking about. Customer from hell stories always get a laugh with the new franchisees. It is important to know what the other franchisees in your system, especially those in the region are doing. You should keep abreast of what your other franchisees are doing. For instance:
What major corporations are their customers
What government accounts do they service
How many employees are they running per shift
Who are their crew leaders
What kind of volume are they doing
When are they planning on going on vacation
Who are their family members; Etc.
These are very important because customers will come up to you and ask you questions about them. They might also make statements about the other franchisees. It's always nice when you know what they are talking about.
You can also use their major accounts for name dropping. It will help you in your sales. If you know how busy they are, you will also know if they can handle any more work or if they will be able to help you on a joint account. By knowing their names and family, you won't look uninformed when a customer engages you in conversation about them. Think about franchise team building, because in franchising it is about more than just a brand name, it is about team work.
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