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WASHINGTON, March 23, 2018 – From the Hawaiian nene to salamanders and turtles, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adding several new target species to its premier wildlife conservation effort that helps agricultural producers make voluntary wildlife-friendly improvements on working lands. USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is adding five new projects to Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW), the agency's targeted, science-based effort to help producers restore and protect habitat for declining species on farms, ranches and working forests.
"Agriculture and wildlife both thrive together through landscape conservation," said NRCS Acting Chief Leonard Jordan, "Through a locally led process, Working Lands for Wildlife has delivered many unprecedented successes over the years and we're proud of our collective past achievements and look forward to continuing our work with America's producers."
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Saturday, March 8 - 7pm
Lecture:An Evening with Joel Salatin
Perdue Hall, Bennett Family Auditorium, Salisbury University
Best-selling author and sustainable farming guru Salatin is a third generation farmer and author of eight books. His farm achieved iconic status when featured in Michael Pollans Omnivores Dilemma and the award winning film documentary Food Inc. Salatin has been described by The New York Times as Virginia's most multifaceted agrarian since Thomas Jefferson [and] the high priest of the pasture. Sponsored by the Eastern Shore Regional Library and the Environmental Studies Department.
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Nice Farms Creamery, LLC is located on the 201 acre Miller and Tanner Dairy Farm in American Corner, Maryland. This Creamery is owned and operated by Bob Miller. The dairy farm has been in operation in Caroline County since 1989 when Bob's parents, Robert R. Miller and Chase Tanner relocated their dairy cows from New Jersey. For 20 years, the herd has been pastured on 118 acres.
These cows, Holsteins and Holstein crosses, produce high quality, all natural milk for the Creamery's yogurt and Cream-line milk products produced on site. Browse our website to learn more about the Creamery's Products, Community Supported Agriculture on the Eastern Shore, benefits of milk from pastured cows, and more about one of the few remaining small, family operated dairies left on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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We have 2.6 acres of produce certified as organic. We are offering spinach, lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, romanesco, kale, radishes, mixed baby greens, gourmet potatoes, raspberries, tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, turnips, carrots, onions, leeks, fresh herbs, and much more.
Maps from the USDA's Census of Agriculture showing watersheds by region and subregions. Find out what subregion you are in
Located near Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Permaculture Institute was founded in 1997 as the sister organization to the Permaculture Institute of Australia. It came on the footsteps of the Permaculture Drylands Institute, formerly the leading permaculture educational institution in the US. Our mission is to promote sustainable living skills through education, networking and demonstration projects. We facilitate networking among permaculture groups and projects in NM/Southwestern region and beyond. Joining FarmLINK is easy!
North County Preservation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting rural life in Northern Baltimore County.
We focus on gathering and distributing fact-based information to encourage responsible development and preservation, providing education on the history, and unique resources of the area, performing studies on land use trends, and solutions to conserve natural, agricultural, and scenic resources, and promoting long-term solutions to increase agricultural sustainability and to protect open space. Check out North County Preservation!
Sustainable Jersey Certified is a model for a similar program being developed in Maryland, Sustainable Maryland Certified. "Sustainable Maryland Certified is a new initiative of the Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland (EFC) designed to support Maryland's 157 municipalities as they look for cost?effective and strategic ways to protect their natural assets and revitalize their communities. Using best practices in resource areas like water, air, waste, energy, equity, and economy, a municipality can earn points toward sustainability certification."
The Center's Land Link program serves to increase opportunities for beginning farmers while encouraging good stewardship. Computer data base matching and consulting services bring beginning farmers and landowners together. Retirement planning, beginning farmer financing, farm business, and environmental assessment information is used to assist in transferring family operations to a new generation of farmers and ranchers.
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Top 8 Long-lasting Lip Colors ...
Finding good, long-lasting lip colors can be quite a challenging feat. You want to find a lipstick that lasts but won't dry out your lips or look cracked and cakey. Well ladies, I scoured the interwebs to find the best and the brightest lasting lip colors that will feel as good as they look. Check out my picks for the top eight long-lasting lip colors.
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One of the most popular long-lasting lip colors from the drugstore is Covergirl's Outlast. Outlast comes in two steps, with one being the lip color and the other being the moisturizing top coat to seal in color and shine. The Outlast collection comes in over 40 colors, so there should be a splendid shade for everyone!


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U.S. Bancorp facing probe on loans
U.S. Bancorp, the nation's largest regional lender and the second largest bank in the Cincinnati region based on deposits, said authorities are investigating origination and servicing practices for home loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration.
Agencies are also probing compliance with sales guidelines on home loans bought by government-sponsored enterprises "and various practices related to lender-placed insurance," the Minneapolis-based company said Wednesday in its quarterly regulatory filing. The FHA probe includes the Department of Housing and Urban Development's inspector general and the Justice Department, according to the filing.
"The company is cooperating fully with these examinations and investigations, any of which could lead to administrative or legal proceedings or settlements," the bank said. The outcome could include fines, penalties, restitution or more expensive business practices, according to the filing.
Regulators are probing allegations of faulty underwriting and bias on home and auto loans at some of the biggest regional U.S. lenders. Regions Financial Corp. said in November it was subpoenaed by HUD over the origination of mortgages backed by the FHA. Regions, based in Birmingham, Alabama, has said it's cooperating.
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We are photographers living with or affected by mental illness; supporting each other one photograph at a time. Join our community, submit today!
Please welcome first time contributor Layne, an 18-year-old photographer living with Borderline Personality Disorder and dissociation. They have found photography therapeutic and something that helps them think about feelings and make something positive out of it, making it easier for them to deal with having negative thoughts.
About this photo: "This photo is a piece submitted for a project in college to create a photo or series connected to the word 'labyrinthine'. For my project, I decided to use my experience with dissociation to put into an image what is so difficult to explain in words. Dissociation to me is much like a maze, and I hope that shows in the photograph."
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Great! It is an excellent perception of photography that leads to recreating the highlights of the nature of a mental condition, a situation that affects anyone. I would expect to see a collection like this sometime in a gallery, you could easily make a drawing based on this.
I have an invitation for everyone: You are invited to the auction of artistic works at the Prado Museum, during the month of February. They will see works by more than 60 artists such as Thomas Galeotto and Gabino Amaya Cacho.
Thank you for such kind words, Veronika 🙂
thanks– very evocative.
The photo to me looks hopeful. You seem to be looking for yourself, yet not fully revealing yourself. Love, love, love yourself unconditionally. I like to think of loving the cells of my body that do so much for "me". Our feelings change, and our miraculous bodies and the cells that make them up are always, always here for us. You are not alone, and you are always supported. Thank you for your creativity!


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The next Village of Los Ranchos Planning and Zoning Commission meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 7:00 P.M. at Village Hall located at 6718 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107. Please visit the links below for more information about this meeting. Contact us for more information.
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text: Flood Protection & Waterproofing Materials Kitemark scheme for flood protection productsThe climate is changing around the world and recent years have seen successive flooding in parts of the UK in particular. Protection from flood damage is available through manufacturers of a range of flood defence products to suit different buildings and situations.Performance specifications for two types of product have been developed by HR Wallingford in conjunction with BSI:Removable products for installation as barriers across building apertures, e.g. doors and airbricksTemporary, freestanding barriers which are assembled close to, but not in contact with, building(s)Property flood skirt systemsProducts are tested in a purpose designed test rig at HR Wallingford and are subjected to a factory test to ensure product quality.Standards include:PAS 1188-1:2009 - Flood Protection products. Part 1: Building aperture productsPAS 1188-2: 2009 - Flood Protection products. Part 2: Temporary and demountable flood protection productsPAS 1188-3: 2009 - Flood protection products. Part 3: Buildings & building skirt systemsPAS 1188-4: 2009 - Flood protection products. Part 4: Demountable products Waterproofing materials for roofingWhen testing these products BSI look at their level of waterproofing and if required, their ability to react to fire. Bitumen basement tanking sheets for use in cellars and basement rooms can also be tested to a Kitemark certification standard.Standards include:EN 13970Flexible sheets for waterproofing – bitumen water vapour control layersEN 13707Flexible sheets for waterproofing – reinforced bitumen sheets for roof waterproofingEN 13969Flexible sheets for waterproofing – bitumen damp proof sheets including bitumen basement tanking sheetsEN 13249 - Geotextile related products


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This is an archived post from the webpage "healingteddi.com", which is no longer online. Since the posts have been moved off of the original webpage, some of the links may no longer work. You can still navigate through the blog through this webpage, by searching through the blog posts.
I hope these entries can continue to encourage those facing appendix cancer
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We Did It! NSW Health Minister Allows for More Peritonectomy Surgeries!
Remember my last post, where I asked you all to help make a difference? Well through your support and the persistence of many people fighting for a change to be made, the NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner has worked out a deal with Dr. David Morris and Prince Wales hospital! This will allow the backlog of nearly 40 patients to be caught up!
The news has just broken on ABC.
Ms. Skinner and Dr. Morris can be heard discussing the issue here.
Nearly 300 of you responded to my request to sign the Change.org petition and the petition has surged past 75k signatures!
This caught the attention of several high profile people (including actor Russel Crowe) and the Shadow Health Minister Andrew McDonald. The Shadow Minister called me yesterday to discuss Teddi's case and for permission to petition Jillian Skinner on our behalf.
In New South Wales Parliament yesterday, there were a few key players who questioned Ms. Skinner very vigorously (a few to the point of nearly being thrown out! ). You can read the excerpts at this link (I've pulled them out of the larger transript at this link).
From what I can tell, the key players working on our behalf during this session were:
1Mr. John Robertson
2Mr. Nathan Rees
3Ms Linda Burney
4Dr. Andrew McDonald
5Ms Cherie Burton
To each of you, we here at healingteddi.com offer you our deepest gratitude!
Another very important set of people to thank is Sara Bowers, a lawyer and former peritonectomy patient who has organised a petition of more than 15,000 original signatures – enough to force the issue to a floor debate in NSW. Thank you Sara! Check out her webpage at: http://livesatrisk.com.au
Next, we need to Anna Patty, a journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald, for calling attention to this issue and being willing to talk to Teddi and I about our own case.
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If you're commuting with something that feels like a brick on your head, then check this out.
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My family and I have moved from coast to coast and even out of the country over the years. As a result, I know the challenges that families face when relocating from another city, province or country. It is not an easy transition, but we do it for the love and betterment of our family and selves. As a REALTOR®, I bring first-hand knowledge of what it's like to make big life changes, and I strive to make this exciting time an easy transition for my clients!
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Paul T. Fox is a founding shareholder of the firm's Chicago office where he serves as Chairman. He has focused his practice in commercial litigation for more than 35 years. He regularly represents litigants in federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate level, as well as before arbitration panels, mediators and other alternative dispute resolution forums. An experienced trial lawyer, Paul typically tries cases every year and has experience with a wide variety of commercial litigation. He has been a member of the Trial Bar for the United States District Court in Chicago for the past 20 years. He also teaches trial advocacy at Northwestern University School of Law and at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA).
Paul has represented financial institutions and other entities in defending class actions arising under the Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), the Real Estate Settlement Practices Act (RESPA), the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (WARN), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Securities Act Section 10(b)(5) and under state statutory fraud theories in Illinois, Texas, Alabama, California, Maryland, Nevada and elsewhere. He has also defended numerous lender liability and employment discrimination claims.
Paul's casework has encompassed issues arising under virtually every article of the Uniform Commercial Code, as well as more general contract and corporate matters. He focuses much of his practice on traditional business disputes involving partnerships, joint ventures, closely held companies and publicly traded companies. These disputes arise out of a wide variety of transactions, including real estate developments, mergers and acquisitions, post-closing adjustment disputes and traditional contract disputes. Paul has also handled many cases involving disputes over negotiable instruments, electronic fund transfers and letters of credit.
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a. Depo-medroxy progesterone acetate (Depo-Provera) is the most commonly used injectable progestin in the world. It was finally approved for use in the United States in 1992. It is excellent for use in women who breast-feed or for short-term use where estrogen is contraindicated.
b. Composition and mode of action.
(1) Depo-medroxy progesterone acetate is given by deep intramuscular injections. A dosage of 150 mg must be given every
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(2) Its action is to shut down the LH surge and suppress LH and FSH levels. It also causes an atrophic endometrium and thick impenetrable cervical mucus. Depo-Provera is so effective that long-time users may be as much as 2 weeks late for their next injections.
c. Efficacy: Only 0.3% of women will experience accidental pregnancy within the first year of use. Giving 400 mg of Depo-Provera in the more concentrated form every 6 months decreases the effectiveness rate throughout the 6-month period.
d. Indications: Women who may not use estrogen, women who breastfeed, older women, women who need short-term but effective contraception may use Depo-Provera.
e. Advantages.
(1) Risk of endometrial and ovarian cancer and PID is decreased.
(2) There is less menstrual blood loss, and therefore anemia is decreased.
(3) A decrease in dysmenorrhea and mittelschmerz is seen.
(4) Depo-Provera is a reversible form of birth control, although the return of fertility is slower than it is for other types of hormonal contraception.
(5) Risk of ectopic pregnancies decreases to 1.3/1000 women-years as compared with 6.5/1000 women-years in women who use no contraception.
(6) Amenorrhea is of advantage in certain women because as many as 80% of women are amenorrheic after 3 years of use.
(7) Use with antibiotics is safe. The only drug known to decrease the effectiveness of Depo-Provera is cytodren. Because it is given parenterally, it is not dependent on the gastrointestinal tract. Improvement of seizure disorder results from the sedating effects of progestins.
f. Side effects.
(1) The menstrual cycle changes (increased days of light bleeding but not increased blood loss).
(2) Amenorrhea develops with time.
(3) Weight gain: The patient may gain up to 14 pounds with 4 years of use.
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(5) Depression may occur.
(6) Bone density decreases, which is reversible after discontinuation.
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The Friends of the Johnson County Library will be having their spring book sale this Thursday, April 26th through Sunday, April 29th.
Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan said it best in his 1964 hit song, "The Times They Are a-Changin".
A new report released by the National Wildlife Federation shows the benefits of letting kids get messy outside and its release coincides with Earth Day activities throughout Wyoming.
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InnovationQuarter is the regional economic development agency for West Holland. Besides facilitating (international) collaboration between innovative entrepreneurs, knowledge institutes and government, we assist international companies in establishing their businesses in West Holland and finance innovative and fast-growing companies in our region.
Successful innovation requires money. We invest in Safety & Security companies amongst others that have the potential to lift our regional economy to a higher level, bringing with them innovation, stronger clusters, more employment opportunities, and innovations with a social impact.
As a lifecycle financier, InnovationQuarter offers companies financing at various stages of growth. InnovationQuarter invests from three funds: IQCapital, UNIIQ en ENERGIIQ.
- IQCapital is a fund of € 80 million for investments in innovative companies, from startup to scale-up and mature SMEs in West Holland.
- UNIIQ is a € 22 million investment fund, set up by Erasmus MC, TU Delft, Leiden University and InnovationQuarter, focused on the proof-of-concept phase to bridge the riskiest phase from concept to promising business.
- ENERGIIQ is a fund for financing the commercialization of proven energy innovations that leads to CO2 reduction. The € 35 million fund is from the Province of Zuid-Holland.
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London Design Festival Features Far-Out Furniture
The London Design Festival always has an exciting show of furniture. Over in London's edgy east end, Tent London is a huge venue covering 2 floors of a former brewery. It specialises in forward-thinking and often more innovative design.
A collaborative enterprise, New British Design, was having its debut there. It will be promoting new furniture design and products. They will be choosing designers and working with them to develop their work. This gives young and up and coming designers an entry into the field.
Their first launch piece, designed by Ben Huggins, is a series of chairs and flat-pack tables made out of birch and laminate. They come in bright primary colours and would be perfect for a child's room. Little Star, the table, is an easy to assemble small table using no glue or nails.
Zoe Murphy is committed to recycling at all levels. She finds these old chests of drawers and coffee tables on line, at auctions and in charity shops. Then she decorates them by screen printing, hand painting and re-veneering them. The colours and patterns are a little bit '50's and reflect her love of the seashore.
She also works with textiles, collecting old wedding dresses and silk shirts from second-hand clothing stores. She picks apart the silk and makes the fabric into pillows. Some are screen printed and others embroidered. Murphy has a playful sense of colour which is reflected in all of her work.
There is something for everyone at the Festival... This chair by Hannes Grebin is called "Cosy Hard Edge" and is an ironic take on typical old German bourgeois living room furniture. The Berlin designer says that he is "bending the boundaries of product design" and that certainly is true.
This chair with Vincent Van Gogh's bedroom chair on its seat is another jaw- dropper. It's called a "transformable picture frame" and can be used as a folding chair and then be hung back on the wall for decoration or storage. Another one, by Korean designer Kwang Hoo Lee, featured the Mona Lisa, in a black frame.


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Sprinkles of Life is such a great and versatile stamp set. I found a card in the new catalog that I wanted to CASE on pg.105. It has the splatters, which I think work great with the ice cream cone.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
The Stamp Review Crew: Sprinkles of Life Edition
Sprinkles of Life is such a great and versatile stamp set. I found a card in the new catalog that I wanted to CASE on pg.105. It has the splatters, which I think work great with the ice cream cone.
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I'm so sorry about your grandfather, Shanna. I hope you get your Disney trip in soon! Love the grunge splotches behind your stamped layered, looks really cute. I also like how you repeatedly stamped the sentiment along the bottom, great touch!ReplyDelete
Oh all of those,sprinkles are perfect for a birthday celebration! Fun card!ReplyDelete
Super cute card! I love those sprinkles. I am very sorry to hear about your grandfather.ReplyDelete
So sorry to hear about your grandfather, hugs my friend.ReplyDelete
Your card is lovely, I love the spatters, and the repeatedly stamp sentiment!
So pretty in pink and sprinkles too - cute card. So sorry to hear about your grandfather. I hope you enjoy your holiday this week.ReplyDelete
Such a gorgeous card Shana! Love the colours, the sprinkle background and the repeated stamping of the sentiment! So sorry to hear about the passing of your grandfather. Thanks for sharing your super cute card! Rochelle xoReplyDelete
Shana I am so sorry about your grandpa ((Hugs)). Stamping is great therapy. Hope the trip is wonderful for you all! Your card is super cute! I just love all the fun and cute details to it!ReplyDelete
I love how your frosting matches the card background, Shana! And the sprinkles background behind the cupcake is perfect!ReplyDelete
So very sorry about your grandfather. I am glad you have had a bit of time for yourself to stamp a bit. Your card is soft and sweet.ReplyDelete
I love the simple and classy look of your card. My condolences on the loss of your grandfather and I'm sorry your trip got postponed - I know that must have been a disappointment. I know what you mean about stamping. It's great therapy!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 12, 2015 at 9:01 AM
I love the grunge splashes also, but I also love the little strip of embossed paper on the upper left. It balances the card, and reminds me of an Ice cream cone. (Which stays right with the theme of the card)ReplyDelete


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"I became a little bit obsessed with Pinot Noir and really only wanted to make it in Burgundy, so I packed my bags and moved here and never left."
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Time in the vineyard and a minimum intervention approach in the winery is the hallmark of Jane Eyre's winemaking style. Small parcels of low yeilding fruit are 100% handpicked and de-stemmed. Indiginous yeast fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks where a combination of gentle pump overs and punchdowns are employed as needed. The wine is matured in 100% French oak barriques (either all or mostly seasoned). The wines are racked only once before bottling them unfined and unfiltered.
From Chablis in the north to Beaujolais in the south, humble Burgundian vignerons have farmed the century. Climates vary from inclemently continental to mild and agreeable; soils, from Jurassic limestone through alkaline clay and manganese-rich schists. Through this mélange of elements, the passing centuries have given rise to unique voices, each proclaiming their autonomy: spicy, cherry-laden Beaujolais; generous, minerally Maconnais, and austere, chalky Chablis. But invoking the most adoration and lining the walls of applauded cellars are the Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays of the Côte d'Or. Complex, silken and evocative at their best, they incite wonderment in those enlisted in their doctrine.


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Located in Kelowna, BC, Argus Properties believes in responsible and sustainable development in our communities. The Okanagan is known for its stunning beauty, and diverse four season playground encompassing our portfolio of properties: commercial buildings, hotels, modern residential developments and versatile business parks. Argus Properties is poised to be the leader in its industry partnering with the community; through purposeful developments to provide an enduring legacy.
Innovation, Quality, Service and People is what defines Argus Properties. We are a full service real estate development company encompassing Construction, Leasing, Property Management and Service. Argus Properties is about personal attention to client needs from the stages of build-to-suit, to leasing space, to building renovations and maintenance. Our commitment by our highly skilled professionals to provide and surpass expectations is what sets us apart from the rest.
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On June 23, 2015, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a residence of the 1700 block of East Frisco Drive in LaPlace for the report of a burglary. The homeowner's security surveillance camera captured photos of the perpetrator gathering and removing items from her residence.
The neighbors of the victim identified their daughter, Aalayah Banks, 17, as the perpetrator in the victim's residence. Subsequently, with the cooperation of her neighbors, the victim recovered her stolen property from the neighbor's daughter's bedroom.
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A fast-growing construction firm will double the size of its office when it moves from Innsbrook to Shockoe Bottom on June 1.
Team ACP Construction founder Sylvester Clay said that growth prompted the move from an office on Sadler Road to a newly renovated, 6,000-square-foot office at 16 S. 17th St.
"We looked at a lot of different office space, but it was very important as a minority business owner to move back to the city," Clay said.
Since starting in 2009, the company has carved out a niche by specializing in medical construction. In the process, it built up a healthy book of business as area hospitals have expanded in recent years.
"This month we will have closed on $10 million in business," Clay said.
After years of working in residential construction, the housing bubble pushed Clay to search for other opportunities. That led him to Virginia's program for small, women- and minority-owned businesses. An executive order issued by former governor Tim Kaine sets a goal of 40 percent of contractors doing work with the commonwealth to come from such businesses.
That gave Team ACP the edge in securing its first job, a $140,000 contract to renovate the dialysis wing at a VCU Health System hospital, Clay said. Over the next eight months, Clay said his firm ended up completing $1.2 million worth of additional projects for the hospital.
"What we did is recognize a real niche in health-care construction. Not anyone can just go out and say, 'I'm going to work in a hospital,'" Clay said. "It took a lot of training and discipline."
The company went on to do work for the University of Virginia, Hampton University and Old Dominion University. The company plans to start work soon on a $7 million renovation of the gymnasium at Howard University in Washington.
The company has also stepped out into the private sector, picking up work with HCA Health Care to renovate a wing of the John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell. And the firm was is among the contractors helping renovate and restore the 234 Wells Fargo in Virginia branches as they transition away from the Wachovia name.
Clay said the firm has about 50 employees.


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Our Techniques
At Flexible Anatomy, everything Carla does is about Fascia.
There are 3 different types:
Superficial Fascia, which is the lowermost layer of skin in nearly all regions of the body that blends with the reticular dermis layer.
Visceral Fascia, which suspends the organs within their cavities and wraps them in layers of connective tissue membranes.
Deep Fascia, which is the layer of dense fibrous connective tissue which surrounds individual muscles and also divides groups of muscles into fascial compartments.
Fascia is everywhere in our bodies and is incredibly easy to damage. In fact, most of the time we damage our fascia and never have any idea that we've done any damage to ourselves at all. Often time, we may do damage to a region of fascia in a small, superfluous activity, maybe as a child, or due to some sort of incident and eventually, even though you may not feel any damage or pain initially, you will begin to experience discomfort. This pain and discomfort will become apparent as your brain begins to retrain itself to use the muscles and joints differently in an effort to avoid the pain.
Flexible Anatomy offers a wide range of services designed to fix this. Some of our services are specific to targeting and healing fascia, and others are designed to maintain the health and range of mobility Carla gives back to you by healing your fascia. Some of the services offered at Flexible Anatomy to help with your healing are: C.H.E.K. Coaching and training, Dynamic Contraction Techniques, Ki-Hara stretching, Mashing stretching, and Neuro Kinetic Re-Lengthening. Amongst a list of other services, Carla also offers Pilates, Full Body Vibration, Pneumatic Compression, and TRX Suspension training. What ever it is that you need, Flexible Anatomy is here to heal your ailments. Keep your fascia in top tier condition. For a full list of all of our techniques, with descriptions, you can look here!


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Guidance and support for family members caring for a loved one with memory loss
If you are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's, dementia or another form of memory loss, you do not have to go through this alone. Our program for family caregivers can help with the challenges you are facing and share strategies for your own self-care.
Our program, funded by the New York State Department of Health, is designed to help family caregivers explore ways to find balance in their lives as they navigate their path as a family caregiver. Our services help caregivers manage the complex issues around understanding and responding to dementia, from financial to personal and interpersonal issues.
We have provided services for people with Alzheimer's or other memory loss for over 30 years. We understand what you are experiencing and are here to offer support.
Watch this short video for a glimpse into the lives of Karen, a caregiver, and her husband Ralph, and the services Riverstone provides.
Ralph and the Gift of Alzheimer's from Dylan Tuccillo on Vimeo.
Following, we present the story of Evelyn Jorden and her daughter — and their interaction with the warm staff at Riverstone.
Evelyn Jordan from Dylan Tuccillo on Vimeo.
Services for family caregivers available at no charge
Programming is in English and Spanish.
For information, call Memory Center Director at (212) 927-5600, ext. 116.
The Caregiver Program is sponsored by a grant from the New York State Department of Health.


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Password policy
The biggest issue for computer security in the 21st century is identity as this will determine your access and that of your employees to your company information.
As a result maintaining an effective password and identity policy is the biggest challenge to a modern technology-based company.
With the continuing development of a mobile workforce and the predicted expansion in the use of the internet technology known as 'the cloud'; using an effective means to give permission to the people that you want to access your information – while keeping out the people you do not want to have access – will become ever more crucial.
Password policy presents several challenges to an organisation.
The current advice suggests the frequent changing of passwords, the use of complex passwords or the creation of passwords using devices known as password generators.
But individuals choosing their own passwords will often use either personal information, or a combination of personal information to create a code that is memorable for them.
The disadvantage of this method is that basic research into an individual can normally obtain their password. Another disadvantage is that people who use memorable passwords will often use them for all of the services they use that need a password. So once a criminal discovers the password in one insecure domestic or e-tail system, can provide them with the passwords to a work-based system.
People also opt for ludicrously simple passwords that password cracking software is programmed to look for first.
However, if staff are forced to depart from this method and use complex passwords, or ones generated for them, they will often seek to store their passwords physically close to them.
According to police officers who investigate unauthorised access to computers, most passwords are stored within one metre of the PC.
Favourite places are on post-it notes stuck on the PC screen or put under the keyboard, or in notebooks or manuals.
This practice has has continued with mobile devices; passwords are often carried in wallets, bags or handbags alongside the device they are meant to protect.
As a result, within the next five years mobile phone producers and companies will start to move from the password-based systems that have existed to date, to systems that establish that you are who you say you are. .
These will require you to produce a range of information, including biometrics, before allowing you to access records and services related to personal accounts and work.
This enhanced security will protect mobile phones that will increasingly be loaded with digital cash and credit card sims so the phones can be used to physically pay for goods.
In 2011 several announcements by mobile phone companies reflected this trend, with new mobile phones beginning to incorporate 'cash purses' and credit cards and a technology known as 'near field communications'. This allows them to make payments by passing them over a sensor.
According to Professor Josef Kittler, Director of the Centre for Speech, Vision and Facial Recognition at Surrey University, the aim of current research is to eradicate the need for passwords completely by establishing a person's identity beyond doubt using biometric information.
'We can use a synthesis of face and voice recognition and lip dynamics to establish someone's identity. In a mobile phone environment this is proving very successful because the subject will actually hold the phone up to their face in a full frontal pose and the system knows that it is only looking for recognition on that one image,' says Kittler, adding that the technology was already being rolled out by some mobile phone makers.
To secure the mobile phones, which in the case of cash purses have a digital cache of £100 of credit on them and in the case of credit cards will have a value up to the allowed limit, it is expected they will soon start to incorporate a biometric that could involve, voice, face and fingerprint recognition as well as a password.
This move to unique identity will also accelerate due to the predicted move to so-called cloud computing, as companies seek to achieve economies and efficiencies by cutting IT costs, concentrating on core business and becoming ever more mobile.
The deployment of this biometric technology is expected to be exploited by companies who believe that consumers will be happy to prove their own identities to mobile devices, in return for the kind of services that will be on offer. The technology will also be used to give assess to people's work systems.
This is a part of the ongoing move by companies to blend together personal and work systems known as 'consumerisation'.
In response, criminals will use technology to try to trap complete authenticated identities at the key moment – when they are being broadcast to the service to which they provide access.
However, according to Kittler trying to trap a digital biometric identity will prove difficult – as the biometric can be encrypted on mobile devices before it is sent.
Currently, as well as password generators, there are a number of other technological innovations that can help with some of the concerns raised by passwords.
One technique is where a grid is generated on the device screen and people remember a pattern on that grid. When the grid appears on the screen it creates random numbers in the grid pattern; the person using the system punches these numbers into their keyboard. In this system a different series of numbers appears each time.
Piers Wilson, a security manager of Risk Assurance for the accountancy company PwC, says that though technology is important, people are still key to the effective protection of data.
'To get security right you have to use a combination of people, a process i.e. a policy, technology and physical access to a building – you have to achieve a balance of all of those things,' he says.
Creating a password policy
1. Establish the value of your data to your company by carrying out an information audit. What is the value of your company's data and reputation?
2. Your audit should also establish the value of your data outside of the company.
3. Implement a security strategy that involves a policy on the use of passwords.
4. Research available affordable technology and systems that can help your staff use passwords to access your data effectively and securely.
5. If you want to use a password strategy then use a combination of letters, numbers and punctuation, and require that passwords be changed frequently.
6. Do not use your date of birth, wife or partner's name, maiden names, children's names or common names.
7. Use different passwords for all of the accounts that you possess.
8. If you must use the same password then use a 'stub' – part of the password that is altered for each account but do not use consecutive numbers or any logical sequence.
9. If you have trouble remembering passwords then use the internet to find password storage devices that can help you, but remember that this is only as strong as the password that allows you access to the software, and that it is a good idea to change this password regularly.
10. Some mobile phones such as Blackberry also offer encrypted password storage systems. But again remember that any device you use will have to be password protected so again it will be necessary to password protect the device itself and vary the password to be truly secure.
11. One method for remembering passwords is to take a line from a poem or a book and then use the first letters of each word, or any other sequence depending on preference, and add a sequence of numbers and punctuation you can remember. This method allows you retrieve the password if you forget it.
12. In the event of an employee leaving your employment immediately remove all password access to any work systems. Passwords that allow remote access must be deleted instantly.


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6 Things You Might Not Know About Stock Certificates
Ask anyone younger than 40 what a share of stock is, and they will tell you it is just a digital bit of information, stored on a broker's server. However, If you were to ask what a stock "certificate" was, chances are you wouldn't get a direct answer. While the investment world is filled with savvy investors who have been buying and selling stocks since 1985, they may have never seen a physical share of stock. The history of the stock certificate is full of interesting facts dating back to 1606 when parchment paper was king.
Many Certificates Had Fancy Designs
Stock certificates used to serve as the physical proof that you owned shares of a company and were considered a sign of prestige, if not wealth—so much so that many certificates were made with fancy designs and ornate engravings, often resembling artwork.
Stock Certificates for Kids Were Sold
This was definitely the case with shares of the Disney Corporation, which featured full-color illustrations of some of the company's most famous characters. It was not uncommon for parents to buy their children a single share of the company's stock to frame it and put it on display in their child's bedroom, much like a cherished stuffed animal or toy.
People Used Certificates As Wallpaper
During the years following the great stock market crash of 1929, it was common practice for shareholders of now-defunct public companies to wallpaper a room of their house with worthless stock certificates as a perverse tribute to lost wealth.
It Was a Legal Type of Currency
At one time, the process for printing a stock certificate was as guarded and secretive as printing currency is today because, in a sense, it was a currency in and of itself. For this reason, there were only three companies in the United States that were authorized to print the stock certificates of publicly held companies.
There Is 400 Years of History
In 2010, the oldest surviving stock certificate was found by a history student from Utrecht University who was working on an unrelated research project. The certificate was made out of parchment paper and was printed by hand with ink and a writing quill. This historic document dates back to 1606 and was issued by the Dutch East Indies Company, which was also the first company ever to issue stock certificates.
If you find an old stock certificate among one of your deceased relative's belongings (or in an old antique store), it probably doesn't have any intrinsic value because the company that issued it is most likely long gone. However, the certificate itself may have some collectible value. Scripophily is the pursuit or hobby of collecting old stock certificates, and there is an active community of collectors who will buy worthless certificates solely for their collectibility.


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I couldn't have said it better than my mom did: It's fall!! It's time for Pumpkin Bread!
I couldn't have said it better than my mom did: It's fall!! It's time for Pumpkin Bread!
Dear readers, this past weekend was my very first farmers market selling bread on our town square. It was so much fun! The whole experience was an all-around success. I made new friends, got to know some local farmers, and even traded a few loaves for some fresh produce for next week's baked goods!
Today is Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II's actual birthday, and my mom and I decided to make some truly authentic English scones in celebration!
After college, mom and her two best friends lived together in a one-bedroom apartment in Atlanta. The apartment came with 2 cats. None of them knew much about cooking, but they would make these cookies together from Kay's grandmother's special recipe.
Here's a little number I made up on the go for a delicious and healthy weeknight supper. So you've seen Italian stuffed peppers, well what would an "American" version look like? Something like this. A creamy filling of chicken and rice crowned with a gooey dollop of white American cheese. It's definitely a different combination of flavors, but they come together beautifully.
I always eat breakfast, every morning. You've got to. Mom says. But I usually eat it on the run.
Banana bread should be many things. It should be very banana-y. It should be a beautiful golden brown. It should be studded with toasty nuts or melty chocolate chunks. It should be fresh, flavorful . . . homey. Must most of all? Banana bread should be outrageously, unbelievably moist.
What is better on a warm spring afternoon than a chilly, fizzy margarita???
Yeah, me neither!


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Malaria continues to have a devastating impact on global human health, and greater than 40% of the world's population is at risk. Annually, there are an estimated 216 million cases and 655,000 deaths due to malaria, predominantly in developing countries. Disease is caused by any of five protozoan parasites. Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax account for the majority of malaria cases. No vaccines are currently approved to prevent malaria, and treatment relies predominantly on the use of antimalarial drugs. However, resistance to the very limited set of efficacious drugs is rising rapidly. Therefore, identifying new therapeutic targets is a high priority.
Our goal is to establish, through technological innovations, new avenues to discovering fundamental parasite biology that can be translated into much-needed diagnostic, preventative and therapeutic solutions. Ongoing research projects in the lab address:


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Lee Battersby
Lee Battersby
Nottingham, United Kingdom
|2002 to present
|Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Lee Battersby is an Australian author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction. His story "Carrying The God" made him the first Western Australian winner in the Writers of the Future Competition in 2002, and was awarded the 2003 Ditmar Award for Best New Talent, his short story "Tales of Nireym" was a finalist in the Fantasy section of the 2005 Aurealis Awards,[1] and "Pater Familias" won Best Horror Short Story in the 2006 awards.[1] Another story, "Father Muerte & The Flesh", the third in his popular Father Muerte series, was awarded the inaugural Australian Shadows Award for outstanding literary achievement by the Australian Horror Writers Association in 2006,[2] he won the award again in 2008 for "The Claws of Native Ghosts", a story which appeared in Graveside Tales' anthology "The Beast Within".[3]
Battersby was one of the tutors at Clarion South 2007, along with SF writers Robert Hood, Simon Brown, Margo Lanagan and Kelly Link; and editor Gardner Dozois.
His first collection, Through Soft Air, was released by US Publisher Prime Books in March 2006, it contains 25 stories, including both "Tales of Nireym" and "Pater Familias". "Dark Ages", a story exclusive to the collection, was nominated for both best Fantasy Short Story and Best SF Short Story in the 2006 Aurealis Awards.[1]
In 2007, he contributed a story to the Doctor Who short-story collection, Short Trips: Destination Prague.
In 2013, he contributed an essay to the Upcoming4.me charity non-fiction anthology, Story Behind the Book : Volume 1.[4]
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- ^ "Australian Shadows Awards: 2005 Winner". Australian Horror Writers Association web site. 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ "2008 Australian Shadows Awards: The Winner". Australian Horror Writers Association web site. 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ "Story Behind the Book : Volume 1 – Essays on Writing Speculative Fiction out now!". Upcoming4.me. 2013. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2013. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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- Prime Books[permanent dead link]
- Reviews of Through Soft Air from Ticonderoga Online[permanent dead link]
- Reviews of Through Soft Air from ASif![permanent dead link]
- Story behind The Marching Dead[permanent dead link]
- Lee Battersby – Ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com
- Lee Battersby at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database


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I presented at Australia's only Multi-Platform TV show last week and my talk was entitled 'The Gamification of Social TV – Inspiring the Stories of Tomorrow'. A broad brushstrokes look at the current trend of motivating TV users already busy in social networks to 'interact'. The slideshare presentation is embedded below and the flow of that is echoed in this post (which has a few other rich media embeds too).
The structure was based on the usual questions, a) What is Social TV ? b) What is Driving it ? c) The Value for the Users d) What it Means for the Creators who enable it? Hoping to help the small but quality audience understand the reasons to look at the value Social TV brings to the users vs jumping straight in on the ROI of getting more eyeballs on the existing programming. The Gamification aspect is about looking at the 'playful' techniques being used to turn audiences into users around traditional type TV programming – which is already becoming socially active.
A Bit of History
In defining Social TV I tried to point out that this is nothing new. Ye Olde Days of Interactive (social) iTV circa 2002 which I was heavily involved in at the BBC although based on single screen interfaces still had at its heart the need to connect viewers to the TV channel but also to each other . I referred to it as SetTopBox iTV with a slice of social and the most popular (up to 8 million during some shows) services tended to be the ones that synched the TV to the interactive element – one small step for tech one giant leap for editorial . So Social TV is not new, perhaps it is up to level 3.0 – 1.0 being single screen iTV, 2.0 video on the web combined with social and chat features and 3.0 the hybrid, global two screen synch'd & app based services we are seeing more and more of now.
From an personal and historical context I also talked briefly about a few early iTV services such as XCreatures broadband service I produced in 1999 and delivered to 100s of test homes in London over YesTV IPTV service & B T broadband backbone. The BBC's first broadband programme to live audiences where for me the significant elements was the way users could not only navigate through fragmented clips but most importantly communicate and leave their own comments at the end – remember this is on the same screen using an IR keyboard!
What is Social TV?
In terms of defining the landscape of Social TV I called these early days baby-steps and divided it into three key movements
- The Conversation of TV – around the back-channel, recommendation and communities
- The Gamification of TV – making services playful, tribe building and participative
- The Personalization of TV – encouraging users contribution , making it personally relevant & drawing in their stories
Social TV Is Not A Battle for Eyeballs
I went out of my way to stress that Social Media is not battling with Broadcast TV for the big Ad Dollar prize , this is not Facebook vs ABC or iTunes/GoogleTV vs BBC but potentially about the real synergy , Live format TV and Social Media as perfect bedfellows. I continue after the presentation slides.


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this must include the travel of congresspersons, such as the recent disrupted codel planned by Speaker of the House Pelosi. Our taxes should not be paying for their vacations.
I'm going to use "Open the Books" to do research on the salaries of the top employees in our small town. The town won't do an audit of workplace efficiency because they are afraid to find out that they have a bloated payroll, along with pension contributions and nearly free health care, all paid by the taxpayers. Let the fun begin.
Include complete transparency. I'm also tired of backroom deals where we never get told how we were sold out.


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Another View: Sales tax hike will let Rancho Cordova grow
The argument for Measure H in Rancho Cordova was begun as a simple yes or no vote in which the electorate would decide whether to add one-half percent to the current sales tax. Since The Bee's editorial board said that a good enough case was not made for Measure H ("No to sales tax; yes to Budge, Skoglund," Endorsements, Oct. 4), more information is apparently needed.
Keeping the city as it is would mean not having the ability to expand, improve the roads, or to increase police protection as the city grows. But to augment public safety and economic development, it is necessary, as unpleasant as it sounds, to spend more than is currently being spent.
To have a separate audit for the Measure H sales tax, current sales tax, hotel tax, property tax, etc., would be monumental. All of the city budgets are available to the public now. And while the sales tax does not have a sunset date, voters have the power to remove it if they choose.
One of the most important reasons to support Measure H is shown in dollars and cents. Before Rancho Cordova could vote on cityhood, the people had to come to a tax agreement with Sacramento County. The cost so far is more than $67 million, including $7.5 million that we paid the county in the 2013-14 budget. In the 2014-15 fiscal year, the city must pay $7.9 million. The amount increases every year.
Over the next 14 years, the sales tax revenue from Measure H can be the cushion that helps us finish paying our bill for cityhood. The last payment we will make to the county for our right to vote will be $11.2 million. And when that last payment is completed, the citizens of Rancho Cordova will have paid $202 million.
After that last bill is paid, our city will begin receiving and keeping all of our revenues. That indeed will be a time to celebrate.
Robert J. McGarvey is vice mayor of Rancho Cordova and a chief proponent of Measure H.


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We'll keep you posted as news comes to hand on where and when The Man Who Could Not Dream is, was and will be screening…
If you're in Melbourne and haven't had a chance to see The Man… you're in luck! TMWCND is playing on the rooftop of The Shed cinema on Saturday November 23. Head on down with your picnic hamper and your cushions! The fun begins at 7pm and entry is FREE. Check out the full list of films and follow the updates here.
The Man is continuing his European vacation, next stop Paris! Très magnifique! TMWCND has been selected to screen at the Paris International Fantastic Film Festival. Running from November 19–24, the festival showcases a range of both full-length and short supernatural films. For all our Parisian friends, TMWCND is screening at 2pm on Sunday, November 24 in the International Competition. Check out all the details here.
Guten tag! If you're lucky enough to be in Berlin from 12–17th November head down to the 29th International Short film festival, Interfilm Berlin. The Man Who Could Not Dream is screening 5 times throughout the event, so you can't miss it! Check out the details here. Bis Später, The Man xx
Looking for something to do on a winters night in Perth? Head on down to Revelation– The 2013 Perth International Film Festival and soak in some cinema. The Man Who Could Not Dream will be screening 3 times across the festival which runs from July 4–14. Check out the details here and keep yourself cosy with some toasty films!
If you're in Melbourne and haven't had a chance to see The Man, you're in luck. We're excited to announce TMWCND is screening at the 2013 St Kilda Film Festival. Pop down to Session 2 of the Top 100 at the majestic Astor Theatre and check it out– Friday the 24th of May at 7.45pm, but don't forget to book!
Attention all Hong Kongers and Hong Kong visitors alike! TMWCND is screening on Sunday the 24th of March at 7:15PM local time. If you can get there, do so! And don't forget to tell us how it goes. Check out the details here.
We are proud to announce another Melbourne screening of TMWCND, this time at the beautifully situated Moonlight Cinema on Tuesday the 19th of March. If you haven't seen TMWCND on the big screen yet, don't miss this opportunity to see it alongside some of the best shorts on offer from around the world! Check out the details here.
Good People! TMWCND will be included in the Best of Flickerfest International Short Film Festival in sunny Melbourne-town at Kino Cinemas on Wednesday 13th February. The program kicks off at 6:30PM and will be followed by an after party! Check out the details here or get your tickets here.
TMWCND is screening at the Academy® Award accredited Flickerfest International Short Film Festival in Bondi, NSW on Monday January 14th and Thursday January 17th 2013 as part of the 'Best Australian 3′ program. Get your tickets through the Flickerfest website!
Hot off the digital press! TMWCND is screening at the prestigious Melbourne International Film Festival in the following session:
Sunday August 12
Greater Union – Cinema 6
You can book tickets here:
We would love to see you there!


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Tickets for National Palace and Gardens of Queluz: Skip The Line
Live like a royal as you explore this spectacular Designated National Monument
- Skip the line and enjoy your all-access pass to the Queluz National Palace, where you can relive the opulence of beauty of 18th-century Portuguese royalty!
- Explore the stunning gardens and discover their many secrets, with maze-like walkways and a glittering tiled canal
- The grounds also house the National School of Equestrian Art, which practices and preserves the traditional style of Portuguese horseriding
Travel back in time and immerse yourself in the rich history of this ornate palace and garden. Known as Portugal's answer to Versailles, it was originally designed as a summer residence for the royal family, before King Pedro III transformed it into a full-fledged palace. Skip the lines and discover for yourself the majesty of the 18th-century aristocracy!
With the discovery (theft) of Brazilian gold in 1690, the Portuguese royal family was feeling pretty flush. The National Palace and Gardens of Queluz are a perfect example of the opulence and splendor of this period. Described as "a very expensive birthday cake," the palace and its gardens are an exercise in excess, mixing Baroque, Rococo and Neo-Classical styles to stunning effect.
A site of grand celebration and festivities, it was designed to be the perfect synthesis of landscape and architecture. When you step inside the stately interior, you'll understand why - as the star-shaped garden design is echoed throughout the palace.
And if you want to feel your jaw drop even further, check out the glorious 'tiled canal'. This extended artificial lake is decorated with thousands of glazed tiles, depicting scenes of Portuguese legends and victory. Not exactly subtle, those Portuguese royals.
- Cancellations are not possible for this ticket
- Changes are possible for this ticket
Getting There:
Train: Monte Abraão and Queluz-Belas stations. The palace is roughly one kilometer from the stations.
Free hop-on hop-off service:
There's a free hop-on hop-off service available in the gardens. Simply show your entrance ticket and hop on!
The many statues depict tongue-in-cheek interpretations of classical mythology - see if you can spot them all!


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On a trip into London and an unexpected high.
Okay, so this is off-message, I know – but WordPress tells me it's my 100th post, so I hope you'll indulge me.
I live to the west of London. If anyone except another Londoner asks, I say I live in London because that's specific enough. But there's Central London and then there's the wide band of suburb stretching out in a radius of perhaps 10-12 miles from the centre before you get to the M25, the motorway that encircles the city. And I'm at the far edge.
Mostly I stay away from the centre of the city. It's crowded, noisy, stinky and dirty like any large city, and in the summer it's overrun with tourists shouldering hazardous backpacks and stopping without warning every few feet to take pictures of each other. For years I commuted daily to areas in the West End (shopping district), City of London (old financial district before Canary Wharf came along) and Westminster (the seat of power). But as a home-based worker now, my trips into London are rare, perhaps five or six times a year, no more.
Yesterday I was to be in London on behalf of a client, attending and doing the write-up on a seminar at Millbank Tower by the River Thames. As usual I grizzled to myself about the journey; whichever way I try, it never has less than three legs and never takes less than 90 minutes. Choking on the fumes I abandoned a walk from Victoria and took a taxi – the lazy approach, but I didn't want to arrive unable to breathe. I knew Millbank Tower was tall – the clue is in the name – but I hadn't realised I was headed up on one of those lifts that zips past the first 15 floors, ultimately to the 29th floor. The venue was called Altitude – I should have realised.
The view that greets you from the 29th floor of Millbank Tower all but takes your breath away. My last trip 'up' in London was to escort a friend from the USA on The London Eye (see it in the photos), but on the day in question it had drizzled solidly and the clouds tickled the capsules as they rounded the top of the wheel, smothering the view.
Yesterday was different, so I took some photos – of the city I simultaneously hate and love. Down on the ground, it's an assault on the senses – and not in a nice way. Up there it was magic, insulated from the noise and dirt; an urban panorama harking back centuries and stretching forward – and upward – into the future. The skyline changes year by year as old buildings are dwarfed by structures reaching ever higher. (Can you spot St Paul's Cathedral? It's just to the right of the tallest crane.) Individual towers, striking when they were built, become swamped by their neighbours within a year or two. Look closely and you'll see the scene is cluttered with cranes, as old real estate is levelled and spires of steel and glass take root. It's a constantly changing skyline. In a weird way it's not unlike a forest, with its natural balance of decay and renewal.
Anyhow, it fair took my breath away, so I thought I'd share one or two photos I managed to snap before the business of the day got underway. Enjoy.


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The second part of the article will resume questions and thoughts of the first one, mainly the one layed in the very beginning – Where is art today?
The vivid and mostly very rich intellectualization of art that rapidly evolved in the beginning of 20th century in abundance of new forms, styles, platforms, motions and associations infused an enormous boost into productivity and quality of art and artistic forms.
This period gave life to the greatest production of quality art in our history. Other, auxiliary processes have helped to accelerate this cultural boom – rapid evolvement of industrialization was the most prominent one, it brought scepticism but also opened myriad of horizons, it transformed our lives into a truly modern period.
All in all, the greatness of the early 20th century was extremely fruitful in intellectual and emotional completion of a modern world.
However, reaching such great heights usually means there will be a downfall nearby. The flourishing, immersive and essential boom of intellectualization in art continued – but began to transform from explaining rich content full of ideas to explaining void.
When did this happen? There is not a precise moment in the history, but it began when ideas and tension of the early 20th century started evaporating and mass media began to take over.
Now – I am not saying the media was ever the reason for the "void" starting to fill in, it was merely a symptom of a certain cultural weariness that came down after the exhaustive start of the century. After all the cultural and technological advancement, It was a calming blanket of an understandable language.
This is the era where the shift of creative masterminds will be happening. It starts in the early 50's – precisely when the media begins to take reigns over many aspects of our decision creating process.
Advertising – How to sell an idea.
The shift begins with "idea" as a qualitative constant migrating from art to product. We are no longer trying to "sell" an abstract idea, we are trying to sell an idea embedded to a functional value – a product.
This is the birth of advertising age. Product and all that is connected with it through its cycles is now a very distinctive part of our life. Necessarily, such extensive and demanding production area requires a lot of combined creative talent. We are probably all acquainted to Mad Men, a show that sheds more light on this period of our history. We can see what kind of intent and will was and is necessary to push out a potentially successful product.
In reality, it started with prominent figures such as David Ogilvy, who was a man with multi-faceted past and a complex personality enhanced by an undoubtedly exceptional wit and intelligence. Ogilvy was able – with his clarity and intellect – build one of the greatest ad agencies. He was the modern prototype of a a creative thinker, who was no longer an artist, but an opened, creative mind ready to process any kind of creative task. I would recommend anyone having any interest in product or design – to read his books – 1, 2.
A considerable number of creatives and artists were no longer considering art as their journey, either because they were interested in a more stable life or they were tired / dissapointed of the beginning decline of artistic quality and values (this was not the case in the eastern europe, that was more closed and paradoxically, art was supported by law as a "must" inclusive feature to any new architectural building – a topic for a whole, different article).
Other areas, such as film industry were also attracting creatives, but advertising was the most complex mechanism that employed a wide range of creatives.
What has changed?
So what is different from the era of 50's, 60's and so on when art began its period of decline (with exceptions of course)? World has become far more faceted, layered and complex. You can undoubtedly find good art, but probably not presented by any large or widely known platform – for the reasons described in the first part of the article. However, if you dig deep or are simply lucky, you really can find or buy good art, but this does present a certain kind of stretch and labour, usually only very passionate and educated collectors adhere to such difficult routes (I would go as far when saying this is only 2 - 5 % of "serious art collectors", yes, that low of a percentage).
The shift of creative force meanwhile completed itself with 99,99 % creatives working in areas connected to product or design. Is this good or bad? I would say – good. The reason for saying this, is that the today's world is so incredibly polluted with information (most of it is junk), that starting a path in art and continuing it with utmost quality standards in ideation of form or execution is – almost impossible for any beginner.
The thing is – art can not be measured, it can't be even compared with same ease and standards as design, because there is a value of function in any given design – function in some extent helps to guide the quality of design. However, there is no similar guidance in art and if one does not have an absolutely "clean" and "nutritious" environment in terms of information he's getting, he will fail, simply because the world is so extremelly poluted with "bad" information.
This is why I would invite anybody with creative tendencies and mindset – do not be an arstist, be simply a creative person – which means – learn to think first. Learn to ask the right questions and most importantly – think critically.
Creativity has lost its original context and boundaries in art, but we should be grateful to see it in its true contemporary forms – in creative disciplines that bring us excellent products, designs, movies and other stunning examples of the marriage of emotion and intellect.


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Hey everyone!!
So finally it's Friday and I though I'd show you guys some fashion/home/food/Autumn inspiring pictures to get you going for the weekend, and maybe even the new week that is going to start! :)
These are some recent pics I pined on Pinterest:
Hope you liked it and felt inspired!! haha :D
Cheers to the weekend!! :)


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Usually, I try to resist the urge to whip up homemade baked goods. This is because:
- Not every attempt in my kitchen is a victory
- Baking is a science, and that was never my strong suit
- 1 + 2 = higher chance of failure than I feel comfortable with
I mean, really. With baking, there's no, "Oh, I'll just add a splash of this and a dash of that to even out the taste." Instead there's, "I spent all day working on this, the batter seemed fine, I followed the directions exactly, and my cake turned out flat as a pancake / exploded / caught on fire / is responsible for a global epidemic." Or something along those lines.
And I won't lie to you, that is exactly what happened the first time I attempted this cake. Well, not exactly, but you get the idea.
(But don't worry, I figured out what I did wrong, and now it couldn't be easier to put together– even for an incompetent baker like myself.)
I've been so eager to make pumpkin-flavored-everything because, well, that's what people who love food do this time of year. All of us. You're included in this blanket statement because you're most definitely going to make this cake. You have to.
Anyway, I was extremely shocked at how easily the batter came together. It was almost as easy as using boxed mix, but with about fifty times more pride. I patted myself on the back because I could just tell it was going to turn out perfectly, even with the modifications I made from other recipes I sourced from around the web. I would be the next master baker. I was on top of the dessert world. People would go crazy for this cake…
…aaaaand then I messed up the streusel. I messed it up big time.
I must have used too much butter and sugar and not enough flour because my streusel melted into lava-like blobs and made big ugly sink holes in my cake, leaving me with an extremely lumpy and deformed-looking final product. Still, curiosity got the best of me, and after it cooled, I cut myself a slice. Oh my dear heaven, it was the most delicious slice of cake I've had in years, if not ever. It was so moist and flavorful and perfect. If only it didn't look like something out of a horror movie, it might have been one of my favorite creations. But it did. It really did.
Instead of photographing it for the blog, I sliced the cake up and gave some to my friends who had just come down to visit and "help take care of all the extra food." (Aren't they sweet?) The consensus: this was amazing. Even those who aren't typically dessert fans (like myself) raved about it. I sent the leftover cake home with James and he and his dad ate the 75% remaining within 3 or 4 days. Then, of course, I made the cake again. It was worth giving another shot, for sure.
After altering my streusel approach, I'm telling you, there was not a flaw in this cake. Make it immediately. Then make another one for the holidays. Make a few more to bring into work and to your friends, and, hey, don't forget the neighbors. If you're a coffee cake fan, it doesn't get much better than this. If you're a pumpkin fan, you'll be floored. Hell, if you have taste buds, this Pumpkin Coffee Cake with Maple Caramel Sauce is for you. Oh man, I'm salivating all over the place now. Someone get me a towel.
In all seriousness, I hope you do give it a try, even if you're not an experienced baker. It's much, much easier than it seems and the results are impressive. I think you'll really enjoy it.
Pumpkin Coffee Cake with Maple Caramel Sauce
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
One of the best cakes I've ever had in my life. Flavorful, moist, sweet, delicious Pumpkin Coffee Cake topped with Maple Caramel Sauce. It's sure to be a hit.
For the Cake:
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- ½ cup sour cream
For the Streusel:
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter, cold, cut into small chunks
For the Maple Caramel Sauce: (Or, if you'd like to save time, you can use a bit of this Maple Caramel Sauce)
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup maple syrup
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Make sure the rack is in the middle of the oven. Prepare a 9″ springform pan.
- Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin spice, and salt together in a medium-sized bowl until evenly combined.
- Using a hand mixer, beat the butter and brown sugar in a separate bowl until completely combined. Slowly beat in the eggs, one at a time. Then add in the pumpkin puree and sour cream. Beat slowly until the ingredients are just combined. Pour in the flour and fold in with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the batter is even, smooth, and thick. Set aside.
- In a separate small bowl, mix together the flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and salt for the streusel. Add the pieces of butter, and use 2 knives to cut the butter into the flour mixture until coarse crumbs (about the size of peas) form. Using 2 knives or a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mixture until coarse crumbs form. Set aside.
- Pour about half of the cake batter into your springform pan. Sprinkle with about a quarter of the streusel. Then pour over the remaining cake batter and smooth it out slightly with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula. Top it with the remaining streusel.
- Bake the cake for 50 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool in a pan on a cooling rack for 15 mins, then remove from pan and finish cooling on the rack.
- As the cake cools, make the Maple Caramel.
- Melt the butter in a medium-sized saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the sugar and the salt.
- Cook and stir the mixture until the sugar completely dissolves. Then turn the heat down to medium and boil for 2 more minutes. Add the maple syrup and the mixture once again come to a boil. Stir frequently until sauce has thickened and coats a spoon, about 3 minutes longer. Remove from heat and cool, and then spoon over slices of cake.
- Category: Dessert
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First UK aid dropped in Iraq for Yazidis who fled IS militants
A British military aircraft has made the first drop of UK aid in Iraq.
The Ministry of Defence said the plane had carried out its mission overnight.
The focus of the aid effort is on helping thousands of members of the Yazidi religious minority, who are trapped on a mountain in northern Iraq after fleeing from Islamist militants.
Downing Street said the humanitarian situation in Iraq remained "deeply worrying" and said it planned to step up aid drops in the coming days.
Parallel to the aid effort, US planes have been carrying out air strikes against the militants.
The US military said it had destroyed vehicles and equipment of the Islamic State (IS), which has been attacking Yazidi areas.
The militant Islamist group, formerly known as Isis or Isil, has seized swathes of territory across Iraq and Syria in the past few months and has threatened Iraqi minority groups.
'Appalling conditions'
Two British C130 cargo planes are delivering the aid to those who have fled from IS's advance.
Defence officials said one plane had dropped supplies that included reusable water filtration containers, tents and solar lights that doubled as mobile phone chargers.
International Development Secretary Justine Greening said: "The world has been shocked by the plight of the Yazidi community. They face appalling conditions, cut off on Mount Sinjar after fleeing persecution.
"The UK has acted swiftly to get life-saving help to those affected."
The US, France and the UN are also taking part in the international aid effort.
Estimates for the number of people trapped on Mount Sinjar range from 50,000 to 150,000.
The UK aid contribution for those displaced in Iraq is worth £13m in total. It includes:
- £2m of emergency supplies for 75,000 people, which includes the aid being dropped on Mount Sinjar
- £3m of fast-tracked funding for charities and NGOs already operating in Iraq
- £2.5m of support for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to provide immediate medical help
- and £500,000 to help coordinate relief efforts between the UN and the Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said the aid effort is likely to continue "for the foreseeable future" until a way is found to get those sheltering on Mount Sinjar to safety.
The government says any long-term solution must involve the formation of a more inclusive Iraqi government, uniting all the country's ethnic and religious groups.
- Secretive group whose origins and ethnicity are subject to continuing debate
- Religion incorporates elements of many faiths, including Zoroastrianism
- Many Muslims and other groups view Yazidis as devil worshippers
- Holiest temple is in Lalesh, northern Iraq (pictured above)
- There are estimated to be around 500,000 Yazidis worldwide, most living in Iraq's Nineveh plains