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For a long while now, I've been meaning to rewatch Ghost in the Shell and review it. And by a long while, I mean several years – since around the time I wrote my Akira review. After all, when I was growing up, those were the two most iconic anime films in the West – Akira and Ghost in the Shell, held up as the pinnacles of what anime can achieve. And having enjoyed Akira, I expected to love Ghost in the Shell too. But I must confess, I did not. I was disappointed at the time: it was beautiful, but rather sterile and dull. I never felt involved with any of the characters, and found the incessant nudity a bit puerile – too obviously titillation masquerading as art.
Yet I've always wanted to reassess, and to rewatch. This was especially the case on a recent trip to
where I visited an exhibition of the artwork for the film and its various
sequels. I hadn't fully appreciated the sheer level of detail in the artwork,
nor the obvious joy in machinery, weaponry and the human form that went into
them until that gallery. It really is astounding and rather beautiful, and the
long pan up on the city that ends the film made for a beautiful sketch and
painting. That really set me wanting to watch the first film again – but still
I put it off, and I'm quite glad I did. Last night, there was a one-off
screening of the remastered version in a local cinema, and that really was the
best way to see this visually stunning film.
Plot-wise, for an action piece, it actually moves very slowly and makes a point of making much of its more dramatic violence stately, with languid, epic music composed by Kawai Kenji rather than pounding rhythms. It's remarkable how far that goes to elevate things. Based on the first part of the manga by Shirow Masamune, it tells a thoughtful but not very eventful story that unfortunately ends just as it gets most interesting.
In a world of cybernetic implants and enhancements, law enforcement officer Kusanagi Motoko is almost entirely robotic, to the point that she worries if she is still human or not. We see her and her likeable team of colleagues investigating the 'puppet master', a hacker capable of controlling others. Eventually, it turns out that the Puppet Master is actually artificially created, though now believes itself to have a mind and a soul. Trapped in a single body so as not to spread over the network, it engineers events to bring itself into contact with Motoko, realising that without the human element, it can never diversify in a way that it can protect itself through unpredictability. Everything works, a new gestalt being is created and...the film ends, just as it becomes most intriguing.
Still, the journey has many very interesting elements, including interesting philosophical questions related to the Cartesian ghost in the machine. Most affecting is the minor character manipulated into believing he has a wife and daughter: if the soul results from important memories and relationships, what is the soul when those are fabricated? Is the mind just a ghost and the body the shell? How is that affected when the body is artificial? For a film that also has a beautiful woman stripping off all her clothes to do physical battle with a huge spider-like 'tank' and beat up her target while cloaked to even scratch at the surface of such questions is quite satisfying, and this balances them well.
But the problem with that very elevation is that especially around the middle, without any real clear goal or motivations made apparent, the film is actually quite dull. I was kept engaged by simply enjoying the art – the detailed backgrounds, the interesting angles, the highly detailed machinery. But I ought to be engaged by the plot. And the thing is, I know that Oshii Mamoru can give his characters a whole lot of heart and soul and interesting character arcs. But I don't really see it here, and that Motoko remains a glacial figure of intrigue and mystery works only if the real emotional heart of the piece is with her teammates. And while the beginnings of that are there with Batou and Togusa, it's not taken nearly far enough. The result is something rather beautiful, but icy and distant. Conceptually understandable, but for 90 minutes, not especially enjoyable.
The film achieves much, especially visually. But I can't call it one of my favourite anime films of all time. Nice to have finally, finally watched it in Japanese, though!


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Welcome Sharon Moreland, our most recent guest blogger! Sharon is the Director at the Tonganoxie Public Library in Kansas, and a contributor to the Cookbooks. Sharon will be a regular blogger for MaintainIT, telling the tale of her experiences with Koha as her library starts a new chapter with open source. Welcome, Sharon! (Oh, and I was the one who added the photo of Sharon to her post. I couldn't help myself!) :)
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The big decision at the very first Board meeting I attended as the new wet-behind-the-ears director here in Tonganoxie, was whether we should join the new NExpress consortium, a sub-set of Kansas libraries joining the established Kansas City Library Consortium (KCLC). It was an easy decision: of course we wanted access to 2.5 million items and the state-of-the-art Sirsi ILS, so we started the long process of migrating. We weeded, inventoried, fixed call numbers, and cleaned up the shelf-list in preparation for re-barcoding the entire collection. (Unique item IDS... they'll get you every time!) We also had to prepare the public -- let them know a "new and improved" library card would be coming soon, because our library card numbers were only 4 digits and the existing patron records couldn't be uploaded into Sirsi. My library was lucky to be one of the first to join KCLC for two reasons:
- The consortium had an experienced system administrator and excellent Consortium librarian who was our liaison.
- I used to work there and knew these (somewhat quirky) people personally.
Unfortunately, libraries who joined later, after the system administrator left and the Consortium librarian left and the replacement personnel were new and, well, not very good, had a VERY different experience than we did. The timeline to join stretched and stretched and patience with the personnel grew thinner and thinner and after unsuccessful meetings with the KCLC Director and the Kansas City Public Library Director, our NExpress-Northeast Kansas Library System Director called us all together to make a decision... do we stay or do we go?
Jim Minges, the System Director, called together his board, the NExpress libraries, and the libraries waiting to join NExpress and an outside facilitator to help us work through our options. Koha rose to the top, so Jim invited Josh Ferraro, LibLime, to give us a presentation (in his suit and sandals...such a GenXer he is!). I was sold--we kept throwing out, "does it do this?" questions and Josh's face would light up at the thought of writing some new widget to do whatever it was we suggested, like linking the catalog to the New York Times bestseller list. New library cards? No need, LibLime can extract our patron records. The best part though, the thing that we audibly gasped at was when we heard it would only take 4-8 months to migrate ALL of our libraries to Koha...our experience with Sirsi was 18-24 months.
In the beginning, I had reservations about leaving KCLC because my little library was borrowing over 5,000 items a year from libraries outside our NExpress sub-set. Leaving KCLC meant losing access to those materials. But, being the cooperative and collaborative group of librarians that we are, we decided to analyze the data, see what exactly we were borrowing and then see if we could change our collection development habits to fill the need. The joke was that we'd seek grants for smut, slasher films, and Sex in the City (erotic fiction, adult graphic novels, horror films and TV series on DVD).
We're still hammering out the details for this, but cooperative collection development in itself is an exciting by-product of this whole process. I'm not exactly sure what the next step is. I think NEKLS staff is working to get us out of our existing contract and we've been assigned a project manager from LibLime to help steer us through the migration. Each of us need to decide when and how to share the news with our Boards and patrons - I let the cat out of the bag on MySpace and had to put something in the paper this week and I invited Jim to explain the situation to the Board in March. We'll wait and see what the response is!
As I'm writing this, I just got an email from the State Librarian, Christie Brandau, via Jim Minges, "You made the top story on the online LJ!! Congrats to you and NEKLS staff and libraries!!"
Sharon Moreland
Director, Tonganoxie Public Library, Kansas

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Manoir du Carra, Bourgogne Blanc, France 2013
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Manoir du Carra, Bourgogne Blanc, France 2013
Rating: 17.5/20pts
A breezy and brisk Chardonnay from the southern part of Burgundy. There's no oak involved here but there's more than enough complexity via the tangy peach and citrus fruit on show, delivering a supremely pleasing and refreshing glass of wine.
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SAN DIEGO, California – JDR/J-Star/KTM Team rider Matt Moss earned the first-ever podium finish for the JDR/J-Star/KTM Team at the sixth round of the AMA West Supercross Lites Series held at Qualcomm Stadium.
The reigning Australian Lites Supercross and Motocross Champion jumped onto the radar after earning a 5th place result at the Oakland Supercross event which marked the JDR/J-Star/KTM teams best overall finish at the time. Two rounds later he successfully broke his own record and showed he can run with the best in his class after earning his first U.S. Supercross Lites podium spot in front of the San Diego crowd.
Moss started the night off well earning 3rd overall in his heat race after closing in on Red Bull/KTM rider Marvin Musquin. Moss had a great gate pick for the main event which paid off huge when the gate dropped for the start of the 15-lap main.
He launched his KTM 250 SX-F off the line to a 2nd place start around the first corner. He remained in the runner-up position for the first three laps before Cole Seely made a pass to takeover the position. Moss surrendered one more position a lap later to point's leader Eli Tomac before setting into 4th place. He never tired and remained close to the lead group and put his KTM in a great place to take over the final podium spot once Tomac crashed near the halfway point. Moss quickly moved into the position and rode a steady race for the remainder of the event to secure his and his team's first U.S. Supercross Lites podium.
"It feels so good to get on the podium tonight. I have worked so hard and have always dreamed of racing in the U.S. and it feels so amazing to finish on the box and advance my ranking in the points chase. I couldn't do this without the continuous support of everyone involved on the JDR/J-Star/KTM Team and I extend my deepest thanks to them," remarked Moss.
JDR/J-Star/KTM Team owner Jay Rynenberg was equally excited, remarking: "It's been a long road getting to this point. Everyone on the team has worked incredibly hard to advance our team and it is very rewarding to see the pay off. Moss had a few bad years in a row and we picked him up a year ago and built him back up in Australia and now we are standing behind him in the U.S. He is a very dedicated and hard working rider and I am very proud of him and the team."
The AMA West Lites Supercross Series will now take a break while the series heads to the East coast. Malcolm Stewart and PJ Larsen will compete for the JDR/J-Star/KTM Team on the east while Moss will return to racing action on April 21, 2012 when the Supercross Series returns west for the Seattle Supercross.
Next Round: Airlington, TX – February 18, 2012
Matt Moss (AUS)
The Australian Supercross Champion on his KTM 250 SX-F
Best career finish for Moss in San Diego
Podium Supercross Lites West San Diego: Moss, Dean Wilson (USA, Kawasaki) and Cole Seely (USA, Honda)
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Though I have no formal training, I have been creating artwork ever since I was a child growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan . In November of 1984, I moved to San Francisco and started showing my work. I have exhibited my work in many San Francisco's premier galleries, stores, bars, and schools as well as in the DeYoung and City Hall.In 1995, I was selected for membership into the San Francisco Art Institute Artists' Committee. There I worked on the Salon Series, Day Without Art, the annual exhibition "Bio-Hazard," and helped select the 1997 Adeline Kent Award Exhibition. My art has been seen in ArtWeek , New York 's Paper Magazine, SFFocus, San Francisco / New York , Fad, Outlook, The Bay Area Reporter, Odyssey Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle , and San Francisco Frontiers. My art can also be seen on the web in the Virtual Collection at artistswithaids.org. In addition, my work is available at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery, and formerly the Steel Gallery of San Francisco, CA.My sculpture is abstract and conceptual--inspired by micro biotic, organic, and synthetic things we come in contact with each day. I work in a varied range of materials including fabric, metal, rubber, plastic, wood, paper, and more.
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Welcome to the United Radio QSL Bureau to ZB2TT Robert Morgan operating from Gibraltar.
QSL Via M0URX. OQRS open
A QSL card is currently being designed, LoTW certificates have been received for ZB2TT & ZB2TT/P. Please be aware for a match on LoTW you must log the QSO as Robert signs.
QSL cards will be available from August.
Photo - Courtesy of Robert Morgan ZB2TT
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Robert VP5/W5RF will be operating holiday style until the 11th July 2016 from Providenciales in the Caicos Islands.
QSL Via M0URX OQRS open
CQ Zone: 8
ITU Zone: 11
IARU Locator: FL31vs
IOTA Ref: NA-002
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Gary G0FWX will be QRV as V4/G0FWX holiday style from June 29th - 6th July 2016. Operating from Calypso Bay on St Kitts Island.
Locator: FK87pg
IOTA Ref: NA-104
QSL Via M0URX OQRS open
GS0NWM Isle of Barra QSL's posted
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137 letters were posted today, mostly GS0NWM & GS0NWM/P
(142 letters mostly VK0EK posted 24th June)
552 bureau cards have been processed and will be sent to the world bureaus in July on our next mailing.
Please remember that you should NOT send ANY DXpedition QSL cards to us Via Bureau. The corect bureau requesting route should only be using OQRS. This will save several years of bureau delivery and will help us significantly in our bureau costs.
VK0EK QSL Mailing
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Just 8 days after receiving the VK0EK QSL cards from the printer, all 5,956 letters are now ready to be posted on Monday 6th June. Also will be posted are the sponsor packages to GDXF, MDXC, SDXF & DDXG.
Letters should be delivered in 3 to 5 working days for Europe and 5 to 7 working days to the rest or the world depending on the local postal service where you live.
Any delivery issues should be reported to Tim Beaumont M0URX who will resolve any matters that you may have.
Thank you to 2E0SDV Jamie who helped with this posting. Some long hours were spent working to get this mailing out today.
VK0EK QSL Schedule
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I am currently working on the VK0EK QSL mailing. I expect to post ALL direct QSL cards by mid June. So far 5,500 letters are ready and so are the sponsors packages for GDXF, MDXC, SDXF & DDXG.
Please refrain from emailing me asking when you will get the QSL. The longer I have to spend on answering emails the longer the job takes! Thank you!
LATEST - I expect to post all QSL cards on Monday 6th June.
GS0NWM Isle of Barra QSL Preview
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The recent activity GS0NWM by Tynemouth Amateur Radio Club to Isle of Barra EU-010 made almost 10,000 QSOs and quite a number of QSL requests already received. Here is the QSL preview which is now going to print and will be out in the post in June.
The back of the QSL card also features GS0NWM/P Vatersay Island EU-010.
Please remember that the Bureau QSL is only available by OQRS request. Please do not send your cards. Thanks.
United Radio Advertising Flyer
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A new advertising flyer for United Radio QSL Bureau and ON5UR Maxi-Print has been designed. These will be posted out with QSL cards soon.
VK0EK QSL Preview
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The QSL cards for VK0EK were sent to the print room this week and will shortly be shipped to me for the work in sending out the mailing sometime in June. As there were so many sponsors logos we felt it was necessary to show these on an additional sponsors leaflet that we will send with all direct QSL cards.
Bureau cards will be a single QSL. Bureau QSL is only available by OQRS request.
BT Yahoo Emails in Meltdown!
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BT (British Telecom) Have now lost me as a customer this weekend, after a week of disastrous customer service, failed call backs and hours of asking completely irrelevant questions, I may as well have been asked what I had for my Sunday lunch because it was as just as irrelevant as the questions they asked me. The problem started when I changed my password to the BT Yahoo emails on BT Webmail, immediately emails of important transactions failed to appear in my in box, and Yahoo Group emails also failed to arrive....
Posting your QSL cards is our passion!
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In the year up to 31/03/2016 the team have posted 28,242 items which is 2,700 fewer than last year. We have supported several large DXpedition teams and single operator stations. The table shows you some of the statistics on our postage volumes over the last year!
If you have a DXpedition and you are looking for a QSL manager that will look after all your QSL matters just drop us a line.
Also posted during this past 12 months are 33,682 QSL cards to all world Bureaus.
IRCs Donated
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Thank you to Eugene Kuschev, UA6EX for the donation of 41 old out of date IRCs. These are used to support our outgoing QSL Bureau costs. Thank you.
if you have any OLD IRC's then we would love to receive them as a donation. They will all be used to help us send out bureau cards.
A35T QSL Cards Posted
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All 544 direct letters for A35T Tonga will be posted on Monday 4th April.
Bureau cards have also been processed ready for the next dispach, please remember DO NOT send your cards to us Via Bureau we will not receive them. OQRS ONLY for Bureau on ALL DXpeditions. Thank you.
VK0EK QSL Information
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AS QSL manager for VK0EK DXpedition to Heard Island, I would like you please to be very aware of the QSL policy to make sure you use the correct route for requesting the QSL cards for the deserving.
Please take time to read carefully. Thank you.
QSLing Procedure and Policy- The Procedure
QSLs can be ordered three ways:
1) Online direct card request –VK0EK OQRS page
2) Mailed direct request to the QSL Manager – $5
3) Online request with delivery via the Bureau VK0EK OQRS page
Here are the details for these three options:
A35T QSL Preview
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A35T Tongatapu Island OC-049 QSL card has been designed and is now being printed ready for dispatch very soon. OQRS for Direct and Bureau is open on my website as usual.
Please remember that there is NO longer any Incoming Bureau route for DXpeditions, You MUST request these on OQRS.
V31AX QSL Preview
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V31AX Paul (VE3AXT) has been in Belize for the last few weeks just operating holiday mode. Here is Paul's QSL card preview. Paul says that he will be back in Belize next year!
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Just to remind you that M0URX OQRS replaces my Incoming Bureau service for DXpeditions.
DO NOT SEND me Bureau cards for DXpeditions.
DXpedition QSL'ing? Our team here to help you!
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There are many radio amateurs that are also DXpedition activators that also handle their own QSL management. To help you budget and meet your QSL'ing chores economically and quickly the United Radio QSL Management Bureau have a few tools that can assist you.
So if you are planning an IOTA, DXCC or just a holiday DXpedition and want to manage your own QSL'ing, then this will be of interest to you.
The first point I want to make quite clear is that postage stamps are best used for sending aunty Caroline a birthday card, they should not be used for sending DXpedition mailings. Let me introduce you to "OBA"
OBA – An Online Business Account was set up with Royal Mail some years ago, designed specifically for UK based QSL managers and DXpedition Teams so that they can post QSL mailings more cost effectively and also quicker than using conventional stamps.
Each QSL manager acts as an independent mailing house with access via the www.RoyalMail.com website from anywhere in the UK with a Posting Location Licence number from the Royal Mail.
1) The weights and quantities of mail are entered on an online order form and an invoice is raised.
2) "Postage Paid Imprint" labels are put onto the envelopes instead of stamps. Or the PPI can be printed directly onto your envelopes.
3) You take the mail to your local Post Office in a mail tray with the invoice and the mailing is complete.
4) Payment is made directly to me, as account holder, and should be paid the same day as the invoice is raised.
FULL training can be provided, a simple 15 minute session on the phone or skype is usually all that is needed. Materials are provided free by Royal Mail. The only extra cost for you are the labels and ink for your printer.
So what does all that save you? Well a considerable amount of time saving on your QSL'ing chores, so more time for the radio! On small mailings there is approximately 30 - 40% saving on UK stamp prices, which I consider proof enough on its own!
For the larger scale DXpeditions we have access to the biggest discounts on mailings to all destinations so if you have more than 1.5 kg of mail (150 letters) going to say USA, Japan, Germany, Italy, Spain and so on, you get a significantly bigger discount, in fact up to 50 - 78% saving on UK stamp prices to those countries. This is called Max Sort product, but in return for the discount you must separate the countries mail and put it into mail bags with the routing bag label. In the case of the USA the letters are sorted into Zip Code area. I use this system for all the major DXpeditions that I am manager for. The mail bags then go directly to the (HIDC) Heathrow International Distribution Centre for forwarding on the next flight.
There is no penalty for letters weighing over 10g so even if you have a double QSL for example the QSL cards I sent for 9M4SLL, EP6T, E30FB the letters weighs 15g but the cost of posting is significantly lower than stamps.
How does all this work then? With all the UK QSL managers working together we can combine our annual postal expenses. To get access to the International contract we need an annual net spend of £5k per annum, to get access to Max Sort contract we need a net spend of £10k per annum on International mailing products.
The savings are so significant to the QSL'ing that since April 2013 we have sent over 83,000 items and saved over £30,000 on UK stamp prices.
QSL Management Team If you would rather let us handle all or some of your QSL management requirements you are welcome to drop us a line to discuss this with you further.
This is not just for the UK either, both myself Tim M0URX, and Charles M0OXO are QSL managers for some major International DX Teams. The level of management provided can be tailored to each DXpedition on an individual basis.
Outgoing QSL Bureau The savings made have funded our own Outgoing QSL Bureau. All IARU bureaus are sent a package 3 or 4 times a year. This is crucial to providing an excellent service for everyone to ensure the fast flow of cards around the world. Bureau does not have to mean slow! All our parcels are sent using Air Mail Business Class to arrive in 7 working days to the IARU bureau.
This is open to anyone to use for a charge £6 per kg, or FREE for DXpeditions only if you use our full QSL service.If you are planning a DXpedition and want more information please contact:
I would also like to welcome Jaime, 2E0SDV to the UK QSL team.
Whether you are planning a one man DXpediiton to the Channel Islands or a major Top 10 Most Wanted, we have many options for you to consider.
A35T Tonga 18 - 28 February 2016
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The A35T DXpedition is now packed up and ready to go. We will have three stations running Elecraft K3 transceivers with a KX3 as a backup radio, two Elecraft KPA500 amps, an Expert Amp 1.3, three KIO hex beams 20 through 6, and four Spiderpoles for the lower frequencies. We anticipate having our stations on 160 - 30 MHz during night hours, and the hex beams for 20 - 6 meters during daylight hours. We hope to be able to provide Qs on 160 to EU to fill the great need for that band. Our operation is scheduled for 18 - 28 February, not the 24th as previously reported. Even though K5NA and K5DU will be tending to a family emergency and not able to make the trip, we hope to have guest op Hiro A31MM, who recently moved to Tonga, joining us during our stay.
USPS Return Letters From USA
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You may remember the problem regarding letters routed to the USA being returned by the USPS endorsed:
Yet every letter is correctly addressed & No change of address has required forwarding.
I am STILL experiencing the same problem even though I am formatting the addresses to USPS specifications.
All returned letters I have had back, have been posted again at no cost to the DX'er.
The problem is clearly with the software on USPS sorting machines, remember mail is no longer hand sorted.
I am sure that USPS are not even aware of the software problem, sadly they also don't seem to care as all my emails for the last two years have gone unanswered. Just not good enough USPS! Please help!
TX3X Plaque of appreciation
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Thank you to K5GS and the TX3X Chesterfield Island DXpedition team for the plaque received today!
"In appreciation of Support to TX3X"
Well, it was a pleasure to assist you guys. Always here if you need! Thank you
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More sad news today. Following up on the announcement that Joystiq and its related sites are shutting down, Sega also announced that they, too, are closing an office in San Francisco and downsizing their force as they move to Northern California. Sega is also moving away from major console releases and focusing on portable, mobile and online PC games.
MCV UK is reporting that Sega has announced that 300 jobs have been on the chopping block and the company offered early retirement for those about to be unemployed.
According to Sega...
"Voluntary retirement will be solicited in the aforementioned businesses to be withdrawn or consolidated and downsized, while at the same time personnel will be repositioned in digital games and growth areas of Group mainly as development personnel, in order to establish a structure which can constantly generate profits,"
The move comes after the publisher consulted with the Group Structure Reform Division who advised Sega to reduce redundancies and offer early retirement for various employees. It was also the purpose of the division to help restructure Sega for profitability and management efficiency.
Eurogamer also managed to get a quote about part of the restructuring process from the long-running software (and formerly hardware) publisher, who commented about any future reductions in job redundancy, saying...
"We are under consultation with a limited number of staff in the European publishing business and will be able to confirm decisions regarding any potential redundancies in the coming weeks,"
Sega had long been making a good deal of their revenue from their Japanese arcades or pachinko business. The company staying away from home consoles after the Saturn and Dreamcast bit the dust (amongst other consoles) made a lot of sense, but now that they're putting the big AAA business behind them... well, it's a little shocking and yet not all too surprising.
Sega has suffered a string of unfortunate disasters in the home console space on the software front. There have been the numerous Sonic games released that were questionable when it came to content, as well as controversial releases like Aliens: Colonial Marines, which caused Sega some issues on the legal.
Recently, there was Sonic Boom and Sonic: Lost World for the Wii U, both of which scored rather low on the critical front and did just as poorly on the sales front. However, the company did have the recent success of Alien: Isolation and the Football Manager series that have done well for the company.
Speaking of Football Manager and Alien: Isolation... the Eurogamer article notes that both Sega Sports and Creative Assembly won't be affected much by the restructuring. Whether or not they will focus more on mobile titles and online PC games remains to be seen, but it's at least good that Creative Assembly isn't closing up shop. They did have their own little pow-wow back when Total War: Rome 2 launched and Angry Joe took a bite out of them for it.
As for the future of the company... there are several new Total War games on the horizon, including Total War: Attila, Total War: Arena and Total War Battles: Kingdoms, along with a new Football Manager.


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Nat Tobey, RI ASCE YMG President, and Katie Scancarello, RI ASCE YMG Treasurer, joined over 400 ASCE leaders on February 9 and 10, at the 2018 Multi-Region Leadership Conference (MRLC) and Eastern Region Younger Member Council (ERYMC) in Buffalo, NY.
Over the course of the two-day conference, participants connected with ASCE President Kristina Swallow, President-Elect Robin Kemper, Region 1 Governor Danielle Spicer, YMG and student chapter members, mentors, and Section leaders from ASCE's Eastern Region (Regions 1, 2, 4, and 5).
At the ERYMC Business Meeting, Katie and Nat engaged in thoughtful and enthusiastic discussions with fellow younger members on subjects including Raising the Bar, diversity initiatives, ASCE Code of Ethics, and the role of younger members on the ASCE Board of Direction. Highlights of the conference included breakout workshops with fellow YMG leaders, Q and A with ASCE Presidential Officers and Directors, Pre-College Outreach Workshop, and curling at Canalside Buffalo.
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Hello fellow procrastinators,
I gotta tell you, I love to bitch. I was BORN to do it. I can go from zero to insufferable snark faster than the new Tesla can make a passenger shit their seat. I'm the friend people refer to as Bitchy McBitcherson behind his back. If you haven't guessed: I'm a classic bitcher.
Which is why NO ONE lets me in front of clients. The head cheeses at TL are in charge of all the BS (boozing & schmoozing) that happens outside the office. Me? I'm way more comfortable getting lost in the frames of a rough cut.
BUT – as a guy who makes his living off of pretending to know how to play piano – life could be waaaay worse. How much worse? What follows is a story born from the stuff of nightmares.
It was a particularly hellish week. One of those weeks where every single note of music that leaks out of your fingertips has that dead-behind-the-eyes quality of an 80s Steve Winwood song. A week where you spend countless hours clawing at anything to make a creative spark happen – old demos, virus-filled freeware VIs, drunk late-night eBay binging unplayable esoteric Mayan instruments. To make it worse, the client I was working with had just one-eighty'd on musical direction. After myriad discussions detailing a "need for the gravitas of Michael Nyman's soundtrack from The Piano," they now wanted something more fun – "you know, like Smashmouth."
I was pulling my head off the floor to slog into the studio when my wife (yeah, I'm stunned that someone married me too) reminded me our kid has a group music class. Now – my kid is great, but he can also be a real asshole. That's pretty much because he treats sleep like Trump supporters treat immigrants. And today was no exception. BUT – I was so desperate to find ANY inspiration that enduring thirty five minutes of a Wheels on the Bus while wrangling a pissed-off, groggy 3-year-old seemed to be a reasonable entry fee.
So off we go. As we enter the doors, we see a giant gawdy sign that reads "THE AMAZING BARRY SHOW!" in kid-written, rainbow-colored letters. Behind the letters are an assortment of clip-art assembled by the mind of the criminally-insane: unicorns frolicking on mushrooms, leprechauns bowling, kids with deranged grins climbing breast-shaped mountains. Given how much time was spent on making this sign at Kinko's, I had a glimmer of hope that Amazing Barry may put on the fucking show of the century.
Amazing Barry was the exact mess you would expect to see playing to a bunch of bleary-eyed, milk-mouthed toddlers every Tuesday at 8:15 am. Beat-up Converse sneakers from 1998 that at one point were white, but had transitioned to a color somewhere between bong water and Amstel light. Pants that were sized about 30 lbs prior. A button-impaired blue shirt with artistic splatters from Jackson Pollock's "chicken vindaloo" period. Hair that had been freshly combed with a balloon. A face that was 42 going on life support.
We walk in and sit down in front, criss-cross apple sauce. Amazing Barry is playing "Daddy Finger" (the creepiest kid song of all time, IMO) on a goddamn Ovation acoustic. On cue, a dad about ten feet away from us spills coffee all over the floor. In between lyrics, instructions are barked: Daddy Finger, Daddy Finger – where are you? AMAZING BARRY DOESN'T CLEAN UP AUDIENCES MESSES. Here I am, here I am – how do you do? THERE'S A MOP IN THE BACK, PLEASE GRAB IT AND SQUEEGEE THE COFFEE INTO THE BUCKET.
The performance cringes along with A.B. angrily eyeing the dad sopping up artisanal brew off the romper room floor. Meanwhile, the dad's kid takes this opportunity to perform a fuck-you marathon run around the room. This prompts everyone else's kid to do the same. Amazing Barry keeps playing like nothing is happening, all the while snarkily commenting about everyone's kids whenever the lyrics have a pause.
That is until some chubby kid on his third fuck-you lap stops in front of Barry, crosses his eyes, then bazooka barfs all over Amazing Barry's Converse sneakers.
I'm out. I grab my kid, rush to the Starbucks down the block, line up the WiFi, and power watch 45 minutes of Yo Gabba Gabba. Then I head back to the studio, artfully craft a pop masterpiece to picture in 1 hour, and send it to the client. They love it. No changes. Okay, a few changes.
It could be worse.


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Generic name:
Paclitaxel protein-bound - injection
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Paclitaxel protein-bound - injection
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This medication may often cause a serious blood disorder (decreased bone marrow function leading to a low number of white blood cells). This effect can lower your body's ability to fight an infection. Your doctor will monitor you closely and check your blood often during treatment. If your white blood cell count is too low, you should not receive this medication. Tell your doctor right away if you develop any signs of infection (e.g., fever, chills, cough, persistent sore throat, painful/difficult urination).
This medication contains a form of paclitaxel that is bound to a human protein called albumin. This product acts differently in the body than other forms of paclitaxel. Therefore, this product should not be substituted for or used with any other forms of paclitaxel.
This medication is used to treat certain cancers (including breast, lung, and pancreatic cancer). Paclitaxel belongs to a class of drugs known as chemotherapy drugs. It works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells.
Read the Patient Information Leaflet available from your pharmacist before you start using paclitaxel. If you have any questions, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
This medication is given by injection into a vein by a health care professional. It is given on a schedule as directed by your doctor. Dosage is based on your medical condition, body size, laboratory tests, and response to treatment.
See also Warning section.
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, mouth sores, headache, muscle/joint pain, numbness/tingling/burning of the hands/feet, weakness, or dizziness may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor promptly.
Temporary hair loss may occur. Normal hair growth should return after treatment has ended.
People using this medication may have serious side effects. However, your doctor has prescribed this drug because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Careful monitoring by your doctor may decrease your risk.
Tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including:
This medication may rarely irritate the vein it is given into or leak out of the vein and irritate the area. These effects may cause redness, pain, swelling, discoloration, or unusual skin reactions at the injection site, either while the drug is given or rarely 7 to 10 days later. If this drug has leaked out of a vein and caused a skin reaction in the past, you may rarely have a skin reaction in that same area when the drug is given again, even when it is given into another area. Tell your doctor right away of any unusual skin/injection site symptoms.
Get medical help right away if any of these rare but very serious side effects occur:
This medication contains albumin that comes from human blood. There is a very small chance that you may get infections from this medication (including viral infections such as hepatitis), even though careful screening of blood donors, special manufacturing processes, and many tests are all used to reduce this risk. Discuss the benefits and risks of treatment with your doctor. Tell your doctor right away if you develop any of the following:
A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. Do not restart this medication if you have previously stopped using it due to a serious allergic reaction. Get medical help right away if you notice any of the following symptoms of a serious allergic reaction:
This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
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Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or at www.fda.gov/medwatch.
In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
Before using paclitaxel, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to similar drugs (taxane-type drugs such as docetaxel, cabazitaxel); or to products containing human albumin; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of:
This drug may make you dizzy. Alcohol or marijuana (cannabis) can make you more dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs alertness until you can do it safely. Limit alcoholic beverages. Talk to your doctor if you are using marijuana (cannabis).
Do not have immunizations/vaccinations without the consent of your doctor, and avoid contact with people who have recently received polio vaccine by mouth or flu vaccine inhaled through the nose.
Since this medication can increase your risk of developing serious infections, wash your hands well to prevent the spread of infections. Avoid contact with people who have illnesses that may spread to others (e.g., flu, chickenpox).
To lower the chance of getting cut, bruised, or injured, use caution with sharp objects like safety razors and nail cutters, and avoid activities such as contact sports.
Older adults may be more sensitive to the side effects of this drug.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. You should not become pregnant while using paclitaxel. Paclitaxel may harm an unborn baby. Females using this medication should ask about reliable forms of birth control while using this medication and for at least 6 months after stopping treatment. Males using this medication should ask about reliable forms of birth control while using this medication and for at least 3 months after stopping treatment. If you or your partner become pregnant, talk to your doctor right away about the risks and benefits of this medication.
It is not known if this drug passes into breast milk. Because of the possible risk to the infant, breast-feeding is not recommended while using this drug and for 2 weeks after stopping treatment. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.
Some products that may interact with this drug include:
If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call 911. Otherwise, call a poison control center right away. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center.
Laboratory and/or medical tests (e.g., complete blood counts) should be performed periodically to monitor your progress or check for side effects. Consult your doctor for more details.
For the best possible benefit, it is important to receive each scheduled dose of this medication as directed. If you miss a dose, contact your doctor or pharmacist right away to establish a new dosing schedule.
Not applicable. This medication is given in a clinic and will not be stored at home.
Your condition can cause complications in a medical emergency. For information about enrolling in MedicAlert, call 1-888-633-4298 (US) or 1-800-668-1507 (Canada).
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Information last revised October 2019.
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JUSTICE, Getting After it.
Leo Briones
State of the District Attorney's office 2016
The following is District Attorney Rosen's State of the District Attorney's Office he delivered before the Santa Clara County, Board of Supervisors on February 24th.
The mission of the District Attorney's Office is to vigorously pursue justice in a way that is fair, and treats everyone equally and with respect.
Why do we emphasize that justice must be pursued, and must be pursued with vigor? Does justice just happen – like gravity, like the seasons changing, like children growing older, like a new Iphone coming out every year, or the Giants winning the World Series every other? Can justice occur reliably and regularly without special effort or intention? Do criminals decide to hold themselves accountable? Do crime victims automatically get restitution?
Perhaps, some people think that justice just happens – criminals are arrested, prosecutors present evidence, juries convict, judges sentence. We know this is not case. We know that justice does not happen by itself. Justice is not like gravity. In fact, without the vigorous pursuit of justice, injustice would be the norm, would be like gravity. It is only through our collective efforts, that we defy gravity, that we defy the norm of most civilizations, and achieve justice.
What's another way of saying "vigorously pursue" - "getting after it." Here are a few examples of those who "got after it," who achieved justice for the People in 2015.
In 2015, the Family Violence Unit got after it
as they implemented a new process to make it easier for domestic violence victims to obtain and modify criminal court protective orders, which saves lives.
The Child Abduction Unit got after it and recovered 32 children, more than twice as many as the year before.
In one case, Deputy District Attorney James Cahan, along with DA Investigators Desiree Thompson, Jaime Gauthier, Michael Whittington and Christine Macias were instrumental in recovering a father's baby daughter, and returning her to him, after she had been abducted from Merced and brought to San Jose.
The Community Prosecutors got after it and did an outstanding job of building bridges to residents in high crime neighborhoods.
Alisha Shane and Angela Alvarado worked in the Burbank/Buena Vista area and shut down massage parlors that served as fronts for Human Trafficking. In downtown San Jose, Josue Fuentes tackled fraud against immigrants and helped organize a Mothers' Group to improve the neighborhood. Tina Nunes-Ober helped push our county's truancy rates down to among the lowest in the state. And, of course, Johnny Gogo was everywhere – combatting graffiti, juvenile crime and taking guns off the streets.
The Sexual Assault Team got after it – 43 jury trials, resulting in 39 convictions, four hangs, and no acquittals.
In October, Katrina Ohde got an as charged guilty verdict in a child molestation case with three victims and 12 counts. Immediately following this verdict, she began another trial, and got an as charged guilty verdict on 18 count of child molestation.
In People v. Alkhas, Alaleh Kianerci secured a felony conviction against chiropractor who sexually assaulted a teenage patient during an examination. Defendant was remanded after the trial. One of the jurors sent Alaleh the following email,
"I just wanted to thank you for the great job you did. You were organized, precise, and competent. It is nice to see people of your caliber working for the public good."
Our Economics Crimes Team continued to get after it.
The Team cracked down on real estate and insurance fraudsters, companies that ripped off consumers through false advertising, scam artists who targeted the elderly, environmental polluters, identity thieves, auto thieves and corrupt bail bond agents. Grant funding from the state fuels most of our Economic Crimes prosecutions and our outstanding results have led to merit based increases in grant funding to our Office.
I received the following letter from a dentist in Palo Alto:
"This is a short note extending our appreciation to your department for the excellent work and service Deputy District Attorney Victor Chen provided our dental office …following our discovery of fraud. In May 2013, we learned that our long-time bookkeeper, Ms. Mary Dindic, was committing credit card fraud and forgery …
DDA Chen treated our embezzlement like a million dollar case. Quite frankly, we were surprised to see the amount of attention our situation received ... He was thorough in his assimilation of the reports and binders of evidence we provided. He did not miss a single important detail …
DDA Chen sent a strong message that economic crimes are not tolerated in Santa Clara County … regardless of the dollar amount involved. It is encouraging to know that there are district attorneys of Mr. Chen's caliber devoting their careers to protecting the public. All in all, this has been the best possible outcome from our unfortunate situation and we are indebted to Mr. Chen for his outstanding efforts on our behalf."
Our District Attorney Crime Laboratory got after it and worked over 2,300 Major Cases, 5,800 Controlled Substances Cases, and 17,600 Toxicology Cases.
In addition, the Crime Lab added a fully functional and accredited Trace Evidence Unit, one of only three in California and the only one in the Bay Area. Lastly, the purchase of robotic instruments helped increase the number of DNA cases worked to 964, and resulted in 313 DNA hits which is the most in one year. 75% of the DNA hits were for property crimes and 25% were for violent crimes including robbery, rape and murder.
The Homicide Team got after it, and got it done
Eleven trials. Eleven guilty verdicts. Chris Walsh successfully prosecuted the cold case rape and murder of a teenager that occurred in 1983.
On call homicide prosecutors responded on many occasions to murders, in-custody deaths, and officer involved shootings. Two prosecutors deserve special commendation. Carolyn Powell responded to the fatal shooting of San Jose Police Officer Michael Johnson and Lindsey Walsh responded to the murder of jail inmate Michael Tyree. Both Carolyn and Lindsey worked tirelessly and effectively on these investigations. Thank you.
The Gang Team always gets after it, and 2015 was no exception.
The Team logged 269 days in trial and completed 10 jury trials, all resulting in guilty verdicts. Of particular note, Kin Tong convicted the shot caller of the Brown Pride Kings, and sent him to prison for decades.
In November and December, Sandip Patel took back-to-back cases to the Grand Jury. In the first, the Grand Jury indicted 21 members of a violent Oakland street gang for sophisticated auto burglaries all over the Bay Area, trying to run over a Santa Clara police officer trying to arrest them, and robbing a TV news crew. In the second, the Grand Jury indicted 29 gangsters for burglarizing homes in San Jose, Union City and Hillsborough. We received several emails from local residents thanking Sandip and all the law enforcement officers for stopping these gangster burglars, including this one from Ms. Olga Vazquez,
"Thank you to all the law enforcement units that participate in the arrest of these criminals … your efforts, your work, dedication and commitment in keeping citizens safe and secure, is appreciated."
Amir Alem got after it, followed up on an intuition, and quickly figured out that a man police arrested for a gang shooting was in fact, not the shooter, and got him released from jail. Amir reviewed hours and hours of witness interviews and video footage. Credit also goes to Gang Sudda Lance Daugherty and Gang ADA Scott Tsui for giving Amir the time and space to follow up on his intuition. Amir's exemplary actions earned a challenge coin from me and praise from Raj Jayadev of Silicon Valley De-Bug, who said, "The fact that he acted on it with the same urgency as prosecutors apply to pursue a conviction is exactly what we want."
Helping crime victims heal is an important component of getting after it.
In 2015, we brought Victim Services in-house, within the District Attorney's Office. Since embedding victim advocates into the trial teams they support, we have recorded a 55% increase in new victims served per month and an increase of 250% in all services provided to crime victims compared to the previous year. Moreover, Kasey Halcon, head of our Victim Services Unit, was elected Statewide President of Victim Services Units.
Justice, justice, shall you pursue. The word "Justice" is repeated because "Justice" is multi-faceted. Justice is holding defendants accountable. Justice is also helping crime victims recover. Often, holding defendants accountable helps crime victims recover, but not always. Many times, defendants and victims are on parallel justice tracks. We must prosecute defendants and bring healing to their victims in order to have true and complete justice for our community.
As we have seen, there are many ways to vigorously pursue justice, to get after it.
Holding guilty defendants accountable, is getting after it. Exonerating innocent individuals, is getting after it. Helping crime victims put their lives back together, is getting after it. However, justice in all its forms does not happen, without vigorous pursuit, without getting after it.
Teddy Roosevelt, whose life exemplified getting after it, said
"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
TR also observed that, "the best life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." All of us here are lucky to have this precious opportunity to vigorously pursue justice.
Justice, justice, let's get after it, and get it.


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Master of Science (MS)
Applied Marine Physics (Marine)
Date of Defense
First Committee Member
Harry A. DeFerrari
Second Committee Member
Michael G. Brown
Third Committee Member
Arthur J. Mariano
The relationship between dynamic ocean acoustic fluctuations and the underwater communication in shallow waters acoustic propagation channels will be investigated, as they present a challenging environment for the transmission of information, causing inter-symbol interference (ISI) and multipath signal spreading and fading. The study and simulations will be based on data from an upwelling monitoring buoy located in the shallow waters of Arraial do Cabo – Brazil. The focus of this thesis is to perform a systematic analysis of the role of the internal waves and upwelling on phase stability of a signal propagating through the channel, in terms of temporal coherence, using the Monterey-Miami parabolic equation (MMPE) model, and compare two approaches to optimize communication systems: prediction and/or measurement of the channel pulse responses. The first one is based on previous predicted pulse responses, given by MMPE and a matched or inverse filter to retrieve the message through multipath recombination. However, as filtering results begin to erode with time, one can estimate the refresh time of the filters necessary to keep up with real time varying sound speed profiles in these shallow waters. The second approach uses a simultaneous background experiment to directly measure and update the channel pulse response while collecting the message, based on "training pulse response measurements", classic low intensity M-sequences. Finally, the process called Hyperslice Cancellation by Coordinate Zeroing (HCCO) (Chang, 1992) will be performed to eliminate interferences between the M-sequences and the original messages.
underwater acoustic communications; signal processing; maximum length sequences; temporal coherence
Recommended Citation
Louza, Fabio B., "The Use of M-Sequences to Optimize Underwater Acoustic Communications in Shallow Waters" (2016). Open Access Theses. 648.


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Avocados have managed to hold their place at the top of the trendiest foods list for quite some time now. They have finagled their way into every recipe, from the traditional salad, to the over-instagrammed avocado toast (guilty), to even that morning smoothie. There's a good reason these fruits have remained the talk of the culinary town, and it's not just because they're Danielle's favorite food. Today we're going to discuss the ins and the outs of the avocado, because if you're already on the avo-bandwagon, you should know why.
You may have heard that these guys are a good source of healthy fats. But what does that really mean? It means they're made up of predominantly monounsaturated fats, which have heart-healthy properties like the ability to improve LDL-cholesterol levels (the bad kind) and reduce oxidative stress. What's even more unique is that some of the types of fats that make up the avocado (we won't bore you with the names) have anti-inflammatory properties. In the past fats have gotten a bad rep because of the common misconception that all fats are pro-inflammatory. While this is true for certain types, like those found in fried or processed foods, it is quite the opposite in the case of the avocado.
Another fun fact is that the healthy fats found in avocados help to increase the absorption of carotenoids - a class of antioxidants often found in orange and yellow colored produce, ie. sweet potatoes, carrots, peppers, etc. So there's your justification for topping your salads with avocado. You're welcome.
Just because we've belabored the point that avocados are a good source of healthy fats doesn't give you the green light eat them all day long. The average avocado has about 30 grams of fat, meaning no matter how you slice it, we're talking lots of calories. Even though it's tempting to add it on.. literally everything.. be mindful of how much you are eating in a sitting. We recommend keeping it to ¼ of an avocado.
There are still more benefits this fruit has to offer. They're a good source of most B vitamins, vitamins K, C, E, fiber, potassium, and copper. Not to mention they provide a ton of phytonutrients, which contribute to their antioxidant properties. Remember, antioxidants act as our bodies "clean up crew" by scavenging dangerous free radicals that can otherwise lead to deleterious health effects. No thanks!
They call the avocado "nature's butter" for good reason. Whether you're using it as a spread for the classic avocado toast or you're eating on the side with your omelet, you can't go wrong. If you're looking for a fun new way to incorporate avocados at your next brunch party, we've got you covered with the "taco bar method." On whole grain bread or wheat crackers, serve a platter of plain, blank, avocado toasts. Then, as a taco bar would offer, set up bowls of different toppings and let your guests make their own avo-toasts. Topping ideas include: feta cheese, sliced hard boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, red pepper flakes, hot sauce, tomatoes, mangos, black beans, or any vegetables. Your guests will have fun creating different combinations, and who knows, you may discover the next big avo-hit!


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It is Friday so let's have some fun! We are participating in a Cover Reveal for Interlopers today and there is also a Scavenger Hunt! So read this post carefully and look for the special word!
Interlopers: A Shifters Novel (Shifters #1) by L.M. Davis
YA fantasy*Paperback, 264 pages
Published October 19th 2010 by Lyndberry Press
Make sure to clean up your messes.
Keep the cat in the house.
Fraternal twins Nate and Larissa Pantera know all about strange rules. They've grown up with plenty of them, and they have always obeyed those rules without question
However, disturbing things are starting to happen--both at home and at school. And when their parents go missing and a strange messenger appears, they discover that the only way to save them is by breaking all the rules.
Interlopers: A Shifters Novel is the thrilling fantasy adventure. Fans of YA fantasy, such as Harry Potter and Percy Jackson, love this new series about the Pantera twins, who discover that everything they thought they knew is only the beginning of the truth.
About the author: L. M. Davis
L. M. Davis loves great storytelling. She needs nothing more than a good book and a comfy chair to be happy. She was born in the south, raised in the north, and has a few degrees under her belt. She still hasn't gotten her black cat, but she thinks about it everyday. Her thoughts go something like this: "I really should get a cat." For now, she contents herself with spoiling the pets of her friends and family. The first two books of her Shifters Novel Series, Interlopers andPosers, are available now. To find out more, visit www.shiftersnovelseries.com.
Our Scavenger Hunt word is: this
Today's cover reveal/scavenger hunt stops:
(stop before us) Vamps and Stuff
(stop after us) Anatea's Bookshelf


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This is a very important video and should be shared by truth warriors around the world. I just let someone in my own family watch it and it rocked their world and they started waking up for the first time since 9/11!
This is from somebody very brainwashed by the Fake News because they don't have access to a computer.
When I saw somebody in my own family start to wake up from this General, I knew that I had to post it so others may share it too! Get this out everywhere! It will help wake up the most stubborn that have been heavily mind controlled by the Fake News!
When you have a General saying that 9/11 is an inside job and he states that he can PROVE that an airplane did not hit the Pentagon it's a very big deal! When 9/11 first happened, General Stubblebine bought the official fairy tale as many of us did, but his wife kept researching. When he began carefully looking at the photographs of the Pentagon provided by his wife's research he knew something was wrong! There was no way that a jet hit the Pentagon as we were told. He found out that all the sensors at the Pentagon were turned off that day too! He began connecting the dots!
I really love this video because it really goes into the process of General Stubblebine's awakening and he even admits that he had been brainwashed to never think our government would lie about something this big! Spread the truth to everybody you can and keep up the good work!


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Time To Nest!/
Just a little collage of quick snaps from a recent project.... This was so much fun--working with Susan and her family as they prepare for baby #2, due to arrive shortly!! Since she felt the need to nest, and wanted coaching on how best to direct her energy and her budget, a few Saturday sessions were scheduled. In no time things were looking so much more welcoming and lovely.
It seems the perfect time to feather our nests right now, no? Warmer weather, longer days, and new life springing up everywhere!! Such blessings!


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Kitchen. Saturday , February 23rd , 2019 - 01:50:12 AM
Going green - more and more people these days are opting for greener kitchen designs. Eco friendly modern kitchens are popular and, contrary to what some people may think, don't look unattractive at all! Features you can find in green kitchens include recycled paper countertops, bamboo flooring, LED lighting and energy efficient appliances.
The kind of lighting found in contemporary kitchen areas keeps all the corners of the space well lit. You are complimentary to pick the kind of lighting for your kitchen area. Storage is likewise another essential element of your ultimate kitchen. Ingenuity will certainly ask for means of managing big quantities of items provided the space available. You can incorporate pull-out racks, drawers and racks which will certainly put everything at an easy-to-reach position.
While technology can pose an image of cold and uninviting, a modern kitchen embraces state-of-the-art innovation with classic design ideas - clean lines, clear countertops, bold colors, contrasting design elements, and simple shapes. A modern kitchen can be both a technologically advanced and warm and inviting space.
If the chairs in your kitchen can serve many purposes while still being chairs they are modern chairs. If the chairs can be used as works of art, they are modern/contemporary chairs.
Stainless steel - stainless steel has prevailed as one of the top finishes in modern kitchens, and this trend probably isn't going anywhere for a while! Easy to clean, stainless steel can be used for countertops, cabinets, backsplashes and appliances (microwaves, ovens, sinks, toasters - you name it!).
When choosing furniture for your kitchen, ask yourself if you want to use art as inspiration behind your furniture choices. Modern art employs simple shapes, clean lines and bold color choices. The fewer design elements, the happier the artist becomes. A kitchen chair, for example, will consist usually of a single-piece seat that sits on four straight legs. The kitchen cabinets should be in simple shapes: squares or rectangles with simply shaped handles. These cabinets should be in bold colors or white. Chrome handles are common in the modern kitchen. If these ideas do not appeal to you, your kitchen might be based upon other design elements.
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I am a founding partner in the consultancy, TomorrowToday, a business started by three friends who wanted to change the world! I remember early discussions and dreams of having clients on every continent, working with leading international brands and institutions, being regarded as thought leaders in our field and building a business that modelled the 'new world of work'. It was a compelling dream and one that attracted many others along the way.
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In this context my focus is primarily on leadership. In a world that has changed, leadership needs to change; the world has changed. I am passionate about what this means at both a personal and at an organisational level. I have been privileged to explore this subject in diverse settings and contexts in ways that have both deepened and grown my appreciation and understanding of this important topic.
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@220yxe #SWAG Dodges balls, victory
The season opener of the fall dodgeball season in Saskatoon saw The Two Twenty #SWAG pitted against it's arch-nemessis, The Pussywillows Street Gang.
Although the first game resulted in a loss for #SWAG, there were certain victories claimed off the court, including ICE-ing all the rookies during jersey handoff and capturing serious fellowship over beers at Finn's.
1 game down, 8 to go.
(photo credit: Ryan Smith)


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Simon Cohen's an entrepreneur, a social commentator and something of an expert on happiness. At 24 he started a communications agency. He built it into a million pound business that represented the Dalai Lama and Gandhi's grandson, then gave it away. He now lives in Cornwall, UK with his wife and two girls age 3 and 18 months.
To give. Giving my presence and my time. It means putting someone else in the centre of the universe, and becoming a student all over again. I'm badly paraphrasing Socrates here but he said something like 'all I know is that I don't know anything.' Being a dad for me means going from master to student in a fleeting moment and being on a constant learning journey. Learning from these amazing mindfulness masters, who are completely in the moment, while they're masquerading as dribbling fools.
It's also the greatest gift. I feel completely blessed and slightly unworthy to have been given the opportunity to be a dad, because it doesn't happen to everyone. Part of being a dad is trying to honour that gift.
It's certainly changed my idea of what it means to be successful and to live a life of value. Before fatherhood, I was a little bought into the idea of success being about plaudits and acclaim. As a dad, working through the ego is one of my daily challenges.
One of the things I worked on a few years ago was the Charter for Compassion with Karen Armstrong. She defines compassion as dethroning yourself from yourself and putting someone else at the centre of your universe. I've realised that, although I did all this good stuff in service of society through my work, if I'm honest with myself a lot of that was for me.
Now my kids are the centre of the universe, it's helped me be a better person and really helped me discover what it means to live a compassionate life, to think beyond myself and my life.
It's also helped build my empathy too. Looking at the news today, the pre-fatherhood me would have seen the images of immigration, the boy who drowned on that Turkish beach and felt something needed to be done. Now I feel a deeper connection with other parents and children involved too.
It's also made me a better singer. If I'd known I would sing so much as a dad I would have worked on that more before I had kids!
When I found out my wife pregnant for the first time, I knew I really wanted to be present for the birth, but I was always away, flying all over the world for work. I consider myself a man of values, but that value wasn't being felt by the people I loved the most.
Over the years I've worked a lot on 'you make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.' Values only really matter when they are tested, so the birth of my first child was an ideal opportunity to test them.
I put the whole company on a one year sabbatical. HR nightmare, but we did it. While on sabbatical, we had our eldest daughter. During the time off I just couldn't imagine not being with them, they needed me there. But so did my business, so I knew I had a choice to make. I decided I had everything I needed, so I gave the company away through a crowd sourced competition.
Yes I have worked a lot on happiness, both professionally with the UN International Day of Happiness, and personally in my own life. The happiness question is a helpful focus, but it can be misdirected, because the science tells us that we're happier if we focus on other people's happiness. It's a thing that comes and goes. I really struggle with the peaks and troughs of happiness. When I'm talking to people about happiness, I've found it helpful to ask what that word really means to them. Happiness is really an outcome of what you do, rather than a thing to pursue in the first place. I've found people's answers to that question tend to gravitate around what they've given themselves to, rather than what they've earnt.
I like to think he'd be quite proud in a way. I think that being a parent is the greatest opportunity to apply values. In my pre-fatherhood time I was working in this field of bringing values out into the world by promoting positive stories. Now I feel like I'm actually applying them to my own life. So I hope my old self would be quite proud, but he'd take the mickey too because I was born and bred in London, more of a city boy than the country dweller living on a cliff top in Cornwall that I am now!
Quite a lot. I'm more acutely aware of my responsibility in terms of what I think, say and do. Children are mirrors to the impression you leave, so I feel an acute responsibility to be the best I can be. So I'm only now beginning to face some quite challenging things about my own past. I know first-hand how much childhood experiences and your relationships with your parents impact you. Particularly for the first 7 years. It's tough knowing we have such a huge responsibility nurturing these human beings. It's even tougher with lack of sleep. When I don't have much sleep I can be a bit of an idiot, I wish I could be a better person when I'm sleep deprived.
Our youngest is now 11.5 months and we're working on controlled crying. It's really tough to going against millions of years of evolution, when everything is telling me to go to her, to comfort her, not to. You've got to step out of that emotional reaction and think about the bigger picture and what's best for her in the long term and not go. That's hard.
The other bit is our – the parents - mental health. Having two kids in a short space of time is challenging. It's made me far more aware of how essential it is for me and my partner to care for our own mental health, so we can be the best people we can be. The challenge though is time. You don't really have the time to deconstruct and reconstruct what's going on as a parent. You just muddle through. It's a bit like trying to clear up the snow while it's still coming down.
It's all about learning on the go. Ours is an anomalous situation. We're both here all the time, which I don't think is very common and so it's hard to work out what our roles are as mum and dad, and where they differ. That said, we work really well together.
In terms of strategies, we try and find and diarise time where we can be alone as individuals and as a couple, and when we can be with each child on our own. It's about recognising each different strands in the web of our relationships are equally important and all need nurturing. We find that things get stressful when we haven't had time as a couple or alone as adults. So now we're working on looking at weekly diary and try to carve the slots out. I play football in a local team, and my wife has her own things. These activities are so much more important than I ever gave them credit for until now.
I'm a big believer in wholeheartedness, giving your whole heart to everything you do. If I can look at my children and see that they've given their whole hearts to life. They've really given themselves to life, not held back and been a benefit to the people around them. If my children are giving themselves, emotionally and spiritually that will be a huge source of pride.
Being present. So that means resisting the urge to look at my mobile. It means really listening to the children. I think the best way to teach them is to model what you're trying to teach and be really present with them.
To have the courage and conviction to really play. Part of it is stepping outside the confines of the material world. Letting their imagination flourish. Playing with them, making up games and letting imaginations, yours included, run wild.
I've done so much work in my life to cultivate the external conditions of a good life. Now the focus is on the internal conditions and getting them to flourish.
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Happy Trail SU Rack Installation on a new (to me) KLR650
What? Another Kawasaki? Yes! I spotted well-farkled 2015 KLR650 at my local BMW dealership in late October and brought it home. It had been recently traded on a BMW GSA and already had many farkles on it that I would consider if I'd bought it new. Oh, and it had less that 600 miles on the clock.
There's lots of farkle to look at on this bike and some things you wouldn't notice, too, like the Schnitz 685 piston kit.
Having previously set up my KLX250S with a set of Happy Trail SU Racks and a pair of Pelican 1550 cases, my immediate thought was to set the KLR up so that the cases could be used on both bikes. Unfortunately, the newer SU Racks have a welded in plate near the top, that provides two hard mount points for panniers. The older racks on the KLX are completely open, requiring a pair of pannier mounting pucks on the top instead of the hard mounting points.
The right side SU Rack for the KLR is shown below, with the brass hard mount points. From my work on the KLX, I had a set of knobs that would screw into the hard mounting points from the inside of each case.
Because I wanted to preserve the existing drilled holes in the Pelican cases if possible, I did some fitting and measuring on the bench before starting to mount the racks to the bike. Through some email exchanges with the folks at Happy Trail, I'd obtained a drawing (Teton .1 premount measurements.jpg) that supposedly shows the correct dimensions between holes necessary for drilling a set of panniers for use with SU Racks. The drawing indicated that the distance between the center of the two top holes should be 4.53".
I happen to have a Rotopax Adapter plate from Happy Trail that fits a SU Rack. It comes pre-drilled and powder coated, so I compared the measurements from the drawing to the holes in the plate. I found the distance between the center of the two top holes to be 4.375". Just to make sure, I checked that the factory-drilled holes in the adapter plate align to the hard mount holes on the new SU Rack. They did, as one might expect. So, caution is advised when relying on any Happy Trail-provided drawing.
After confirming the correct dimensions using the adapter plate, I matched up the right and left side SU Rack with the matching Pelican case. I removed a little bit more plastic from the ridge on the bottom of each case for improved clearance and marked the locations of the two new holes.
The locations of the two holes to be drilled are visible in photo below. The two aluminum pucks at the top won't need to be relocated. These fit over the lower bar of the SU Rack.
Once the hole drilling was completed, I had a decision to make. I could leave the original two holes for the possibility that I'd use the cases again on the KLX250S, or find a way to plug them and use them exclusively with the KLR650.
I decided that with the KLR650 in the garage, it would be unlikely that I'd ever mount the cases back on the KLX250S.
I chose to use some J-B Weld to plug the holes - because it's what I had. Some blue masking tape was used to cover each hole from the inside of the case. A toothpick was used to unscientifically fill each hole with J-B Weld from the outside. Once dried overnight, this made for a cosmetically smooth surface on the inside and a relatively smooth, but imperfect surface on the outside - not that anyone with a KLR should really care about too much.
Now on to the mounting of the actual SU Racks...
There are videos out on the web that provide helpful details. One claimed that the installation should take 15 minutes. I can tell you that your mileage will vary.
I started by installing the right side rack, using the Happy Trail-provided instructions and YouTube for visual support. The kit provides two replacement inserts for bolting up the rear-most rack mount point with the turn signal. When bolting up the right side, I immediately found that the Kawasaki turn signal mounting bracket "lip" wouldn't align properly over the frame. I started to worry about crushing the lip when tightening the bolts later, so I experimented with a couple of possibilities.
The Happy Trail-supplied mounting insert is shown below - oriented the way one would expect it to fit inside the frame. The egg shape matches the open area in the frame it's supposed to go into.
While fighting with alignment of the turn signal bracket, I tried reversing the insert (L-R). It still fit, but didn't solve the problem. Going back to the original, and expected orientation, I tried a different approach.
Rather than bolting up and aligning the turn signal bracket with the M8x65 bolt in place first (refer to the Happy Trail instructions), I got some help from my wife to loosely hold the SU Rack in place while I installed the two M6X30 bolts for the turn signal mount. Success! I was able to align the rack and turn signal bracket without fear of crushing the lip of the bracket later! With the bolts in place, I reinstalled the M8X65 bolt and continued with the rest of the assembly.
When installing the left side rack, I didn't have any alignment issues with the turn signal bracket on that side. Luck?
Here are some photos of the installed left and right side racks:
If you have a keen eye, you may have already spotted the one last challenge I would need to solve.
Hint: It has to do with the rear bumper bracket that bolts to and separates the left and right side racks.
Here's a better picture of the problem:
As assembled, the rear bumper bracket fit very tightly against the KLR's fender, actually pressing on and deforming the plastic.
At first, I was disappointed, but figured it was acceptable, as the fender plastic didn't look like it was in any danger of breaking. A friend suggested that the bumper could probably be bent down to provide the proper clearance. I'd think about that.
About a day later, I was still thinking about the problem and had what I call an epiphany. It happens - usually in the shower.
Since the rear bumper bolts on, what about simply flipping it over? Maybe it would fit better. Out to the cold garage I went and within a few minutes, I had my answer.
Flipping the rear bumper over completely solved the problem. Here's another opportunity for Happy Trail to improve their documentation with a few extra details.
Since I'm getting older, I took the time to mark the rear bumper for future reinstallation, as shown below:
It was nice to have this problem solved without resorting to bending things!
In conclusion, here are a couple of photos showing the racks with the Pelican 1550 cases mounted. Overall, I'm very happy with the installation and ability to reuse my existing cases. Enjoy!


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Steve Sack
Steve Sack (born 1953) is an American cartoonist who won a 2013 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. With Chris Foote he draws the cartoon activity panel Doodles and he is editorial cartoonist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where he started in 1981. Both Doodles is distributed by Creators Syndicate.[1] Sack's editorial cartoons are distributed by Cagle Cartoons.[2]
Life and career[edit]
Sack was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His newspaper career began while attending the University of Minnesota, where he illustrated features and drew editorial cartoons for the school paper, The Minnesota Daily. Two years later, he was hired as staff cartoonist for The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
After three years, Sack returned to Minnesota to join the Star Tribune.[3] He is featured online by Daryl Cagle, another editorial cartoonist, who says:[page needed]
|Steve Sack is a wonderful cartoonist. He draws ... in a painterly, colorful style that is like no other cartoonist. I think of Steve as a 'stealth' cartoonist, because his drawing style is sweet, young and charming; but the sweet look is deceptive, Steve is actually one of the harshest cartoonists, skewering his political targets with little mercy.
Sack's interactive became the most popular thing ever on the Cagle website.[4][5] It was introduced in 2000, and caused problems for the web servers because of the high volume of visitors. "The Haunted House returned" in 2005.[6]
In his free time, Sack enjoys oil painting. He lives in the Twin Cities with his wife, Beth.
- 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. The annual award cited Sack's work for the Star Tribune during 2012, "his diverse collection of cartoons, using an original style and clever ideas to drive home his unmistakable point of view." He had been a finalist for the 2004 Prize.[7]
- 2006 Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award. Awarded annually by the National Press Foundation for the nation's best editorial cartoonist, the award was endowed in 1989 by Florence Berryman, former art critic of the Washington Star in memory of her late father and brother, both of whom won the Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer.
- 2004 Scripps Howard Foundation, National Journalism Awards
- 2003 National Headliner Award [8]
See also[edit]
- ^ "About Steve Sack, political cartoonist from Creators Syndicate". Creators.com. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
- ^ Steve Sack
- ^ "Steve Sack". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
- ^ "Steve Sack's Haunted House Cartoons". Cagle.com. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
- ^ "Political Cartoons By All the Top Cartoonists". Archived from the original on May 15, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
- ^ "Steve Sack's Haunted House Cartoons". Cagle.com. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
- ^ "The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Editorial Cartooning". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-17. With short biography and reprints of twenty works (2012 cartoons).
- ^ "AAEC - Steve Sack Cartoonist Profile". Editorialcartoonists.com. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
External links[edit]
- Doodles on Creators.com- updated daily
- Editorial cartoons - by Steve Sack
- Steve Sack at Library of Congress Authorities, with no useful catalog records (as of November 2013, see WorldCat instead)
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We are a fully inclusive choir with a vast mix of abilities and ages. Singing skills are broad and for many this is the first choir they have joined. There are no auditions but we always recommend a taster session before committing. Right now we have around 35 members and below is some information about a handful of our team.
Originally from Cape Town, Barbie lives in north London and when not singing she is a psychoanalyst.
Favourite place in London: Primrose Hill
Desert Island disc: Tiny Dancer, Elton John
'I love LSP because of the wonderful song list, great arrangements, terrific people and the best musical director you could wish for!'
Originally from Wandsworth, Jemma lives in Archway and when not singing she runs her own bakery and YouTube channel.
Favourite place in London: Hampstead Heath
Desert Island Disc: Sail, Aim ft Kate Rogers
'I love to sing and love being part of a group making beautiful sounds!'
Born in Manchester, James now lives in Hoxton.
When not singing, he is a talent agent.
Favourite place in London: Brixton Market Brunch
Desert Island Disc: Sonsick, San Fermin
'I love LSP because of the people!'
Born and raised in East Yorkshire, Kayleigh now lives in Berkhamsted after several years in London.
When not singing with LSP, she is a stage manager, which is very handy at gig time!
Favourite place in London: Borough Market
Desert Island Disc: Dear Evan Hansen - The Musical
'I love to sing and I love the family feel of the group!'
Originally from Solihull, Phil is now a true north Londoner having lived in Islington for many years.
In addition to singing with LSP, he can be found playing his guitar, writing songs or gigging with his band: Biscay. When he's not making music, Phil is a media/communications consultant.
Favourite place in London: Where he lives
Desert Island Disc: Steely Dan
'I love LSP because I like the fact we go to the pub after rehearsals!'


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Wanderlusting: Puerto Rican Cravings on a Cold December Day.../
It was bound to happen. Cold weather was going to descend upon Texas sooner or later. Cloudy days, frigid temps and long dark nights are taking their toll on my otherwise cheery mood. The solution? Plotting and planning an exotic getaway. Today's online exploration takes me to not-so-far-flung Puerto Rico. Swaying palms, sandy beaches, fresh cuisine and no passport necessary. It's hitting all the high notes for me and I'm already imagining myself enjoying surfside yoga by morning and long dips in the pool by moonlight.
Wile my husband shows no signs of cabin fever or wanderlust, I suffer greatly from both. Constantly. Thus the need for today's virtual vacation to the sandy beaches of this island paradise. The Ritz-Carlton is a safe bet when venturing to new destinations, and this one in San Juan looks like a seaside paradise as I write this on a chilly Dallas morning. Ready to pack a virtual bag with me? Let's go...
{images via KiwiCollection & JetSetter}