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LAIE, Hawaii – Junior pitcher Destyni Valencia gave up one hit and sophomore outfielder Tiffany Smith came through with two RBI to lead BYU-Hawaii softball to a doubleheader sweep of Faulkner. The Seasiders (6-18) defeated the Eagles (11-7) 1-0 in the first game before a 7-3 victory in the second.
"I felt like the girls came out ready to play today," BYU-Hawaii head coach Alexandra Shamo said. "Destyni was great in the circle for us and our offense did all the little things we've worked on in practice. It was great to see us put it all together in the first game and keep that focus into the second."
Smith was 3-for-5 on the day recording an RBI in each game. Junior shortstop Kalynn Latu also finished hitting .600 to go with three doubles and two runs scored. Freshman second baseman Courtney Hiruko finished the day 3-for-6 from the plate with a double, triple and three runs.
Valencia (3-8) pitched 10.2 nearly flawless innings, allowing one hit, no runs and striking out nine batters. She was the pitcher of record in both games.
Game one
After a quick top of the third inning, Kalynn Latu doubled to straightway center field to lead off the bottom of the frame. Hiruko grounded out to first base to move Latu over to third and Tiffany Smith sacrificed to right field to bring her home for the only run of the game.
Valencia struck out the first two Eagle batters of the game and forced a groundout to finish the first inning with a clean sheet, but Faulkner retired the side in the bottom of the frame to keep the game scoreless.
Valencia struck out another batter in the second and was able to work herself out of a jam after two batters reached base on a hit-by-pitch. Talataina walked and Whitley Haimin reached on a fielder's choice to put a runner in scoring position for BYU-Hawaii in the bottom of the second. Unfortunately, the Seasiders were unable to push across a run.
Trailing 1-0, the Eagles were again set down in order in the top of the fourth. Faulkner kept BYU-Hawaii off the board in the bottom of the inning to set up another scoring chance in the fifth inning. Amanda Seales struck out swinging for what would have been the third out, but reached first on a passed ball. Hannahlee Harris then singled on a bunt back to the pitcher and Seales advanced to third. Senior catcher Whitney Gustafson made sure no further damage was done, gunning down Harris at second on the attempted steal to end the top of the inning.
Latu doubled downs the left-field line with one out in the bottom of the fifth, and Hiruko singled to centerfield to put runners at the corners. Smith flied out in the left and Latu was caught at the plate to keep the score 1-0 heading to the sixth.
Valencia retired the next six Eagle batters in order to secure the tight victory.
Game two
Freshman Brittany Vasquez started in the circle for the Seasiders in game two and left two Eagle runners stranded in the top of the first. BYU-Hawaii then took the early lead in the bottom of the frame. Hiruko reached first on a throwing error by catcher to lead off and Smith advanced her to second with the sacrifice bunt. Makaela Williamson then singled up to the middle and advanced to second on the throw to score Hiruko. Whitley Haimin singled to right field on the next at bat to bring in Williamson and give the Seasiders the 2-0 lead.
Faulkner scored for the first time of the day in the top second after Makenzie Anthony was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to close the gap to one. In the bottom of the frame, Latu doubled down the left-field line with two outs. Hiruko then sent a ball into the right-field corner for a stand-up triple to bring her home. Smith beat out the throw to first off a single just under the pitchers glove to score Hiruko and extend the Seasider lead to 4-1.
The Eagles closed the gap again in the fourth inning with a Jessica Butterworth sacrifice fly and a wild pitch to score two runs, as Valencia entered to record the final two outs of the inning.
BYU-Hawaii answered again on offense. Hiruko doubled down the left-field line with one out and Smith singled through the left side to put runners on the corners. Smith stole second and Williamson walked to load the bases. Talataina doubled to the right center with a hard hit to bring home two and extend the lead to 6-3. A ground out to short by Haimin allowed pinch runner Jessica Nicholes to score from third for the final run of the game.
Valencia did not allowed only one more base runner in the final three innings to polish off the sweep.
BYU-Hawaii continues its home stand with a doubleheader against cross-island rival Hawaii Pacific on Saturday beginning at noon HST. Live stats will be available online.


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We need a dining table.
It shouldn't surprise you that I feel very strongly about bringing family and friends to the table to enjoy meals together. So we've been on the hunt for the perfect table. A couple weeks ago, through Etsy, we came across Rocky Mountain Table Co. They make all their tables in Denver, and have some of the most amazing styles. We were able to stop by their showroom this past weekend to check out some of their work. I found I couldn't decide – all their tables were so beautiful! (Not to mention, their showroom was georgously designed in an old brick market in the Baker neighborhood. I kind of just wanted to plop down at a table, crack open a beer, and never leave.)
I hope one of their tables is in our future. But if you need a table, too, definitely check them out. Who can resist a table made locally from reclaimed wood!? (The real stuff too, not that silly wood that's stained grey to look reclaimed.)


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President Obama ran on a Platform of 'Change' for America. Change you can believe in – big changes for America. And, I mean to tell ya, he's doing just that. With estimates of 2.5 Trillion dollars of lost stock market value since our President of "change" took office – one couldn't say it was pocket change.
And what about those promises of no more pork barrel projects making their way into the budget? I guess those 9,000 that managed to sneak their way through and got approved as part of the $431 billion House Democratic spending bill, were just chump change for the man with slick words to notice?
America is going down a one way street with a dead end sign. If the citizens of this country don't start demanding the change we were promised, there will be no United States of America by the time our fine president in done. As it stands, we are blindly accepting a transformation into the United Socialist Society of America.
Panic is sweeping our nation, fear is running high. People do stupid things when they react with panic and fear. Will we recognize this country by year's end? Will there be a country left? Will President Obama have the distinction of being the last president as well?
The American Automotive industry is being wiped out. One in eight homes that carry a mortgage face foreclosure, over 600,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits for the fifth week in a row. Companies, of fifty years strong, are being brought to their knees. Americans are losing everything they have worked a lifetime to save.
If that's not enough change for you, then consider the change to our rights. Yes people, we are losing more rights with each passing day. Here's one for you: gun_control_bill1
Yep, that sounds like big change to me. My question now – how much more "change" can we take?


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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published in October 2012.
The bar is empty except for a tall, medium-build man. He sits in the corner, illuminated by the soft glow of a laptop computer. His eyebrows are drawn down in a furrow as he stares at the screen. His fingers begin to type out a message. A woman opens the door.
"Sean, do you have a minute?"
Sean Wilson just returned from a week of vacation and it's Monday morning. He's trying to catch up on emails, but as any boss knows, Mondays are days for interruptions.
It seems everyone here at Fullsteam Brewery in Durham needs a few minutes of his time. His event planner needs him. The head brewer needs him. His production manager hands him something to read. A reporter and photographer are here, too. He tries to accommodate everyone but as the day wears on he looks tired.
At least he's getting more sleep now than when he first opened Fullsteam in 2009. For six months he bartended two nights a week, delivered kegs, organized dinners to promote Fullsteam beer, and called grocery stores and bottle shops to get his half-gallon jug growlers on their shelves.
"I want to bring people happiness," Wilson says, running his fingers through his thick, dark brown hair. It's a line he likes to repeat and one he says with absolute seriousness. It's something he's thought about a lot.
Wilson holds an undergraduate degree from Wheaton College in Illinois and two masters degrees from Duke University, including an MBA.
Exactly what work Wilson applied that brain to before opening Fullsteam is a bit of a mystery. He describes his professional life then as a mix of doing "everything and nothing." Something in business, he says, but not something satisfying.
What's certain is that he's always loved his family — a wife and two girls. And he's always loved craft beer.
Those two things have shaped Wilson's life perhaps more than anything else. They've helped him become North Carolina's top evangelist for local, craft-brewed beer. They've helped him become a guy willing to look naysayers square in the face and argue that beer is bigger than its alcohol content. That it brings people together and shouldn't be something we fear. That beer belongs to all of us, and we should embrace it.
Beer's reputation has suffered at the mouths of both the drinkers who abuse it and the politicians who disparage it.
In a few words, that's why a third of the world's beer styles were outlawed in North Carolina as late as 2005. German lagers; English bitters and barleywines; and Belgian dubbels, tripels, and quads all have an alcohol-by-volume content higher than what the state's 6 percent cap allowed.
By their nature, those beers require more malt: a starchy grain that, when broken down, produces fermentable sugars. Yeast in turn fleshes out those sugars, producing alcohol and releasing carbon dioxide.
For a beer connoisseur, not having the choice of a stronger brew is like handing a wine aficionado a menu that only offers riesling and white zinfandel when, really, she wants a glass of cabernet.
The cap on malt beverages was a product of Prohibition. North Carolina voters passed a statewide ban on the sale, manufacture, and consumption of alcohol in 1908. Eleven years passed before the 18th Amendment — federal Prohibition — became law. Legislators didn't bother to repeal the statewide ban until two years after the federal law was undone. Then, in 1937, the General Assembly passed the alcoholic beverage control bill, creating a state board responsible for operating stores that sell distilled spirits.
In that bill the 6 percent cap was fixed. Somehow, unfortified wines escaped regulation; although, on average, their alcohol content is higher than most beers'.
Wilson, his fellow brewers, and others in the craft-beer community saw the cap as a harmful legal relic. In 2003, they started lobbying to change it. They gave their campaign a name — Pop the Cap — and Wilson led them through a stubborn Legislature.
Finally, a bipartisan group of state legislators listened. They sponsored House bill 392, which proposed raising the cap to 15 percent alcohol by volume on malt beverages. Both houses passed it, and the bill was signed into law in August 2005.
After that success, Wilson didn't want to leave the friends he made in the close-knit world of craft brewing. He had a vision for something great. The South, he thought, needs its own beer. It needs a beer that nods to the sweet potato. It needs another that nods to the classic lunch of an RC Cola and MoonPie. Fullsteam has both: Carver Sweet Potato and Working Man's Lunch beers.
Wilson says he wants Fullsteam beer to make people think about possibility. The brewery's name itself embodies his sense of optimism and wonder.
From the outside, the brewery appears as an ordinary warehouse from the 1930s. Inside, orange picnic tables sit among pinball machines and a Ping-Pong table. His two daughters, ages 12 and 15, like to come here to be with their dad. Wilson is happy to have them. He's busy but wants to spend time with them, and he can think of no better place to do that. And he figures that if attitudes are to change about beer, he can start with them, and he can start here.
On a farm in the rural hills outside Asheville, Stacy Wilson's fingers are stained yellow. Stacy is the farm manager at Echoview Farm in Weaverville, and today he is harvesting hops.
Hops are lime green, cone-shaped flowers that produce a bitter-tasting oil called lupulin. That oil helps balance the sweetness of malted grain in beer. Lupulin looks like pollen. If you peel back the layers of a hops cone, yellow, powder-like specks empty into your hands. Stacy has them all over his.
He leads a group of workers through a two-acre plot of hops that grow toward the sky. The leafy green plants climb a piece of twine that's part of a trellis system. They grow and look like vines but are called bines because they don't have tendrils. They can't reach out a green stem and coil it around something. Instead, Stacy trains each bine to wrap itself around the twine; as many as five bines grow together on a single rope. They rely on the collective strength of one another to grow as tall as 20 feet. Once they grow up, it's time for them to come down.
Stacy bends toward the ground, reaches out his arm, and cuts them at their crowns. He loads the twisted bines in the back of a pick-up truck and drives them to a barn where each cone is removed by hand. The harvest will be complete by the end of the week. Stacy expects to have 80 pounds of hops this year.
That's not nearly enough. Of the 67 craft breweries in North Carolina, that haul might supply just one — and then only for about two weeks of brewing.
Hops here are an experimental crop. North Carolina hugs the southern latitudinal line above which climates are favorable for growing hops. So far, hops farmers have hit some roadblocks. Our humidity spreads disease, our soil isn't ideal, and our days aren't long enough. Hops prefer 15 or more hours of sunlight every day in the summer. North Carolina receives about 14 hours in June.
A few hops varieties do seem to grow well here. It's Stacy's job to figure out which ones. He researches them all and plants with precision. He wants something to grow out of this ground because he grew up on it.
As a boy he helped his grandfather put up hay and tobacco on the family home place two miles away. He worked with his aunts and uncles there to grow a six-acre garden full of sweet corn, squash, and pole beans. He still lives there today, where he, his father, and his son now tend a one-acre garden.
Stacy was born in Weaverville and he never plans to leave. He's rooted here.
If this land's been good to him, he says, surely it can be good to something else.
Roger Kimbrough is standing in Aisle 7 of Bestway Grocery in Greensboro. He's standing in the last aisle of this small store that's less than a quarter of the size of most grocery stores in North Carolina. Here, an 80-foot refrigerated display case runs along a brick wall. Kimbrough stretches out his right arm and sweeps it back and forth and up and down. He jokes that there are easily more than 99 bottles of beer on this wall. There are more than a thousand, in fact.
Kimbrough is a clean-shaven businessman with a penchant for Polo shirts. His brown hair is neatly kept and swept to the right. Bright, white light from the fluorescent tubes in the display case bounces off his black, metal-rimmed glasses. He studies the collection of beer.
He points to the beers brewed in North Carolina. Bottles and growlers from 22 Tar Heel breweries. They're sorted by brand name. Duck Rabbit. Weeping Radish. Olde Hickory. Fullsteam.
Kimbrough sees this aisle every day yet it still impresses him. When he bought the Bestway nearly four years ago, he imagined a wall of beer about half this size. It was in his 80-page business plan. He described it as showy, as something to help anchor this store.
A Detroit native and University of Michigan graduate, Kimbrough worked for years as a buyer for Macy's department stores. He met his wife, Nancy, while working at the store in downtown Atlanta. They later managed two stores in California and then transferred to North Carolina 11 years ago to be closer to Nancy's parents.
As they approached their 50th birthdays, they grew tired of large-scale retail and wanted to do something smaller.
"I looked at hardware stores and a few small grocery stores," Kimbrough says, "but I wanted this place because of where it is."
Bestway sits at the intersection of Walker and Elam avenues in Greensboro's tight-knit Lindley Park neighborhood. It's part of a cluster of businesses that includes a burger joint, a pizza place, and a Laundromat that doubles as a bar.
In the evening this intersection fills with people. They relax on outdoor patios, lean against storefronts, or simply stand on the wide sidewalks. They are college kids, young professionals, families, and retirees. They are friends and neighbors. They are a community. Bestway belongs to them.
Since 1947, the grocery store has been a landmark here. It was an A&P; then a Bi-Rite; and by the mid-'70s one of about 17 Bestways, a popular grocery store co-op that commanded a third of the grocery business in Guilford County. It's believed to be the longest running grocery store in town.
Kimbrough wears a satisfied smile when he tells you that the store has more than doubled its sales in the last four years.
Beer is no small part of that success.
As people step inside in a steady stream, almost all of them share one thing in common: They start shopping on the last aisle. Aisle 7.
It's odd to enter a grocery store and shop the last aisle first. Most stores subtly suggest you follow their carefully engineered traffic patterns, leading first to the items that present best. The ones that project a good face. The colorful fresh fruits and greens that shoppers respect.
Inside Kimbrough's Bestway, beer has risen to respectability.
For a merchant, farmer, and brewer in North Carolina that respect is reason for hope. It shows that attitudes are changing. That with dozens of breweries opening in the state since Pop the Cap passed in 2005, a movement is growing. One that asks us to try new beers like a dunkel, dry stout, or something with sweet potatoes. One that's rooted in its community. Mountain town or Piedmont city. One that, like the Bestway, is building on tradition.


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This model is for the Crusher machine to detect the flow of oil in the machine during the process. In this patented technology I got privilege to work as a alone free lancer programmer with Walnut Innovations Team. The micro-controller used in this model is of AVR series.
Oil Sensor
The core logic lied in sensing the input from sensor and to trigger an action. The sensor senses the flow of oil and functional circuit acts according to the output of sensor. This model has been installed in many crusher plants across many parts of India.


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The Independent Report provides an independent, non-partisan, non-ideological analysis of economic news. The Independent Report's mission is to inform its readers about the unsustainable nature of our economic system and the various stresses encumbering it: high debt levels (government, business, household); debt growth exceeding economic growth; low productivity growth; huge and persistent trade deficits; plus concurrent stock, bond and housing bubbles.
Saturday, May 20, 2017
Waging a War on Cash, Governments and Central Banks Seek Cashless Societies
Does the notion of a cashless society seem preposterous to you? Well, such plans are being discussed in central banks and other corridors of power around the world.
While you may not have realized it, the war on cash is underway.
No one imagined negative interest rates 10 years ago. Such a notion seemed like fantasy. Now it's reality. Negative interest rates disincentivize saving and encourage spending. It's a policy intended to keep cash circulating throughout the economy by keeping it out of banks.
But what if people take their money out of banks and, instead of spending it, keep it hidden at home to avoid negative rates? A cashless society prevents that. It gives governments and central bankers complete authority. There is nowhere to hide money or keep the government from confiscating it, which is what negative rates are -- pure, unmasked confiscation.
A cashless society gives bankers and government total control. Stealing your savings via negative interest rates or other means (see the Cypress "bail in") is effortless and guaranteed. Additionally, in a cashless society, all purchases are tracked. There is a record of all of every purchase you make: what you bought, where you bought it, and the time and day of your purchase. It's a privacy nightmare.
In such a scenario, all of your money is forced into the banking system, like it or not.
There is no way to protect your savings or yourself in a cashless society. Digital money takes no effort to create. It is fiat currency on steroids. All money is instantly created via digital key strokes. This inflation of the money supply is the essence of price inflation — devaluing money and causing the cost of goods and services to rise in response.
A move away from cash allows governments to confiscate their citizen's money via negative interest rates. There is nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. It's the same reason that governments and banks hate gold: it exists outside the banking system and they can't charge interest on it. It competes with official currency.
Since negative interest rates compel depositors to withdraw their money from the bank, bankers and governments have devised a method to prevent this drain of money. By eliminating physical money in favor of digital currency, the central bank/government can confiscate your money at will.
Eliminating high-denomination currency is the first step to eliminating all physical currency and it a devious, insidious plan. These "Masters of the Universe" think they can do anything they want.
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Sanders is the latest to publicly call for the elimination of the $100 bill. As ZeroHedge noted, of the $1.4 trillion in total U.S. currency in circulation, $1.1 trillion is in the form of $100 bills. By eliminating the $100 bill the value of 78% of all currency in circulation would be instantly wiped out.
Suddenly, there would be very little paper money to keep outside the banking system to avoid negative interest rates, aka, confiscation.
There is, however, a bit of good news in this otherwise dystopian story.
Americans still love cash. Despite the broad usage of credit cards, debit cards and mobile payments, cash still dominates many forms of payments. A 2014 Federal Reserve report found that consumers use cash more frequently than any other payment instrument, including debit or credit cards.
Forty percent of consumer transactions were made with cash, making up the single largest share, followed by debit cards at 25 percent and credit cards at 17 percent.
Getting rid of $100 bill would be no easy task. A Federal Reserve study a few years ago estimated that two-thirds of all $100 bills are held by foreigners. The dollar is the global reserve currency, used to settle almost all trade debts. Many foreign governments and their citizens hold dollars, much of which is in the form of $100 bills since they make storing and transporting large amounts of money easier. Many foreigners horde dollars during (or in case of) an economic crisis, when their own currencies are plunging in value.
The $100 bill is extremely popular. The only note that has wider circulation is the $1 bill — and just barely.
The financial authorities argue that eliminating cash would deter tax evasion, financial crime, terrorism, corruption and drug dealing.
Don't fall for that hyperbole. The real reason is to control you and your money, while oppressing your freedom via financial repression.
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This qualification provides the skills and knowledge for an individual to administer and manage information and communications technology (ICT) support in small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) using a wide range of general ICT technologies. Persons working at this level provide a broader rather than specialised ICT support function, applying a wide range of higher level technical skills in ICT areas such as networking, IT support, database development, programming and web development.
Possible job titles relevant to this qualification include information systems office manager, office systems administrator, IT office manager, IT systems administrator and systems manager.
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Preferred pathways for candidates considering this qualification may include after achieving ICA40111 Certificate IV in Information Technology, or other relevant qualifications or units equivalent to the core of ICA40111 or with demonstrated vocational experience in a range of work environments using a wide range of information technologies.
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ICA60111 Advanced Diploma of Information Technology or other ICA11 Advanced Diploma qualifications.
This course holds National Accreditation
BSBWHS501A Ensure a safe workplace
BSBSUS501A Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability
ICAICT509A Gather data to identify business requirements
ICAICT511A Match IT needs with the strategic direction of the enterprise
ICAICT501A Research and Review hardware technology options for organizations
ICASAD506A Produce a feasibility report
ICAICT507A Select new technology models for business
ICASAS505A Review and update Disaster Recovery and contingency plans
ICASAS506A Update IT system operational procedures
ICASAS514A Perform integration test
ICAICT505A Determine acceptable developers for projects
ICASAS601A Implement change-management processes
ICAPRG425A Use structured query language
ICADBS502A Design a database
ICAWEB502A Create dynamic web pages
ICAWEB510A Analyse information and assign meta-tags
ICAWEB411A Produce basic client side script for dynamic web pages
ICAWEB429A Create a mark-up language document to specification
ICAWEB501A Build a dynamic website
BSBCRT501A Originate and develop concept2
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Spylaw Farm, Homildon House, delightful cottage sleeps 6.Trip Advisor excellent.
Fantastic views, private garden, close to beaches, 2 double (1 en suite) 1 twin.
Homildon House 4* Trip Advisor cert of excellence for 5 years, sleeps 4A 2C, Cuddy's Croft 4*Trip Advisor cert of excellence for 5 years, sleeps 2+ baby) on Spylaw Farm- in glorious rolling countryside and surrounded by sweeping hills. Nestled between the Cheviots and the fantastic heritage coast, some 7 miles away, an ideal base for families,couples or friends wishing to explore this fabulous location. Spylaw offers luxury accommodation in two delightful stone cottages. Free Netflix, freeview/ wifi and phone signal available. All linen, towels, bedding provided foc.Homildon House comprises 3 double bedrooms - one gf double, 1 ff double (en-suite shower room) and one twin. Family bathroom with power shower. Open plan lounge/diner. Kitchen includes dishwasher, fridge/freezer,washer/dryer,induction hob, fan oven/extractor, microwave. TV/Freeview/Netfix. Free wifi. Hairdryers in bedrooms. Wood burning stove. Heating/logs provided FOC. High chair and Cot including bedding available on request. South facing walled garden, garden furniture, patio, BBQ. Fab views. Off road parking. Dogs welcome (£4/nt/dog). Cuddy's Croft comprises fully fitted kitchen/diner including extractor, induction hob, fan oven,dishwasher, washer/dryer, fridge, microwave, fully fitted bathroom with over bath power shower, lounge with TVFreevie/Netfix, 1 double bedroom king size bed, hairdryer,radio/alarm. All linen, towels, T towels included. Full central heating provided FOC. High chair and Cot including bedding available on request. Secluded garden, garden furniture, BBQ. Off road parking. Dog welcome ( £4/nt/dog). An ideal base for families,groups and couples wishing to explore; Lots of activities locally, including walking, cycling, climbing, golfing, fishing, horse riding; Beaches within 7 miles, golf/fishing within 4 miles. Spylaw is 2 miles from the village of Chatton with its pub, shop/PO, listed Church, trout fishery and Gallery. The shopping centres of Alnwick and Berwick are within fifteen miles with Edinburgh and Newcastle some sixty miles away with good train services to both. On line shopping for local supermarkets is available with delivery to Spylaw.
In the heart of Northumberland's rolling countryside, we are within four miles of a designated AONB and some eight miles from the Northumberland National Park. The magnificant beaches of Ross, Bamburgh and the Heritage coastline with its imposing castles, are within a fifteen minute drive. We are ideally located to explore the Northumbrian countryside, historic hill forts and battle sites.Being close to the Farne Islkands, Lindisfarne and Budle Bay, there is plenty of opportunity for bird watching visits throughout the year. Please do enjoy exploring our new web site for further information and if you have any questions feel free to call. We look forward to welcoming you to Spylaw in the future.
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Movies reviewed this week: High Strung, Go With Me, Me Before You, Preview: The House on Pine Street and in Bollywatch: HouseFull3.
Ruby (Keenan Kampa) is a dancer with dreams. She's a gutsy girl from the Midwest who's in New York to undertake her scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts. There, she meets Johnnie (Nicholas Galitzine), a gifted British hip-hop violinist who busks in subway stations. Despite their differences, they fall in love.
When Ruby has to save her scholarship and Johnnie has to avoid deportation, the pair must knock 'em dead at a talent contest, which offers a prize that will solve their problems. Cue super-talented dance troupe, which the disillusioned duo rope in to help them.
The evocative storyline makes way for some serious dance sequences. The routines have been choreographed by Dave Scott (Step Up 3D, So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars), while scriptwriters and directors Michael and Janeen Damian bring some Broadway finesse to the table.
Combining hip-hop with contemporary classical dance, the film features 62 talented dancers from the UK, France and the US, and also takes credit for introducing Keenan Kampa, the Mariinsky Ballet company of Russia's first American dancer.
Let's be clear here: High Strung is a worthy film. But does it stand out from the long string of drama/dance-romance films? No.
It's quite easy to pinpoint what High Strung lacks – a proper script. But it's not like I disliked the movie. It has it all – attractive performers, invigorating music and some spirited dance moves.
However, even with the weak storyline you have something more than a yawn-fest.
Review by Alvin Thomas
Lillian (Julia Stiles) is being harassed by Blackway (Ray Liotta), a violent ex-cop turned crime lord in her logging hometown in the Pacific Northwest. Unable to take the trouble anymore, Lillian finds some support from retired logger and grieving father Lester (Anthony Hopkins), whose daughter's death was caused by Blackway. Along with her introverted friend Nate (Alexander Ludwig), Lillian is out for justice and vengeance against the sociopathic Blackway. A must-watch for edge-of-the-seat-thriller fans.
Let's get this out of the way; Me Before You is a generic rom-com. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Jojo Moyes, Me Before You tells of the love that blooms between downtrodden caretaker Lou (Emilia Clarke) and wealthy, paralysed Londoner Will (Sam Claflin) and how their love changes their outlook on life. Should fare well with rom-com fans.
Young couple Jennifer (Emily Goss) and Luke (Taylor Bottles) move into a rented house in Kansas in an attempt to regain control of their failing marriage and to also stabilise Jennifer's anxiety problems. Things start looking up once they move into their new home. However, when Jennifer starts to notice weird occurrences around the house, the couple question whether it's her anxiety or if there's something a bit supernatural going on. A must-watch for thriller fans.
London-based businessman Batook Patel has three daughters, Sarah (Nargis Fakhri), Gracy (Jacqueline Fernandez) and Jenny (Lisa Haydon), and he doesn't want them to get married yet. However, Sandy (Akshay Kumar), Bunty (Abhishek Bachchan) and Teddy (Riteish Deshmukh) have other ideas. It's all about the men trying to woo the father (into allowing the daughters to marry them, of course). The film has its fair share of puerile puns but there's little plot to speak of here. At some point, the three men play lame, dumb and mute. We wonder how it got through its first two instalments. Give this a miss but if you must see it, leave your brains at home.


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HarvestChoice relies heavily on large sets of household survey data to evaluate the economic impact of biophysical productivity responses at the farm level and on target populations.
At the farm level, the impact of technology change is largely driven by holders' attitude towards risk and innovation. In economic impact analysis such attitudes are typically connected to observable household and community attributes — household size and characteristics of the head of household (age, health, gender, and education), consumption patterns, level of participation in local and regional markets, current use of production inputs, and access to extension services.
HarvestChoice is progressively assembling a collection of farm household attributes (with particular relevance to production technology), and using these attributes to characterize and segment populations at the sub-national level. The purpose is to facilitate on-going analysis, replicate research results, and disseminate often hard-to-acquire micro data.
Primary Data Sources
There are two main sources of harmonized micro data in addition to national household surveys:
We currently provide five categories of attributes:
- household attributes (size, urban/rural, male/female-headed, age, education)
- income/expenditure levels
- market participation
- consumption patterns
- production systems (input use intensity)
Estimates (mean and standard deviation) at the sub-national level are disaggregated across the following classes:
- urban vs. rural households
- male-headed vs. female-headed households
- 5 quintiles of total household expenditure (used as a proxy for household income)
Sub-National Aggregates
The table below shows a list of countries and regions currently covered and a selection of household attributes available for download.
You may need to wait a few seconds for the table to load. Use the filters to switch between countries and to show/hide attributes.
These preliminary harmonized estimates were obtained from Eduardo Magalhães, Datalyze Consulting Corp.
Rural Income Generating Activities, http://www.fao.org/economic/riga/en/
Smith and Subandoro (2007), Measuring Food Security Using Household Expenditure Surveys. http://books.google.com/books?id=NJUN9CxdJiwC&lpg=PP8&ots=hnawOnYg0w&dq=AFINS%20ifpri&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q=AFINS%20ifpri&f=false
HarvestChoice, 2010. "Farm Household Attributes." International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC., and University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. Available online at http://harvestchoice.org/node/1620.


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Thanks for stopping by! We are pleased to bring you the next challenge here at the Christmas Card Challenge blog. We had another awesome week of participation last week. You guys are really doing a great job in creating your Christmas cards. Thanks for all of your support and participation.
Now onto this weeks challenge, which is a recipe challenge. Please keep in mind that all challenges are optional. Any Christmas/Winter/Holiday card will do. The idea is to help get your Christmas card stash started so you're not rushing at the end of the year. Also, it's not necessary to use a SCRS stamp on your card, but we sure love it when you do.
Our designers have come up with some wonderful cards for you today. Aren't they lovely?
Deonna (October Guest Designer)
As always, we do hope you'll be able to join us. Please remember to link directly to the blog post or gallery page where we can view/comment on your creation and not just the generic link to your blog. Generic blog links will be disabled or deleted. To get the full URL, click the title of your blog post (which will load a page that has just that post on it), then copy and paste the URL. You must create a new project, no backlinking please.
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Tawang is bordered by Tibet and Bhutan from North and South side
Tourists can reach Tawang from Guwahati and Assam also
Most of the inhabitants of Tawang are Tibetian
Houses of Tawang are built of stones and timbers
Arunachal Pradesh is blessed with beauty of nature and beautiful sceneries of mountains .Read More
Apart from nature's beauty it has also got many holy places like Gangotri,Badrinath,etc .Read More
Thousands of visitors visit here for holy destinations and tourists places.Read More
Arunachal Pradesh is rich in its culture ,forests,vegetation,wildlife sanctuaries,etc.Read More
It is one of the holiest destination of Hindus It is located in Chamoli district of Uttrakhand This temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and established in 9th century ..Read More
Gangotri is related to holy river Ganga. It is the location to quench thirst of the tourists. It is 300 km from Rishikesh and 250km from Uttarkashi ...Read More
It is situated in Baramulla district of Jammu Kashmir. Beautiful sceneries of mountains are attractions of this place It is the only resort of Asia's Heliskiing resort...Read More
Manali is the best place for water rafting Manali is located on bank of river beas in himalayas. It attracts tourists in summers as well as in winters ...Read More
It is a small Beautiful city situated 8000 feet above sea level
It has got beautiful sceneries like snow cap himalayas.
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Venn provides the wifi for StartupBus Belgium 20160
Last year the Belgian bus used Belgian startup Venn as a wifi provider to ensure reliable internet on board of the bus. This is why we've decided to have them as a wifi provider again for 2016!
If you don't know Venn, Venn delivers connectivity solutions in B2B based on bonding services of multiple mobile and/or fixed connections. Their services allow transportation companies (busses, ships, trains, trams, even cars) to have multiple networks working together at the same time creating bigger network coverage, more stability and more speed. Their services can also be used to connect on any remote or temporary location (events, construction sites,…), it is plug and play, it is that easy. Next to this Venn can create a failover solution or bandwith increase solution to have a faster and more resilient connection. All this as an all-in service, including hardware, software, mobile data, support, …
Contact Venn for more information on email@example.com.
StartupBus Belgium is one of seven buses competing in the StartupBus Europe 2016 competition. Conducted by Ann Glorieus and Lien Van Den Steen, the bus will depart with 20+ developers, designers and hustlers towards Pirate Summit in Cologne, Europe's craziest invite-only startup conference. During the 72 hour road trip the participants have to conceive, build and launch new startups.
On Monday 5 September, all buses will convene at the beautiful Corda INCubator in Hasselt (Belgium) for StartupBus Demo Day. All startups born during the road trip have to present their MVP in front of a bunch of experienced entrepreneurs and investors.
If you want to apply, then head on over to http://europe.startupbus.com and hit the "Apply" button.


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This is something I really wish was around (or I knew about) when my kids were younger.
Citizens Bank is offering a $1000 bonus when you open a CollegeSaver savings account with them before your child turns 12 and you deposit a minimum monthly amount between that time and the time your child turns 18.
The minimums are very reasonable:
- If you open the account before your child's 6th birthday, you need to open it with at least $25 and deposit at least $25 each month until your child turns 18.
- If you open the account after your child's 6th birthday, but before your child turns 12, you need to open it with at least $500 and deposit at least $50 each month until your child turns 18.
The $1000 bonus is paid when your child turns 18 and you can open one account per child. The account can be opened by anyone, including parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and friends as long as you have the child's social security number and birthdate your good to go.
Citizens Bank has branches throughout the East Coast, Mid-Atlantic, and the Midwest but you don't have to live in a state that Citizens Bank serves to open a CollegeSaver account.
The CollegeSaver account is an interest-bearing savings account, not a 529 plan. You can see the overview, details, and FAQ here. You can use this account alone, or alongside other accounts and investments you have set up for college savings.
Not only is this $1000 in free money, it's a great way to set up a system of regular savings deposits for college. You're allowed to miss one monthly deposit per year and still be eligible for the bonus, but I would recommend setting up some kind of automatic system so you don't miss any.


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Action: Free • Range: Personal • Duration: Sustained • Cost: 1 point per rank
You can elongate your body and/or limbs to extend your reach. Add your effect rank to your normal size rank to determine how far you can elongate; for a normalsized human (size rank –2) this is 15 feet at rank 1, 30 feet at rank 2, and so forth. Rank 20 Elongation can stretch 1,000 miles! "Snapping back" to your normal shape is a free action.
You can use Elongation to make "close" attacks at a greater distance by elongating your limbs. Once elongated, you can make melee attacks within your new reach as a standard action. If you can't accurately sense your target (you're elongating around a corner, for example), apply the rules for concealment (see Concealment in Action & Adventure). In addition, Elongation allows you to wrap up and entangle an opponent so it grants a +1 bonus to grab checks per rank (limited by PL).


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C3 Energy Reports Record Midyear Performance
C3 Energy Reports Record Midyear Performance Nov 2014
Bookings up over 200%. Market share exceeds 40%
November 11, 2014, REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-- C3 Energy announced today results from the first half of its fiscal year ending March 2015, including increased bookings of more than 200 percent, product deployment outcomes exceeding 150 percent of customer targets, and new products launched to address utilities' most critical challenges.
Importantly, less than 18 months after its initial product announcement, the C3 Energy analytics platform is now being installed at 20 major utilities, addressing more than 52 million smart meters. These installations collectively exceed 40 percent of the smart meters currently installed in the world, excluding China. These smart grid analytics applications include: C3 AMI Operations™, C3 Revenue Protection™, C3 Predictive Maintenance™, C3 Energy Intelligence™, C3 Customer Segmentation & Targeting™, C3 Platform as a Service™, and the C3 Energy customer engagement and energy efficiency solutions for residential, small business, and commercial customers.
From April to September 2014, C3 Energy increased bookings, as defined by irrevocable contracts, by more than 200 percent compared to the same period of the prior year. These bookings include new, renewal, and expansion contracts with many of the leading utilities across North America and Europe, including Commonwealth Edison, Baltimore Gas and Electric, Enel, Endesa, Exelon, GDF SUEZ, Hydro-Québec, Northeast Utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric, Citizens Utility Board of Illinois, Westar Energy, and others. With these contracts, C3 Energy has established a global market-leading position in smart grid analytics.
To support the growing needs of its customer base and expanding product line, C3 Energy substantially increased headcount including software implementation, engineering, machine learning, and sales professionals and expanded to include five locations across the United States, in addition to Europe and Asia including France, Italy, China, and Japan.
About C3 Energy
C3 Energy is a SaaS and PaaS enterprise application software company that harnesses the power of big data, smart grid analytics, social networking, machine learning, and cloud computing to improve the safety, reliability, and efficiency of power generation and delivery. C3 Energy's family of utility-tested and proven smart grid analytics products deliver end-to-end solutions across the entire smart grid, from energy grid capital asset allocation, transmission, distribution, and advanced metering, to the customer experience and energy efficiency programs. C3 Energy products enable utility operators to realize the full benefit of their smart grid and energy system investments. Learn more at C3Energy.com.
C3 Energy
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Our Daily Walk–Which Way America?
I am publishing the following devotional written by Rebecca Windle following President George W. Bush's first election to office. The writing is pertinent today after the nation voted Donald Trump to the highest office of the land. Psalms 33:12 " … Continue reading
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We do everything a mid- to large-sized agency should do, from PR to motion graphics. But really, we can do anything.
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If you don't have truly meaningful insight, you don't have good ads.
Our lives are digital. It's our responsibility to make digital an experience, not an interruption.
It's not just another channel. It's a part of everything we do.
We consult. We create. We connect. Also, everything is PR.
The best ideas turn into bad ideas if they aren't executed well.
It surprises. It delights. Above all, it's a magical tool to reach deep into consumers' hearts.
Meaningful experiences happen on multiple levels through multiple channels, often at the same time.
Media should be as creative as the message it delivers.
An experience is always more powerful than an ad because the consumer owns it.
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Everything is user experience, from the business card to the web functionality.
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As soon as we receive your payment, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to the address you provide.
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In the "Insight club" a training was held dedicated to methods of studying individual and typological properties of personality
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On December 23, 2017 a training dedicated to the study of individual personality traits was held in the club of youth initiatives "Insight club" with the participation of students of the faculty of "International Relations". Participants drew attention to the richness of personality manifestations, expressed in the diversity of individual characteristics of a person. Two different points of view were studied: all manifestations of the personality can be reduced to a single psychic phenomenon, a precise and adequate study of which allows us to examine the personality as a whole; man is an object interacting with other complex systems (nature, society). Personality from this point of view is explored in different plans: as a qualitative unit, which has its own unique features, as part of the macrostructure, as part of the microsystem to which it obeys the laws. During the training, the main character traits expressed in emotions, will and intellect were considered. Participants shared their experience of interaction with the outside world, society and surrounding people, attitudes towards one's own person, activity, work and learning. In addition, the positive and negative personalities of a person were highlighted. Methods of investigating the personality of Rorschach and Cattell were used.


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In addition to our curriculum in KS1 we also adapt the Ruth Miskin Literacy scheme in conjunction with letters and sounds. More information can be found by clicking the following link -
In KS1 and lower KS2 we use a phonics based reading scheme that we continually add to. Throughout KS1 and KS2 we have implemented the Ruth Miskin spelling scheme.
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Lowongan PT Petro Jordan Abadi Petrokimia Gresik Group November 2014
Sejak Tahun 2014, Ujian CPNS dilaksanakan secara online dengan sistem Computer Assisted Test (CAT).
Apakah Anda sudah mengenal ujian dengan sistem CAT..?
Pelajari Info lengkapnya ...
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Rekrutmen Petro Jordan Abadi – PT Petro Jordan Abadi – PJA is a rapidly growing manufacturing company in Indonesia that produces sulphuric acid, granulated gypsum, phosphoric acid, and cement retarder. The Company is a multinational joint venture between state-owned fertilizer company PT Petrokimia Gresik and the sixth largest phosphate rock producer Jordan Phosphate Mines company, with respectively 50% of capital invesment.
PT Petro Jordan Abadi is looking for a dynamic and ambitious professional to fill the following position:
- Production Planning & Control Staff
- Male.
- Have a Bachelor Degree (S1) in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing System) with GPA 3.00.
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office).
- Have a good knowledge about Maintenance and Reliability, Schedulling and Engineering Material Science.
- Willing to be placed in Gresik East Java.
How to apply
Please send your application letter and update CV before 19 November 2014 to:
[email protected]
HRD Manager PT Petro Jordan Abadi
Jl Raya Roomo, Manyar, Gresik – 61151 East Java.
- Please write the position as subject mail/ email.
- All applications are appreciated and will be treated confidentially.
- Only qualified, short-listed applicants will be invited for furthers process.


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The Importance of Drinking Water
For your body's sake make a conscious effort to drink plenty of water throughout the day.
This is especially important now that summer is here. Most of us run around slightly to severely dehydrated without realizing it. Although we may think we're drinking enough water, we may not be aware that coffee, alcohol, dried fruits and processed foods soak up fluids in our body and contribute to dehydration.
Dehydration can really wreck havoc on our bodies causing our kidneys to overwork and not function properly in the elimination of toxins. Symptoms of dehydration can include backaches as the vertebral discs get dried out, skin issues, leg cramps, slow digestion, constipation and headaches.
By increasing your drinking water huge physical changes can occur inside and out. In a very short time you will feel better and will notice you have more energy, glowing skin, less puffy eyes and a flatter tummy.
Such a simple remedy, what could be better? Ah, I know… a healing massage!
Healing Treatments with Robin to Nurture Body, Mind and Spirit
♦ Massage – a flowing style of deep and relaxing massage developed over the years that incorporates elements from many methods including traditional Hawaiian Lomi Lomi.
♦ Reiki – a Japanese technique that gently balances life energies for stress reduction and relaxation, triggering the bodies natural healing abilities to improve and maintain health.
♦ SKYourself – a simple and elegant energetic-spiritual healing method that clears emotional blockages from the present and past lives.
Fees | Massage or Reiki: 1-hour €50 or 90-minute €70. SKYourself: €70
Email me to book a session in Santa Catalina, Palma de Mallorca. Or visit me at the Wellness Spa at Hotel Es Moli in Deia.
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Ryde Lake Camp
3 Cabins, 2 Pavilions, Bridge, Bunk Beds,
Cladding, Solar Panels & Portable Shower
Build Dates:
May 29 – June 2, 2013
"Just Pink About It!"
Challenges: There once was a camp named Ryde Lake, a project we did undertake. Pavilions and cabins, bridge, bunk-beds and claddin' .. a difference we surely did make. Though nature deided to test us, with mud, heat, and blackout-style ruckus…our spirit it shone, generators turned on, and up went floor, wall, roof and trusses. So as we reflect back and think, 'bout the pig roast, and dancing, and drink .. the campers we've helped, the camaraderie felt .. and that leaves us quite in the pink! (Please look at page 2 to see what we built.)
Executive Committees
Build Directors: Pamela Towler, Tracy Wilson Camp Director: Fran Sugawara
Administration: Sue Dunn, Buffy Knowlton Finance: Deborah Nazareth
Design: Jon Sprawson Construction: Dave Lawrance, Ron Rehfeld
Food Services: Debra Fogelman, Chris Knight, Bowie Martins Volunteer Services: Karen Anderson, Laura Sharp
Fundraising: Meaghen Russell, Len Elphick, Ejay Russell, Devon Thorne PR/Marketing: Scott Hartman, Craig Silva
Past Co-Director: Scott Hartman Transition Co-ordinator: Buffy Knowlton
Many thanks to our dedicated volunteers and behind-the-scenes supporters who helped us ensure that everything came up roses!


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Image by Zach Bonnell on Flickr.
It's raining rivers and my street is a pond. A mallard is watching me from afar, through the curtain rain. I feel invisible, like glass. That stare; the bird isn't blinking. It's still. As if it knows all the secrets I hide.


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This ayurvedic herb is also known as jaswand powder, and rosa sinensis.
It is used to:
Can be used in a variety of recipes for an amazing henna and ayurvedic hair treatments.
Instructions and recipes come with your purchase as well.
Our hair recipe:
Use 6 tbsp of hibiscus petal powder, 2 tbsp honey, 3 tbsp aloe vera gel, 2 tbsp yoghurt, and just enough coconut milk to thicken your ingredients. Mix your ingredients so that it is the consistency of a thick pancake batter (similar to a henna recipe). Apply onto your hair, and leave on for 20-30 minutes. Rinse out thoroughly.
Posted by Guest on 28th Apr 2015
I used a combination of Red Raj henna, with Indigo powder and added 2 tablespoons of hibiscus powder to the recipe. Even with 100 grams of henna and 50 grams of indigo, 2 tablespoons of hibiscus powder really added more red--more than I expected. You want to enhance red tones, this is the way to do it. It's suggested to use 3 to 4 tablespoons per 100 grams of henna but you might be able to get away with less. Great product and great service as well. Thank you, Henna Sooq!
Posted by Dina on 2nd Sep 2014
Good packaging and prompt shipping. I added the hibiscus powder to my henna recipe and it does what it says, it darkened the henna to a beautiful dark copper to almost plum/red wine type of red. My hair is black but my hairline is thin and remains lighter than the rest of the hair, this time it is darker. And the rest of hair that is black shows some rays of plum color in the sun instead of the yellowish henna rays. I'll be using it with my henna recipe. Very happy with the results, thank you.


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An Affordable Remote Controlled Time-lapse Camera
If you're looking for a new time-lapse solution, I encourage you to check out the Contour GPS camera (http://www.contour.com). This camera was originally designed to be used for sports enthusiasts (like skiers and snowboarders) but it has some unique features that make it a strong contender.
- The unit is very small (95x58x34mm) and can easily be attached to a variety of mounting points. It's also super light, weighing just over five ounces.
- It has good battery life at 2.5 hours, plus you can swap batteries in it for a longer day.
- For its size, it offers a capable 5 Megapixel Sensor. It's designed to shoot HD video in the H.264 codec, but it creates adequate JPEG files for still workflows.
- A 135 Degrees Wide Angle Lens captures a wide field of view.
- Freely rotating lens. You can rotate to line up the picture and level the frame. This is great as your mounting point may not be level.
- Built-in laser sights let you check if the shot is straight.
- A built-in GPS can tag your photos.
Remote Control
The camera also supports a Bluetooth connection. You can use native iOS or Android Contour app to connect to the device. This gives you a great live preview of the camera. If you're an iOS user, be sure to pick up the Contour Connect View Card.
The preview only works when you're not recording, but its easy to set up. Just hold down a small button on top of the camera for five seconds. You can then connect using a phone's built-in Bluetooth connection. You can also change the camera's settings easily. Changing frame rate, exposure, contrast,white balance, and more.
I've got the camera with me on a trip. I'll post some shots in the coming weeks.
Retrographer = Great Presets + Versatile Engine
One of my favorite plug-in discoveries of 2011 is Retrographer from Mr. Retro. The plug-in designed to create authentic vintage photography effects. I'm already a big fan of Mr. Retro's Machine Wash plug-in which ages text and images, and this versatile package really delivers. The manufacturer claims that users can perfectly re-create any vintage camera look including Lomo, Dianne, Holga, Polaroid, Brownie, Kodak, and Daguerreotype. I'd say the claims are true.
To start there are a wide range of presets – over 1,100 preset camera settings to choose from.
But the presets are just starting points. You'll find total contra over all aspects. You can adjust:
- Lens – Control focus and distortion.
- Flash – Control light and spot effects.
- Film – Control tone and grain for a unique look.
- Lab – Control exposure, color, and hue.
- Effects –Add vignettes, light leaks,and halftones.
- Finish – Add detailed textures and frames.
I really liked the toning and grain controls. They are some of the most versatile I've ever found.
I found that the filter was very versatile… although some of the controls were almost too deep. Also, a small drawback, some effects require you to enter X and Y coordinates into field (hopefully sliders or draggable controls will appear in the future). The only other drawbacks that it is an 8-bit only filter… but I guess the logic goes if you're going to age or stylize your image this much, 16-bit color fidelity goes out the window.
I really liked the Finish Controls. a great library of textures and vignettes really added to the image. I also found the natural media approach to be truly refreshing and inline with how I would do these techniques manually (whether digitally or physically processing).
The controls definitely show how serious the developer was about the product. While there are a few oddities and gaps, this really is an amazing product (especially for a discerning photographer who wants precision). If your brain wants to just roll the dice… one nice option is clicking the Auto button (the second button in the top bar). This will generate random looks and is a great way to experiment. The other two buttons link to a detailed user manual and a useful preset gallery online.
The plugin sells for $99 USD. But you can take 10% off using the code RHED at checkout.
To find out more and see more examples of Retrographer in action, simply head to: http://www.misterretro.com/filters/retrographer
Kessler Philip Bloom Pocket Dolly™ Kit – Mini Review
I've used most of the sliders and other products aimed at helping video shooters, particularly DSLR video shooters, introduce fluid motion into their shots.
Some are better than others. Not surprisingly, you get what you pay for. The cheap, inexpensive sliders are usually not stable or smooth enough for my taste. They are also quite bulky and heavy. The high-end units tend to be plenty portable, stable and smooth, but many of them are simply not very user-friendly. I've written about this before. The folks who make grip gear are simply surprisingly out of touch with their audience. They send photographers a box which amounts to a bucket of bolts with a warm wish for success and expect the photographer to know how the thing goes together. Photographers who shoot video or time-lapse simply don't tend to possess the experience with grip that most video people do. And I've been looking for a company that gets this. I found one – Kessler.
When I ordered the Philip Bloom Pocket Dolly™ Kit (Traveler Length) $1,095.95 from Kessler I was pleasantly surprised – no make that shocked – to find out I didn't have to put anything together. The dolly comes in a very nice, very compact, very well-made fabric case. Everything you need to get started is in this bag. The only thing you have to install is the strap on the bag. The pocket dolly itself is set up and ready to use right out of the box. THANK YOU KESSLER! I hope other grip makers take notice. This is the way to do it.
I also ordered the All-Terrain Outrigger Feet to add stability outdoors, and the motor and Oracle control system with all the trimmings necessary to automatically move the camera platform without human touch.
All told, the box came to $2640 and change. Spendy to be sure, but in my opinion, very well worth it. This is a portable, rock solid, easy-to-use slider that can fit in the overhead of any airplane. It's quick to set up, comes with everything you need to both bolt it to a tripod and to mount a ballhead or other camera mount to the slider's camera platform. If you just need a slider, this kit as is will do the job just fine with nothing to add.
The unit is surprisingly lightweight for as sturdy as it is. It includes a full-adjustable arc diameter handle and drag control so you can make moving the camera platform easier or harder to move. The Kessler people say the unit is designed to support camera systems up to 15 pounds. I used a Nikon D7000 with various lenses and never got close to the 15 pound limit.
I ordered this setup because I want to do time-lapse photography that includes motion. I wanted smooth, unattended operation so I included the motor. For those without the budget or the interest, the slider by itself will serve many purposes. If you're going to use it primarily on a tripod, you don't need the special outrigger feet either.
I have just experimented with the motor so far. I've spent more time just using the slider as is, without the motor and I'll say without a doubt, this is one of the best compact sliders I've ever used. I also like the Cinevate sliders, but this particular Kessler product offers something I haven't yet tried from any other manufacturer – i.e., a complete, user-friendly, ultra-portable kit that includes a travel-length slider and motor. It's the perfect setup for remote or travel-based time-lapse work and I look forward to testing it more in depth later this year at Bosque del Apache.
Other than the price, I have nothing negative to say about this product. It works well, is smooth, stable, easy-to-use and transport and didn't take a PHD rocket scientist to put together. Highly recombined.
Traveler size
– Length: 29.5″ (74.9cm)
– Weight: 6 pounds (2.7kg)
– Travel: 23″ (58.4cm)
The Philip Bloom Signature Series Pocket Dolly™ comes as a kit with the following items.
– Philip Bloom Signature Series Pocket Dolly™ (Standard or Traveler)
– Self-Adhesive Measuring Tape
– Outrigger Feet
– Flat Mount Adapter (provides 3/8″-16 threaded mounting stud)
– Custom Padded Soft Case
(NOTE: This review is for the travel size. There is a larger unit with the following specs:
Standard size
– Length: 41.5″ (105.4cm)
– Weight: 7 pounds (3.2kg)
– Travel: 31″ (78.7cm))
How Good Can a $9.99 HDR App Be?
I'm always on the look out for new software…. I also got to experience the joy of the Blue Light special as a child. For those of you not in the know… those were random sales for a short time only that went unannounced… if you were at K-mart for those 15 minutes… you got the deal.
This… is a blue light special. HDR & FX Studio
This week only (at least that's what the Mac App Store says) you can pick up HDR & FX Studio By Union Well Limited. They boast that it's 75% off.
I felt like gambling…. $10 I'll give it a try (the app is only sold through the App store which doesn't support demos or trials).
The app loads fast. I mean instant fast.
It merges fast.
And it has a ton of useful presets that give you results fast. If you just like to play around and experiment, this app is well designed for those who crave quick feedback as they play with their images.
The Merge
What's a little confusing is how you load images in for a merge. Drag and drop doesn't work…
- Choose File>Open or File > Open Folder and navigate to the image.
- Click OK to add them to a waiting area (or queue) . Loading 6 raw files took around 3 seconds.
- Click the HDR tab.
- Choose Alignment and/or Ghost Reduction (to compensate for wind or slight movement)
- Click the Start to Merge button
Fine Edit
After merging, you graduate to the Fine Edit tab. You have several choices here.
- More than 15 parameters are organized into 7 categories
- You get user interface feedback like Curves and a Histogram
- Can adjust Color balance, color temperature and tint adjustment
- Remove, lens distortion and reduce noise
- All offer real-time feedback
My only complaint is that it was hard to make selective adjustments in the skies. Obviously a tool like Nik's HDR Efex Pro gives you greater control here (but it costs a lot more).
What will appeal to most users will be the several effect presets you can access. These are broken up into:
- FX: This mode offers both color and texture overlays. They are diverse but offer no controls
- Vignettes: A nice collection of edges, again with no controls to modify.
- Frames: From useful to cliché, you've got several to choose from (with surprise, no controls)
The Bottom Line
This is a good $10 spent that offers some fun methods to experiment and some good presets. It does work well with raw files and can even output its own format to 32 and 16 bit files.
The UI is fun, but somewhat limiting once you leave the Fine Edit area. The whole application is very fast and appears to be GPU accelerated. I really like its black and white options and as a fun alternative to a more hardcore tool, it was enjoyable to use and made some pleasant as well as "out there" HDR conversions.
Again, how it handles skies seems to be the only big issue… I got a little more banding and texture in the skies than I like. Not an issue with black and white or effects-like HDR, but may be for some of you.
Is it worth $10… absolutely…
Is it worth $40…. probably not.
Check it out on the Mac App Store. Here's a detailed features list too.
The company also seems to be behind some more full featured tools that are cross platform – HDR Photo Pro and HDR Darkroom. These products do have demo versions to try,
Photo Book Review – High dynamic Range Digital Photographies for Dummies
Author: Robert Correll
Publisher: For Dummies (Wiley)
Review by Conrad J. Obregon
I've always had a problem with the "For Dummies" brand. I often read on the subway and I didn't want strangers thinking I was dumb. If you suffer from this syndrome and want to learn the basics of High Dynamic Range photography (HDR) get over it, or you'll miss a good introduction to an important aspect of photographic technology and even art.
HDR is a method of combining multiple digital exposures of a subject to create a range of tones in a photograph closer to what the human eye sees than a single camera shot reveals. In High Dynamic Range Digital Photography For Dummies Robert Correll explains the process of creating such images. While he doesn't waste page space explaining photography fundamentals, he does cover the process in small easily accessible steps for the photographer who already understands how to capture images with his camera. After describing the equipment and software involved, the author tells the details of capturing HDR images and then processing these images, first in HDR software and then in post-processing software, like Photoshop Elements, including so-called pseudo HDRs. He also discusses creating HDR panoramas and black-and-white HDR images.
The book follows the usual jocular style of the "For Dummies" series (does the publisher have a special "wiseacre" editor?) including the cartoons and the usual "Part of Tens". Correll demonstrates computer processing using Photomatix Pro, which is becoming the standard for HDR software, and Photoshop Elements. Photoshop users will not have much difficulty making the translation from Photoshop Elements but users of HDR software like FDRTools, which uses a different paradigm, may have a harder time. (Demo versions of most of the software are available for download.)
Although the book discusses each of the sliders and buttons in Photomatix Pro and what it does, it was almost impossible to tell the subtle differences from the tiny illustrations often provided. I also felt that the author should have spent a little more time explaining the wide range of image outcomes possible in HDR processing from realistic to surrealistic, and which sliders effect those results. I suppose there is no substitute for sitting down in front of the computer and playing with the sliders in Photomatix Pro with live images. Even though I've used HDR software successfully for several years, I still have a hard time wrapping my mind around exactly what some of the controls in Photomatix Pro do. But for someone new to HDR, this volume is one of the best ways presently available to step into the process.
This post sponsored by the Digital SLR Store


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California State Senator Pushes for Self-Driving Cars
A California state senator on Thursday said he would introduce a bill Friday that would begin the process for self-driving cars to operate on California roads.
Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) said that he would introduce S-1298, a bill that would direct the California Highway Patrol to develop guidelines for the safe testing and operation of autonomous vehicles in California. The bill mirrors similar legislation introduced in Nevada last year.
Padilla drove to a press conference in a Google-designed self-driving Toyota Prius, the same model that Google has tested on California roads. A Google representative said that the cars have driven 200,000 miles on California roads, so it naturally made sense for Google to lobby the state for their approval.
Google stunned the industry in late 2010 when it disclosed that it not only had developed an autonomous car, but had successfully tested it on public roadways. The cars use a combination of ultra-precise GPS technology plus a rotating dome, which projects a 64-beam infrared laser.
Google's self-driving car also carries other sensors, which include: four radars, mounted on the front and rear bumpers, that allow the car to "see" far enough to be able to deal with fast traffic on freeways; a camera, positioned near the rear-view mirror, that detects traffic lights; and a GPS, inertial measurement unit and wheel encoder, that determine the vehicle's location and keep track of its movements. Google disclosed these details at at a 2011 technology conference, according to Discovery News.
Google also disclosed how Google engineers accompany the cars on the route one or more times so that the car can distinguish pedestrians from mail boxes, apparently in much the same way Google Street View engineers helped map many of the world's roads. That all contributes to the safety of the vehicle.
"The vast majority of vehicle accidents are due to human error. Through the use of computers, sensors and other systems, an autonomous vehicle is capable of analyzing the driving environment more quickly and operating the vehicle more safely," Padilla said. "Autonomous vehicles have the potential to significantly reduce traffic fatalities and improve safety on our roads and highways."
"It was pretty amazing when Google's vehicle went into self-driving mode, Padilla said. "The drive was smooth and safe. It worked flawlessly. It is a testament to human ingenuity and the power of technology in California."
What's next? Presumably, the California CHP would craft rules for the testing and later operation of the self-driving cars, as Nevada recently did. Those rules call for the cars to carry red license plates during testing, then green plates when the cars become operational.
Arizona, Hawaii, Florida and Oklahoma are also considering autonomous vehicle legislation, according to Padilla.
For more from Mark, follow him on Twitter @MarkHachman.


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Tour Description
Dolpo, the land of the elusive snow leopard in Nepal's 'Wild West,' was opened up to visitors three years before Mustang – in 1989 – but is at a higher altitude and is even more remote, making it one of the most challenging and rewarding trekking territories in the world.
A rich and diverse area, lying west of the Kali Gandaki Valley, behind the Dhaulagiri Massif in mid-western Nepal, Dolpo is home to many rare and endangered animal species including musk deer and blue sheep as well as the legendary snow leopard.
With their sweeping windswept vistas and traditional Tibetan culture, the northern high valleys of inner Dolpo are some of the Himalayas' most remarkable gems.
The excessive remoteness of this region cannot be emphasized enough – Dolpo is truly hidden away from the rest of the world, with most villages being isolated by treacherous passes, their people having to import grain from the south to feed themselves. This means that any outsiders entering the region must be sure to carry enough food to be completely self-sufficient.
Dolpo consists of the valleys of the upper Bheri and Langu watersheds, and is divided into sub-regions called Tarap, Tsharbung, Namgung and Panzung.
The few hundred people living in Dolpo's upper villages are among the world's highest-dwelling residents. The only grain that will grow here is barley, which the villagers serve roasted and ground, as tsampa.
Although Dolpa has long been part of Nepal, its villages have looked to Tibet for their culture and the people come from southern Tibetan clans, being mainly Rongpas (valley farmers) or Drokpas (semi-nomadic yak herders).
As if to emphasize Dolpo's seclusion from the rest of the world, some villages in the area still practise the Bon religion, which pre-dates Buddhism and includes the rituals of circumnambulating anti-clockwise rather than clockwise, and using the enigmatic mantra 'Om matri muye sa le du' instead of the more familiar 'Om mani padme hum.'
A journey of two halves, the trek is a difficult one with the high pass at Jhangla to negotiate. Quite a few days are taken up hiking through lower elevation forests with panoramic mountain views before entering some spectacular high mountain scenery.
The inhabitants of Dolpo continue to live, cultivate and trade in the same way they have done for centuries. They are skilled traders who often traverse the Tibetan plateau with their yak caravans.
The itinerary includes rest and acclimatisation days and enough time for thorough exploration of the area.
Such is the lure and fascination of Dolpo that some trekkers travel to Nepal regularly, simply and specifically to return to this region. For them Dolpo IS Nepal and bustling Kathmandu almost an inconvenience that they must encounter on the way!
The ideal time to visit Upper Dolpo is September – November.
Day 01 : Arrival Kathmandu – transported toHOTEL – tour briefing
Day 02 : A full-day sightseeing within the Kathmandu Valley
Day 03 : Transported to airport – fly Nepalgunj – transported to hotel
Day 04 : Transported to airport – fly Juphal (Dolpo) – trek Hanke (2660 m)
Day 05 : Hanke/Samduwa
Day 06 : Phoksumdo Lake (3600 m)
Day 07 : Rest at Phoksumdo Lake
Day 08 : Cross Baga La (5090 m) camp over pass
Day 09 : Numla base camp (5190 m)
Day 10 : Chutung Dang (3967 m)
Day 11 : Chibu Kharka (3915 m)
Day 12 : Saldang (4100 m)
Day 13 : Yang Tser village (4300 m)
Day 14 : Karang (4100 m)
Day 15 : Ramanan (4600 m)
Day 16 : Samling Gompa (3800 m)
Day 17 : SheyGompa (4500 m)
Day 18 : Rest day, Visit Chakang Gompa
Day 19 : Yak Kharka (4500 m)
Day 20 : Ringmu (3600 m)
Day 21 : Rachi
Day 22 : Roha Village
Day 23 : Juphal Airport
Day 24 : Fly Kathmandu – transported toHOTEL
Day 25 : Free time Kathmandu
Day 26 : Transported to airport – flight to onward destination


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It is the classic 1980's film of teen angst and rebellion meets small town oppression, and it took Kevin Bacon out of the frying pan and into the white hot fire of celebrity cool.
Now, a new "Footloose"movie is about to let loose on a whole new generation. The movie has also become musical theater.
Local news from across Southern California
This weekend, "Footloose," the stage play, opens in Glendale, with casting that makes this not just a stage production, but a reality show.
Laura Friedman, the Mayor of Glendale is playing the mayor of the small uptight Midwest town that decides to ban dancing; not exactly a sympathetic character.
"All Mayors should have to do this… it should be required… because we shouldn't be taking ourselves too seriously," Friedman said.
And the reality show continues with the town council.
Glendale unified school board members Christine Walters and Joylene Wagner are playing members of the fictional nay sayers for the stepping stone players production. Again, not exactly the heroines of this story.
"My son is a music theater person, so I thought I've got to try what he's been doing. I get the 30 second version of it though," Walters said.
It doesn't end there. The group decided that to fill out their cast, they would also audition local high school kids to play, you guessed it, high school kids --to work side by side with the professional actors in the company
It is either a stroke of genius or insanity. It certainly it draws more attention to the show, and that never hurts.
The show will run weekends through the 25th at the Hoover High School auditorium.


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It was an interesting conclusion to the alien invasion storylilne. There was some really lame stuff, like about half the attempts at humour, especially those by the actors playing the disguised aliens, but there was some stuff that worked, and it was a very bold and outrageous plot with some nice pseudo-science.
The aliens were also kind of neat. A good updated version of what you'd expect from WHO, kind of goofy looking, but nicely designed. Kind of looked like what I would imagine an Alan Davis drawn WHO alien would be.
I also kind of like that they put up some real websites for the ones that are part of the plot.
(the UNIT press release on the file sharing virus is cute)
Next episode is a familiar "face", really good preview.


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I really thought i got it this time
I never knew a thing like this could end
I guess I'm really back to nothing, to what they use to call square one
(I'm starting all over)
Waking up alone again now
Staring at the phone and wondering how
Reading all the letters once more, try to figure out how this could be...
(all over, so over)
But then there is that someone, wherever I'm turning she's there
Like no one, you take the pain away
Like the sun, lighting up my everyday
You are the sun, the only one
Like no one, you stay around for me
Like the sun, lighting up the way for me
You are the sun, the only one, you are the sun
I know I really shouldn't do this
I really shouldn't make the same mistake...
(all over, we've been there)
I don't even wanna do it, it's just a way of keeping thoughts away
(An easy solution)
It will always be that someone, where ever I'm turning she's there
You are the sun. The only one i turn to in need
You are the sun. The only one i truly believe


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