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Couch Cleaners in Bucks County
JMS Enterprises' upholstery cleaning specialists and couch cleaners offer every upholstery cleaning method available for your furniture in your Bucks County or Montgomery County, PA home.
As a renowned sofa and carpet cleaning company in Bucks County, we offer many cleaning services to improve the appearance, feel, and health of your home. In addition to carpet cleaning and tile and grout cleaning, we offer sofa and upholstery cleaning services. Our couch cleaners will come to your home and use one of our many cleaning methods to have your upholstery looking good as new.
At JMS Enterprises, we do the delicate cleaning jobs that call for professional couch cleaning companies. We have the products to clean virtually any type of upholstery.
We specialize in cleaning a wide variety of delicate fabrics that can make up the upholstery of furniture in your Bucks & Montgomery Count, PA homes. Some of the fabrics that our couch cleaners have successfully cleaned include:
- Silk
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Our upholstery and couch cleaners are trained and certified technicians who have cleaned and removed stains from these fabrics and many other difficult-to-clean materials. These fabrics are commonly found on chairs, sofas, and other pieces of household furniture. They can be relatively difficult to clean, but our couch cleaners are equipped to handle the job.
Upholstery Cleaning Companies in Montgomery County, PA
JMS Enterprises' upholstery cleaning services will keep your furniture looking its best, whether we're cleaning a family heirloom, a new purchase, or a thrift store find. You can trust our couch cleaners to clean, refresh, and revive each piece professionally.
Like so many things in your home, every piece of upholstered furniture is unique and requires special care. Your upholstery says a lot about your home and your personality. If upholstery is run-down and dirty, it could leave a negative impression on your guests and leave your home looking below your standards. With our couch cleaning company, you can make it look as if you just bought a new upholstered piece of furniture. Our upholstery cleaning services use the latest cleaning technology to remove stains and protect your couch, chair, or any other piece of upholstered furniture from getting more stains.
Before beginning to clean, our couch cleaners carefully inspect the fabric of each piece before deciding which cleaning method works best. Our couch cleaners will come to your home and complete a consultation to view your upholstery and determine which method of cleaning would benefit your fabric and your furniture. We customize the sofa cleaning process for each piece of furniture because we want to ensure that your furniture gets the specialized attention it requires.
We also offer deodorizer services as well as our 3M Scotchgard Protector™ stain-resistant coating. Not only does our couch cleaning company remove current stains from your upholstery, but we also make sure that your furniture remains smelling fresh and that it does not acquire any more unwanted stains.
The couch cleaners at JMS Enterprises clean each piece of upholstery with individualized attention. Each piece of furniture in your home contributes to the overall appearance and feel of any room. For attentive and thorough upholstery cleaning services in Bucks County, Montgomery County, PA and beyond, trust JMS Enterprises. Our couch cleaners are consistently available to remove stains from the upholstery in your home and prevent any more stains from appearing.


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Curriculum Matters: March 6, 2016
Primary/Extended Day
Our classrooms are all abuzz with the study of Australia. Students are loving all the work involving the animals of Australia. This ranges from matching work to research. Did you know that the only monotremes in the world live in Australia and New Guinea? It's true- the platypus and echidnae are both Australian. These are the only mammals that lay eggs.
Children are doing lots of work focused on coral reefs and the beautiful life found there.
A highlight of February happened during a recent indoor recess. Primary/Extended Day students entered the gym to find it partially occupied by Middle School students engaged in their Shop Occupation. They were building a wooden bench "from scratch! And they were using power tools! And, best of all, they told us what they were doing and how they were doing it!!!"
Primary/Extended Day students – and teachers – are really hoping to have one of those awesome benches find it's way onto their playground.

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Planes are flying low today in the light breeze. No toxic chemicals being sprayed (yet) but that will come soon in the form of cotton defoliant. Not much rain either, which is sort of ironic considering how Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi almost drowned today. My preferred news source is doing a series about the issues in this election that are not being addressed during the campaign. They are important building block sorts of questions that should be addressed before the decision is made as to which direction this country needs to go. I don't claim to have all the answers, unlike some folks who just can't agree to disagree and move onto business. The most important, I believe, is how the entire political machine in this country is fed by lobbies and corporate deals. Oh, and then there's that term limit thing. Hey..teachers rarely get tenure anymore so why should you? The choice of who should be in charge of our country is a right that generations have fought and died for and the whole thing has turned into a big money grubbin' clusterf**ck. Simplicity is the key. The basic programs that were put in place to take care of our citizens have been abused for years by those who know how to work the system to feed their addictions. I work full time at a not minimum wage job so I don't qualify for anything. Neither does my daughter who is shall we say "underemployed" for a BSW.
All of that being said, things are rather quiet on the grands front as far as I know. Mama sort of rambles and talks in code when I call but I don't dare show up unexpectedly because
The closer I get to the grave, the more I believe that Big Ernie knows the heart and intention of every soul and understands that we're not perfect. It's the ones that don't try that really piss him off as well as the ones who are not sharing what he has blessed them with. The fork in the road is quite clear. Let's just pray that justice prevails and we get the honest days' pay back within reach. Otherwise we'll have to call John Cusack to find out what the plan is for 2013.
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I am Ashiya Yuzon. My life is screwed as it is. Work is the only place where I can control my life. That's why I have a few rules: Don't shit where you eat. Don't fuck the boss. Don't fall in love with the boss. Well. It depends on the boss. One man made me willingly break all the rules. He is the Boss I Love to F**k. *** "Sir, you are here! Maaga bang dumating ang flight ninyo? Did you come here directly from the airport? Have you had breakfast?" "Strip," he commanded in a clipped, no-nonsense tone. He didn't care about my blabbering. Natigilan ako. "S-Sir?" "Dalawang linggo lang akong nawala pero hindi ka na agad nakaka-pick up ng instruction. You are getting rusty, Miss Yuzon." Tumaas ang kilay niya. "You don't want to wrinkle your dress, right?" "Yes, boss."
Candice Fairchild has been in love with her best friend's brother ever since they were little. They played together, talked together, and even lived together after her parents died in a car accident. She has never told him due to a few important facts: He has never said anything, their mother hates her, and most important he is now the King of their nation. With a shy, innocent personality, Candice never thought she could help out as a Queen should, even though everyone tried to tell her otherwise. Soon, Jason McCollen will be married to one of his mother's friends daughter, who has been having an affair. Everyone, including Candice has tried to tell Jason that Olyvia isn't faithful, and lies constantly. He chalks it up as jealousy or hatred towards Olyvia, until one life changing event. With the wedding date coming around the corner, the palace hosts a mask party to introduce Olyvia as Jason's fionse. Candice has never appeared at such event, however she went to support her best friend, but ends up in Jason's arms.... Unnoticed. Shy little Candice forms a plan to make Jason see that Olyvia shouldn't be by his side. Will Jason see that Olyvia isn't who she claims to be? Will he stop letting her tell him what to do? Will Candice break her own heart while trying to save the man she truly loves?
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The purpose of this course is to develop and enhance healthy behaviors that influence lifestyle choices and student health and fitness. Students will realize the full benefit of this course when it is taught with an integrated approach.
In addition to the physical education content represented in the benchmarks below, specific health education topics within this course include, but are not limited to:
Mental/Social Health
Physical Activity
Components of Physical Fitness
Nutrition and Wellness Planning
Diseases and Disorders
Health Advocacy
First Aid/CPR
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Prevention
Human Sexuality including Abstinence and HIV
Internet Safety
English Language Development ELD Standards Special Notes Section:
Teachers are required to provide listening, speaking, reading and writing instruction that allows English language learners (ELL) to communicate for social and instructional purposes within the school setting. For the given level of English language proficiency and with visual, graphic, or interactive support, students will interact with grade level words, expressions, sentences and discourse to process or produce language necessary for academic success. The ELD standard should specify a relevant content area concept or topic of study chosen by curriculum developers and teachers which maximizes an ELL's need for communication and social skills. To access an ELL supporting document which delineates performance definitions and descriptors, please click on the following link: http://www.cpalms.org/uploads/docs/standards/eld/SI.pdf
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I want to download Just Another Day!The download links for JAD2.2 have been removed temporarily. A new release is just around the corner so you'll just need to wait a few more weeks before a totally revamped mod is ready.
Hey, you could probably set up pretty comfy digs in that much space. And when you get bored of where you're at, just get a friendly Poseidon or Chronos to give you a lift!
I actually went and measured a cookie box. It's actually about 0.001 cubic meters. So that's 10 million packs of cookies. 300 million cookies then.
Yeah, you could practically haul a small town around with a Triton.
Quote from: Mongoose on September 25, 2016, 12:11:38 pmYeah, you could practically haul a small town around with a Triton.That would be a neat idea for a ad hoc made spacestation made out crates and duckttape.
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The Expo 17 building takes form and are already finishing in 2017. The visitors can expect to see a range of green themed buildings, pavillions and exhibits. The building is a green building that lives up to all environmentally requirements. FlowCon International has delivered solutions for the project.
The theme chosen for the Expo 2017 is "Future Energy". The theme is aimed to concentrate on the future of energy, as well as innovative and practical energy solutions and their impacts. The subtitle of Expo 2017 is "Solutions for tackling human kinds greatest challenge". Therefore the Expo will show future energy solutions tackling social, economic and environmental challenges. In 2012 was Astana chosen as the venue to host Expo 17 and it will be the first time that a major international exhibition of this kind is coming to a country from the former Soviet Union.
More than 100 countries and around 2-3 million people are expected to visit Expo 17 from June to September 2017. There are planned 25 hectares for the pavilions of Expo 2017 and the site has a convenient access to Astanas City center, the international airport and the railway station.
The Expo Site is also linked with a network of Kazakhstan´s inter-city roads to ensure a quick access from all the countries. Construction began in april 2014 with 20 companies from Kazakhstan and 49 companies from around the globe where FlowCon International was one of them. The lead design contract was awarded to the American architect Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture.
Several construction companies have been awarded contract to build the grounds with a cumulative value of 5 billion tenge (about 2.910.000 dollars). The main contractor is Sembol Inshaat and they got contracts with Plast Invest Production LLP, Sonik Company LLP, PolimerMetal-T LLP and Alyugal LLP.
Construction works on the highly anticipated Expo City 2017, designed by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture are well underway in Astana, Kazakhstan. The 429-acre master plan responds to the Expo Theme "Future Energy" so visitors can expect to see a range of green thermed buildings, pavillions and exhibits.
Expos is a series of world fairs whose aim is to promote progress, foster global cooperation, educate the public on hot topics and share innovations. Architecture forms a crucial part of all Expos. Previous events have been home to some works that have gone on to become truly iconic.
Expo 17 will be with amazing architectural pavilions and designs. While no major studios have released plans for their respective country´s exhibition spaces at the time of writing, the british pavilion is projected Architecture forms a crucial part of all Expos.
Expo city forms a crucial part of Kazakhstan´s drive to improve green building and renewable energy standards across the country. Indeed the festival site will form part of Astana´s overall development. The project focuses on using renewable energy as the primary source for infrastructure and daily operation of the buildings. Each element of the design aims to encourage and support the idea of clean energy across the project, which will feature exhibition and cultural pavilions, a residential development, commercial areas, educational and civic facilities, as well as parks and parking.
Located at the very heart of the campus, the sphere-shaped Kazakhstan Pavillion will be a true symbol of the "Future Energy" concept. Its transformative skin will reduce thermal loss and reduce interior solar glare, at the same time increasing the buildings energy output through integrated sustainable systems such as photovoltaics. FlowCon International started to work with Expo 2017 back in 2012. We held technical seminars for contractors and designers. During 2014 FlowCon invested in giving companies information about FlowCon International energy saving solutions and held meetings with decision makers and Contractors.
Each building was designed to reduce energy use and increase the amount of clean energy that can be harvested. The building forms are the direct result of a considerate and thorough design process. In addition to the excellent energy performance of individual building, the architects ensured that the entire development will be interconnected by including a smart energy grid, smart recycled water grid, integrated waste management system and inter-seasonal underground thermal energy storage. After the Expo, the site will be converted into an office and research park for international companies and entrepreneurs.
The complex will comprise 4000 apartments, a new hotel, a Congress Hall and an indoor city stretching from the university to the center. The exhibition area will involve the national pavilion of Kazakhstan as well as international thematic and corporate pavilions. There will be shopping malls, entertainment and service facilities as well. The total area of the exhibitions stands at 174 hectares. The facilities will be maintained with the help of the energy-saving technologies. The buildings will be certified according to the Breem international standards. FlowCon has provided advice on technical solutions for AHU part, which gives the project the best possibility to be a success and environmentally friendly project.
In the figure below you can see how FlowCon International had made calculations about fewer valves. Instead of two valves the project only needed one FlowCon valve, which means better flow, more effective with less pressure loss and thereby savings.
After the exhibition the facilities of Expo 2017 will be used for the new financial center titled Astana that will also have a special status. Kazakhstan is a member of the International Exhibitions Bureau since 1997 and has been taking part in Expo since 2005.
Project configurations
FlowCon is supplier of more than 50 wafers to Expo 17 project. The Expo 17 project configurations are as per below;
The lead design contract is at the American architect
Sembol Inshaat
Project name:
Expo 17 building, Kazakhstan
FlowCon International has delivered more than 50 Wafers
26 numbers of DN600 (24") dynamic balancing valves
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Date of installation:
Finished in 2017
History of the Expo 17 building
A certain futuristic aesthetic has been worked around into each of Expo 17´s requisite structures. During the first phase of construction, which is well underway after the initial ground breaking ceremony in 2014, a wealth of self-sustaining building will be built.
As well as the exposition pavilions, which will host each visiting nation´s attraction for Expo 17´s duration, a hotel, retail art and performance spaces plus residential and office accommondation will be incorporated into the masterplan. All buildings will be hooked up to a "smart-grid" that will allow each structure to become a generator of power.
Kazakhstan´s President Nursultan Nazabayev has taken Rifkin´s ideology to heart. Eco City, President Nzabayev hopes, will be the first major step in turning Kazakhstan into a truly sustainable country.
Origin, Serviceability, Performance, reliability and monitoring. FlowCon International was one of the only companies capable of providing such under a complete package.
Origin: All products were required to be 100% European/USA origin, including subcomponents. Materials for each process were required for documentation and to make sure it has the best quality.
Serviceability: The FlowCon International products that are supplied are modular built and can be disassembled for service without removing the valves from the pipeline. Spare parts can furthermore be purchased and replaced by the local distributor or by staff from the FlowCon International office.
Performance: Each insert is manufactured to deliver a specific flow rate over a wide operating range of differential pressures at a tolerance of +/-5%. This is done by automatically adjusting the open orifice area of the insert in reaction to change in pressure. For instance a 150 mm (6") wafer containing four inserts i.e two at 4.00 l/sec and two at 5.05 l/sec, will have a total flow rate of 18.1 l/sec.
Reliability: The FlowCon wafers and valves had been installed in buildings globally for more than 10 years at the time of order.
The flow rate inserts are calibrated for water at approximately 16 degrees Celcius.


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Short Stories
Many of Jasper's short stories have won peer and critical acclaim on the Arts Council funded YouWriteOn site or have been published in short story anthologies and literary magazines. A sample of his stories appear on this site.
His recent SIX STORIES collection is available for the Kindle through Amazon.
- A Good War The experience of a young girl growing up in war torn Germany.
- The Open Arms of the Sea A story of love, duty and honour in British occupied Aden of the 1960's. This short story was developed into a novel, the opening of which is also on this site
- The Peter Chair A young paraplegic shares his world


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Giving A Bleep is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to supporting ALL of Park City's nonprofits and having a bleepin' great time while we do it. Everyone knows that charitable giving benefits both the giver and the receiver – you know, that karma thing. Regardless of how much money you have, what color your collar is, how many candles are on your cake, or who you believe God likes best, we want everyone in our ultra-cool town to have the opportunity to support the nonprofits that are doing so much good work here.
All of our events are designed to be fun, funny and raise as much cold hard cash as possible so we can pass it on to Park City's nonprofits. We're all about community, inclusion, giving and laughter. Especially laughter!
The GAB family represents all the full-time residents of Park City. We love our town and we love our town's charitable organizations. Some of us are bawdy and irreverent, some of us are saintly and polite, but all of us look out for each other and work hard to keep our town inclusive of everyone.
We support any nonprofit that helps make sure all our citizen's basic needs are met and our kids are safe. After that, we'll support anything that's artsy, musical, educational, sports-ey, or any other good cause a Parkite has a stiffy for. Our only stipulation is that you have to be an official 501(c)3. If we can do it, so can you.
Help make this organization grow and support those who are in it? Each year we use donations to make sure our fans come to a great local play and have a good time! Thank you to our amazing fans! Keep laughing!


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ARGOMENTI: Seminars
Mercoledi' 26 ottobre 2011 alle ore 13:00 in aula 2BC30 Michael Goldman (Ecole Polytechnique, Parigi) terra' un seminario dal titolo "Convexity of the minimizers of some variational problems in the Wiener space".
In this talk I will present a convexity result for variational problems in the Gauss and Wiener spaces. The proof is based on the approximation of this infinite dimensional problem by finite dimensional ones via Gamma-convergence. The convexity of the minimizers of the finite dimensional problem is obtained using the ideas of Alvarez, Lasry and Lions. A central point in the proof of the Gamma-convergence is the study of representation and relaxation of integral functionals in this setting.
Rif. int. M. Bardi, C. Marchi, M. Novaga


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Please join me in welcoming one of the newest members of the Atheist Blogroll, Why God Isn't Necessary.
As an atheist, one is often challenged by the theists to prove there is no God.
It's a question cleverly designed to elicit the only possible response, which is "No, I can't".
All intelligent people realize that you cannot disprove a negative. There is no known way for me to prove that fairies or unicorns don't exist either.
However, the now famous "flying spaghetti monster" argument, is too easily dismissed by the theists who desperately cling to the "You can't prove God doesn't exist" line.
So, I thought about the problem another way.
Theists are clearly choosing to believe in a God, and not flying spaghetti monsters (in the main). This implies that they've made some sort of discriminating decision in favor of their silent and invisible God.
They have in fact decided it is necessary for their God to exist and be a part of their lives.
So rather than try and argue whether God does or doesn't exist, I have decided to attempt to prove that a decision to have a God in your life is simply of no benefit, and hence completely unnecessary. As unnecessary as believing in a flying spaghetti monster or fairies.
My blog "Why God is not necessary" is my comprehensive argument of this position. I'd like as many atheists and theists as possible to post comments here to fully debate my proposition in order that it can ultimately be forged into a credible platform for intelligent reasoning against the spreading of belief in mythical Middle Eastern fairy tales.
Are you interested in becoming a member? Visit the Atheist Blogroll resource blog for more information.
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McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Linfield rolled to a 7-2 win over visiting Whitworth in a showdown for first place in the Northwest Conference women's tennis standings on Saturday afternoon.
The Wildcats improved to 9-0 overall and 9-0 in the NWC. The Pirates fell to 7-2, 6-1 and saw a seven-match winning streak come to an end.
Linfield took a 3-0 lead by sweeping the doubles matches. Megan Wingfield and Claire Hemming had Whitworth's best chance of winning a doubles match, but the Pirate pair fell to Kelly Watanabe and Lexi Thomas 8-5 at #3 doubles. The Wildcat pair of Abby Olbrich and Caroline Brigham rolled to an 8-1 win over Alli Marshall and Erica Bosman at #1 doubles. Kaila and Kiana Nip defeated Saryn Mooney and Jessi Steele 8-3 at #2 doubles.
Linfield swept the top three singles matches as well. Olbrich defeated Marshall 6-3, 6-4 at #1, while Brigham topped Bosman 6-4, 6-2 at #2. Kaila Nip held off Mooney 6-0, 6-4 at #3.
Whitworth got its two points when Steele beat Thomas 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5) at #4 and Hemming edged Watanabe 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (10-5) at #6 singles.
Kiana Nip scored Linfield's final point when she blanked Wingfield 6-0, 6-0 at #5.
Whitworth will quickly head to Orlando, Florida for spring break. The Pirates will play three non-conference matches against NCAA Division III opponents.


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Another Year; Another Conference & 10 More Top Booths To Stop & Meet. Have Fun!
Come & meet the best team in Document Management in Booth 817. Altec understands the world of accounting, the importance of business communication through all mediums and has the expertise and product depth to begin your journey to the paperless office of tomorrow – today
Avalara ~ Booths 743 & 745
Look for the Booths with the Orange theme & you'll have found Avalara! Their company has one of the shortest "Elevator Speeches." We provide the fastest, easiest, most accurate and affordable way to manage sales tax compliance." Their dynamic team will help you walk through the maze of taxation. They're sponsoring the after party at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville on Tuesday evening. Don't Miss It!
Scanco ~ Booth 511
You have to stop by & see what's new in Bar Code solutions. I have worked with the entire team for multiple years & have found them extremely helpful. They're customer oriented & will do just about anything to help you close a deal.When you work with Scanco, you have the security in knowing you are working with Sage's Barcode Vendor of Choice. They develop and enhance the MAS 90/MAS 200 Barcode Module and fully integrates Scanco's Warehouse Automation Module and LabelXpert Designer to Sage MAS 500. They've spent 20 years in the automatic identification business specializing in everything from barcode software and hardware to RFID applications. Scanco's staff is well equipped to meet virtually every warehouse management need.
ISM ~ Booth 411ISM began as a company with one vision in mind: "Simple answers to difficult questions." Their goal was to convert complex technology into tangible business value so you get more work accomplished using fewer resources. Keeping that same vision in mind, today they've grown to become one of the top Sage resellers of business ERP and accounting software in the country.
ISM has a fantastic team of professionals that make ERP fun. Keeping that same vision in mind, today they've grown to become one of the top Sage resellers of business ERP & accounting software in the country. They're also a Sage Master Developer with 20 years off application development experience. Stop by & see why customers choose ISM as their "Partner in Success"
xkzero ~ Booth 746
Stop by xkzero's booth to see their new products iSales 100 & GetX, their new mobile apps designed to make your business more efficient. Take the apps for a ride & say Hi to Paul & his team of experts! These solutions are a "Can't Miss!"
Fisher Technology ~ 421
TaskCentre lets you integrate data between applications, on premise or in the cloud, build fully automated processes, generate alerts and automate reports all without having to write any program code.
TaskCentre has a new Web service connector tool that can be used to bridge not just your ERP and CRM solutions but also your
Ecommerce, Logistics, Marketing Automation or Content Management Solution, ensuring that your business systems are not
separated by information silos. Meet Paul & Nicole.
IndustriOS ~ Booth 532
All I'm going to say about these great people from Canada is that they're incredibly nice people who know their stuff. They also sponsor the Dan & Linda Run Challenge. Dan should be a breeze to beat, (Are you listening Rob Johnson?) but I'm sure Linda will give the women a run for their money, Check out their You Tube at the link below.
Blytheco ~ 517
If you like a full menu of product, resources & experience then you have to stop by & see what's new in the "House That Stephen Built" Say hi to Ginger Kittinger who has worked the booth for Blytheco since, well, you'd have to ask her. They also have a race car simulator!
Foremost in accounting technology solutions for almost 30 years, Blytheco has provided a level of service that offers proven business solutions to clients that are customized to their needs. Providing a high level of consistently reliable customer service, support and satisfaction is Blytheco's trademark in the industry. Our experienced staff of over 120 can provide you with unparalleled hardware and operating system support, accounting application training and support, custom programming and modifications and third-party software integration. Tailoring software to provide timely, accurate, and effective information will result in your business becoming more efficient and more profitable.
I ~ Business Network Booth 711
"Everyone knows that "Cloud" is the new buzz, but I-BN knows cloud. Since 1999 I-BN has been delivering Sage products over the internet. I-BN hosts products from over 30 of the exhibitors at the trade show. If you need to know whether something is possible in the cloud, stop by the I-BN booth."
For those of you who are VARs looking to transition to the cloud, we do a lot of research about the business angles and the impact on a VAR practice and are glad to share insights (old Sage pun intended) so that the individual practice leaders can craft their own strategies to deal with the new realities of subscription based pricing and connected services consulting. Your top 10 including Altec, Avalara, Blytheco, ISM, Scanco and Task Centre have all run in our data center. We look forward to working with xkzero and others in the future!
Vendors & Booths Were Chosen By The Team of Trent, Trevor & Bill Kizer
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Expressions Holidays' touring holidays to Vietnam are luxury, tailor-made tours for individuals, and offer the opportunity to experience this atmospheric country of vivid colours, dramatic landscapes, sensational food, and a warm welcome first hand. Our itineraries are put together using both our own personal knowledge and with the help of an experienced local travel specialist. Each holiday is designed with the independent traveller in mind, and can be organised from scratch at the point of inquiry, giving each client the most possible freedom to visit and experience the things that interest them most. Contact one of our personal travel specialists today to begin discussing your ideas and putting together an itinerary.Throughout every one of our tours of Vietnam, you will enjoy private sightseeing with an English-speaking expert guide at each new destination on your itinerary, ensuring that you visit each location at the best possible time and with the best preparation and knowledge. If you wish to visit another country in addition to Vietnam, we also feature other tailor-made tours in Indo China, featuring Laos and Cambodia, or you could choose to end your multi-centre touring holiday with a relaxing stay on the beaches of Thailand or Malaysia. Touring holidays of VietnamTracing a long, languid curve down the eastern edge of South East Asia, Vietnam is a land of extraordinary natural beauty. The shape of the land lends itself to a deliberate all-encompassing trail, beginning in the north with Hanoi, and travelling down along the coast and past the mountains to the Ho Chi Minh area, though unique routes and regions of particular focus are always possible. Our touring holidays offer you fascinating insights into the country, its peoples and its history, accompanied by a local guide with all transport arranged for you. Our choice of accommodation offers a range from lovely, boutique residences to grand, seafront, colonial hotels as well as, of course, stays on-board traditional wooden boats on Ha Long Bay. Where appropriate, and depending on the region, more rustic eco hotels and homestays may be included. Hand-crafted authentic experiences make your bespoke holiday to Vietnam even more special, with exciting possibilities available, such as an overnight village home-stay, a Vietnamese cooking class, or a sightseeing tour by Vespa or vintage car. Here are our suggested touring holidays of Vietnam:Highlights of Vietnam touring holiday: This 10-night tour accompanied by local guide offers a brilliant first-time insight into Vietnam as you travel from Hanoi in the north, via the UNESCO site of Ha Long Bay, to the ancient cities of Hue and Hoi An, with time here to visit the ancient capital of the Cham kingdom, My Son or to acquaint yourselves with local farmers and fishermen, before experiencing the bustling street life of Saigon, followed by a fascinating trip to the tropical fields near Ben Tre, about two hours' south from Ho Chi Minh City and an area famed for its natural beauty and a wealth of food and craft products. Vietnam Explorer touring holiday: This 11-night comprehensive tour of Vietnam, accompanied by a local guide, includes the atmospheric cities Hanoi, Hue, and Ho Chi Minh City. You will also enjoy an overnight cruise in Ha Long Bay, spend time on the beaches of Hoi An, and cruise on the Mekong Delta. The local culture and flavour of Vietnam comes alive through local street food, a fisherman's cruise, the orchards of the Mekong delta. In addition, you visit the Cu Chi tunnels used by the Viet Cong during the American War. This tour aims to demonstrate the sheer scale of possibility in Vietnam, and can be tailored to your specific requests.Romance of Vietnam touring holiday: During this 12-night luxury touring holiday, accompanied by a local guide, with a touch of romance, explore Vietnam by train, car, on foot, and on the back of a Vespa. You will meet local villagers, see the fascinating cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, enjoy a private overnight cruise on Ha Long Bay and relax in exclusive luxury on an isolated peninsula in Nha Trang Bay. This itinerary is perfect for a honeymoon or anniversary celebration in Vietnam.Vietnam Culinary Odyssey touring holiday: This 11-night tailor-made guided touring itinerary for individuals offers the perfect introduction to the culinary delights of Vietnam. Alongside exploring some of Vietnam's most important sites, visit local markets to investigate local produce and learn to prepare and cook authentic Vietnamese dishes. You will be invited to dine in one of Hue's magical garden houses and to sip Vietnamese coffee in the Old Quarter of Hanoi. Indo China Experience touring holiday: This 13-night tour of Indo-China provides an opportunity to discover the gems of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia in comfort and style. Highlights include the grand city of Hanoi, dramatic Ha Long Bay, a cooking class in Hoi An, the sights of old Saigon in Vietnam, the ancient temples of Angkor in Cambodia, and a taste of atmospheric Luang Prabang in Laos.Click the tabs above to discover our personal recommendations for visits, facts about the country, and to learn more about Expressions Holidays and how our holidays work.
With so much diversity across the country, a tour around Vietnam will encompass pristine beaches, bustling atmospheric towns and cities, and unique temples, paddy fields, and waterways. Here, we have compiled our personal recommendations for day trips, as well as useful contextual and practical facts.Vietnam Country FactsCapital: HanoiPopulation: 89.7 millionOfficial language: VietnameseClimate: Situated in both a tropical and temperate zone, Vietnam experiences strong monsoons, high humidity, and good year round sunshine. In the mountainous areas, the climate becomes more temperate. In the north of the country, May-October are the hottest, driest months, while in Central Vietnam this is between January and August. In the south, the weather is dry and hot from November to April. Peak temperatures regularly exceed 35°C, while wet, cold seasons dip to 17°C.Local highlights• Boat trips on Ha Long Bay – adventurous visitors can explore the caves and secret lagoons by kayak, though luxury boat cruises, on traditional Vietnamese 'junk' with iconic yellow or orange sails, are also popular.• Long, sweeping beaches of Nha Trang – these beaches have beautiful white sand, thatched parasols, and leaning palm trees that create a coastal destination that goes almost unrivalled for its beauty.• Vietnamese cuisine - bursting with fresh, vivid spices, Vietnamese cuisine is wholly unique; dishes are not often spicy, and revolve around noodles and seafood, with some interesting takes on European cuisine. • Historic, riverside Hoi An – quieter than the major cities in Vietnam, with less traffic, Hoi An has superb galleries in the Old and French Quarters, and is perfectly placed for cycling excursions out into the paddy fields.• Full-moon 'Legendary Nights' in Hoi An – at these times, the Old Town is transformed into a magical land of silk lanterns; this is a brilliant opportunity to experience some authentic Vietnamese culture.• Phong Nha Cave – this is the largest and most impressive cave in the country, with a sandy beach-like area; pools and caverns are lit by an ethereal blue light and stalactites hang from the ceiling.• Cycling through Ho Chi Minh City – in this city, bike is king; be it motorbikes, scooters, or push bikes, the streets of Ho Chi Minh are incredibly lively; this is also a thrilling way to see the cultural and historic sights of the city.• Cham architecture of Quy Nhon – this architectural style is prevalent across the country, but is most impressive in Quy Nhon; the red stone forms towers with gaping, tall arched doorways, and the roofs seems to be formed from multiple layers, each of which is intricately designed.• The rugged mountain retreat of Sapa – home to a plethora of minority tribes, Sapa is an excellent place to witness the reality of rural life in Vietnam, and to see the striking colourful clothes and style as well as the traditional village houses; Sapa is also the gateway to the Tonkinese Alps. • The mountain town of Dalat – Dalat is known for its scenic location, on the edge of a mountain lake with plentiful dramatic waterfalls that tumble down smooth tiered rock faces that can be safely walked across.• Cat Tien National Park – a lush refuge for city dwellers, with ample hiking and bird-watching, plus elephants, crocodiles, and the endangered Javan rhino. • River trips on the Mekong river – past bustling and colourful river towns, sleepy villages, hundreds of individual moored fishing boats, and floating markets.• Beautiful beaches around Danang – this is a popular stop-over for those wanting a few days beside the sea, offering a wide stretch of white sand punctuated by small handcrafted wooden boats.• Hue – the old imperial capital and now the intellectual, cultural, and spiritual heart of Vietnam.Getting out and aboutThe main mode of transport in our touring itineraries is by car. Trains can be quite slow but offer a relaxing way to travel. Vietnam has an enormous number of rivers but the most important by far is the Mekong River and its tributaries. Scenic day trips by boat are possible on rivers in Hoi An, Danang, Hue, Tam Coc and even Saigon, but only in the Mekong Delta are boats used as a practical means of transport. Cruising the islands of Ha Long Bay is a must for all visitors to northern Vietnam.Travel arrangementsThere are international airports in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Danang. Vietnam Airlines are the only direct airline from London to Vietnam, flying into Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City. Several scheduled airlines fly indirect including Thai Airways and Malaysian Airlines. The flight time is approximately 13 to 15 hours.
Expressions Holidays is an independent specialist tour operator which was established in 1989 and offers tailor-made touring holidays to Vietnam, providing personal service with a professional approach. We pride ourselves on interpreting your demands and requirements to provide you with the holiday that you want, ensuring a successful match between client and holiday. Not only are your holidays tailor-made to your individual requirements, but you also have the chance to deal with one person from beginning to end, offering you confidence and security and the best possible prices.Personal and professional serviceWe personally know the majority of the hotels that we feature, and we put together our holidays with our clients in mind. Contact with Expressions Holidays means contact with the people who know the holidays, who will share their knowledge and experience with you – our team of travel consultants know the country and culture very well, and operate a concierge service that helps you to explore every aspect of special interest or activity that fits with your holiday. All aspects of your holiday are personalised, from the itinerary to your holiday confirmation and documentation which provides you with information that is relevant to you. From the point of initial contact with us, you will deal with the same sales consultant, who will handle all aspects of your booking and ticketing. We approach your holiday in a way that offers you the arrangements you want, not to slot you in to pre-existing arrangements. This might mean juggling dates, securing the last available room at a hotel or tailoring a complex itinerary involving numerous components. Your holiday is as individually fashioned and tailor-made as you want it to be.How we price your holidayAll prices mentioned on our website and in our brochure are simply guides, as there are many variations that might affect the price including exchange rates, flight costs and special offers. To find out exact prices for the holiday that you are interested in, contact us for a tailor-made quotation.All our holiday arrangements have been designed to afford you maximum flexibility and freedom of choice. We include travel arrangements, whether it be flight, ferry or tunnel crossing or rail travel as well as many nights' hotel accommodation as you want, in as many different places.Our Price GuaranteeWe guarantee that once you have made a firm booking with a deposit payment, there will be no increases in the price of your holiday due to currency movements. If, for any reason, there have been changes in the price of the holiday you want, you will be advised at the time of booking.Full Financial ProtectionFull financial protection is offered when you book a holiday with us. Our air holidays are ATOL protected, and we are a member of the Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust Limited to protect non-flight packages. We are also members of ABTA and AITO (the Association of Independent Tour Operators), an organisation of some of Britain's best specialist tour operators.
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Multipitch and traditional climbing in Gran Canaria.
What most people don't know is that Gran Canaria has a fair amount of beautiful traditional climbing routes. Maybe you have seen the sport climbing guidebook and thought that that is all the climbing the island has to offer, but no you can't be more wrong, there are so much more to discover.
In the middle of the island between the villages Tejeda and San Bartolome you find a small place called Ayacata, here you will find a mecka of trad, sport and mix multiputch routes varying from 2 -5 pitches, most with great anchors/stands and rapells. The most spectacular multipitch climb is on the basal monolit Roque Nublo. The routes are not of best quality but the view and scenery is breathtaking. In the sportclimbing guidebook, you can find some of the routes of roque nublo described, but these are far from the best ones. For example, on the back side you will find a great but a bit challenging mix route offering dihedral and crack climbing about 6b-6c. There is also a fully bolted 6b+ multipitch that reaches all the way to the top.
Down in the wally around Ayacata you will find longer routes of better quality. There are several sectors and by driving through the area you will easily get an overview of the different sectors and lines. The first sector closest to the bar Casa Melo, is called La Librera and offers among other routes, a splendid traditional 4+ route with cracks and bolted anchors, a mix 5+ starting in a cave, and another 5+ fully bolted. Here you can easily climb and rappel with a 70 meter rope.
A bit further away towards Tejeda you come upon the sector Fronton, here you will find great mix routes about 5 pitches ranging from 5+ to 6c. For these routes you need two 50-60 m ropes if you want to rappel down, otherwise you can use a 60-70 m rope and then just walk down.
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AI-powered Google News debuts in iOS App Store, replaces Google Play Newsstand
05/15/2018, 08:05 pm
Making good on promises to deliver a revamped news consumption app for iOS, Google on Tuesday launched Google News with machine learning capabilities, smart content organization and a fresh, uncluttered design.
Suspect identified in CIA 'Vault 7' leak that revealed iOS and Mac exploits
05/15/2018, 06:05 pm
U.S. officials have identified a primary suspect in the so-called "Vault 7" leak that released a massive cache of information detailing the Central Intelligence Agency's cyber tools, including software exploits targeting iPhone and Mac devices.
Hands On: FileMaker Pro 17 beefs up its app development features
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The decades-old database software now wants to be where you go to create data-centric Mac, PC, cloud and iOS apps, and generally accomplishes what it set out to do.
Video: What's new in iOS 11.4 beta 5: Is this the 'gold master?'
05/14/2018, 03:05 pm
Coming one week after beta four, the fifth iteration of iOS 11.4 has been released to developers. With a release expected soon, is this going to be the final beta?
Apple releases fifth developer betas of iOS 11.4, macOS 10.13.5, tvOS 11.4 & watchOS 4.3.1
05/14/2018, 01:05 pm
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App Roundup: Fender Play for iOS, Microsoft Visual Studio for Mac, Pinball Arcade, Gmail for iOS, more!
05/12/2018, 08:05 am
New apps and updates to existing software are published in the App Store and other software marketplaces all the time, and keeping track of them all is an impossible task for most people. AppleInsider has gathered together some of the highlight macOS and iOS software updates and new apps that surfaced in the last week.
'Secure Data Act' would block US from demanding backdoors in Apple's iPhone
05/11/2018, 10:05 am
A new bill being proposed in U.S. Congress would theoretically ban any attempt at imposing legal backdoors into devices like Apple's iPhone.
Valve Steam Link for iOS and tvOS brings desktop games to Apple devices
05/09/2018, 02:05 pm
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Google 'Cloud Anchors' will help synchronize group AR experiences across iOS and Android devices
05/09/2018, 09:05 am
ARCore 1.2, Google's updated augmented reality framework, includes a new cross-platform feature called 'Cloud Anchors,' which can allow both iOS and Android device users to share the same AR experience despite using different underlying AR technologies.
'Black Dot' Unicode bug crashes iOS Messages with invisible characters
05/09/2018, 08:05 am
A malicious message dubbed the 'Black Dot' message has started doing the rounds on iOS following circulation on Android devices, one that takes advantage of a bug in Unicode to crash Apple's Messages app on iPhones and iPads running iOS 11.3 and the beta releases of iOS 11.4.
Google ML Kit aims to help developers add machine learning to their iOS apps
05/08/2018, 03:05 pm
Google launched a new machine learning SDK called ML Kit, which provides a way for developers to add machine learning-based features to their Android and iOS apps, with Google's new framework following almost a year after Apple introduced the similar Core ML platform.
Apple's iOS 11.4 update with 'USB Restricted Mode' may defeat tools like GrayKey
05/08/2018, 10:05 am
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What's new iOS 11.4 beta 4: one step forward, one step back
05/07/2018, 05:05 pm
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Apple sets July compliance deadline for using iOS 11 SDK and iPhone X display in app updates
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Apple issues fourth developer betas of iOS 11.4, macOS 10.13.5, tvOS 11.4 & watchOS 4.3.1
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App Roundup: Swift Playgrounds for iOS, Final Cut Pro for macOS, Bear, Tailor, more!
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iPhone, iOS 'dominant' over Android in English-speaking countries
05/04/2018, 03:05 pm
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Apple paying BuzzFeed to release show first on Apple News
05/04/2018, 10:05 am
A show by BuzzFeed News initially launched on Apple News was part of an exclusivity agreement between the publisher and Apple, a report claims, with Apple sharing advertising revenue in an attempt to get more high profile video content for its news-based app.
Watch: Apple's Siri on iPhone X vs. Samsung's Bixby Voice on Galaxy S9+
05/02/2018, 06:05 pm
Concluding AppleInsider's in-depth comparison of flagship smartphones from dueling tech titans Apple and Samsung, we take a closer look at the pair's respective virtual assistant technologies, Siri and Bixby Voice.
Apple stops signing older code following iOS 11.3.1 release
05/02/2018, 05:05 pm
Following last week's release of iOS 11.3.1, Apple on Wednesday stopped signing legacy iOS 11.3 code in a strategy designed to ensure iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch owners are running the most up-to-date version of the mobile operating system.


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The two brands teamed up to put a youthful spin on some outdoor-ready classics.
For the very first time, 79-year-old sportswear brand Columbia and the folks at NYC-based cool-kid mecca Opening Ceremony have teamed up. The new collection takes classic pieces like the Whirlibird parka and Monashee anorak and updates them with bold colors and prints that are as at home in the city as they are on the ski slope. Everything drops on October 26 in OC stores and online. Until then, we've got an exclusive first look at all the men's gear right here.


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We teach a series of three Biblical studies:
Because each teaching builds up to the next topic we present them in order.
The Tabernacle
The first meeting place of God and the people He loves. The Divine Architect planned and instructed Moses to build this first sanctuary as the place where "I will meet with you…I will speak to you…" Ex 25:8,22. God desires to meet with His people and to show them the way back into His presence. The Tabernacle will open your eyes to God's will in worship and service to the Holy God.
The Jewish Festivals
The divine calendar of God and His "appointed times" where He will break into our world and set things right brining restoration to a broken world. There are seven events in God's appointment book. Four have been fulfilled and three are yet to come. Come and learn of each appointment God has planned for the redemptive purpose of pointing us to reconciliation through Messiah.
The Ancient Jewish Wedding
Since the forming of Adam and Eve, God's plan has been to invite His bride, His church, back into a completed relationship with Him. The ancient Jewish wedding reveals the holy steps of God as a shadow of the wedding of the church to the bridegroom Jesus Christ. The ancient wedding is a beautiful picture of the love God lavishes on His church.
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Le Salon de Musique: Recital, Gustav Mahler and Johannes Brahms, May 19th, 2013 — The program notes to the final concert of Le Salon de Musique's 2012-2013 season promised a review of Austro-German traditionalism and Modernism, but in many ways it was also a sturm und drang affair. Mahler's single movement Piano Quartet in A minor is a piece about which little is known, but its composition within the tradition of the conservatory is more remarkable when we consider Mahler composed it before his 17th birthday. Brahms' lieder, often used as palate cleansers between two works of great magnitude, did so leading up to the emotionally charged Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor Op. 60, a development of some of Brahms' more complex melodic … [Read more...]
The Memo
RTW Fall 2013, Marni, Stella McCartney & Alexander Wang – Not the most festive of fashion seasons, but certainly lush, focused and tactile. Fall RTW 2013 was filled with a sameness of concept and a heavy hand. The memo was sent and everyone got the message. There will be coats of sloped shoulder and volume. There will be fur and huggable handbags. There will be clunky shoes and a heavy boot (women's feet were given a glorious reprieve this year!). And androgyny will be, everywhere. All very serious stuff (with the great exception of Lavin whose sense of play was in full force; Elbaz ever the wit.) While the palette feels slightly constrained, when the viewer hones in on these three collections of incredible heft they will find a … [Read more...]
Impressions upon taking leave of Balenciaga in Spain, at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, March 26-July 4, 2011. This major exhibition traces the deep influence of the Spanish masters—from Zubarán, Velázquez, and Goya to Picasso and Miró—on the protean Balenciaga's designs. It also investigates the legacy of his native Spain''s religious dress and ceremony, it's lavish royal court, the tradition of flamenco dance, the drama of the bullfight, and the distinctive costumes of the country's diverse regions. As one emerged from the show it was difficult not to want to participate in the romance of the culture and let the influence of this exceptional designer take hold. … [Read more...]
Balenciaga's Wake Up Call
Nicolas Ghesquière Takes His Exit — On Novemeber 5, 2012 Nicolas Ghesquière took leave of his 15 year reign as creative director for the house of Balenciaga. Founded in 1918 by the Basque designer Cristobal Balenciaga, Balenciaga emerged as one of the great design establishments in the early decades of the twentieth century, and under the auspices of Ghesquière re-emerged as one of the greats of the twenty-first. Last year in San Francisco the de Young Museum mounted an extraordinary exhibition "Balenciaga and Spain" where three decades of sartorial genius were on display, tracing the designer's career as it was inspired and cultivated by Spanish traditions. In his in his introduction to the catalogue Balenciaga and Spain, Vogue's … [Read more...]
The Loupe
Highway 46, Thanksgiving, 2009 On the way from Cambria to Paso Robles in search of Opolo Vineyards … [Read more...]
Black, White, and Narciso
RTW 2013, New York Fashion Week – Marc Jacobs Marc Jacobs was clearly the master of the change-up at this year's New York Spring 2013 Ready To Wear. Just when I was getting used to all those funny hats and ample bustlines from fall, (which made no sense too me on the runway, but by the time they made their way into their print editions I was completely sold!) he throws us a total curve ball with lean and clean lines reminiscent of a trip to Warhol's Factory where Edie Sedgwick might be holding court. A complete palette cleanser of a show and with a long silhouette executed with the cool clear directive for simplicity. The finale was represented by a series gowns and jumpsuits with exceptional and lavish geometric beading that not … [Read more...]
JPG's Tour De Force
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, De Young Museum, Herbst Exhibition Galleries – " template="/homepages/38/d268432783/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/view/gallery.php" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"] In this first Jean Paul Gaultier retrospective, From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, one is thunderstruck by an ambiance of transgressive diversity. These collections embody a cacophony of couture beauty like none other. Sometimes dark outré matter prevails, then sometimes it's just a bit naughty, but any subject matter put to the test is always executed with artistic tour de … [Read more...]
Organ Meets
Rosary Mantra, Jacaranda, April 21, 2012 – The programing masters at Jacaranda were at it again Saturday night. I could not pass up any opportunity to hear Messiaen, Dutilleux and Gubaidulina together and knowing the strategic pairing acumen of artistic director Patrick Scott, along with music director Mark Alan Hilt there was surely going to be some mighty music-appreciation in store. The extra layer of resonance was provided by the complex renderings of which only an organ can produce. I can confess to little familiarity with this instrument having had very few ecclesiastical excuses to pilgrimage to the great cathedrals where normally one experiences the pipes. But Jacaranda has the double blessing, being housed at First Press in … [Read more...]
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Photography by Robert A. Kato – Mare Island was my first foray into night photography, a self imposed challenge to find light in darkness. I would typically visit Mare on full moon and or two days on either side of full, waxing or waning. Mare's nocturnal appeal had more to do with what I couldn't see than what I could. Frequent visits to the abandoned shipyard during the day left very little to the imagination. The night was a complete theatrical experience for me. Each structure, location had it's own story to tell and they invited me to participate in this imagined dialogue embraced by night. The great reflector in the night sky was my main fill light, often supplemented by various … [Read more...]
A Larger Hunger
And God Created Great Whales, Rinde Eckert, REDCAT, January 2012 – Rinde Eckert takes to the stage, house lights on, sits at a piano-cum-surrogate-captain's-table strewn with post-its and and tinkers endlessly with what appears to be sheet music. The stage lights dim to black and then rise again, and Eckert appears now as Nathan, a hapless piano tuner, who, along with his imaginary muse Olivia, trace, tack and travail the last vestiges of Nathan's memory in order to piece together his magna opera "Moby Dick". Strapped around his waist and hung around his neck are color-coded tape recordings. These are Nathan's memory devices; they supply him with directives on how to complete his musical masterpiece, if only he could recall long enough … [Read more...]
Passionate Pastimes
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Pacific Standard Time Arrives – Initiated by the Getty Museum along with the Getty Research Institute, Pacific Standard Time has blossomed into a comprehensive collaboration of 60 cultural institutes whose focus will be the art and artists of Southern California from the years 1945 to 1980. While the official kickoff date is October 1st, the festival has already taken on wings with gallery exhibitions of works by such L.A. original as Beatrice Wood, Maria Nordman and John Outterbridge. I was thrilled when Scott Hobbs, brought to my attention that the work of Marjorie Cameron was to be included as part PST's inaugural Getty exhibition "Crosscurrents" and featured as part of the Getty's "Explore the Era" web archive. Scott along … [Read more...]
Double Indemnity
Another Earth, Directed by Mike Cahill; written by Mr. Cahill and Brit Marling – Couched in a comfy sci-fi genre, Another Earth takes off to explore, not the regions of outer space, but instead turns inward, to examine the intimate nature of redemption. It questions what are the actual possibilites for the reparation of unyielding guilt—explores the avenues, the processes of atonement. Rhoda Williams (Brit Marling), a gifted college student with pure potential, takes one intoxicant too many and becomes distracted by the discovery of an alternate Earth, causing her to crash into an unwitting family who too are on their way to a beautiful future. And there the future ends. Wife, pregnant with the second child, and son die and leaving the … [Read more...]
Move Along
Many a conversation takes place on the walk that circumscribes the Lake Hollywood Reservoir. There things get sorted out, affairs get settled, decisions are made and plans are put into play. My favorite lakeside conversation is the one that I indulge in with myself. The distances I have traveled on foot pale in comparison to the distances I have traveled inside my mind. Not a meditation, more of a circumspect rumination. Here at the reservoir I surf the vortex of mind matter that rents space in my brain. My mind matter often takes on a density, behaving more like an event horizon than the lithe notes of a Mozart score. But then, there is the walking. And as vigilant as is my predisposition to codify, to conserve, the walking let's you … [Read more...]
The Six Realms, A Requiem for Lieberson
The Six Realms, Peter Lieberson (25 October 1946 – 23 April 2011) In an interview last March with David Weininger, American composer Peter Leiberson stated "What makes the human life so poignant is the recognition of its profound impermanence.'' As I casually turned the pages of the paper and read of Lieberson's passing I was stunned. He died last Saturday in Tel Aviv where he was undergoing medical treatment for lymphoma, a diagnosis he received shortly after his beloved second wife mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson succumbed to breast cancer in 2006. He was 64. The Composer and Impermanence had not been strangers. Lieberson drew great inspiration from his Tibetan Buddhist beliefs and his connection with … [Read more...]
I Will Be Very Keen to Watch
The Interview Project Germany, Directed by Austin Lynch and Jason S, Porduced by Stephan Balzer/ Sabrina S. Sutherland/ Jon Nguyen/ Christopher Trela – Apparently I was not the only one glued to last year's David Lynch presentation The Interview Project. This is the documentary series, directed by Austin Lynch and Jason S, that roamed from coast to coast of the United states, not seeking, but always finding people whose stories needed to be told. These short portraits, no matter how unremarkable, became compelling tales by the sheer cumulative affect of the human condition and as Lynch so aptly put it "It's Something So Human and You Can't Stay Away From It." The Interview Project won both the 2010 Webby … [Read more...]
Armenian Suite
Radiant Summit, Jacaranda, March 12-13th, 2011 – On the occasion of the Alan Hovhaness' centenary, Patrick Scott, Artistic Director of Jacaranda, wanted to include another great Armenian American composer Richard Yardumian (1917-1985) in all-Armenian program. After much Googling, and efforts just short of the Library of Congress, Patrick, who had recently been introduced to me and the writings of Times Quotidian asked for an introduction to Aram Yardumian, whose musical musings, insights and historical research can be found regularly on TQ. Upon finally discovering a living link to the Yardumian family, a fruitful collaboration began with the composer's daughter Miryam. Jacaranda needed permission to commission a chamber … [Read more...]
Hit Hard
Yamamoto, Watanabe and Mikaye, Fall RTW 2011 – Magnitude. I cannot fathom the sheer force unleashed on the Northeast coast of Japan by the largest earthquake ever recorded. I am no stranger to the shakes. The Northridge earthquake of 1994 lasted 20 seconds and the fear of imminent death undermined my core sense of self. Five minutes of a 9.0 is unimaginable. There is no material preparation for the enormity of that kind of impact. There is compassion. There is today. I urge people to put aside their crisis fatigue and continue to donate to the worldwide effort to help the people of Japan sustain, recuperate and rebuild. The Red Cross operates 92 hospitals in Japan, has deployed 700 medical relief volunteers across … [Read more...]


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This is the fifth of nine posts describing "Reasons for Skepticism" derived from scientific discovery, not from wishful speculations about the supernatural. These will be followed by several "Reconciliation Theories" for bridging the growing chasm between science and religion.
5. The disappearing "god of the gap." The earliest deity was probably the sun, followed by the moon, then by additional gods controlling seasons, fertility, and other mysterious events. As science emerged as an alternative method of comprehending those mysteries, religious authorities eventually acknowledged that the sun was not a deity, that seasons are explained by planetary motion, that fertility is explained by biology, and other prior mysteries are understood without resorting to religion for explanation. No less an authority than Pope (now Saint) John Paul II declared in 1996 that, "Truth cannot contradict truth," meaning faith cannot contradict science.
The gap between scientific knowledge and the remaining mysteries has narrowed significantly. Within the past century, science has produced astounding insights into the nature of the world and the universe, further narrowing the gap to a small slice of the huge and baffling pie of mystery that confronted our pre-science ancestors as they sought to understand their world.
Yes, mysteries remain, but given the remarkable and accelerating progress made by science in debunking previously held religious "truths," is it not more reasonable to regard the remaining mysteries as natural phenomena that can eventually be understood by science, rather than continue to attribute them to some decreasingly necessary supernatural deity for which there exists no empirical evidence whatsoever?
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It wasn't that long ago that there was just One Big GAP ... and god supposedly was accountable for all the phenomena in the world. The problem came when curious men looked at some of those phenomena and started observing patterns and correlations. Galileo pointed his telescope at Jupiter and discovered that something was orbiting IT rather than going around the Earth, and that it looked like Copernicus was right about heliocentrism. Newton chimed in with laws of motion and gravity and developed the calculus to describe just WHY the planets' orbits were ellipses. Faraday found a relationship between electricity and magnetism. Darwin looked at variants of species and posited natural selection.
And over the last couple centuries, more and more curious men and women have explored, experimented and discovered, and that one big gap has broken and fragmented into smaller, less significant gaps, some of which in turn get filled in as knowledge enters to fill the ignorance. As a result, the gods religions would have us believe have less and less wiggle room to breathe in. More and more, humankind is learning that the universe runs on laws, and when believers insist on a place for their deity, we can answer as Laplace did:
We have no need of that hypothesis.
"God of the gaps" changes as technology changes. We could not see bacteria until we had the tool that can reveal it. We didn't know how sexual reproduction worked until scientists had the technology to identify all the different aspects of sexual reproduction. DNA, and evolutionary process are the same. The frontier right now is the notion of free will. fMRI reveals that decisions made seconds before becoming conscious can only be revealed by brain imaging. There is something in our brains or about our brains that is the decision maker, not consciousness, thus, individuals make decisions based on something more than being aware of making choices.
Things that seem impossible to understand now will one day be common knowledge.
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More of what our Youth think about the World
This youth grew up in our Communities in Spain…
Slaves to the State
Governments nowadays want individuals to be useful to the state. That is why they make all those laws so children belong to the state from birth.
Right now we are engaged in battle because we do not want to have that way of life nor become someone who eventually is a slave of the state.
They offer a lot, but later you will suffer for it.
A human being now in this society often finds himself in loneliness, sad, stressed, trying to survive and not be stepped on, oppressed under the spirit over Europe. We are being formed while suffering persecutions. We are making a place where people without hope to live may come and find people that love them, even if they don't have any qualifications. They can be a humble disciple without any degrees of "nothing."
Emunah (age 16)


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Ya Soknim Has Gone To Be With Jesus
Our dear sister has gone to be with her Savior this past Wednesday, the 22nd. As some of you know, she was not doing well and battling several infections. This was not her home though and she is now whole and beautiful in the arms of Jesus! Pray, pray, PRAY for Vibol and their 4 children! This has been a very difficult time for Vibol after just losing his father late last year and now his wife. Pray that the Lord would hold him up, keep him strong and that Vibol would be encouraged and strengthened through this time.
There is a link to the Phnom Penh Post: Ya Soknim
Also, a picture of the two of them before the acid attack: GoReconcile
Latest News On Ya Soknim
Dear friends,
I just wanted to share this link with you regarding our dear sister in Christ, Ya Soknim. While it seems the justice system is moving slowly, at least it is moving.
Soknim and her family have returned to Cambodia. The United Nations took them to Malaysia, after the court vindicated her attacker, and then left them without any assistance which forced them to return home, even though her life continues to be threatened. Soknim is lives in fear, but the Lord has granted her peace. While we were there, a man with a gun was seen around their house. She is doing well considering…….
Soknim traveled with us via bus from Cambodia to Vietnam to get a current evaluation of her eye, ear and neck. She received a good report; her eye can be mostly corrected with glasses, her ear can be reconstructed and her neck can be repaired after she grows more skin for another skin graft. Thank you for the prayers and funds you have provided for them. I know that God is sovereign but I cannot help but wonder how this might have turned out without the prayers and support of the Body of Christ. When we were with them, she sang "It Is Well With My Soul" at the Sunday meeting. We wanted to share this touching experience with you. you can see at:
Appeal Date Set In Chea Ratha Acid Case
Tuesday, 27 October 2009 15:03 LAURA SNOOK
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Acid Attack Appeal Scheduled
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The Municipal Court acquitted Chea Ratha and five other suspects last month in a ruling that was condemned by rights groups.
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He declined to comment on the case beyond saying that he believed the Municipal Court's verdict was unjust and should be overturned.
Keo Ya, the lawyer for Chea Ratha, said Thursday that his client was also out of the country and had not asked him to represent her for the appeal.
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**I received an update from Bob Craft who is closely linked to Vibol and Soknim. Here is what he had to say:
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Anger greets outcome of Cambodian acid attack case
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Latest News On Acid Attack!
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Here are some things you can pray for (From Vibol):
1-For her neck can be move arround after sugery
2-For her arm can be move after surgery
3-For her health good after wake from surgery
4-For financial needs as well,now we have $2700 and we need $1300.USD
for surgery as well and we to pay after 3 days in hospital.
Blessing of the Lord upon you and family and thanks for your love and prayer support.
In Him We Trust