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House of the Nobleman has been in residence in Regent's Park since October with a spectacular exhibition of Modern, Post-War, and Contemporary masterpieces. The exhibition, organised in partnership with Amazon Property, takes place at The Park Crescent, London's only Royal Crescent, designed by John Nash (1752–1835) and built in 1812–1820. House of the Nobleman has transformed six luxury apartments into an exclusive exhibition featuring Alexander Calder, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Robert Rauschenberg and Yayoi Kusama.
Each residence has a specific curatorial theme or focus. Of particular note will be impressive collections of Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali and Victor Vasarely, as well as a strong British presence in the work of Ben Nicholson, Anthony Caro, Paul Feiler, William Scott, and Damien Hirst.
In a pair of duplex apartments, Lawrence Van Hagen of LVH has curated "What's Up," an exhibition of international contemporary work by some of today's most exciting up-and-coming artists. There is a wide range of styles, from abstracts by Canadian Thrush Holmes, to Swiss Stefan Bruggermann's stark political Op Art.
The exhibition has been one of the highlights of Frieze Week 2016 and one of the season's most talked about events.
Bianca Argimon, Flavie Audi, Mohammed Qasim Ashfaq, Brian Belott, Katherine Bernardt, Joe Bradley, Ry David Bradley, Sarah Braman, Stefan Bruggemann, Alexander de Cadenet, Alexander Calder, Anthony Caro, Claudia Carr, Marc Chagall, Clement Cogitore, Salvador Dali, Michael Dean, Philippe Decrauzat, Paul Feiler, Gunther Forg, Antony Gormley, Katharina Grosse, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Trush Holmes, Gary Hume, Melike Kara, Jordan Kasey, Michael John Kelly, Idris Khan, Dorte Kloppenborg Skrumsager, John Knuth, Paul Kremer, Bettina Krieg, Yayoi Kusama, Manuel Scano Larrazabal, Sadie Laska, Lilly Lewis, Lucipher, Francois Morellet, Alastair Mackie, Maximilian Magnus, Shaun McDowell, Whitney McVeigh, Rory Menage, Alan Michael, Joan Miro, Annie Morris, Christian Newby & Ana Martinez Fernandez, Ben Nicholson, Anthony Pearson, Grayson Perry, Sigmar Polke, Marc Quinn, Robert Rauschenberg, Joe Reihsen, Bridget Riley, Torbjorn Rodland, William Scott, Frank Stella, Chris Succo, Graham Sutherland, Dolly Thompsett, Jonathan Trayte, Margo Trushina, Richard Twose, Troika, Angelo Valentino, Victor Vasarely, Bill Viola, Jorinde Voigt, Bouke de Vries, Andy Warhol, Eugenia Weinstein, James White, Guy Yanai
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After a visit from The Good Spa Guide, we are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded 5 luxury bubbles – an accolade that only 13 other spa destinations in the UK currently hold. Here at Alexander House Hotel and Utopia Spa we …Read more
2 AA Rosettes for Reflections Restaurant
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An American woman from Houston, Texas, who was born without arms and knees, is set to say her vows to her dream man. The parents of 30-year-old woman were told that she would not make it to her 18th birthday.
The 30-year-old identified a Jlissa Austin stands at three feet four inches tall. She is a businesswoman running a weave company.
Austin, who is now ready to walk down the aisle, said that she always thought she was destined to be alone. She said she had believed that she would not marry until she met Johnathon Shorter, her husband-to-be.
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Her husband-to-be is six inch tall and they both live together in Houston. The two are planning their wedding for the summer season.
In an interview with DailyMail, she said: "Me and Johnathan are very good together. We're so in tune. I didn't think it would ever happen to me – meeting someone like this. It feels so good to know that Johnathan is by my side.
"When people see us walking around together, some of them shake Johnathan's hand and say "I salute you, you're doing a good job". But we don't experience issues with people judging our relationship too much thankfully. We're both really looking forward to our wedding, now."
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COLUMBIA - The "We Always Swing" Jazz Series presented a concert performed by the Mizzou Jazz Trio for patients, staff, and visitors at the Boone Hospital Conference Center Friday.
The Mizzou Jazz Trio performed several selections over the course of the event. Attendees enjoyed complimentary brownies, coffee, and the live music stylings of Mike Straughsbaugh on guitar, Sam Copeland on bass, and Zach Eldridge on saxophone. The non-profit event was put on by the Boone Hospital Center in partnership with the "We Always Swing" Jazz Series, a Columbia-based group that organizes various opportunities for local exposure to jazz music. The group looks forward to its next concert on Thursday, February 23, when "Jazz in the District" will feature the Benny Green Trio from 5:00-6:30 at the University Club's "Great Room." For more information, visit the "We Always Swing" Jazz Series website.


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Grain and soybean futures declined slightly Monday in early dealings on the Chicago Board of Trade.
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A lack of export activity weighed on wheat.
Wheat for May delivery fell 1 1/4 cent to $2.83 a bushel; May corn fell 1 1/2 cent to $2.37 3/4 a bushel; May oats rose 1 1/2 cent to $1.81 a bushel; May soybeans fell 1 3/4 cent to $5.98 1/2 a bushel.
Beef futures advanced while pork retreated in early trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
May live cattle rose .08 cent to 75.20 cents a pound; May feeder cattle rose .05 cent to 78.75 cents a pound; May lean hogs fell .25 cent to 55.10 cents a pound; May pork bellies fell .55 cent to 82.80 cents a pound.


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It has truly been a spotlight week for the first lady, kicking off with her attendance at Barbara Bush's funeral, the sole White House representation joining other first ladies and former presidents and culminating with her first state dinner. In many ways, the events showcased Melania Trump's contrasts with her husband -- where he is impulsive, she is meticulous; where he is combative, she is compassionate.
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Help us partner with our local Food Pantry in Broken Bow to help people in need! Check the list below for items that are needed each month and help make a difference in someone's life by bringing your items to church. The Sharing & Caring team will gather the items together and make sure they get to the Food Pantry for distribution. Thanks for Sharing & Caring!
- January: Cereal, oatmeal, complete pancake mix, syrup, toilet paper, Kleenex.
- February: Soups, chili, crackers, pudding, jello, margarine/butter (basket in fridge)
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- April: Peanut butter, jelly, salad dressing, canned tuna & chicken, bread.
- May: Toilet Paper, paper towels, kleenex, paper plates, juice/juice boxes.
- June: Pasta, pasta sauce, rice, laundry & dish detergent.
- July: Taco shells, refried beans, rice, cake mixes, frosting.
- August: Peanut butter, jelly, bread, applesauce, toilet paper, kleenex.
- September: boxed meals, Hamburger Helper, mac-n-cheese, shampoo, deodorant.
- October: Complete Pancake mix, syrup, muffin mix, instant potatoes, gravy mix.
- November: Pasta, pasta sauce, chili, ravioli, canned tuna & chicken, detergent, lotion.
- December: Flour, sugar, oil, seasonings, cookie mixes, hot cocoa, peanut butter, and whatever else you feel led to give.
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When entertainer Danny Thomas founded St. Jude Research Hospital for Children more than 50 years ago, he was—the story goes—fulfilling a promise he made to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of hopeless causes. As a young man casting about for his purpose in life, Thomas pledged to St. Jude that he would build a shrine in the saint's name if St. Jude Thaddeus would point the young man in the right direction. When Danny Thomas' career took off in the mid-1950s, so too did plans to build a unique children's hospital in Memphis, TN.
When St. Jude Research Hospital for Children finally opened its doors in 1962, the survival rate for children battling cancer was 20 percent. The odds were even worse for children afflicted with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): a mere 4 percent. Today, thanks in large measure to the research efforts being undertaken at the children's hospital, the rate of survival for childhood cancer has soared to 80 percent; for ALL, the rate of survival stands at 94 percent.
Funded entirely by individual contributions, St. Jude is unique in another important way: Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing, or food. The mission has expanded to include other life-threatening childhood diseases as well as cancer, and the work of the hospital remains the same as when Danny Thomas first declared that "no child should die in the dawn of life."
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Hi! I'm Gilbert and it becomes time i wish you all a fine and healthy newyear 2014 with a lot of photographic moments! Thanks for your wishes on the forum too - very much appreciated.
67 years old and crazy about photographing and gear (a little bit the GAS syndrom, but faiding at the moment). Herited from my grandfather i suppose who was the first (at the time) to build his own radio and using photographic equipment (these old boxes with nice copper lenses, you know).
So, via a lot of brands of apparatus (Pentax, Minolta, Ricoh, you name it...) arrived at Nikon (still in the filmperiod): F1,2,4S and 5. Then almost by accident went digital: D70S, D40,... finally D3 which i still own and keep. BUT, early 2013 Fuji arrived with me with the XE1 and i was lost: couldn't understand how this was possible as the image qualtity went up although the use of APS-C sensor!
Consequently for quick actions-shots we use the Nikon and for travelling and sightseeing the Fuji's, simple.
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If you've ever conducted an interview before are likely to be familiar with Behavioural Interviewing techniques.
Developed in the 1970s, Behavioural Interviewing is based on the principle that the best indicator of future behaviour is past behaviour. Behavoural questioning is a line of investigation that delves into your Candidate's past experiences in their previous roles.Behavioral Questions sound like this:
- Tell me about a time when you've experienced conflict or tension between yourself and another team member in the past, what did you do?
- Tell me about a time you had conflicting deadlines, what did you do?
There is absolutely no doubt that Behavioural interviewing techniques revolutionised hiring and are still effective today. But over the decades, researchers and hiring experts have discovered new techniques that dig deeper and result in better hires. Today we will look at Performance-based Interviewing.
Performance-based interviewing helps employers investigate how their potential hire is likely to perform in real-life or hypothetical situation than is likely to emerge in their unique workplace.
For example; Lets say you are a digital marketing agency. You boast a range of loyal clients. And you are looking to hire an Account Manager to join your growing team, to deliver greater support to your clients. Before you start your interviews, take a moment to think about the future situations your new hire needs to know how to handle. Real or hypothetical, ask yourself what situations might be on the horizon in the next 12 to 24 months that your new team member needs to sail through.
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- Rescuing the potential loss of one of your major clients to a competitor
- Expanding your client's utilization of your services into other areas of your service provision
- Identifying and onboarding new clients
Once you've pinned down your future/hypothetical situations, craft an interview question around those scenarios.
This way you can dive right in and understand your potential-hire's approach. Here is how the potential scenarios we listed out above, look when covert them into Performance-Based interview questions;
- We are always working to ensure we are working to prevent client attrition. Hypothetically, lets say in your first three months of employment, you note a downward trend in our pipeline and suspect we may be loosing clients to one of our competitors. How would you handle this situation? or
- A number of our Clients have been with us for over five years, with the same year on year revenues. What strategies would you consider to encourage our client's to increase their annual spend with us?
- As you know we are very particular about ensuring we work with the right kind of clients. How would you go about identifying and on-boarding new clients, and ensuring that we are on-boarding only those clients who really do fit our service provision profiles?
Simple right?
If you listen closely to your Candidate, these questions will reveal much more information about how they are likely to handle future situations that might emerge for your business. And based on that data, you have more information from which you can decide if they are a good fit for you.
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Easton, Peter "The Pirate Admiral": Pirate/Marquis – Perhaps the richest buccaneer in the Golden Age of Piracy and for several years in the early seventeenth century, his headquarters was a tiny village in Newfoundland.
Easton was from a prominent English family that had produced a bishop, and he was sponsored early in his career by John Killigrew, the first governor of Pendennis Castle on the Cornish coast of England, outside Falmouth. The Killigrews were called by some the "robber barons of Land's End," and helped Easton assemble a private armada of forty ships.
The British Crown granted him a letter of marque, which meant he could aid in the British war effort against Spain by plundering Spanish galleons. Other state-sponsored privateers included Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh. With Easton, they helped defeat the Spanish Armada in 1604 and make Great Britain the most powerful nation on the sea.
The end of the Spanish War brought drastic cuts in funding for the British navy. Easton found himself in Newfoundland with many former English officers who now had no income. An oath of blood brotherhood was sworn by the sailors, including Easton, who set their sights on potential plunder on the Spanish Main of the Caribbean, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and in the English Channel.
The Gulf of St. Lawrence offered the attractions of valuable cargoes of fish and the salt needed to preserve them. Far more importantly for Easton, however, was the skilled manpower which the Canadian coast offered for his fleet. For the outport men, the hope of riches at sea through sailing with a successful skipper like Easton was clearly better than the grind of working in the fisheries, which meant eighteen-hour days that barely paid enough for them to survive. When he wasn't satisfied with the level of volunteering for his crews, Easton simply "shanghaied" sailors into his ranks.
Easton's first appearance off the Newfoundland coast was in 1602 and, by 1610, he was the most powerful pirate in the western hemisphere, with a fleet of forty ships and thousands of crewmen. He shifted his attentions back toward England, setting up a stronghold near Bristol at the mouth of the Avon River. From there, he could hold up all the traffic in the English Channel, extracting tribute for safe passage. Bristol merchants pushed the Lord Admiral, the Earl of Nottingham, to get rid of him. When offered a pardon to go straight, Easton sniffed that he would not "bow to the orders of one king, when he himself was, in a way, a king as well."
Not wanting a battle with the British navy, Easton returned to Newfoundland, where Canada's first English colony was founded in 1610 at Cuper's Cove on the northern shores of the Avalon Peninsula. It wasn't long before they were visited by Easton, who demanded "protection money" in the form of livestock. John Guy, founder of the first English colony in Newfoundland, recorded in his diary that Easton returned to the island in 1610 and 1612 with his fleet.
His ship, the Happy Adventure , flew the flag of St. George rather than the Jolly Roger, and he rarely had to attack ships. They simply respected his force and let him board without a struggle, in exchange for their lives.
Easton carried himself as a ruler, not as a bandit. He used a captured cannon to fortify Harbour Grace Bay, and built a fort just east of Caplin Cove. His headquarters were across the bay from Harbour Grace on Kelly's Island.
In 1611, Easton was returning to Harbour Grace aboard the great Spanish galleon St. Sabastian with plunder from the Spanish Main when he was attacked by five Biscayan and French pirate ships. Easton sank the St. Malo , the largest of his attackers' ships, by forcing it onto Eastern Rock, which from that time on became known as Easton's Rock.
Between 1612 and 1614, the Pirate Admiral effectively ruled northeastern Newfoundland and, in one raid, he captured thirty English, Portuguese, and Jersey Island ships in St. John's harbour. More importantly, he scooped up Sir Richard Whitbourne, the sheriff who had been dispatched from England to arrest him and bring justice to Newfoundland. Whitbourne was from a lower social class in England, and likely felt obligated to listen to Easton, even if he happened to be a pirate.
Sir Richard later wrote that he was held on a ship by Easton for eleven weeks. Some people captured by pirates were tortured unmercifully, but Sir Richard was feted in an effort to convince him to become Easton's first lieutenant. Sir Richard refused, but did agree to go to England to support a petition for pardon, so that Easton could spend his days living in splendour on his loot.
In 1612, Easton shifted his base of operations to the more secure area of nearby Ferryland on the southeast coast of the Avalon Peninsula, after deciding that Harbour Grace was too vulnerable to sea attack, should the Crown decide to send a fleet against him. He settled in what was locally called the "Great House" on Fox Hill. From there he commanded his armada of forty ships from a fortress that was virtually unassailable, sheltered by Isle au Bois.
Once secure, he gave England an ultimatum: He could either continue to rule the high seas or he could get a pardon and settle quietly in England. The government of England buckled and wrote out the pardon, but for reasons unknown, it never arrived.
Gaston spent two more years in Ferryland, waiting in his palatial home on Fox Hill, and keeping some of his fleet in nearby Aquaforte. His sources in the English court were excellent, and he heard that the Crown had dispatched Henry Mainwaring to capture him.
Now, Easton set sail for the Azores to attack Spanish treasure ships, then sailed off for the Barbary Coast, where in 1614 he captured fourteen ships full of riches. He joined forces with the King of Algiers, fighting against Spain.
Finally ready to retire, he set sail for the pirate kingdom of Savoy – at Ville Franche, near Monaco. There he lived in luxury until his natural death at an advanced age. Captain John Smith, who colonized Virginia, noted in 1629 that Easton lived his final years with the title Marquis of Savoy.
The federal government has erected a monument for Easton at Harbour Grace, with a bronze plaque that reads,
Peter Easton 'The Pirate Admiral' fortified this site in 1610 and made Newfoundland his base until 1614. He defeated a French squadron at Harbour Grace in 1611, recruited five thousand fishermen from this colony into his crews, and raided foreign shipping as far as the Caribbean. In 1614 he intercepted the Spanish fleet at the Azores, captured three treasure ships, and divided an immense fortune among his crews. He was twice pardoned and invited home by James I , but retired instead to southern France where he became Marquis of Savoy and lived in great splendor.
His surname remains a proud one on the island, adopted by many who sailed under him.
See also: Charles Bellamy, Eric Cobham, Cupids, High Island, Edward Jordan, Captain Kidd, Mogul Mackenzie, Henry Mainwaring, Sheila Na Geira, Samuel Nelson, John Phillips, Gilbert Pike, Pirates, Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts .
Ellis Family: Early Toronto Brothel-Keepers – In 1802, Stephen Ellis and his wife, identified only as Mrs. Ellis, became the first recorded case of what might be considered organized crime in the town of York, which later became Toronto.
The couple was charged with running a brothel. Stephen was acquitted, but his wife was sentenced to the stocks and six months in jail. Despite her sad example, and Toronto's strict Protestant roots, vice marched on, especially prostitution and grog houses.
In 1831, Catholic journalist and Progressive Reformer Francis Collins railed in his Canadian Freeman about brothels.
More shameless debauchery was never exhibited in Sodom and Gomorrah, than is carried on in this town at present. Houses of infamy are scattered thro' every corner of the town – and one of them had the hardihood to commence operations next door to our office, in a house under the control of a Police magistrate! So besotted are some would-be gentlemen, that they crowded to it at noon-day and in open day on the Sabbath.
Emond, Richard "Crow": Biker War Casualty – Other bikers in Montreal were keeping a low profile in September 1995, for the streets were hot with drive-by shootings and bombings.
That wasn't the way Emond, president of the Hells Angels' Trois-Rivières chapter, did things. As he walked alone across a Montreal parking lot with neither a handgun nor bulletproof vest, someone pumped six bullets into his back.
His funeral in Trois-Rivières was fit for a statesman. He was buried in his biker garb, which included his "Filthy Few" patch, noting he had killed for the gang. His coffin, draped with the gang flag, was borne into the church, as "The Sound of Silence" was played by fellow biker Claude Berger, a trumpeter with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra.
Before Emond's murder, a total of twenty-two people had been killed in the biker war, but most of them were associates or hangers-on of the Hells Angels or their archrivals, the Rock Machine. Emond was the first full-fledged member of the Hells Angels to die in the battle for control of drug turf and, with his death, violence escalated enormously.
See also: Hells Angels, Nomads, Rock Machine .
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An interdisciplinary major combining courses from Communication and International Business with a Liberal Arts education, the Marist-LdM Global Marketing Communication B.S. degree provides students with the opportunity to better understand and utilize global marketing communication in a world where a corporation being able to deliver a consistent message that embodies its brand, values, products and company mission is essential in today's global marketplace.
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Courses are taught by international faculty in English. Students in the Global Marketing Communication major will complete a variety of courses specific to their course of study. These courses include a core-curriculum, designed to develop undergraduate students' critical thinking, writing, and communication skills, and provide undergraduate students with a balanced education preparing them to continue their education or pursue a professional career upon graduation.
Note: A minimum of 90 credits in Liberal Arts is required. 10 Courses in Global Marketing Communication.
Com 105 Public Speaking and Presentation Skills (M-COM 101)
COM 130 Introduction lo Communication (M-COM 102)
Digital Toolbox (M-COM 103)
COM 225 Communication Research Methods (M-COM 200)
BUS 210 Principles of Marketing (M-BUS 210)
COM 204 Advertising Principles (M-COM 204)
BUS 312 International Marketing (M-BUS 220)
BUS 313/COM 313 Integrated Marketing Communication (M-BUS 352)
BUS 270/COM 271 Cross-cultural Communication in the Workplace (M-BUS 370) or COM 206 lntcrcultural Communication (M-COM 325)
COM 300 Public Relations (M-COM 370)
COM 360 Global Media Strategies (M-COM 3xx)
COM 411 Global Brand Management (M-COM 41x)
COM 421 Consumer Insights and Strategic Development (M-COM 42x)
COM 441 Global IMC Communication Campaign Development (M-COM 43x)
COM 461 Capping; Communication Studies (M-COM 4xx)
MAT 186 Statistics (M-MAT 180)
Italian Language (2 courses, any level)
First Year Seminar, Writing for College (2 Foundation courses)
PHR 185 Introduction to Western Philosophy: Ancient and Early Modern Thinkers (M-PHIL 101) (1 course)
Ethics/Religious Studies (1 course)
Fine Arts (1 course, may be fulfilled by major field requirements)
History (1 course, may be fulfilled by major field requirements)
Literature (1 course, may be fulfilled by major field requirements)
Mathematics (1 course)
Natural Science (1 course)
Social Science (1 courses)
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The shawl that I've been knitting is a birthday present for my mother. I've shown it to her and told her it's for her, and there is no way on Zeus' green earth that that sucker's going to be ready on time. So be it. But it *will* be ready for her trip to Mexico in a few weeks, because a hand-knit shawl from your son is *the* fashion accessory this year. At least, that's what I'm telling myself.
I am also making agonizingly slow progress on the Shifty Socks. Pictures will be made available once I start doing the color changes.
And speaking of pictures, I got a lot of really nice comments and e-mails on the pictures I linked to in my last post. So much so that I got to thinking about the licensing I'm using on Flickr. You see, Flickr takes photographers' rights very seriously, and by default, the pictures you upload to Flickr are copyrighted by you, all rights reserved. That's very cool of them, but they took it a step further and made it easy for photographers to choose Creative Commons licenses for their photos.
Creative Commons is a godsend in the digital age. In a world where everyone is a publisher, everyone can take advantage of copyright protections. CC is a group that has tried to address this issue by creating some very simple licenses that anyone can apply to their digital creations – photos, blogs, MP3 recordings, what have you.
In my case, I am willing to let other people use my photos to create new works, just so long as they abide by two rules: one, that they credit me, and two, that they agree to let other people in turn create new things using the works that they've created with my works. And there's a CC license for that! Which all my photos on Flickr are now licensed under.
So please, visit my Flickr page and download a huge passel of photos. Cut them up, re-arrange them, superimpose the Yarn Harlot's face on them and sell them as fridge magnets. Just credit me with the original photos and agree to let other people do the same with your fridge magnets. There's a motto in open source software that I think works very well for creative industries everywhere: give a little, take a lot.
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Week four.
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This picture is full of daddy love and I think it is wonderful.
Can you tell who this is?
It's a football player named Tom Brady.
He never looked better to me.
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I came across a photography website this week.
The photographer's are known as Nordica Photography.
They shoot a lot in Vancouver and Iceland.
I have a thing for Iceland.
It's a spectacular place.
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I have four of Ina Garten's cookbooks but somehow have missed this recipe.
I WILL be making this very soon.
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I remembered how much I loved The Vicar of Dibley specials...
Can you imagine that Netflix does not stream these...nor does Amazon. I will have to buy it for myself!
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Your Government at Work: EPA Turns River Orange
As Ronald Reagan said, the nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
People living near the Animas River in Colorado surely have a new appreciation of that adage today as their once clear river took on a color witnesses described as being closer to that of carrot juice.
Don't expect to get your daily dose of vitamins from this crud, though, as the color comes from a torrent of toxic waste from a local mine.
It seems a team of highly trained toxic waste remediation experts made a slight error of some kind.
The toxic waste water that was inside the Gold King Mine near Durango came gushing out when the team of experts used some heavy equipment to get inside the closed mine. Instead of pumping and treating the water, they spilled heavy metals including iron, zinc and copper into a creek that feeds into the Animas. The spill has already made its way to New Mexico and the San Juan River.
The EPA began testing the water for chemical levels on Thursday, and over the weekend officials said they didn't know what the spill might do to wildlife or to drinking water in the area.
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The #1 rule for making a drug deal, don't do it on a national television broadcast. It's a pretty simple concept, but somehow two guys in Worcester, Massachussets missed that part completely and made a deal in the background of a news channel's live weather report.
Have these guys never seen The Wire or Breaking Bad?? You make the deal off an abandoned road or at 3 in the morning in that neighborhood where ALL THE DRUG DEALS HAPPEN.
It's not quite as embarrassing as getting busted taking a leak on camera, but then again, peeing in the bushes likely won't get you prison time.
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Stephen Morris and researchers at the University of Toronto took a closer look at what conditions created icicles; the type of water and air movement are the most important factors in determining what shape icicles take. Found at Brightcove via New Scientist.
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Financial services providers never had to cope with a higher pressure to change than today. Interest rate development, new competitors and changed customer behavior confront your organization and therefore also your employees with massive challenges. This is about nothing less than the future of your business.
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Joseph Mozier was an American sculptor active in Italy.
He was born in Burlington, Vermont in 1812. In 1831 he moved to New York City where worked as a merchant. He retired from business around 1845, and shortly afterward went to Europe, studying sculpture for several years in Florence, after which he moved to Rome.
His best-known work is Undine, the title character in the novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, a water nymph who falls in love with a man. He won a grand prize for it in Rome in 1867.
He made a short visit to the United States in 1870, and was hospitalized upon his return in London, England. He died in Faids, Switzerland, while en route to his home in Italy.


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The morning dawned beautifully over the reefs as the crew of Argo began its 3rd day. The shipmates are adapting rapidly to life on board and routine is starting to form. After a breakfast of pancakes, the seven people taking Open Water class learned how to set up their dive gear for the first time. They then got to go for their first confined water dives. All the students performed all the skills perfectly and even got to see some of the amazing local wildlife. While the new divers were practicing their skills the four certified divers went on a check out dive with Chris, then got to explore along the crest of a local reef. Following diving and lunch all the students went to shore to explore for a few hours while some of the staff fought equipment issues while trying to wind surf. When everyone was back on board Argo we moved her further into the bay into a more protected location because the winds had picked up substantially throughout the day. The evening ended with a great dinner of chicken parmesan prepared by Oliver and Graham, then we had a Marine Biology class and the new dive students learned about dive tables. Tomorrow is going to be a day full of diving and will surely lead to great new stories.


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Posted in Landscapes, Long Exposure Tagged Greece, landscape, long exposure, seascape, sony a7s, stomio, Sunset Leave a comment
(Image taken with Sony A7s camera and Sony FE 24-70mm f/4 lens) (c)2016 Konstantinos Besios. All Rights Reserved
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Silky Waterfall
During a video project last weekend , I took a few minutes to shoot a few images at a beautiful location. Images were taken with the Sony A7s and Zeiss 24-70mm f/4 using a Hoya Variable ND filter which I … Continue reading
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Long exposures with Sony A7s
The Sony a7s has become my main camera both for photos and video. For video, is a truly amazing camera. For photos, is not on par with my Nikon D800E for landscape work, but for everything else it is my … Continue reading
Night Blur
An abstract interpretation of sailing boats at night. This is a handheld two seconds exposure with the Fuji X100. (c)2014 Konstantinos Besios. All Rights Reserved
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Taken with the Fuji X100 camera, this is is 5 seconds exposure during daylight with the help of B+W 110ND filter. (c)2014 Konstantinos Besios. All Rights Reserved.
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Large format seascape
A 6 seconds long exposure taken with the Sinar Norma 4×5 view camera, Schneider 210mm f/5.6 and Kodak TMAX 100 film. ©2014 Konstantinos Besios. All Rights Reserved.
8×10 large format Pinhole
This is my fourth sheet of 8×10 b&w film taken with my 8×10 large format pinhole camera. A tricky shot due to the very wide dynamic range of the scene. (8×10 large format pinhole camera, Ilford FP4, 240 seconds exposure) … Continue reading
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A long exposure
Image taken with Nikon D800E and Nikon 28-300 f/3.5-5.6 lens using a 10 stops B+W 110ND filter. This is the only thing that I miss on the 14-24, not being able to use this fantastic ND filter. I altered the … Continue reading
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8×10 Pinhole, sheet No. 3
Continuing my exploration in the world of large format pinhole. My third exposed sheet of Ilford FP4 8×10 film, a seascape shot during sunrise. I am still waiting for a pack of Fuji Provia 8×10 slide film, and I wish … Continue reading
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Tips on Finding Cheap Car Loans
So you want to buy a new car in Sweden but your budget is a bit limited. It goes without saying that there's no point taking out a car loan if you can't afford it. Having said that, finding a cheap car loan can make buying a car far more affordable for you. Fortunately, there are a number of things you can do to lower your car loan's costs. Here are several suggestions:
Consider Loans From Credit Unions
Here's something that many people take for granted. Credit Unions can offer lower interest rates on their car loans because Credit Unions operates as non-profit institutions owned by members. And since only members can get a loan, you—as member—can get lower interest rates.
Compare Rates By Using a Car Loan Calculator
Once you've figured out your budget. It's important to do your research and consider a wide range of car loans. You can do this by using our car loan calculator to compare hundreds of loan products from a wide variety of lenders.
Be Ready With a Down Payment
Your initial down payment greatly influences the interest you'll have to pay on your loan. Furthermore, by making a substantial down payment you can also receive access to zero interest finance options from some dealers.
Look at the bigger picture
While Tip#3 is important to consider, don't be fixated on lower monthly repayments or down payments, and look at the bigger picture instead. The total cost of the loan is more important because this is where you can really save. Extending your repayment term to more than five years for lower monthly payments will result in you having an upside-down loan; where the total cost of the loan is greater than the cost of the car itself.
Consider trade-registered vehicles
Trade-registered vehicles are pre-registered vehicles originally owned by a company that buys them in bulk and gets a large discount (as much as 30 per cent.) If you buy a trade-registered vehicle, the discount is passed on to you. You may be the second registered owner, but you get an almost-brand new vehicle with only a few miles on its odometer at a second-hand price.
Do your research
The only way to find a billigaste billån in Sweden is to research and compare several options to learn which lender has the best features and price. You also need to find the right car for you, and that involves research too. You have to know what's available to you out there.
Choose flexible repayment terms
Look for a loan that gives you the option to make extra payments, or even pay off the loan completely without any penalties. Take note of the wording used in your contract—the lender won't use the term "penalties" so learn to read between the lines.
Apply for the loan first
Did you know that you can save as much as half of the money you'd pay in interest if you apply for the car loan before going to the dealer? If you do, you can also benefit from a rebate on the vehicle.
Think about leasing
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Bristol Comic Con and Gaming Festival – 30th March 2019
Last year, we wrote about a relative newcomer to the comic con scene, with the Bristol Comic Con and Gaming Festival. After a successful first year here in Bristol, it looks like they're back for another outing. As such, I figured it'd be a good time to check out what the event has coming up this year, as well as ticket prices and more. So, if you're looking for a fun event in Bristol in the next few months, then come check this out. I'm sure it'll be even better than the last one!
As I approached Brunel's Old Station, I managed to mostly dodge the tail of a large animatronic Raptor as it swished it's tail back and forth through the crowd outside the station, some of who were just waiting for a bus. Somewhere inside of the large beast must have contained a person, who was no doubt sweating profusely. It approached people of all ages and was very gentle with people of a younger age, who might have been scared.
Upon entering the arena, you could already see there were people from all walks of life and of all ages. It's always a lovely reminder that the fandoms traverse all ages and all manners of people.
Bristol Comicon and Gaming Festival – Coming March 4th
Itching for something truly geeky to do this coming March? If so, you may be pleased to hear that Bristol is about to become even more geeky, so if you're from the South-West of England, now's the time for you to get your cosplays planned! Bristol Comicon and Gaming Festival is coming to the City Academy Sports Centre soon. But hold your horses there folks – You don't even know anything about this event yet! Buckle up and read on:
Wales Comic Con 2016
Glyndwr University Wrexham has become the host to one of the biggest local geek events, a pretty heavily star studded comic convention that dabbles into most of those fandoms and fields that we hold dear.
I've been to a lot of MCM Comic Cons in Telford, a mini version of the ones you may know from Birmingham or London, basically a big pay-to-enter open market with everything you could ever want to buy, much to see and famous faces to meet, and yet I don't think I'm quite so taken with MCMs efforts as I am with Wales Comic Con. I only attended a few hours of the Saturday, so there's not as much to discuss about WCC as there is about a Kitacon or a Amecon, but…
Well let's start by saying that two hours in the freezing cold, knees going rigid, nose numb, and all remaining body heat lost to the icy hands of a loved one, accompanied by a cold and dry bacon sandwich sold at an only slightly inflated price, watching as those who paid beforehand shuffle keenly into the embrace of central heating, it all serves as a valuable lesson to buy your tickets in advance and dress/cosplay warm. Still, not enough to put me off giving it a shot, especially with the help of a caring friend bearing hot beverages.
Inside the whole campus is unrecognisable, not that long ago I saw the entry foyer full of graduating students, now awash with cosplayers. Banners mark the lecture theatres as event halls for the live Q&A sessions scheduled constantly throughout the day filled with panels of celebrities from various TV shows. I made it to an hour with Ian McElhinney, Tom Wlaschiha, and Ian Hanmore, or Barristan Selmy, "Jaqen H'ghar" and the warlock Pyat Pree from Game of Thrones; lots of behind the scenes stories, wishful thinking, wild speculation and wishing certain characters weren't dead (like Barristan Selmy and Pyat Pree for example), and absolutely no confirmation whatsoever that the Faceless Man would return for season seven.
Side rooms were open for gamers, one for traditional gamers, including a stall for local shop 4th Planet, and tables for anyone to come and bust out a board game or Magic deck. A full hall was filled with various consoles and PCs, including gaming tournaments and a well fenced off VR experience. Also of note, a couple of side attractions, including a mock-up of the Iron Throne and Wheely Big Cheese of the Robot Wars alumni.
A courtyard was filled with food stands including freshly made doughnuts, a double-decker gaming bus from Fragers and a shooting range, also a stand for the local owl sanctuary which got a lot of love. On the far side, a market filled with the standard memorabilia, artists and artisans, trinkets, weapons – larp and otherwise, and more. The walls were lined with stalls where guests could greet fans and sign autographs, in between photo opportunities and panels.
Then we come to everything not seen. I know there were halls I never entered, parties I didn't go to, an entire day I didn't attend, so clearly there's still plenty more to do and see. I only went to one panel, but there were screenings of TV shows and films, chances to meet people that next time I think I'll be making more of, for a start I'll be paying ahead and getting in out of the cold. If this seems like a short review of such a huge event it's because I squeezed as much as I could out of a short window and I feel like I've undersold Wales Comic Con in the process.
Still, there's always next year. Might see you there.
The Comic-Con Bingo Game
Attending a comic-con is already a fun activity in its own right. However, that doesn't mean that you and your friends can't heighten the amount of fun you have at Comic-Con! If you want to do something quirky and amusing during the event, read on!
WWE – Why I've Been Pulling For Seth Rollins
Professional Wrestling is an entertainment medium that splits the masses, for it is entertainment shrouded in mystery, intrigue and deception. It's public knowledge how some matches are carried out, thanks to wrestlers talking about their sometimes harrowing experiences via biographies and other mediums. However, in this day and age, these men and women who put on phenomenal shows are slated for not being what some call true fighters. Perhaps they're not a true sense of the word fighter, but honestly, I consider these individuals some of the toughest and bravest people on the planet, doing high-risk stuff just for peoples enjoyment.
So far, this year has been an incredible year for the WWE. They've introduced a lot of brand new talent to their already sizeable rosters. From the developmental circuit down in NXT, to the main stage on Monday Night RAW and Thursday Night Smackdown, the amount of potential the wrestlers have and display is superb. Now however, it's time to look past all of this and talk about some of these talents. For this article however, I want to discuss one man… Seth Rollins.
At the time of writing this article, I'm sat here having just finished watching the Night of Champions Pay-Per-View on the WWE Network, as I was really excited to see it! By the time you read this article, the results will be done and we'll see where the company are going with their stars. From the recent addition to indie sensation Kevin Steen (now known as Kevin Owens), to The Black Sheep, Braun Strowman, the WWE is filled with truly talented and gifted individuals. One man who has been at the forefront of the new wave of talent is the current WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Seth Rollins. He retained his World Heavyweight Championship last night, but lost the United States Championship.
He's been the archetypical heel (bad guy) for quite some time: Cowardly, conniving, cunning heel who wins by any means necessary. He'll take a dirty win if it means he gets to retain his title, but during the SummerSlam Pay-Per-View, he beat John Cena to gain the United States championship. This is an interesting position Seth found himself in, as he took on not only Cena for the United States rematch, but also he has to fight the WCW legend, Sting. As many websites stress, this was a way to potentially make Seth turn face (good guy) and make him a future star, burning bright. Either that, or because of the way he's been booked, he'll be remembered as nothing more as the guy who sleazily got his way through every victory.
Whatever your view point on the state of wrestling, Seth Rollins or anything of this kind, there's one thing that's actually undeniable. The presence of WWE has gotten much larger and much more in your face than it was previous. In the early 00's, we had what we call the Attitude Era, with figures like Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Chris Jericho and more. These men and women of the squared circle were charismatic and all around incredible athletes, who endured unimaginable pain. They did so just because they enjoyed putting on a show by putting their bodies on the line.
Move on some years and we're in the 2010's. In 2015, there are more gamers and geeks than ever in the wrestling industry. Heck, the World Heavyweight Champion himself is a geek and quite a big one. In the video below, you can see the Champion sat with fellow wrestling star, Xavier Woods, enjoying a spot of Turtles in Time. But this wasn't just a one off YouTube video. No, he's been in Smosh videos (as shown above) and more.
Well known for going to Comic Con with other WWE Superstars, Seth Rollins is a man that geeks of the world can get behind. Couple this with the fact he's a phenomenal athlete, he's living proof that geeks can make it in the world, no matter what they choose to do with their life. As such, I am rooting for the biggest bad guy in the company, Seth Rollins. I can't wait to see him become the biggest babyface and eventually, Seth 'the man who runs the place' Rollins.
Have you seen Seth Rollins in action? Did you see Night of Champions and want to weigh in on your opinions for the nights results? Hopefully you enjoyed this tangent away from our typical articles, but if you have any comments, leave them below, or over on Facebook and Twitter!


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Indonesia's state-owned energy company, Pertamina, expects to sign a production sharing contract for the Rokan oil block this month, after paying a $784 million signature bonus for its bid in December, a company director said.
Indonesia's energy ministry announced in July that Pertamina will take over operation of Rokan, the country's second-biggest oilfield block, once Chevron's operating contract there expires in 2021.
The Rokan block occupies 6,000 square km (2,300 square miles) on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It contains 96 oilfields and has been a focus area for Chevron, but a proposal by the U.S. oil major earlier in 2018 for an extension of its Rokan contract beyond 2021 came in far below Pertamina's offer.
Pertamina has formed a subsidiary named Pertamina Hulu Rokan that will take over operations from Chevron Corp. unit Chevron Pacific Indonesia in 2021, Pertamina upstream director Dharmawan Samsu told reporters on Thursday.
Pertamina is in discussions with Chevron on the transition, and hopes to start drilling in Rokan this year, Samsu said.
The company has been "directed to seek a partner" for Rokan by the state-owned enterprises ministry, he said without elaborating.
Pertamina will open a tender this year to install new pipelines to transport crude from Rokan, as existing pipelines were already 40 years old, and had decided to begin work immediately, Samsu said.
"If we wait until 2021 to replace them, building pipelines takes two years or 18 months, so there would be a period where we'd face high risks that those pipes may not function because they need maintenance."
Rokan oil output slipped 6 percent in 2018 to 209,400 barrels per day (bpd), from 223,000 bpd in 2017.
Pertamina, which expects production from Rokan to reduce its crude oil import needs by around one-quarter, has been pushed by the government to take over expiring oil contracts to increase its output, a policy that has stoked concern among foreign energy investors about the security of their projects.
The change in operatorship is anticipated to also result in a reduction of Indonesia's crude exports, as more crude from Rokan is absorbed in domestic refineries.
"Chevron Pacific Indonesia regularly engages with Pertamina," Cameron Van Ast, a spokesperson for Chevron Asia Pacific, told Reuters by email, declining to provide further detail on the Rokan discussions due to company policy. (Writing by Fergus Jensen; editing by Christian Schmollinger)
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We're depressed when we can't spend time with our characters, and when we sit down to chat, their interest lies somewhere else. Maddening.
Our characters are so real our spouses are jealous. Parents are confused. Children are impatient. Siblings don't know about "that particular family member."
There's medicine for it all.
The medicine I would suggest is thankfulness. We're the lucky ones. And you know why. I don't have to tell you. If you need help in this area, message me, and we'll talk.
Here's a few pointers, though, for coping with a real and an imaginary world in the same mind.
—Stay calm. Yes, we've had breakthroughs in character developments, but jumping up in a church missions meeting yelling, 'That's why your promiscuous behavior is so famous…your mother rejected you, and you're looking for someone to replace her!' can lead to embarrassing talks with church administrators. Jot down the thought quickly, and move on.
—Divide your time with a thick pen between fiction and reality. Just because you must spend time with your characters to write well doesn't mean spouses, parents, friends, and utter strangers have to spend time with them. You may find they're not interested, which is disheartening. I've found if I must tell someone about my character, I create another character who is disproportionally fascinated in my imaginary friends.
—Let your real friends be the ones to comfort you. Stoicism may come from working through your own personal issues with your characters, but others will think your perfection irritating. I think your perfectionism is irritating. Let us help.
—Do not discuss murder methods with your characters in public. For example, in the church hallway, when prepping to speak to 2nd graders and your characters appear, do not mention aloud cement shoes, taking someone to the farm, ballistic therapy, tango down, the number 187, or kevorking anyone. We understand. We really do. But you'll find your sphere of influence at church shrinking.
—Allow your characters to take a role in your life, but do not set a chair at the table for them. Don't drive them to appointments, unless you're going there already. It's okay to fill out job applications for them, but don't submit them to the company. Don't tell anyone your crazy new idea for a hairstyle comes from your protagonist. And for goodness sake, don't let them drive.
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In Great Britain they seem to be very tolerant of terrorists, averaging almost one terrorist being released to their streets every week. Think about that. Someone is convicted of a terror offense, and they still get back in to the same street on which they committed previous terror attacks. Next month they will be releasing Anjem Choudary, a noted hate Imam and terrorist recruiter who is connected to 15 separate terrorist attacks, and will soon be able to continue to recruit terrorists. Choudary was the leader of the terror group al-Muhajiroun, now proscribed in the United Kingdom. Twenty of his followers have been released since 9/11, and five more are set to be released in the next couple of months.
The convicted hate preacher is said to be linked to 15 terror plots dating back 20 years, and is believed to be linked to hundreds of jihadists who travelled to Syria to fight with Islamist groups.
Acolytes of and those with connections to Choudary and his banned terror group have committed terror attacks in the UK, including the ringleader of the June 2017 London Bridge vehicular attack Khuram Butt. Butt was also reported to have attended a protest in support of the murderers of Fusilier Lee Rigby, organised by Choudary.
The off-duty soldier was mown down with a car near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, London, on May 22nd, 2013. Islamist terrorists Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale then disembarked from the vehicle and attacked Rigby with knives, killing him and nearly severing his head.
Both Adebolajo and Adebowale were followers of Choudary, who at the protest attended by Butt, days after the death of Rigby, described Adebolajo as a "nice man", asserting that the terrorist was "a practising Muslim and a family man" who he was "proud of".
Islamic State Recruiter Anjem Choudary to Walk Free Next Month https://t.co/it7jkVZWrc
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) September 11, 2018
Terror Convictions and Investigations Highest on Record https://t.co/6XyzOMyc3T
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) September 14, 2018


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In the struggle between online and in-store shopping, the advantage has shifted to bricks-and-mortar retailers, according to GfK's 2014 FutureBuy shopping habits study — at least in the U.S.
Customers reporting that they engaged in "showrooming" — seeing a product in-store, then buying it online from another retailer using a smartphone — dropped to 28 percent in 2014 from 37 percent last year. Meanwhile, "webrooming" — buying in-store after researching online using a smartphone — was reported by 41 percent of U.S. respondents in the survey.
U.S. shoppers said buying in-store was motivated by seeing and feeling products before buying (important to 58 percent of shoppers who prefer in-store, versus 9 percent who prefer online), getting products sooner (53 percent versus 16 percent), and hassle-free returns (35 percent versus 10 percent). Shoppers who preferred buying online cited reasons including saving money (61 percent of online customers versus 28 percent in-store), ease of shopping (53 percent versus 24 percent) and better selection (46 percent versus 16 percent). That shift toward instant gratification could signify an improved economy, BetaNews reported.
The GfK survey also found that U.S. customers who shopped online using a PC or laptop dropped from 78 percent to 63 percent in the past year, while those saying they used smartphones doubled from 8 percent to 15 percent, and tablet shoppers also doubled from 5 percent to 10 percent.
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It all begun in 2000 when my father gave me a previously loved Vivitar XV-1 analogue camera. I became addicted to the challenge of observing the world around me and trying to capture raw candid moments. Embracing my love of photography, I studied in London for five years under a veteran photographer who quickly became my mentor. With his support, I went on to receive national recognition for my work with medium format cameras, placing top 5 in England for my A-Level photo essays.
In 2007 I moved back home to Hong Kong, where I was born and enjoyed a childhood filled with hikes, beaches and a general love of being near the ocean. Since returning, I have traveled on numerous volunteer photography assignments for several Non Government Organisations in South East Asia, including Outreach International [Philippines], Humanitarian Services for Children Vietnam [North, Vietnam], Breast Cancer Awareness [Hong Kong], Child Welfare Scheme [Hong Kong] and Society for AIDS Care [Hong Kong].
In 2013 I stumbled across the world of newborn photography … and the rest as they say, is history. Since then I have been devouring any printed words I can get my hands on. I have also been professionally trained by two separate award winning photographers, Kelly Brown of Little Pieces Photography [Australia] and Julia Kelleher of Jewel Images [USA], in newborn posing and safety.
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I am a full time mum and a part time professional photographer. I love photographing newborns, capturing beautiful baby photographs; from classic timeless posed images, to lifestyle portraits and adorable detail shots of pouty lips.
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The Scottsboro Judges
Judge James Edwin Horton Jr., 1878 - 1973.
Justitia fiat coelum ("Let justice be done though the Heavens may fall." -- Paternal grandfather's motto
James Edwin Horton Jr. was born in Tennessee in 1878, the son of a former slave owner. He studied medicine at Vanderbilt for a year and then received a B.A. and Bachelor of Law at Cumberland University, in 1897 and 1899. His father was a probate judge and Horton clerked for him before entering private practice. He served for one term in the Alabama State Legislature (1910-14), and then served in the State Senate. When a chancery court seat opened, he left the senate to fill that seat. After returning for a while to his law practice and the land he farmed, Horton was elected judge of the Eighth Circuit Court in 1922. In 1933 he was in his second six-year term.
Horton was praised by the prosecution and defense alike when he was named to judge the second trial of the Scottsboro defendants in Decatur, Alabama. His lean, lanky physical appearance was often compared to Lincoln's, and he was considered extremely fair-minded.
For Haywood Patterson's second trial, Horton welcomed the press into his courtroom, even shaking the hands of two African American journalists. He listened carefully to the witnesses, even, as was his habit, coming around his bench to look at their faces as they spoke. Horton may have been particularly impressed by the medical testimony of Dr. R. R. Bridges, the physician who had examined Victoria Price and Ruby Bates hours after the incident. Bridges' associate, Dr. Marvin Lynch, asked not to testify, but in a private meeting with Judge Horton told him that he did not believe the women had been raped. Horton later recalled his response: "My God, Doctor, is this whole thing a horrible mistake[?]" The judge implored him to take the stand, but Lynch was reluctant to jeopardize his young career.
Later in the trial, when reports of a possible lynch mob reached the judge, he excused the jury and addressed the court: "I say this much, that the man who would engage in anything that would cause the death of any of these prisoners is a murderer; he is not only a murderer, but a cowardly murderer... I absolutely have no patience with mob spirit.... Your very civilization depends upon the carrying out of your laws in an orderly manner."
Still later, instructing the jury, he said: "You are not trying whether or not the defendant is white or black -- you are not trying that question; you are trying whether or not this defendant forcibly ravished a woman."
"You are not trying lawyers, you are not trying State lines; but you are here at home as jurors, a jury of your citizens under oath sitting in the jury box taking the evidence and considering it, leaving out any outside influences."
The jury sentenced Patterson to death.
In the days that followed, Judge Horton read the sentence into the record, and then postponed further trials due to the inflamed atmosphere in the town.
Editorials, telegrams and letters of all opinions flooded Horton's court, praising his equanimity, condemning his tolerance for Samuel Leibowitz, excoriating the verdict that was reached in his courtroom and warning him against reversing the jury's decision. One visitor suggested that if Horton dared annul the jury's verdict, his re-election in 1934 would be in doubt. "What does that have to do with the case?", he asked with a smile.
On June 22, 1933, Judge Horton convened his court. Expecting it to be a filing for a new trial, the first step for an appeal to higher courts, Leibowitz did not attend. But instead of listening to a motion, Judge Horton read a remarkable disputation of the verdict and concluded by calling for a new trial for Patterson. In a recent interview, one of Horton's sons described his father's speaking style as somewhat awkward, but his written decision is a model of logic and eloquence.
The Supreme Court of Alabama took Horton off the case and delivered it to Judge Callahan. As predicted, Horton lost his bid for re-election the following year. He retired to his land, a villain to some, a hero to many.
Further information on the Scottsboro cases heard by Judge Horton, including excerpts from testimony, are available on Professor Douglas Linder's Famous American Trials Web site at the University of Missouri - Kansas City Law School.
Judge William Washington Callahan (1863 - 1947):
"Where the woman charged to have been raped, as in this case, is a white woman, there is a very strong presumption under the law that she will not and did not yield voluntarily to intercourse with the defendant, a Negro. And this is true whatever the station in life the prosecutrix may occupy, whether she be the most despised, ignorant and abandoned woman of the community, or the spotless virgin and daughter of a prominent home of luxury and learning."
-- Charge to the jury, Haywood Patterson trial, 1933
William Washington Callahan was born June 30, 1863 on a farm in Alabama. His formal schooling ended with high school, but he read law in the office of W. P. Chitwood, and worked as a lawyer and state representative before being elected as a judge in 1928.
After Judge James Horton was asked to step down from the Patterson case, all the Scottsboro cases were transferred to Judge Callahan's court. Unlike Horton, Callahan forbade cameras in his courtroom ("There ain't going to be no more picture snappin' round here," he declared) and made clear that the press was much less welcome. Callahan tried to keep the case as straightforward as possible, limiting many of defense attorney Samuel Leibowitzobjections and sustaining most of the prosecution's objections of Leibowitz -- and even chiming in with a few objections of his own.
On the subject of Victoria Price's virtue, or lack thereof, Callahan objected to lines of questioning that impugned her reputation. When Leibowitz inquired as to who accompanied Price on the train, Callahan objected, "I can't allow the time of the court wasted on matters so immaterial. You mustn't ask that question again." When Leibowitz continued to ask about the night previous to the alleged rape, Callahan said: "That is far enough for me to know all I want to know, to know that the question is illegal," and admonishing Leibowitz: "The more I shut you off the better shape you're in." Avoiding the background of a rape victim is a position still taken in contemporary rape cases; however, this left only one explanation for the medical reports that indicated the presence of semen in both women. Patterson was convicted of the crime.
All the other Scottsboro trials brought before Judge Callahan ended in the convictions of the defendants. As talk grew of a potential compromise in the case, Judge Callahan made clear that he was not supporting such an outcome, that he would not accept a "fifty-dollar fine for rape." In 1937, the prosecution dropped the charges against five of the black defendants, and changed the charge against Ozie Powell to assault on a deputy. Callahan, disregarding the six years Powell had already spent in jail, sentenced him to the maximum, twenty years.
Further information on the Scottsboro cases heard by Judge Callahan, including excerpts from testimony, are available on Professor Douglas Linder's Famous American Trials Web site at the University of Missouri - Kansas City Law School.