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This Week In Photography Books: Christopher Williams
The strangest thing happened to me yesterday. I was chatting with a neighbor while photographing his Apache sweat lodge. (Long story.) We'd met for the first time the day before, so I was making small talk about our little valley.
I asked him if he'd seen the pair of golden eagles that lived around here, and often roosted in the tall cottonwoods near the stream.
He said he had no idea there were a pair of golden eagles around here. His tone was dubious. Then he mentioned that there WERE a couple of red-tailed hawks living in the canyon, but of course that was something else entirely.
It was the third time in as many weeks that someone had told me my eagles were hawks. The first two times, I shrugged it of as misinformation. But yesterday? I realized I might have been the one mistaken.
So I ran home and hit up my trusty friend Google. My heart sank. My favorite birds, the one's from whom I'd learned so much, were not eagles… but hawks.
Should it matter?
The birds are no less beautiful. Or majestic. Their hunting prowess no flimsier, nor their stupefying ability to soar through the air without seeming to move at all.
So what was the problem? In my mind, they were eagles: rarer and more special than common hawks. I identified with them as being the kings of the sky. That they lived in my yard made me feel special. I told many people about my eagles.
But they were never eagles. At least, not outside my own mind. They nested inside my expectations, and laid eggs that gave me courage and confidence.
And now?
Now, I have to get over myself. I'm still freakishly lucky to live in a place where I get to watch red-tailed hawks circle over my yard on a near-daily basis. The fact that I'm even conflicted about this says quite a bit about my ridiculous character.
But expectations are powerful things, even if they don't have a tangible presence. Take books, for example. We "expect" them to make sense. To tell a story. To inform us of their meaning, at some point, before we cease to flip the pages.
That's their job. To tell us stuff, either in pictures, words, or both.
But what if you found a book that absolutely refused to bow to convention? That reveled in fucking with your head, while simultaneously depicting a set of images made during an artist's career?
What would you think about that?
I'm glad you asked. Because I just finished looking at a red monograph of work by the conceptual photography/art star Christopher Williams, and I'm still scratching my head.
I knew it was his book, because photo-eye had affixed a tag that said Christopher Williams, printed in Germany, $120. That's all I got, even after looking at the whole book. (Though the "Printed in Germany" did appear at the end of the book too, on an insert, which was a tad reassuring. That they knew how to print words at all, that is.)
I would have figured out it was his book, had I not known, because I've seen some of his seminal images before. They're always inscrutable. Pictures of cameras, deconstructed. Cars, tipped like cows in a pasture. Models, obviously on set, with color bars in the frame. Corn in the husk.
I've read a bit about him in the past, and know there are strong motivations behind the work. Big ideas. Political, even. But you're never going to suss that out just by looking at the pictures. I'm a bright guy, and I wouldn't even know where to start.
But start I did, and the first handful of pages in the book are red. Like, red red. Bright red. Cherry red. Coca Cola red.
There's no name on the cover. When you finally find a photo, on a white page, it's a piece of yellow foam wrapped into a sculptural form. The kind you might put upon your child's bed to make it softer. (My son was praising his yellow-bed-foam just yesterday, coincidentally.)
That picture repeats later. As do others. There are seemingly African workers in front of a Heidelberg printing press. Some images, of apples, run off the page, and reference the printing process. That, I can say with confidence.
There is one picture of boobs, that repeats, because, as we all know, Boobs Sell Books℠.
Random repeating images. Lots and lots of red pages. No words. Pictures that are odd, and perhaps discomfiting. Maybe a little hypnotic. But they give you nothing concrete.
It's like the whole book is the spawn of a mad scientist who had sex with a bespectacled artist. It only makes you angry if you think you're supposed to get it.
But what if you don't try to get it? What if there's nothing to get? The world is a messy place, as I wrote last week. Logic and reason exist, but so do chaos and terror. Money rules the day, and it always has. (Though it might have taken the form of salt, gold, oil or jewels.)
When I was done, I practically chuckled at the chutzpah it takes to make a book with no words. There's even an insert at the end, the type that typically contains an essay or two. Maybe an artist's exhibition history?
Nope. It was blank. Only red.
Like the look on your face, perhaps, while you're reading this. Will you like this book? I don't know. But I think it's awesome, because it undercuts almost every sane idea about how to make a photo-book.
And all that red made me realize my red-tailed hawks are perfect, just as they are. What's in a name, anyway?
Bottom Line: Inscrutable, almost offensively strange, yet perfectly awesome book by a brainy art star
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Research continues to link the overuse of technology to depression, attention issues, and poor social skills. Many parents and grandparents I talk to feel overwhelmed by the powerful influence of technology in their families and homes. Technology, if not managed, can impair our family's wellbeing. One of our best defenses against devices controlling our time and relationships is to develop a culture in our homes that encourages healthy technology use. So, how do we go about inspiring a tech-smart family? Here are a few strategies and resources:
Book Jolene to speak to your church, school, or community group on Tech-Smart Parenting or visit the Leading Tomorrow podcast for more on this and related topics!
The following is a guest post by Bill Mann, who writes and speaks on inter-generational mentoring
The next generation (Generation Z, born 1995-2010) are those who have grown up with devices, such as a cell phone or an iPad, readily available. The first are now going to college, while the youngest are in elementary school.
Recently, some of the potential negative impacts of the digital world have been emerging. For those of us who mentor, teach or parent Generation Z, it is critical that we understand these dangers. There are now eight new mental illnesses resulting from internet use. According to Evin Dashevsky, writing in PC World, these disorders, which range from the "benign to destructive," have just been recognized recently and didn't even exist in the middle 1990s.
Some of these are variations of older disorders. While some may be familiar with FOMO, one of these new disorders is called "Nomophobia" which is a fear of not having access to your mobile phone (either it crashed, you lost power, or it was lost or stolen). The condition can be severe, as the PC World magazine article notes: "[T]he condition has found its way into the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and has prompted a dedicated Nomophobia treatment program at Morningside Recovery Center in Newport Beach, California."
Another condition is called Cybersickness which results in physical symptoms like nausea and dizziness caused by interacting with things like virtual reality. The next is called "Facebook Depression," which may be descriptive enough. It comes from the despair that accompanies one watching everyone else have more fun and lead more successful lives than yours.
The next two are described as addictions: "Internet Addiction Disorder" and "Online Gaming Disorder." The former is descriptive of such an extraordinary use of the internet that it interferes with your daily life. The latter is limited to an unhealthy need to be online playing multiplayer games.
Finally, with the internet, information not otherwise available about medicine is now readily available leading to users having something called "Cyberchondria," where one is led to believe they have diseases that they found online. Sites like WebMD give enormous amounts of information, resulting in people who may have a simple headache becoming concerned that it might be a brain tumor.
The last is one that I am most concerned about based on what I've been learning recently. It's called the "Google Effect." It describes how our brains are declining in the ability to retain facts or information because it can be found online via search engines like Google or Bing.
As a result, our brains are changed and we no longer have the ability to retain information as much as prior generations. The number of searches on Google has grown from 9,800 in 1998 to 4.7 trillion today. Since we now have nearly all the information ever created by civilization at our fingertips, our brain functions may be altering how and what we retain. In effect, people have started using Google instead of their brains to store information. Unfortunately, as one writer notes, our brains use information stored in our brains in order to "facilitate critical thinking."
In his book, Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction is Hijacking Our Kids and How to Break the Trance, author Dr. Nicholas Kardaras likens the addictive effect on young children as being the same as Digital Heroin. He has observed reactions of young children going through signs of withdrawal when denied the access to digital devices, including tantrums as if they were digital junkies.
Heady stuff, and some of it scary since these disorders are new, or at least variations of other disorders. For mentors, it means that we are likely to encounter someone in the next generation who has more than just a mild interaction with the internet or the digital world. As Marvin Brubacher suggests, if that interaction results in addictive behavior, a mentor needs to be able to identify it and help them through it, or at least direct them to counseling.
To mentor the next generation, one needs to understand them. Now, that understanding includes learning about emotional or addictive behaviors which are novel and new. Ryan Terrance put it this way: "Everything in moderation, and there's a perfect balance in this life if we can find it." Our challenge as mentors and parents is to help our mentees navigate a safe route in the digital world and urge moderation and wisdom in their use of technology.
Why We Need Silence
Most of us are interested in ways to decrease stress, improve sleep, and stimulate brain growth and memory. And yet, research shows that silence does all of this and more. In a world where we carry our favorite music in our back pocket; engage in long-distance conversations anywhere, anytime; and listen to podcasts, audio books or funny Youtube videos on demand, silence is often elusive.
A recent study indicates that not only is silence difficult to find, but we actively avoid it. In an experiment where individuals were given the choice of sitting in silence with their thoughts, or inflicting an electrical shock upon themselves, the results were surprising. Even though participants had previously stated that they would pay money to avoid being shocked, 67% of the men and 25% of women chose to inflict it on themselves rather than sit quietly and think for 15 minutes.
While it can be difficult to carve out or choose time for silence, solitude and reflection, there are a few key reasons for us as leaders to do so:
1. Healthy Relationships
Relationships are critical to our health and wellbeing. In today's busy, digitally-driven world, our longing for deep relationships is greater than ever. Often we substitute noise and a sense of connectedness for true relationships. Writer Johnathan Franzen describes that "our infatuation with technology provides an easy alternative to love." Ironically, it is often silence and solitude that allow us the understanding and peace to engage in deep, caring, healthy relationships more regularly. Thomas Merton, in No Man Is an Island, explains: "The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely, no matter how much he may surround himself with people. But the man who learns, in solitude and recollection, to be at peace with his own loneliness, and to prefer its reality to the illusion of merely natural companionship, comes to know the invisible companionship of God. Such a one is alone with God in all places, and he alone truly enjoys the companionship of other men, because he loves them in God."
2. Effective Leadership
Leaders today are confronting increasingly complex problems in ever-changing environments. More than ever, we need time and space to clear the clutter from our minds and focus on the challenges we confront. Author and speaker, Sarah Ban Breathnach, explains, "Usually, when the distractions of daily life deplete our energy, the first thing we eliminate is the thing we need the most: quiet, reflective time. Time to dream, time to contemplate what's working and what's not, so that we can make changes for the better." Kate Murphy, in her article, No Time to Think says, "You can't solve or let go of problems if you don't allow yourself time to think about them. It's an imperative ignored by our culture, which values doing more than thinking and believes answers are in the palm of your hand rather than in your own head." I would add that sometimes the answers are whispered in our heart. When we fail to listen, in silence and solitude, we may miss the best answers to issues we are facing.
3. Identity and Purpose
In a study by anthropologist Emily Martin, an eleven-year-old girl from a broken home, who bounces between three households, explains that in each of these households the rules are different and so is she. Her identity, like that of many of us today, is defined by an external context. This translates easily into the virtual world, where our identities can be fluid and adaptable. Unfortunately, this also makes us vulnerable to confusion, depression, and a lack of confidence. Silence and reflection is the space where we can listen to our own heart and identify our identity and purpose. Carl Sandburg describes this beautifully when he says the following: "A man must find time for himself. Time is what we spend our lives with. If we are not careful we find others spending it for us. . . It is necessary now and then to go away and experience loneliness; to sit on a rock in the forest and to ask, 'Who am I, and where have I been, and where am I going?' If one is not careful, one allows diversions to take up one's time—the stuff of life."
As leaders, may we prioritize silence and reflection, benefiting from the rest and understanding that come from these disciplines. More importantly, may we model these critical practices for those younger than us who are in danger of living lives full of noise and distraction, without understanding the beauty and healing of silence and solitude.
How Does Social Media Affect You?
Social media. Whether you love it or hate it, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat are a part of relationships in our society today. I am a writer and researcher, and part of my job is considering the implications of these forms of communication on how we think and interact. However, that does not mean I am exempt from their effects. Recently, I have found myself reflecting on how my social media use influences my thoughts, perspectives, and emotions…and, I must admit, I don't always like my realizations.
While I enjoy social media for its ability to keep me connected to friends and family around the world, inform me of the joys and sorrows of those I love, and provide perspectives from real people, I find myself struggling against some of its influences. It is often difficult to avoid comparing my life to others, being frustrated or disappointed in some posts that I see, being distracted checking updates, and thinking of activities or people around me for their "postable" value, rather than just completely enjoying moments and interactions. I have to admit, there are days that social media takes more from my relationships than it gives.
One of the weaknesses of social media is its ability to distance us from real people and their emotions and needs. In a face-to-face conversation, a pregnant friend would be cautious to narrate her pregnancy experiences to a friend who was struggling with infertility or who had recently experienced a miscarriage. We would not celebrate our child's academic success to a loved one whose child was experiencing severe learning disabilities. Likewise, we wouldn't brag about new purchases or expensive vacations to a neighbor who had just lost his or her job, or our weight loss and workout routine to a friend who was struggling with health issues. Such behavior is self-centered, insensitive and hurtful. Nonetheless, innocent posts on social media can have the same effect. Of course, the broad audience we interact with via social media makes it hard to always consider individual perspectives and needs, but I think most of us can admit we need to consider others more when we share information.
Too often, I post something because it is a point I want to make, something I want to celebrate, or a moment I want to share. While that is not necessarily bad, if my considerations when posting are primarily about me…what I want or how I feel…then perhaps my motives need to be reexamined. Consistently putting my desires or needs first is destructive in any relational interaction, including those on social media.
In the book of Romans chapter 14, Paul is talking to believers in Rome. There had arisen differences regarding the requirements of the law as it related to dietary restrictions and the Sabbath. It struck me as I read Paul's advice to the Romans on how to relate to one another, that his words apply to us in relating to one another today. In verse 13 he says, "make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister." Can we always avoid hurting or offending others? Of course not. The point, however, is our intentions and priorities. I have to ask myself, am I choosing to consider the needs, perspectives and feelings of others? When I share something on social media, what are my goals and who am I thinking of first?
While social media is truly a wonderful tool, like any tool, it has be to be used well or it can become destructive. We need to be thoughtful regarding the effect social media is having on us and relationships in our lives. Sometimes changes in our habits or perspectives are needed, for ourselves, as well as those who are watching us as they learn to navigate healthy relationships and communication with technology.
Dr. Jolene Erlacher is a wife, mommy, author, speaker, college instructor and coffee drinker who is passionate about empowering the next generation of leaders for effective service!
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Holiday Wishes
Posted by Liz Harvatine at 5:53 PM
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Thanks for the laugh! Nice way to start my holiday :)ReplyDelete
Awww! What a cute picture :o) I hope you guys had a really wonderful Thanksgiving! (also, the quilt your kitties are sitting on is BEAUTIFUL!)ReplyDelete
The yellow one looks oh so sexy in her headband. Nice ktties. Merry Christams.ReplyDelete
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Saurabh Bhatnagar, Senior Data Scientist at Rent the Runway, offered insights into how business professionals can use data to drive personalization during his keynote presentation to Argyle's CIO membership at the 2017 Leadership in Big Data & Analytics Forum in New York City on October 19. In his presentation, "Launching a Personalized Experience," Bhatnagar provided tips to help business professionals deliver a consistent personalized experience across multiple platforms.
According to Bhatnagar, personalization is a top priority for many companies around the globe. Although businesses may consider personalization to achieve a variety of goals, how these companies approach personalization varies.
In some instances, business professionals consider personalization and segmentation to be interchangeable. However, personalization and segmentation are two different concepts, and business professionals must be able to differentiate between them to achieve the best-possible results.
"You need to think about personalization versus segmentation," Bhatnagar said. "People exist on multiple dimensions and not just different segments. And if you're going into [personalization] … you need to align on the business case."
Many business professionals fail to link their personalization efforts to metrics as well.
Fortunately, business professionals can use myriad metrics to understand whether their personalization efforts are effective. And perhaps most important, business professionals can leverage assorted metrics to determine whether their personalization efforts are driving revenue growth and customer retention and loyalty.
"Whatever work you're doing [with personalization], you need to tie it to KPIs," Bhatnagar noted. "If you cannot align the goal of your project to KPIs, then you're dead on the water."
Examining popular trends can make a difference relative to personalization too.
"It's hard to do better than popular. That should be a baseline of what you're improving from, and you should always think about how you can do better from that."
If business professionals evaluate popular trends, they may be able to learn about a company's target audience. Then, these professionals can establish a baseline for their personalization efforts and proceed accordingly.
"It's hard to do better than popular," Bhatnagar stated. "That should be a baseline of what you're improving from, and you should always think about how you can do better from that."
It also is important to remember that personalization requires a long-term commitment.
Business professionals likely will need to adjust a company's personalization efforts over an extended period of time. By doing so, these professionals can boost the likelihood of developing long-lasting customer partnerships.
"You need to break down how to deliver the best personalized experience into smaller chunks," Bhatnagar recommended. "Coming up with the first 80 percent of this experience may be simple, and you need to focus on that."
Furthermore, business professionals must do everything they can to collect feedback from customers.
With ongoing feedback, business professionals can find out whether various personalization efforts are effective. This feedback also ensures business professionals can discover the best ways to connect with a company's clientele and provide them with the personalized support that they deserve.
"It's very easy to get feedback, and you can send an email to find out whether people like your personalized experience or not," Bhatnagar said.
Although many out-of-the-box solutions are available to help businesses deliver personalized experiences, these solutions have both pros and cons.
"Whatever work you're doing [with personalization], you need to tie it to KPIs. If you cannot align the goal of your project to KPIs, then you're dead on the water."
Out-of-the-box solutions make it easy for companies to implement personalization strategies. On the other hand, the solutions are not one-size-fits-all, and a solution that works well for one business may not work well for another.
Business professionals must constantly explore ways to provide customers with personalized experiences. Otherwise, these professionals risk missing out on opportunities to help their respective companies partner with customers.
"Most out-of-the-box solutions are not doing personalization well enough," Bhatnagar stated. "You have to look at a lot of metrics, which means there's a lot to personalization. And as you look deep into personalization, you'll find unique ways to improve upon it."
In addition, data analysts can play a pivotal role in a company's personalization efforts. These analysts can review a broad assortment of structured and unstructured data and transform this information into actionable insights to help a business bolster its personalization efforts.
"You need to have analysts, because the first thing that you'll launch will be good, but it won't necessarily be the right thing," Bhatnagar indicated. "You'll need to fine-tune this [personalization solution] to make sure it will work for your organization."
Lastly, business professionals should consider how different departments within a company work together to drive personalization.
If business professionals promote a culture of collaboration and communication, multiple departments can search for ways to provide customers with personalized experiences. As a result, these departments can ensure business customers can reap the benefits of personalized support both now and in the future.
"You're not building your team in a silo. You're working with other teams … and you need to think about the complexity of communication with other teams," Bhatnagar pointed out.
Saurabh Bhatnagar is the Principal Data Scientist for personalization at Rent The Runway. He created the big-data warehouse, recommendation platform and recently, Deep Learning platform. He is involved in all personalization incentives at RTR as well as back end fulfillment algorithms that power the business.
Prior to RTR, Saurabh was founding member of the Predictive Analytics team at Barnes & Nobles and went on to lead it as the Principal Data Scientist. His responsibilities at B&N were customer segmentation and propensity to buy models. Since 2000, he has consulted in data space for many Fortune 500 firms. He wrote a chapter in "Data Mining Applications with R" which was published by Elsevier.


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Bajaj launches Platina 125 DTS-Si and a refreshed Discover 135 DTSi
This post (and a few more in the coming days) is meant to chronicle the launch of motorcycle(s) in India between May-Oct 2008 (the period during which "The Bike Chronicles of India" was briefly inactive)..
"(On Sep 24, 2009) Bajaj Auto launched the second motorcycle based on the XCD platform, the Platina 125 DTS-Si."
Q. What does that mean?
A. It means that the Platina gets the 125 cc DTS-Si engine of the XCD.
Q. What else is new on the Platina 125 DTS-Si?
- Self Start, which comes as standard
- Auto Choke: Choke works automatically, therefore requires no manual operation
- Low Battery Power Indicator in the Speedometer
- Battery Protector Unit: If the lights of the bike is switched on then, this feature prevents the Lights of the bike from switching on when the bike is started. The benefit is that it avoids the battery from draining by preventing the headlamp from starting until the engine is started
- All black paint which extends to the alloys, front forks, engine cover and chain cover
- The Battery Cover loses the chrome slash of the Platina 100 and is in matt black this time
- Pilot Lamps on the fairing
Q. Does the Platina 125 have a Digital Speedometer and LED Taillights?
A. No. The Speedometer and taillight of the Platina is same as that of the Platina 100.
Q. Is the Platina 125 more powerful than the Platina 100?
A. Yes. The Platina 100 makes 8.2 bhp and the Platina 125 DTS-si makes slightly more power of 9.5 Ps.
Q. What is the Fuel Efficiency of the Platina 125 DTS-Si?
A. Since the Platina 125 has the same engine as that of the 125 cc XCD DTS-Si, we can expect the same fuel efficiency as that of the XCD. Which, according to Auto Magazines is among the best among Indian Bikes
Q. What is the price of the new Platina 125 DTS-Si?
A. Rs. 39,000 (Ex-Showroom)
Q. Is the Platina 100 still in production?
A. Yes, it is still in production along with the Platina 125 DTSi.
Q. Who will buy the Platina 125 DTS-Si?
A. The customer who is looking for something more than a 100 cc motorcycle now has two options to choose from. i.e. the XCD DTS-Si and the Platina 125 DTS-Si.
Platina 125 DTS-Si, Technical Specifications
- Displacement: 125cc
- Engine: 4 Stroke, DTS-Si
- Maximum Power: 9.53ps@7000rpm
- Maximum Torque: 10.85nm@5000rpm
- Gears: 4 Speed
- Cooling Type: Air Cooling
- Length: 1990 mm
- Width: 770 mm
- Height: 1090 mm
- Weight: 113 kg
- Ground Clearance: 162 mm
- Fuel Tank: 13 ltrs
- Wheelbase: 1275 mm
- Headlamp: 12V, 35W/35W
- Wheel Type: Alloys
- Wheel Size: 2.75 x 17", 3 x 17" mm
2008 Discover 135 DTS-i:
(On July 28, 2008) Bajaj Auto launched a refreshed Discover 135 DTS-Si. The new Discover 135 DTS-i is sportier and features premium sporty features.
Its main features are:
- 135 cc DTS-i engine
- Tank mounted spoilers with integrated indicators
- Digital speedometer with tachometer and reserve fuel indicator
- New Dual Tone graphics
- A Slightly redesigned front fairing
- Nitrox Suspension & front disc brake (sports version)
- Wider rear tyre (100 x 17) and racing wheel stripes (Sports versions)
Variants: The three versions of the new Discover 135 DTS-I available are the top of the line Sports version, the Electric Start version and the Kick Start version.
Colors: Blue, Black and Red.
Price: Range starts at Rs.45,710, ex showroom Pune
Discover 135 DTS-I, Technical Specifications
- Displacement: 134.21cc
- Engine: 4 Stroke, Air Cooled, DTS-i
- Maximum Power: 13.10ps@8500rpm
- Maximum Torque: 11.88Nm@6500rpm
- Gears: 4 Speed
- Clutch: Wet, Multi Plate Type
- Chassis Type: Double Cradle Type
- Cooling Type: Air Cooling
- Length: 2030 mm
- Width: 760 mm
- Height: 1065 mm
- Weight: 133.00 kg
- Ground Clearance: 175 mm
- Fuel Tank: 10 ltrs
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- Why 125 cc bikes are Popular in Europe.. Will Kinetic bring the 125 cc Cagiva bikes to India..??
- The First TV Commercial of the Bajaj Discover DTSi, featuring Jackie Chan..!!
- Bajaj Discover 135 DTSi [Test Ride/Review]
- 125 cc Bajaj XCD with just the Kick Start at Rs. 39,000 (Ex-Showroom Bangalore)
- 125 cc Bajaj XCD DTS-Si [Test Ride/Review]
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John J. Driscoll is a fighter and advocate for people who have suffered injury or loss as result of the wrongful acts of others. He only represents plaintiffs. His practice is focused on mass torts, consumer class actions, products liability, and personal-injury litigation, mostly involving pharmaceuticals.Mr. Driscoll has resolved thousands of injury cases against corporations, drug companies, manufacturers and other responsible parties. His achievements have earned him acceptance into the prestigious Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Fewer than one percent of American lawyers are members.
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John Schnackenberg has already been recognised for his enormous contribution to the New Zealand avocado industry but that's not stopping him from planning more industry improvement.
John was awarded a Life Membership at the New Zealand Avocado Growers Association and Avocado Industry Council's AGM last year – an award that for him came completely "out of the blue".
"When it came, perhaps I was a little unaware of the contribution I made. But when you reflect on things, I can look back and feel extremely proud of the role I played in things. I'm certainly honoured by the award but I know there's a lot more that we, in the industry, need to achieve."
John, who is AVOCO's Grower Relations Committee vice-chairman, has been involved in the avocado industry since buying an orchard north of Katikati 16 years ago.
He served on the board of the NZAGA and AIC for nine years and was chairman between August 2007 and May 2013.
During his tenure, John had delivered to the board the first five-year strategic plan for the industry, strengthened ties between NZ and the Californian Avocado Society and Californian Avocado Committee and expertly helped keep Australia's industry leaders at bay when they pushed hard for a compulsory promotions levy on all NZ avocados crossing the Tasman.
He also represented the NZ industry at the World Avocado Congress in Chile, helped launch major new season promotions in Japan with AIC chief executive Jen Scoular and led efforts to ensure the Ministry for Primary Industries removed its record of avocado sun blotch viroid ASBVd being present in NZ.
John, who before buying his orchard spent 20 years in corporate accounting and IT, always had a passion for primary industries. He left school to study agricultural commerce at Lincoln University before switching degrees and moving to Auckland. He enjoyed a successful career as an accountant but admits always wanting to own a farm or orchard. "By the time the opportunity arrived I felt I was too old to be kicked and shoved by cattle or sheep. After having a good look at the options around Katikati, I ultimately bought the first orchard I had seen."
Over the years, he's divided his time between orchard and industry duties. Last year, he kept a diary recording how much time he worked in his orchard and discovered he put in 784 labour hours. "It shows that 100 hours per hectare is a pretty good rule of thumb as an experienced grower mate had already told me."
He'd like the avocado industry to adopt more benchmarking practices in order for growers to get a better understanding of how their orchard compares to the best in the industry and in their growing area.
"There are people in our industry, especially in the Bay of Plenty, for whom production is a sideline. There will be opportunities for improvement on their orchard but for that to happen, they need to capture all the relevant information first.
"This is an exercise around activity cost modelling and looking at labour hours and the physical costs involved in all the core activities performed on your orchard. It's all part of the process of improvement and I believe AVOCO is well-placed to take a leadership role in that."
Overall, John says the industry is in "great" shape. "I'm encouraged by the medium to long term future of the industry. There are sustainable returns for growers whose orchard has reached good production levels."
"I thank growers for the opportunity they've given me and I'd especially like to thank my wife Catherine for the support she gave me to make the most of those opportunities."
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Editorial Tribute to Aaron Swartz (11.8.1986 ??? 1.11.2013)Posted: February 4, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: aaron swartz, Art, art commentary, censorship, copyright, copyright issues, editorial illustration, illustration, injustice, internet censorship, MIT, PIPA, political art, political commentary, political illustration, reddit, SOPA Leave a comment
Ink and Graphite on Illustration Board (15″x 20″)
For those of you who aren't familiar with Aaron Swartz, he pioneered the RSS feed at age 14, started Infogami (which later became Reddit.com) at age 18, and almost singlehandedly stopped the passing of the SOPA/PIPA bill in Congress last year. He dedicated his life to giving equal access to information, and was quoted in his Guerilla Open Access Manifesto saying, "Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves."
I would also add that information is money, which is why it isn't a surprise to me that in 2011, a federal grand jury indictment charged Swartz with wire and computer fraud for downloading large amounts of data from JSTOR, MIT's digital repository of achives and he faced up to 35 years in prison. That's more time that rapists and murderers get for what to me, sounds like checking out too many library books at one time. About a month ago, he was found dead in his Broolyn apartment, at age 26.
I think it's safe to say Aaron Swartz was a boy genius; a serious free-thinker who used his prodigious talents toward something he believed in– at the risk of some serious consequences. I'm not sure why his suicide struck a nerve with me. Maybe it's the fact that I worked for Google, maybe it's because I feel like he was an artist too, of a different stripe– or maybe it's that I've always been a bit suspicious of how our society handles shy, brainy, inconvenient idealists like him. But I think it's clear that given his trajectory, he could have accomplished a lot more for our world if we had given him a chance. But I guess the sad truth is that he didn't really have a chance, at least not in our society. His death reminded me of this quote by journalist and author, Mignon McLaughlin:
"Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers."
Rest in Peace, Aaron Swartz.
1.25.12 – Donald Contemplates.Posted: January 25, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: disney, donald, illustration, oil, oil on canvas, oil painting, oils, painting, still life, twisted disney Leave a comment
Oil on Canvas, 20″ x 24″
Had to do a still life as a diagnostic first assignment. Decided to have fun with it.
1.21.13 – Back to BasicsPosted: January 21, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Watercolor on Paper
Did a small piece today, and it felt good to go back to pure watercolor. Love seeing all the colors move and flow. My new prof suggested as an exercise, to paint this old shack, which apparently housed a very horny old ox. Glad he got out in style, so I had a fun little subject to do on a gloriously beautiful inaugural day.
12.14.12 – The Forgetting of AirPosted: December 14, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Oil on Canvas
"Gazing at the beloved, the lover reduces her to less than nothing if this gaze is seduced by an image, if her nudity, not perceived as endlessly pulsating, becomes a site of disguise rather than of astonishment at something that moves, unceasingly and inwardly."
–Luce Irigaray
You know, I never thought of myself as a Feminist, mostly because growing up in an immigrant family means you quickly learn your place in the tribe and don't worry about these things. But lately, I realize that I've been making art with feminist undertones and I'm 100% proud of that. I mean, I'm not about to bash some guy's head in at a bar for talking about the last crazy chick he slept with, but I think there's a lot to be said about the fact that most people can't even name three female visual artists in history. Go ahead, try naming three, right now.
Anyway, I started painting my latest painting and wanted to make it all rosy and colorful, but to no one's SURPRISE: it came out all creepy.
This one is in reference to the male gaze, or really, just conflict of power and vulnerabiity in our view of ourselves and other women. It would be way too simplistic to assume that women are only victims in the exchange, but in the exchange there is a beauty that we take for granted. Hope you like it.
11.29.12 – Trying Out New ThingsPosted: November 30, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
It's not every day you get to be in a classroom setting with live figure models, but I've been priviledged to be in the studio with models for the past few weeks. I started out trying to paint realistically, making sure to mix accurate skin tones and do academic drafts beforehand. Then, I started playing with colors and more abstract composition, lines, and rhythms. I think I still like the realistic rendition better, but there are a few things in the abstract that I like. I still find that I love painting the human figure, and never cease to be amazed and inspired by it.
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65-Minute Pose of Catherine
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90- Minute Pose of Karen
11.27.12 – Experimentin'Posted: November 28, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Invisible CitiesPosted: November 24, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
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"When you have forded the river, when you have crossed the mountain pass, you suddently find before you the city of Moriana, its alabaster gates transparent in the sunlight, its coral columns supporting pediments encrusted with serpentine, its villas all of glass like aquariums where the shadows of dancing girls with silvery scales swim beneath the medusa-shaped chandeliers. If this is not your first journey, you already know that cities like this have an obverse: you have only to walk a semi-circle and you will come into view of Moriana's hidden face, an expanse of rusting sheet metal, sackcloths, planks bristling with spikes, pipes black with soot, piles of tins, behind walls with fading signs, frames of staved-in straw chairs, ropes good only for hanging oneself from a rotten beam. From one part to the other, the city seems to continue, in perspective, multiplying its repretory of images: but instead it has no thickness, it consists only of a face and an obverse, like a sheet of paper, with a figure on either side, which can neither be seperated nor look at each other. " –From Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino, 1972


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Scott Saleska's research focuses on how climate interacts with plant physiology, demography, and ecological processes to influence or control biogeochemical cycling from local to global scales. Dr. Saleska uses multidisciplinary approaches that combine classical techniques of field ecology and forestry with advanced technological methods and modeling to integrate biogeochemical processes to ecosystem scales. Dr. Saleskaalso is interested in the effect of human activities on these processes and on the sustainable functioning of the biosphere in general. Two current projects include using new technologies to measure whole-ecosystem isotopic exchange and understanding Amazon forest carbon exchange. His work in the Amazon is designed to build upon ongoing investigations of how forest demography and disturbance dynamics control carbon cycling in old-growth Amazon forest.
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BILOXI — An economic analysis of the potential impact of a downtown minor league baseball stadium is expected to be presented at Tuesday's Biloxi City Council meeting.
The Sun Herald reports Ron Peresich, an attorney representing Biloxi, has notified council members Johnson Consulting should have the study ready by Monday and will make a presentation at the meeting, which will begin at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall.
The council authorized spending up to $25,000 for the study and the administration hired Johnson Consulting, which is based in Chicago and has advised Jackson and cities in Florida and Missouri about the impact of baseball.
The company has also done work for the Biloxi Housing Authority and researched the downtown Biloxi area.
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Golden Ratio, Rome
- Free local cuisine breakfast and free WiFi
- Collect nights
great location but not easy to check in had to go around the building from floor to floor…
The gentlemen that greeted us was friendly and informative. He contacted us on the cell…
Golden Ratio, Romefrom $58 CAD
- Deluxe Triple Room, Ensuite
- Luxury Quadruple Room
- Standard Apartment, 3 Bedrooms, Private Bathroom
- Single Room
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What's around Golden Ratio, Rome
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- Colosseum (15-minute walk)
- Trevi Fountain (16-minute walk)
- Roman Forum (17-minute walk)
- Spanish Steps (17-minute walk)
- Villa Borghese (21-minute walk)
- Pantheon (22-minute walk)
- Circus Maximus (23-minute walk)
- Piazza Navona (25-minute walk)
- St. Peter's Basilica (38-minute walk)
- Sistine Chapel (39-minute walk)
Getting around
- Rome (CIA-Ciampino) - 30 min drive
- Rome (FCO-Fiumicino - Leonardo da Vinci Intl.) - 38 min drive
- Rome Termini Station - 6 min walk
- Rome Tuscolana Station - 5 min drive
- Rome Euclide Station - 6 min drive
- Castro Pretorio Station - 8 min walk
- Laziali Station - 9 min walk
- Repubblica - Opera House Station - 10 min walk
- Train station drop-off (surcharge)
- Train station pick-up (surcharge)
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
- Theme park shuttle (surcharge)
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Key facts
- 4 rooms
- Arranged over 2 floors
- Check-in time 1 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is 11 AM
- Express check-in/out
- Monday - Sunday: 10 AM - midnight
If you are planning to arrive after midnight please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation. This property's breakfast is served at a nearby bar. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Required at check-in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- One child (4 years old and younger) stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding, but may not be eligible for free breakfast
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Train station shuttle *
- Self parking *
- Free nearby parking
- Shopping center shuttle *
- Theme park shuttle *
Payment types at the property
Other information
- Smoke-free property
At the property
- Free local cuisine breakfast daily
- Restaurant
- Refrigerator in a common area
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Hair salon
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 0
- Elevator
- ATM/banking
- English
- Hindi
- Italian
- Spanish
In the room
- Premium bedding
- Shower only
- Bidet
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Flat-screen TV
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Refrigerator
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport.
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
For transfers, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check-in or check-out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 3.50 per person, per night, up to 10 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 10 years of age.
Optional extras
Self parking costs EUR 18 per day
Parking is available nearby and costs EUR 18 per day
Shopping center shuttle and theme park shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
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Take a self-guided driving tour through the historical cultural landscapes of Oklahoma with the provided maps, located under the "Maps & Resources" tab, as your guide. These driving tours will take visitors through north central, northeast and central areas of the state. Attractions highlighted on these self-guided tours include the gardens at the Philbrook Museum of Art, the Tulsa Rose Garden, the Ovals at the University of Oklahoma, the campus at Oklahoma State University, Capitol Hill Park in Guthrie and the Paseo Arts District in Oklahoma City.


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Half of all parents have seen anti-vaccination messages on social media, according to a report from the Royal Society for Public Health. It's not all bad news: 90% of parents still have the sense to get their children vaccinated, whatever they read, just as almost all Mumsnet users stay in secure family units rather than moving to all-female communes, despite the proliferation of fake news on the site about what husbands are like.
Yet, of course, this is serious: measles – upon which the anti-vaxxer conspiracy so often alights – requires 90-95% of the population to be immune in order for the inoculation to hold. This is only true of contagious diseases. If the anti-vaxxers concentrated on spreading nonsense about the tetanus jab, they would do no harm to anyone but themselves and their own children. But where would be the fun in that? They have surprisingly little to say on this soil-transmitted disease.
So we're already scraping the floor of public safety, for no better reason than that a wild conspiracy theory that in another age would have been discredited, bringing down with it one, maybe two reputations, got lucky with a networked age and a global culture war. It is a classic hot-button issue, combining – on the pro-vaccine side – the elegance and rigour of evidence-based science, with the white-hot primal rage of parental protectiveness.
Yet the roots of the anti-vax movement are telling. Like so much that is attached to parenting, and specifically motherhood, the movement is a highly significant cultural development that is siloed and, broadly speaking, ignored until some tragedy happens. I believe this is on the specious grounds that parenting is apolitical – or more precisely, nothing a mother could think or do could ever have wider contextual meaning. As a parable, but also, a truth, you can write a book about the culture of parenting, and it'll get stuck in the health section, and nobody will ever notice or read it except by accident, when they will find it has very little information on health.
To distrust medicine, or to give it its archaic name, "western medicine", was once the preserve of the hippy left. In the early days of the anti-vax movement, at the turn of this century, those who distrusted vaccinations spanned the political spectrum. Only in the past decade has it become the drum beat of the American right, and it's only in the past few years that prominent Republicans – Chris Christie and Rand Paul in 2015 – took it on as a rallying cry. How an issue gets from US campaign literature to a Facebook page in Hebden Bridge is hard to pinpoint; suffice it to say that, from Islamophobia to cases such as baby Charlie Gard's, we know that it happens.
It dovetails with a generalised anti-science movement: climate-change denial, scorn for any epidemiological data about inequality and its effects, a generalised repudiation of expertise. We tend to look at each trend individually, and through the wrong end of the telescope. Climate-change deniers are funded by the fossil-fuel industry; free market fundamentalists also, conveniently, run hedge funds. And these tawdry explanations seem to make sense but miss the point: it's not narrow self-interest that drives the fightback against evidence, but rather, an entire worldview.
Scientific discovery tends towards the collective: it takes the hive mind to produce it, and the answers it provides tend to be socially located: vaccinate; redistribute; recycle. Science is levelling and pluralistic: it situates authority not with any one person or type of person, but in the disembodied, infinitely accessible space of evidence. Whether it's a measles jab or a climate model, the far right hates it. Furthermore, when facts have been contested so energetically as to have been effectively obliterated from the terrain, all that is left is feeling; power is restored to the person who feels the most strongly, where that person always believed it belonged.
The question is, how did this ideological crankery find an audience? Why haven't people been more resilient, more wedded to the world of the evidence-base? Here the contexts peel apart: climate-change denial is a lot more comforting to believe than climate-change evidence. In parenting, the established authorities, whether the World Trade Organization or the NHS, have become defined by such caution (don't sit on new furniture, formula milk gives you cancer) that a wild west mentality has taken over.
Experts, after a decade or so of over-statement, have undermined themselves, and everything has to be double-checked on Facebook. Yet the root solution is the same: somehow the credibility of evidence has to radically renew itself; an epidemic of measles may be the most dramatic risk, otherwise, but it will be only the end of a tangled skein.
• Zoe Williams is a Guardian columnist


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Chefs Ben Spalding and Ernst Van Zyl collaborate in latest #AllGunsBlazing event
Set for 31 August and 1 September, the 10-course dinner evenings will take place at 4th Floor Studios in East London, as the latest in the series from Spalding. Each chef will create four separate dishes, with the remaining two courses – one savoury, one sweet ‒ to be created by the chefs together.
There will also be a range of wines, and cocktails using ingredients such as cloudberries, feijoa, messmor, sea buckthorn and banana passion fruit.
Each ticket will cost £107 per person, and are available to buy through global restaurant reservation app Velocity.
#AllGunsBlazing is a series of events created by Spalding, which sees the chef join with one other chef each time. It kicked off with Paul Foster at the end of May, followed by Graham Garrett of West House in Kent at the end of June.
Michael Wignall from Gidleigh Park is scheduled for the end of August, while Mikael Svensson of Restaurant Kontrast in Oslo is expected for the beginning of October. Chef Adam Simmonds is set to finish off the series, with two evenings at the beginning of September.
Commenting on the event, Spalding said: "#AllGunsBlazing dinners are about a special chef willing to come out of the comfort zone of their kitchen or environment to work with me to provide a great dining experience and introduce their cooking to an audience that is maybe not familiar with this food or restaurant."
Spalding's career to date has included training at The Ledbury, Per Se, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, The Fat Duck, L'Enclume, Roganic, Aqua Shard, and Belmond Le Manoir Aux Quat'Saisons. He is also behind the food-with-music Small Plate Sessions, which he manages alongside his other hospitality consulting work such as helping with restaurant openings and events.


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About Sharewood
Sharewood is a free health education program that also provides limited health care services to the medically underserved populations of the Malden and Greater Boston areas. Medical services are managed by volunteer physicians and faculty from Tufts University School of Medicine, under the direction of Gregory Sawin, MD, medical director/advisor. Dr. Sawin is also an assistant professor of family medicine at Tufts School of Medicine and program director of the Tufts Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance. The administrative responsibilities for Sharewood is held by a board of 27 volunteer medical students from Tufts. Dental students and faculty volunteers from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine also contribute, as do physician assistant, nutrition, public health, and undergraduate students from Tufts University.
The name "Sharewood" is based on the Robin Hood/Sherwood Forest idea of giving to the poor. The reason "Sherwood" became "Sharewood" is that the Sharewood Project is not about robbery and simple handouts. It is a mutual give and take where those receiving health services provide a learning opportunity for the students of Tufts University School of Medicine. The experience is shared rather than given.


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Whether you are buying or selling, everyone wants a good deal. If you are a Buyer, you don't want to overpay. If you are a seller, you don't want to give your house away. So the question is what's the most effective way to reach your goal and avoid mistakes. In my opinion, the best strategy is to begin with the end goal in mind. In other words, think about what terms you would like to end up with and then plan your strategy accordingly. The fewer steps it takes you to get there, the less frustration and animosity all parties will have, which will result in a better outcome.
Here are a few tips to accomplish this goal. First, do your research and know the market. Don't take unreasonable or unrealistic positions. Sellers don't mind negotiating with a Buyer who is realistic, but not one who is living in "fantasy land". When one party takes a ridiculous position, the result is often an even more unreasonable response in hopes you will go away. Second, never tell someone this is your final offer, take it or leave it. I've had countless experiences with Buyers and Sellers who have retracted a final take it or leave it price. Drawing a line in the sand creates friction and will only make someone less likely to want to do business with you. And even worse, you look silly when you change your mind. Third, focus on things you have in common to help facilitate a sale. Only focusing on the negatives will get you nowhere. Focus on creating a win win scenario. For example, you might offer to let a seller stay in the house for an extended period after the closing (so they have time to move) in exchange for a discount on the price.
Whether you are buying or selling, keep in mind it's not about where you start, it's where you end up. Resist the temptation to start too high or low as you will likely create an unnecessary headache and cost yourself time and money.


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St. Paul's Cathedral is located at the heart of Kolkata town, India. This Gothic style cathedral was initially built in 1847. But later it suffered by the notorious earthquake of 1897 and again in 1934. After that it was renovated using a revised design. This is the first cathedral built in an overseas territory of British empire. This magnificent edifice is located at the Cathedral road of Kolkata where the other attractions such as Maidan, Victoria Memorial, Tara mandal (Planetarium), etc are nearby.
View of the Cathedral from the backside.
About my visit
After visiting the Botanic Garden of Kolkata I've had few hours from the day remaining. The taxi driver has dropped me near the St. Paul's Cathedral as I wanted to visit this place. I've visited several churches and cathedral before, but this one was totally unique compare to all. The Indo-Gothic style of the church would attract anyone who loves architectural design. It didn't take me too long to explore the area. This cathedral is open for everyone to do prayer and visiting.
View of the Cathedral during the entrance.
Opening time and entry fee
The church remains open from Monday to Saturday (9:00am - 12:00pm). And in Sunday it remains open from 7:30am to 6:00pm. Fortunately this place doesn't require any entry fee from the visitors.
Few Roman style at the front side.
How to go
This St Paul's Cathedral is near from the metro line of Kolkata. If you are not used to with Indian public transportation then this service is an option for you. Rabindra Sadan or the Maidan metro stoppage is near from this church. Ask anyone to show you direction if you need help. You could also use the taxis as they are cheap in Kolkata compare to western currency. GPS Coordinate of the church is (22°32'39.0"N, 88°20'47.3"E).
This small clocktower is atop of the St Paul's Cathedral.
Where to stay in Kolkata:
Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. That's why you'd find plenty of high or low quality hotels around. And most of the hotels are available to book through online. I've stayed in a cheap hotel (probably named Hotel oriental, and rent was 1000 rupees). You can find list of hotels from Kolkata from this link. Just an FYI, not all hotels from Kolkata can accept foreign guest as they need to maintain some sort of minimum standard and formalities.
A nice floral design in the wall of Cathedral.
Other places nearby
St Paul's Cathedral is surrounded by plenty of attractions from Kolkata. Those such places are Victoria Memorial, Maidan, Birla Planetarium, Indian museum, etc. All those places are possible to visit in a single day.
One of the many corners atop of the building. Not sure what are the called.
Closer look to the clocktower of St. Paul's Cathedral.
Frontal view of the Cathedral from a corner.
View of the Cathedral from backside again.
This corridor is located at the backside of the Cathedral.
Mini square in front of the St Paul's Cathedral.
St. Paul's Cathedral,
Cathedral Road,
West Bengal,
Country: India,
GPS Coordinate (22°32'39.0"N, 88°20'47.3"E).
This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog https://www.alonelytraveler.com/
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Why I'm Naming Marie Kondo the First Honorary Celebrity Member of Boss Women Rock
If you haven't heard the name Marie Kondo by now, allow me to introduce you to the hottest celebrity in the home (and life) improvement industry.
Marie Kondo is taking over the airwaves with a hit reality show on Netflix and a book called "The Joy of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing." Marie is making waves on social media with legions of fans posting before and after photos of their closets and kitchen drawers using #mykonmari.
She's so hot, Time magazine just named her one of the Top 100 Influential People!
"Identify the items you are using in this moment – and list what you love about each one. " Marie Kondo
This post is my public declaration of making Marie Kondo the first honorary member of Boss Women Rock because she has seemingly gone from "Best-Kept Secret to Sought-After Expert" all while spreading light and joy around the world and making her mark on every soul who discovers her.
Here's why Marie Kondo is a Boss Woman:
- Her entire brand is built around solving a problem: clutter and disorganization in the home leads to a messy life. She is teaching a transformational process to take her fans from having the life sucked out of them from having an overabundance of things in their spaces to feeling joyful and appreciative of every single object they keep.
- She has a branded process around this transformational experience called The Konmari Method which is an easy to follow 5 step process for discarding, categorizing, keeping, and organizing your belongings "in one go." https://konmari.com/pages/about This branded process ensures others can replicate her method and get similar results.
- Since she has a branded process, she has developed a system to train other consultants to become officially certified creating another revenue stream and freeing her to work ON building her empire. Imagine how different her business would be if she would have built a business solely on her one-on-on client work. https://konmari.com/pages/consultants
- She is leveraging the power of "real media" including appearances on 50 major Japanese television and radio programs as well as in Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The London Times, Vogue Magazine, the Ellen Show, the Rachael Ray Show and many more.
- Her personal brand is consistent and impeccable in color, visual style, personality, and social media use. Even her clothes are a reflection of her brand with mostly white tops and patterned skirts in a modern, non-fussy style being her signature look.
So, what can you learn from Marie Kondo to build your business and brand?
- That becoming the "next big thing" in your industry is a process built on a system of leveraging your authority and being seen as a celebrity in "real media."
- That you need to have a branded process to how you provide an outcome and transformation in other's lives.
- That empires are built by scaling your business in a trainable format that others can implement.
- That personal branding is key and deserves your time, attention, and investment of resources.


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In our techno-savvy, ultra-connected society, there is always something greater — cooler, better — just around the corner, shouting at you from a screen. Our kitchens can connect, be controlled from a distance and be responsive via the 'Internet of Things'. There are ovens that can be pre-heated from an app, refrigerator cameras which we can access at the supermarket to see what we're running low on and many other exciting innovations. A couple of our members of staff are currently involved in home renovations and they've rounded up favourite 'smart kitchen' gadgets featuring on their technology wish-lists:
iSommelier Smart Decanter
iSommelier promises to soften up the tannins mature wine that normally requires years of cellaring through aerating your wine with highly concentrated purified oxygen. There's also a smart base with a digital screen that shows you the name of the wine, vintage and aeration progress bar.
There's an app that connects with the decanter to let you control the device, add aeration programs and gather information about different winemakers. click here the portable version available at John Lewis for £349.00
Pantelligent Frying Pan
While visually the Pantelligent will fit right in with the rest of your home cookware, hidden inside it is an impressive set of features that will change the way you cook — in a way your standard frying pan never could.
The base of the pan has heat sensors that can measure the surface temperature of your food, and a Bluetooth setup tucked away in the handle allows the pan to sync up with your phone through an accompanying app. Together, the tech works to make cooking an easier, tastier experience for new chefs looking to improve their skills.
Available at The Fowndry £170
Drop – smart scale
This 'smart' weighing scale connects with an app on your iPad/iPhone using Bluetooth (not yet available on Android). It allows you to scale recipes up or down according to your needs. If you want to feed more people, for example, or if you don't have as much of a key ingredient as you thought you did. There are hundreds of recipes available on the app, each with clear step by step guides, images and tips.
Available at Currys for £41.99
Eating too fast leads to poor digestion and poor weight control. The HAPIfork, powered by Slow Control, is an electronic fork that helps you monitor and track your eating habits. It also alerts you with the help of indicator lights and gentle vibrations when you are eating too fast. Every time you bring food from your plate to your mouth with your fork, this action is called: a "fork serving". The HAPIfork also measures:
* How long it took to eat your meal.
* The amount of "fork servings" taken per minute.
* Intervals between "fork servings".
This information is then uploaded via USB or Bluetooth to your Online Dashboard on HAPI.com to track your progress. The HAPIfork also comes with the HAPIfork and HAPI.com apps plus a coaching program to help improve your eating behavior.
Available from Hapi.com, priced $49+$25 international shipping.