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The HUB Idea
The Oklahoma Arts HUB provides locals and tourists an easy way of exploring the arts in Oklahoma. The HUB Calendar provides an efficient way to plan your support of the Oklahoma arts community by giving you a tool that is as simple as the way you plan your life; using your personal calendar.
Behind The HUB
Meghan and Robbin met while both were working at Stage Center in Oklahoma City. Robbin was running the box office and Meghan signed on to be her part time assistant. They've been fast friends ever since.
Meghan got married, moved away to go to graduate school and had two darling baby boys. She also continued working in theatre and for venues, honing her front of house skills. Robbin continued working in theatre and nonprofits, fine tuning skills in volunteer management, marketing and tourism.
As life would have it, Meghan moved back to the greater OKC area bringing her dream of an all-encompassing arts calendar. Sharing the idea with Robbin, the two set about scheming, planning and dreaming. The OK Arts HUB is that dream brought to life.
Our goal for The HUB is simple; to bring patrons to the venues we love. The Greater OKC area is ripe with talent, a plethora of venues offering quality productions, performances, and visual and performing arts. We love and admire the people on the stage, the crews working behind the scenes, the administrators laboring over what to put before the crowds and the countless volunteers helping to bring it all together. We dedicate The HUB to all of them!
How The HUB got its Name
John M. Johansen, the Architect of Stage Center designed the building as a HUB for the performing arts. As you read above, Meghan and Robbin met at this amazing structure, which was the starting place of their lifetime friendship. When it came time to name their arts calendar, they went back to their roots at Stage Center and the vision that John Johansen had for his building, the word HUB seemed fit.
While we make every effort to make sure the listings are current and up-to-date, you may occasionally find an incorrect or expired listing. As The HUB is a grass-roots effort run entirely by volunteers, we encourage you to offer us your support by gently pointing out what we could do better, offer up a new venue we might not have listed or any other constructive piece of advice that will only enhance the usability of The HUB. We appreciate your support!


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God the Father - a stained glass window in the Shrine.
The stained glass windows were installed about 1957 and were also executed by Richard Joseph King. This series of windows can be compared to similar windows made for the Church of Swinford in Mayo in the 1950s. The artist also did a picture of Our Lady of Mount Carmel for the Carmelite Church in Aberystwyth.
The hand of God raised in blessing with the sceptre across his left shoulder. He is surrounded by rays. God is presented as a King, but also with a cloud or halo in the shape of a triangle, traditional symbols of God the Father and of the Trinity. Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end are seen on the left. The Father created the earth and water, moon and stars, Adam and Eve. Moses and the Ten Commandments. The serpent and the cross may be a reference to the bronze serpent on the staff of the time of Moses, and to the Garden of Eden as shown by Adam and Eve and the tree of knowledge. It also refers to Christ overcoming evil. Water is seen coming from the rock, again a reference to Moses. There are links between the Old and the New Testament. The artist has used reds and pinks especially in the garments of God.

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Branding and design expert Dan Borg shares secrets for creating consistent, personalised, multi-touchpoint branding. Daniel founded Newcastle-based branding & design agency Psyborg, which focuses on creative and useable communication.
5 Questions You Can Answer After Listening To This Episode On Branding, Design And Creativity With Daniel Borg:
When we talk about the elements of a brand, what does that include?
Can a person be creative if they're not a "creative person"?
Does Daniel Borg have half a brain, or a full brain?
If you want to build or improve your brand, where should you begin?
According to Daniel Borg, what is more awesome than having an actual real motorbike?
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Daniel Borg is the founder and Creative Director of Newcastle-based branding & design agency Psyborg, which focuses on creative and useable communication. In today's episode, Daniel shares his insights about the importance of branding and design thinking for local businesses, as well as a few of his secrets to creativity.
INTERLUDE! If you've just discovered Redback Solutions, below is a short video about who we are and what we do. If you just came for the article, you can simply skip past the video and keep reading 🙂
Video production by our friends at Thirty3South Films in Newcastle
What Is A Brand? It's What People Think When They See You
That's your logo, right? Or is it your name? Your tagline, colours, font & tone of voice? These things are all included in local business branding that's true, but a brand is something both simpler and more complex than just a piece of fruit with a bite taken out of it, a red and yellow clown, or the words "Just Do It". David Ogilvy described a brand as:
"The intangible sum of a product's attributes."
Put simply, a brand is the world's perception of a product; what somebody thinks and feels when they see or imagine it. That product could be something tangible like food or clothing, or it could be a person, a service, a film, a band, a company, a school of thought — anything at all.
Creating a successful brand takes more than just the picking colours and shapes that you think represent your business. Building a brand that represents your business means creating consistent emotions, memories, behaviours and experiences for your customers. These responses can be felt through every single brand touchpoint, from customer service to social media content, invoicing, website design, vocabulary, packaging, company ethics and yes, also the logo.
Why is Branding So Important For Any Business?
Branding builds value, plain and simple. Don't believe me? Ask Debeers, the diamond company who invented the diamond engagement ring.
So You Want To Build Or Improve Your Local Brand, Where To Start?
If you have an existing brand that you believe isn't working, the first action you should take is to do a touchpoint audit. Take a look at every way the business comes into contact with your customers or target audience. This includes everything from the way your receptionist answers the phone to your Facebook cover photo.
Once you've documented your brand's assets it will be easier to review them and decide on the direction you wish to take. Branding agencies and designers analyse the raw elements of your business from an outsider's perspective and combine them with new insights to find a creative direction that you, as the brand owner may not have considered.
What if you don't know the first thing about design? How do you choose an agency or designer that you can trust with your business' greatest asset? The best way to gauge your brand's future success is to look at the designer's portfolio and what how they've managed to convey other brands' messages.
It is essential to have a good relationship between your business and the designer. If you're both on the same page, it will be easier to communicate a succinct, unified message to the consumer.
Theory Of Creativity: The Secrets To Being Creative
Creativity can be applied to improve any facet of your business, whether you're designing the visuals of your brand, creating live social content, writing a blog or planning your customer service. A brand needs creativity in order to be noticed and leave a positive impression on consumers.
With the right systems in place, everyone has the ability to be creative.
Many people think that creativity is something we're either born with or we're not, but in fact creativity is a skill that can be learned, practiced and improved in a number of ways.
Take Note Of Surroundings
Ideas aren't formed in a vacuum, they are a combination of everything we've ever seen, heard, tasted, touched or smelled, as well as the emotions triggered by these memories. In a sense, incredibly creative people are just those who lead interesting lives and watch/read/listen to anything they can get their hands on.
A fantastic example of just how susceptible creativity is to subconscious influences is mentalist Darren Brown's advertising agency experiment.
Define Your Limitations
This is why creative briefs exist in marketing, to narrow down the possibilities. If you want to create a new logo for your brand and the only stipulations are that is blue and has your name on it, you're dealing with a billion different possible outcomes.
"Systems enable you to be creative."
Putting a guide in place that specifies your brand personality, who/what/where your target audience is, what you want them to feel about your brand, etc., will make the creative process a piece of cake.
Be Organised
Your physical space represents your mental space, so when your surroundings are filled with clutter it can be hard to focus on being creative. This doesn't necessarily mean your work desk has to be "hospital clean". Some of us work best in a space that could look like chaos to others, but to us it is actually "organised chaos".
Design Thinking
Design thinking is a process that focuses on the desired outcome in order to solve a problem, instead of focusing on the solution itself. The methodology of design thinking can be applied to any industry, not just marketing.
Now You've Got Your Brand, How Do You Scale It?
One of the biggest problems that growing businesses face is how to scale a brand consistently across multiple sites while still maintaining a local feel, differentiating themselves from bigger multinational players.
There is a reason the "About" page on a website is one of the most visited. People want to buy from people who they trust and like, so it's more important now than ever before to think about personal branding.
Thanks to social media, personal branding is no longer restricted to celebrities. Now anybody can become the face of a brand in their own local market. When scaling your business, each location should stay consistent with all aspects of your core branding, but the people communicating your brand's message on a local level will be what keeps the local feel.
"Authenticity is becoming the value now."
It simply doesn't cut it to just be in front of people these days, especially when we're apparently being exposed to over 3000 brand messages each day. Real people and real experiences shared through engaging platforms like Facebook Live and Snapchat could be what it takes to make your brand different enough to cut through the clutter.
What if I'm a private person who doesn't want to be a reality TV star? Tough cookies, it's survival of the most charismatic. If you don't feel confident being in front of people, learn the skills! Either that or sponsor someone who could be your ambassador like a local personality or enlist a team member (that you trust) who is happy to do it.
Influencers are everywhere on social media these days and it's becoming really easy to spot a fake, so if you (or your ambassador) are really genuinely excited about your brand, you'll easily stand out from the rest.
Consistency. Consistency. Consistency.
Whether you decide to create a brand from scratch yourself, engage a designer's help or get a branding agency to do it for you, the key is to remain consistent across all platforms. Your brand is the most important asset you have. Without branding, Coca Cola would be just brown fizzy sugar water. Who wants to buy that?
"One thing I've learned as a graphic designer, it's not so much about the look of something, it's the consistency."
As the marketer or owner of a business, you might get bored with the look and feel of your brand and think you need to change it, but remember there are a lot of potential customers to whom your brand is new and fresh. Your brand might be in fact working really well but you might just need to look again at all those different touch points, making sure they're consistent. If it ain't broke!
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All that's old is new again….
11 Apr
Nothing to get the creative juices flowing like the opening of the Stanley Cup playoffs. In between eating chicken wings and screaming at my
TV laptop I found a list of old, unfinished Primitive Puck posts longer than a Leonard Cohen song (not my joke). I figure this is as good a time as any to start posting some thoughts. So, while I imagined a lot more fanfare in my return to writing for The Puck, this "article" will have to do.
While you're reading this, I'll be working on an algorithm that calculates which team's fans are the whiniest on twitter. Hint: It's Pittsburgh.
– Remember how much we all hated those jerks in Vancouver? Let's do that again.
– Seriously, if you're picking an all-time playoff hockey team, how high is Daniel Briere on your list? He's second in playoff goal scoring since the lockout.
– Not unlike the researchers that discovered the new flavour called "Umami", recently Sidney Crosby discovered a new emotion. But unlike Umami, this new emotion can only be expressed by contracting all the muscles in your face in order to create a smaller, angrier, sadder face.
– Of all the fun, weird bets you can make on the playoffs, I've yet to see anything about when Don Cherry will create his first firestorm of controversy. I've got money on his first segment after Vancouver plays.
– In that same vein, lay off Grapes would ya? The world doesn't owe you a commentator you agree with. Replace Cherry with another Kelly Hrudey, nobody cares and nobody watches.
– I read somewhere that Brooks Orpik is a real son-of-a-bitch. The more I watch him, the more I can see what they mean. That guy plays to hurt people.
– I have an old article called "Sidney Croncussionsby". I can't wait to finish that up.
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Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs [BG]' started by DaBassman, Feb 4, 2004.
I've sent a couple of emails to GK and never received any response....are they always like this?
Dan Elliot has said it before, they're a few men short, and they were on a nice long holiday, so I'm sure they're playing catch-up now. They're normally extremely helpful.
Thanks! Never had any experience with them before, thought it was odd....
Actually our internet access has been completely down since December 31st. We relocated our Santa Clara office where our servers are located and SBC really dragged their feet on reconnecting our T1 line. I received email in the office today for the first time. It's down again, but they said it should be working when I get there in the morning. Sorry about any problems this might've caused.
I am a huge GK fan. I have a 400RB, a 700RB/112 and a 1001RB II. I love them all dearly (for different reasons) and recommend them often.
But GK does NOT answer thier e-mail. I have asked several questions via e-mail and have never had a response. (From way before 12/31.) Calling on the phone was significantly more gratifying. I even got to talk with Dan.
Well, I hope the email situation is corrected and GK will answer my messages! This is my first dealing with GK....
I've had both experiences. A couple of years ago a dude named Scott who is no longer there helped me out with an 800 RB. He even sent me pdf files of the service manual for free. More recently I needed to fix a 200 RCB and came up empty on email. But when I called they were very helpful and came up with all the stuff I needed, and even helped me with a replacement for an obsolete part. However, as with most companys, their replacement parts are expensive compared with digikey or mouser - its just that you need a schematic to know what's what.
Both of those experiences were a while ago, so I can't really speak for how it is currently.
Go Dan Elliot!
still waiting...... hope they get back on line soon
Maybe you should post your ?s here, or PM them directly to Daniel Elliot.
Had a few problems with a GK item and he came through like a champ!!! Very cool guy
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Even those among us who may not be horse fanatics will probably have heard about Frankel; the fastest horse in the world. He has been dubbed Usain Colt although he has a better record and is faster than Usain Bolt.
This horse has never been beaten in all of his 13 races and has now won more than £2 million in prizes but his fortunes won't end there. After he is retired and breeding, the offspring will provide a rather large amount of income when sold.
Frankel is worth £100 million and runs at 40mph so it will come as no surprise to you that there are CCTV cameras in his stable, that his trainer Sir Henry Cecil has fed to his bedroom.
This week in York all his devoted race fans came in their thousands to see Frankel race and win his eighth European Group One victory in a row. This means that he has now broken the record of seven wins in a row. This was set by Rock of Gibraltar whose part owner is Sir Alex Ferguson.
There is a lot to think about when racing/owing horses and getting them to races safely is one of the top priorities. By making sure you are covered with horse box insurance means that you have a little peace of mind when it comes to travelling.
In the race during the week also competing was Frankie Dettori on his horse Farhh. They finished second to Frankel and Frankie said, "It's a joy to ride in the same race.
"He's an absolute star."
Frankel's jockey is Tom Queally and he has said, "A horse of his calibre deserves a huge following so it's good the public have latched on."
The horse will run one more race and retire after, no one knows where or when he will be racing but they do know there will only be one more.


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Morson Apprenticeship Programme
Where can a rail apprenticeship take you? We talk to one of our apprentices to find out how a Morson apprenticeship changed his life through earning and learning
Throughout the history of the company, apprenticeships have been embedded within the way we operate. The Morson apprenticeship model has been successful in helping us recruit and nurture talent from entry level upwards. Our apprenticeship programme offers training and development right up to senior management level: Morson's first ever apprentice, taken on in 1980, is now our client services director with almost 40 years of service across the business.
We work with a number of learning providers, such as Salford College, to offer apprenticeships in:
- Business Administration (Level 2 & Level 3)
- Rail Engineering (Level 2)
- Engineering Design Draughtsperson
- IT Apprenticeship
- Recruitment
- Customer Service
- Property Maintenance
- Insitute of Learning Management
The 5% Club Charter
Morson Group are proud to be a member of the 5% Club Charter for Apprentices. The charter is an industry-led initiative focused on promoting the recruitment of apprentices in the workplace, with the ultimate goal being to have at least 5% of the workforce in the business enrolled through various 'earn and learn' schemes.
The organisation aims to achieve positive results from both a business and social point of view by address the growing skills gap in the country as well as tackling youth unemployment.
Through joining the club, Morson pledge to maintain a minimum of 5% of our workforce enrolled in apprenticeship schemes at any time across the business. We believe that by joining the 5% club we will play a role in Britain's long term prosperity, benefitting business and society alike, and aim to both encourage and work with other businesses to participate in the campaign.
Morson are also taking active steps to promote conversations across the industry surrounding the importance of apprenticeships. In January 2018 we are hosting a HS2 roundtable event where key rail suppliers will discuss the opportunities to develop new solutions, particularly with apprentices and how we can use the Apprenticeship Levy to its best advantage. The roundtable will also include presentations to share insights, learnings and best practice from key figureheads at HS2 Ltd, the National Skills Academy for Rail and Network Rail.


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Across the travel industry margins are under increasing pressure and brands are looking for ways to deliver business efficiencies while keeping existing customers happy and acquiring new ones.
EyeforTravel North America (October 28-29, Chicago), has recently launched, and is hosting a record-breaking number of C-level speakers to help you succeed in loyalty, direct bookings and revenue. Headline speakers from Hilton, Caesars, Wyndham and Hertz will explore how to achieve personalization across marketing, pricing and distribution at the Chicago summit.
Amid cries that points are dead, Eliot Hamlisch, SVP Loyalty & Partnerships at Wyndham Hotels and Resorts is one who understands the changing face of loyalty. How members earn and redeem points provides crucial insight into where the opportunities are to flex the program in new and different ways and, in this, partnerships are key, he says.
AI, machine learning, data, blockchain technology et al are other buzzwords. But keynoter Silcock, Chief Commercial Officer and EVP at Hilton, insists that brands should never forget that it is ultimately people who will bring the experience to life.
If you havent already, get your copy of the brochure here
Others in the line up include:
- Chief Commercial Officer & EVP Hilton
- Chief Experience Officer, SVP Marketing Caesars Entertainment
- Chief Financial Officer Stoney Nakoda Resort & Casino
- Chief Commercial Officer CIE Tours
- Chief Financial Officer Woodland Park Zoo
- Chief Digital Officer The Travel Corporation
- VP of Revenue Management Hertz
- SVP Loyalty & Partnerships Wyndham
- EVP Revenue & Distribution Highgate Hotels
Own your copy of the brochure here
What you will get out of attending:
- The cost of acquisition has never been higher youll learn how to diversify risk, navigate the distribution jungle and see direct bookings soar!
- The alternative lodging hurricane rages on, youll discover the best investments in hybrid business models to help you youre your market share
- In revenue management, hear trade secrets on personalized pricing, forecasting precision and the millions that can be made from ancillary!
- From state-of-the-art attribution models to millions of personalized messages at every touchpoint, youll see where you need to modernize to make record profits in 2019 and beyond!
Check out the full speaker line-up and agenda on the brochure, you wont be disappointed.
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EyeforTravel Ltd.
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White Sebastopol Goose CC BY 2.0 Owlmonkey. Feijoas CC BY 3.0 ksuyin.
Tony Firmin arrived in New Zealand nearly 60 years ago on a ship carrying steel girders for the Auckland harbour bridge. Within a day he had a job working on the wharf, but quickly went on to learn dairy farming before buying a property near Whakatane in the early 1970's. The flat coastal land was ideal for growing feijoas, stone fruit and berries.
A severe hail storm some years later damaged a blueberry crop and changed Tony's focus from being a fresh fruit supplier. The damaged fruit became wine. Today his award winning feijoa wine remains the most popular, but the berry wines have also collected a few gongs along the way.
Jutta and Tony Firmin.
Tony is nearly 83 and still prunes all 1900 feijoa trees himself. Keeping the grass at bay are 70 Sebastopol geese which also do a good job fertilising the soil.


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The Department of Psychiatry is staffed with one Professor, four Assistant Professors, one senior technician, 2 technicians, one psychiatric researcher and one translator. The Department undertakes multidimensional responsibilities comprising under and post graduate teaching, clinical services, research activities, and community services. The Department delivers 8-week psychiatric teaching to the 7th year medical students and offers four Elective courses for the 5th year medical students.
The Department made substantial contributions to the Curriculum reforms program, initiated by the Faculty of Medicine in 2007. To this end, a series of seminars and workshops, aimed at the development of Problem-based Learning (PBL) and training of academic staff and the clinical tutors, were organized both at the Faculty and the Hospital level. The transformation of the traditional didactic lecture-based to the PBL-driven curriculum, introduction of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)' Mini Case Examination (Mini C Ex); and Medical School Days teaching activities like student-led seminars and multidisciplinary seminars, are some of the innovations adopted by the Department during the last four years.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on the findings of a study designed to understand how management accounting changes when an organization evolves in a more network-oriented direction, informed by an experiential or integrated approach to learning.
Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on a longitudinal case study initiated by the findings from a previous action research study at a manufacturing plant, the Volvo Floby factory.
Findings – By introducing and elaborating on the concept of local management accounting system (LMAS), this paper contributes to the debate about how management accounting reacts to new organizational forms and technologies. Two types of management accounting information are identified: one corresponds to the accountability aspect of accounting – Type 1 information, while Type 2 information refers to problem solving and control. A LMAS is supportive of both local accountability, which draws on valuing skills, and of local problem solving, which relies on decision skills.
Research limitations/implications – One of the research implications of this study is that a LMAS may function as an important mechanism for innovation by explicitly integrating the holistic and the analytic dimensions of experiential learning.
Practical implications – The reported case illustrates how management accounting may facilitate process innovation in a practical setting.
Originality/value – By adopting an experiential learning methodology to develop new knowledge, the production plant studied has succeeded in creating an environment characterized by continuous innovation.


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When multiple individuals are working on the same Visual Studio solution/project, does Github support check-out [locking] by file or only by repository?
Ideally, Visual Studio would clone a repository but initially all files are read-only.
As a developer needs to modify individual files in the solution/project, he/she would check-out the individual files, locking them from any other developer until checked back in.
Is this possible with the Visual Studio plug-in?
Solved! Solved! Go to Solution.
The "file locking" system you're describing was a system implemented in older version control systems that didn't support three-way merges. Forcing a developer to "check out" a file, thereby preventing anyone else on the team from doing the same, was a method of preventing two developers from changing the same file at the same time, creating a merge conflict ... at least on those older version control systems. There were a lot of related problems with these systems, like your team's development speed getting slower the larger the team or more complex the project in some cases, people circumventing the lock system, people forgetting to check a file in then going on vacation, and etc.
Modern source control systems, like Git, use three-way merges, when necessary, to resolve merge conflicts automatically in the majority of cases. This allows everyone to work on what they need to, when they need to, without fear of most merge conflicts. This results in faster teams and fewer frustrations all around.
The only case where Git supports file locking is in the case of using Git LFS (Large File Storage). Git LFS is designed to deal with large binary files and binary files can't be diff'ed and merged, so the old-fashioned file locking has to be used in that case.
I suspect that if the Visual Studio plugin supports file locking, it is only in the context of Git LFS. I'll check with the team to confirm. But in the meantime, I suggest looking at some standard Git workflows and seeing if they'll work for you.
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Last week, Bicester residents overwhelmingly warned councillors against voting for draconian cuts to services for elderly in their area.
In just a couple of hours, over 350 pledges were made that any councillors who agree to cuts and closures to Childrens and Adult Day Centres will be judged at the ballot box and lose the signatories votes.
This week, Banbury & Bicester CLP was out in force in Oxford, joining Saturday's demonstration and march against cuts to County Council services. The protest was joined by David Cameron's Auntie Clare! (Pictured here)
The speakers, from members of the public to campaigners on specific issues (Childrens Centres, Rural Buses, Adult Day Centres) – emphasised the joined up nature of services being cut and the domino effect they have, cuts to one service imposing more costs on another.
Focus was quite rightly targeted on the likely closure of almost all the 44 Childrens Centres. But speakers also pointed out the widespread impact of OCC's cuts on services all age groups rely on, especially those affecting the elderly.
Hugh Jaeger, Director of Bus Users and campaigning to keep local buses quoted one lady, a widow, who told him "Last year I lost my husband and I don't drive. If my local bus service goes, I'll have no way of getting out of the village, I'll be isolated" Hugh pointed out that the cuts to 118 local services, (many affecting Banbury, Bicester and the Villages), will also lead to the loss of at least 100 driving jobs!
NHS staff – a GP, Junior Doctor and Nurse – all pointed out the scale of the attack on the NHS and other public services and the impact cuts to one service has on many others in the County. Cuts to Adult Day Centres and the transport service which people use to access them will hit the most vulnerable and their carers. We know loneliness is a scourge for the elderly and vulnerable people, these proposals, together with the cuts to scheduled local bus services (such as they are) will have a catastrophic effect for people in Bicester and the rest of North Oxfordshire and can only increase isolation and loneliness for our most vulnerable adults.
The County Council is due to make its budget decisions on Tuesday 16th Feb and the pledges for both Childrens Centres and Adult Day Centres will be given to Councillors before the County Council debates the budget.
Whatever happens on the 16th, the protesters vowed to continue the campaign to reverse the cuts.


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Hi everyone. Love a good coffee but am new to knowing what exactly goes into the making of one. I have read a lot and experimented a little in recent times. I've been roasting my own beans for a short time, progressing from a popper to a heat gun and a pot (dog bowl type method). This will then progress to a coretto type set up but without the bread maker. A story for another time. I don't have any fancy machines, but make a coffee that I enjoy with a stovetop Mokka, sometimes French press,sometimes pour over with the latter being a rare occasion. My main interest lies in the blending of coffee beans to create something that hits my preferred taste on the head for each individual brew method. I am Australian but live in Northern Germany. I look forward to learning from you all and participating when I can. Cheers
Welcome MJ74A tip or another method for non machine coffee brewing is the Greek / Turkish style KK
welcome MJ!
Welcome MJ74!
Yes KK, I read that thread and have spent a deal of time thereafter youtubing. It has piqued my interest. I have a Turkish friend who lives around the corner who I'd like to surprise with a traditional coffee when he next comes over. The Cezves are easy to come by here and aren't expensive. My biggest hurdle in the process will be the grinding. I have a hand grinder but the thought of setting that to fine and grinding enough for two Turkish coffees fills me with dread, although I haven't tried yet, it may not be that bad.. I have a question on grinders which I'll post over in that part of the forum after this. Anyway thanks for the welcome.
The grind should be like flour or talcum powere At first I suggest purchasing a jar or a local Turkish deli to grind some Turkish coffee then if you like it go for a grinder Turkish delicatessens will have hand grinders KK
Welcome; this is the place to tell us a little about yourself... and even if you're not new, it would be great to have a bit of an update [especially for some of those recently migrated members]!I am new . My name is Vince. I have a problem with XP 7240 machine. The grinder unable to grind the coffee beans. I believe the inside of the grinder is stuck. I managed to dismantle my machine and took out the grinder. I tried to open up the bottom but screw would not moved at all. Can anyone advis
Thanks for giving me a prod in this wonderful direction.
Hey folks, somehow found a pathway back here. Not sure how I got lost, but it came to mind to drop in and say g'day. Still loving good coffee, still roast my own with the same Hottop I grabbed off AM way back in they day. Running Bezzera Galatea and Mazzer Major, and now adding my own coffee into a home brewed stout...just delicious.


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Professor Marc Lapadula: Jaws (1975) changed everything with its happy ending, which was sort of tacked onto the film.
Spielberg can be credited, as a director, with actually saving the film business, which at that time was floundering. Spielberg first, and George Lucas two years later with Star Wars (1977), they kind of single-handedly, or as a dynamic duo, rescued the struggling film industry.
They also originated the marketing and box office strategies that's become the norm for tentpole movies today. Jaws had a $700,000 marketing strategy (over $3.2 billion in today's dollars), too, hitting all the major networks and primetime the week before this movie came out, so it really built anticipation. Everyone was talking about it before it even came out — they were planning how they would get to the theatre on opening night. People were so excited in anticipation for this Jaws movie.
At that time, most movies like The Godfather (1972) opened on six screens; it went on to later was shown on 323 screens and made over $133 million at the U.S. box office — a huge hit. But Jaws opened on 409 screens on June 20, 1975. By July 25, 1975, it's on 675 screens, which at that time was beyond a huge number of screens. (Now I know movies today will open in over 3,000 - 4,000 screens.) It grossed over $260 million in the U.S.
Moviegoers watch celebrate the 40th anniversary of Jaws (1975) while floating on a lake at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX
As much as Spielberg and Lucas revitalized cinema, some might say they also killed it. What's so great about the movies of the late 1960s into the mid-to-late 1970s is that they have these downbeat, realistic, tenebrous endings. This all stopped. Because in Jaws, our hero, Brody (Roy Scheider), can't swim. He's lost his glasses. He's gonna drown. He's gonna die. The shark's gonna eat him. The only thing we can hope for is that, before he dies, he can kill the shark. That's the best we can hope for.
But at the end of this movie, not only does he kill the shark, but also — he's intact. And Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss), too, is okay. If Jaws had ended tragically — if he killed the shark, but he then drowned — would that have been a movie everybody would have flocked to again and again? They'd have seen it maybe once, and they would have been like, Oh my god, it's just so depressing. But they go again and again because he triumphs. Repeat viewers leads to more ticket sales. If Brody had died at the end, I don't think it would have made the money it made.
Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws (1975)
And because the characters are alive, they could come back for sequels. Spielberg didn't return for the sequel, but the studio tried to turn his brilliant ability for telling narrative into a paradigm that others (who were far less successful or talented) were forced to follow.
This was a new thing: by the 1980's, studios were interested in franchises. They were interested in movies that would promote products within the scenes, so you're almost watching commercials. They would pay to have the Coca-Cola bottle in the shot, and if the star drank it or said, "Give me a Coke," you would associate the star with the product you want to endorse. Studios were getting revenue for all that. Then, also, due to these happy endings, people were encouraged to tell their friends, "You gotta see it." The 1980's changed everything. The movies were not nearly as good, but they were much more successful — financially.
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We are working parents with an 8 year old daughter. We already have help for childcare and household chores. What we need is a native English speaking sister for our daughter to practice with for the summer holidays.
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The Bikecat rides are designed for those who ride on a regular basis.
When we plan your tour, we can design the routes based on distance, speed and climbs. We will figure out what level your group will feel more comfortable.
• Advanced level: 60-80 miles per day
group A: averaging 17.5 miles/hour
group B: averaging 15 miles/hour
• Medium level: 40-60 miles per day
group A: averaging 17.5 miles/hour
group B: averaging 15 miles/hour
During the week, 6 rides are scheduled. Hilly and strenuous routes are combined with easy rides to recover and improve performance during all of the riding days.
Every morning, around 9-10 and after a hearty breakfast, we get ready for the ride. Descending the narrow cobblestone streets of the Jewish Call and Barri Vell de Girona, we cross El Pont de Pedra. This stone bridge on the Onyar River has become the meeting point for professional riders. Like them, we leave the town from here. In just a few minutes from the city, we find tranquil roads leading us to the pros' well-known rides: Els Angels, Sant Hilari, Romanya, Santa Pellaia, and not to forget the Costa Brava roller coaster, a curvy road along the rocky coast with spectacular views of the Mediterranean Sea.
We will be riding through beautiful quaint villages and landscapes, well worth a rest stop for picture taking. It's a Bikecat characteristic to look for the smallest and most scenic routes. Yes, here a GPS doesn't help, as most maps you can find won't show about 20% of the roads we will be on. Since Bikecat started, we have spent the off season months looking for new alternatives and paved roads, improving rides and offering new ones for those who come back again.
Joe from Breakaway bikes in Philadelphia:
"We've had a spring training camp for 7 years and we haven't repeated a ride. I am amazed of the riding possibilities in Girona"
As we reach our halfway point, we will stop for a light lunch. Depending on the ride, we stop in a variety of restaurants and bars that will serve us delicious carb rich food. On a terrace or indoors, we will enjoy our meal to recover for the way back to Girona.
Back in Girona, time for a shower and relax. If you want massages after the rides, we can book a session ahead. Cristina or David will be our masseurs at the hotel.
The town has a lot to offer, pleasant walks along the river and La Rambla, the ancient Jewish quarter where Lance lived, and lots of shops: shoes, clothes, food, wine, and everything else you can imagine. A cafe on a terrace, enjoying the peaceful squares of the city.
Later in the evening, we meet around 8:30 for dinner. Tonight we decide to leave Girona towards Calella. A fisherman's town with a little restaurant where the chef prepares all kinds of entrees and fish dishes, including the famous paella, and wines "a la carte".
The dinners with Bikecat will be something you don't want to miss. The pleasure to experience the finest local cuisine. We have carefully selected the best restaurants where you can sample traditional Mediterranean, Spanish, and Catalonian cuisines.
After dinner, you have your choice…
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In saying they will scrap NHS targets, the Tories may have picked on the "bete noire" of the health service.
Leader David Cameron said instead of focussing on targets such as waiting times he would look to improve what matters most to patients - the results of treatment.
Unsurprisingly, many of those working in the health service have welcomed the move.
Dr Jonathan Fielden, chairman of the British Medical Association's consultants committee, said: "The government's obsession with crude targets has, in many places, distorted clinical priorities and ignored the health outcomes of patients."
And Dr Gill Morgan, chief executive of the NHS Confederation which represents over 90% of NHS organisations, added: "This is an important step in the right direction for health policy.
"Both the target culture and the NHS payment system incentivise outputs as opposed to outcomes.
"So we measure how many hip operations we perform, but not whether the patient actually has better mobility afterwards.
"We need to radically overhaul the way that we measure success in the NHS, by putting patient satisfaction and outcomes at the heart of a new approach."
But many experts believe this is not as easy as it sounds.
Jennifer Dixon, of the King's Fund health think-tank, said: "It is easy to criticise targets but they have done a job many patients said they wanted doing - reducing waiting lists.
"If you focus on outcomes, it sounds good, but how will it be achieved? You risk losing focus.
"If you don't have an 18-week waiting target, as we do for 2008, we will never get down to that."
Others believe the move away from "process" targets, like waiting times, to outcomes ones, such as cancer survival rates, is in line with what the government has been doing anyway.
The 2000 NHS Plan contained more than 200 targets but within five years these had been slimmed down to 20.
Joe Farrington-Douglas, a researcher at the Institute for Public Policy Research, said: "Many of the targets were a product of their time and have since been achieved.
"We are seeing more focus on outcomes, but the trick is picking things that the NHS can affect.
"If someone becomes less healthy, is it the NHS's fault or down to a change in that person's lifestyle?
"The other thing is that it requires the Tories to move away from focussing on things such as waiting lists to attack the government. It may be that some waiting is good if people are going to be treated according to clinical need."
If targets are going to focus on outcomes, there is also going to need to be someone nudging the NHS in the right direction.
The Tories have identified GPs for this role, arguing they should be given control of local health budgets to commission services.
But GPs themselves have given this a lukewarm response, and Ms Dixon believes this is not surprising when their recent track record is considered.
Family doctors already have the opportunity to run local budgets through the government's practice-based commissioning scheme, but little over a third of practices are signed up to it.
Ms Dixon said: "It seems doctors are not that interested in doing this, they just want to get on with the business of being GPs.
"So where is the NHS going to get its momentum from if central control is relinquished?"
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Monday Musings|| Once in a Full Moon Night – a poem by Jay P Ojha
Once in a full moon night I will take you on a walk to the countryside There, it will be just you and me and our solitude The silence, punctuated by your laughter, A jingle so effortless will echo all around Mascara will run down your cheek and tears will run down my heart When we share our feelings Such will be the aura of happiness and sorrow And there, under the moon and the twinkling stars I will confess my love for you Once in a full moon night. Jay P Ojha is a Human Resource professional. He started writing poems because he feels that this art liberates him and takes him onto a different platform altogether. He is a passionate person who believes in drawing inspiration and insight from things around him. He is fascinated by these lines by Robert Frost, "Took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference". ...Read More
Launch of Literature Studio's Writers' Circle Central Delhi Chapter || The Perfect Beginning
Literature Studio was to launch the second chapter of its popular initiative Writer' Circle in Central Delhi on 6 June 2015. The venue was to be the iconic Oxford Bookstore in Connaught Place. It was hard to imagine that things could get better than this. But they did, and it was because of the awesome people who attended it. Literature Studio has been running the Writers' Circle for the past seven months in Noida and the amount of warmth, camaraderie, and support the group has managed to generate among the members is incredible. Noida chapter has people who write in both Hindi and English, from various age groups, and at various stages of their journeys as writers. This brings a variety to the group and gives the members a chance to learn from each other. After running the Noida chapter successfully for the last 7 months, it was time to take this experience to other parts of the city. The group that attended the first meet of Writers' Circle – Central DelhiChapter was eight people strong, plus the facilitator, Vibha Malhotra. People from various walks of life had registered and brought with them a depth of experience and a wide variety of writing genres and styles. As a result, the event was full of fun and insights. It is amazing that we had such a brilliant group in our first meet. This is a very encouraging sign. I am already excited about the Central Delhi Chapter, and have goosebumps imagining the heights we can reach after such a wonderful start....Read More
Raghav Chandra's "Scent of a Game" || As real as life itself
When it comes to tigers in India, we seem to be a united lot, at least on the surface. While no one in their right mind, in this age or time, would dream of openly declaring their passion for a good hunt, you never know what lurks beneath the surface, deep inside the heart of a person who proclaims to be passionate about conservation of wildlife in its natural surroundings. And this is how Abhimanyu Pratap Singh, the Maharaja of Baikunthpur comes across to Ram, our protagonist who has run into exceptional hard luck upon his return to India for his father's last rites. In the US, Ramachandra Prasad works for Zentigris, founded by the first generation entrepreneurs, the Raja brothers. He has recently been promised a "board-level position" at the company and the company is at the brink of partnering with a Chinese firm. Ram receives a call from Guruji, his father's neighbour in India, informing him of his father's rapidly failing health. He rushes to India and all hell breaks loose, not only for Ram, but also for his employers, the Raja brothers and Zentigris. Abhimanyu comes to Ram's rescue when Ram finds himself without money, without luggage, and without his phone outside the airport. Abhimanyu's generous help only proves to be a temporary respite from the terrible events that await Ram. He reaches his father's home too late, only after the senior Prasad has passed away. Decades old preserved tiger skinned, owned by his father, lands him in jail as he is accused of killing Burree Maada, a tigress that has gone missing from Kanha Tiger Reserve. He sells his soul to the devil, namely Feroze Goenka, a friend of Abhimanyu, for his release and gets sucked deeper into the muck with supporters of tiger farm, tiger poachers, and traffickers of tiger parts. Stories of Sherry, a strong-willed journalist, and Gangavardhan, a righteous IFS officer, are also woven into the narrative. On the whole, it is an intriguing tale of grey characters, many of whom are instantly relatable. Ram, charming and materialistic, shows all the failings and experiences all the dilemmas a man in his position is likely to face. Surrounded by grandeur, this once middle-class man is tempted and often gives in to his temptations. Abhimanyu, royal and powerful, though generous at surface, makes all roads bend in order to get what he has set his heart upon. Be it for making friends or for hunting a formidable tiger in the wild. Sherry, a talented journalist, manages to extract the juiciest stories from the most formidable people while working on her personal agenda of conservation of tigers in the wild. Though she manages to leave a mark on everyone she meets, she has a past that she is unable to come to terms with and a mystery she is unable to solve: Why can't she sustain a long-term relationship? Gangavardhan, a brave man, ready to take risks for the right cause, probably the most likeable character in the book, has a tendency to foolhardiness that turns out to be his undoing at the end. The end of the novel, and mind you I am not talking about the climax, is as real as life itself. Many questions are left unanswered, just as they are in life. Characters do not reach their logical conclusion, as we normally don't. And all stories don't have a definite end, as they normally don't in life. The author has done a brilliant job of ensuring that "the end" is just that – an end. Not a completion, not a finish,...Read More
Monday Musings || Somewhere – A Poem by Trivarna Hariharan
Somewhere as we sigh, A leaf liberates itself from the austere grip of a bark. Somewhere as our hearts grow moist, Prayers resound in churches. Prayers for the well-being of those that are, and those that are yet to arrive. Somewhere as we think of those that we are bound to think of, someone dispenses with his watch and clothes himself with overdone patinas that segue seamlessly with his bronze body and wooden soul. Somewhere as we think of each other, smiles fall off, facades drop, but the drum charades continue. Somewhere as we try to love, Clocks stop ticking, and the world hides itself beneath opaque sheets that we never seem to fathom, and hours don't seem to recede. Trivarna Hariharan is a 16 year old author, musician, filmmaker and humanitarian. Her first book, School Days, was published in the year 2013 and has been placed in the British Library. Besides writing and reading, she is a Grade 4 Keyboardist and has received a distinction from the Trinity College of London. Her first film won the Chinh India Best Children's Film award. She aspires to pursue art, for she believes that it is a tool that empowers a person to positively impact a lot of lives....Read More


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- When you create an account to use the Services, you provide us with your name and email address.
- When you reserve a room, make an appointment for spa or other services or purchase a product - you provide us or the payment service with payment information, such as your credit card number, shipping address and similar information.
- When you request information about our products and services.
- When you choose to participate in our promotions, events or contests - we collect the information that you use to participate.
- If you contact our customer service team - we collect the information you give us during the interaction. Sometimes, we monitor or record these interactions for training purposes and to ensure a high quality of service.
- If you ask us to communicate with or otherwise process information of other people (for example, if you ask us to send a gift card) - we collect the information about others that you give us in order to complete your request.
Information we receive from others
In addition to the information you provide us directly, we receive information about you from others, including:
- Business Partners: We may receive info about you from our partners, such as Shopify when you make a purchase or Cashstar when you purchase a gift card or when Fontainebleau ads are published on their websites (in which case they may pass along details on an ad campaign's success).
- Social Media: You may be able to use your social media login (such as Facebook Login) to connect with us. The social media platform shares some information from your social media account with us.
- Our Related Companies: Fontainebleau is part of a family of businesses from which may obtain both personal and non-personal information.
Information collected when you use the Services
When you use the Services, we use collect information about which features you've used, how you've used them and the devices you use to access the Services.
- Usage Information
We collect information about your activity on the Services, for instance how you use them (e.g., date and time you logged in, features you've been using, search queries, clicks and pages which have been shown to you, referring webpage address).
- Device information
We collect information from and about the device you use to access the Services, including:
- hardware and software information such as IP address, device ID and type, device-specific and apps settings and characteristics, app crashes, advertising IDs, browser type and language, operating system, time zones, identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or browser; and
- information on your wireless and mobile network connection, such as your service provider and signal strength.
Much of this information is collected using cookies and other data collection technology, as described below.
Other information with your consent
If you give us permission, we can collect your precise geolocation (latitude and longitude) through various means, depending on the service and device you're using, including GPS, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connections. The collection of your geolocation may occur in the background even when you aren't using the services if the permission you gave us expressly refers to such collection. If you decline permission for us to collect your geolocation, we will not collect it. The Services use Google Maps to determine your location. When Google Maps is part of the services you choose to use, you are subject to Google's Privacy Policy at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy.
The Services may use cookies, pixel tabs (also known as web beacons, flash cookies and clear GIFs) and similar technology ("Data Collection Technology").
Cookies are small text files that are sent to or accessed from your web browser or your computer's hard drive. A cookie typically contains the name of the domain (internet location) from which the cookie originated, the "lifetime" of the cookie (i.e., when it expires) and a randomly generated unique number or similar identifier. A cookie also may contain information about your computer, such as user settings, browsing history and activities conducted while using the Services. A web beacon (also called a pixel tag or clear GIF) is a piece of computer code that enables us to monitor user activity and website traffic. To learn more about cookies and web beacons, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
When we use Data Collection Technology, it helps us improve your experience of the Services by, for example, storing your password so you do not have to re-enter it each time you use the Services, measuring the success of marketing campaigns, compiling statistics about use of the Services and helping us analyze technical and navigational information about the Services and to detect and prevent fraud. We also may use other Data Collection Technology to collect information from the computer or device that you use to access the Services, such as your operating system type, browser type, domain and other system settings, as well as the language your system uses and the country and time zone in which your computer or device is located.
We also use Google Analytics, which is a Google service that collects aggregate information about use of the Services and reports website traffic and webpage use. Google Analytics does not directly identify individual users.
Your Control of Cookies
Some web browsers (including some mobile web browsers) provide settings that allow you to control or reject cookies or to alert you when a cookie is placed on your computer, tablet or mobile device. You also may be able to reject mobile device identifiers by activating the appropriate setting on your mobile device. Although you are not required to accept cookies or mobile device identifiers, if you block or reject them, you may not have access to all features available through the Services.
You can opt out of seeing online interest-based advertising from participating companies through the US Digital Advertising Alliance, European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada and the Network Advertising Initiative. You can learn about Google's advertising practices and opt out by visiting https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated or by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Opting out does not mean you will not see advertising - it means you won't see personalized advertising from the companies that participate in the opt-out programs. Also, if you clear your cookies, you need to opt-out again.
Our Policy on Do Not Track Signals
Some web browsers (including Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome) incorporate a "Do Not Track" ("DNT") or similar feature that signals to websites that a user does not want to have his or her online activity and behavior tracked. If a website that responds to a particular DNT signal receives the DNT signal, the browser can block that website from collecting certain Personal Information about the browser's user. Not all browsers offer a DNT option and DNT signals are not yet uniform. For this reason, many website operators, including Fontainebleau, do not respond to DNT signals.
How we use information depends on how you use the Services. We use information:
To administer your account and provide the Services to you
- Create and manage your account.
- Provide you with customer support and respond to your requests.
- Complete your transactions.
- Communicate with you about our products and services, including order management and billing.
To improve the Services and develop new ones
- Administer focus groups and surveys.
- Conduct research and analysis of users' behavior to improve the Services and content (for instance, we may decide to change the look and feel or even substantially modify a given feature based on users' behavior).
- Develop new products and services.
To prevent, detect and fight fraud
- Analyze data to better understand and design countermeasures against fraudulent activities.
To ensure legal compliance
- Comply with legal requirements.
- Assist law enforcement.
- Enforce or exercise our legal rights.
To serve you relevant offers and ads
- Administer discounts and other offers.
- Develop, display and track content and advertising tailored to your interests on the Services and other sites.
- Communicate with you by email, postal mail, telephone, social media or mobile device about products or services that we think may interest you.
To ensure a consistent experience across your devices
- We may link the various computers and mobile devices you use so that you see the same information on all of them by linking your browser data, such as when you log into your account on different devices or by using partial or full IP address, browser version and similar data about your devices to help identify and link them. This linking helps us serve personalized advertising and other content that we think will interest you on both your mobile device and computer.
To process your personal information as described above, we rely on the following legal bases:
- Legitimate interests: We may use your personal information when we have legitimate interests to do so. For example, we use your information to provide the products and services that you request and to market similar products and services.
- Consent: From time to time, we may ask for your consent to use your information for certain specific reasons. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at the address provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.
We share information as follows:
- With our service providers and partners
We use third parties to help us operate and improve the Services. These third parties assist us on various tasks, including the performance of data hosting and maintenance, analytics, customer care, marketing, payment processing and security operations. We may also share information with partners who distribute and assist us in advertising the Services. All of our service providers must adhere to confidentiality obligations that are consistent with this Privacy Policy and the agreements we enter into with them.
- With other affiliated businesses
We may share your information with our affiliates to help us with technical processing operations, such as data hosting and maintenance, customer care, marketing and targeted advertising, better understanding how our service is used and users' behavior to improve our service, securing our data and systems, fighting against spam, abuse, fraud and intellectual property infringement.
- For corporate transactions
We may transfer your information if we are involved, whether in whole or in part, in a merger, sale, acquisition, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, bankruptcy or other change of ownership or control.
- When required by law
Applicable law may require us and our service providers to disclose your information if: (i) reasonably necessary to comply with a legal process, such as a court order, subpoena or search warrant, government investigation or other legal requirements; or (ii) necessary for the prevention or detection of crime (subject in each case to applicable law).
- To enforce our legal rights
We may also share information: (i) if disclosure would mitigate our liability in an actual or threatened lawsuit; (ii) as necessary to protect our legal rights and legal rights of our users, business partners or other interested parties; (iii) to enforce our agreements with you; and (iv) to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing.
- With your consent or at your request
We may ask for your consent to share your information with third parties. In any such case, we will make it clear why we want to share the information.
We may also use and share non-personal information (i.e., information that, by itself, does not identify who you are such as device information, general demographics, general behavioral data). We may share this information with our affiliates and third parties to analyze and report on advertising you see. We may combine this information with additional non-personal information collected from other sources.
To update our records with your request for all marketing and promotional-offer emails to cease, please send an email to email@example.com with the words "Email Removal Request" in the subject line. Please include your name and address in the body of the email.
To update our records with your request for all direct mail to cease, please contact us: (1) by sending an email to email@example.com with the words "Direct Mail Removal Request" in the subject line. Please include your name and address in the body of the email; or (2) by sending your written request to: Marketing Department, Attention: Direct Mail Removal Request, Fontainebleau Resort, 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33140.
For all other requests to review, correct, update or delete personal information that you have previously provided to us or if you would like to suppress, restrict or receive an electronic copy of your personal information (if these rights are provided to you by applicable law), please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
In your request, please make clear what personal information you would like to have changed, whether you would like to have your personal information suppressed from our database or other limitations you would like to put on our use of your personal information. For your protection, we only fulfill requests when received from the email address associated with your account. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. Please note that we often need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes and/or to complete any transaction that you began prior to requesting a change or deletion. We also may not allow you to review certain data for legal, security or other reasons.
We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:
- The length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide services to you (for example, for as long as you have an account with us or keep using the Services).
- Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject (for example, certain laws require us to keep records of your transactions for a certain period of time before we can delete them).
- Whether retention is advisable considering our legal position (such as, for statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations)
If at any time you believe that we have not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please let us know. We will use good faith efforts to determine and correct the problem.
If you are an EEA resident, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority about how we process your personal information. For more information, please visit: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.
If you are a California resident, you can request a notice disclosing the categories of personal information about you that we have shared with third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. To request this notice, please submit your request (1) by sending an email to email@example.com with the words "California Resident Request" in the subject line. Please include your name and address in the body of the email; or (2) by sending your written request to: Marketing Department, Attention: California Resident Request, Fontainebleau Resort, 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33140. Please allow 30 days for a response.
We use physical, technical and organizational measures designed to protect your information against unauthorized access, theft and loss.
You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and the information in your account. We may suspend your use of all or part of the Services without notice if we suspect or detect any breach of security. You understand and agree that we may deliver electronic notifications about breaches of security to the email address on record on your account.
If you believe that your account or information is no longer secure, please notify us immediately at firstname.lastname@example.com.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18 because they are not allowed to use our services. If you know that a user is under the age of 18, please contact us at email@example.com.
The Services may include links to third-party websites and services that are not operated by us. When you click these links, you will be directed away from the Services. A link to a third-party website or service does not mean that we endorse it or the quality or accuracy of information presented on it. If you decide to visit a third-party website or service, you are subject to its privacy practices and policies, not ours. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any personal information that you provide to these other websites and services.
The Effective Date of this Privacy Policy is set forth at the top of this webpage. As we add new features to the Services, we may amend this Privacy Policy. If we make a material change to this Privacy Policy that reduces your privacy rights, we will notify you in advance by sending you an email and/or posting a notice in the Services. Your continued use of the Services after the Effective Date constitutes your acceptance of the amended Privacy Policy. The amended Privacy Policy supersedes all previous versions.
If you have questions about the Services, please contact us at email@example.com or Fontainebleau Florida Hotel, LLC, 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida 33140.
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Responsible disclosure of security vulnerabilities
Iconsgarden is used by a lot of people every day, and we want to make sure that using it is safe for everyone. So, if you discover a security vulnerability, we greatly appreciate your help by disclosing it to us in a responsible manner.
If you've discovered a security vulnerability or concern, please e-ail us as soon as possible at [email protected]. As security is our highest priority, we'll work with you to make sure that the issue is understood and addressed as soon as possible.
Please act in good faith towards our users' privacy and data during your research, testing and disclosure. We won't take legal or administrative action against you or your account if you act responsibly and follow the following disclosure guidelines:
Provide us with a reasonable amount of time to address a security vulnerability before publishing your find.
Make a good faith effort to avoid privacy violations, destruction of data, and interruption or degradation of our service during your research and testing. Only target accounts you have created for the purpose of your security research, and never attempt to access or disrupt another user's service.
Please note that the above applies only the Iconsgarden platform (www.iconsgarden.com). Security issues discovered with third party software and providers such as on the Iconsgarden blog and Iconsgarden support forum should be responsibly disclosed to the developers/vendors.
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By an exceedingly narrow margin, Australia's free-enterprising Liberal government hung onto power this week. From the hot white sands of Woomera to the waterfalls of Tasmania, across a vast and booming land almost the size of the U.S., 4,800,000 Aussies cast their (compulsory) ballots and divided them so evenly that Labor, the loser, actually got some 200,000 more votes than the victors. It was only because the electoral gerrymanders favor rural constituencies (where the Liberal coalition is strong) that the government kept control of the House of Representatives by at least seven seats. But the margin, though narrow, was...
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text: Long holiday next week! Yesss! I need a relaxing getaway – no traffic, no deadlines, no quotas, no computer – just plain relaxation and recovering. I was in Manila Ocean Park the other day for my dental checkup (clinic is inside Ocean Park, ok), and while waiting, I strolled around and checked the lobby of Hotel H20, the place is sooo elegant and yes, expensive! They have Aqua rooms (with wall aquarium inside your hotel room) that's sure to provide a unique and refreshing experience. It's also overlooking the Manila bay! This might just be what I needed!


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Richard Ramsey brought his scrapbook with him as he joined 65 D-Day veterans who Thursday morning boarded a special Honor Flight at Palm Beach International Airport.
The veterans will mark Friday's 70th anniversary of the 1944 invasion in ceremonies at the U.S. D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va.
Ramsey, now 90, from Port St. Lucie by way of Brooklyn, wasn't on the beach in France on June 6, 1944. He was aboard the USS Nevada, the only ship at both Pearl Harbor and Normandy, as ts giant guns pounded the Third Reich's coastal fortress.
"It took the Germans years to build that," he said."We knocked it down in one day."
Ramsey, a retired newspaper press operator, recalls seeing the staggering line of ships, stretching to the horizon, as the Nevada shoved off into the English Channel and history.
"Magnificent," he said. "They (the Germans) should have surrendered then."
Back at Palm Beach International Airport, honor guards from a motorcyclists' group, the federal TSA and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office had seen the veterans off, and the Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue trucks at PBIA lined up to give a water cannon salute as the charter Boeing 757 taxied out.
U.S. Rep Ted Deutch came out early to PBIA. He said he's often wondered if he has more D-Day veterans than anyone in the U.S. Congress.
"It's my honor," he said. "It's the least I could do."
Also seeing off the veterans: former U.S. Rep Allen West, himself a veteran of the Gulf War and Afghanistan. His father, who died in 1986, fought in North Africa and Italy.
Like many of these veterans, West said, his father always would say his service was not a big deal. West politely disagreed.
"It gave me the inspiration to go to the military," West said. He said his father and the others fought, and in some cases died, "to insure the future generations would be free."
As Shamsher Singh, a dermalogist from Port St. Lucie, boarded the plane, he wore a garish outfit; pants with red and white stars, a jacket of red, white and blue stripes, a U.S. flag scarf, and a "USA" baseball cap.
Singh is one of the escorts assigned to each of the veterans. This was his ninth escort. He'd learned of the Honor Flights from patients.
He accompanied Eugene Wright, who lives in Crestview, in the Panhandle. Wright, 91, had experienced cold growing up in western Pennsylvania. It was something else entirely to sleep in the snow during the Battle of the Bulge.
"Tell me about it," Wright smiled.
Singh, a U.S. citizen for four decades, said having the perspective of an immigrant gives him an appreciation even his children can't fathom.
He recalls as a child in India, being taught about World War II and the contributions of Americans.
"Here with Mr. Wright, I get goose bumps," he said.


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My name is Mary Kate Pagano, but you can call me MK. I live on the top floor of a converted pencil factory in Jersey City. I like to wander. I consider books as important to survival as food. I spend a great deal of time writing down the stories of the people I've made up in my head.
I write about reading, writing, traveling, and living in this space. If any of these things are of interest to you, I suggest you stay a while.
Reading: I read a lot. I feel unwell when I'm not immersed in a book. I talk about my favorite books and authors quite frequently. Please join in!
Writing: I've completed drafts of three novels: a young adult mystery set in Normandy, France, a young adult contemporary set at the Jersey Shore, and another young adult contemporary about a high school stage crew. The Jersey Shore story I'm
editing (for the millionth time) finally querying!; the stage crew story is going through its fifth round of revisions; the mystery is being entirely rewritten in the first person. I've also nearly completed a YA dystopia (the climax is proving especially difficult, please send help.) I have several other ideas in the works (meaning pages and pages of near-indecipherable scribbles) for what's next: will it be the cross-country story? The Paris story? The orphan story? The other dystopia? We shall see. I've learned a tremendous amount in the years since I've started taking this whole writing thing seriously, and hope you find my learnings useful.
Traveling: I spent the first 18 years of my life at the Jersey Shore. I spent the next 5 years in Worcester, Massachusetts. Then I took off for a year, exploring many corners of Europe, particularly France, before "settling down" in New York City. I still make it a point to leave the country and go somewhere I've never been at least twice a year and write a funny story about it.
Living: As a person who has over a quarter of a century of living behind her, I feel as though I've learned a decent amount of things, though nowhere near all the things. I like to share what's helped me along the way in the hopes that it will be helpful to you, too.
I also talk books and other writerly (and wanderlusty) things in these places:
Goodreads, Twitter, Instagram (bookish), Instagram (personal), Tumblr (bookish), Tumblr (personal).
I can also be reached at mary {dot} katherine {dot} 18 {at} gmail {dot} com