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Jalen Hurts tells Nick Saban he's staying at Alabama
Amid Alabama's ongoing quarterback battle between Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa, one thing, it seems, is certain:
Hurts will remain with the Crimson Tide — at least through the 2018 season.
Alabama coach Nick Saban said as much in a Tuesday interview with ESPN, referencing an answer he gave at SEC Media Days on whether the junior signal-caller would be on the roster this season. Saban had said he didn't know, though he expected he would be.
MORE: Sizing up Hurts vs. Tagovailoa
"Jalen actually came to me and said ... 'I am going to be here. I am going to be here. I came here to get an education. I graduate in December, and I'm going to be here,'" Saban told ESPN.
That gives Alabama much-needed depth at the position in 2018, though with the NCAA's new transfer rules there's no guarantee Hurts stays at Alabama after if he can't beat Tagovailoa in the quarterback battle.
Although Hurts has a 26-2 record as a starter, he struggled at times as a passer, prompting Saban to substitute Tagovailoa in the second half of the national title game against Georgia. Tagovailoa threw three touchdowns — including the game-winner — to one interception.
This competition has dominated offseason headlines, and has only been elevated with the prospect of a potential transfer. Hurts' father, Averion Hurts, said his son would be the "biggest free agent in college football history" if he lost the quarterback battle. Tagovailoa also said he'd considered leaving Alabama before being placed in the title game.
MORE: Hurts, Tagovailoa both among football's best QBs
For his part, Saban is open ot the idea of using both quarterbacks in 2018.
"If both guys can play a role and help us win, why wouldn't we utilize both guys' talents?" Saban said on ESPN. "This is something that has yet to be determined and it's probably going to get decided at some point in time in fall camp."
That said, don't expect a public answer until Alabama's season-opener against Louisville on Sept. 1.


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3 Delicious Snacks To Curb Pregnancy Cravings
Pregnancy brings many cravings with it. So much so, that pregnant women completely ignore the fact that they are, at times, overeating. Yes, you are eating for two, but eating too many unhealthy snacks can make it harder for you to lose the baby weight later. It's also important for you to stay as healthy as you can during this special time, and your food is an important part of that.
Try to make easy recipes at home if you can rather than eating out all the time. This will not only make sure that you remain healthy, but it will also be beneficial to the health of your growing baby.
Here are a few recipes that can help you curb your pregnancy cravings this summer:
1. Light Macaroons
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line it with a parchment paper or baking sheet. In a blender, add almonds, lemon zest, sugar (according to your taste preference), vanilla essence and salt. Blend until it becomes a fine paste and then pulse in the egg white. Scoop small cookie sized portions of this dough on a tray and bake for 10-12 minutes until golden. Let it cool and then add a layer of jam of any flavor of your choice between two cookies, your macarons are ready. This recipe takes about 20-30 minutes.
2. Blueberry Ice-cream
Who does not love good ice-cream? All the better if the ice-cream is homemade, fresh and healthy. For this recipe, you will need the following ingredients - 1 cup plain yoghurt, 1 and a half cup of fresh cream, ½ cup of frozen blueberries, 2-3 tablespoons of maple syrup, 2 tablespoons blueberry preserves, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract and a pinch of salt for taste. Puree all the ingredients and then churn them in an ice-cream maker. You can store this in an airtight container in the freezer for about 1 week. This recipe takes about 45 minutes.
3. Spinach Salad
This may sound boring but don't worry, it will leave your tastebuds satisfied. In a small bowl, add sliced onion or shallot and add a small amount of red wine vinegar from top. Let this stand for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, warm a deep skillet over high heat and add olive oil. Add kale and a pinch of salt; keep tossing till the kale leaves wilt and brown on spots. Transfer this to a serving bowl and let it cool. Drain the onions/shallots and scatter them over these kale leaves. Top this with olives and orange rounds, add black pepper for flavor. This salad take about 20 minutes to prepare.
There's many more snacks out there that you can try out. Make sure that you eat things that are good for you and occasionally give in to cravings and indulge!


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A major study on how some communities in Canada have managed to increase bicycle use and what can be learned from this experience that might help others follow suit. The study will identify 10 neighbourhoods and towns for detailed case study in order to draw lessons as to what works in different urban contexts and regions of Canada. The study will also assess the cost of various measures to increase bicycle use and provide recommendations on how communities can best invest their limited resources for the greatest impact. This study is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and is being led by Beth Savan at the University of Toronto.
This study will focus on neighbourhoods and districts in Canadian cities that have managed to increase their densities and range of land uses in recent years in an attempt to determine the most promising paths to "recentralization". Twelve case studies will explore barriers and successful implementation strategies in order to point to practical recommendations for moving forward. This study is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and is being led by Pierre Filion at the University of Waterloo.


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Tantra Namasté
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Welcome Dear clients, we don't provide sex and escort service just tantric massages.
You are more than welcome to visit our NEW studio in Goteborg and join an excellent massage with new elegant therapist.
If you want something of real quality, then you're in the right place. Our luxury studio is in Goteborg, stylish, clean, discrete, cozy - easy walk - just 2 minutes from tram and bus stop.
Hello my dear friend,
my name is Nina and I'm young Czech girl who provide professional tantric massage.
I'm very talkative and kind woman who like to meet a new people. Im beautiful and very professional. Massage made by me full of soft touches and endless pleasure.
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•Prices are fix and you can't change it. Please, don't ask and respect them.
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- Nothing can fill a person with such a positive energy of love and peace as sincere contact with another person. Natural body warmth instead of warming balm, flexible and changing anatomy of female lines instead of massage tools are the purest forms of two bodies connecting. Come to our salon and try new and exciting experiences when girls massage you with their beautiful naked bodies! After a tough day, nothing can stop you from this.... We will bring you unforgettable emotions and pamper your body.
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- This is one for the books! Imagine a normal lingam massage, and then make it ten times longer! Your masseuse will focus on your most erogenous area, and spend a long time bringing you to the verge of climax time and time again before you finally explode into erotic bliss!
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- Would you like to change roles? Be our gentleman! If you dream of getting closer to your masseuse and touching her beautiful body, only with us you have this unique opportunity. During your massage you can change roles for a while (cca 20 min extra to your massage) and give your massage to our little Angel. But we please you, in her name, to act gently and non-violently, with respect to her person and avoid touching her the lower intimate parts. Only in this case is mutual massage possible and pleasant for both sides.
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- Are you a man of endless energy or you hold a load of sexual tension so you know you need to release before you can relax and let me treat you all the rest of the time? Then go for double lingam! This add one more lingam massage - in the beginning.
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- Do you like touch of feet more than our hands? Or are you just curious of this feeling? Don't be shy, you won't be sorry.
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Lets get wet! I will help you gently shower you and I will use the best peeling for your body before the session. Your skin will be soft like never before and your mind perfect relaxed.
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- Why your dark fantazies are the missing piece of sacred sexuality?
In this session you are engaged in contract based on trust and intimacy. The therapist only have controll because you allow it and can feel that the environment is very safe. Už
Intensity can be light or on the edge depending on what you both desire. She can find ways to take you to the very limit of what you can tollerate.
The idea is not to suffer but to consciously and carefully play with your mind, the pain and pleasure thereshold and your orgasm controll.
On deeper levels It can transform power into love, fears into excitement, resistance into surrender, guilt into pleasure, so that you can fully relax and allow all the supressed and denied energy to expand throughout your body.
This can bring undescribable feelings of freeing and uplifting going hand in hand with whole body orgasm.
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Welcome to The Aesthetic Surgery Centers New Website!
By Dr. Fredric Newman on September 03, 2015
Dr. Fredric Newman and the experienced team here at The Aesthetic Surgery Center would like to welcome you to our new virtual home! This state-of-the-art website will give you a comprehensive tour of our practice and show you why The Aesthetic Surgery Center is one of the top choices for advanced plastic surgery and non-surgical cosmetic enhancement in the area.
While you look through our interactive website, you will find a true reflection of what you can expect when you walk through our doors. Dr. Newman has been in practice for more than 30 years, and he focuses on providing his patients with the latest treatment techniques and the absolute best in care. Our website has detailed pages describing procedures such as breast enhancement, facial rejuvenation, rhinoplasty, body contouring surgery, and the many effective non-surgical laser and skin enhancement options we offer. You can also find a detailed biography of our board-certified plastic surgeon, testimonials from other patients describing their personal experiences, a before-and-after photo gallery, and helpful videos that give you an overview of our practice and our procedures.
Dr. Newman places a strong focus on safety, comfort, and privacy, and all procedures are customized for your individual needs and goals. He also emphasizes honest communication and thorough patient education to ensure you have all the information you need to make the best possible decision about your treatment plan.
We invite you to click through our website and familiarize yourself with The Aesthetic Surgery Center. If you have questions, or if you would like to set up a complimentary consultation with Dr. Newman to talk about your goals, please contact us today. We look forward to meeting you!
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Sour Grape and Purple Bow Hair Clip
Regular price $13.00
These hair clips are sold as singles.
They are made out of mosaic and painted laser etched Plexiglas and measure 8 cm/ 2.75 inches across.
Metal spring alligator backs.
This listing is for one hair clip only. Other items shown may be available in separate listings
Because of hygienic reasons I cannot accept returns unless there was an error on my part. Please contact me if there is any issue.


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Pilot Shaker H 1010 Mechanical Pencil
This was and still is 'The One' – Pilot H-1010. Shake it and the lead sticks out on its own! Shake shake, Lead's out!
I was very particular with how it felt in my hands. The circumference of the body, the weight and built quality was all very well considered when I chose my favourite mechanical pencil. It still is my favourite, almost two decades later.
Anya Hindmarch's Bespoke Ultimate Box
I love stationeries!! Now that I am an adult, I have moved on to something new, the Anya Hindmarch Bespoke Ultimate Box. In actual fact, this is the greatest jewellery box but I will refer to it as the Ultimate Keepsake Box. The box to where I shall keep my well-loved Pilot H-1010 Shaker Mechanical Pencil. I wonder whether daddy will be pampering me with this now. Most likely not.
Do you have any favourite stationery and stories to tell?


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JPEG 2000 image compression
Figure 1. JPEG 2000 applications. Click here to see an enlarged diagram.
The JPEG 2000 standard, finalized in 2001, defines a new image-coding scheme using compression techniques based on wavelet technology. Its architecture is useful for many diverse applications, including Internet image distribution, security systems, digital photography and medical imaging.
A lot of confusion exists as to what JPEG 2000 is and how it compares with other compression standards, such as MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and JPEG. With brief comparisons to other compression standards, this article highlights some of the often misunderstood and rarely mentioned potential benefits of JPEG 2000.
Limited-bandwidth applications
Figure 2. An image encoded with JPEG 2000 uses the wavelet transform to break the image into subbands and offer multiple resolutions. Click here to see an enlarged diagram.
When transmitting or storing picture information, compression must be employed to maintain picture resolution while making the best use of limited channel bandwidth. Compression is defined as lossless if full recovery of the original is available from the channel without any loss of information; otherwise, it is lossy.
Standards are required to ensure interoperability. JPEG 2000 provides for both lossless and lossy compression. As such, it lends itself to applications that require high-quality images despite limitations on storage or transmission bandwidths. (See Figure 1 on page 77.)
An important feature of systems based on JPEG 2000 is the ability to extract a variety of resolutions, components, areas of interest and compression ratios from a single JPEG 2000 code stream. This is not possible with any other compression standard, because the image size, bit rate and quality must be specified on the encode side and cannot be determined or changed on the decode side.
Figure 3. One JPEG 2000 stream can be received by several decoders and extracted at different resolutions. Click here to see an enlarged diagram.
For example, a closed circuit TV (CCTV) security system can make use of this feature by sending a single JPEG 2000 code stream over a low bandwidth network. High-res images can be stored on a hard disk drive, while several low-res images are displayed on monitors. The operator on the receive side can decide what information to extract from the single code stream that is sent.
JPEG 2000 is frame accurate. Every single frame of the input is contained in the compressed format. MPEG systems, on the other hand, reduce the amount of data through temporal compression. Temporal compression does not encode each frame as a complete image, therefore MPEG compression is not frame accurate. For this reason, legal issues restrict the use of MPEG compression in some security applications. To get around this problem, security system and equipment providers have had to develop their own compression schemes — or use the highly inefficient motion JPEG (M-JPEG) compression standard — in order to provide a compressed stream that contains every single field of the original. They can now use JPEG 2000 for new designs.
Internet applications
Progressive coding, another feature of the JPEG 2000 standard, means that the bit stream can be coded in such a way as to contain less-detailed information at the beginning of the stream and more detailed information as the stream progresses. This makes it ideal for Internet and network applications — especially with large images and low bandwidths — as the image can be seen instantly on the decoding side, even with low-speed networks or image databases. The lower subbands are shown first, and more detail is added as time progresses. Therefore, the picture becomes sharper and more detailed over time, and the entire image does not have to be downloaded before it can be seen.
Figure 4. Input signal 1 containing frequencies A, B and C. Click here to see an enlarged diagram.
With the low-quality image instantly available, the user at the receiving end can decide whether to view the picture in its fully decoded version or to pass it by and scan the next picture. Clients can view images at different resolutions or quality levels (compression rates), making them suitable for any transmission bandwidth, connection speed or display device. In addition, JPEG 2000 coding provides the option to zoom in or out on a particular area of the image or to display a particular region of the image at a different resolution or compression rate.
HD applications
At extreme compression levels, JPEG 2000 video starts to blur but is still viewable. MPEG or JPEG artifacts are much more disturbing to the eye, with the picture visibly broken down into small blocks at high compression ratios. The high image quality at medium-to-high bit rates; contents that contain a lot of motion and lack block artifacts; and high efficiency make JPEG 2000 ideal for such HD applications as digital cinema, HD recording systems and HD camera equipment.
Many applications require exact bit-rate control, which only JPEG 2000 can provide. Exact bit-rate control is possible because an entire frame or field is transformed at once. It is then broken down into bit streams or code blocks that can be processed independently. This is in contrast to the alternative of breaking the frame or field into 8 × 8 pixel blocks prior to transform (as is done with DCT systems), thus making exact bit-rate control impossible. The rate-control algorithm used in JPEG 2000 truncates each bit stream to meet a specific target bit rate, adjusting the truncation and requantization of each code block's data as required.
Figure 5. Input signal 2 containing frequencies A, B and C. Click here to see an enlarged diagram.
In addition to programming the target bit rate, the standard allows the user to specify a particular quality metric. In this case, the target bit rate will vary to meet the specified quality factor, as long as the performance does not fall below a specific peak signal — to-noise ratio (PSNR). The PSNR is an indication of picture quality comparable to perceived picture quality.
JPEG 2000 code stream
A given input image or part of the image (tile) is sent to a set of wavelet filters that transform the pixel information into wavelet coefficients, which are then grouped into several subbands. (See "Web links" on page 86.) Each subband contains wavelet coefficients that describe a specific horizontal and vertical spatial frequency range of the entire original image. This means that lower-frequency, less-detailed information is contained in the first transform level, with more-detailed, higher-frequency information is contained in the higher transform levels.
For simplicity, only two levels of transform will be used for this example. The first transform level results in subbands LH1, HH1, HL1 and LL1. Only subband LL1 is passed on for further filtering, generating the next transform level and creating subbands LH2, HH2, HL2 and LL2.
Figure 6. Wavelet transform of signal 1. Click here to see an enlarged diagram.
Equally-sized code blocks, which are essentially bit streams of data, are generated within each subband. This breakdown is necessary for coefficient modeling and coding and is done on a code-block-by-code-block basis. In essence, the actual compression is achieved by truncating or requantizing the bit streams contained in each code block. These bit streams are further decimated using entropy coding known as rate-distortion optimization (RDO).
Code blocks can be accessed independently. Their bit streams are coded with four coding passes. This process, called context modeling, is used to assign information about the importance of each individual coefficient. The code blocks can then be grouped according to their significance. On the decoding side, it is then possible to extract information according to its significance, allowing the most significant information to be seen first.
JPEG 2000 can contain up to 16 layers, which are defined by RDO and context modeling. Each layer stands for a particular compression rate, where the compression rate is achieved from the quantization, rate distortion and context modeling processes.
Layer 0, for example, contains bit streams that were not truncated and contain no coding passes, and thus provide the lowest compression rate and the highest quality. Layer 16 contains bit streams from the lossy wavelet transform (WT), is requantized and ordered according to code-block significance — with the most significant information coming first — and provides the highest compression rate and the lowest quality.
Figure 7. Wavelet transform of signal 2. Click here to see an enlarged diagram.
Tiles or images are further partitioned into precincts. Precincts contain a number of code blocks and are used to facilitate access to a specific area within an image in order to process this area in a different way or to decode only a specific area of an image. Arranging code blocks or precincts into an array of packets with the lower subbands coming first generates the JPEG 2000 bit stream.
The JPEG 2000 stream starts with a main header containing such information as uncompressed image size, tile size, number of components, bit depth of components, coding style, transform levels, progression order, number of layers, code block size, wavelet filter type and quantization level. The entire image data, grouped in code blocks of LL, HL, LH and HH subbands, follows the header. Data is not contained in the header information. This format, or table of contents, can be stored on the encode side and allows a decoder to call up a certain resolution on demand, without first having to decode or download the entire JPEG 2000 code stream. (See Figures 2 and 3 on page 78.)
One major advantage of JPEG 2000 is that it significantly reduces the processing power and memory required for the compression and decompression processes, thus making it suitable for HD applications. JPEG 2000 uses the WT to reduce the amount of information contained in a picture, while MPEG and JPEG systems use the discrete cosine transform (DCT).
Figure 8. Fourier transform of signal 1 with four frequency components. Click here to see an enlarged diagram.
It is true that the WT requires more processing power than the DCT, but MPEG systems require more than just the DCT. The DCT, or any type of Fourier transform, expresses the signal in terms of frequency and amplitude — but only at a single instant in time. The WT transforms a signal into frequency and amplitude over time and is therefore more efficient. Figures 4 through 9 on pages 80 through 88 demonstrate this.
To obtain the same amount of information as with one WT pass, the DCT must be used for every frequency. Each of these frequencies must be transformed at each time instant for each 8 × 8 pixel block. In addition, MPEG systems use interframe compression (motion estimation) in order to reduce the amount of data further for motion estimation. This requires storage of at least two entire fields in external memory. The computation-intensive motion estimation process requires a powerful processor. Temporal compression can be used in JPEG 2000 systems, but it is not inherent in the JPEG 2000 standard.
The advantages
All MPEG standards are complex and computation-intensive. This translates into extensive processing latency and memory requirements in SD applications. These factors become even more of a problem when HD formats are considered — and JPEG 2000 becomes even more desirable.
Figure 9. Fourier transform of signal 2 with four frequency components. Click here to see an enlarged diagram.
Another strength of JPEG 2000 is the standard itself, which allows immense flexibility and control in many different applications. There is also much versatility regarding formats: It supports anything from 8 bits per sample to 14 bits per sample, whereas MPEG only supports 8-bit data.
JPEG 2000 continues to gain popularity, even though MPEG-2 is the established standard for DVD and broadcast applications. JPEG 2000 is also popular in HD applications that require high-quality storage or transmission of HD images over wireless or other links.
New silicon
One JPEG chip manufacturer, Analog Devices (ADI) has invested heavily in wavelet-compression R&D. ADI's newest wavelet codec, the ADV202, is thus far the only dedicated JPEG 2000 IC on the market. (See Figure 10 on page 90.) A complete single-chip JPEG 2000 compression/decompression IC, the ADV202 works with both HD and SD video and still images. It supports all features of the ISO/IEC15444-1 (JPEG 2000) image-compression standard except Maxshift ROI. Its patented SURFspatial ultra-efficient recursive filtering technology enables low-power, low-cost, wavelet-based compression.
Figure 10. A block diagram of Analog Devices' ADV202, a JPEG 2000 compression/decompression IC. Click here to see an enlarged diagram.
Containing a dedicated WT engine, three entropy codecs, a RISC processor and on-board memory systems, the ADV202 provides a glueless interface to such common video standards as ITU.R.BT656, SMPTE274M and SMPTE296M. The result is that it can create a fully compliant JPEG 2000 code stream (.j2c, .jp2). It can also provide raw code-block and attribute data, allowing the host processor to have complete control over the generation and compression processes.
Even though digital signal processor (DSP) performance has improved significantly, a DSP would have to perform 20 billion instructions per second to match the performance of the ADV202 in an SD encode application.
The outlook for JPEG 2000
A major advantage of using a JPEG 2000 hardware solution is the low latency as compared with other compression schemes. Several major manufacturers of video and broadcast equipment are now implementing JPEG 2000 into their HD products, including real-time encoding and decoding systems and video servers.
The Digital Cinema Initiative recently announced that it will use JPEG 2000 as the compression method in the delivery of digital motion pictures. (See "Web links" on page 86.) Broadcasters can look for even more JPEG 2000-based equipment to appear. Its combination of low latency, multiple resolution decoding capabilities and high quality make it a good fit for these professional applications.
Christine Bako is an applications engineer at Analog Devices in Austin, TX.
Web links
The use of wavelets in encoding was first explained in Analog Dialogue 30-2 (1996); www.analog.com/library/analogdialogue/archives/30-2/wavelet.html
The Digital Cinema Initiative will use JPEG 2000 in the delivery of digital motion pictures; www.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/sc29/29w02901.pdf


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St. Paul, Minnesota
James Sewell, a choreographer friend, wrote several years ago that he loves "to watch how musicians move when they play. They perform an expressive dance." He would have enjoyed watching the four energetic members of the Enso String Quartet.
Violinists Maureen Nelson and John Marcus, violist Melissa Reardon, and cellist Richard Belcher moved in the groove this morning when they performed Mendelssohn's String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor. Their efforts did not disappoint the audience of 100 in The Music Room at the SPCO Center in downtown St. Paul. The occasion was a free, 9am concert to help celebrate the 50th birthday of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
Marcus employed the greatest amount of footwork, and his dynamic eyebrows are a match for those of Reardon who seemed to have the most engaged facial expressions. Nelson had the most articulated and commanding upper torso, and one would not want to mess with her stiletto heels. Constrained by his cello, Belcher poured great energy into his fingerings.
Inspired by Beethoven, Mendelssohn provided the romantic raw material – composed at age 18! – with which the quartet delivered a rich and passionate finished product. There was no way to discern that they had just learned the piece this week. It was a great 20 minutes to be alive!
In one of the SPCO's fine traditions, new music also was included on the program. The composer, violist, and arranger Ljova (Lev Zhurbin), born in Moscow in 1978, hails from an artistic family. His father, Alexander Zhurbin, is a Russian composer for film and musical theater, and his mother, Irena Ginzburg, is a poet, writer, and journalist. Ljova originally scored "Bagel on the Malecón" and "Ori's Fearful Symmetry" for five violas. Here, they were arranged for string quartet, both embodying a klezmer air.
The Enso String Quartet, formed in 1999 when the four principals were at Yale University, is serving in the SPCO's Young Artists Program. Collectively, its members have several degrees from Yale, the Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, the New England Conservatory of Music, the University of Canterbury, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
The ensemble's name, enso, is derived from the Japanese Zen painting of the circle which represents many things: perfection and imperfection, the moment of chaos that is creation, the emptiness of the void, the endless circle of life, and the fullness of the spirit.
Against a clear sky outside the SPCO Center, the sun shone brightly on the ice sculptures in Rice Park, created for the St. Paul Winter Carnival. "Fountain of Unicorns," by Chris Swarbrich and Greg Smotzer, took first place in the ice carving competition. Photos here.
Enso String Quartet photo by David Mehr (l-r): Richard Belcher, Melissa Reardon, John Marcus, Maureen Nelson.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Saturday morning Zen
Posted by Gary Peterson at 2:24 PM
Labels: Enso String Quartet, James Sewell Ballet, John Marcus, Ljova, Maureen Nelson, Melissa Reardon, Mendelssohn, music, Reviews, Richard Belcher, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, St. Paul Winter Carnival


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Teresa Giudice may soon acquire an unexpected new addition to her already vast wardrobe ... an orange jumpsuit. (Hey -- can she get one in leopard print?) Turns out that she and her husband Joe are being accused of fraud for um, "forgetting" to disclose about a quarter of a million dollars in assets during their bankruptcy proceedings.
According to her pals, Giudice is frightened that she may say the wrong thing in front of the Bravo cameras while filming the third season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. She's worried that even one careless remark caught on tape could be used against the couple and send them to jail.
The table-toppling housewife can take solace, though. It seems to me that when celebrities have to do time, that time is often shortened. Some don't have to serve at all.
Paris Hilton After violating probation for a DUI by driving with a suspended license not once but twice, the professional celebrity was sentenced to 45 days in county jail. After a mere five days, the heiress was "reassigned" to her Hollywood mansion.
Lindsay Lohan Lohan was let off the hook in two ways. She was released from her cell after serving 14 days of a 90-day sentenced for violating her probation in a previous drug case. Soon after -- lucky girl -- she was sprung from rehab after completing a mere 22 days of the court-ordered 90 day program.
But hey, these women never did anything violent, right? Surely celebrities who inflicted bodily harm would be punished accordingly? Right?
Charlie Sheen The Two And A Half Men star was issued a measly 30 days of probation, 36 hours of anger management classes and 30 days of rehab. For assaulting his wife.
Mel Gibson Yeah, as much as I'd like it to be, spouting racist comments is not a crime. But the man was caught on tape admitting that he hit his girlfriend, while she was holding the baby. Charges so far? Nada.
What do you think? Do celebrities have a criminal EZ-pass?
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In various centuries, physical temples were built in earthly Jerusalem. But in the New Testament Jesus is the reality; He is the living temple. In resurrection He brought all His believers into this reality, this living temple.
In Revelation 21:22 John says, "I saw no temple in it [New Jerusalem], for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple." Certainly this is a living temple! We do not need an earthly, physical temple, for today and in New Jerusalem we worship God in God.
This is not a new idea; in John 4:19-24 the Lord was asked which physical place is the proper location for worship. He answered. "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truthfulness."
Worship is no longer defined by a physical building. To worship in our human spirit, born of God the Spirit, is to worship in the living temple. In resurrection, as regenerated people, we are one spirit with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17). Our worship of God in spirit, in the living temple, is in the Person of God, who is Spirit.
The regeneration of our human spirit and the Lord being with us in our spirit, distinguish the New Testament from the Old Testament. In the New Testament reality the location is spirit instead of the physical Jerusalem. In the New Testament reality the temple is living and the worship is living. This pattern will continue into New Jerusalem.
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Your University of Minnesota Health MINCEP® Epilepsy Care team includes epileptologists, specially trained neurologists who focus on epilepsy and other seizure disorders, plus psychologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse clinicians, pharmacists, neurologists and neurosurgeons who are recognized nationally for their clinical research and innovative care. MINCEP Epilepsy Care program has been designated a Level 4 Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Center in recognition of providing the highest level of complex evaluation, monitoring and treatment.
Lesionectomy surgery takes several hours. You will be given general anesthesia, and the neurosurgeon will make an incision in your head. Using a high speed drill, the surgeon will remove a section of bone from the skull and cut through the brain covering to reach the lesion and remove it. Some tissue surrounding the lesion may also be removed (corticectomy). The brain covering will be sewn back together, the bone will be put back in place, and the muscle and tissues sewn shut. You will likely be in the ICU under close monitoring overnight after the surgery. Generally, you will remain in the hospital for two to three days and then continue recovering at home. Most people resume normal physical activity in six to eight weeks. Recovery time depends on several factors, your neurosurgeon may be able to give you a more precise estimate.


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Professional Security is proud to have achieved our highest ever score at this years' Approved Contractor Scheme audit
We are currently celebrating having scored an impressive +160 from a possible +174 in our recent ACS audit.
Professional Security holds SIA Approved Contractor Scheme status for the provision of Door Supervision and Security Guarding.
The object of the SIA's Approved Contractor Scheme is to raise performance standards and to assist the private security industry in developing new opportunities. Annually each participating company is inspected and audited on all aspects of the business. To achieve ACS status is widely seen as a sign of a professional company which buyers can take confidence from working with.
Although the scheme is voluntary we have participated since it's inception, regularly scoring within the top 5% of the scheme. The pyramid below demonstrates very clearly that this year yet again we will sit at the peak of the scheme.
Having scored so highly repeatedly over recent years we hope speaks volumes about our company, to help put it in context it is worth noting that the median score throughout the 2013/14 scheme was +64
To continue our ACS success story we are proud to be a member of ACS Pacesetters this year and also achieved finalist status at this year's Security Excellence Awards in the "ACS Champion of the Year" award


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Frappe coffee and wi-fi in the square at Argolasti, Pelion Peninsular
I'm just back from a holiday in Greece where, among other pleasurable activities, I read The Time Machine by H G Wells on my iTouch, plus several Sherlock Holmes short stories, consumed in the dark on nights I couldn't sleep. I've also downloaded Ulysses and Moby Dick and am well stuck into re-reading the Joyce. I'm finding it tempting to dip into these daunting, doorstop epics and easy to focus on a few 'pages' of text each time. I also installed a bookshelf application and through that can download all kinds of wonders for free from Project Gutenberg. It was annoying to find in the Conan Doyle stories (which cost me 59p via iTunes) that graphic elements such as maps and cyphers were missing, and only the Gutenberg texts could be tipped sideways on the screen. But all in all I'm impressed - and maybe a bit relieved that reading basic text on screen can be this good.


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Poster for collective of Hudson Artists showing their work in their Salons, Studios, and Gallery spaces. Come to Hudson, NY to see us and all the other ART and events during our annual Artswalk 2009 event.
I will be opening my Goddess Salon this year featuring works done during the warm weather this past Spring + Summer. You will see Gilded Goddesses, Water Nymphs, Water Goddesses, Nereid Goddesses and more. All works are for sale and I will be there to greet you.
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I will be posting more info + pics as the event opens this weekend with "Windows on Warren". Artwork is displayed in shop windows on the main drag and I have curated 4 of the blocks.


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I drop off a sleepy teen in time to take her college placement test, very early this Saturday morning. From there, I drive straight to the bookstore where my writers' group meets. I'll arrive way too early, but I don't feel like heading in the opposite direction to go home, in between.
With over an hour left before the stores open, only the Starbucks shows signs of life. I take my coffee from a girl who seems impossibly chipper.
A test sip.
Two sharp turns
The sky spits on my windshield.
I watch the world wake up from the mall parking lot...
The sky spits on my windshield.
I watch the world wake up from the mall parking lot...
and I think about the Rag Doll.
My therapist thinks I'm avoiding the Rag Doll.
I know it's true. It shows in the anxiety which wanes and crests like the tides, and in the recurring dreams of running in circles, and of searching through room after room, and all the while knowing I am circumventing the one place I need to be.
I know it's true. It shows in the anxiety which wanes and crests like the tides, and in the recurring dreams of running in circles, and of searching through room after room, and all the while knowing I am circumventing the one place I need to be.
Another car pulls into the empty lot. The driver chooses to park in the spot right next to me, despite the hundreds of other options. She drops a still-lit cigarette butt, jingles a large key ring, and walks towards a mostly hidden alcove which likely leads to a store's back entrance.
I think about the past couple of weeks.
A terrible stomach flu coinciding with the death of my dog.
A surgical procedure in my mouth.
A disagreement with a close friend which is still unresolved.
A change in medication.
A name from my past popping up and then shutting me down
and my therapist buying me a real rag doll… which I love but have no idea what to do with.
The rag doll sits in the rocking chair in my room, where it's been since Monday. Somehow the rag doll is supposed to help me with the Rag Doll... but I don't know how to make it happen.
A Volkswagen beetle parks right across from me.
Slug-a-bug blue, I think, my daughter's face popping into my head.
A schnauzer pops out of the bug, a woman on the other end of his leash.
I peruse the options; Lands End, Borders, Subway. No pet supply store or grooming shop in sight.
She walks the dog in the gravel and low bushes between rows of cars. With a perplexed look, the dog sniffs. Eventually, he lifts a leg, looking up at his owner for approval. She's talking on her cell phone, unaware of his offering.
Time passes slowly. I look over the pages of editing I've brought for the meeting, adding another comment or two in red ink. I'm so glad for this group. Today they'll be going over a big chunk of my book, which is basically finished. I just can't seem to accept it as finished until someone else puts an okay on it.
The line at Starbucks moves forwards in twelve-foot intervals. I imagine the cheer slowly dissipating from the girl's voice as she serves her sixty-third coffee of the morning.
Welcome to Starbucks
Would you like to try a cinnamon caramel mocha Frappacino?
Please pull forward.
Thanks for coming to Starbucks! Now piss off.
I turn my attention to a new arrival. A man is unskillfully opening a complex-looking contraption. It turns out to be a double-stroller. He extracts a kicking toddler from the car and straps him into one seat. A moment later it's déjà vous. Two identical squirmers struggle against the seat belts.
His wife must have picked out those matching outfits.
Futilely trying to keep the drizzle off the twins, he opens the stroller's tiny canopy. As he pushes the wide-load baby-containment-system towards a store, I glance at my watch.
The stores won't open for another ten minutes.
This being the most exciting thing to happen so far, I watch intently as he tries both doors of a children's clothing store. He looks at his watch and then back at his car.
That's when he catches me watching him.
I guiltily look down, and then rifle through my purse as if I have a sudden desperate need for lip gloss. I pull out my phone and sign into my email account. Scrolling down, I find the email my therapist sent the night before.
I finally asked her for suggestions about the rag doll, and she sent me a list of options. Some of them seem like possibilities.... I know I need to get serious about this, but I'm tired and I have a meeting this morning and two soccer games to watch this afternoon, in the rain, apparently, and tomorrow is Mother's Day and, wow, there sure are a lot of ways to put this off.
When I look up, the man and the twins are gone.
I gather my things, and kick the now-burned-out cigarette butt on my way out of the car.
The schnauzer barks twice as I pass the Volkswagon.
The sun peaks out for a moment and I push the Rag Doll back into her corner for another day.


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When an experienced boat owner brought his 2009 year, Maritimo 60 (#39) to Motor Yacht Services for some work, he had more than a simple refurbish in mind. While he loved the overall layout and design of the boat, there were a few things he felt the boat needed to make it even better.
Based in New Caledonia, Eureka has spent its time between game fishing and family cruising, so the dynamics of the boat have been geared around both requirements. After considering trading the boat in on a new model, the owner felt he could get all he needed by having the alterations done to his current boat.
His first call was to Motor Yacht Service Centre, based at Clearwater Marina, Westpark, Auckland. Run by Dean and Glynis Ryder they have made a reputation of transformed and extending the popular Maritimo 60. PPB has written before about how Motor Yacht Service Centre take a stock Maritimo 60 and add on everything from extended transoms (taking the boat to 19.8m), lifting strakes, gyros and completely redesigned cockpit layouts. Eureka is the fourteenth to be given the treatment.
"When the owner came to us he had a list of things he wanted to be done. While he loved everything about the design and layout there were a few things he wanted to change to suit his purposes better", says Ryder.
Growing List
Initially, the plan was just for a gyro and some minor alterations, but once the owner saw what Motor Yacht Service Centre could do, the shopping list grew considerably. These included adding a gyro, 1.6m hull extension, hydraulic lifting platform, cockpit extension, a flybridge head/shower and even some alterations to the accommodation and galley areas. Plus the entire electrical, entertainment and electronics systems have been upgraded.
"We did a full upgrade on the electronics with a change to twin Simrad 19" glass bridge screens, added a new Fusion sound and entertainment system, Hella LED lighting, C-Zone, Simrad sonar and upgraded the inverter/charger and battery system," says marine electrician Alex Murray.
A lot of the new look is based on the Maritimo 500 & 550 Sportfisher styling, with features such as the wide high gloss teak cappings with live bait tank and bbq. "It is a Maritimo and will always be a Maritimo and that's something that is very important to us", says Ryder.
Under the cockpit sole, there's now a Tohmei ARG175T anti-roll gyro. Formally marketed under the Mitsubishi brand, the ARG175T was an easy fit to the spacious area in the lazarette. Weighing 380 kg and taken up a reasonably small space, the unit does an outstanding job of keeping the Maritimo 70 on an even keel.
"We have fitted quite a few ARG gyros and we find they are not only very easy to install, but they also work exceptionally well, and our customers love them," says Ryder.
The twin C18 Cats, which had done about 900 hours when Eureka arrive at Motor Yacht Services were also given a full service and all the running gear checked before the boat went back in the water.
Entertaining Cockpit
The original cockpit island unit was removed and the transom extended a further 600mm aft. The dive platform has been lengthened and the cockpit floor level has been carried right through, with the Portofino extended and then a traditional transom reinstated. Much of the original cockpit island that was already on the boat was incorporated into the new design, so it all still looks in keeping with the surrounding layout.
Being a serious fishing machine, Eureka now has the addition of Tuna tubes, plus the live bait tank has been retained. There's also a new bbq and sink in the transom.
In the cockpit area, there is a new table and seating arrangement to starboard, as the owner wanted an al fresco dining style layout. The access to the and from the cockpit is now restricted to only the port side.
Plus, as the owner is right into his fishing, the new layout doesn't impede that, with generous uncluttered space both in the cockpit aft and on the boarding platform.
Over the transom is a Fleet-Hydrol rise and fall platform with a custom made carbon fibre and teak platform. The carbon fibre was used to not only save weight but also to add extra strength and rigidity to the whole unit. While the 1.5m long platform was built by Motor Yacht Service Centre, the underwater stainless steel assembly was designed and manufactured in Australia.
It has a unique concept of phasing cylinders that ensures even raising and lowering of the platform. With a vertical travel of more than 1m, the platform is extremely versatile and provides the convenience of loading, tender and jet-ski-retrieval, swimming and diving. Ryder says he has fitted a number of these Fleet-Hydrol units and they have proven a perfect solution for the Maritimo.
More Wine, More Berths
The galley has also come in for attention with new Samsung refrigeration complete with icemaker and the addition of a pair of wine fridges. There is also a new stainless steel splash back.
One of the requirements of the owner was some modifications to the accommodation. In the forward cabin, two additional upper single berths were added to turn this area into potentially a four-berth cabin.
The starboard side guest cabin has had the laundry removed and the bottom berth is now lower and more user-friendly. Also, the upholstery throughout the boat has been changed from nuevo suede to foam backed vinyl. This has certainly refreshed the boat and given Eureka a whole new look.
Eureka now has eight berths forward, for family or guests. Plus there's always the overflow of the loungers in the saloon and the flybridge, so the boat has plenty of accommodation for overnight charters, fishing trips or family cruising.
Upstairs Head
The big change upstairs is the addition of a head/shower unit on the Juliet deck, which blends in with the original design and minimises the cubicle look.
While in some of the earlier model Maritimo 60s, Motor Yacht Services have extended the roofline eyebrow and added extra moulded side panelling, with Eureka being the sky lounge model, the roofline eyebrow was already extended so there was no requirement to alter it.
With all alterations carried out to the Maritimo 60s, Motor Yacht Services endeavour to retain the lines and style of the original boat, so they still looked very much a Maritimo. The builders have done an excellent job in maintaining that look and there is no clear definition between the old and the new. On the water, especially from a side profile, the changes are hardly noticeable.
Ultimate Wrap
When Eureka first arrived at Motor Yacht Service Centre's yard, it was finished in the regular gelcoat white, but that's not what the owner wanted. He was looking for something a little more classy to portray the upmarket charter aspect that the boat is destined for.
For this, Auckland based, Signcorp came aboard and wrapped the hull in a gloss blue metallic film. Done in four parts, the wrapping took the best part of a week and the transformation is stunning. Eureka uses a 3M 1080 long lasting and removable film, fused with a dual layer developed for colour change.
Eureka is based in Port Vila, Vanuatu, till 2018 and then the owner plans to take the boat to either Cairns, Fiji or even Tahiti. He says that while the boat isn't a dedicated passage maker, it is a comfortable and capable boat for long distance passage making.
From the owner, on his return trip to Port Vila:
The trip back was easy with good weather, a tailwind and waves. The trip was 1100nm and we averaged 10.4 knots, using 5750 litres of fuel.
On the first two days, we ran the engines at 950 rpm @ 9 knots and 50l/h with the genset. On day three we increased that to 1050 rpm @ 10kts and 55l/h with genset and day four, we accelerate to 1100 rpm and after a few hours went to 1500 rpm speeding at 13 to 14 knots most of the day. For the last 30 minutes, we raised that to 1900 rpm at 20knots.
We had the Gyro on most of the time, apart from when we shut it down after two days for a few hours to change the genset from 24kva to 11 kva and let the Gyro cool down.
The gyro made a huge difference. We found we could take showers downstairs even when the wind strengthened and the sea was building outside. We could easily dine and drink all together in comfort without everything rolling off the tables. The gyro made the trip much more comfortable.
So thanks to all the Ryder Team. Eureka is now a different boat and even better than I expected. Sea handling is excellent and the fuel consumption lower than before. Plus we now have more speed for the same rpm.
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I had the heaviest dreams last night, I woke up feeling like I had lived an entire month of life.
There were moments where I didn't think I would wake up and was debating the benefits of staying in "dreamland" versus waking up.
I was happy today.
I said why can't we feel happy all the time? Why can't we be smiling always?
He said, then how would we know what it meant to be happy?


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Secrets of Croatia's Wine Country
Get Inspired in Istria
Grapes have been growing in Istria, the northern region of Croatia, since the Greeks and the Romans planted them more than 2,000 years ago. Residents of the Adriatic's largest peninsula have been making wine ever since. The region holds roughly 120 small, family-owned wine producers and until recently, few Istrian wines were known outside Croatia.
In 2015, "Wine Enthusiast" magazine named Istria one of the top 10 wine travel destinations in the world, catapulting it into the heady company of wine regions, like Italy's Piedmont and France's Rhone Valley. As a result, oenophiles are flocking to this region overflowing with vineyards, hilltop castles, sublime cuisine, and people who seem to have invented the concept of hospitality.
Some of the most interesting places to taste the region's best wine and food are:
Savudrija (sah-VOO-dree-yah) is in the extreme northwest corner of the peninsula. It is where Moreno DeGrassi presides over his tasting room/konoba/cellar and award-winning vintages. DeGrassi produces 130,000 bottles of wine a year made from French grapes planted by a government co-op during Tito's reign. The vines are now mature, and DeGrassi's talent as a vintner has made the resulting wines remarkable. He still sells most of his wine in Croatia, but demand has grown and his exports are growing.
Momjan is less than half an hour southeast of Savudrija on a hill that affords incredible views of the surrounding landscape and the Adriatic. It is divided into upper Momjan, where ruins of the 13th century Momjan Castle oversee the terrain. St. Martin's Church in lower Momjan is much newer—from the 15th century. Momjan also is the gateway to the wine and olive oil roads of northern Istria and home to the acclaimed Kozlović winery. Owner/winemaker Gianfranco Kozlović was the first Istrian winemaker to win a national award (1998) when his Malvasia was named the best white in Croatia. His winery welcomes visitors for tours and tastings, but call ahead—reservations are required.
Expert tip: Momjan hosts an annual Bike-Wine Marathon on November 13 to celebrate the town's patron saint, St. Martin. St. Martin also happens to be the patron saint of wine and wine growers, which is handy for tasting the new vintage ala Nouveau Beaujolais.
Outside Momjan, on the way south to Buje via a steep, winding road, the Kabola winery is presided over by owner Marino Markežić (mar-kehzh-its). He employs an English-speaking staff and welcomes drop-in visitors. Besides classic Istrian wines (white malvasia and red teran), among others, Kabola has a small wine museum, a tasting room, and Marino Konoba, Markežić's Michelin-star-worthy restaurant.
Expert tip: Istria's olive oil industry has received international acclaim as the world's second-best olive oil region (2010). See here for a guide to the region's olive trails and its 177 olive growers.
Sipping in Slavonia
Just 100 miles east of Zagreb is the fertile Pannonian Plain that runs all the way to the Danube. The towns and villages along the way--Požega, Kutjevo, and Baranja--deliver a historical perspective and some of the most rewarding wine touring experiences in the country. There are nearly 30 wine cellars on three distinct wine roads in this part of western Slavonia and each has a unique character.
Expert tip: Požega-Pleternica, Kutjevo, and Pakrac have collaborated in creating a terrific wine road website with an interactive map that lists and describes vineyards, accommodations, and specialties. It lets you plot your own tasting stops through the terroir.
Požega (POH-zheh-gah)-Pleternica (pleh-tur-neetz-ah) was once called Vallis Aurea (Golden Valley) by the Romans who settled there. This basin surrounded by Slavonian mountains has been producing wine for centuries. Now it is emerging as a center of food and wine tourism.
There are 7 wineries spread over 390 acres on the Požega-Pleternica vinska cesta (wine road). As a bonus, you can hike or bike the route and even climb Požeška Gora (pozh-ehsh-kah aka Požega Hill), along the way.
Kutjevo: The Kutjevo (KU-tyea-voh) wine road covers twice as much territory as Požega-Pleternica—800 acres. Its 20 wine cellars are among the region's oldest and most acclaimed, with one dating from the 13th century. Kutjevo also is a gateway to gorgeous Papuk Nature Park where visitors can book organized tours, cycle along 6 trails—3 in Papuk (PAH-pook) and 3 in Kutjevo. Hiking and rock climbing are also popular there. Or, you can just enjoy the endless forest land and the park's diverse collection of rocks and fossils.
Pakrac: The vineyards of Pakrac (pahk-rahts) were close to the front lines of the Homeland War, and they still are recovering from the devastation they sustained. In the meantime, you can see their progress and visit nearby Lipik's thriving equestrian center. Several eco-farms are open for tours. Others offer fishing, biking, and the opportunity to visit a goat farm and an apiary for a first-hand look at the sources of products like goat cheese and honey.
Expert tip: A 3-mile-long road runs from Pakrac to Lipik. It links the towns to two notable equestrian centers. One is a Lipizzaner stable built in the 19th century. The stable was destroyed and its horses stolen in the Homeland War, but the facility has been rebuilt, some of the horses have been returned and the stable is back in business. The Diamant stable near Lipik trains trotting horses and their drivers. It also provides therapeutic riding for kids with disabilities.
Baranja: Požega may have its Golden Valley, but Baranja (bar-ahn-ya), in the northeastern part of Slavonia, has its Mons Aureas (Golden Hills). The name came from the Romans, who built settlements along the Danube and recognized the suitability of Baranja for growing grapes.
The legendary Iločki Podrumi is here in Ilok, which is one of the first towns Serbian forces entered when they crossed the Danube on their way to war in 1991. The Serbs didn't destroy Iločki Podrumi, but they did drink all the wine they could find there. Luckily, the good stuff was hidden by the cellar staff and just recently put out for tasting. Most of the 20 wineries in Baranja are family-owned and small, and many also offer food and lodging.
Baranja is close to Kopački Rit Nature Park and its bike and hiking routes, so it's easy to combine a nature walk or ride with a few winery stops. With its many local organic farms, Baranja is a popular destination for agritourism and it was one of the first areas to develop trails for cycling tourism.
Expert tip: Many places in Baranja rent bikes and the county officials are working with neighboring Hungary to create an international bike rental service.
This long, narrow peninsula juts into the Adriatic at Ston, just north of Dubrovnik. This hot, rocky, environment might seems inhospitable for growing anything, but it produces magnificent grapes. Some of Croatia's most celebrated winemakers like Dingac (ding-ahtz) and Postup (post-up) are here. Grgić (grrr-gitch), the cradle of the Grgich wine label from California, was here, but the winery burned down in 2015.
There's even a place that sells its wine on the honor system. Bring a container and take as much vino as you want from outdoor barrels. Then leave money. Indijan Winery is a curiosity that has been in business for ages and the wine isn't bad, so the system must work. The peninsula also is dotted with wine cellars with more traditional tasting rooms, but most require advance notice for tasting.
If you need a break from all that sipping, Pelješac is surrounded by water on three sides, so there's always the opportunity to jump into the sea from wherever you are.
Expert tip: Biking is a popular way to move along on the Pelješac wine route, but be warned that the terrain is extremely hilly and sometimes downright scary.
Taste History on Korčula, Hvar, and Vis
The "big three" wine-producing islands of southern Dalmatia have a lot in common:
- All three produce excellent wines.
- All have their biggest population centers at extreme ends of their respective islands.
- All three once were inhabited by the ancient Greeks.
- All are perfect for cyclists who want to travel the islands from end to end because the vineyards and wineries are nestled mid-island, usually in valleys surrounded by hills, which makes for an interesting and doable ride, even for day-trippers.
Despite the similarities, each island has a distinct personality.
Vis (veece) is a mystery island and the smallest of the three. It also is one of the farthest from the mainland and the least touristy, thanks to Tito's restrictions on visitors during World War II. Just when Vis was opening its door to tourism, the industry was dealt a second blow by Homeland War travel restrictions. Vis has spectacular secluded coves that lie in the shadow of steep cliffs, a sophisticated dining scene, and an upscale yachting clientele. There's even a winery with World War II war memorabilia left behind in one of Tito's communication caves built into a hill. Whites made from the Vugava grape lead Vis's wine production.
Korčula (core-chew-lah) is the reputed birthplace of Marco Polo, though no one can prove it. It is the most medieval-looking of the islands with its walled city center and cobbled streets. It looks like a Dubrovnik Mini-Me. Korčula has a reputation for fine white wines made from the pošip grape. Smokvica and Lumbarda are the best-known wine-making towns on the island. Food-and-wine bike tourists regularly stop at Vinarija Toreta, which is on a very hilly road with spectacular views of Smokvica's vineyards. Find out about a fun wine and cycling tour given by Korcula locals Rachael and John.
Hvar (huh-vahr) is just 20 miles off the coast from Split. It has been a center of viniculture since the 4th century B.C., when the Greeks planted vines there. Cyclists can enjoy a ride similar to Korčula's, complete with vineyards, hills, and valleys. Zlatan Plavac is its grape, but Hvar may be more famous for its wine-drinking than its winemaking. The island is known for lavender fields, its luxurious hotels and villas, and its raucous celebrity party scene. Read more about things to do in Hvar here.


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Back from the most amazing couple of days with my tribe. Reconnecting with my tribe and the end of a decade. It's been ten years since I first joined the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. The official part has come to an end as I handed my final book review to our chosen chief, it was quite a special moment for me.
Not that my education will be over from now on, we learn every day, but in a official capacity, it has come to an end, which is both exhilarating and kinda weird. I met old friends and some amazing new people. Danced into the wee hours of the night, listened to poetry and stories around the fire and laid down on the grass to listen to the whispering of the trees.
I wrote this poem about this amazing couple of days when I got back, hope you enjoy.
The trees are whispering to me
While I listen to the sound of the harp
Telling me stories of our tribe
And I'm overwhelmed by this feeling of community
Visions of dancing and laughter
While the fire blazes to the beat of the drum
Beautiful poetry brings a tear to my eye
And a feeling that I belong
Here, with my tribe
It took me a decade to fully understand
And stay true to myself and my emotions
What made this year so special
I let go of me, and became part of we.
Roots & Branches 2014
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Use Active Directory Administrator Mail-enable Process?
In this example, you will create a domain account and mailbox for user John Smith.
Before you create a domain account and mailbox for the user, perform the following:
- Obtain the user's first and last name
- Confirm that the user's status in OLPPS is active
- Obtain the user's UCID
Perform the following steps to create a domain account and mailbox for the user:
- In order to see if a logon is unique, search the Active Directory Forest for jsmith by performing the following steps:
- Open Active Directory Users and Computers
- Right-click the domain listed
- Click "Find…"
- Select "Entire Directory" under "In:"
- Enter the logon, jsmith, into the "Name:" field
- -Click "Find Now"
Look at the "Logon Name (pre-Windows 2000) " column in "Search results:" to see if the logon you have chosen has already been assigned. In case, jsmith, is taken. When a logon is assigned to another user, you add a number to the logon starting with one, in this case jsmith1. However, if you can see in the search results that jsmith1 is already taken, you increment the number and select jsmith2. Continue incrementing up until you reach a number that is not taken.
- To do this, perform the following:
- Open Active Directory Users and Computers
- Expand the "campus.net.ucsf.edu" domain
- Scroll down to the "New Accounts" OU
- Right click the "New Accounts" OU, select "New," and click "User"
- In the "New Object – User" dialog, enter the user's information and logon and click "Next"
- Enter in a password for the user, make sure all the checkboxes are unchecked, and click "Next"
- Click "Finish:"
Please make sure that the "First name:" and "Last name:" fields match the name in OLPPS. Also, make sure the "Full name:" field has the format {last name^comma^space^first name). If any of these fields are not exact, the mail-enable process will fail.
Entering the customer's UCID number into the employeeID field
Perform the following:
- With the "New Accounts" OU still selected, in the right pane, right-click the domain account and click "Employee-ID:"
- Enter the user's UCID and click "OK:"
Mail-enabling the Active Directory Customer Account
- To do this, login at https://myaccess.ucsf.edu/help/HelpWebApps/AD/EmailEnableForm.jsp
- Enter in the user's UCID
- Select the domain
- Enter the logon
- Eelect the desired email suffix
- Click "Submit Request:"
After clicking "Submit Request," you will be sent to a page confirming your request submission, and receive an email confirmation.
After waiting for about 45 minutes, the user's domain account will be mail-enabled. You can verify that the account is mail-enabled by confirming that the "E-mail:" field on the user's domain account in Active Directory Users and Computers is populated:
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I love celebrations. They don't have to be big events–I've found celebrating life's little joys to be every bit as satisfying as celebrating the milestones. Not every event is champagne-worthy, although in the interest of full disclosure, I've popped the cork just because it's Tuesday. The fact that it was Tuesday and I had champagne was reason enough to add some dark chocolate.
I can be relentlessly optimistic at times.
This will seem like a non sequitur, but bear with me. As a writer, I have to find ways to make my characters uncomfortable.
Mer Cavallo is the kind of woman who would much rather pull on a wetsuit than a business suit. I get it. In the Keys, getting dressed up means donning a new pair of flip flops. Maybe a skort. Formal attire requires a woman to wear a sundress and the guys to forgo their cargo shorts.
So what do I do? I send Mer to a gala.
Let that sink in. Mer, in a gown. And heels! Oh, but I'm not through! To make matters worse, she doesn't have an invitation to this thousand-dollar-a-plate soirée. What she does have, however, is a driving need to talk to the keynote speaker.
I, on the other hand, have it a lot easier at the moment. I can still wear my flip flops (although the current Polar Express is testing my fortitude with temps dipping into the 30s) and I have a bottle of champagne chilling in the fridge. Next Wednesday I plan on popping that very same bottle. After all, if Tuesday deserves champagne, it follows that Wednesday should too. Plus, it's launch day for Beached and honestly, this second reason leaves me downright giddy.
So please grab a glass and join me. Celebrations are even better when they are shared with friends!
Chapter 17 ~
The museum exhibit hall sparkled; with jewels, with crystal, with thousands of white lights winding like stars high above the heads of the hundreds glammed up for the festivities.
Beached launches January 10, 2018. Reserve your copy today!
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Tuesday was a great night for all techies at NYTM, although not as packed as usual, it did not disappoint! It was an information packed night. Interestingly, developers seem to be using social data more and more to create apps, especially as FourSquare and Twitter offer the ability to capture so much data. There were quite a few demos that used this data to build content for their apps. So many great ideas!
Here are some of the nuggets:
Cabsense NYC – This iPhone app should come in handy for New Yorkers! It will show on a map, based on your location, the best corners to stand on to catch a cab in Manhattan. For the data geeks out there, and this is actually interesting, the developers got data from the NY Taxi Commission and studied 90 million taxi cab trips in order to figure out, depending on the time of day, the best places to get a cab. They also showed a really cool video heat map of week of taxi activity on a map of Manhattan. http://www.cabsense.com/
Whistle Box – Love, love, loved this demo! Whistle Box have created the world's first augmented kids reality game. Kids can see themselves in cartoons and interact with characters. It works through a motion capture system from a webcam. Kids can interact in a 2D physics-based world and be part of games and stories. The virtual play space allows two kids to play together virtually, so they could be in different locations and interact together. Games get kids to move around, similar to Wii, but they can see their own image from the webcam inside the cartoon. I can see this being huge! www.whistlebox.com
Bantam Networks – Another great option for companies to manage communication internally. Bantam has developed a social CRM workplace that is a competitor to Sales Force. It allows employees to manage contacts and calendars, status updates, meetings, Twitter feeds. LinkedIn feeds and Facebook info will be added soon. This starts at $20 for single user. http://www.bantamlive.com/
Parse.ly – This is a personalized newsfeed that filters information based on user activity and preferences. It also finds information that it thinks you might like based on your profile and similarities you may have to other users. It uses the same technology as Pandora, Netflix and Amazon. They have a consumer app as well as platforms for developers. For publishers that don't already have this technology in place it could be a great opportunity to easily personalize content. If you go to the website you can sign up for more info. Unfortunately it does not look like it is actually live yet. http://www.parse.ly/
NOAH – aka Networks Organisms and Habitats showed off their iPhone app. Users can take a photo on their iPhone and the free app will identify animals and also send the info about where and when the animal was spotted to various organizations. Lots of good uses for this app. http://www.networkedorganisms.com/


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The Beer Globe: Which Breweries Dominate All Over the World
With over 2800 breweries and counting in the U.S., Americans could be forgiven for thinking we control the beer world. But venture outside the borders of this micro brew-topia and you'll find beers you've likely never heard of before. Our friends over at Vinepair dug threw dozens of sources and found the most popular beers in over 100 countries all over the world. And while North America is, for better or worse, dominated by likely culprits Bud (Canada) and Bud Light (U.S.), the beers that prevail in countries like Madagascar, Cambodia, even Pakistan, will almost certainly be new to you.
Click on the map below to see the full infographic.
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10 Great Breweries from America's Beer-Saturated Cities
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makes 1 roll
recipe adapted from VeryBestBaking.com
prep time: 45 min / cook time: 13-15 min
3/4 c all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp salt
3 large eggs, room temperature
1 c sugar
2/3 c pumpkin purée
1 c chopped walnuts (optional)
* I used 1/4 c chopped pecans
8 oz. cream cheese, softened (1 package)
1 c powdered sugar, sifted
6 tbsp butter or margarine, softened
1 tsp vanilla extract
• Preheat oven to 375˚ F.
• Grease 15x10" jelly-roll pan; line with wax paper. Grease and flour paper.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat eggs and granulated sugar in large mixer bowl until thick.
• Beat in pumpkin purée.
• Stir in flour mixture.
• Spread evenly into prepared pan.
• Sprinkled with nuts.
• Bake for 13-15 minutes or until top of cake springs back when touched.
* If using a dark-colored pan, begin checking for doneness at 11 minutes.
• While waiting for the cake to finish baking, prepare tea towel. Sprinkle 1/4 c powdered sugar onto the flattened towel.
• Immediately loosen and turn cake onto prepared towel.
• Carefully peel off wax paper.
• Roll up cake and towel together, starting with narrow end.
* Do not roll up the cake too tight or the filling will ooze out.
• Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour.
• Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, butter and vanilla extract until smooth.
• Carefully unroll cake.
• Spread filling over cake.
• Re-roll cake.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving, if desired.
• If you do not have a tea towel, paper towels work just as well . . . better actually because you don't need to wash a sticky towel in the washer!
• Be sure to put enough powdered sugar on the towel when rolling up the cake so it will not stick.
• Instead of folding in the dry ingredients, I used one bowl for everything. Mixed dry ingredients, added eggs and sugar, then beat in pumpkin purée.
• Be sure to not spread the filling all the way to the end of the cake. Leave some room for the filling to spread or else it will ooze out.


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I get asked quite a lot "what is best the X100F or the Xpro2 ?" I always find this an interesting question because I don't quite know why I am being asked the question !
I dont think people want to know what camera I prefer, I think they want to know what one I would recommend they buy ! To find out what would be the best camera for the other person I would need to know so much more about them and their photography. So I will answer this question as if it was directed to me.
I am not that worried about the bells and whistles that are thrown at modern cameras I just want the exposure triangle on the outside of the camera and I want to be able to use it quickly without putting too much thought in to it or digging into the menus.
I do love the rangefinder style because I am a right eye shooter, so with the rangefinder my nose is not squashed on the back of the camera and 9 times out of 10 no one knows where you are pointing a rangefinder !
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