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Editor's Note: Carlos Pagan is a freshman RTF student, and has a strip that runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays. His work is highly informed by traditional caricature art and is a constant switch up of instruments and materials.
This video was created as part of an aborted April Fool's day project with other cartoonists on the page, but he spent a lot of time working on it and it might as well be posted here.


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I know Halloween is now over but I thought I would just sneak in these labels I made to seal Marc's cello Trick or Treat bags.
Before I went down to London I promised Marc that I would get some of the Poundland stickers I had used on mine, but I am afraid in all the excitement of my trip I forgot …… aghhhh, I could have kicked myself when I finally remembered them after I had arrived!
These were the first I doodled ….. just using a sheet of small self adhesive stickers, a black fine liner pen and Promarkers for the colour.
And then, when I went into Notting Hill I managed to find these tiny stickers (below) in Accessorize.
…….. a far cry, you will agree, to the stickers they have had in the past, the ones I would rave on and on about and buy in great swathes!! However, they managed to adequately suit the occasion and my purpose……

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April 5, 1992, Section 5, Page 8Buy Reprints
A CLUSTER of ominous place names in a wholly uninhabited, desolate region is a sure sign that something must have happened there. Why else would a mountain be named the peak of the devil (la Cime du Diable)? Why lakes of the devil (les Lacs du Diable) or a vale of hell (le Vallon d'Enfer)? In the Middle Ages these were signals to keep away; today, in the Vallee des Merveilles in southeastern France, they beckon to us to come and look. When we do, we find no pools of sulfur or heaps of black slag but a wild, beautiful valley with a clear, swift stream and a carpet of wildflowers in early summer.
Then, something else appears: the image of a dagger, scratched on a rock. Near it, the head of an animal with great, twisting horns. Whole slabs of rock are imprinted with dozens of pictures and strange signs. Over 100,000 of these images, dating from the neolithic period and the Bronze Age, have been found on rocks and boulders scattered along this high, remote valley. About 4,000 years ago, Celtic tribes made special journeys here, evidently to practice religious rites. They left a record in the form of rock engravings made over a period of more than 1,000 years. The site is now part of the Mercantour National Park, which can be visited June through October, depending on when the winter snow melts.
The valley was apparently never settled. Tucked away among the rugged mountains of the Alpes-Maritimes, it is too high, and too narrow and rocky, for cultivation. The tribal people who made the images lived on lower ground, perhaps near the Mediterranean coast, as I learned from informational material and our guide. After the start of the Christian era, only a few shepherds came up here in summer, along with occasional wanderers who passed through the valley because it may have offered a route free from bandits. A veil of superstition hung over the place. People now believe that the fearsome place names, with their satanic associations, were bestowed by the Church in order to deter the curious from this region whose symbols reeked of paganism.
During the 19th century, a handful of scholars began to penetrate the veil, hiking up to the valley to investigate the enigmatic symbols. Recently, several specialists in prehistory have studied the area, most notably Professor Henri de Lumley, a distinguished French archeologist. As in ancient times, the valley is still reached mainly by foot, though today one can drive quite close by. The easiest approach is from the small town of St.-Dalmas-de-Tende, about 25 miles north of Ventimiglia along the Italian Riviera. A paved road extends about six miles past St.-Dalmas to the Lac des Mesches, where there are several parking areas.
From the lake, a trail leads to the Refuge des Merveilles, a French Alpine Club hut at the edge of the Vallee des Merveilles and the primary center for visitors. Walking at a moderate pace on this broad, gradual trail, one should reach the hut -- about five and a half miles with an ascent of about 2,500 feet -- in three hours. It is also possible, though expensive, to take a four-wheel-drive taxi from St.-Dalmas to the hut; the price in 1991 was about $185 for a maximum of three passengers.
My husband and I hiked up to the hut in mid-June; the woods were full of blue forget-me-nots, purple, yellow and white pansies and a few scattered wild orchids, cherry red and yellow. After two and a half hours we emerged into a wild, empty valley amid jagged, rocky peaks, whose desolation was set off by a gray sky and cold wind. The trail led directly to the hut, a small stone building on the shore of a large lake.
Inside we found a small dining room, partly wood paneled. As in every Alpine Club hut, the dining room is the only common room, open all day for meals and snacks. We secured overnight places, ordered tea and wolfed down a couple of blueberry tarts, baked at the hut by Daniele Baringo, the good-humored chief cook and wife of the gardien, or hutkeeper. Then we hurried outside to explore a little before dinner.
The trail from the hut loops around the lake and then rises to a narrow, upper valley -- the actual Vallee des Merveilles -- even wilder than the one below. From there, the lake and its few buildings (the hut and a small cabin used by archeologists) are out of sight and there is no sign of human habitation or culture; there are only rocks, grass, and the stream, overhung by bare, rugged peaks.
About 45 minutes after leaving the hut, we saw our first petroglyph, a small anthropomorphic figure on top of an orange-hued boulder. We were eager to find more, but with evening approaching we retreated, stopping first to consult a set of information tables just outside the hut. These offer explanations (in French) of the regional geology, descriptions of Bronze Age culture, analyses of the rock engravings and theories about the people who made them.
Dinner was served at seven, and we shared a table with hikers from France, Germany and England. Mrs. Baringo and a young assistant served soup, beef braised in wine, cheese and chocolate mousse. It is a delightful peculiarity of French Alpine Club huts that dinner is customarily a four-course meal, including cheese. Table wine is always available, as well as a small selection of stronger stuff -- cognac and the like. The food was served family-style, with large platters for the guests to share.
WE turned in early, about 9:30, as is the custom in the huts, sharing a large dormitory with other guests (there are no private rooms). Mattresses and pillows are laid side by side on a sort of long wooden shelf, and we helped ourselves to the stacks of folded woolen blankets. It was a cold night, and I was thankful that this hut had an indoor toilet.
In the morning we folded and replaced our blankets, did some minimal washing (cold water, shared sinks), and sat down to a breakfast of large bowls of tea or coffee, bread, butter and jam. Then we packed picnic lunches into our rucksacks and set out.
Once you enter the upper valley, you're on your own. The site has been left in its wild splendor, unmanaged, with no signs or pointers to the petroglyphs. The trail leading up the valley is clear and distinct, but the engraved rocks are not always conveniently beside it.
We spent the day happily absorbed in a grand outdoor treasure hunt. We soon learned to spot boulders likely to bear petroglyphs. Scattered throughout the valley are rocks with an orange or green patina, made of oxidized schist containing iron or copper. The image makers had a clear preference for these rocks, with their unusual color and satiny sheen.
Certain motifs recur throughout the valley. Most common are horned animals, probably bovine, with long, imposing horns, U-shaped or sometimes twisted -- indicative, perhaps, of the ancient cult of the bull that flourished around the Mediterranean basin. Sometimes pictures show a yoked team and apparent plow, thought to be fertility cult symbols. Researchers have uncovered no trace either of bovine animals or agriculture in this high, barren valley, supporting the theory that this was a place to invoke divine protection for the crops and livestock raised in the valleys below.
Numerous pictures show weapons and tools -- daggers, axes, scythes. Oval or oblong shapes, filled in with crisscrossed lines, are thought to represent enclosures for livestock, or perhaps land divided into different holdings, or possibly the earth itself. There are also suns, stars and spirals. Anthropomorphic figures, some of which are very striking, are relatively rare among all the rest. Despite Mrs. Baringo's attempts to direct us to one of the valley's most famous anthropomorphic figures, we did not find it, though we discovered plenty of other petroglyphs.
We spent the day wandering up the valley, intent on our search, sometimes continuing along the trail and sometimes rambling off on little tracks through the grass, hoping they would lead to the particular engravings we were seeking. The landscape had the splendid wildness of a high Alpine valley that has never been cultivated, never inhabited. Great, rough-hewn peaks of bare rock thrust up around us, among them Mont Bego (9,422 feet), which may have been the center of the ancient cult, perhaps even the object of worship, since many petroglyphs are oriented in its direction. During violent thunderstorms lightning dances upon its peak; one object of the cult may have been to propitiate or acquire this power.
Midday found us on a ridge at the far end of the valley, just beyond the zone of the petroglyphs. From here we could look north to another group of lakes near the Refuge de Valmasque, the other French Alpine Club hut serving visitors to the Vallee des Merveilles. It is less easily reached, though, than the Refuge des Merveilles, and we turned back to spend another few hours exploring the Vallee. In the stark, empty landscape I could picture the ancient tribes, dressed in skins, performing their rites here in the shadow of Mont Bego.
If we had been hungry the evening before, we were ravenous after a full day's rambling in the clear, cool air. Mrs. Baringo summoned the guests to the tables and served us soup, roast veal, polenta, spinach, cheese and caramel flan. We shared our table with three courteous, friendly young Italian hikers, glad of a chance to practice their English.
It was clear that by hunting alone, we were not likely to find the famous images. Organized, guided tours depart daily from the Refuge des Merveilles during the main season, but we had come too early for them. To our delight, then, Claude Baringo agreed to take us on a tour. Having spent many seasons as hutkeeper, he has spoken to the archeologists and is steeped in the lore concerning the engravings.
It was a gray morning and we stuffed warm clothes and rain gear into our packs, but Mr. Baringo simply walked out in his pile jacket. Along the way, he kept up an informative running commentary on the history of the valley, how the pictures had been cut and various interpretations of their meaning. Departing from the trail, he led us first to the figure dubbed the Sorcerer (le Sorcier), a bearded face with hands erect above its head, brandishing a pair of daggers -- an image of primal force. Another, popularly called le Christ or le Mage Christiform, has the broad forehead, narrow jaw and beard of some conventional images of Christ, but this pagan character has three eyes. We were unable to see the Chief of the Tribe (le Chef de Tribu), which was concealed under a deep snowbank. Reproductions of it show a complete figure, feet turned inward and fingers spread apart. Over the chest hangs a sort of bag or ornament, and there appears to be a large dagger fixed into the head.
Nearly all the human figures seem to have some priestly appearance -- images perhaps of those who addressed the gods. But why these daggers, brandished or protruding from the head? Was there a rite involving human sacrifice? We had already noticed the prevalence of dagger images; during the centuries when the engravings were made, metal came increasingly into use. Perhaps the metal blade, embodying new degrees of power, itself became the object of a cult. Archeologists puzzle over these questions.
Turning out of the main valley, Mr. Baringo led us up a steep slope to the base of the Mont des Merveilles, one of the mountains facing Mont Bego. Here, among the boulders, is an engraving that used to be known as the Jumping Jack (le Pantin), but is now more often called the Cosmonaut, because of the circle around its head, which looks like a helmet, and the antennalike object (a club or ax?) fixed to it. Most curiously, its arms are zigzags. Of the hundreds of images I had seen in this valley of wonders, this was the most mysterious, a magical being -- man or god -- with arms made of lightning. PRICES AT THE ALPINE HUT The Hut
The Refuge des Merveilles is open from June 5 through October. An overnight stay costs about $15 a person (at 5.4 francs to the dollar), with a reduction for members of European alpine clubs or affiliated associations. Dinner costs about $13 and breakfast $4.80. A half-liter of table wine is $3.35. Guests should take a hand towel, soap and flashlight.
There are 62 sleeping places; in the peak season, mid-July through August, a large tent is erected with an additional 18 places, and there may be two sittings for dinner.
Remote though it is, the Vallee des Merveilles is a popular attraction. Though room can usually be found for one, two or even three people who turn up, parties of four or more must write for reservations, and should send a 30 percent deposit. Until June 1, contact Claude Baringo, le Roc Blanc, Impasse des Sables, Chantemerle, 05330 St.-Chaffrey, France; telephone 22.214.171.124. June to October, write to Mr. Baringo at the Refuge des Merveilles, 06430 St.-Dalmas-de-Tende (no phone).
Accommodations are also available at a 60-room inn, Neige et Merveilles, telephone 93.04.62.40, next to the small Lac de Miniere, about 20 minutes' walk up the trail from the Lac des Mesches. A room with with breakfast starts at $25 a person; with three meals, $41. Tours
Two-and-a-half-hour guided tours led by the Bureau des Guides et Accompagnateurs de la Vallee des Merveilles, 12 Avenue 16 Septembre 1947, 06430 St.-Dalmas-de-Tende, 93.04.62.64, depart from the Refuge des Merveilles.
From June 14 to July 8 and Sept. 9 to Oct. 13, the tours take place only on Sunday, starting at 8:30 A.M. and 1 P.M. From July 9 to Sept. 9, there are four tours daily, setting out at 8:30 and 10:30 A.M. and 1 and 2:30 P.M. The tours cost $5.90; $1.85 for children younger than age 14. Privately led tours of varying lengths may also be arranged with the Buruea des Guides et Accompagnateurs du Valee des Merveilles.


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The Duelyst team has sent word that a new feature is ready for testing. At select times, special boss events will open up. Each boss is uniquely controlled and with a custom deck and starting board slot. Players beating the boss earn a free Spirit Orb and a Boss Crate. Over the next few weeks, two boss battles will debut for testing.
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Currently Obsessed: Home Edition
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I need the cheetah pillow and those pictures STAT!ReplyDelete
Gimme all the pineapples!! :)ReplyDelete
im digging the pineapple drink set! so fresh and fun! Isn't decorating or dream of so much fun!! all the possibilitiesReplyDelete
Give me all the pineapples!! I'm thinking about buying those book ends for the baby's room - so cute! And I actually did just buy that same headboard for our guest room! Can't wait for it to get here!ReplyDelete
love the gold pineapple! xo jillian - cornflake dreamsReplyDelete
Love your style! I've wanted a leopard throw pillow for a while and may have to incorporate it in our new home! And love hat headboard! We need a new one stat!ReplyDelete
Love the pineapple book ends. Such a fun way to add interest!ReplyDelete
Oh, those pineapples!! Love love love! And that peony painting is perfection!ReplyDelete
I just want all the pineapples! Those bookends are too cute <3ReplyDelete
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Love all of these..especially those pineapple bookends!ReplyDelete
Love! Target has the prettiest white pillow with a gold embroidered pineapple on it right now and I can't stop thinking about it. About a pillow. It's that good! Ha!ReplyDelete
Yes to all of these! i don't have one single thing with pineapples in my house and that needs to change! xo, Biana -BlovedBostonReplyDelete
such cute finds! i need that flower picture!!ReplyDelete


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"Crescendo is an enthralling sequel, with revelations that hit you like a gale force wind."
"The way Fitzpatrick has written from Nora's perspective draws you in as the reader, so that you are along for the ride with 100% emotional investment."
"I would say it is a sure read one that will have you screaming at the ending!!"
I like to think that these bitches are throwing some serious sarcastic shade, because the only other option is horrifying: People actually think Becca Fitzpatrick's "Crescendo" is a good book, and that I am actually living in Bizarro World.
"Crescendo" begins right where "Hush, Hush" left off, with Patch and Nora in each other's arms and enjoying their first summer together as a couple. For once, Nora's life seems to be perfect – no one is out to kill her, for instance. However, this moment of peace turns out to be the calm before the storm, as Nora quickly finds herself caught in even more supernatural trouble.
For one thing, Patch's return to angel status has not made having a relationship with him any easier. Heaven itself is against their relationship, as Patch reveals that archangels are waiting for him to slip up and reveal his relationship with Nora so he can be condemned to an eternity in hell. The strain this puts on their relationship leads them to break up.
Nora has also begun seeing her deceased father at the most unusual of places, making her question if her Nephilim heritage has anything to do with his death. She has also begun to receive notes from a mysterious organization called "The Black Hand", telling her that "he" killed her father.
With all of these things hanging over their heads, will Patch and Nora ever manage to scrape out of the mess they're in alive? And perhaps even more importantly, will their relationship ever go back to the way it was before?
Did those last four paragraphs come off as particularly sincere in its recounting of events? Does it read like I am actually personally invested in the story? Because if it does, then I am actually underestimating my skills as a writer.
As you all know from my review of "Hush, Hush", I wasn't really a big fan of bad boy Patch and his sleazy "future serial rapist" personality. And this is from someone who has a crippling addiction to guys with tattoos. While it was definitely not unexpected that he ended up with Nora at the end of the first book — this is still YA supernatural romance, after all — that doesn't mean it wasn't absolutely unbelievable.
That was why "Crescendo" was so hard for me to stomach right off the bat, as it begins with Patch and Nora being your perfect angel/human couple. How can I even begin to care about your blissful union when the only time you spent together in the previous book consisted of Patch trying to get his slimy paws inside your panties?
And if I wasn't even invested in the two of you getting together, what makes you think I care if the two of you break up? And yet this break-up becomes the whole focus of this novel, overpowering such trivial matters such as sightings of Nora's dead father. No biggie.
I guess if this were a slim volume — maybe less than 200 pages — the extended whining and vacillating between "He loves me/No, he doesn't!" would be bearable. But this goes on 300+ pages into a 400+ page book. Even bears won't stand for that kind of tomfoolery.
The plot is a lost cause, as it only seems to come to play whenever Fitzpatrick realizes that she needs to move this thing along. Events only seem to happen to justify the illogical actions of Nora in previous chapters, and new characters float in and out of the story just so something will happen and not out of any organic plot development.
The plot does become relevant in the last hundred pages or so, but it all feels like a huge information dump just so all the pieces get tied up together. The way this happens is through the most expected Evil Overlord maneuver ever: The book's bad guy answers all of Nora's questions right before he kills her. Or at least attempts to kill her. I guess in that respect the revelations do hit you like a gale force wind.
But the things I talk about here? THOSE ARE JUST THE MOST GLARINGLY BAD PARTS. Scattered all over the book are dozens of examples of how to construct a fantasy world that defies all laws of reason and challenges one's suspension of disbelief. Those following me on Twitter have already been spammed by it two days running.
I honestly, honestly tried to go into this book with an open mind. I tried to find something to like about it, but other than Patch being much more likeable — mostly because he wasn't the center of attention — I could not find anything. If anybody can educate me about the merits of this series, I will gladly take lessons.


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Another Saturday, another street dance competition. This was in Chrudim, about 100 kilometers or so east, maybe a bit northeast of Prague. So, we had to get up pretty early.
The drive down was uneventful enough, it was kind of a cloudy morning, but not so much that vision was impaired, and traffic was light although I could not understand why three semi-trailer trucks were driving one after the other with only inches between their bumpers and I was very happy when we got around them.
We dropped Izzy and her friend off and went on a short tour of the town. There was a small river and an even smaller stream, and you would have expected the stream to run into a river but, it seemed to me (and I have no idea what happened further downstream, that they ran together until they met and flowed together for a meter or two and then flowed apart again.
Anyway, there were 14 teams and only the top 6 would advance to the next round. It seemed to me the level of competition was a bit higher than usual (perhaps because all of these teams have advanced through a few competitions) so, despite the fact Isabel's team danced well, I was not optimistic.
Now, here's the thing. We knew that if they advanced, we'd have to stay till the end, at 8:30. If they got eliminated, we could get out of there and go home. So, theoretically, and certainly when talking to Isabel, we had to be hopeful she would succeed. But, damn, these competitions are obnoxious and my butt was aching from the hard, plastic seat.
It was a classic example of mixed emotions.
They did not get through. Isabel did not seem too upset, though (they were 7th out of 14) and got invited to spend the rest of the weekend at her friend's cottage. So, I did not feel too guilty about my mental disloyalty, and we got home early.


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Commonly Encountered Sea Turtles
Sea turtles have lived with the dinosaurs and, as far as we know, have remained almost unchanged for 100 million years. Of the seven species that occur in our oceans, two species, the leatherback and loggerhead turtle, are commonly reported or encountered. Profiles of these species can be found below. Canadian species conservation status as assessed either by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) and/ or listed under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) is indicated for each species.
Leatherback Turtle
Species At Risk: Endangered
Maximum Size: 4 to 6 ft (130 – 183 cm)
Colour: Dark grey or black with white or pale spots, while the plastron is whitish to black and marked by 5 ridges
Key Features:
1) Head has a deeply notched upper jaw with 2 cusps
2) Lacks a hard shell, but is composed of a layer of thin, tough, rubbery skin
3) Carapace is large, elongated and flexible with 7 distinct ridges running the length of the animal
4) All flippers are without claws
Loggerhead Turtle
Species At Risk: Endangered
Maximum Size: 2.5 to 3.5 ft in carapace length (80 to 110 cm)
Colour: Reddish-brown with a yellowish-brown plastron
Key Features:
1) Very large head with heavy strong jaws
2) Carapace is heart-shaped and bony without ridges
3) Carapace has large, non-overlapping, rough scutes (scales) present with 5 lateral scute
4) Front flippers are short and thick with 2 claws, while the rear flippers can have 2 or 3 claws
For more information on sea turtles, visit the Canadian Sea Turtle Network.
The Canadian Sea Turtle Network is a unique, grassroots, science-based group: We work with fishermen to help prevent leatherbacks from entanglement in commercial fishing gear. Entanglement is one of the greatest threats to the survival of leatherbacks worldwide. They partnership with the fishing community also results in groundbreaking scientific research on leatherbacks—research that has unravelled parts of the leatherback mystery.


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Night and day, you are the one
Only you, beneath the moon, under the sun.
Whether near to me, or far,
It's no matter, darling, where you are
I think of you night and day.
Night and day, why's it so,
That this longin' for you
follows wherever I go?
In the roaring traffic's boom,
In the silence of my lonely room
I think of you night and day.
Night and day, under the hide of me
There's an oh such a hungry yearning burning inside of me
And this torment won't be through,
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We have 34 spaces in our own parking garage, and an open parking deck with another 10 spaces for hotel guests, which can also be used by RESTAURANT WEISSENHOF and BAR SCALA guests. The day rate is EUR 19.00. The hourly rate is EUR 2.50 per hour started. Unfortuantely reservations are not possible because of the limited number of parking spaces.
Furthermore we have two electricity filling stations in our garage (power: 22 kw/h when using for one car, 11 kw/h when using for two cars), which can be used for free. We recommend a reservation in advance.
The ARCOTEL Camino Stuttgart is located at Heilbronner Strasse 21, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. We recommend to enter the street "Im Kaisemer" into your navigation system, as this address will lead you to our garage and the main entrance directly.
Important note if you drive here: You need an environmental badge to drive through the Environmental Zone in Stuttgart. This applies for your journey to the ARCOTEL Camino. You can order this badge online in advance at www.umwelt-plakette.de.
From the south (Salzburg A1 or Munich A8): Take the exit 52b Stuttgart-Degerloch and go on the B27 towards Stuttgart-Degerloch/Stuttgart-Zentrum to the Friedrichstraße slip road. This forks directly into Heilbronner Strasse. After 0.5 kilometres, you will see the ARCOTEL Camino on the left. Go to the next set of lights and turn into Heilbronner Strasse. After the hotel, turn right to get to the main entrance to the hotel, which is at the back.
From the north (Berlin A9 or Nürnberg A6): Take exit 38 - Kreuz Weinsberg onto the A81 towards Stuttgart/Weinsberg. Then take exit 17 Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. On the B10, go towards Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen/Stuttgart-Zentrum. Take the exit for Ulm/Stuttgart-Zentrum and then stay on the B27. This will bring you to Heilbronner Strasse. After around 6.3 km, you will reach the ARCOTEL Camino. After the hotel, turn right to get to the main entrance to the hotel, which is at the back.


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Battersea Reach, SW18
- Developer / Owner: Berkeley Group, St George
Development located on the corner of York Road and Wandsworth Bridge Road. This is the famous 13-acre site (5.2 ha) where Safeway submitted a planning application in 1995 which had an element of social housing. Appeal dismissed late 1996 following a period of time between March and October 1996 when the site was squatted by George Monbiot''s The Land is Ours Campaign . Amended planning submitted in 2011, it is now under construction and due to complete mid-2013.
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- Under Construction
- Borough: Wandsworth
- Size: 1,350 units
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Activity in China's services sector has bounced back in August, after a historic drop in July, two surveys showed.
The HSBC/Markit services purchasing managers' index (PMI) shot up to 54.1 in August - the strongest since March 2013 - from a record low of 50.0 in July.
A separate government non-manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), rose to 54.4 from July's six-month low.
A reading above the 50 threshold demarcates expanding activity from a contraction.
Chinese equities reacted positively to the PMI readings, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index finishing 2.30% higher while the Shanghai Composite Index closed 1% higher.
Bill Adams, senior international economist for PNC Financial Services Group said in a note to clients: "...Chinese real GDP growth is probably picking up in the third quarter of 2014. The economic expansion is quite uneven, as exports accelerate, investment slows, and the real estate correction intensifies, but on balance, headline real GDP growth is probably a bit faster to the third quarter.
Growth is strong enough to prevent a rise in unemployment and attending social unrest. But until the government announces a credible workout strategy for China's rising mound of non-performing loans, it seems early to predict that the third quarter's stronger growth can be sustained."
Hongbin Qu, chief economist, China & co-head of Asian economic research at HSBC said in a statement: "Apart from the rebound in the headline number, other indices suggest a mixed picture rather than a broad-based improvement.
The economy still faces downside risks to growth in the second half of the year from the property sector slowdown. We think policy makers should use further easing measures to help support the recovery."
Premier Li Keqiang said in July that economic growth of slightly more or less than 7.5% this year will be acceptable as long as it still led to new jobs and higher wages.
China's annual economic growth inched up to 7.5% in the second-quarter from an 18-month low of 7.4% in the first quarter - supported by a wave of modest policy stimulus measures.
The services sector accounted for 46.1% of gross domestic product in 2013.
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Eighteen companies from across the state have been selected as finalists for the 2016 Team Massachusetts Economic Impact Awards, awarded annually by MassEcon. These finalists, representing companies from Greater Boston to the Pioneer Valley, will present one-minute elevator pitches describing their growth in the Bay State to a panel of judges and business leaders on September 14 at Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP in Boston. Secretary of Housing and Economic Development, Jay Ash, will be the featured guest at the event.
The awards celebrate companies that have made an outstanding contribution to the Massachusetts economy. The winners from each of the five regions will be announced in October and recognized at an awards luncheon on November 22nd in Boston.
Please see full press release.
NEDC Sealing Solutions is a state of the art manufacturer of high quality products such as EMI/RFI absorbers, insulators, thermal pads, tapes, gaskets, and epoxy preforms. NEDC is an owned and operated family business located in Methuen, MA employing a little under 40 dedicated employees. NEDC is qualified to the MIL-DTL-83528F standard, and offers material Types A, B, C, D, F, G, L, and M. NEDC products are far-reaching. They are utilized in computers, telecommunications, spacecraft, missiles, aircraft, radars, and consumer electronics. NEDC Sealing Solutions now deals with medical, military, aerospace, and consumer markets.


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Since Jim posted on the mess in Washington, I thought I'd post a link to an especially good special on ABC's news program 20/20: The Big, Bad Bailout.
My wife and I watched it the other night and were blown away--particularly by the first segment. This should be required viewing for all American voters and anyone interested in American politics should watch it. I don't agree with everything Stossel does, but he makes some very good points here.


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ALPA members are represented by a Board of Directors. Each community has two representatives on the Board. These two representatives are:
A traditional landowner's representative
The community representative (generally nominated by the local store committee)
Board Members are confirmed at Annual General Meetings.
Board Meetings
Most ALPA Board Meetings are held in Arnhemland. At each Board meeting, ALPA engages an independent interpreter to assist in the explanation of financial matters, policy, legal requirements, matters of organisational structure and issues relating to governance. The approach uses relevant language and concepts from traditional Aboriginal economic and legal parallels. The interpreter is there to promote 2-way understanding between Directors and Management. ALPA has developed a unique method to give a visual hands on and readily understood explanation of profit and loss statements and budget planning sessions. This methodology, or 'money story,' is in demand at a number of other external Aboriginal client organisations. Similar activities to those conducted at the Board meeting are provided at a local level in each community in between, and in preparation for, each quarterly Board meeting; the participants being store workers and members of the ALPA store committee in each locality. ALPA Board Members
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Details of upcoming trade fairs and events that you need to mark in your calendar
January 29 - February 1, 2018
Venue: Dubai World Trade Centre
The largest healthcare trade show in the MENA region and the second largest in the world, the Arab Health Exhibition and Congress offers experts across the medical spectrum the chance to connect with professionals from the industry including doctors, nursing staff, technical managers and distributors.
February 18 - 22, 2018
Venue: Dubai World Trade Centre
The 22nd edition of Gulfood in 2017 attracted a record estimate of 96,000 visitors. Now in its 23rd year, the world's largest annual food, beverage and hospitality exhibition will shed light on the industry's latest trends as well as advances in food and beverage trade between nations, while presenting an incredible global showcase of products to potential investors.
September 16-18, 2018
Venue: Dubai World Trade Centre
The largest tradeshow of its kind across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, the Hotel Show Dubai offers an overview of the hospitality industry, showcasing everything from catering equipment, interiors, lighting, design and security.
October 2 - 4, 2018
Venue: Dubai World Trade Centre
Cityscape Global is recognised as the annual barometer for the real estate industry and is one of the largest and most influential real estate events held globally. The event serves as a platform for industry peers to connect with each other as well as to showcase prime developments and investment opportunities.


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This post is a long time in the making. Ed and I travel often as many people know. It's one of those things we do to keep our sanity in our sometimes pretty eventful life. In 2013, we planned a trip to Europe to see all of my dream places. We went to Ireland, England and France. It was an 11 day trip to see the main spots that were on our bucket list. I have to be honest up front and say the reason we decided the time frame we did was for the Eminem concert in Dublin. He hadn't had a live show in America in quite a few years. If you know me, you know I'm kinda a huge Eminem fan.
I decided recently that I was going the take the time to blog more and get some of our adventures up for the world to see. We have quite a few to do (South Africa, Zambia, France, England, Belize, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Alaska, and few road trips in there). I promise to start getting those up monthly. I have to start small.
The first day we arrived in Dublin we went to the Guinness Factory. It was something to do mid day after a long flight. We didn't take pictures there as it was mostly just drinking. It was nice to walk through Dublin. The weather was only really overcast for us. No complaints here. The second day was a 14 hour bus tour of Ireland. We left Dublin early in the morning and headed to the other side of the island to the Cliffs of Moher. We used Viator.com to find the perfect tour. I have to say the bus tour was perfect. It was the right number of people and we stopped all over. We first stopped in Limerick to see King John's Castle. It was a quick stop as the Cliffs were quite a drive.
We had a good time seeing the history in the town. It was such a drastic difference to our daily commutes here in Virginia. We went next to the Cliffs. This was on both our bucket lists. Pictures don't really do them justice.
Our stop on the way back to Dublin was in Doolin for a small meal and some rest. We also stopped at an Abby on our way back. It was beautiful and had all the charm of the Irish culture.
The next day we went to see Eminem and had quite the experience. The concert was held as Slane Castle. It's a huge Castle and off to the side is an open field that they use for concerts. The difference between an American concert venue and here is that they hold 100,000 people at this one easy. They lined up food and beer trailers all around the perimeter. It's also based on a hill so if you stand you can see from pretty much anywhere. We were warned in advance not to bring heavy equipment during this show. So we depended on iPhone photos. It worked out perfectly honestly. I got to have a nice break. Below are all the iPhone photos I took while we were in Ireland. It was truly a great time. We only stayed in Dublin a few days.
Dublin has been and most likely always will be one of my favorite places I have ever visited. People are so laid back and extremely outgoing. From the minute our plane landed to the minute we flew to England, I had a blast. I can't wait to go away in the future.


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The first bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar, initiating suo motu PIL proceedings, directed various authorities to take appropriate action against the illegal and unauthorised constructions in and around T Nagar. In this regard, they shall follow the guidelines laid down by the earlier first bench headed by the then Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, on October 7, 2016.
The bench also issued notices to secretary, housing and urban development department, CMDA, commissioner of Chennai Corporation, Chennai city commissioner of police, besides director of fire and rescue services, who had been impleaded as the latest party to the proceedings.
The case was posted to July 28 for further hearing. There have been a series of judgments and directives since 2006 on issue of unauthorised buildings along Usman Road in T Nagar. While many of them survived even demolition orders, a few corrected the deviations by demolishing a couple of floors. Still most of the buildings in the commercial hub are built in violation of development control norms, and have floor violations.
The issue returned to centrestage after the then Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul rapped authorities for failing to frame guidelines under Section 113-C of the Town and Country Planning Act, which empower the government to exempt buildings from norms.


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[UWP][VS]Using the diagnostic tools in Visual Studio 2017 to check ListView virtualization
Have you ever changed some XAML in your Universal Windows Project and wondered if this might break some things? After reading this, you know how to let Visual Studio 2017 check bindings, virtualization and other XAML issues for you.
The XAML ListView supports virtualization of items since Windows 8.1. In order to allow virtualization, the ListView needs to have a height that is constraint by:
- setting the
Heightattribute in XAML or codebehind
- putting the ListView in a
GridRowwith a star-height
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
Imagine a list of items with a TextBox directly below the last item. By entering some text in the TextBox, an item is added to the ListView and the ListView grows until there is no more vertical space left. If you are unaware of virtualization it can be tempting to put the ListView and TextBox in a
StackPanel to make them stacked vertically like this:
<Grid Background="LightBlue">
<ListView Background="LightCyan" x:Name="ListViewTest" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding}"/>
<TextBox x:Name="TextBoxAdd" Grid.Row="1" KeyDown="TextBox_KeyDown"/>
When we run this, we see that the ListView and TextBox are stacked vertically. The Scrollviewer ensures scrolling when there is not enough vertical space.
Unfortunately, this will break virtualization
How can you check if virtualization still works?
Use Visual Studios Diagnostic Tools to run UI Analyses
- Run your app in Debug Mode
- Select Visual Studio
- Open the Diagnostic Tools
If the UI Analyses Events list is empty (like in the screen below), you have to enable UI Analyses
- Enable UI Analyses by clicking Select Tools
- Stop and restart the app in Debug Mode
Visual Studio will show you all the XAML problems it can find. Placing a ListView in a Stackpanel is one of them:
In this post, you will learn how to make the
TextBox sticky to the
ListView while preserving virtualization.


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Tutu's are amazingly easy to make and once you know how it's kind of hard to stop yourself from making them for every occasion and for no reason at all. I have pick my two favorite how to's and posted the links before, each shows a different way of making them. Once you get the basic down then you can try your hand at some of the cute outfits! These are not all tutorials some can be purchased and just ideas to get the creative juices flowing.
How to make a Tutu by The Ribbon Retreat
How to make a Tutu by Prudent Baby
New Year's
Valentine's Day
St. Patrick's Day
Tutu Basket Tutorial by Pink x3
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Luck of the Irish {FREE PRINTABLE}
One of my favorite memories is volunteering in a kindergarten classroom on St. Patricks Day. The kids went out for recess and the teachers made the classrooms look like a sneaky leprechaun had come in and been naughty. They moved desks, put papers on the floor, and left gold ...read more


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Our Pledge to All Fijians
Our aim is to effectively and efficiently do whatever we can with the resources we have available, to help the Fijian Government achieve cost effective transport services that are safe and environmentally sustainable, to enhance access to services and markets.
The task of maintaining a road network is never 'finished' – because of course ongoing maintenance is needed to sustain the network. The Government expects, and we intend to deliver, a continuation of the significant road improvements that we started in 2013.
At the end of each financial year we will publicly report, fully and truthfully, what we have been able to achieve. If for some reason we haven't done everything we say here we are intending to do, we will explain quite openly, 'why'.
The key outputs we are seeking to achieve are:
(a) An updated prioritised plan for improving the network for the next 10 years;
(b) A safe roads', bridges' and jetties' network;
(c) A well signposted network;
(d) An increasingly better maintained network;
(e) A greater proportion of road and bridges' renewals work (reseals etc.) carried out when it is due – and not deferred;
(f) Programmed projects completed to their intended scope and standard, within their intended scheduled time, for not more than their budgeted cost; (and)
(g) Good relationships with the FRA's stakeholders – people understand what is being planned and done – and why. Complaints and requests for service are promptly responded to and, where possible, effectively and efficiently actioned.
Capacity and capability developed locally so Fijian's are employed at all levels of the roading network.


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FROM THE PASTOR…..MY DEAR PARISH FAMILY, beginning this Monday, February 20th, I will be conducting another ADULT EDUCATION CLASS entitled "A Look At The Old Testament Prophets." The focus will be on 3 prophets in particular – Amos, Hosea and Isaiah. This will be our Lenten class. I am beginning it 2 weeks before Lent starts because as you know as Easter approaches I will be busy with the "confession circuit" in the Northern Deanery parishes. The class will be held as usual on Monday evenings from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM in the Activities Center Gardiner Social Hall. All parishioners are invited to attend.
Due to the goodness of a couple from our parish, we now have received a HEARTSTOP DEFIBRILLATOR. This device is used to aid a person who might be having a heart attack when coming to OLV for liturgies or other ceremonies. It is something that was on my "bucket list" for a long time and now that wish is completed. The defibrillator will be installed in the baptismal area, near the picture of Msgr. Fleming. For those who might want to know how to use one in aid of someone suffering a heart attack, we will be offering a brief session on March 14th at 6:30 PM in the baptismal area. Any and all parishioners are invited to attend this instructional session in order to come to the aid of parishioners or guests who are having heart issues while in OLV church.
The call goes out for any Eucharistic Minister willing to TAKE HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOSPITAL AND/OR A NURSING HOME. We had some ministers retire and now we are looking for more volunteers to help in this ministry to "visit the sick" as the gospel states. If you are interested, please call the rectory to leave your name. If you are a new person interested in this ministry, we will have a brief instructional session after a Sunday Mass. Being that I am the only priest here with a car (Fr. Antony is now learning how to drive), it is important that some parishioners do "come to our assistance" in fulfilling this ministry. If you have done this in the past, then you will immediately be assigned to begin this ministry. Thank you for your help in this wonderful and beautiful work in bringing the Lord to those who desire to have Him.
ATTENTION ALL LECTORS AND EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS – as you know from past experiences, we would always have sign-up sheets in the baptistery asking for our ministers to sign-up for various roles in ministry for Christmas, Easter and holy days. After observing that not every slot was filled in, the Liturgy Committee with my agreement decided that we will stop the sign-up sheets and instead begin assigning people to fulfill the various ministry slots present – just like we do for ordinary Sundays. Therefore, if you are assigned a ministry on one of those days and you cannot make it, please do what you do when you cannot make a Sunday – request a substitute through the computer. This will make things a lot easier for the office and for all involved. Normally we have enough ministers who attend the Masses, so this will not be a problem. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
HUMOR FOR THE WEEK - Today's riddle: Here is the situation:
· You are on a horse, galloping at a constant speed.
· On your right side is a sharp drop-off.
· On your left side is an elephant traveling at the same speed as you.
· Directly in front of you is a galloping kangaroo and your horse is unable to overtake it.
· Behind you is a lion running at the same speed as you and the kangaroo.
· What must you do to get out of this highly dangerous situation?
· Get off the merry-go-round and go home; You've had enough excitement for one day...
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Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert Pay Tribute to Boston
In the wake of the bombings in Boston, and just before today's news that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has isolated images of what it believes to be a suspect, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert paid tribute to the city on their respective shows. "Thank you for once again in the face of gross inhumanity inspiring and solidifying my belief in humanity and the people of this country," Stewart said in his opening.
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by Diana Berryman
Published on 25 July 2014
Social Media Marketing is great fun right? The trouble is too many of us get engrossed in the making connections/sharing great content side but fall down when it comes to creating tangible leads and closing a sale. What can you do to find real leads and how do you turn those leads into customers? I have trawled the websites of some of our favorite marketing and sales apps and made a list of the most frequently asked questions. Let's find out some of the answers to the most important questions YOU are asking.
Use a platform for your marketing, sales and customer relationships all rolled into one. Which social networks do you use for business? Use a marketing automation tool which delivers consistent, branded content across all your platforms at once. Not all platforms cover all networks so find one that can post to your most frequently used social media outlets and use and abuse it! Also stop flogging a dead horse! If a social network isn't doing anything for you then don't bother with it.
Of course building your networks is important, it is no use if you are talking only to yourself is it? The problem is that too many get obsessed with gaining fans and followers they forget the aim of social media marketing: to make sales! Listening to your competition is just as important as getting your stuff out there. What are they up to? Are they doing it better than you? Measuring your marketing efforts and engagement rates is crucial, don't keep making the same mistakes.
Listening technology used in marketing automation tools, will allow you to discover the kind of content your customers are interested in. Using social media analytics will help you to learn which posts create the most engagement, website visits, sales etc. Follow the numbers and use this information to your advantage. Check out what everyone else is doing, look at posts which create tons of engagement across different networks and try to emulate what they do.
We partly covered this answer in question one. Finding one tool that covers all of your social networks is half the battle. Depending on what YOU need or YOUR business needs, you also have to look at tools that include a CRM, email marketing service, lead generation, business analytics, content scheduling capabilities, plus many other options. Look around to find the service that covers your requirements.
Communication is key and if you have two employees or 100 you need to get it right. Using a platform to communicate with your team is the way to go. Using team collaboration apps can make your life a million times easier. Give each team member a role, assign tasks, monitor their performance, it's all so much easier with great software to manage it all for you. If you don't already use it, is it time to start?
There is no shortage of opinions being shared on social media. From good to bad, listen to what your customers are saying and take advantage of those opinions. Did someone just trash your competition? Jump right in and say how you could do it better! Is someone asking questions about your niche that you can answer? Start talking and let them know you are an expert in your field. Clever tools can search for keywords used in social media and alert you when these words are being used.
This is what it all comes down to, the crux of the matter, the raison d'etre. You could be the worlds best social networker but if you don't make those sales then it's all a bit of a waste of time. A combination of all of the above will help you to boost your revenue. Listen to what your customers are saying, tailor your online behavior to match their needs. Offer advice in the form of a tweet, an article, a video, whatever. Stand out from your competition and be known as an expert in your field. Be there for people in real-time, they will be impressed by your tenacity. Use analytics to measure your success and failure. There is no one answer to this question, it is a magic recipe and the ingredients are exclusive to you.
You need to find the platform that works for you and has everything you need. If you look around you will find the ONE that's right for you, that will do everything you need and make your life easier. Here are some great suggestions for you:
Oracle Social Cloud combines social media management, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more, with a great customer relationship manager and marketing department. With social listening and real-time analytics it allows you to be on top of your game where your customers are concerned. Their post automation and scheduling is a real time-saver.
Oktopost is a socially driven content marketing platform, specifically for B2B marketing. They focus on social sharing in LinkedIn groups as well as the usual social networks. A unified social inbox allows you to engage with potential leads and they also have a post scheduling service.
Pardot has a great lead nurturing feature, real-time sales alerts and fabulous email marketing tools. Their reporting and analytics tools are top notch and they have a unique prospect tracking system. Pardot allows you to manage your campaigns all in one handy platform. You can measure your successes and keep up to date with your social networks.
Finding the right fit for you and your business is down to you I'm afraid. I am sure you will have so much fun trying out all these great tools. If you can't decide you can make comparisons between two apps, it may become clearer when you see them side-by-side. We have a huge choice of marketing software for you to browse though so go nuts!


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Northern Lights Recreation
Harbor Springs, MI 49740
(231) 347-3100
(231) 347-4539 (fax)
Monday through Sundays - 11:00 am until 1:00 am
Northern Lights Recreation is Northern Michigan's premium Entertainment Center. Bowling, Laser Tag, Billiards, Redemption Arcade or Dining - WE have it all!
The Sassy Loon Bar and Grill at Northern Lights Recreation is our full service 150 seat restaurant. We're a great restaurant which just happens to have a bowling alley! The Sassy Loon Bar and Grill was recently nominated ''Best Casual Restaurant'', ''Best Overall Restaurant'' AND ''Best Bar'' by the Petoskey News Review 2014.
This is like no other bowling alley. Come in and see what the local buzz is about.


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von Bartha, Basel
Kannenfeldplatz 6
CH-4056 Basel
Tuesday to Friday 2-6pm
Saturday 11am-4pm
or by appointment
von Bartha, S-chanf
Somvih 46
CH-7525 S-chanf
by appointment
For general inquiries please contact
von bartha is currently not accepting artist's submissions.
Stefan von Bartha
Margareta von Bartha
Miklos von Bartha
Caroline Baumhauer
Fabienne Schürch
Daniela Tauber
Hester Koper
Judith Ribbentrop
Tina Miescher
Julia Paas
Roland Fükö
Dominik Nagy
Raphael Reichert
von Bartha,
The most recent house of von Bartha was opened in 2008. Most of the gallery's activities take place here. The gallery was built into a former car repair shop. Over 700 sqm of exhibition space accommodate up to five contemporary exhibitions a year. In addition, the gallery hosts eight to ten events for selected projects a year. It can be visited during opening hours or on request.
von Bartha,
Von Bartha, S-chanf is located in the barn of an old patrician house in S-chanf. Opened in 2006, the White Cube in the midst of the Engadine Alps is a space at the disposal of the selected artists. Two to three times a year, an artist gets the opportunity to intervene there. The entire exhibition is organized by the artist. On request, the neighboring patrician house can be visited to see the exhibition of works from the gallery's past program.
Founded in 1970 by Margareta and Miklos von Bartha, the gallery has specialised in Constructivist and Concrete art from the beginning. Margareta and Miklos both graduated from the class of eminent graphic designer Armin Hofmann at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel, instilling a fervent interest and passion for abstract art.
In the gallery's early years, Margareta and Miklos von Bartha staged solo exhibitions of young artists as well as important thematic exhibitions, including Ungarische Avantgarde in 1976 – a seminal exhibition which eventually led to the artists' international breakthrough. Prior to this show, László Moholy-Nagy was the only Hungarian artist recognized on an international level. Neither Lajos Kassák – then central figure of the avant-garde in Budapest and publisher of the magazine MA – nor his companion, Sándor Bortnyik were known to Western art audiences. Similarly, László Peri, who invented the idea of the "shaped canvas" 40 years before Frank Stella, János Mattis-Teutsch, Joseph Csáky and Lajos d' Ebneth, were also unheard of. However, this was soon to change.
Von Bartha placed two of the Hungarian avant-garde's most significant portfolios into the 'Cabinet des Estampes' in Geneva; these were Bortnyik's 'MA' folder from 1921 and Peris Sturm's folder from 1922-23. The gallery also sold work to internationally renowned museums, including the Dallas Art Museum and the Musée de Grenoble.
In the following years, thematic exhibitions took place including Horizontal-Vertikal (1977) and Diagonale und Kreis (1979), amongst others. The gallery particularly focused on artists from the Op Art and Kinetic art movements, including Gerhard von Graevenitz, Victor Vasarely, Pol Bury, Jesús Rafael Soto and François Morellet.
In the early 80s, von Bartha organised multiple exhibitions with the Swedish Constructivists, such as Olle Baertling and Eric H. Olson.
From 1987-89, Margareta and Miklos von Bartha acquired over 150 works of Argentinian artists from the Arte Concreto and Madí movements in Buenos Aires. They published a catalogue, which is still considered the standard reference work for this art movement. Today, these paintings, sculptures and works on paper are in major private collections and museums, such as eight of the works donated by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros to MoMA, New York in 2017, including those by Alfredo Hlito, Raúl Lozza, Tomás Maldonado, Juan Melé, Gregorio Vardanega and Virgillo Villalba.
Over the decades, von Bartha has earned an international reputation of presenting important German constructivists, including Walter Dexel, Erich Buchholz or Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart; artists of the De Stijl movement, including Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg; and those working in Concrete art, including Georges Vantongerloo, Max Bill, Verena Loewensberg, Richard Paul Lohse and in particular Camille Graeser, whose foundation – as well as Adolf Luther's – von Bartha represents exclusively.
For many years, the gallery has exhibited in art fairs across the globe. As a former employee of Art Basel's co-founder Carl Laszlo, Miklos von Bartha has witnessed the establishment and growth of this global art fair. The gallery has been taking part as an exhibitor since 1978.
From 2008, von Bartha has been under the second generation-direction of Stefan von Bartha. The formerly two-man business – located on Schützenmattstrasse in Basel – has developed into a company of three family members and six employees.
The gallery's relocation and expansion to a converted garage at Kannenfeldplatz has allowed for large-scale installations, performances and retrospectives. In 2006 von Bartha opened a second space, located in S-chanf in the Engadin Alps; the white cube space, on the site of the former barn of an old patrician house, is used for focused projects and site-specific installations.
To date, von Bartha continues to support the careers of influential artists, such as Camille Graeser and Olle Baertling. Building on its foundation, the gallery has established a contemporary program and represents an international roster of artists, working across a diverse range of media: Imi Knoebel, Superflex, Terry Haggerty, John Wood & Paul Harrison, Felipe Mujica, Sarah Oppenheimer and Landon Metz. Whilst nurturing new generations of artists, the gallery supports the continually evolving practice of their established artists.


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Modern transport has transformed our society and economy. It has enabled us to take advantage of a wide range of dispersed opportunities and to keep in contact with family and friends. Advances in road haulage and distribution methods have stimulated economic growth by helping to provide us with unparalleled consumer choices, a 24-hour society and just-in-time deliveries.
At the same time, however, our reliance on the private car and the lorry has led to busier and more congested roads. This, in turn, has resulted in fewer people keeping healthy through walking and cycling, increased concerns with regard to noise and other community aspects, accessibility issues for people who rely on public transport, and environmental impacts such as air pollution and the threat of climate change. So, while transport can be viewed as simply a 'means to an end' (just getting us from A to B), in reality it's a key element of a modern society with impacts on the economy, climate change, people's health, social exclusion, street scenes and the countryside.
The following report provides comparative analysis of a range of key indicators relating to transport in Wiltshire and is intended as a resource to help identify local priorities at Community Area level. The report shows the scale of local road networks and rates of maintenance, car parking and traffic flow. The data is designed to help communities to understand local issues and to develop community-led work to improve local outcomes.


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via Stephanie McDonald @stephmcdonald0, computerworld.com
If the phenomenon of Angry Birds and Farmville has shown us anything, it has been that a growing percentage of the public is addicted to gaming — and it's worth a billion dollar empire.
Businesses have now cottoned on and are trying to harness consumers' addiction to games by deploying gaming techniques in products to add to their bottom line.
Gamification uses gaming techniques to engage customers or employees in an online environment. These techniques include using scoreboards to rank users, rating achievements, giving rewards and pitting users against each other to create competition.
One of the keys to successful gamification is recreating the simplified interface of games, according to Rodney Gedda, senior analyst at Telsyte.
"If anything's going to be learned from gaming it's that the user interfaces are designed to achieve certain things in a simplified fashion…whereas business applications tend to be…quite complex user interfaces that people don't understand," he says.
There are several benefits of gamification in the workplace. For example, it can be used in training materials as a simplified user interface where individuals earn points and rewards, according to Gedda. It can also be used to increase revenue through new customers.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has deployed gamification to increase revenue in its home loans division. Its Investorville app is a virtual app which encourages users to 'invest' in property using real data in a real-time situation. The aim of the app is to help them to "demystify" property investment and, of course, to sign up for a home loan with the bank.
The app was released in August 2011 and took about three months to build, with certain applications gleaned from the Commonwealth Bank's Domain home loan app.
"We were familiar with using RP Data feeds, so a lot of the hard work and the complexity that sits in the back end of [Investorville] we were already used to dealing [with]," says Martin Whelan, general manager of consumer marketing at the Commonwealth Bank.
While many financial institutes have developed tools, such as home loan calculators, Whelan says the key to Investorville's success is that it employs both online tool elements and gaming functions.
"If it was just a tool, it would have been quite dull and probably uninteresting. We probably wouldn't have gotten a customer to give us that information in a tool, but they actually are doing it in a game," he says. "If you have that engagement you get a much…better outcome."
Whelan says the growth in the digital world has meant companies have been forced to create a greater level of engagement with their customers and brand. Gaming processes, he says, can help facilitate this.
"The gaming process can actually push through a message or have some educational-type content to it or to move them towards the outcome that you want," he says.
"It's just another tool to drive engagement in a world which is much more interactive and much more social."
This focus on customer engagement around the app, rather than being a technology focused app, is evident in the way the Commonwealth Bank created Investorville — it was initiated by the marketing department, not the IT department.
However, while the marketing budget was used for the app and a business case was not required for its development, Whelan says the team still had to ensure objectives were satisfied and revenue was positively impacted on.
Gamification trumps direct marketing?
A little more than 23,000 users have registered for Investorville since August last year, with 12 per cent of players visiting the Commonwealth Bank home loans page.
"I think the big difference between [Investorville] and a direct marketing campaign is it is one thing doing a campaign and trying to convert business, but it also does a much, much stronger job for our brand," Whelan says.
"I think intuitively a game that you play and engage in is going to give you much more positivity around the brand and the experience you've given people than sending them what people think is nuisance mail."
The app has also created a longer marketing tail than a direct marketing campaign, according to Whelan, with the app still generating revenue long after the campaign was launched.
While Whelan was questioned at a recent event held by the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association on gamification about whether the Commonwealth Bank plans to introduce a multiplayer model, he says he is yet to see any financial benefit of doing this.
"Part of the reason for doing [Investorville] for us is to make sure that we've got quality leads coming out of it, and I think the danger is if you dial up the gaming elements too much, you end up with people just playing because it's fun to play versus how [many people] we see as [prospective home loan users].
"We're not in the business of creating games — we're in the business of creating shareholder value through selling more investment home loans. Ultimately, that's the purpose of it for us."
The future of gamification
Whelan says while the Commonwealth Bank doesn't call it gamification, the bank also uses the practice for in-house training modules. However, he says the company doesn't see itself as a pioneer of gamification.
"I don't think it matters [what you call it]," he says.
"I think the important thing is it's an absolute tool towards embedding messages either with a consumer or in terms of training. It's just a means of engaging people to get the message that you want across for a certain desired outcome."
However, Gedda says due to the high saturation of games in the market, particularly on mobile devices, there is a danger of people becoming "fatigued" by gaming.
"Gaming, in general, is more prolific than it's ever been and it's also been used to harvest more information about people and being used for social in-game purchases…so the amount of gaming that we're seeing generally is hitting us at more angles than it has before," he says.
"There are question marks about whether the same concepts can successfully be applied to business processes and still engage people at a level of seriousness that they expect with a business process.
"Ideally you need to tread carefully with gamification before you can expect miraculous results or a business outcome that's going to be more engaging than traditional methods."
Like several new terms being used in the IT industry, Gedda says gamification is still an emerging concept and the benefits are still being realized.
However, "The sky is the limit when it comes to the gamification of business processes. The thing IT managers and CIOs need to look out for is whether it delivers any real value or not," he says.


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How is it that a musical based on Fellini's Nights of Cabiria, a beautiful and heartbreaking film about a prostitute who scrapes her way through her tough life, can translate so magnificently on the Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake?
Inserting top talent such as Julie Martell into the lead role is the first smart decision in making that happen. Sweet Charity, on stage until October 31, 2015, is very much softer in its adaptation but with the lively performer synthesizing a lifetime of disappointment as Charity Hope Valentine, audiences can't help but ache for the character's desire to be loved.
And when it comes time for her to sing joyous musical numbers including 'Hey Big Spender' and 'If My Friends Could See Me Now," one can only wonder what kind of unique path that Julie Martell has journeyed that's led her to a place like the Shaw Festival.
What did you want to be growing up?
I aimed to be what I'm doing right now—a singer, actor and dance. I was focused on being a performer from an early age.
Growing up in a small town, I really didn't know how it would happen but I knew it would.
Who were your childhood heroes?
Heroes? I don't have any that spring to mind.
Did you play sports as a kid?
I was a competitive gymnast for many years.
It was a big part of my life growing up and really taught me a lot about discipline and focus and never giving up. Also patience and perseverance. I think it really shaped who I became as an adult.
Were your parents strict?
Looking back I guess they were strict.
I was the oldest, so I do remember not being able to get away with much compared to my younger sister.
What posters did you have on your bedroom wall growing up?
Backstreet Boys and N'Sync. They were just so cool in that those days. I also had some photos of Olympic Champions on the walls too.
What was your nickname in high school?
I didn't have a Nickname in high school but I did have one in University.
I'm from Cape Breton Island, so friends started calling me 'Capers.' I loved it, it really stuck and some of my friends still call me it. It brings back some very fond memories.
What was the first concert you attended?
I think it was The Barenaked Ladies. I don't remember much of that experience.
I grew up in a small town on the east coast, concerts weren't really a thing.
What was the first job you ever had?
I was a singer/server at a place called the Lobster Deck, home in Cape Breton.
About 7 of us formed a band, where we would cover pop songs and Celtic/Folk Favorites. And also serve surf and turf! It was on the grounds of a hotel. We worked in that tent all summer and it was awesome.
Have you ever been fired?
Once and I still can't believe it happened.
I was waitressing in New York City in between contracts; I had been hired at this really busy place in Hell's Kitchen where I made a crazy amount of cash. I wasn't there very long when people started telling management how much they liked me, how personable I was and that it must be because I'm Canadian.
I'm a people person, so even when doing a "Joe Job" I made the most out of it and had fun. They guy who ran the place, loved me—or so I thought.
How did the disappointing event play out?
It was coming up on Christmas and I was feeling rather down and homesick so I asked the manager if I could take a few days off and fly home to see my family. He said no and fired me on the spot.
It all happened so quickly and I still don't really understand why. I suppose he was worried I would stand him up and just not show up for my shifts. I remember walking out minutes later thinking, "What the hell just happened?"
What do you remember about the first time getting drunk?
Living on the east coast this happened at a rather young age.
I remember being in my friend's basement and her older brother got us wine coolers. There was a party going on at their place, I think their parents had gone away to Florida or something like that.
But other than that, I don't remember a thing…I got drunk.
What is the hardest thing about being a woman?
I love being a woman. I have a successful career doing what I love. I also have a successful business working with the most positive, generous men and women on the planet. As Shakespeare said, "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves."
I really try to be in control of how things play out in my life… of course, Equal Pay for Equal Work would be nice. But this is a '20 Questions With…' feature so don't get me started on that.
Is having a family a priority in Julie Martell's life?
I get that question often, people asking me parenting at some point.
Do I want kids? I flip flop at the moment but the judgement that comes along with stating, 'I don't think I want to be a mother.' That can be hard.
What did you believe in at 18 that you wish that you'd believe in now?
That's a tough one. I'm at a loss as to what that may be.
At times I am still as optimistic as I was at 18. Like maybe that I can eat anything I want and not get fat.
What is the best advice your parents ever gave you?
To never give up. It didn't matter that I came from a small town with very little to offer, if I practiced, the work would speak for itself.
They gave me a book of quotes when I was a teenager and I have carried one in particular with me all years: "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have it." That was great advice from my parents and a quoted Thomas Jefferson.
What have you done that you will never do again?
Get engaged and then call off the wedding. Enough said on that front. Next question please.
What is the best lie you ever told?
I'm so boring but I don't have an answer for this.
What is the scariest thing that ever happened to you?
I was living and working in New York City. All by myself on the UWS and working on B'way.
I started to feel under the weather but as an actor "the show must go on" so I ignored some symptoms and just chalked it up stress and nerves, fatigue etc. After a few days of severe headaches and joint pain I visited the nearest emergency room. After sharing my symptoms I was rushed to isolation. I was diagnosed with Viral and Spinal Meningitis and blood poisoning. I almost died.
I had never been sick a day in my life. Things become very clear when you are told that if you had fallen asleep that night you would never have woken up.
You've been exiled to an isolated island with no other inhabitants but permitted to bring one book, one CD, and one DVD what will this list include?
For me, on this day I would bring Jack Canfield's book The Success Principles.
The latest Sufjan Stevens CD and the DVD of Sunday in The Park With George.
If somebody made a movie about your life, whom would you want to play you?
Someone unknown. A no name, no resume, no baggage individual.
Just an open hearted girl, plucked from the middle of nowhere. Who of course, is awesomely talented yet humble and stunningly gorgeous but unassuming.
Or Julia Roberts because I'm told all the time that we look alike.