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Advance Reviews for Dancing with the Tiger
"A rollicking combination of art and archeology, forgeries, drug deals, and tourists, Montezuma, murder, and love. Dancing with the Tiger is smart, sexy, and extremely suspenseful. Block out some time — once you start, you won't be putting it down."--Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves and Black Glass: Short Fictions
"A gripping and powerful story of artifact smuggling and drug dealing in Mexico, driven by Lili Wright's deep compassion for the people and place she writes about."--Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins and We Live in Water
"An entrancing, provocative, and utterly beguiling debut. Like its heroine, Lili Wright's Dancing with the Tiger is so vibrant and alive you can practically feel the pages humming beneath your fingers. Not to be missed."--Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me and The Fever
"From sentence to sentence, Wright provides a literary theme park of noir thrills and cross-cultural conflict. Her talents as a storyteller are only exceeded by her skill in portraying the desperate brilliance that a centuries-old MacGuffin brings out in her characters. A Raymond Chandler engine inside a Megan Abbott chassis with detailing by Graham Greene. Wright is the early millennium novelist that we deserve...for our sins." --Dan Barden, author of The Next Right Thing
"Dancing with the Tiger is built on beautiful sentences the way a spider web is built on silk. Pleasing also is Lili Wright's wisdom regarding the human condition, present on every page. Her elegant and vital sentencesalso travel in service to what is surely one of the most intricate plots of the year; but first and foremost, the sentences: one will follow them almost anywhere."--Rick Bass, author of The Lives of Rocks and All The Land to Hold Us
"It is a sexy, headlong descent into art and addiction, as hallucinatory and revelatory as a shot of mescal. Lili Wright creates a rogue's gallery of saints and sinners obsessively pursuing Montezuma's death mask, even as death dances in their midst. Fierce and fast paced, this is an urgent novel of ideas." --Sheri Holman, author of The Dress Lodger and Witches on the Road Tonight
"Smart and vivid, Dancing with the Tiger turns all the gears — and with gusto — from sex to gun play to old lost treasures in Mexico. As the ancient stolen mask changes hands, this novel delivers." — Ron Carlson, author of Return to Oakpine
"This book is one of those literary novels that transcends genre — several, in fact: it contains romance, mystery, suspense, and history. Yet at heart its greatest gift is the care with which it's written. A superb success."--Antonya Nelson, author of Funny Once and In the Land of Men
Reviews for Learning to Float
"Funny and honest. This is a woman's intimate journey into the past, so she can avoid the same mistakes with a man of her future. We should all be so courageous."—Post and Courier, Charleston
"Witty . . . brutally honest. Learning to Float has taken the familiar troubled figure of the single woman and rescued her from social ambivalence. in Wright's hands, she's all that she can be—sexy, introspective, and an enormous amount of fun." —Hartford Courant
"(Learning to Float) insightfully explores the excruciating process of finding love and discovering yourself." —Book magazine


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With both JDS-Congress and BJP claiming to form the government, all eyes are on one man - Governor. 80-year-old Governor Vajubhai Vala is the man of the moment. Here is an attempt to introduce him to Telugu readers.
Before he was appointed as the Governor of Karnataka in 2014, Vajubhai Vala is a former RSS man who joined the BJP in Gujarat and served as the party president twice in Gujarat and even served as Finance Minister in Narendra Modi's government. In fact, at once, he had sacrificed his assembly seat to Modi. Below is his political bio.
Highlights of Vajubhai Vala's Political Bio
* Vajubhai Vala had joined the RSS in his school days.
* In 1975, Mr Vajubhai Vala was elected to the Rajkot Municipal Corporation and served as the Mayor in the 80s and 90s.
* During the emergency, he was imprisoned in Sabarmati jail for 11 months.
* Vajubhai joined the BJP's predecessor Jana Sangh and soon grew close to Keshubhai Patel, a powerful Gujarat BJP leader who became the state's Chief Minister in 1995.
* Vajubhai Vala had vacated his assembly seat Rajkot-II when Narendra Modi contested his first state election from in Gujarat in 2001. Vala had won seven elections from the seat.
* In the 2002 assembly polls, PM Modi moved to contest from the Maninagar seat and Mr Vala was back to contesting from Rajkot West.
* When Prime Minister Narendra Modi was Gujarat chief minister, Mr Vala was a Finance minister in his government.
* As the Gujarat finance minister, Mr Vala presented the state budget 18 times. He also served as the speaker of the Gujarat assembly.

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Bobbi Sanders and Donnie Woodruff -- the singers who comprise the male/female duo La Rue -- give the impression that they have spent a lot of time listening to well-known Solar acts like Shalamar, Dynasty, and Midnight Star. In fact, one of the tracks is an enjoyable cover of Shalamar's 1982 hit, "A Night to Remember." But Do It for Love doesn't sound like it was recorded in 1982. The new jack swing of the late '80s and early '90s is a strong influence -- not only in terms of the high-tech, hip-hop-influenced production, but also in terms of the harmonies. The male/female interaction of Sanders and Woodruff often suggests Jody Watley and Howard Hewett's interaction in pre-1984 Shalamar, but La Rue also shows a strong awareness of new jack swing favorites like Bobby Brown, Keith Sweat, Guy and Bell Biv DeVoe.
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Parents & Friends of Saint Mary Star of the Sea School,
Did you know there are ways you can earn support for our school at no additional cost to you? Find out how you can help us this year! Shop as you normally would at the stores and Saint Mary's will receive rewards in the form of cash or products.
When you shop at Kroger, Saint Mary Star of the Sea School receives cash if you link your account with the school SIN Number: 87566. Just go to krogercommunityrewards.com to link your account!
Amazon Smile
Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. Saint Mary's has now been approved to receive a donation from purchases made through Amazonsmile! AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service.
Shop #StartWithaSmile at smile.amazon.com/ch/54-0842274. If you have an Amazon Prime account, login thorugh smile.amazon.com/ch/54-0842274.
Support Saint Mary Star of the Sea School starting your shopping at smile.amazon.com.!
Box Tops
Chances are you have dozens of products on your shelves containing the Box Tops for Education logo. Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Ziploc, and Kleenex are just a few of the brands. Each logo is worth 10 cents for the school. Just cut the Box Tops for Education logos from the boxes, send them to school in an envelope with your child's name and grade or drop them in designated boxes at church. Don't wait too long because the Box Tops have an expiration day!
Tyson Project A+
The Tyson Project A+ program is one of the simplest ways to support Saint Mary's. Just clip and collect Tyson Project A+ labels from Tysons product packages. For every label you submit, Saint Mary's receives $.24 cents – and the school can use the money for any of its needs.
Shop with Scrip
Saint Mary's is once again participating in the shopwithscrip.com program. When you purchase gift cards, Saint Mary's receives a percentage of your purchase at no additional cost to you. It is easy:
1) Go to shopwithscrip.com to create your account
2) Use Saint Mary's enrollment code: 81FL9L3934766
2) Sign-up for PrestoPay and submit your code to Teresa Bunting (firstname.lastname@example.com) for a one time account verification. ( Families who have purchased previously with PrestoPay do not need to have an account verification)
3) You are now ready to shop for gift cards from an extended list of national and local retailers who offer the ScripNow option. The ScripNow option allows you to pay online and print your e-gift cards immediately.
Harris Teeter
If you shop at Harris Teeter with a VIC card, Harris Teeter will donate a percentage of your purchase to us IF you link your VIC card to our school. NOTE: This has to be done every school year after Aug. 1. Go to: www.harristeeter.com/community/together_in_education/link_to_your_school. Then click "Click here to link your VIC card." When asked, enter Saint Mary's code: 5719.


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Item #1567875 | Briggs Genuine OEM Part #398188
Carburetor needle & seat kit. Comes with installation instructions. The float needle allows fuel to enter the float bowl. If the float needle is stuck closed, the engine will not get fuel and thus will not start.
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Our services are provided free under the NHS except where stated. The practice looks after nearly 8500 patients. The building is designed for wheelchair access downstairs, including the toilet. There is a public payphone by the reception entrance.
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Speaking to CNET Asia, HTC's Vice President of Global Planning made it clear the company would continue to support Windows Phone, but that they are not too happy with the OS.
"We are actually fully committed to our Windows Phone business. We do have good collaboration with Microsoft for a future release this year," said Tai Ito, HTC's vice president for Global Product Planning.
"I understand that Windows Phone 8 is not as good as the market expected, we think that it could take time and we will continue working with them."
He added that there are likely no plans for a larger-screen Windows Phone handset (like the HTC Titan) for now, saying that while the company "wishes to have bigger displays", it needs to find the right way for consumers based on "real human data".
Ito further said that we likely won't see design elements from the HTC One on upcoming Windows Phone devices, saying that the company is taking a "family approach to separation". HTC has already said features like their new "ultrapixel camera†will not be coming to their Windows Phone handsets.
Its hard not to see why the company would be disappointed by their WP8 sales results – while their current generation of Windows Phones are attractive, they have been marginalized by Nokia's offerings, meaning HTC gets a very small cut of an already small pie. Somehow I am not expecting too much from HTC for the next wave of handsets in Fall 2013.
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This evergreen shrub has green holly-like leaves. The new spring growth is purple in colour. White clusters of perfumed flowers appear in autumn to winter. Good for cut flowers, hedge or specimen.
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Get a simply glamorous look and a mixture of colours with stainless steel and rose gold rings looped around this classic Calvin Klein stainless steel chain necklace.
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I have never received a B in a class.
I do not believe that this is because I am innately more intelligent than the majority of my peers. Rather, it is both because I have an excellent system for studying (and actually make myself use it) and because I am highly skilled at judging my own level of preparedness. The latter, while tremendously useful, can be a difficult skill to teach (although I plan on trying to do so in a later article). The former, however, is actually a rather simple, albeit multifaceted, process.
NOTE: I am an engineer, and will therefore be going about this guide with science/math related courses in mind. These techniques can, however,be equally useful for almost any field.
Step 1: Gather Your Tier 1 Study Materials
Your Tier 1 study materials include every possible scrap of data that you can find that may help you on the exam. These include notes, textbooks, lecture slides, past homeworks (and solutions), past exams, and any other material you deem appropriate.
I cannot stress enough the importance of past exams. The more the better. They are your #1 resource for getting a feel for both the content of the exam and, more importantly, the style in which you will be required to convey it (test style has such a large impact on my specific studying methods that I will be devoting an entire post to this topic some time in the near future).
If your professor doesn't offer any previous years' exams, try and pester him to give you one. Sometimes there are also student run test-banks or websites that you can get them off of (e.g. Koofers or Cramster). If you simply cannot find any past exams, it becomes all the more important to get as many details you can about the test from the professor. Try and get him to answer at least
- What the format will be
- Will questions be proofs / theory or practical application
- Will questions cover any topics not on the homeworks
You should hope that the answer to 3 above is no, because at this point the past homeworks will have become your primary study tool.
Step 2: Block Out Your Time
One of the biggest mistakes that you can make when preparing for an exam is to just assume that you will have time to do your studying. Trying to lackadaisically squeeze it in between everything else you have going onis a recipe for disaster.
At least five days before your exam you should sit down, go over your schedule, and apportion out a 1-3 hour time slot, a 3-5 hour slot, and a 1-2 hour slot (these values can vary depending on the detail/scope/topic of the particular test). Make sure that for these time blocks you will be able to go somewhere quiet, with plenty of desk space and minimal distractions. I always study using my computer, but if you don't you should strongly consider leaving your computer behind or at least disconnecting it from the internet. Another advantage to setting up your sessions in this manner is that the first block isn't too difficult to get yourself to start. Then, as I spoke about in my last post, once you have begun the studying process you will find that it isn't too difficult to continue it.
Ideally, these time blocks should be 3 days before the exam, 2 days before, and the day before the exam. If needed, the second two blocks can be shifted forward by a day, but to play it safe the first one really shouldn't be. Regardless, if you want to minimize the total time spent studying it is best to do most of it within the three days before the exam.
Step 3: Three Days Before the Exam
If I were to ask you about a detailed presentation that you sat through yesterday, odds are you wouldn't remember all of the particulars. But if I were to show you different random snippets of information, you woud probably be able to identify which ones were from the presentation and possibly even expound upon them a bit. The goal of this study session can be thought of in a similar manner.
This early on, the primary aim is to refamiliarize yourself with all of the topics that will be covered on the exam. Basically what you need to do is read through all of the material that you gathered in step 1 at least once. This includes the practice exams, but at this point you only need to look over the questions, not the solutions. The goalis to both jogg your memory on all the different topics that you may have forgotten and to give you a very clear picture in your mind of what you will need to study over the next few days. As you go through it all, it would help if you jotted down on a seperate piece of paper which topics you think you know fairly well and which ones will need a lot of review.
I know that this may sound like a lot, especially with dense information, but if your goal is just to skim through it and not to memorize it it really shouldn't be too bad. I usually find that I can get through it all at least once in a couple of hours, and sometimes even get started on one of the practice exams.
Step 4: Two Days Before the Exam
This is when you are going to be doing the majority of your studying. To start off, you should immediately go and start trying to do one of the practice tests. If you find that you are able to do it, great! Keep going. This means that you probably don't have to worry too much about your test. If you find that you are unable to do a large portion of the problems, that's also fine. In fact it's to be expected- that's what this study session is for.
This is the point where how you need to study will really depend on what materials you have available to you. The best situation would be if you have large numbers of past exams with their solved solutions. In this case just start working through the tests as best as you can and referring to the solutions whenever you get stuck. It is sometimes also a good idea to leave one test until the end of the day to gauge your progress once you're finished the rest of your studying. Once you finish the other tests, start working through the homeworks. You don't need to solve every homework problem again if you are pressed for time, but make sure that you would know how to solve them all again. You should also keep an eye out for any questions that are on topics not covered in the practice exams and pay them extra attention.
If you don't have very many previous exams, then this process is still pretty much the same, but you will want to solve out more of the homework problems. Make sure that you have actually written out at least one problem of each type that may come up on the exam. When you are taking the test you can't expect to be given the exact same problems, but if you have at least one problem of each type extremely clear in your mind it will alleviate a large portion of the pressure.
If you have no previous exams, then it sucks to be you. But all is not lost. The homeworks will now become your primary studying tool, and you will want to work through as many as possible. Your textbook will also start to play a major role. Try going through and solving out any of the examples in the book that cover the right material (without looking at the solution if you can). Additionally, if you have the solutions manual, try looking through all of the problems in the book that were not on your homeworks and solving out any of the simpler ones that test the basic concepts. I have had multiple exams where I did this and then encountered one of these exact problems on the test.
Finally, once you are finished with your practice exams and homeworks and have done any problems from the book that you deem worthy, it is time to fill in the holes. Go through both your notes and the chapter summaries in the texbook and double check that you have done some problems on every topic covered. Depending on the class, you should also make sure that you understand all of the basic concepts and simpler proofs. Usually you can get your professor to tell you whether or not there will be any proofs on his exam, but even so it can never hurt to be able to do the basic ones just in case.
The Ultimate Crib Sheet
This is goal of your entire study session, and really the key to this whole method. Take out a blank piece of printer paper and keep it next to you while you are going through all of your study materials. Whenever you come to a new formula, write it down on the paper. If there are important diagrams, sketch out a basic version. Whenever you solve out a problem that is the first of its type, try and write down a shorthand version of it here.
By the end of your study session, this piece of paper (front and back) should contain all of the information that you could possibly be tested on. I don't care how small you have to write to get it all to fit. If you can just barely read it, it's big enough. I have yet to have an exam where I wasn't able to fit it all on one page.
If your professor allows a cheat sheet, great! You should be set for this exam. If not, that's fine too. It just means that you still have a bit of work ahead of you.
From now until the test, all of your studying efforts should be focused on this sheet of paper. Before you finish off this main study session, go over it a couple times. At first you may have to reference the primary material on some of the points that are a bit too concise on the sheet, but once you do you will have created a memory trigger. Your brain will get used to associating that small snippet with the whole topic, and later on that will greatly improve your recall.
Why This Works
The way memory works is through associations. Just like in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) the more inbound links to a webpage the easier it will be to find on google, so to with your brain the more 'links' you have to a specific memory or piece of information, the easier it will be to recall it later on. This works even better when you can associate the desired information with sensory data. Your brain is extremely efficient at recalling sights, smells, sounds, tastes and feelings. You may have difficulty remembering when George Washington was born, but I bet you will never forget the smell of a skunk, even if you've only smelt it once.
The reason why this ultimate crib sheet is so effective is because it creates a visual index of all of the material in your mind. Each small shorthand entry will link back to all you have studied on that topic, and by going over this sheet enough times you will be able to form a visual structure in your mind of the sheet itself. When I take an exam, as soon as I read a question I instantly think of exactly where on my sheet this topic was covered and then have no problem recalling the details.(Note: this works even better if you use colored writing implements and a decent organizational structure on your sheet)
Step 5: The Day Before (and of) the Exam
This is the easy part.
Now that you have your crib sheet, fold it up, stick it in your pocket, and carry it with you everywhere. Whenever you have a minute or two to spare, pull it out and skim over it. At first it may take you a little while to go through the whole thing, but after not too long you will find yourself able to skim through it in under a minute. Once you reach this point all you have to do is keep going through it to make sure it sticks in your mind even under pressure, and you're all set.
Finally, if you have time, I usually like to go through one of my practice exams closed book and timed. This works a lot better if you had multiples and were able to save one for now, but even if you didn't it will be good to practice applying what you know and to gauge just how well you have done in your studying. If you've done everything that I've described here, you should be finishing this exam in well under the given time.
I know that this has been a bit long winded, but I hope that you have found it worth it. In summary (Hopefully as a review, but I know some of you just skipped straight here. For shame.), here are the five steps:
- Gather all possible material that could come up on the test.
- Block out a 1-3 hour time slot, a 3-5 hour slot, and a 1-2 hour slot in the three days before the exam.
- Three days before the exam: skim through all of the material at least once.
- Two Days before the exam: work your way through all past exams and homework.
- Create an Ultimate Crib Sheeet
- The day Before the exam: review your crib sheet throughout the day until you barely even have to glance at it to recall the information.
Further Advanced Study Techniques
If you have paid attention and are able to make yourself apply this method the next time you have a test, I have full confidence that it will greatly improve your performance. Yet this is really still just the beginning.
What I have discussed here is merely the overall structure for your studying. Soon I will be writing a series of more advanced articles on how to improve your memory, how to pick out the important matierial from the chaff, and how to cater your studying process based on the specific syle of test.
If you really can't wait for more advice, try checking out this great post at studyhacks. He makes some great points and has an amazing collection of articles on the topic.


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A phenomenal 43% increase, from 280,000 customers in 2012.
Thanks for using Pingdom to monitor your websites, servers, and a lot more. In 2013 we passed 400,000 customers and we'd like to share some of our numbers.
A phenomenal 43% increase, from 280,000 customers in 2012.
Need a comparison? 107 billion people ever lived, so we'd have to add 57 billion dinosaurs.
Or 13,013 outages hourly. Internet is a fragile thing.
That's 11,264 alerts per hour or 3 alerts per second if you like.
Enough time for 9,647 roundtrips to Pluto with a Space Shuttle
...so stuff will break, often.
The average uptime in 2013 was 97.393% among our customers.
During 2013 we also introduced a couple of new ways to monitor. Welcome aboard to:
Real User Monitoring New mobile apps
With all that data added together, we know Internet users wait for content – a lot.
Maybe we don't build Empire State Buildings, but we see Internet users wait for content
Imagine what we can achieve if we focus on making the web faster and more reliable.
Making it easy to identify when only a part of your website is broken or slow. You'll be the first to know when there is an issue with interactions like the log in, search, or check out.
Powerful and customized solutions based on need for functionality and volume. We offer custom solutions, 24/7 support, professional services, dedicated probe groups, and much more. Get in touch!
There are Pingdom customers in 211 countries/territories around the world.
We really do love our office where we spend a lot of time. With a great amount of time, comes a great amount of coffee, lines of code, music, and soft drinks. Apparently.
That resulted in...
...commited to Git.
...to live environment.
... in the FIFA 13 Pingdom Championship
...added to the Pingdom library.
As you can see we did some really cool things together with you, our customers.
And 2014 promises to be even more exciting.
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Solo Exhibition
March - June 2017
"Return to the Clouds"
Massachusetts State House, Boston
The Executive Director of the Griffin Museum of photography Paula Tognarelli is the curator of the exhibition 'Return to the Clouds'. She says, "We are excited to exhibit Fran Forman once again as her last exhibition with us was in 2008." Tognarelli says more about the exhibition: "Much of what Fran Forman speaks to in her artwork is humankind's relationship to the past, to history and myth, our animal brethren and the concept of hope. The Return to the Clouds bird-cage shows itself in many of Forman's images due to her influence by the surrealist artist, Rene Magritte. The bird is a reoccurring character in her narratives that speak to freedom, escape and the natural world."
Fran Forman received her BA from Brandeis University in sociology and art, an MSW in psychiatric social work, and an MFA from Boston University. Forman is a Resident Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis and represented by Pucker Gallery in Boston, Afterimage, Dallas TX and Susan Spiritus, Los Angeles, CA. A monograph, 'Escape Artist, the Art of Fran Forman,' was published in 2014 from Schiffer Books. Curator and designer Elizabeth Avedon selected it as one of the best photo books of 2014, and it won first prize in an international juried competition selected by 21st Editions.


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The NHS Learning for Life campaign aims to:
- Raise the level of awareness of learning opportunities,
- increase the amount of learning taking place and
- demonstrate the positive impact of learning.
The campaign was developed by the NHS Social Partnership Forum (SPF). The health sector trade unions – UNISON; Unite; GMB; Royal College of Nursing (RCN); the Royal College of Midwives (RCM); the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (SCP); and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) – are members of the SPF along with NHS Employers and the Department of Health and others.
The campaign aims to grow a learning culture across the NHS, engaging, especially, the lower pay bands of staff to take up learning and encourage unions and employers to develop learning agreements.
One of the starting points for the campaign was a survey carried out by Skills for Health where they found that "the bottom 40% of NHS staff deliver 80% of patient contact but receive only 4% of the training budget."
Unionlearn has been working actively with the health sector unions and the NHS Employers to deliver a winning partnership campaign.
More information:
Contact: unionlearn Bargaining for Skills Officer Kirsi Kekki [email protected] (t: 020 7079 6953).
Making the Case for Learning and Skills in the Health Sector
Unionlearn has produced a short handout on some of the key arguments on benefits of learning in the health sector. The handout is a resource summarising central business arguments for employers and benefits for health sector employees that negotiators may wish to raise with health sector employers.


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Panda Consulting was created to help others understand how to effectively use geospatial technology. A big part of how we accomplish this goal is through Training, which can occur on many levels and at many places.
We have standardized multi-day training courses that can be produced at our facility or at your site. In addition, we have one day workshops that can take place at our facility or at your office. Finally, we have completely customized project oriented training during which we work with you one on one to develop procedures and complete a project using your data.
The cost for training at your site is $2,000 per day, which includes the trainer, training materials for up to 12 students and all other expenses.
For more information or available dates, use the contact us page and we will help you decide which workshops are required and provide a formal quote.
Parcel Fabric Training
Panda Consulting is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Parcel Fabric Training, both the ArcMap Parcel Fabric and the new ArcGIS Pro Parcel Fabric. The comprehensive three day training covers all aspects of the Parcel Fabric, including an intensive examination of the Parcel Fabric structure, the inter-dependencies of the sublayers, how the Parcel Fabric really works, what you need to do to make the transition and how to integrate the Parcel Fabric into your daily workflow
What does the Parcel Fabric Training involve?
The three day Parcel Fabric Training covers the following main areas:
Day One covers the fundamentals of the Parcel Fabric structure and its inner workings. During Day One we examine how the various components fit together and help to maintain information critical to Parcel Mapping. We will look at the points, lines, polygon and control sublayers and the ways in which we control the location and accuracy of the parcels. We also include a review of associated layers an applying least squares adjustments to the Parcel Fabric.
Day Two examines your existing parcel data structure and we develop a Parcel Fabric design that can maintain your current information while taking advantage of the Parcel Fabric. We develop a staging geodatabase and process to convert your data and convert a portion of your data into this structure. By the end of Day Two, you will gain a good understanding of the transition process and be able to begin the conversion at your site.
Day Three delves into the daily workflow of using the Parcel Fabric for parcel maintenance. We review how to best implement a Parcel Fabric while continuing to maintain your existing systems serving maps to the general public and other Departments. We also review and perform parcel maintenance workflows using the Parcel Fabric maintenance tools.
How much does the Parcel Fabric Training cost?
We can bring the Parcel Fabric Training to your site for a total cost of $6,000*. This cost includes the full three days of training and books for up to 12 students.
All you need to supply is the room, computers, projector, whiteboard and the students. We will provide the experience and knowledge to help you understand the Parcel Fabric and how to best use it.
Note * Additional costs may be required to compensate for required travel and hotel expenses if the training is located further than 400 miles from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Contact us if you want additional information or want to schedule the training.


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Sales of Prepaid Debit Cards To Raise Funds
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Gym Hero Pro iOS Workout Tracker App Review
First off Gym Hero Pro is only for iOS, there is a similarly named App for Android but it is not the same App. There is a free version of Gym Hero but access to statistics and the sharing aspects of workout data is limited. For the $4 or so it costs to upgrade to the Pro version it is totally worth it!
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Hey guys, things are just a bit busy here still. We're all in the process of adapting to the realities of life without Mom (Gma). The great-grandkids called her Gma, so that has sort of become her name. The most difficult adjustment, of course, has been for Gpa, her husband of 69 years who is now facing an awful lot of quiet time. Gma was a talker, so his life has been altered in ways that are ever so difficult to fathom. I have been spending as much time with him as possible, knowing full well that I cannot fill the void that she has left, but maybe I can fill some of those quiet spaces that must be so hard for him right now. Dad is doing as well as any 90-year old widower can manage under the circumstances, but the stroke that he had several years ago makes living without his wife even more challenging.
So we're all jumping in to love, support and keep Dad going through this most heartbreaking of life events. As I said, he's managing fairly well, but until all of the support pieces are in place, I will continue to spend large parts of every day with him, which as you can imagine, still precludes any blogging efforts on my part. I'm fairly certain that we are very close to getting him set up and I will be able to return to my little corner of the internet universe. I do miss it, and you, so very much. I hope you have not given up on me, but maybe I'll have to post some life-changing recipes in the near future to woo you back. :-)
Before I sign off here, I HAVE to thank all of you who have sent such incredibly loving, supportive, and inspiring emails. I so wish I had the time to respond to each of you individually and thank you in the way that you each deserve. But please know how much each email has meant to me and how much I have appreciated each word, thought and wish for my well-being through all of this. So many of you have been through similar experiences and your wisdom has been invaluable. So many others have written just to wish me well or offer words of comfort, and I cannot thank you enough. But I do thank you. Very, very much. I hope my next missive will be about something delicious. Food. A recipe. Oh that sounds so fun. XOXO


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A tribute to Post-Modern architect Michael Graves
I have never been a fan of Michael Graves; he ruled the post-modern era, that many architects try to forget as a bad dream. His famous kettle for Alessi was a terrible design that barely worked at its most basic functions; the lid was hard to get off and on and the whistle didn't. I usually do obituaries when famous architects pass, but in this case I took a pass.
© Michael Graves Design & Architecture/ Actually, I liked this place a lot when I stayed there.
Over at MNN, Matt Hickman did a long and thoughtful obituary that made me reconsider.
Graves was a different man to different people: a pioneering and highly influential architect who designed 350 buildings of all sorts across the globe; an industrial design heavyweight whose name was attached to over 2,000 household items; a wheelchair-bound champion of universal design who strived to "humanize" architecture for all people.... Graves held the somewhat strange distinction of being a non-household name designer of household products — that is, he was the first established architect-turned-industrial designer to truly democratize quality design and bring it to the big box store-shopping masses.
It is definitely worth a read at MNN.
A tribute to Post-Modern architect Michael Graves
Matt Hickman of MNN says he leaves a "lasting legacy of universal design."


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Followers of my Goodreads account will recently have noticed a flurry of activity: I read six books about guinea pigs over a period of two or three days.
The reason for this is that I'm staying in a house that has recently come into possession of a guinea pig and I became curious. What kind of an animal was this? Where did it come from? How smart was it? What were the key points to bear in mind when looking after a guinea pig as a pet?
What follows are some notes on the various books I picked up. I am unaware of a synoptic guides or bibliographies of guinea pig care practices. I looked for them online a few days back, but nothing stood out. I've ordered the books here by how complete I found them.
- Sharon Lynn Vanderlip - "The Guinea Pig Handbook"
Probably the best handbook for guinea pig care (formatted for Kindle) available on the market. I can't speak to books that are only available in paperback. In any case, this is an extensive guide to food, behaviours, and even a history of the various breeds. Highly recommended as a one-stop shop for anyone who has just brought a guinea-pig into their lives.
- Gerry Bucsis & Barbara Somerville - "Training Your Guinea Pig"
A strong overview of how to train guinea pigs. First half of the book is a pretty extensive how-to / first-time owner information, so it's nice to have that all in one place.
- Holly Lloyd - "Guinea Pig Care Secrets: Kids Guide to a Happy Guinea Pig"
Useful tips, despite the length. Sensible advice for a first-timer. Written for children to be able to read as well as adults.
- Kate H. Pellham - "Guinea Pigs: The Essential Guide To Ownership, Care, & Training For Your Pet"
Quick but to the point.
- Sarah Yee - "Guinea Pigs Owner Handbook: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Guinea Pig Care and Facts"
Useful. Didn't blow my mind. Very basic and short.
- Julie Rach Mancini - "Guinea Pigs"
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Two years ago, digital strategist William Yu created #StarringJohnCho to advocate for greater Asian American representation in Hollywood. However, even with the release of Crazy Rich Asians in August, there is still more work to be done to address Hollywood's inability to include more Asian American stories.
Launching #SeeAsAmStar, Yu creates videos that provide a living depiction of Asian American as the heroes, romantics, and leaders that Hollywood refuses to cast because it "can't see" Asian movie stars.
Using Deepfake technology, most recently incorporated to create Jordan Peele's simulated Obama PSA, Yu superimposes Asian American actors into hit movies.
Studies continue to show that films with diverse casts result in higher box office numbers and higher returns on investments for film companies, yet whitewashing and the marginalization of Asian American stories continue to exist.
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Yu created #StarringJohnCho, an award winning social movement that calls for greater Asian American representation in film. The project has garnered over 1 billion impressions worldwide and continues the conversation of how Asian Americans are perceived in our society today. His work has been featured on major media outlets such as The New York Times, BBC, and CNN, among others.
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For 30 million Americans, binge-watching just got a whole lot easier. Comcast, the country's largest Internet provider, has reached an agreement with Netflix, in which the online video service will pay Comcast for direct access to its customers. That means that the choppiness and pauses that have been reported by Netflix subscribers over recent months will be a thing of the past.
Some observers believe that the deal might change the landscape of the Internet forever. In the past, content providers have not had to pay for access to a broadband provider's customers. But, with Netflix responsible for almost 30% of all Internet traffic during peak hours, broadband behemoths like Comcast have gained leverage over services like Netflix.
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Some fear that the added chunk of change to Netflix's annual budget might mean increased fees for users. It might also mean lower budgets for the company's many original series. Season three of House of Cards for example, is expected to be shot with an iPhone camera and set entirely in Kevin Spacey's basement. Damn you, Comcast. Damn you. (The Verge)


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Well, my friends. I'm here to say thank you to my lovely sponsors this month and goodbye to my sponsorship program at the same time. Connecting with others through sponsorships has been incredible but, as I mentioned here, I'm letting the program go for now. I'm still not sure if/when sponsorships will come back or what form they might take, but I'll definitely keep you posted!
In the mean time, I'd love it if you'd stop by and say hello to these incredible women! They've been longtime supporters and I now have the pleasure of considering them friends. Amazing how that works, huh?
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We had a wonderful weekend at a wedding in the Texas Hill Country and I can't wait to post more pictures of our weekend this coming week! (Get ready for picture overload!)
Sunday, April 17, 2011
6 comments:
- Beka said...
looks sweet! i love that panoramic type view. beautiful:)
- April 17, 2011 at 10:20 PM
- Lyryn said...
Sounds like a great weekend! So fun!
- April 18, 2011 at 10:34 AM
What a beautiful venue! It is gorgous there.
- April 18, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Kelli @ RTSM said...
It looks like a beautiful place to get married! I love the sign in the first picture:)
- April 18, 2011 at 10:41 AM
- Kelli said...
I love that sign. I'm sure you had a wonderful time and I can't wait to see more pictures.
- April 18, 2011 at 10:49 AM
- Laura@Cowboy Boots said...
nothing better than a wedding in the hill country! my parents and inlaws have their 2nd homes their! God's country!
- April 18, 2011 at 11:28 AM
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At this years New York Comic-con, Dark Horse Comics have announced a new series is 2012 by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema which introduces readers to a time before lightsabers when the Force had only just been discovered.
Here's your first look at the Star Wars of 25,000 years ago-before there were lightsabers, when the ties to the Force were new, and before the Jedi spread out into the galaxy. It began with the mysterious pyramid ships-the Tho Yor-scattered to the eight corners of the galaxy, and ended with the establishment of an Order that would change the universe forever.
On the planet Tython, in the center of the galaxy, an order of warrior monks strives to maintain peace and to balance the mysterious power known as the Force. But a stranger is coming-one who will destroy both peace and balance, and open the galaxy to exploration and conquest. This is where it all begins!
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I'm stopping by to write a short post today, trying to 'keep up'. I've been sick all week, and am fighting discouragement. I've been really trying to do the best I can with my self care – getting enough sleep, exercising, being mindful….and still…I get sick. Ugh.
If truth be told, this cold I've gotten didn't ever really leave. I got a bad cold two months ago and since then, even though most symptoms went away, my throat remained scratchy and my glands sore. I guess it's just kind of hit me all over again.
So, what do I still need to do differently? There's been quite a bit of stress at work, and I thought I was handling it ok, but maybe I'm not. Last week I did not sleep well at all….which was probably just enough to bring my immune system down so that the cold could smack me again. And days have been really busy. Between trying to make up hours at work for some schooling I did last fall, and keeping up with a toddler on days I'm not at work, (my grandson, that is) I seem to still be going at full speed. And I need to figure out how to slow down some. I'm just not really sure how to do that…yet.
But, conversations have begun with my boss about my work hours. That's a start. I'm only paid part time hours where I am, but have been at work wayyy more than I think I need to be. And maybe it's time to just start saying NO. (But I'm just so good at saying YES!)
My friend said to me the other day…"you're not doing badly at self care…it's just that your stressful life is catching up". I have not in a very long while, until this past year, considered myself to have a stressful life. And I have to say, I don't like it one bit…
So, still, changes to be made. It's most likely true that self care is always something that I will be monitoring, changing and refining…as my life changes from day to day. It's something we all must stay aware of, I believe.
On a high note, though…I've lost 11.5 lbs! I felt like I had lost some, but I don't own a scale, so only weigh myself when I go to the doctor's which is where I was today. And I'm believing that weight loss IS a result of good self care, and not a result of stress.


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I'm usually most comfortable with my smashed up tubes of acrylic paint but this week, after some urging from my five-year-old son, I made friends with a set of watercolors. Why haven't I been hanging with the watercolor crowd until now? They're such fun!
|Montaña de Oro - 36 x 24 acrylic and watercolor on canvas - $450
|The Sound - 6 x 8 watercolor on paper - SOLD
|Castle Rock - 6 x 8 watercolor on paper - SOLD
|Seascapes - 6 x 8 watercolor on paper - $35 each
As always, you can find my work in the shop.
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Dishoom Diwali Festival
We have always loved sharing the magic of Diwali with our friends and families, and our 2016 celebrations were no exception.
On Saturday 23rd October we honoured the special occasion of Diwali with an atmospheric twilight celebration under the West Handyside Canopy in King's Cross. There was extremely cool live music (huge thanks to Sabiyha Rasheed, Vibs Bhatia and Vikaash, Alisha Kadir and headliner Shammi Pithia and his band), fantastic street food and marvellous entertainment for visitors of all ages.
We captured the magical afternoon to share with all those that couldn't make it. And if you were there… spot yourself!


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A man lived alone in the countryside with only a pet dog for company. One day, the dog died, and the man went to his pastor and said, 'Pastor, my dog is dead. Could there be a service for the poor creature?' The pastor replied, 'I'm afraid not. We cannot have service for an animal in the church. But there is a new church down the road, and there's no telling what they believe. Maybe they'll do something for the animal; you can go and find out.' Then the man said innocently, 'I'll go right away, Pastor. But do you think $50,000 is enough to donate for the burial service?' The Pastor exclaimed, 'Sweet Jesus! Why didn't you tell me the dog was a Christian? We definitely have services for all Christians!'
A young man shopping in a supermarket noticed a little old woman following him around. If he stopped, she stopped. Furthermore, she kept staring at him. She finally overtook him at the checkout, and she turned to him and said, ' I hope I haven't made you uneasy; it's just that you look so much like my late son,' The man answered,'that's okay'. The old woman than said, 'I know it's silly, but if you'd call out 'Goodbye, Mum' as I leave the store, it would make me feel so happy'. She then went through the checkout, and as she was on her way out of the store, the man called out, 'Goodnight, Mum!' The little old woman waved, and smiled back at him.
Pleased that he had brought a little sunshine into someone's day, the man went to pay for his items. 'That comes to 20,000 Naira,' said the clerk. 'How come so much? I only bought 5 items!' The clerk replied, 'Yeah, but your mother said you'd be paying for her things too'.
Migines gets home from work early and hears strange noises coming from the bedroom. He rushes upstairs to find his wife, Clemsy naked on the bed, sweating and panting. 'What's up?' he askes. "I'm having a heart attack,' cries Clemcy. He rushes downstairs to grab his phone, but just as he was dialing, his 4-year-old son(Kronkykay) comes up and said, 'Daddy! Uncle Freezy is hiding in your closet and he's got no clothes on!' Migines slams the phone down and storms upstairs into the bedroom, past his screaming wife, and rips open the wardrobe door. Sure enough, there is his brother(Freezy) totally naked, cowering on the closet floor. 'You bastard!!!' say Migines. 'Clemsy is having a heart attack, and all you do is run around the house naked, scaring the kids?'
Twins talking inside mother's womb:
TWIN 1: This place is shaking. Daddy's here again. He's early today?
TWIN 2: Shhh! quiet! that's not daddy; daddy doesn't use raincoat!
A man went fishing one day. He looked over the side of his boat and saw a snake with a frog in its mouth. feeling sorry for the frog, he reached down, gently took the frog from the snake, and set it free. But then he felt sorry for the snake. He looked around the boat, but he had no food. All he had was a bottle of bourbon. So he opened the bottle and gave the snake a few shots. The snake went off happy; the frog was happy; and the man was happy to have performed such good deeds. He thought everything was great until about ten minutes passed and he heard something knock against the side of his boat. Wtih stunned disbelief, the fisherman looked down and saw the snake was back with two frogs!
A boy came down to eat his breakfast in the morning and ask his granny 'where is mummy and daddy?' The granny replied,' They are still up in bed.' The boy laughed and ate his food, and left to play. In the afternoon, he came back to eat his food and asked the same question. The granny answered him with the same answer. He laughed again, ate his food and left to play. In the evening, he came again to eat his dinner and asked the same question again. The granny answered him the same way.. He laughed and was still eating when his granny said, ' why is it that every time I said your mummy and daddy are still up in bed, you start laughing?' The boy replied: 'last night, daddy came to my room looking for vaseline, but I had none. So I gave him SUPERGLUE.'
A minister arrived in a small midwestern town to assume his new duties as the church leader. Wanting to mail a letter, he asked a young boy where the post office was. When the boy told him, the minister thanked him and said, 'If you will come to the church this evening, you can hear me telling everyone how to get to Heaven'.
'I don't think I'll be there,' the boy said 'You don't even know your way to the post office.'
As I walked into my office, my secretary, Janet, said, 'Good morning boos, Happy Birthday.' And I felt a little better; someone had remembered.
I worked until noon. Then, Janet knocked at my door and said, 'You know, it's such a beautiful day outside and it's your birthday; let's go to lunch; just you and me.'
I said, 'Oh yeah, that's the greatest thing I've ever heard all day. Let's go.'
We went to lunch. We didn't go where we normally go; we went out to the country, to a little private place. we had two martinis and enjoyed lunch tremendously.
On the way back to the office, she said, 'You know, it's such a beautiful day, we don't need to go back to the office, do we?' I said, 'No, I guess not.' She said,'Let's go to my apartment.'
After arriving at her apartment, she said, 'Boss, if you don't mind, I'll go into the bedroom and slip into something more comfortable.' 'Sure,' I excitedly replied.
She went into the bedroom and, in about six minutes, she came out carrying a big birthday cake, followed by my wife, children, and dozens of our friends, all singing Happy Birthday.
And there I sat, on the couch, naked.
The Godfather, accompanied by his attorney, walks into a room to meet with his accountant. The Godfather asks the accountant, 'where's the three million bucks you embezzled from me?' The accountant does answer. The Godfather asks again, 'where's the three million bucks you embezzled from me?' The attorney interrupts, 'Sir, the man is a deaf-mute and cannot understand you, but I can interprete for you.' The Godfather says, 'Well, ask him where the three million bucks he embezzled is.' The attorney, using sign language, asks the accountant where the $3million is. The accountant signs back, 'I don't know what you are talking about.' The attorney interpretes to the Godfather,' He doesn't know what you are talking about.' The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to the temple of the accountant, cocks it and says, 'Ask him again where the $3million is!' The attorney signs to the accountant, 'He wants to know whare it is!' The accountant signs back, ' Okay! Okay! The money is hidden in a suitcase behind the shed in my backyard!' The Godfather says, 'Well, what did he say?' The attorney interpretes to the Godfather, 'He says that you don't have the guts to pull the trigger!'.
There were these two morons driving along the highway looking for a place to stop and picnic. The first moron says, 'Let's stop here and have our picnic under that tree.' The other says, 'No! Let's have it right here in the middle of the road.' They fought for a while, but finally agreed to have it in the middle of the road.
All of a sudden, a car comes speeding towards them and has to swerve into the tree to keep from hitting them.
The second moron says, 'See? If we were under that tree, we'd be dead now!'
A couple drove down a country road, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument, and neither would concede their position. As they passed a vanyard of mules and pigs, the wife sarcastically asked, 'Are these pigs relatives of yours?' 'Yep,' the husband replied, 'my inlaws.'
A mother and son are walking through a cemetrey, and pass by a headstone in scribed -'Here lies a lawyer and a honest man.' The little boy reads the headstone, looks up at his mother and asks, 'Mummy, why did they bury two men there?'
A housewife lost three panties in her bedroom and blamed the housemaid in fron of her husband. The housemaid said, 'Sir, you are my witness. You know I never wear panties!
Addressing members of a girls club on pornography, a youths movement leader condemned many films being shown in present day cinema houses.He described the films as immoraland inimical to the moral upbringing of youths. He cited as example the film he watched the previous night and said that the theme was mainly on sex and highlife. He expressed the hope that such films would be banned in the nearest future. At the end of the lecturethe manasked, 'Well, girls,has anyofyougot somequestions toask?' Immediately, two of the girls stood up at the same time and asked,'Please sir, where is the film on show tonight?'
An old woman scolding a child said, 'When I was your age, I was told if I made ugly faces, it would stay like that.' The boy says, ' You continued after the warning.'
A cow once ran into a moving saloon car. It later whispered to its friend, 'That bull I hit is very lazy; just one hit and it dropped dead , vomitting a man it had earlier swallowed!'
QUESTION: Why do men prefer women's milk to cow's milk?
ANSWER: Because women's milk come in a more attractive container.
A man at a bar sees a friend at a table, drinking by himself. A pproaching the friend, he comments,' You look terrible, what's the problem?' ' My mother died in June,' he said, ' and left me $10,000.' 'Gee, that's tough,' he replied. 'Then, in July, the friend continued, ' my father died leaving me $50,000.' 'Wow. Two parents gone in two months. No wonder you are depressed.' 'And last month, my aunt died, and left me $15,000.' 'Three close family members lost in three months? How sad.' 'Then, this month,' continued the friend,' nothing! No one died and left me nothing.'
At the funeral of a famous prostutue, a man in the crowd says, 'At last the two are finally together'.
Someone asked, 'who?'
The man replied: 'her legs'.
On preparing to return home from an out of town trip, this man got a small puppy as a present for his son. Not having got the paper work to take the puppy on board, the man just hid the puppy in front of his pants and sneaked him onboard the airplane. About 30 minutes into the trip, a steward noticed the man shaking and quivering. 'Are you okay, sir?' asked the stew. 'yes, I'm fine,' said the man. Sometime later the stew noticed the man moaning and shaking again. 'Are you sure you are alright sir?' 'Yes,' said the man, 'but I have a confession to make. I didn't have time to get the paperwork to bring a puppy on board, so I hid him down the front of my pants.' 'What's wrong? asked the stew, 'Is he not house broken?' 'No, that's not the problem. The problem is he's not weaned yet!'


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This is the full gallery of a quite amazing amount of work accomplished in one week by 12 students. You can find out more or get in touch with the artists from the links provided, or feel free to leave comments below.
If you are interested in attending one of my lighting masterclasses, there is a strong possibility i'll do another one next year with SoA. Keep an eye on the State of Art Academy homepage for announcements.
Alessandro Consonni - http://www.behance.net/ac3dartist
Alessandro concentrated on interiors, and went for a very stylish minimal look. Rendered in Corona and with Corona environment fog which worked out really well. Click the thumbs for lightbox mode.
Alessandro Massi Mauri - http://www.lissoniassociati.com/
Alessandro Massi Mauri started with some basic changes to the architecture (black timber) and made a desert landscape which worked surprisingly well. An alternative, Rick Joy inspired version of the house completes a great set of renders.
Darwin Ceballos - https://www.behance.net/Darwin_Ceballos
Darwin went for a Nordic winter theme and found some very pleasing lighting set-ups in which the architecture looks right at home.
George Nijland - http://georgenijland.nl/
A very strong set of images from George, who chose to concentrate on landscaping and exterior views. I especially like the subtle and carefully managed colours of the green grasses and the blues in the sky. Not an easy thing to do well.
Giuliano Sabadin - http://www.giulianosabadin.blogspot.com/
Lots of images with potential, but the wintery scene is my favourite, plus he seemed to knock it together in no time at all!
Jeroen Henning - http://www.ciiid.nl/
Jeroen tried a bit of everything and as a result seemed to get a lot out of the week. Corona AND Vray. Solid interiors and ambitious, expansive exteriors. I really hope to see the valley shot rendered higher res and with lots of detail added.
Matthias Arndt - http://www.lichtecht.de/
Some nice moves in changing the architecture set the tone for Matthias' images. Clean compositions and balanced lighting. I especially liked the buildings new relationship to the landscape.
Oguz Kalafat - https://www.behance.net/oguzkalafat
Oguz used the classic Julius Shulman LA image as inspiration and amended the architecture to suit his purpose. A strong set of well balanced moonlit images.
Paolo Faleschini - http://www.paolofaleschini.com/
Paulo took my suggestion of making B&W images, and did it really really well. Strong compositions, great use of light. As Gianpiero said to me later, they sum up the product of a lighting masterclass perfectly.
Robert Dukes - http://www.robertdukes.com/
Robert took the existing landscape and developed it even further, and modified the architecture quite a bit too. A great selection of compositions, and lots of good experimentation with different HDR skies as well.
Sandra Ferminan - http://www.ferminnan.com/
Sandra matched the atmosphere perfectly of the inspiration images she had chosen. Strong compositions and really beautiful colours, especially in the tree shot.
Walter Pegolo - http://www.oecusdesign.it/
Another mix of Corona & Vray with a strong emphasis on interiors. Walter also tried his hand at an exterior which resulted in a nice soft dusk image.


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Anthony Lamas, Seviche Restaurant
You might recognize Chef Anthony Lamas by sight, even if you don't by voice. As the chef for 11 years of Seviche in Louisville, Kentucky, he's been nominated for multiple James Beard awards, been on the Food Network, participated in many a food festival, and is a culinary expert on Spike TV's Bar Rescue. But he is also a man who feeds me well. His food just makes me happy. It's clean, light, spicy, and yet satisfying, and I love how he explains each dish element with anticipation when he sits something in front of me, like he's as excited as I am for me to try it. I arrived in Louisville and went straight to his restaurant because I knew a bowl of ceviche would erase the airport fatigue I was feeling (it seems I'm always rushing through a transfer in Atlanta). He calls the broth "tiger milk" and I did feel revived. But I got more than a snack -- I got some quiet time with a man I've enjoyed getting to know over the years, and I got a peek into the passion of a chef who is at once looking back and planning ahead and still staying spicy after all these years.


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LASIK isn't always as awesome as we might think.
Millions of Americans each year undergo LASIK surgery to correct their vision. Given how common the procedure has become and how ubiquitous the ads are on radio and TV, you might be tempted to treat the decision to get the treatment pretty casually or think of it as purely a financial decision. A team of researchers from the Food and Drug Administration, the National Eye Institute and the Department of Defense would like to make sure you weigh the potential risks to your eyes more seriously.
In 2009, as LASIK was becoming a household word, the government scientists launched a major study to investigate reports of adverse impacts from the procedure. At the time, there were a lot of anecdotes flying around but little scientific information about patient outcomes. The results, published in October 2014, showed that some patients developed problems that adversely affected their day-to-day lives, such as difficulty driving at night or in sunshine. But it was such a small number — less than 1 percent — of the patients in the study that it was difficult to draw any strong conclusions from that data.
On Wednesday, the group released a follow-up report in JAMA Ophthalmology that provides more sobering information. The study suggests that the percentage of people who undergo LASIK and wind up with new visual symptoms — such as double images, glare, halos or starbursts — may be much higher. The data was based on a questionnaire that looked at patient satisfaction with their vision and at visual and dry-eye symptoms following surgery.
First, the good news. More than 95 percent of participants said they were satisfied with the improvements to their vision. In addition, the prevalence of dry-eye symptoms also decreased after surgery. The bad news is that a "substantial" percentage of the study participants said they had other, new symptoms following the procedure.
The study analyzed outcomes for two groups of LASIK patients. In the first group, which included 262 Navy personnel with an average age of 29.1, it was 43 percent reporting new symptoms. And in the second, consisting of 312 civilians at five practice and academic centers and with a median age of 31.5, it was 46 percent. In addition, about 28 percent of patients who had never had dry-eye symptoms before developed mild, moderate or severe symptoms three months after the procedure.
"To our knowledge, our study is one of the few that have reported the development of new visual symptoms," Malvina Eydelman of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and colleagues wrote. "While the overall prevalence of visual symptoms decreased, a large percentage of participants with no symptoms preoperatively reported new visual symptoms postoperatively."
One interesting component of this study was that the survey showed that the percentage of people with symptoms may be much higher than what has been previously reported in studies involving direct interviews with health-care professionals. The authors of the new study note that the reluctance of patients to tell their doctors about "negative" events has been well documented.
The researchers cautioned that the study may not generalize to the LASIK population as a whole because of its small sample size and short follow-period, which was typically three months. However, they emphasized that "although the magnitude of the development of symptoms is uncertain, patients undergoing LASIK surgery should be adequately counseled about the possibility of developing new visual symptoms after surgery prior to undergoing this elective procedure."
Read more:
Blue light from tech gadgets and digital eyestrain: More than 73 percent of young adults suffer from symptoms
Children's sleeplessness may be linked to bedtime use of electronic gadgets


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One of summer's greatest challenges is beating the heat. Don't let those high temperatures and blazing hot sun get you down. Keep as cool as a cucumber this summer with these fun and reasonable options all located within Davis County.
Splash Pads
Ellison Park Splash Pad
Bring the whole family to enjoy a variety of water activities and features at the Ellison Park Splash Pad. The park and splash pad are located at 700 N 2200 W in Layton. This splash pad season runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The splash pad is open Monday through Sunday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Heritage Park Splash Pad
Cool off with the family at the Heritage Park splash pad complete with playgrounds and a splash pad. This gem is located at 250 N Fairfield Road in Kaysville. This park is open year-round from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. while the splash pad is open from Memorial Day through Labor Day. There also is a pavilion that community members can rent. Residents get a discount!
Legacy Park Splash Pad
This splash pad is composed entirely of fountains spraying out of the ground. The park is located at 1140 W 1100 N in North Salt Lake. This splash pad is also open from Memorial Day to Labor Day and operates Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and noon to 6 p.m. on Sundays. Note: Be prepared with other activities or visit the playground as the water shuts off for 15 minutes of every hour.
Aquatic Centers & Swimming Pools
Clearfield Aquatic Center
Cool off with family and friends at the Clearfield Aquatic Center. This indoor water park will be a splash. The center offers a lap pool, diving boards, playground, lazy river and waterslide. They are open varying hours Monday through Sunday. Admission for 3 and under is $1 while youths 4 to 17 is $3 and adults 18 and up are $5.50.
Layton Surf 'N Swim
This fun-in-the-sun water park offers plenty of cooling options is no problem with Layton Surf 'N Swim. This outdoor facility offers plenty of fun with lap swim, water aerobics, swim lessons, open wave, swim lessons and more. They are open year-round with a big bubble-like dome covering the facility during the winter. For hour and pricing information please visit their website.
South Davis Recreation Center
Cooling off a little farther south in Davis County is no problem with the South Davis Recreation Center. This indoor facility offers both a leisure and lap swimming pools along with a waterslide complete with outdoor splash pad. Admission is $600 for adults and $4.50 for youth 3 to 17. The rec center is open varying hours. Please visit the website for more information.


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More funding directed towards counselling and psychotherapy services in the UK could help curb escalating costs in public and mental health and ensure the country's future wellbeing.
This is the consensus of a new, independent report by the London School of Economics and Political Science, to be launched at the House of Commons on Tuesday 15 October.
Commissioned by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the report looks at the economic benefits of therapy in the wake of increasing healthcare costs, as well as ongoing constraints on health spending.
The parliamentary reception, hosted by Charles Walker MP, is an opportunity to hear key speakers comment on the evidence and debate the issue.
Dr Mike Shooter, BACP President says:
"At BACP we are committed to investigating the economic benefits of therapy as a preventative intervention to improve public health. Psychological therapies are an essential tool in the development and repair of resilience and wellbeing. We have commissioned this review to look into the cost-effectiveness of counselling and psychotherapy, as well as to emphasise how these therapies can be incorporated into strategic planning for health and social care."
Professor Martin Knapp, Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit and Professor of Social Policy at LSE, who authored the BACP commissioned report, says:
"A therapeutic treatment that improves health will often have economic benefits. Partly, this is because healthier individuals make fewer demands on the health care system, and partly because healthier individuals are economically more productive, either through paid work or through their non-work activities such as caring for someone else, volunteering or studying."
It is intended that the policy paper will provide an evidence-informed perspective to demonstrate the contribution of counselling and psychotherapy to improving public health across all age ranges and across a range of physical and mental health conditions.
Also speaking at the reception will be Gregor Henderson, Head of Mental Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England, who says:
"This is a very welcome report and highlights the important contributions that counselling and psychotherapy make to improving the public's mental health. Good mental health is an essential part of our overall health and the new public health system has the opportunity for ensuring that we give equal attention to mental health as we do physical health."
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Professor Martin Knapp is the Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at LSE. Martin's research in recent years has mainly been in the areas of mental health, dementia, autism and long-term care. Most of this work has had a particular focus on economic issues.
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