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Bee Line
Installation and performance with Diogo Alvim
in an OSSO Collectivo exhibition
Coimbra, Portugal
Performance/multi.modal #3 album launch (with Aaron Einbond)
SPARC Symposium 2019: Land Music
City, University London
13th September at 7pm
The Guardian's article by music journalism Sam Davies features Performances Without Barriers Project
Familiar Territories: The Green Drones
(exhibition partially supported by the Arts Council NI)
Rainy Days Festival, Luxembourg Philharmonie
25th November
/ Constructing a River (with Chrysoula Drakaki)
Edition launch in concert with Paul Stapleton
An Optophono event
Lagan Weir building, Belfast
29th September
/ Talk 'The Rhythm of a Stride and other stories: finding place through sound'
/ Concert with Sam Andreae 'The Rhythm of a Stride'
/ Behind a Performance: O TUFO DA MAFALALA
at Socio-Sonic 2018, City University, London
14th September
/ Behind a Performance: O TUFO DA MAFALALA
Jardins Efémeros Festival, Viseu, Portugal
6-10th July
/ Trigger Place — A Game of Sound and Architecture
(Multimedia paper about PLAY published on the Journal of Artistic Research, with Diogo Alvim)
Presentation at the 9th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research, Plymouth, UK
11-13 Apr 2018
/ Almost Sound Diaries in Territoires Familier?
Curated by Huayra LLanque
Espace Niemeyer, Paris
10-27 April 2018
February – March
/ Por tras de uma performance: Tufo da Mafalala
Cultural Centre – Camões Maputo
/ Umbrella in the Stairwell
A concert organised by the sound arts collective Umbrella
HIVE interpret X Marks The Spot
Tuesday 12th, Stairwell in Sonic Arts Research Centre, 7.30pm
/ Por trás duma performance: O Tufo da Mafalala
12th November 7pm
Mafalala Festival 2017
Maputo, Mozambique
/ Street Space Symposia and Exhibition
12th-22nd May
PLACE NI, Belfast
Performance with Conor McCafferty
/ 'Belfast Lough'by bunú
4th May, 7.30pm
Sonic Lab
The Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queen's University Belfast
/ 'Soundscapes Landscapes, City Above Life Below'
Artist residency with Conor McCafferty
Athens, Greece
/ 'Phragmites australis'
Artist residency and sound installation
13th-25th June, PS2-Paragon Studios Project Space, Belfast
/ 'The Present Instant'
An exhibition with works by Matilde Meireles and Richard O'Sullivan
5th-25th Nov, Platform Arts, Belfast
/ 'Trigger Place: A game of sound and architecture'
Paper presentation with Diogo Alvim
MUSICA NOVA – Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts
30th Nov, Brno
/ Old School #38 with Diogo Alvim
17 Oct 2015 22H
Old School, Escola das Gaivotas, Lisbon
/ 'JamJar Series' curated by Una Monaghan and Gascia Ouzouniam
Gaze is Ghost and Matilde Meireles
27th, Black Box, Belfast
More info at Moving on Music
/ 'Invisible Baby Orchestra'
Outdoor interactive soundscape installation
With Paul Stapleton and Craig Jackson
27, 9am – 5pm
Soundscape Park
More info
/ Slieve Gullion (bunú)
60 minutes surround-sound experience
part of Lúnasa Festival
15th August, 6pm
at Ti Chulainn
/ Slieve Gullion: a sound archive (bunú)
part of Lúnasa Festival
31 July – 16 August
at Slieve Gullion Courtyard
/ BOAR / bunú / Clutterbuck & McEvoy
25 July, from 7.30pm
Lawrence Street Workshops, Belfast
More info
/ 'Correspondence – Transition #2' (bunú)
Sound & The Urban Environment, 28 May – 3 June
Brighton University
/ 'Trigger place: A game of sound and architecture'
Paper presentation with Diogo Alvim
at Recomposing the City's Postgraduate Student Symposium
18 May, The Graduate School, Queen's University Belfast
/ 'Trigger place: A game of sound and architecture'
Paper presentation with Diogo Alvim
at BEAST FEaST 2015, Birmingham
30 April – 2 May
/ 'On or under the surface of land' (bunú)
Sonorities Festival 2015 – 'Fractured Narratives'
at 'Unrehearsed – An Eveningful of Sound'
Sonic Lab, Sonic Arts Research Centre, Belfast
24th April
/ Urban Sound Workshop
Workshop let by Conor McCafferty and Matilde Meireles – sound explored as a key part of the city's atmosphere, introduction to field-recording and sound mapping.
PLACE, Londonderry / Derry, NI
Thursday 19th
/ 'Correspondence- Transition #2' (bunú)
Sound Documents Curated by Pedro Rebelo
Sonic Lab, Sonic Arts Research Centre, Belfast
Thursday 5th
/ City Saturdays: Urban Sound Workshop
Workshop let by Conor McCafferty and Matilde Meireles – sound explored as a key part of the city's atmosphere, introduction to field-recording and sound mapping.
PLACE, Belfast
Saturday 28th
/ 'PLAY' (Diogo Alvim and Matilde Meireles)
Belfast Festival
Physical Education Centre, Queen's University Belfast
24th and 25th
/ 'Som da Maré – um projecto participativo de arte sonora' Project presentation
Sounds Alive, Dublin, Ireland
/ 'Correspondence' (bunú)
Released by Sonic Terrain
Free download here
/ 'Extended Phonography: the Intertwining of Soundscape and Landscape'
Paper presentation at Invisible Places Sounding Cities, Viseu, Portugal
/ 'Lough Foyle' broadcasted on Framework Radio
Also available as a podcast – listen to the full edition here
/ 'X Marks the Spot'
'X Marks the Spot' features in The Acoustic City – book chapter by Recomposing the City
Book edited by Matthew Gandy and BJ Nilsen and published by Jovis.
More informations here and here
/ 'Som da Maré: um projecto participativo de arte sonora'
Exhibition at Museu da Maré, Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20th May – 20th June
(Santander Mobility Scholarship)
/ 'Lagan:Behind' (bunú)
Released on the 12th by Sonic Terrain
/ '48Hz'
'Off-Site' presents… '48Hz' by Miguel Negrão
at Platform Arts, Belfast
28th-30th March
from 11am-7pm
/ 'Call for Work' (from 'Sounds of the City')
Festival Multiplicidade 2013, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Parque Lage – 6th, 7th and 8th
/ 'Lough Foyle' (bunú)
A commission by Resonance fm
Broadcasted on Resonance fm at Void as part of Derry-Londonderry City of Culture 2013
On the 17th from 8-9pm
/ 'Lagan:Behind' (bunú)
Symposium on Acoustic Ecology
University of Kent, Kent
8-9 November
/ 'Lagan:Behind' (bunú)
Broadcasted on Resonance fm at Void as part of Derry-Londonderry City of Culture 2013
On the 17th from 8-9pm
/ 'Lagan:Behind (Transition# 1)' (bunú)
Released on 'VA | Green Field Recordings | World Listening Day 2013'
Green Field Recordings
/ 'Transitions' (Pedro Rebelo, Matilde Meireles)
Belfast Culture Night
20th, Edwards and Co stairs space, Belfast, Northern Ireland
/ 'Lagan:Behind (Transition #1)' (bunú)
'Listen To Your Place!', sound art exhibition by the Sonic Arts Research Centre, touring in Northern Ireland from Sept 2013 – Jan 2014:
Mid-Antrim Museum, The Braid, Ballymena
The Burnavon Arts & Cultural Centre, Cookstown
Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart
Strule Arts Centre, Omagh
/ 'Lagan: Behind' (bunú)
Household Festival 2013
138 Sunnyside Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
23rd – 25th
/ 'Chasing ∞' (Matilde Meireles, Rui Chaves)
Music, Digitalization, Mediation: Towards Interdisciplinary Music Studies
Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, England
12th July
/ Research Residency
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
Research supervised by Samuel Araújo and Rodrigo Cicchelli Velloso
Funded by Santander Mobility Scholarship
/ Soundmapping workshop at Place
Belfast Sound Map Presentation
10th – Place, Belfast, Northern Ireland
/ 'Chasing ∞' (Matilde Meireles, Rui Chaves)
Sonorities 2013 – 'Beyond Soundscape'
Lecture Theatre, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
27/28th April
/ ' 28˚ ' by Foirm Fada
Sonorities 2013 – 'Beyond Soundscape'
Sonic Lab, Sonic Arts Research Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
26th April
/ EARS at 'Under Construction" in Catalyst Arts
Development of the workshops BUILD | CODE | IMPROVISE | PERFORM
as part of the Sonorities Festival fringe
at Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Throughout April
/ 'Sound of the City – Belfast'
Espaço Cultural Ecco, Brasília, Brazil
/ 'Chasing ∞' (Matilde Meireles, Rui Chaves)
Released by Green Field Recordings, Portugal
Check out more here and here!
/ 'Sounds of the City' (Pedro Rebelo, Rui Chaves, Matilde Meireles, Aonghus McEvoy)
Metropolitan Art Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland


text: Even though the last pre season games are pretty meaningless regarding the starting team, it's a chance to see how the younger/back ups do, and it will be interesting to see how the likes of Kindle does when his roster spot is really on the line this time around. Can Anthony Allen turn a shocking pre season around? This can be all found out in this game.

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While fashion critics failed to appreciate the actress's creations, it seems that her clothes line sales are not doing bad at all.
Even if at her debut in the fashion world, Lindsay suffered tough criticism from experts in the field because of her obsession for molded pink outfits, the actress persisted and showed everyone that she's good at what she does.
Several months ago, the star has been named consultant of the house Emanuel Ungaro and strove to develop the collection of clothing, with the support of the creative director of the house, Estrella Archs.
"Even if there were waves of criticism, I think Lindsay will do better next time," said Mounir Moufarrige, the company's president.


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This is my 4th completed Maloof rocker this season. This one is made from scraps and is balanced with dark wood towards the backside, and the arms, front legs and parts of the seat are lighter walnut. The seat is coopered at my standard 4 degrees, and carved for a female owner. It is finished with 8 coats of polyurethane, and 1 coat of Minwax. Its new home will be Vail, Colorado.
-- Les, Missouri, www.woodthatrocks.com
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#1 posted 06-26-2012 02:54 AM
You have produced another very nice rocker. You've turned "scraps" into something quite spectacular. I'm sure the new owner will love it.
-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario
#2 posted 06-26-2012 03:19 AM
It's much better than 'very nice'! You've created a work of art. I cut some 2 1/2" red oak slabs today to build 4 or 5 rockers like this before I use some of my walnut, maple and cherry… I'm sure it's going to take several practice chairs before I make one this nice.
-- Hal, Tennessee http://www.first285.com
#3 posted 06-26-2012 06:04 AM
Wow, that's a great looking chair. Nicely done, thanks for posting.
-- Ben from IL
#4 posted 06-26-2012 07:28 AM
Great craftsmanship! Looks pretty comfortable too.
-- Woodworking for the hobbyist woodworker. http://sergeantsawdust.com
#5 posted 06-26-2012 11:34 AM
Thanks very much for the nice comments. Hal, I air dry all of my own walnut, cherry, and oak. I've made 3 rockers from oak. The only thing to remember is that oak just loves to split so watch the directions of your grain. Other than that, sculptured oak shows really nice grain. I finished one last fall that I didn't post. I'll post it and show you how nice oak really can look!
-- Les, Missouri, www.woodthatrocks.com
#6 posted 06-26-2012 12:46 PM
Les that is one beautiful rocker and made from my favorite wood. I am also looking forward to seeing your oak rocker.
-- Dale West Central Pa. Do it all, before last call.
#7 posted 06-26-2012 01:59 PM
stunning..you are a remarkable craftsman. I am envious of your skill. It would look so good in my living room!!! :-)
#8 posted 06-26-2012 03:05 PM
Oh! Michelle….I wish my woodturnings were half as good as yours! So, thanks very much for the kind words about the rocker. And, Dale, I'll get on posting that oak rocker here pretty quick.
-- Les, Missouri, www.woodthatrocks.com
#9 posted 06-26-2012 08:38 PM
Looking good!
-- Paul Lemiski, Ontario Canada, Custom Wooden Rocking chairs and tables http://www.canadianwoodworks.com
#10 posted 06-26-2012 10:45 PM
Thanks, Paul, that's very nice coming from you.
-- Les, Missouri, www.woodthatrocks.com
#11 posted 06-27-2012 01:53 AM
An absolutely beautiful rocker. Doesn't look like scraps to me! This is the first time I've heard that there are male and female rocker seats. Interesting as I have noticed that males and females do have different seats. LOL
-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm
#12 posted 06-27-2012 03:55 AM
Spectacular chair design as well as the finish : )
-- I'm absolutely positive that I couldn't be more uncertain!
#13 posted 06-27-2012 10:30 AM
Yep, seats are different. I worked in ergonomic design for about 30 years designing seating, work stations and instrument clusters to name just a few. So, if you have a piece of furniture that will be used predominently by one person its good to go ahead and design for it.
Thanks Dusty56! I posted how I do the finish some time ago….but basically its a sealer, then 7 coats of thinned and oiled poly, then wax. Rub downs in between. It works pretty well on walnut.
-- Les, Missouri, www.woodthatrocks.com
#14 posted 06-27-2012 02:49 PM
Thanks for the finishing details …talk about a mirror finish : )
-- I'm absolutely positive that I couldn't be more uncertain!
#15 posted 06-28-2012 01:18 PM
-- Gary, Florida
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I have a deep secret. I love campy Science Fiction. It is one of the most thrilling oddities of Hollywood honestly. It is where some of the best story telling happens time and time again, usually in the trope of presenting thought provoking questions within the function of the story itself. And a fair amount of these films are also one-shots, with a sequel no where in sight. Some of my favorites include; Judge Dredd, In Time, The 6th Day, Evolution, Minority Report, Underworld, and of course, the original Total Recall.
When I heard that Total Recall was getting the re-imagining treatment with Colin Farrell in the lead role opposite Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel, a single eye brow raised on my face. It could work I suppose. Then more information started to show itself. It wasn't going to have anything to do with Mars? Well... okay I guess. After all, not everybody is going to dream of Mars.
Instead we get an awesome sci-fi movie with heavy influences from Star Trek and The Bourne series. Lens-flair isn't in every shot, but it shows up enough for you to notice it. The chase scenes are absolutely breath taking and frantic, they left me on the edge of my seat constantly. The cinematography plays well too, as I never really felt confused as to what was going on action wise.
That being said, I still had problems with the film. The exposition presented didn't really push the story forward at all, more like inched it along slowly. The main characters were all pawns in a bigger fight between an oppressive government and a rebellion, and there are a ton of names thrown around that don't get faces applied to them until the end of the second act. This proves a bit confusing initially, but by the time the third act roles around you stop trying to make sense of it all and just watch the pretty fly by. You really stop thinking of the characters as characters and just start thinking in terms of the actors who play them.
I was also disappointed there wasn't anything concerning the theme of reality versus false reality, considering the original movie dealt pretty heavily with Quaid's perception. The movie isn't perfect by any means, but I found it entertaining enough to turn off my brain and watch some classic B-rate science fiction.


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This is a story of what was a lifetime struggle with weight and vitality. I am 70 years old, and 9 months ago, I felt like I was 75-80, with not much time left in my life. Today, I feel like I'm 55-60, and I have a whole lifetime in front of me. I felt like I would be satisfied seeing my 12 year old grandson graduate from high school in 6 years. Now, I plan on dancing with my 7 year old granddaughter at her wedding in roughly 20 years, and still be alive and living life. I still have an aunt who will be 99 in May, and I've had relatives that lived to over 100.
I was literally born to be fat. My parents owned a bakery. All the cake, cookies, bread and, even, ice cream, that was sold in our store was FREE for me. My father baked my favorite chocolate cupcakes, with fudge piled high on top; but to this day, 60 years later, I know he knew how many he baked each day, but I still believe he never knew how many he sold each day, and how many I ate each day. I was a kid living in a candy store. Needless to say, I was a fat child and didn't lose an ounce growing up. I never exercised or played enough with my friends to keep slim. But then, I met the woman I was to marry, and somehow, after leaving the bakery behind, I was at a quite reasonable 155 for my 5'8" frame at my wedding. I chose a very sedentary occupation, but was too busy raising a family, so of course my weight just started it's upward climb. I liked to eat, and the casual visit to the family bakery, where everything was still free, didn't help slimming me down. By the time I was 35, my weight climbed to about 225, and I was having high blood pressure problems, and high cholesterol and high triglycerides. My doctor put me on medicines to control my medical problems at 35 years old. So I changed my life style. I moved my family from Long Island, while working in Manhattan (a minimum 3 hour round trip commute per day), to the sunshine of the slower paced life style of Southeast Florida. Life was slower and less stressful, but it had no effect on my weight, as I had hoped.
So in 1986, at the age of 41, I found a product that took me from 237 to 167. WOW! My doctor, who recommended the product, was amazed. But it was a DIET, and I religiously followed the regimen. But, it did not change my need for medicines to control my blood pressure. The regimen required 4 shakes per day, and one meal. It took 5 months to drop 70 pounds, which seemed pretty good. But, it was a diet, and when I went back to eating "my" regular food, it took 5 years to be back up to 185, and then it was only a matter of years that my weight climbed up to 200, then 220, and finally to 238 in March of 2015. I was squeezing into waist size 42" pants. I kept every size of my best clothes from 36", and 38", and 40" and I retired, so I didn't wear any of theses pants, but when I needed to buy new pants for a friend's affair, there was no way I was going to spend money on anything bigger than a 42" waist.
Well, two things happened to me just 9 months ago, just before I was turning 70. First, my family, including my two daughters, and one son-in-law, and 3 very, very, precious grandchildren told me they were making a 70th Birthday Celebration for me in April, and my first reaction was that they were sending me a message that they didn't think I was going to make it to 75. I decided at that moment I wanted to live a lot longer to enjoy my grandchildren grow up and flourish. And, the second thing that happened to me was; I have a nephew who is like a son to me, who, although he is a Certified Personal Trainer, I knew this kid since he was born. What could he know? He was just a kid. I watched him grow up, go from kindergarten to high school, and then I saw him graduate from the University of Florida. That's right, he's the kid sitting on my lap in the "before" picture. His name is Jarred Mussen, but I've never called him anything but "J." He told me, rather authoritatively, almost in the form of an order, the "time had come to make changes."
So, he's my very, very close nephew, so why should you believe anything I tell you about him and the services and products he's telling you about? Obviously, I must be prejudiced. Well, here's why you should read what I have to say, especially since I am truly a skeptic, and I was a professional CPA, and we make terrible liars.
Here's why! Because, I've personally seen how committed he is to helping people achieve better health. Because, being my nephew, he did not turn me into his "pet project" until he was 110% convinced that he found the products I needed to add years to my life. Because, although he has an excellent website (www.SwampFitness.com) showing the proper exercise techniques he uses (remember, he's in Gainesville and I'm in South Florida, so he videotaped for me cardiovascular and strength exercises, especially tailored for my current age and health problems, that I should do at home). Because, he walked up and down the aisles of the organic health food supermarket showing me how to properly read the labels to determine what foods are healthy for me, and what foods to avoid. I thought he was doing all this out of his love for me, and that he wanted to keep me alive longer, but then I saw he does this for everyone, and I had thought I got special treatment. I attended a seminar where he and his associates, Sarah and Daphnee, taught strangers how to eat nutritious foods, and how to make it simple to do that. No, he wants everyone to live the healthiest and longest life they're able to, not just me.
Now, if you're the skeptic that I was, and you still think I'm just prejudiced because he's my special nephew, just know this. Every time I called his program a diet, he "scolded" me and said it was a LIFE STYLE CHANGE! You can see the "after" picture of me 8 months into the program, from 238 to 175, and I did it slowly because the faster you lose weight, the faster you put it back on. That's a YoYo Diet. My current weight is short of what I set as a goal, but I don't care about my weight anymore because I've learned it's not your weight that's important, it's the visceral fat that's much more important. My goal was to have gone from a 44" waist to a 36" waist; well guess what, that did not happen. I am astounded to say I fit into a 34" waist. I feel so much more vim and vigor in my daily life that I plan on doing some work, volunteer or money making. Except I will not give up the time I spend with my 3 grandchildren, who have trouble keeping up with me now.
But, if that weren't enough, the looks on the faces of family and friends, who hadn't seen me for months, especially when I show the "before" picture to them; the jaw-dropping look on their faces is reinvigorating and makes the work I've done every bit worth it. But, the most powerful evidence of the program's effectiveness is my primary physician, who for years had been hearing me say, this year I'm going to lose weight, was the most astounded of all; because not only did I lose all that weight, but my cholesterol (which should be approximately a high of 150) that had averaged between 190 and 230 (with medication) over the last 5 years (not good, but not terrible) is now at 121; and my triglycerides (the fat running amok - not the technical term) (which should be under 150) had averaged between 220 and 322 (with medication) over the last 5 years (TERRIBLE) is now 103. My doctor immediately eliminated 4 prescription drugs from my daily regimen. I have all the documentation, so no matter how much my testimonial of Jarred's work is prejudiced, the facts cannot be disputed. And, it's been almost two months that I plateaued at 175, and with a 21 day vacation visiting my grandchildren up north in November, and the holiday season upon us, my weight has gone up to 181, BUT, my waist is still 34". I know once the holidays are over, I will get back to my NEW LIFE STYLE, and again peel off the weight and probably end up at the 160-165 weight that I should be at. No more YoYo Diets for me!!!!!
So, remember, I'm 70 years old, and I've added so many more years to my life, and every expectation that they will be healthy years; so, with Jarred making a sensible personalized plan for you, as he did for me; why are you waiting even one more day to duplicate my results?


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Microsoft has released a new computer science curriculum designed for teens who may not have expressed much interest in computer programming – and teachers who don't necessarily have any background in the field, either.
The curriculum, called Creative Coding Through Games And Apps, is available for free to any educator who wants to use it.
The course aims to encourage a wide range of students to explore computer science by teaching them to program and publish real apps and games.
It teaches kids how to code using Microsoft Touch Develop, a programming language developed by Microsoft Research. Touch Develop is designed so that even students without any computer science background can quickly learn how to write simple programs.
Touch Develop also works on any device that has a modern Internet browser. That means students can write programs on smart phones, tablets, laptops or desktop computers, regardless of the operating system the device is running.
It's the same technology that's being used for the BBC's micro:bit program, which is providing every Year 7 student in the UK with a gadget and the tools to program on it.
Tom Ball, a research manager in the software engineering group at Microsoft Research who has worked extensively on Touch Develop.
Tom first got involved with the team behind the Creative Coding curriculum when they collaborated on Code.org's Hour of Code project. That's a program that aims to introduce millions of kids to the basics of programming through simple, introductory coding exercises.
He hopes this new curriculum will introduce kids to the foundations of computer programming, even if they've never considered programming in the past.
"It's not so much about learning Touch Develop," Ball said. "Touch Develop is the vehicle to learning about computer science concepts. Creative Coding through Games and Apps was designed by computer science teachers, and it comes with prep materials, lesson plans, assignments, homework and other resources. It's recommended for students aged 7 and up.
Learn more about Creative Coding Through Games And Apps and download the course materials.
Find out more about Microsoft Touch Develop
Microsoft and the BBC micro:bit: A million ways to inspire a generation"


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The 2015 New Year's Honours List featured a list of awards for people involved in digital transformation programmes.
Those featured on the list included civil servants working in government IT, along with those whose work was involved in putting paper-based activities online.
UKFast CEO and founder Lawrence Jones was awarded an MBE for his services to the digital economy.
Jones believes that the honour recognises the extraordinary effort of the whole UKFast team.
He said: "As nice as it is being recognised like this, you don't get an award like this because of one person. I am the extension of an amazing organisation so this is an award for everybody in UKFast. That's how I see it. And if anyone thought there was any rest coming for me now, think again, because this has just re-motivated me, and it's exactly what I needed at this time in my life. It's time to go again!"
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Ever since I moved here to Pennsylvania from Texas and then Virginia, I have been wanting to go to some different services and get to know some different religious communities. Nothing against Amarillo, TX but it's not really known for it's "diversity". Catholicism is about as "far out there" as it got. So for the remainder of this summer I will be visiting a different community every week, starting Sunday July 1 through the second weekend in September. I have picked religions or denominations that I have always been curious about and have specifically picked locations close to home. The best way I figure to love my neighbors as myself is to actually get to know them and there are a surpising amount of these communities close to my house and home church. Anyway, I will be blogging about my experience each week. I am very excited about this and know it will be a great experience. My tentative schedule is:
1. Antiochian Orthodox
2. Catholicism
3. Buddhism
4. Islam
5. Unitarian Universalism
6. Judaism
7. Hinduism
8. Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
9. Jehovah's Witness
10. Mormonism
11. Messianic Judaism


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Ask Jenny How To Bounce Up Curly Hair.
Well, I'm finally back from a long vacation to the NW to see my loved ones for Christmas. I apologize for not posting that much, but I was having such a great time up there, that it was nice to take a little break from hair and thinking in general. Today I'm back to the grind of things and starting it back up with my "Ask Jenny" posts. Today's post comes from a lovely lady named Katherine. This is what she wrote in:
"I have naturally wavy hair, I want my curls to be curlier...whats the best way without a curling iron?" -Katherine
Katherine, this is a great question!! Can I just say that I LOVE curly hair!! It drives me crazy when women with gorgeous curl want straight hair. So thanks for rocking what your mama gave you. There are a few simple things you can do to make your curl bounce a little more without utilizing an iron. Believe it or not, its an easy problem to fix. Its all in the way your hair is cut and in your styling techniques.
Alright, first things first, you won't get your curls to bounce unless you have a good haircut that works well for your hair texture. If your hair lacks layers, the curls will tend to be weighted down so there fore won't be very curly and full. Also, if you hair is thick, ask your awesome stylist to take some weight out of your hair to spring up your natural curls. Make sense. Pretty easy. ;)
A couple easy styling tips for boosting your curls would be in the products you use, as well as its all in your technique. I always like using a curl defining paste of some sort that will define the curl, help with frizz and boost the curl. I prefer the product Illumintating Curl by Pureology. Apply a nickel size amount in your palms and apply all over mid-shaft to ends. I also like to take 1 -2 inch sections and twist the curls, this will add definition to your locks and help them form into ringlets instead of a frizzy mess. I then suggest either scrunching it with a towel, or defusing it with a blow dryer for maximum lift and volume. If your hair is fine and doesn't hold curl well, you could always use a lite spray gel or mousse for hold and umpf. I'd suggest stay away from any mousse or gel that makes that hair wet looking. I love the volumactive mousse by Keratase.
Now, keep in mind...every curly haired women's hair is different. If you hair is overly frizzy, thinning it out may not be for you. But I swear that the styling tips I gave alone will make a huge difference. Thanks again Katherine for your question.
Do you have a hair question that you are dying to know? If so, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com


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When author Maurice Sendak died a couple weeks ago he not only left a hole in the literary world, but in all of life as we know it.
Having loved him and his work since I was a kid, I devoured anything I could about him. Of all that has been written about him, or interviews he did, it's this bit from "Maurice Sendak: On Life, Death And Children's Lit" on NPR, that I love most:
"Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children's letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, "Dear Jim: I loved your card." Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, "Jim loved your card so much he ate it." That to me was one of the highest compliments I've ever received. He didn't care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it."
Because that's what a wild thing does when they love something so much: they eat it.


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HIV/AIDS News
Scientist Report New Strategy to Rapidly Assess Effectiveness of AIDS Drugs in Children
For parents of children who are HIV positive, all would like to know soon after starting a new treatment whether or not it is controlling the virus. But, getting that answer now requires several weeks of testing - and waiting.
In the October issue of the Journal AIDS, a team of scientists report taking an important first step toward speeding up the process. In a study of the anti-viral drug ritonavir involving 41 HIV-positive children, the scientists found that by performing a range of tests earlier than is now standard, they could reliably predict within a week of starting the therapy whether or not the drug would be effective. Their prediction was correct in nearly nine out of 10 children.
The essence of our analysis is that only a combination of multiple parameters reflecting the function of the immune system, level of viral replication, and drug pharmacology contains sufficient information to robustly prognose long-term treatment efficacy from short-term measurements," said Dimiter Dimitrov, Ph.D., Sc.D., a scientist with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and senior author of the study.
According to the study's lead author Brigitta Mueller, M.D., formerly an NCI scientist and currently at Harvard Medical School, although the study evaluated a single drug, the model should be applicable to for other HIV drugs. In fact, when 39 children from the study later began a triple-drug combination of ritonavir, zidovudine and didanosine. Mueller and colleagues used the model to predict correctly the treatment outcome of 80 percent of the children.
Mueller added that the analysis also could potentially have implications for HIV-positive adults. "There obviously are major differences between children and adults," said Mueller of the study, which involved a collaboration of scientists from NCI and Abbot Laboratories in Abbot Park, Ill. "But our results showed some similarities between children and adults in the rate of virus clearance, one of the key parameters of the analysis."
Currently, doctors calculate a person's long-term prognosis based on two tests: counts of CD4 immune cells and the amount of HIV present in the blood. Previous studies have suggested that changes in the concentration of the virus several months after the start of therapy can be predictive of a person's long-term risk of developing AIDS. However, if the therapy is suboptimal, the children are unnecessarily exposed to drug toxicity and the virus can develop resistance to the drug.
The analysis that Mueller et al., developed goes one step further. By using four parameters - the pretreatment levels of CD4 cells and HIV RNA in the blood, the plasma drug concentration at the end of the first week on therapy, and the rate of virus elimination from the blood - the scientists could predict the HIV blood concentration three months after the initiation of therapy, a measure that is related to the likely risk of developing AIDS and dying.
In the current paper, the team used data collected during a Phase 1 clinical trial, the first step in evaluating a treatment in people. A Phase 1 study serves to make sure that a drug is safe, then its dosage is gradually increased to determine the best and most effective dose.
The scientists found that after 12 weeks of treatment, it was possible to divide the children, based on changes in their plasma HIV concentrations, into two broad categories of good or poor responders to the drug. They also discovered that about half of the children who fell into the "poor responder" group remained there even after receiving the highest possible dose of the drug, while several children in the "good responder" category benefitted from relatively small amounts of ritonavir. This indicated to them that factors other than how much drug a patient receives had to be at work in determining the effectiveness of the treatment.
To tease out these factors, the scientists went back and analyzed tests that they had performed for each child during the first week of the study. The scientists discovered a number of similarities in the good responders. They had consistently higher rates of viral clearance, coupled with higher plasma concentrations of ritonavir, an indication that the drug stayed in their systems longer than the poor responders. The good responders also had a lower viral load count - an indication of low levels of virus reproduction - and higher CD4 counts - a sign of better immune function.
"These findings suggested that it might be possible to use these data from the first week of treatment to predict a child's chances of being a long-term responder to the drug," said Steven Zeichner, M.D., Ph.D., an NCI scientist and an author on the paper.
The scientists plugged these parameters into a mathematical prediction method for each child in the study. Based on this analysis, they found that they had accurately predicted the long-term response of 39 out of 41 children. They also noted that for three other children in the study, they were unable to make a prediction one way or the other based on the analysis.
"These results are extremely encouraging," said Dimitrov. "But they represent a first step, and they do need to be tested further in more patients and other settings."
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The title of the study is "Individual Prognoses of Long-Term Responses to Antiretroviral Treatment Based on Virological Parameters Measured During the First Week Under Therapy." The authors are Brigitta U. Mueller, Steven L. Zeichner, Vladimir A. Kuznetsov, Margo Heath Chiozzi, Philip A. Pizzo, and Dimiter S. Dimitrov.


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I think there is a kind of delicious irony in that if we Filipinos do take part in a grand journey to Mars, this would be the first time that we Filipinos would be colonizers rather than the colonizees.Who, me, a futurist?
That was my reaction when I read my interview with GMA-7 on the idea of Filipinos going to Mars. Heavenssake, I never thought myself as a futurist, only a guy who has an opinion on everything (though I only mention it if asked).
Ironically, I'm somewhat amused by the whole idea because if there's one thing I can say about myself, I've never actually had a dream for myself. Is that so strange? That someone who seems to have a wild (or at least varied) imagination would be so... unimaginative about oneself? Probably, though I've heard that some writers-- at least the ones who write such imaginative fare-- can be quite ordinary in real life. See exhibit A: James Thurber and his supposed alter ego, Walter Mitty.
I had this particular fact about myself thrown right in my face during an HR seminar three years ago, when the one conducting it asked us to imagine what our future would be like in 10-15 years. Thinking about it then, I remember feeling at a loss. It's only later that I realized: I couldn't imagine myself in the future because even way back then, when I was in high school or college, I couldn't imagine myself as anything... but myself.
See, that's the thing: I couldn't imagine myself as a doctor or a lawyer or even a psychologist-- though at different times of my life, I aspired to be those things. But what I held on then-- and what I hold on to now-- is though I couldn't imagine myself as anything, I always knew who I was and who I was would always hold true then... and now. You could say I was a diabolical version of Walter Mitty: full of intense drama but always unaffected by it.
That's not to say I'm an open book about myself. I still discover different-- sometimes surprising-- realizations about myself. However, I would eventually realize that these discoveries-- after some careful thought-- are actually facets of my personality that I've already accepted about myself. So yeah: surprise, 0; me, 1.
So if ever you get to meet me outside the online world, ask me about a lot of things, but don't ask me about myself. Trust me, you'll get more about me when you do that.


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The Ontario Telemedicine Network is one of the largest telemedicine networks in the world. It uses two-way videoconferencing to provide access to care for patients in every hospital and hundreds of other health care locations across the province. They reduce hospital readmissions, transform primary care, and expand home and community care across Ontario. SDNPC primarily uses this option for dermatological and mental health purposes due to the year-long waiting periods currently experienced in our community.
Did you know you have 26 bones in each foot? Your feet bear the brunt of the body's weight, which places tremendous pressure by simply performing normal daily activities.
Did you know untreated foot conditions can affect your knees, hips and back? The key to a healthy lifestyle is being in good health from head to toe. Proper foot care not only ensures healthy feet, but also overall better health.
Part of our lung health & smoking cessation programs, this in office test allows us to better understand how your lungs are working.
Nutritional Assessments
We have a Registered Dietitian available to answer questions and get you started on the path to healthy eating. Ask your Nurse Practitioner.
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Lifestyle Counselling
We have staff available to talk about high blood pressure, osteoporosis, asthma and more. Ask your Nurse Practitioner.


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Bookmobile is still seeking entries for cookbook! March 30, 2015Posted by CCLD in Bookmobile, Community.
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The deadline for submissions to the Bookmobile cookbook has been extended to April 17, 2015. Please bring us your favorite recipes and we will include them in the cookbook. Be sure to include your name and city so we can give credit. Drop recipes off at the Bookmobile or any CCLD library. Let's see what delicious reading we can create.
New AV at Steele – March 2015 March 21, 2015Posted by CCLD in New AV, Steele.
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NEW DVDs:
- Big Hero 6
- The Judge [blu-ray & dvd]
- Vincent
- Falcon Rising
- 17 Again
- 16 Blocks
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- My Old Lady
- Annabelle
- The Best of Me
- The BoxTrolls
- The Hollow Crown
- 101 Dalmations
- Stir Crazy
- Chocolate
- Shakespeare Uncovered
- Interludes
- The Thing That Couldn't Die
- Untamed Youth
- Hercules and The Captive Women
- Navy Seals: Their Untold Story
- The Interview
- Bugs Bunny's Easter funnies
- Ouija
- Trace Adkins Live Country
- The Drop
- Nightcrawler
- Birdman
- Predestination
- Scooby-Doo Moon Monster Madness
- Super Why Super Readers
- Get On Up
- The Homesman
- Skating To New York
- Dumb and Dumber To
- Rosewater
- The Aviators
- The Song
- Coffee Town
- Young Ones
- Watchmen
- The Guest
- The Road Warrior
- Open Windows
- Man Of The House
- Laggies
- Alien Rising
- The Shift
- John Wick
- Curious George Zoo Night
- The Color of Time
- Exists
- WWE Survivor Series '14
- Dear White People
- My Little Pony
- 12 Monkeys
- Miss Meadows
- The Remaining
- The Book of Life
- Big Driver
- Whiplash
- Crank
- Crank 2
- Tinkerbell and the Legend of the Neverbeast
- Beyond the Lights
- Foxcatcher
- Survivor
- Zoey To The Max
- Gladiators of Rome
- Animal
- Battle Apocalypse
NEW MUSIC CDs:
- Sweet & Lynch Only To Rise
- Van Morrison Blowin' Your Mind
- Fall Out Boy American Beauty/American Psycho
- Now That's What I Call Movies Soundtracks
- Ne-Yo Non-Fiction
- Ozark Mountain Daredevils
- Lynyrd Skynyrd Nuthin' Fancy
- Lynyrd Skynyrd Second Helping
- Pure Prairie League Best of…
- Kid Rock First Kiss
- Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack
- Steve Earle & The Dukes
- Love and Theft Whiskey On My Breath
- Toby Keith That Don't Me A Bad Guy
- Johnny Winter Gangster of Love
- Travis Tritt Very Best of…
- Jackson,Strait,Buffett Live
- Jamie Cullum Interlude
- Trace Adkins Cowboys Back In Town
- Walter Trout Go The Distance
- Gretchen Wilson Under The Covers
- Pure Disco 1
- Pure Disco 2
- Ne-Yo Non-Fiction
- Craig Morgan Greatest Hits
- Now That's What I Call Country vol.6
- Casey Kasem 1970s
- Casey Kasem 1980s
- Casey Kasem 1990s
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd Trouble is…
- Trace Adkins Songs About Me
- Brad Paisley Mud On The Tires
- 3 Doors Down The Better Life
- Rusted Root Cruel Sun
- Bob Dylan The Basement Tapes Raw
- Aaron Watson The Underdog
- Elton John Honky Chateau
- A-Ha Hunting High and Low
- Darryl Worley Darryl Worley
- George Harrison Let It Roll
- Temptations Ultimate Collection
- Armageddon Soundtrack
- Frankie Valli Very Best of…
- Kenny Chesney Live
- 18 Screamers From The 80's
- Zac Brown Band The Foundation
- Mott The Hoople Greatest Hits
- Mamas and The Papas Greatest Hits
- Elton John Captain Fantastic
- Luke Bryan Doin' My Thing
- Warrant Cherry Pie
- AC/DC Black Ice
- Best of 70s Supergroups
- 70's Gold
- Norman Greenbaum Spirit In The Sky
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd The Place You're In
- Monsters of Rock
- Nickelback Silver Side Up
- Nickelback The Long Road
- Nickelback Dark Horse
- Nickelback Here and Now
- Nickelback All The Right Reasons
NEW AUDIOBOOK CDs:
- M.C. Beaton Death of A Liar
- Glen Beck Agenda 21
- Alex Berenson Twelve Days
- Clive Cussler The Assassin
- Joanne Fluke Double Fudge Brownie Murder
- Jamie Freveletti Ludlums Geneva Strategy
- Neil Gaiman Trigger Warning
- Lisa Gardner Crash & Burn
- Christopher Golden Sons of Anarchy
- Seth Grahame-Smith The Last American Vampire
- Sarah Graves Winter At The Door
- Kristin Hannah The Nightingale
- Paula Hawkins The Girl On The Train
- Nick Hornby Funny Girl
- Tim Johnston Descent
- Mike Huckabee God, Guns, Grits and Gravy
- Miranda July The First Bad Man
- Phil Klay Redeployment
- Jen Mann People I Want To Punch In The Throat
- Becky Masterman Fear The Darkness
- Fern Michaels Eyes Only
- Andie Mitchell It Was Me All Along
- James Patterson Private Vegas
- Thomas Perry A String of Beads
- Philip Roth The Humbling
- John Waters Carsick
The Kinderbook Campaign March 10, 2015Posted by ackermanj in Community, Youth Services.
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We are gearing up in our Youth Department for our annual Kindergarten visits. Chemung County Library District offers all county kindergarten students an opportunity to receive a free library card during these visits, and we are grateful for the Friends of CCLD's Kinderbook Committee for sponsoring these visits.
In our partnership with this Committee and the area schools, we are able to reach children and their parents and make them aware of our library services for kids and families. Our goal, to promote the joy of reading, is highlighted at these visits by acting out favorite stories for the kids and giving them a tour of our Children's area and all that it offers: tons of books, computers, audio books, music CDs and movies. The children then receive their library cards as well as a bookmark.
The Kinderbook committee generously pays for the buses that bring the students, as well as incentives to bring the children and their families back to their local library. In observance of the 30th year of this initiative, we are offering a basket full of literacy goodies, the name will be drawn at each CCLD library at the end of the summer…entering is easy, any child who has come for a Kindergarten visit, and then returns with their family, to their local library will be allowed to enter their name in for this drawing.
We thank the Kinderbook committee for all of their hard work and their commitment to getting library cards into the hands of each kindergarten student. As a result of these campaigns, 80-85% of all Kindergarten children in Chemung County will become library card holders! We also couldn't offer this without the cooperation from the Elmira, Elmira Heights, and the Horseheads School Districts Kindergarten teachers. We are fortunate to live in an area that values literacy and realizes the importance of public libraries in promoting literacy to our youngest patrons.
Janet Ackerman
Head of Youth Services
Steele Memorial Library, CCLD
It is not just about New Year's resolutions March 9, 2015Posted by CCLD in New Non-Fiction, Recommendations, Steele.
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It is not just about New Year's resolutions, the focus for Americans today seems to be about Healthy Lifestyles. There is information on healthy eating, special diets, healthy aging, and lifestyle changes in general. This trend of course is a tremendous boon for publishers, and there is definitely something for everyone. Below please find some of our New Non-fiction books to pique your interest.
20/20 Diet: Turn Your Weight Loss Vision Into Reality by Phil McGraw. This book explains seven reasons why dieters hit dieting roadblocks . The book also educates the reader in why they should eat the "right" foods to fuel their body properly. There is a diet or food plan included that can be continued for the rest of one's life.
The Gluten-Free Revolution: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know About Losing the Wheat, Reclaiming Your Health, and Living Happily Ever After by Jax Peters Lowell. This book is packed with the newest information and resources on living without gluten. It guides readers through the basics of reading labels, preparing foods at home, and dining out.
The Rockstar Remedy: A Rock & Roll Doctor's Prescription for Living a Long, Healthy Life by Dr. Gabrielle Francis. In this book, Dr. Gabrielle Francis, a holistic practitioner to the music industry's elite, shares her inner secrets on keeping these performers at the top of their game, in spite of the fact they also party like rock stars.
Vitamania: Our Obsessive Quest for Nutritional Perfection by Catherine Price. An entertaining and enlightening investigation into the unregulated world of nutritional supplements. The author leans toward getting one's nutrition from real food.
Connie Ogilvie, Reference Librarian
Chemung County Library District


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So you've been watching too many Chris Harris on Cars and \Drive+ video and think you can create an exhilarating cut of your weekend drive? Well folks it ain't as easy as it looks, but you don't need a drone nor an entire support crew to make it work. Below is a few pieces of advice I have learned first hand in trying to produce half decent car footage.
Step 1 - Have a Plan
I cannot the stress the importance of thinking through things in advance. Figure out the roads you want to drive and general sequence of shots desired. Where are the vantage points for shots? Where should the camera or cameraman be? Its tough to piece together quality stuff with a smattering of random shots once you hit the editing stage.
Step 2 - Come Prepared
Charge your GoPros, bring extra batteries, cables, mounts etc and have things ready to switch out of the fly if need be. I recommend a phone or computer to quickly review footage as well to see what is working (and what is not).
Step 3 - Shoot Footage of Anything and Everything
Once more. When it comes to the editing stage you likely do not have a second chance to get more footage of the same car, same location, same lighting, etc. The more the better. A 3 minute video can equate to an hour of footage from my GoPros. B-reel footage is always good too, you never know when it will come in handy.
Step 4 - Angles
Angles, perspective, vantage points. Perspective is your friend, and vary it. I learned right away that transitions from the same perspective are jarring to watch and hard to keep smooth. If you switch to an entirely new perspective it is easier on the viewer and more appealing.
Step 5 - Keep it Simple, Stupid
If you are like me, you have no real background in video editing and took it up as a cool way to document an experience or vacation. Start with the basic in a simple software like GoPro Studio (or similar). iMovie HD works great, but it often gives you more tools than necessary up front and can result in a worse product.
Step 6 - Time. And Patience
Editing is a slow process, best picked up for a few hours and then left for another day. It takes time to get things right. I have been making small videos for about a year and only recently has the end product turned out promising enough to show the general public.
Step 7 (Courtesy of Andrew Collins) - Use Your Own Audio
Note to self ! Don't use music you don't own the rights to if you're planning on posting to YouTube! Finding usable music is a big pain the amateur video game... but your video's days on YouTube are numbered unless you have permission from whatever record company XYZ musician works for. Google's software automatically combs uploads and at some point will just remove your clip/send you a wrist-slappy notice.
There's my 2 cents, feel free to chime in with pointers and your own experience. For your viewing pleasure, a quick teaser of my past weekend spent in a 991 911 Carrera S (MT). This video is very much a work in progress and I am still learning myself.


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I have always been fascinated by the USA. I have visited several times to New York and Washington, DC. I enjoyed both the cities and the friendly people. In August 2014 my wife and I joined her parents in Canada for a five month tour of Canada and North America. We finished on January 29 2015. USA adventures lists what we did and hopefully might inspire or help out other people thinking of doing a tour around Canada and the USA. We went around in a Dutch Flyer RV and we slept on an air mattress for most of that time. Below are a list of a few of the places we visited and adventures.
OUr USA adventures
New Orleans for New Year
Yellowstone National Park
Mount Rushmore
Custer State Park Buffalo round-up
Buffalo Bill's Museum in Cody
Custer's Last Stand National Park
Boondocking in the Arizona desert
A cruise out of Tampa to the West Caribbean
Swimming with a manatee
Riding a tandem bike around Mackinac Island
Visited and soaked in a lot of Hot Springs
Visited Jamestown, Yorktown and Williamsburg
Drove the entire I-10 from Jacksonville to Santa Monica
Fredericksburg in Texas


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Multi award-winning jeweller Monique Daniels combines traditional fine jewellery techniques with precision cutting technology to create futuristic and fashionable statement pieces.
Monique draws her inspiration from industrial architecture, mathematical polyhedron drawings and astrological constellation mapping. Monique uses repetition of shapes and interlocking radial lines throughout her collections.
Monique is based in London where she designs and produces her collection pieces and bespoke commissions. Previous to this, Monique studied BA Hons Silversmithing, Goldsmithing & Jewellery at University for the Creative Arts, graduating in 2013.


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On behalf of building ownership and our entire building staff, we extend a warm welcome to 300 W. Adams. We are delighted to have you as our customer and will do everything possible to make your tenancy enjoyable and rewarding.
At the heart of Chicago's Central Business District, the historic 300 W. Adams Building has been home to scores of local and national businesses over the last 80 years. Today, its proximity to Chicago's world-class financial district, Wacker Drive rebirth and public transportation hubs make 300 W. Adams a true gem among its renowned neighbors. The current modernization of common spaces, streetscape and mechanical systems at at 300 W. Adams only reaffirms the appeal of a true classic.
This guide is intended to be a resource for the various services and amenities that are offered at 300 W. Adams, as well as the general operating procedures in place at 300 W. Adams.
Communication is the most crucial element in implementing the policies and procedures in this guide. To ensure effective communication, 300 W. Adams Management requests that you designate a "tenant representative" to be the contact between your company and the management office staff. Your tenant representative will be responsible for making requests or reporting problems as well as conveying important information from our office to your employees.
Please call us with specific questions regarding the information in this guide. We look forward to a long and enjoyable partnership with you.


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SCV Joining StartLabs in WorkPuls Investment Round/
We are thrilled to announce that South Central Ventures have teamed up with us in the WorkPuls investment!Read More
We are thrilled to announce that South Central Ventures have teamed up with us in the WorkPuls investment!Read More
I'm always mindful not to boil every hypothesis or riskiest assumption I hear into a landing page experiment. There are so many creative ways of varying fidelity to test the riskiest part of your business model.
That said, MOST of the time - these days, the riskiest TYPE of risk is market risk (as opposed to technical or financial risk) and the idea usually breaks down somewhere on the customer journey map, often at step one. A landing page (hypothesis page) it is one of the most useful tools I know of for learning in what we call at the Pearson Product Lifecycle, the "EXPLORE PHASE".Read More
The early stage investment sector in the Western Balkans is still in an embryonic phase. The entrepreneurial ecosystems in each country are slowly taking shape, but a private sector catalyst is needed to make the sector viable and attract further capital.Read More
In the very early days of building a startup, you need to be the Jack of All TradesRead More
Agile month, a month of education and training dedicated to agile software development just started in Belgrade, with the Agile Serbia Conference as its final event.Read More
A group of 28 MBA students from the prestigious Yale University visited Belgrade - to work with StartLabs' companies.Read More
We are very happy to welcome one more startup to our portfolio – Fragrance By Me!Read More
After the very successful first year of investing in IT startups from the region of Southeast Europe, US based seed investment fund – StartLabs – is announcing the raise of the second Fund – StartLabs Ventures.Read More
We are proud to announce new partnership between StartLabs and Microsoft's BizSpark – early stage startup support.Read More
2016 will be exciting year for raising seed investments for startups in the Southeast Europe1. But companies that raise pre-seed or seed rounds easily in 2016 will face the bloodbath in 2017. 2016 is going to be the unrealistically optimistic period for startups from this region.Read More
When you say "startup" there are several words that come to mind: 'ideas', 'tech', 'funding', 'money'…however, 'hiring' is usually not in the top 5.
On the other hand, when you are recruiting for a startup, the word and the problem become much more significant.
How to find the right people to hire for the startup?Read More
How not to burn piles of cash? Which features to ship? Who is the customer? What are the right marketing channels? To bootstrap or not to bootstrap?Read More
Launch MVP. Track customer behavior. Get feedback. Adapt.
Growth hacking workshop for startups.Read More
General Partner of StartLabs, Voja Lalich has talked about startups and community in Balkans, about its characteristics, potential and the way it can be developed for Serbian weekly magazine Vreme.Read More
StartLabs is a US based fund investing in startups from Southeast Europe. We provide funding, mentorship, office space, technical infrastructure, business services and networking channels to exceptional entrepreneurs and their teams helping them turn ideas into sustainable business.


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On Wednesday 11th May, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce announced the funding for a multi-industry research project to optimise the use of nitrogen. The project includes cotton, dairy, sugar, mangoes and cherries. NTDPIF will lead the mango research.
NTDPIF will collaborate with the Queensland University of Technology to undertake a four year research project to work in three focus areas for improving the productivity and profitability associated with nitrogen use. The areas include:
- Optimising nitrogen use efficiency in irrigated systems;
- Quantifying the rate and timing of nitrogen supply through mineralisation; and
- Extracting value from enhanced efficiency fertilisers, through both optimising existing products and developing new ones.


text: loser July 30, 2007 "That's what a loser is: someone who doesn't even do what they say they're gonna do. I mean... it's bad enough if other people tell you what to do and you don't do it, but when you can't even do what you say you'll do... that's a loser." -Dad


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Thanks to our leading partnerships with some of the heavy-hitting hardware providers in the IT industry, we are several steps ahead of the competition.
We showcase a diverse portfolio of hardware, including:
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With Cisco BE6000, IT can deliver more valuable communication services with far less effort. One virtualized platform offers premium voice, video, mobility, messaging, conferencing, instant messaging and presence, contact center, and more, including support for approved third-party applications.
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Bring your extended or growing workforce together with a full array of integrated collaboration applications that come preloaded on a single modular platform. Built on the virtualized Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) platform, the Cisco® Business Edition 7000 (BE7000) is equipped with premium Cisco Collaboration applications for voice, video, mobility, messaging, conferencing, instant messaging and presence, and contact center. Turn them on as your collaboration needs increase and easily scale your users and devices by deploying additional BE7000 servers. The modular building block design of BE7000 is ideal for deployments from several hundred users to tens of thousands of users, providing plenty of room for future growth.
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Rocky Mountain ATV*MC/KR4 Arrive-N-Ride Team Report: 92nd International Six Days Enduro
BRIVE, France (September 4, 2017) – The 92nd running of the FIM International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) came to a conclusion on Saturday, September 2 in Brive, France. Riders were put to the test, racing for six straight days in various weather and track conditions, pushing not only themselves, but also their machines to the limit. However in the end, two Rocky Mountain ATV/MC Arrive-in-Ride team members found success and will be heading home with some hardware after their impressive performances.
Tayla Jones made the decision to compete in her first ISDE six years ago, and headed into this year's event eager to defend the Australian Women's Trophy Team past four wins – all of which she was a part of.
Spain jumped out to the early lead on day one, with Tayla and the rest of the Australian team in second. The girls carried the momentum into the second day and took over the lead, and Tayla continued to set the standard with the day overall. Tayla battled back-and-forth with Spain's top female, Lala Sanz, for the overall each day and topped the charts once again on day four.
Tayla may have had to settle for second overall by a mere minute and a half, but her impressive individual scores, paired with her teammates', vaulted them to the top of the team standings where the scored their fifth-straight victory.
"Five in a row – it's still pretty unbelievable," said Tayla. "I'd just like to give a shout out to my teammates, Jemma and Jessica, there is no 'I' in team, and we just knew how to make it work. It has been a huge six days and we wouldn't have been able to do it without the help of the whole team."
The U.S. Junior World Trophy team demonstrated that consistency is key after starting the event in fourth. As the week progressed, so did their results where Grant Baylor steadily worked his way past riders and anchored the team's success to win on day two. On day three, Grant and his teammates settled into pace taking third throughout the remainder of the week to score third overall in what can be referred to as the "Olympics" of off-road racing.
"This years ISDE had its ups and downs for me and for the team, it started out really well with the team leading after day two but then on day three it started going downhill with Toth having time keeping issues witch led to a minute penalty but we kept pushing forward," reported Grant. "On day five test one I somehow dislocated my shoulder without even going down so I pulled to the side put it back in place and went on to have my best day of the week, so all in all it was a decent week with the team landing on the box in third."
Due to a shoulder injury, Jesper Borjesson was forced to sit on the sidelines after being selected to represented his home country of Sweden. To view day-to-day results from this year's event please click HERE. The 93rd running of the ISDE will take place in Chili on Monday, October 22 to Saturday, October 27 next year.
The full Rocky Mountain ATV*MC/KR4 Arrive-N-Ride Team resumes GNCC racing after a two-month break this Sunday, September 10, with the Parts Unlimited Unadilla GNCC in New Berlin, New York.


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Back from Japan!
Gun-slinging photo shot above by Enrico "Quickdraw" Casarosa
I have photos, six hundred or so, to prove that I was there. Otherwise I could question that it happened at all. I woke up this morning from the first full night's sleep since I got back from Japan yesterday —the sleep of the dead, depth charges couldn't have roused me from the jet-black-lagged coma. I can recall the details but already they are slipping away—the constant sound of announcements out to the ever moving crowd, the roar of Pachinko parlors, boot legged women well appointed to the nines riding bicycles, men in business suits pouring out to lunch counters, trains whistling into stations heralded by chimes and voices, the oppression of second hand smoke. It was all marvelous!
Enrico's sojourn in Japan had started two weeks earlier and we had conspired to meet on his third week there. It was a great deal for me, since I don't speak a lick of Japanese but Enrico can converse freely like a local. Instant guide and translator! I swear, if it wasn't for him my trip would have been infinitely more boring and frustrating. We met at Shinjuku station on December 2 after my JR express ride of gawking at the country side. Shinjuku station, the largest of the train stations in Tokyo, where literally millions pass through on a regular day is also an amalgam of shops, malls, stairs, turnstiles, ticket machines and rushing crowds. From there we trudged over to my hotel and checked in. We knew it was likely going to be small but I was still struck by how small. It was a long closet with a bed, a dresser and a bathroom (I will notice that all toilets here are built to have your knees just inches from the door that closes on it).
We immediately head out to walk the night streets of Shinjuku. The lights, noise and the sound of commerce on full throttle. After an eyeful of the delights being offered by Pachinko parlors, girl clubs -- and there were men clubs for equal opportunity dates for sale, complete with a star roster of matinee idol head shotss and slick asian mullet coifs—we headed past the small eateries in an alley (Piss Alley, though Enrico assures me only the name persists) he settles on a more conventional restaurant to eat our first meal together in Japan. Noodles and Mochi soup. Yum. I also took the first photo of what would be a near perfect documentation of all my meals there. It would all be glorious eatin'.
Before I forget I have to thank a couple of people, Heather Feng for helping us out with the Ghibli people and Michele Spane for making sure we got in the museum and treated to a special tour. I had a little scare at the very start of the trip. On the way to the airport I rummage through all the pertinent papers needed for the trip and found the tickets furnished by Michele weeks earlier missing! ARRRGH! NO! I was in a panic and called her at work before my plane left. She wasn't worried at all, she said she'll call ahead and will take care of it then told me to just have fun. That was so nice. Heather continued to correstpond with Studio Ghibli to pave the way for our visiting the studio well in to the trip. My eternal gratitude to you both.
I know that I can't possibly post everything I experienced here in one post so I'll break it into several. There were many highlights in a trip that's left a sad yearning for the place. The best part were the people I met through Enrico's network of friends he's garnered over the eight times he's been visiting Japan. The Tamori's :Yozo, Mitchiko and their son, Atsushi who works for Studio I.G. We had dinner with them in Mitaka on December 3 at a small restaurant that had bar seating and tables at back. Apparently Enrico had earlier seen a curious looking horizontal slot running along a wall and peered in. It was a window to this restaurant and Mitchiko decided that reservations were to be made. I found the Tamori's to be so welcoming that you can hardly believe how genuine it is. Throughout my stay I will meet them several more times and each time I grow more fond of them.I also met Brian who works for Hitachi. Originally from Texas he fell in love with Japan when his parents took him to visit a cousin. He vowed to work there someday and to date he's been in Japan for eight years. Brian speaks fluent Japanese and in all gatherings from hereon I will be the only one who will need an English translation of conversations -- I now wish I'd taken the same Japanese lessons my kids are taking. Dinner was great. That's an understatement. Personally prepared dishes as well as grilling on coal bowls set between guest made such an evening so unique.The chef did a masterful job of creating rather avant garde dishes (I think, but what do I know) some of which I featured above. He's quite young to be chef master, kidding around with us even as we ask about other guests' orders being prepared right in view. I snap a picture of him as he hams it up with a fish head as you can see above--and now I'm making good on a threat that I would post it on the net. Hello, Chef!
Alright. I'm going to skip and go for a teaser. We are great fans of Tadahiro Uesugi and this visit was just as much about meeting him as anything. We couldn't believe our eyes when we see the email that invites us to "have a party" at his place. He's not kidding, is he? Well, meet him we did. Party? Did we ever! A lot happened that blew the doors off of my fragile mind that night and I am still reeling from it. I am such a lucky bastard--pardon my English--but I just met a modern master of illustration and he had us over for dinner! I am so insanely lucky!
And as if that wasn't enough, we met illustrator Takahashi Hikaru there as well. He was taking photos and sent me one of them, that's it above. More on the Uesugi party, his lovely wife,Kuro-chan, Takahashi Hikaru and the rest on the next post.


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I Don't Think This Baker Really "Gets" Hanukkah
Inside The Mind of Today's Baker:
"Wait, wait, wait.
"You're saying Hanukkah cakes can't have Christmas decorations on them?
"No Christmas trees? No reindeer? No Santa Claus??
"Well, ok...."
"Merry Christmas, Hanukkah peeps!"
Thanks to Cactus for the festive facepalm.
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Very excited to announce that an original 4 part miniseries idea that we had has been picked up for development by BBC Drama North!
Mother is a conspiracy thriller following the story of a Northern Irish woman, living in England with her tearaway son, whose dark past as a sniper in The Troubles comes back to haunt her.
We'll be working on this purely as writers and are developing it with BBC Drama North Development Producer Simon Judd and Producer Annie Baxter whom we are also working with on In The Flesh, so we're really happy and excited to continue this working relationship with them.


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Many of our patients come from around the country-and some from farther than that—for an Accelerated Detox, either from opiates, benzos or alcohol. For our local patients (or anyone traveling here in mid November) I invite you to attend our monthly wellness seminar. We'll be talking about Moving Toward A Plant Based Diet on November 18th from 7-8, here at The Coleman Institute.
No meat bashing going on, I promise, but a discussion of evidence based research about: living longer, feeling better, having more energy, losing weight, lowering cholesterol, preventing (even reversing) heart disease, lowering your risk of prostate, breast and other cancers and more…Call 804 353 1230 ext 303 or rsvp to firstname.lastname@example.com if you can attend. Hope to see you there.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Moving Toward a Plant Based Diet
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2015 and bakehouse opened KXT - Kings Cross Theatre
in the heart of the Cross, in the heart of the city
bAKEHOUSE was approached by Kings Cross Hotel to turn their second floor into an exciting new theatre space. We've re-imagined the space. We've installed a kick-ass rig. We've put in place bags of resources, design options and support to help artists showcase their work at its best. We think we've created a space that audiences will love to visit and artists will love to work in.
KXT is a brand new theatre for Sydney audiences. It's not a pop-up. It's not a fringe venue. It's a proper indie theatre.
In the heart of the city.


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A Slice of New York/
Pizza. Nearly everybody loves it in various shapes, sizes, depths and styles. But the most common pizza this side of Italy is the kind you find at the countless pizza joints all across the US, including in your own neighborhood. It's "New York" style pizza: thin crust beneath the pie and rounded edges to serve as the handle of the wedge-cut slices, spread with red sauce and melty mozzarella, maybe a topping or two. It's pizza the way you think of it; the way the internet depicts it when you search the word. And perhaps the best rendition, indeed the very definition of this classic pizza, is at Joe's Pizza in – of course – New York City.
Joe's Pizza is a New York institution and a stomping ground for everyone who lives in Greenwich Village. Ask any local walking down the street in the Village – they all know where Joe's is. But it's more than just a local pizza joint -- this pizza is so quintessentially New York that it's now a tourist attraction. Stand at the window counter on the crowded sidewalk and you hear accents and languages from, well, everywhere. Because if you like pizza and you like street food and you're visiting New York, you grab a slice at Joe's.
The thing about Joe's is that it may not be the very best pizza you've ever eaten – it'll come close, but you might think you've had better. But this is not just about pizza, this is about New York. Because Joe's represents the streets of New York; the food of the people who pound the pavement of The Monster at all hours of the day and night. You want street food in the Big Apple but fear the dirty water dog or mystery-meat gyro? You go to Joe's for the real deal. Once there, you stand in an ever-present line, yell out for a slice (always get at least 2) and wait for the thin paper plate to come sliding your way. Amateurs sometimes opt for toppings, but Joe's pros go neat and so should you. Then push back through the crowd to a narrow counter or a standing spot outside on the street and eat.
And by "eat" I mean lean slightly forward to avoid dripping grease on yourself, and with your forefinger and thumb fold the slice over on itself like a sandwich and stick it -- point first -- into your mouth. It's a skill that takes a little tasty practice, but the inevitable newbie stain on your shirt will be worth it. What you'll experience is a thin crust, slightly crispy and randomly burnt in spots on the bottom and along the crust. That thin crust is (almost) sturdy enough to hold it all together – all you need is a finger to support the underside. It's spread with a thin layer of really tomato-y sauce that tastes exactly what you imagine great homemade tomato sauce should taste like (but rarely does). On top of that is just enough cheese to dress up the surface and add an umami glow. Not too much, not too little – just the way owner Pino Pozzuoli (aka "Joe") has intended since he opened the doors in 1975. Seems he knows best, and like any true New Yorker, is not afraid to say it. "People don't always want stuff that's too rich or heavy. I've been making and watching people eat pizza for over 50 years, I know what they want."
The thing that is special about Joe's is it's lack of specialness. It's not fancy – if you didn't know better you'd walk right past it just like you've done with a hundred other, lesser pizza joints in the City. If Joe's were a sheltered, sit-down restaurant decorated with faux-Italian tchotchke and with a wait staff it wouldn't be special. It wouldn't be New York. It's unadorned. It's tiny; even a little uncomfortable to stand in as you wolf down your slice among others doing the same thing. But do it quietly. Because no self-respecting New Yorker makes a big deal about their bites, trying instead to contain their delight at the clean classic taste and perfectly imperfect crust – for fear that any outward expression of enjoyment runs a risk of being labeled a – dare I say it – tourist.
So when you go – and you really must if given the chance – be the local that you suddenly wish you were, and order a couple of slices like you couldn't care less. Control your expression, the smile that wants to form at the corners of your mouth, the uplifting of your eyebrows and wide-eyed look at others. Just eat it like it's a no-big-deal everyday thing, while your insides soar to new pizza heights and you discover the New York you've always dreamed of.
Joe's Pizza 7 Carmine Street, New York NY 10014 (at 6th Ave and Bleeker St.).


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Here's what you need....
Jar lids
Hammer and screwdriver
Spray paint
Scrap material
Scrap paper
Scrapbook letters
Thin ribbon
Start by hammering the screwdriver through the lid to make a hole. This is where the ribbon will be threaded through. Spray paint the lids a solid color. I just used some left over brown spray paint, but I think silver would look great!
I made two of these with material and two with paper. For the material ones, I embroidered the initial onto some scrap material.
Then using card stock, I traced around the lid I was going to use and cut out a circle. I placed this circle on the back of the embroidered material and trimmed excess material. Then I just hot glued the edges, don't worry if this looks messy, the back will not show.
For the paper ones, I picked some letters from my scrap booking supplies. Traced around the lid onto scrap card stock and cut out a circle. Then stuck the letter on top. I could have used a circle cutter to cut out the paper ones, but it doesn't really matter if they are not perfect when the project is done.
Next, thread the ribbon through the hole and tie. Hot glue the material or paper circles inside the lid.
Next hot glue rick-rack around the edge. When my grandmother passed away last December, I was lucky enough to get all her sewing supplies, which included a box of rick-rack! Rick-rack is not cheap, so I was thrilled to get hers for my crafts.
Ho-ho-ho...Merry Christmas!!


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With SitePathMTPX, users can achieve true Internet link bonding, or link aggregation. By integrating a Link Balancer at each site and increasing Internet link diversity, a web of possible paths becomes available for site-to-site communication, without having to modify the existing network configuration. Information about link state and usage is shared automatically between units and path selection is done on an on-going basis. Additionally, all point-to-point sessions remain persistent and do not terminate during a link failure.
Common uses include bonding multiple ISPs into a single virtual line or replacing/complementing MPLS and leased lines for cost-effective communications, reduced costs and WAN acceleration.


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Feng Shui Client Form
I am honored to work with you to help bring more harmony into your home and life! The questionnaire below will be helpful for both of us prior to your consultation.
session procedure
During a consultation, I will get an overall feel of your home and floor plan, at which time you can show me any areas of particular concern. We will then walk through your home as I suggest and implement changes. Have a notepad handy for taking notes. I am happy to help you make any changes during the consultation fi we are physically able to do and within the designated time frame. At the conclusion, I will help you prioritize the changes suggested.
Space Preparation
There is nothing you need to do to your home prior to our consultation. Seeing the space as it typically is will help me assist you. Feel free to make any obvious changes that you normally would, such as picking up everyday items. If you feel inspired to make changes after scheduling the session and prior to my arrival, feel free to do so. Often the energy begins to shift as soon as the session is scheduled.
Floor Plan and Picture(s)
Please email me a jpg or pdf of your floor plan. If you don't have an existing copy, please sketch out your floor plan, including exterior walls, interior walls, and closets. Please label rooms accordingly. Also feel free to provide me with picture of the front of the house, along with any rooms of particular concern.
A copy of your floor plan is not necessary, unless you would like to know where the Bagua Map falls within your home with more precision.
Session Procedure
Prior to the consultation, I will get an overall feel of your home from the floor plan and picture(s). During the session, we will discuss your home and your concerns. I will advise you accordingly. If I need to space clear the home or property I will need to do that off the phone and then email you the results or any additional information that comes up.


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Venison jerky recipes to save your extra deer meat
What is venison?
One of the most popular jerkies is venison jerky. Although most people think of deer when they think of venison, the word used to describe deer, rabbit, wild pigs, and other animals that were hunted. Nowadays, it's usually just deer.
There are a few common ways to eat deer meat. People like to eat deer meat as steaks, roasts, sausages, burgers, and of course, jerky. The meat is typically lower in fat than beef, which means a couple of things. One, it's a healthier meat to eat. Two, it makes making jerky a lot easier since there's less fat to trim.
While all jerky recipes can be adjusted to use any kind of meat, venison has a more gamey taste, making it more suitable for recipes with strong flavors.
Basic Deer Jerky
- 2 lbs. Venison
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Spices (your choice: chili powder, garlic powder, allspice, etc.)
- Start off by freezing the meat to make it easier to slice.
- Slice the meat along the grain. 1 inch wide and 6 inches long is my preference.
- Marinate overnight.
- Place the strips of deer in your dehydrator.
- Drying times vary depending on your machine, but on an Excalibur, it's about 6 hours at 155 F.
Ground Deer Jerky
For a special jerky, try it with ground deer meat. Sometimes, you might see ground venison on sale, and if you do, buy it up. Otherwise, you'll need to grind the meat yourself. When you do this, be sure to add salt and seasonings. Then, let the meat rest for a day in the refrigerator.
- It's easiest to form the ground meat into round patties. You can use your hands, or a jerky gun.
- Then, simply place the meat in your dehydrator.
- Dry at 155 F for 6-24 hours, depending on your dehydrator.
Why make venison jerky?
Like all fresh meats, they don't have a very long shelf life. Removing all the water from the food will preserve it though. That's why jerky is such a great way to prepare venison. It's not always possible to finish all the meat before it spoils, so making jerky is a great way to save the extra meat. So take the old dehydrator out of the cabinets and start making venison jerky at home.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Tour du Greater Homewood on August 2
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Waverly Village National Night Out Kick-Off Parade!
Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 2 at 11 a.m. and the 3rd annual Waverly Village National Night Out Kick-Off Parade!
The parade begins at 11 a.m. and proceeds along Greenmount Avenue between 35th and 29th Streets. This is a can't-miss neighborhood event with plenty of music, step groups, and special guests like McGruff the Crime Dog.
This year, there are two new ways that you can be part of parade:
The Best Pet Yet Parade
Got a dog who can skateboard? A fabulous feline? An incredible iguana? Enter them for the Best Pet Yet Parade. Judging and prizes will follow at the end of the parade route. Prizes are sponsored by the Baltimore Dog Bakery and Pretentious Pooch.
Baltimore Bike Pageant
Sign up to ride your bicycle in the parade and compete for awesome cycling-related prizes like a helmet, pumps, and a free registration for the Tour du Port! Prizes are sponsored by One Less Car, Proteus Bicycles, Light Street Cycles, and REI.
To register for the Best Pet Yet Parade and the Baltimore Bike Pageant, please contact Laura Kindseth at 410-258-6295 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The 3rd Annual Waverly Village National Night Out Kick-Off Parade is sponsored by Waverly Main Street, Greater Homewood Community Corporation, Union Memorial Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, and Target.
See you at the parade! And afterwards, stop by the community-built playground behind the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg YMCA (East 33rd Street and Ellerslie Avenue). It's open for everyone!
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Smoking is regulated under the Tobacco Reduction Act. This is an overview of these regulations, so please refer to the actual legislation for more detailed information. Original copies of the bylaw are available at the City Clerk's office.
As of January 1, 2008, the provincial Tobacco Reduction Act became law. The act prohibits smoking in public places and workplaces.


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We started with small items some blue muslin squares and a toy giraffe.
Next up was a surprise from mark. The day we moved house Mark had a surprise for me. I walked into baby boys room and there stood a beautiful white cot. I thought that he had gone out to play snooker with friends the night before we moved but it turns out that he went to Ikea with my dad to buy a cot and set it up. I of course burst into tears. What a lovely surprise and a big weight taken off my shoulders. I'm sure a post will come on baby boys nursery when its finished :)
The following weekend we popped into town and did a spot of shopping. I love Next for baby clothes so we had to pick something up for baby boy. We picked out theses sleepsuits which were £6 each but totally adorable.
Next stop was Primark. I'm a big Primark fan and especially love their baby clothes. They have some great items for amazing prices. We got these three t shirts which were just £2 each! We also got these cute jogging bottom type things for around £3.50.
I must admit it is very different shopping for boys clothes compared to girls but it's still just as exciting. A lot of people say that there is more choice for girls clothes and so far I would have to agree but if you look in the right places you can find some really cute things!
Where do you like shopping for boys or girls clothes?
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The ultimate game is a combination of:
Stringing a series of little fun con games, she follows along with, together to make a good time she LIKES being dominated by.
You being congruent with someone she would fuck at a mental level in her mind.
Overcoming her social conditioning against being the sexual animal she is naturally. By using persistent sexual state projection that she does not break no matter what amount of her social conditioning she throws at ya verbally/shit tests etc.
And not looking visually (how you dress and come off style wise) like a dork or a geek, as human beings process 75%, give or take, of the world with their eyes.
Can get by with any one of the above 3 by itself and some effort.
Standing alone though, you have a third the success of if ya include the others.
That's GWM4, too short for ya?
Read it 10 times and really think and analyze what you actually do, about where you aren't being those things I said above, you will see every failed attempt at a lay you ever had.
See when the woman perceived you without the above problems on accident. You will see the lays you did get.
As far as the little con games I will explain a little bit more. I started calling them that recently amongst my circle of dudes, others may not get that though so it may cause some confusion.
I am talking about doing things such as my "loser dancer" method for getting AI.
As soon as ya walk in the club scan the place looking for the most stand out hottest chick in there. Maybe not YOUR 10, but socially the most noticable, like 5'10'' wearing a total slut outfit with big fake tits and bleech blonde hair. The one the other women are intimidated by.
Walk straight at her and say "excuse me can you help me out, my buddy over there bet me you wouldn't dance with me no matter what" very AFC frame and congruent with it.
She will take ya to the dance floor, from there you can get good eye contact based AI and such from other women, who have no idea what you just pulled, and have an easy time opening them later.
OR with my "get super chick" specialty con, ya get her thinking she is conning your buddies for drinks cause they are losers and said she looked like a bitch. Explain to them quickly that they gotta buy her drinks and you pay em back, before ya wave her over, and ya got her sitting there drinking at your table and can run game on her from there, without her thinking you are a loser buying her drinks.
You approach a chick with a goal of blatant obscene KINO.
How do ya do it?
Well first the place can't be SUPER loud so as ya can't even talk of course, then chop chop method from gwm3 is the only option.
Find a chick watching the dance floor,
Walk up and say, as ya both look at the dance floor
"it's funny how they all watch each others feet and look at other people to see if what they are doing is "right" hehheh"
She will say little.
You say "no one knows how to dance the right way"
She will most often times say "what do you mean?" "how do you dance the right way?" etc if she doesn't no worries, launch in to the following anyway:
You say "check this out it's pretty cool, I learned this from a deaf girl actually"
"most people see themselves dancing and how it would look" Instead you have to shut off what you see, and focus on the rythm first and taking it in your body and moving with it, then feel the beat hammer your body and start to let that out"
"check it out, try it, closer your eyes" Get behind her and start guiding her movements and dancing with her, without ever going "derrrrrr ya wanna dance" and getting the knee jerk "thanks for the dance" walk away thing after ya finish.
My most common 'routine' of sorts. I actually do it without the kino aspect to teach guys or girls who say they don't know how to dance how to dance naturally pretty fast also. Is actually how ya dance properly (plus a little common sense).
Or other more simples ones like getting them to agree something is dorky, that is also something about them they think you can't see.
Such as you are both busting on passerbys, she is coming off kind of hip hop chick. You go "and look at this dork over here, he is such a poser some kind of wanna be eminem, and the girl hes with thinks shes black or somethin". Instant frame buster as she agrees with you and goes along with it.
After all your "us against them" joking around, she is now outside the little comfort shell the two of you had going. Gotta calibrate of course, if she is too shy and this is the only rapport going between you, this will ruin it.
For wild party chicks though it gets em seeking validation from you pretty hard. Makes em back in to the girl in high school with a crush on the guy who wasn't like her etc.
Ones like that I have written about before elsewhere are ways of stringing together little con jobs that create dynamic conversation, good logistics, pre approach material etc.
Can always wing this sort of stuff if ya just get your brain analyzing the situation not "3 second ruling it".
Running around opening everything in sight is fine for a beginner, but as time goes on, to improve, ya gotta start saying "ok who is she, and where is she at, and where am I gonna take her" physically and state wise.
Without the other points in place however these sort of con job games only go so far and are met with varied resistance based on your congruency with the other stuff (style and way ya carry yourself, persistent sexual state that isn't rattled etc).
Other OLD OLD stand bys that aren't mine (but actually From Ross) are venue changing/insta dates. Oldest trick in the book, get a yes to something simpler, before you get a yes to the bigger picture.
Get her sitting someplace nearby with you, then get her to go someplace else with you, and by the time you ask her to get totally alone with you, you got her in a yes string.
The rest of the shit I have covered so fuckin much you'll all who weren't here have to do a search for it.
No sexual state isn't being a pervert and no "make the ho say no" doesn't mean to actually seek to be told no. The differences between GWM and GM are VAST also.
There is so much deeper shit behind it I suppose this isn't the last post some of you will ever need.
For some though who do get it, these 3 or perhaps 4 things are a good place to analyze in field game from and make sure they are tight.
And remember "make the ho say no".
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