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You're probably wondering what this circular contraption is and how it will keep your pretty purse from getting ruined. It's a foldable bag hook hanger!
How great is that? And it's so simple to use. Just unfold the hook:
Twist the head so the hook part hangs down and hang it off a table and voila! No need to put your beautiful bag on the floor ever again.
What's really amazing is how small it is - barely larger than a quarter.
The foldable bag hooks from La Di Da come in lots of fun patterns.
Or adorned with glass crystals.
And each one has its own velvet pouch for carrying.
With all of the money I spend on my bags, the La Di Da foldable bag hooks are more than worth the price and I'm so going to be giving them as gifts to all of my friends.
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"The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined."
- Matthew 4:16
Where there is light, there cannot be darkness. Jesus came into the world as the light of the world, shining to show the true way, to show the nature and power of God. Now that he is in heaven, we are the light of the world. By what we do, we shine our light, the light that God has given us through his Holy Spirit. And with that light, we also show the nature and power of God - and how that nature and power also resides within us. And remember - your light isn't little. So shine your light!
Light is akin to the element of fire. While it can seem to burn and harm - it also refines, purifies, reveals. It heats and warms us. If you're stranded and alone - one of the most important things to do is to try and light a fire. So that you're not cold and shivering in the dark. In the same way, the light within us gives us strength, and helps us to get through the darkest of places and times. Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times; if one only remembers to turn on the light.

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Work With Me
Are you a creative who has a transformative message that they want to share with the world?
Or maybe you're a passionate business owner who wants to build a movement with their brand?
Perhaps you're an activist who desires to create real and lasting change in the world?
Or maybe you're a social media user who wants to step up and use their platform to express themselves?
Whatever brought you here… I want you to know that you deserve to be seen for who you really are.
You deserve the space to show up and be heard.
You deserve to write your own story and create your own legacy.
Social media is an opportunity for you to do that - and I'm going to show you how!
Introducing: Express Your Self Sessions!
Express Your Self Sessions include a 60 minute one-on-one coaching session where you can expect to:
Be guided through a meditation to help you connect with your highest self (because that's where magical expression happens)
Uncover your own unique brand values (and learn how to share these on social media)
Get clear on how you want your community to feel (and learn how to speak to them on social media)
Craft your own signature story (and learn how to use this on social media)
Learn the three main types of social media content (and get lots of content ideas that fit into each of the categories)
Plus you will also get:
Audio recording of the full session
20 page Express Your Self workbook
My signature social media calendar template
Investment: $129
Want to know what others think about working with me in this way? Here are some kind words from those who attended the Express Your Self workshop:
"Sophie is unlike any other "social media" teacher I've encountered. Rather than focusing on things like the "algorithm" and your "optimal funnel", Soph dives deep and reminds you that social media is really just an opportunity to express your higher self (and your brand's higher self!) with those who want to hear it. She injects fun, freedom, feminine flow and connection back into what sometimes feels like a stale, soulless area of business. The workshop was simultaneously a very personal space to explore our brand, messaging and expression and a collective environment in which we shared our stories and messages. I left feeling SO inspired and have been on a magical buzz since!"
Bron Stange, Bopo Women
"I can't put into words how powerful and inspiring the workshop was. Because its something that needs to be felt. My cup was empty as I walked through the doors and as I left I had more than filled it up. The space was sacred and relaxed. Sophie is an incredible host, teacher, soul. I would attend this session again and again. I am so grateful to myself for being curious about what the workshop was, to Sophie for her authenticity and her electric personality and the women that attended the workshop for being open and allowing me the space to reach my higher self."
Avril Hockett, Seaside Circus
"I absolutely loved Sophie Zen's Express Your Self workshop. Sophie's beautiful nature made me feel right at home so I could explore my truth in a creative way with my soul business. Her processes were so informative. I now feel confident and also understand the online world enough to express myself on social media."
Alisar Laz, Soul Heart
"Sophie's Express Your Self social media workshop was just what I needed to feel (re)inspired about showing up expressing myself on social media (and in general!). Sophie's unique approach to social media is soulful, genuine and really helps you to approach social media in a way that feels really good for you. I left the workshop with so much clarity on how I want to show up on social media and with a whole lot of practical ways to help me actually do it."
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Along with the prime time Rolling Stones (1964-1973), The Jesus and Mary Chain are my favorite band of all time. Their first five albums have all been reissued by Rhino Records with bonus DVD footage of all their videos. Formed by Scottish brothers Jim and William Reid (both on vocals and guitars), the JAMC set the UK indie scene on fire in 1984/85 with a series of stunning singles including "Never Understand," "Just Like Honey," and "You Trip Me Up," before releasing their debut album "Psychocandy" in November 1985. I was an exchange student in England that year and bought the album the day it came out and it has remained in my top 5 of all-time ever since! Psychocandy contains everything that's cool about melodic '60s guitar pop, along with a heavy dose of Velvet Underground jaded cool and lots of reverb and feedback. This is the template that pretty much inspired My Bloody Valentine and every shoegaze band since. The rest of the JAMC catalogue is phenomenal as well (though I'm still not fully sold on 1995's countryish "Stoned and Dethroned"). 1987's "Darklands" combines majestic pop nuggets like "April Skies" and "Happy When It Rains" with jaded downbeat rock gems like "Nine Million Rainy Days". 1989's "Automatic" is high octane rock 'n' roll, probably the most 'conventional' JAMC record but it contains some of their most beloved tunes such as "Blues From A Gun" and "Head On," which was covered by The Pixies. 1992's long-awaited "Honey's Dead" holds it's own with "Psychocandy" as the group's tour de force with blissful and punishing groove heavy stunners like "Reverence" and "Rollercoaster" and dropdead amazing pop stunners like "Almost Gold". Anyway, I bought the reissues of the first for (passed on "Stoned and Dethroned" for now) and the remastered sound is amazing. It's like listening to the records all over again for the first time like those amazing Stones reissues from a few years ago.
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Cruise Control
Automotive Expressions offers Rostra Cruise control!
Set your speed with a touch of your finger! Once selected your cruise control constantly measures changes in the engine loading and vehicle speed in order to maintain a constant speed on the highway. Easily set the controls and avoid unintended speeding. Slow down or accelerate, you don't have to touch the pedal. Use your RF switch and have that same functionality built right into your steering wheel!
Custom Chevrolet, Scion and Hyundai/Kia Global Cruise Control Systems by Rostra
At Rostra Precision Controls, we manufacture a number of different add-on cruise control systems for cars, trucks and SUV's that include our universal Global Cruise control system, multiple custom pedal bypass cruise control systems and various drive-by-wire cruise control systems that interface directly with a vehicle's built-in cruise control functionality.
Typically sold as a universal cruise control option, we also supply our Global Cruise cruise control system for use with vehicles such as the Chevrolet Aveo, Scion xA and xB, and Hyundai/Kia vehicles like the Accent, Rio and Soul. These custom Global Cruise options include our renowned Global Cruise servo along with vehicle-specific wiring harnesses, throttle body bracket connectors, and our 250-3742 cruise control switch - selected based on its functionality and ability to seamlessly blend into a vehicle's interior.
Cruise Control Safety and Convenience
Using a cruise control system by Rostra provides many comfort and safety benefits while on the road. Some of these benefits include:
- Reducing long-term leg muscle fatigue
- Relaxed driving posture on long trips
- Avoid tickets from unintended speeding


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There are some acceptable affidavit to aing a acclaim card, but there are some drawbacks you should apperceive about as well.
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If you're aggravating to advance your acclaim annual or abridge your finances, it could assume like a acute abstraction to aing an bare acclaim agenda or two. However, abounding bodies who do this are abashed a few weeks afterwards to acquisition that closing a acclaim agenda fabricated their acclaim annual fall.
Having said that, while it's absolutely accurate that closing a acclaim agenda can accept an adverse aftereffect on your acclaim score, that doesn't necessarily beggarly it's a bad idea. Here's a briefing of why closing a acclaim agenda could aching your acclaim score, some accurate affidavit you ability appetite to aing a agenda anyway, and a few addition strategies to try if you're afraid about the appulse of closing your acclaim card.
While the absolute blueprint acclimated to annual your FICO® Annual is a closely-guarded secret, we do apperceive the accepted framework. Your annual is fabricated up of bristles categories of information, anniversary with a specific weight:
There are a few agency closing a acclaim agenda could abnormally affect your FICO® Score:
Most cogent is the "amounts owed" category, which makes up about a third of your FICO® Score. The key point to apperceive is that this class doesn't put too abundant accent on the dollar amounts you owe. Instead, the abundant added important agency is how abundant you owe about to your all-embracing acclaim banned or aboriginal accommodation balances.
Let's say that you accept two acclaim cards, both with $5,000 limits. The aboriginal has a antithesis of $2,000 and the added has no antithesis at all. So, you're application $2,000 of your absolute $10,000 acclaim line, or 20%.
Now, let's say that you aing the agenda with the aught balance. All of a sudden, you're now application 40% of your accessible acclaim — $2,000 of $5,000 — which is acceptable to abnormally affect your acclaim score.
In addition, if the agenda you aing is one of your earlier ones, it could additionally aching you in the "length of acclaim history" category. In accession to the ages of your alone acclaim accounts, this class considers the boilerplate age of all of your acclaim accounts. Closing a long-held acclaim agenda could decidedly abate your average.
Finally, if the acclaim agenda you aing is your alone acclaim card, it could aching your "credit mix" annual basic as well. This is acceptable to accept a basal impact, and the bodies abaft the FICO® Annual say that acclaim mix is about added important for consumers who don't accept abundant of a acclaim history otherwise.
It's boxy to say how abundant your annual could be affected. As I mentioned, the FICO blueprint isn't accessible information, so it's absurd to say how abundant an alone change could annual your annual to drop.
In addition, there are abounding claimed variables that could affect the appulse of you closing a acclaim card. As an example, if you accept 10 acclaim cards with a accumulated absolute of $50,000 and aing one agenda with a $500 limit, it's absurd to hit you in the "amounts owed" class actual much. On the added hand, if you alone accept two acclaim cards, as in our antecedent example, closing one could accept a abundant beyond impact.
Having said that, closing a acclaim agenda is absurd to annual a astringent bead in your acclaim annual all by itself. Acquittal history is the best important basic of your score, and as continued as you've paid the bankrupt agenda on time every month, this allotment of your annual will be aloof fine. Any appulse is acceptable to be moderate, but the exact bulk is absurd to predict.
Even admitting accomplishing so is acceptable to aftereffect in a abstinent bead in your FICO® Score, there are some accurate affidavit you ability appetite to aing a acclaim card. Aloof to name a few of the best common:
As a final thought, if any of the affidavit to aing a agenda that were discussed in the antecedent area administer to you, there could be some alternatives that are annual exploring. Aloof to acknowledgment a few of them:
If you accept a acclaim agenda with boundless fees or a ridiculously aerial absorption rate, alarm the agenda issuer and ask them to lower it. Recent letters announce that the all-inclusive majority of bodies who attempted to get their anniversary fee waived and/or abate their absorption amount were successful. You ability be afraid what acclaim agenda companies could be accommodating to do in adjustment to accumulate your business, abnormally if you've been a acceptable customer.
If you accept a anchored acclaim card, abounding issuers will acquittance your drop (or at atomic allotment of it) afterwards you've accustomed a solid acquittal history. Or, they ability be accommodating to catechumen your annual anon to an apart agenda if your accepted acclaim contour justifies accomplishing so. This is a bigger advantage than closing an accustomed annual and aperture a cast new one from scratch, so it's annual attractive into.
Finally, if you don't assurance yourself with a zero-balance acclaim card, you can ask your agenda issuer to lower your limit. They'll apparently be animated to oblige, and while this could still aching your annual in the "amounts owed" category, the appulse should be beneath astringent than if you aing the account.
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What would the TPP actually do?
Everyone in Washington has an opinion on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, but few people know or can say what is definitively in it. DorianWarren talks with the Huffington Post's senior political economy reporter Zach Carter and breaks down exactly what we do and don't know about the TPP.
The future of neoliberalism in America
In the wake of a major political battle over the Trans-Pacific Partnership Dorian Warren talks with Rolling Stone contributor Jesse Myerson and Huffington Post senior political economy reporter Zach Carter about the future of American trade policy and the project of neoliberalism more broadly.
Why do doctors oppose the President's trade deal?
We know where Elizabeth Warren and Barack Obama stand on TPP, but what about Time Magazine's person of the year? Dorian Warren talks to Jesse Myerson and Zach Carter about why the doctors' groups fighting Ebola in West Africa are fighting against the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The case against Harriet Tubman on the $20
An online push to put a woman on the $20 bill has gained some recent momentum and many are now calling for the US Treasury to replace Andrew Jackson's image with that of Harriet Tubman. But some argue that American currency is the wrong place to honor the anti-slavery crusader. DorianWarren talks with hip-hop DJ and cultural commentator Jay Smooth and Rolling Stone contributor Jesse Myerson about the arguments for and against a Tubman twenty.


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John Vournakis
"Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together." B.K.S. Iyengar
John was never much of an athlete, eschewing sports for punk rock shows at a young age, and rarely raised his heart rate outside of a mosh pit. He discovered yoga in college, incorrectly believing it would be the easiest option for the PE credit he needed to graduate. He was hooked after his first savasana, craving the centering and stillness that practice brought him.
John found Tough Love Yoga in 2015 and fell in love. He completed his 200 hour teacher training and yogahour certification at Tough Love Yoga in March of 2017 with Neda Honarvar and Rachelle Knowles.
Firmly rooted in the belief that yoga is for EVERYONE, John is especially passionate about sharing practice with beginners. His classes aim to be both approachable and challenging; both grounding and spacious.


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In the recent year the ICO market has undergone a significant transformation. Today, it seems significantly harder for small investors to take part in a serious ICO, since major funds and accredited investors cherry pick with TON being a perfect example of an ICO only available for participation to major private investors. It's time you knew about those projects which you may never be able to invest into.
- The recent project IMMO tops this list. Currently almost no details regarding the project are available. It is believed that a rich banker dynasty and their representatives are behind IMMO's development. Information about IMMO has leaked into social networks, including closed Telegram channels, attracting attention of large cryptocurrency media.
The founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, has spoken against the launch of IMMO: "I don't trust governments and large corporations to have interests that are aligned with us".
According to confidential sources, both leading blockchain technology and traditional finance specialist are involved in IMMO's implementation. It has been speculated that IMMO is backed by gold and that it can be legalized, as well as its connection to real estate. Currently it is rather tricky to be able to count all the existing opinions as the experts' points of view widely differ.
However it remains obvious, should IMMOs be really developed by major players, then public tokensale, if ever made available, would be solely for demonstrating a pseudo-democratic nature of the project.
- Starkware Industries has long refused to hold a public ICO. They announced it a while ago. Among the advisors and investors of this blockchain project are Vitalik Buterin, Naval Ravikant, Pantera Capital, Bitmain, Polychain Capital and other major investment funds.
StarkWare will improve scalability and privacy in blockchains using STARK technology, providing cryptographic proofs that are zero-knowledge, succinct, transparent (no need for a trusted setup), and post-quantum secure.
The development of Starkware is carried out by a strong team with a vast experience of working with Zcash; Alessandro Chiesa, Eli Ben-Sasson, Michael Riabzev, and Uri Kolodny.
Currently little information on the project is available. Social networks barely feature any updates on the matter and the project has not been advertised. This signifies the fact that the team is closely involved in technology, while does not invest in advertising.
- Back in February, IoTeX held Private Sale. Having collected a hard cap of 25,000 ETH, the project refused to hold Public Sale. Unlike the projects that took place in the past, IoTeX tokens are actively traded on stock exchange.
IoTeX's aim is to integrate all the disparate IoT into a single ecosystem and strictly maintain the network security. The cutting-edge blockchain-in-blockchain architecture will address the scalability, privacy, isolatability, and developability issues relating to the IoT DApps and ecosystem growth.
Amongst IoTeX team are cryptography PhD specialist, distributed systems and machine learning professionals, and top-level engineers and developers. On April 20, the Testnet Preview was released. Next release at the end of June is expected to include the first implementation of a complete Roll-DPoS consensus scheme with voting support. In the long run, however, IoTeX focuses on developing subchains, software development toolkits (SDK), and partnering with IoT companies in order to build Dapps using the IoTeX platform.
- Origin Protocol has raised an additional $28.5mln Strategic Sale round of strategic partners around the world. Among the investors are Pantera Capital, BlockTower Capital, BlockAsset, Spartan Group, Cypher Capital and many others.
Origin is a sharing economy marketplace and set of protocols that enable buyers and sellers of fractional use goods and services (car-sharing, service-based tasks, home-sharing, etc.) to transact on the distributed and open web. Origin Protocol plans to offer buyers and sellers control over their data, drastically reduced transaction fees, and identity verification / reputation scores.
Additionally, Origin will enable developers to create Dapps based on their own protocol.
- Telegram ICO – one of the most discussed topic in the crypto community. The plans regarding the launch of Telegram Open Network were announced as early as December, followed by an online leak of White Paper. While it is possible that every cryptocurrency investor would like to buy Gram tokens, it was revealed in May that there will not be a public sale of the tokens.
The two phases of Private Sale of Telegram Group Inc. attracted a total of $1.7 billion from fewer than 200 private investors. Despite a large number of initial participation applications the majority of them were rejected.
Among Telegram's plans is a creation of an entire ecosystem of blockchain services. Besides other services, TON will include an online wallet, distributed file storage, a proxy service for creating decentralized VPN services, services for decentralized apps, smart contracts, and decentralized web browsing experiences.
To date, Telegram has 200 million active users. A popular messenger, founded in August 2013, has not shared a single byte of personal data of their users to any third-party. Actively advocating freedom of speech and anonymity, Telegram enjoys great confidence and trust placed in it by its users.
The change in the token-model of the new ICOs is primarily due to the strengthening of regulation. In addition, funds and private investors seem to be more interested in long-term profits and strategic partnerships than small investors. Thus, those companies holding ICOs tend to favor Private Sales which essentially are closed rounds of investments. It seems to have become the newest trend in the market.


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One of my favorite pizza books of all time is "American Pie", by Peter Reinhart. Prior to launching our Baking Steel on Kickstarter, I was reading just about every pizza book I could get my hands on. Peter Reinhart is a pizza dough god - hands down. Guess whom I had the chance to speak with last week? That's right, Mr. Reinhart himself.
His blog, Pizza Quest, had received a few comments on the Baking Steel and he decided to learn for himself what we were all about. I was blown away. Happily, we sent Mr. Reinhart a Baking Steel so he could see how it helps create the crust you crave, at home. Here is what he said,
But, as I said, I'm home again and I promised to comment on the new Baking Steel, which arrived just before I left for Denver and which I tested with a dough ball from my freezer stash a few hours before I flew out. As you may recall, Adam A. wrote in a "comment" to a previous Peter's Blog, raving about his Baking Steel, so I called the foundry where it's made, Stoughton Steel, and spoke with Andris Lagsdin's dad (and the owner of the steel mill and the proud papa of the inventor of this new, innovative tool). He said, "What can I tell you, I'm no cook but my son is and ever since he came up with this they're selling like crazy!" An hour later, Andris, the inventor himself, called me and we had a great chat about the Steel, which was inspired by his love of cooking, both professional and at home, and his interest in the new "modernist cuisine" as described in the recent amazing books by Nathan Myhrvold as well as all the molecular gastronomy chefs like Ferran Adria, Jose Andres, Grant Achatz, and others. He combined his food and his steel knowledge and fabricated this simple, but beautiful, slab of steel that is now destined to be the next big thing among pizza freaks as well as serious cooks of all types.
My oven typically takes about seven minutes to bake a pizza, using a one-inch thick ceramic baking stone. With the steel, the pizza was ready in five minutes and, just like Adam A. reported, perfectly baked, top and bottom, with superb caramelization. The faster bake time allowed the dough to be both crisp and moist, just the way I (and most of us) like it. I have to admit, I was totally impressed and the Steel now sits proudly in my oven, waiting for me to test it out on other foods. I'm particularly curious to see how it will do with a rib eye steak, ever since the benchmark of my "four minute steak," cooked in my Primavera 60wood-fired oven (yes, a shameless plug for our friends at Forno Bravo) -- the best steak I ever made. I posted about this last year -- it's somewhere in the Peter's Blog archives but, if anyone wants me to repeat the method I'll post it again over the holidays -- just let me know in the Comments section below. If the Steel can get me close to that in a home oven I'll do back flips, so stay tuned.
When mine arrived, it came with a very cool carrying case, which I suggest you also purchase, for both it's functionality and its sweet design. (Ever since I read Walter Isaacson's bio on Steve Jobs I've become obsessed with Job's brilliant insight and execution of the merging of these two aspects, form and function; the Baking Steel and it's case is kind of like the I-Pad of baking platforms -- very Apple-like.)
The Baking Steel loved by Peter Reinhart and likened to a Steve Jobs masterpiece. Really? Wow! Dream come true! Let the Baking Steel help your pizza dreams come true too. Start creating the crust you crave and share your story. We'd love to hear what you have to say.


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Software: Blackboard
Aim: Dissect the learning. Provide a mechanism for self-assessment.
Why: MCQs give the learner a chance to stop and reflect on their learning, to make sure they've fully absorbed the material before continuing further. They are also a quick and efficient evaluation tool for students and/or teachers.
How: MCQs can be easily created in Blackboard using the Course Tools option in the Control Panel. For instructions on how to do this see pages 34 and 35 of the Blackboard Manual.
Tips for writing good MCQs:
- Use positive constructions: Avoid questions which ask "Which of the following is not the correct answer". Instead, try to ask "Which of the following is the correct answer." This avoids confusion for the learner and it makes it easier for the teacher to compose feedback. It is much easier to say "That is incorrect. The correct answer is…" when you're talking about the actual correct answer, not the correct-incorrect answer.
- Pose a question: Ask a clear and complete question. Incomplete sentences that must be completed by selecting one of the answer options can cause confusion if there is a generic instruction built in to all questions. For example, you don't want your question to read "The basic structure of an immunoglobulin is…Click the correct option…". Similarly, if a blank space is provided in the middle of a question, this may be misconceived as a fill-in-the-blank question type.
- Disguise the distractor: Always make sure the incorrect options are very similar to the correct options. All answers should be similar in length and use similar language. The distractor should not be so unrealistic that it stands out. For example, very specific words such as 'never' or 'always' may make the incorrect option much more obvious.
- Randomise the options: Similar to the previous point. The options should not be ordered so as to reveal the correct answer. Change the position of the correct answer throughout the series of questions, so that it does not always come first (there is a setting for this in Blackboard).
- Say how many options must be selected: Learners will feel unfairly graded if they selected one correct answer when in fact there were three. They may also waste a significant amount of time trying to pick one, when they can see that several seem legitimate. To avoid numerous complaints from students, say how many options must be selected. For example, "Which three of the following….".
- Keep answers consistent: If one answer contains the title 'The', try apply it to the start of all answers. Also, stick to the same 'part of speech' in all answer stems (verbs, nouns, adjectives etc.). If you do need to complete a sentence make sure all the answers read on from it. For example, if the question stem reads "George Boole wrote…", then don't have "he wrote The Laws of Thought" as an answer option.
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DELOVELY (It's Not My Story)
The Sickels Bros. & Tim Lambert
Written by The Sickels Bros.
Lyrics and vocals by Tim Lambert.
Engineered by Josh Seawell.
Released February 5, 2015
Vocals - Tim Lambert
All Guitars - Matt Sickels
Drums/Bass - Fred Sickels
All Proceeds for charity
Each year the proceeds from "O Holy Night" are donated at Christmas to Toys for Tots. Thanks to all for your contributions and support. Matt


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TSG Elects James L. O'Hara As President
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 27, 2012 – TSG Consumer Partners LLC ("TSG") is pleased to announce the election of James L. O'Hara to the position of President. Mr. O'Hara, who also continues as a Managing Director of TSG, joined the firm in 1998 and has been responsible for transaction structuring, diligence, finance and investment execution, in addition to his position on the Investment Committee.
TSG Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Charles H. Esserman, said, "Jamie has been instrumental to the success of our firm. He has been acting in a leadership capacity at TSG for several years and his election formally recognizes the importance of his role and contributions to the firm."
Mr. O'Hara, 45, has also been an active contributor to the success of TSG companies. He is a currently a member of the Board of Directors of various TSG portfolio companies, including Muscle Milk, YardHouse and others. He previously served on the Boards of various former TSG investments, including vitaminwater, Smashbox, Meguiar's and Don Miguel.
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What is Brendan Cole's net worth, was he banned from Strictly Come Dancing and who's his wife Zoe Hobbs?
The Kiwi dance pro was axed from Strictly after the BBC failed to renew his contract
BRENDAN Cole was sacked from Strictly after a long run on the flagship BBC show.
Here's the full lowdown on his career and personal life...
Who is Brendan Cole, how old is he and what is his background?
Brendan Cole is a 42-year-old ballroom dancer originally from Christchurch, New Zealand.
Brendan starting dancing at the age of six and went on to become a professional dancer after leaving school at the age of seventeen.
Like fellow professional Anton du Beke, Brendan had appeared in the Strictly Come Dancing series since it launched in 2004.
His previous celebrity dance partners include Kirsty Gallacher, Jo Wood, Kelly Brook, Anastacia and Lulu.
Strictly isn't the dancer's only taste of television, as he previously appeared on Celebrity Love Island where he became runner-up.
He has also appeared on Britain's Next Top Model and BBC's Just The Two Of Us.
Why did Brendan leave Strictly? Is he banned?
During an interview with Lorraine Kelly on her daytime TV show in January 2018, Brendan announced he had been axed from the show.
Over the years Brendan also made headlines for his clashes with head judge Len Goodman, as well as bullying claims when he branded GMTV host Fiona Phillips "the worst partner he had ever had".
In February 2018, The Sun broke the news Brendan had been given the boot for dancing with Camilla Parker Bowles at Buckingham Palace.
On August 23, 2018 it was revealed that Bendan is now "banned" from even going to watch the show.
Who is Brendan Cole's wife Zoe Hobbs?
Zoe Hobbs, 36, is a model and lifestyle blogger.
The couple have been married since 2010 and have a five-year old daughter, Aurelia.
Zoe gave birth to the couple's second child, son Dante, in March 2018.
It was revealed by The Sun how Brendan had partied at a showbiz bash with female golfer Carly Booth less than 24 hours after Zoe had given birth.
A source said: "Brendan seemed to be having a great time and was locked in conversation with Carly.
"The setting meant that he was very close to the Strictly Come Dancing table where Debbie McGee and the rest of the cast were, so he went over to clear the air with the show's producer Louise Rainbow."
The Sun also revealed how Brendan had been banned by his wife from going out.
Zoe is pushing for Brendan and the family to move to Majorca in a bid to curb his out of control partying.
In May, 2018 Brendan was spotted getting cosy with one of his All Night Long tour singers Jenna-Lee James as he confided in her about the pressure his job puts on his family life and marriage.
More on Brendan Cole
What is Brendan Cole's net worth?
Brendan has a reported net worth of around £2.2 million.
After he was axed from Strictly it is estimated that his current assets were £357,000 with a post-tax profit of £71,000.
The dancer also owns a two-bedroom cottage in Buckinghamshire worth £350,000.


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Hellboy (2019) : Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to turn away.
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Monday, November 17, 2008
[screenings] Through A Mirror Darkly
"Rickshaw driver take me home… I'll pay you one and half, a flat double or even exorbitantly more, Rickshaw driver please just take me home. I don't care about my rights, I don't believe in the police, I don't want to mess things up. I'm all sozzled out on Peco's beer, I'm a good citizen- an earnest patriot, I know some Kannada by rote. Now just take me home"
- Ancient Bangalore Saying
"We have entered the age of irony"
- Paul Schrader sums up 'Pulp Fiction'
These are strange hard times we walk through. Everything is mired up in implicit duplicity.
Your heart went out when they took down the old cinema hall. You hate the mall that came up in its place, whole and soul. But it won't stop you from going to the multiplex. Maybe you could take a stand. But what's the point? And rest assured nobody is going to hold it against you. Even if you're a politician… or priest.
Ambiguity reigns. The good and the bad have collided through the loop holes. The same way the black areas and white areas have mixed in a convenient gray. You couldn't tell at twilight if the sun's coming up or going down.
Welcome to the world of the master, the godfather of all that is grey, fatal and yet implicitly cool in cinema. Over three decades before the world became as we know, Melville almost seems to have predicted our everyday quandaries and choices in a world he envisioned and created in the chiaroscuro of shadow and light. A world of mysterious men and women governed by a strange karma. Seductive. Treacherous.
One in which you can lose yourself only to discover in retrospect how wrong you were every step of the way.
Bangalore Film Society invites you through 3 classic films of the master Jean-Pierre Melville and to see the world 'Through a Mirror Darkly'
Friday 21 November 2008 Time: 6.30pm
Le Samourai(1967/Color/105min) Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville
There is no solitude greater than the samurai's, unless perhaps it be that of a tiger in the jungle.
- The Book of Bushido
Directors John Woo & Johnny To have called it the most perfect film ever made while Jim Jarmusch adapted it with searing poetry and made 'Ghost Dog', possibly his finest film. Channeling his passion for the American Gangster flick through France in the swinging 60s, Melville's stylish and existential tale of a lonely hitman double-crossed, on-the-run and bound by a code is pure jazz masquerading as film. It was also Melville's first of his legendary collaboration with Actor Alain Delon who brilliantly essays the iconic assassin 'Jef Costello'.
Saturday 22 November 2008 Time: 6.00pm
Le Cercle Rogue (1970/Color/140min) Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville
"Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, drew a circle with a piece of red chalk and said: 'When men, even unknowingly, are to meet one day, whatever may befall each, whatever the diverging paths, on the said day, they will inevitably come together in the red circle."
'Le Cercle Rogue' was Melville's filmmaking masterclass, his greatest work. His epic portrait of a group of jaded criminals attempting a jewel heist, stands alongside 'Rififi' and 'The Killers' as among the greatest heist film of all times. Featuring the classic 30min heist sequence that blends together action, poetry and high tension and great performances from the acting ensemble and a memorable score by Eric Demarsan, Melville's beast is a cool calculated seduction.
Sunday 23 November 2008 Time: 6.30pm
Un Flic (1972/Color/100min) Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville
'The only two feelings men give rise to are ambiguity and derision'
- Eugene Francois Vidocq
Melville's final work, the brilliant and even caustic 'Un Flic' is also his most severely under-rated. A thrilling and cool cat-and-mouse chase between a gang of master thieves and one very very tough cop is imbued with layers of complexity and deception. Possessing a ferocity and nihilism that were more subdued in 'Le Samourai' and 'Le Cercle Rogue', 'Un Flic' is a powerful and worthy last entry in an oeuvre which changed the history of cinema forever.
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Courtney is an elegant ivory Guipure Applique, matching both our Courtney Lace and Courtney Lace Trim.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
Pennant: Chasing That Old Time Feeling
I've been able to resist it up to this point, but with Heritage and Gypsy Queen being the last two baseball releases, I couldn't help but work on an 'old-timey' set design. Instead of combing through the encyclopedia of trading cards, looking to resurrect the zombie of something 50-100 years old, I decided to just make something up. This is kind of a hybrid between the styles of the old and the current.
Say hi the Pennant line of Spirit trading cards. You'll notice some of the characteristics of other retro sets: photos doctored to look old and weathered, typefaces from decades past, not-quite-white borders. There's a team-color curve on the bottom to house the player name, team and position. I've used some similar curvilinear shapes throughout the other Spirit designs, so this helps keep them in the family. Another point of 'modernization' is the fact the player name is more than just their last name and first initial and it's actually bigger than the set name/logo.
The backside is pretty similar to retro sets of today: 1-color, vertical, a lot of non-informational elements, simple team logos. These here may be printed in a single color, but instead of just black, the ink is the same as their team color. I decided to include players' full names on the back since I really miss that from my youth. Also, there's a simple line of the previous season's stats (hits, homers, rbi, and average) that has numbers instead of 'two thousand and eleven' and such.
I may do some inserts for the Pennant line coming up in the future. I can see myself getting the itch after A&G hits the shelves.
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Friday, April 20, 2012
REVIEW - 2012 Gypsy Queen
Welcome to my second product review here. I skipped Heritage* since the design is the same as 1963 and there were only a few inserts to mess with. That means Gypsy Queen is next up on the docket.
*For the record, I really dig the 1963 design so I think Heritage is a winner this year. My only gripes are peripherally design-related (Rookie Stars variations? No thanks.)
So far, I've only opened a blaster and a rack pack, so I don't have an example of everything in-hand, but I've seen enough pics online to have a good understanding of the designs.
Starting with the base design, it's definitely more ornate than last year. They've added some of the flourishes from last year's inserts onto the base here. All of the info has been moved to the bottom. The Gypsy Queen 'logo' is bigger but somehow blends in a little more. That's probably due to the gold neutrals on gray. There may be a little less real estate for photos, but the shots seem to be closer and more intimate, so that's an upgrade in my eyes. Comparing this year's to last year's really makes the 2011 design look pretty drab and dull. Off to a good start with the base set.
Unfortunately, the SPs this year are photo variations instead of just high-numbers at the end of the set. Right now, the problem is you only know you have an SP if you happen to pull two of the same card number but different images, like I did up there with Ian Kennedy. I'm sure eventually it'll be common knowledge which is standard and which is short-printed, but it's kind of annoying at the moment. Not only that, there are now 50 less players with a card than there should be.
A couple of parallels here are the Framed Paper. There are also a blue version and a retail-only brown version, like the Ripken here. Also a black 1/1 version for some reason. It's up in the air whether these are any nicer than last year's copper/bronze and green. There are also a lot of on-card autos which look really nice on this card stock and design. The white fade on these is the least noticeable on any auto card I've seen lately.
Minis this year come in regular (gray), black, green, and sepia. The black look really nice with the leather brown flourishes. The sepias also work better than the 2011 version.
The Hallmark Heroes insert features all-time greats while Future Stars returns with up-and-coming players with bright futures. Both have blue borders, which is kind of a strange choice. Also, the logo situation on both bugs me. For the Hallmark Heroes, that shade of gold on the logo is way too light compared to the darker gold around the photo frame and the text on top. And on the Future Stars cards, not having the GQ logo centered at the bottom is really distracting since everything else is symmetrical but that.
The homerun insert this year is called Moonshots. (Hey, that sounds familiar...) The purple border is surprising and works pretty well. I like the asymmetry, especially compared to the centered-ness of every single other card in GQ. The Glove Stories design is really plain and boring. There's just not a lot going on with the photo frame, especially compared to every single other card in GQ. Maybe its the fact that leather color is too similar to the gold used for that frame. Something closer to the gold on the GQ logo here would work a little better. And what's with the cropping on this image of Mays? Why they felt it necessary to show the outfield wall and keep him so small is beyond me.
The last insert is Sliding Stars, which is kind of like this year's Sticky Fingers in that it focuses on a part of the game that doesn't get a lot of attention on cards. Also, they're both the only horizontal design in both their respective sets. This is a pretty cool design that leaves a lot of space for some great photography. The elements that do enter into the frame don't impose too much, so there isn't much obstruction on display.
Last year, we saw the Gypsy Queen inserts. This time around, they've featured the Gypsy Kings, a mythical baseball squad. Again, they have auto variations, though I don't really get why they have fictional characters sign autographs. Oh well. It's a fun little bit of A&G without going overboard.
Rounding out the set are the hits like the Indian Head Penny and Relics that do a really nice job of adjusting the base design to incorporate the memorbilia. There are also the framed mini Relics and Autos that are exactly the same design as their full-size counterparts, only smaller.
All in all, the 2012 version of Gypsy Queen isn't all that different from the 2011 version. They seemed to have made some improvements here and there without really downgrading anything, so I'd consider that a success. It definitely feels less like a rehash of A&G like I was thinking last year.
Base cards: 4/5
Parallels: 4/5
Photography: 4/5
Hallmark Heroes: 3/5
Future Stars: 3.5/5
Moonshots: 4/5
Glove Stories: 2/5
Sliding Stars: 4.5/5
Gypsy Kings: 4/5
Indian Head Penny & Relic: 4/5
Minis: 4/5
Posted by Ross at 4/20/2012 09:25:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: 2012, a-rod, derek holland, epsinosa, ernie banks, Evan Longoria, gq, gypsy queen, ian kennedy, minis, review, ripken, santana, weeks, willie mays
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
1-2 Punch
The last post focused on heavy hitters so now it's time for mound masters (sounds like a great name for another inserts somewhere down the line.) The hook for this one is spotlighting teams with 2 pretty good or even great pitchers at the front of their rotation. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be to put together the checklist. For quite a few teams, the drop off from number 1 to 2 is pretty big. That's why guys like Kershaw and Sabathia are absent here. On the other end of the spectrum, you've got a couple of teams with deeeeeeep rotations that end up leaving off a some great pitchers, Cole Hamels and Madison Bumgarner* in particular.
* I reeeeally hope Timmy gets back to normal or his inclusion over MadBum will look particularly egregious.
Basically we've got player cutouts on top of a gold diamond (mimicking the 1-2 Punch logo shape) on top of a team-color saturated photo. The big 1 and 2 on the side look really cool with the cards stacked next to each other.
The design here is a little more 'sophisticated' than a couple of the other Clubhouse inserts, but I think it's nice to appeal to some different tastes with a low-end set. We have some gold foil here on the 1-2 Punch logo along with the player & team names. I included the fineprint (copyright, MLB and MLBPA logos) on both sides so the number 2 guy doesn't get dumped on. I figure player collectors would probably appreciate having a full side of their guy on a 2-player card.
Here's the 14-card/28-player checklist I came up with. See any blatant snubs?
GIANTS: Lincecum, Cain
PHILLIES: Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee
TIGERS: Justin Verlander, Doug Fister
RAYS: James Shields, David Price
BREWERS: Gallardo, Greinke
RED SOX: Josh Beckett, Jon Lester
DBACKS: Ian Kennedy, Daniel Hudson
ANGELS: Jered Weaver, Dan Haren
BRAVES: Tim Hudson, Tommy Hanson
REDS: Mat Latos, Johnny Cueto
CARDINALS: Adam Wainwright, Jaime Garcia
MARLINS: Josh Johnson, Mark Buerhle
RANGERS: Yu Darvish, Derek Holland
NATIONALS: Strasburg, Gonzalez
Posted by Ross at 4/17/2012 09:41:00 PM 2 comments
Labels: 2012, Clubhouse, concept, design, gio gonzalez, greinke, insert, Lincecum, matt cain, pitchers, strasburg, yovani
Sunday, April 1, 2012
To the Moon and back
Oh, hi there. It's nice to be back. I sure was gone a looooong time, huh? Well, the vacation was had and spring has sprung. I figured it was time to poke my head out and say 'hello.' Opening Day is a few short days away so let's get this thing back on the rails.
In thinking for another insert idea for Clubhouse, I figured I'd go with something simple like 'guys who hit a bunch of homeruns.' That seemed easy enough. But then came the hard part of coming up with a name & concept. I passed over stuff like 'Home Run Kings' since they have been in recent products and thought that the Clubhouse brand could use something a little more fun. So I started thinking of different slang terms for homers. Unfortunately, most were either semi-perverted (dingers, dongs, goin' deep) or had also been used elsewhere (going yard, touch'em all.) So I was back at square one.
But during my research, I kept coming back to the term 'moonshot,' thinking it really lends itself to something fun and interesting design-wise. Even though Ultra ran an insert in 2003 with the same basic premise, I figured I could update and improve upon it.
Looking at these cards, the first thing that pops out is either the UGE moon image or the absence of edges on the top. Yep, these are my first die-cuts. Over the years, I've come to the conclusion that die-cuts can be really cool but I always prefer the ones with at least 2 true corners. They need to be able to sit level in a sleeve or toploader, which usually means the bottom corners. I have a feeling that if some other card companies tried to die-cut this, they'd jump for the completely round die-cut and obliviously annoy collectors.
With the full moon image taking up a lot of real estate, it makes a nice backdrop to the player images. The photos here are of the batters directly following their 'moonshot' swings. With the Howard and Reynolds cards, they're stoicly staring down their long balls (or fly outs) while Teixeira is starting his trot towards first. The dark blue color complements the gold moon while adding a little bit of subtlety you wouldn't get from black. The names are below in a 'space' font to extend the lunar motif going on here.
On the back side, the symmetry of the die-cut really helps keep things clean. Instead of the moon, we get a circular close-up of the players, which fades out towards the bottom to make room for the text. I also found space for the team logos somewhere within the photo frame (these all happen to be in about the same spot but that was just a happy accident with these particular photos.) The checklist totals 20 though I didn't really put it together completely. I thought it would be nice to include some guys like Reynolds here who have better numbers in the HR category while not really nearing the leaderboards elsewhere. Adam Dunn would be another candidate but would probably need to get off to a good start in 2012 to justify a spot here. Anyway, 17 of the 20 spots are still open.
Alright, thanks for checking in with me again after the long lay off. I promise the posts will keep coming semi-regularly like they used to. See ya soon!
Posted by Ross at 4/01/2012 02:00:00 PM 1 comments
Labels: 2012, Clubhouse, concept, design, die-cut, homerun, insert, mark reynolds, moonshots, ryan howard, teixeira, welcome
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The Seed Gatherers
In the year 2457, in the Dandenong Ranges, on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia, a crime is committed by two young Norwegians. Others use the event as inspiration, plunging the forests and its people into chaos. Meanwhile, a new and intriguing forest inhabitant is discovered and those who know of its existence must decide whether to reveal its secret. In this third book of the series, that began with
The Cicada
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A Death In The Making
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text: Erin Fletcher (Resident Choreographer) joined Sarasota Contemporary Dance as a performer in 2012, and is now the Resident Choreographer for the company. For three consecutive seasons her works were selected for the annual "Voices of Fuzión" concert. Erin received her B.F.A. from the New World School of the Arts in Miami under the direction of Daniel Lewis. Her training at New World influenced a vast performance career in her own "Telemundo Universe" for over a decade in Miami and allowed her to develop her creative talents. In addition to performing, Erin's choreographic works have been showcased in the South Beach Film Festival, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, at The Palladium Theater, and The Studio@620 in St. Petersburg where she collaborated with Leymis Bolaños-Wilmott in "A Dance in 48 Hours" a concept they hope to extend in Sarasota. Erin has also been on the faculty of The Pinellas County Counter Center for the Arts, Academy of Ballet Arts, and currently teaches at Gocio Elementary School and The Sarasota Ballet School.


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Psst! Have you been following along with the new Get the Look series? These posts go up every Friday here on the blog. In them, I take a photo of a beautifully designed space and find the look-a-like pieces you can purchase that will mimic the room's look and feel.
This open concept living/dining room proves that you don't have to use a lot of color to create a beautiful room! Here, it's all about playing with textures to add visual interest and keep your eye moving. For today's "Get the Look" I'm focusing on the dining part of the space, but I do want you to recognize how seamless the transition is between the dining and living areas.
When you have multipurpose spaces like this, it's important include unifying elements that make the entire space feel cohesive and well thought out. The white and wood theme is carried into both, and the result is a peaceful, calm and inviting spot - perfect for entertaining or a quiet evening at home!
The one thing I would change about this dining area is that I would go with a larger rug instead of a runner under the table. I prefer not to have to worry about chair legs getting caught on the edge of rug - a good rule of thumb is to have at least 24 inches of rug on all sides. I will say that the runner looks pretty cool in this space though. It grounds the table nicely in an otherwise open room!
The total cost for this look (if you go with six of the wishbone dining chairs) is about $2,100, making it pretty budget-friendly overall!
To really get this look, you're going to need a two-tone dining table, which will require a little bit of DIYing. :) By painting the legs white and leaving the top stained, you'll get a custom look and it will give the trestle dining table a lighter, more beachy feel.
So tell me, what do you think of this tone-on-tone room? Is this a look you would go for in your home?
*Note that affiliate links were used in this post, which means Mix & Match Design Company earns a small commission if you purchase through them (at no cost to you).


text: This is some of my earliest work, but I choose to keep them on this page because of a very special reason. The C.C.Pub or Central Café Pub was and still is a local staple for live music. When the majority of local establishments choose prerecorded music etc. the C.C.Pub promoted live music for local, national and international talent. The sad thing was that in early 2016 the C.C.Pub was ravaged by a serious kitchen fire that severely damaged parts of the pub. But as you might see in my other later work, during the Easter weekend 2016 there was a two day support gala at the old Gas works free theater were artists, bands and local acts preformed to raise support for the rebuilding of the C.C.Pub and in acknowledgement for what it stood for and will once again.


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Break out the lederhosen and dust of that dirndl – the greatest time of the year is here.
Oktoberfest season has arrived and we're giving you SO many more reasons to get amongst all the Brilliant Bavarian action of the world's biggest bier festival. The catch? Unlike Germany's annual festivities, no passport will be required for this unforgettable experience!
We're kicking it all off with three thigh-slapping, toe-tapping, schnitzel-chomping, stein-swilling Oktoberfest Street Parties right across this great country of ours! These parties will be jam-packed with a full day line-up of outrageous Bavarian shenanigans that you're bound to write home about (or at least Instagram).
From our ceremonial keg taps of our 4 official biers, through to our first inaugural Dogs of Oktoberfest Costume Contest and Australia's only Oktoberfest Parade, this is one day of festivities you simply cannot miss.
With extended outdoor seating, pop-up bier tents, stages, Oom-pah-pah bands and so much more, we'll keep the Oktoberfestivities (and beer!) flowing until late. This promises to be a party of epic proportions and one you'll kick yourself if you miss.
Gather the gang, clear the calendar and BOOK IN NOW before the best seats in the haus are all schnapped up!
Dirndls and lederhosen optional.
Biers and good times compulsory.
First Seating
11am – 1pm
Second Seating
2 – 4pm
Third Seating
5 – 7pm
Fourth Seating
8pm – 10pm
After party
10pm – late
Munich BrAUHAUS, The Rocks
You can find Munich Brauhaus The Rocks at the corner of Playfair and Argyle Streets in The Rocks, Sydney.
Munich BrAUHAUS, South WharF
You can find us located near the DFO Shopping Centre, overlooking the Yarra River on South Wharf Promenade.
Bavarian bier cafe, Eagle street pier
Overlooking the Storey Bridge and Brisbane River on Brisbane's Eagle Street Pier you will find the Bavarian Bier Cafe.
Saturday 16 September, 12pm
Just as they do in Bavaria, we'll be kicking off our Oktoberfest season with an official Oktoberfest Parade! You can be a part of history as we bring you Australia's first inaugural Oktoberfest parade to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Expect plenty of colour, tradition, fun and music as we officially open Australia's Oktoberfest Season with this not-to-be-missed inaugural parade.
Saturday 16 September, 3pm
We invite the pooches of Australia to don their best Oktoberfest inspired attire and join our first inaugural Dogs of Oktoberfest contest! From dalmations to dachshunds; bulldogs to Labradors; we welcome all dogs to join the contest. $1 from every pretzel sold at our Street Party will be donated to the RSPCA!
Saturday 16 September, 6pm
MAN VERSUS PORK KNUCKLE! Think you have what it takes to set an Oktoberfest record? We're looking for a legend to devour our crispy pork knuckle in the fastest time to take out the title of 'Schweinshaxe Champion 2017'.
Saturday 16 September, from 8pm
We're looking for the King or Queen of Oktoberfest as we put your inner Bavarian to the test with a series of outrageous Oktoberfest Challenges! Think stein hoist & hold, yodeling, chicken-dancing and so much more!


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Clean coal 'unviable for two decades'
There will be no business case for developing clean-coal power plants in Australia or overseas in the next 20 years, according to a key Federal Government adviser.
National Low Emissions Coal Council chairman Dick Wells says even the introduction of a carbon price in July will not entice the coal industry to invest the billions required for clean-coal plants because it makes no financial sense and punishes shareholders.
He says carbon capture and storage (CCS) will not play a major role in combating dangerous climate change unless the Gillard Government dramatically increases industry assistance.
"If you want to wait for the carbon price to rise to levels where these will be commercially viable we're probably into the 2030s," Mr Wells said.
"The question is how you fix that financial gap. How do you get the biggest bang for the buck for taxpayers' dollars in filling that gap?
"Because in the absence of it, companies with shareholders - I mean, people have their superannuation with these companies - aren't going to do things which aren't sensible commercially."
Clean coal clouded
This is the second half of a two-part investigation by Michael Atkin into carbon capture and storage, and Australia's role in funding it.
Read part one:
'Not serious'
Carbon capture and storage has been lauded as having the potential to reduce Australia's carbon emissions by 20 per cent and to supply a quarter of Australia's electricity by 2050.
The Gillard Government has a $1.68 billion CCS Flagships program to get major projects off the ground and the coal industry's Coal 21 fund has committed $289 million to projects so far.
But the potential of CCS remains largely unfulfilled.
"We're a long way off it (the 2050 targets)," Mr Wells said.
"It is a really critical stage for the deployment of these technologies, but if we don't start to get some big projects to be put into place in the 2020s, the role of CCS in actually meeting those sorts of targets in 2050 won't be achieved."
The National Low Emissions Coal Council estimates $10 billion to $17 billion is required to have one industrial-scale, clean-coal power station and a portfolio of smaller projects operating commercially by 2020.
"Not all of that funding is from the Commonwealth Government," Mr Wells said.
"I mean, the funding was always a partnership with the states and industry but certainly there is more money to be found. I think we would recognise that when you come down to a project deal there may be additional ask on governments and that's the facts."
Mr Wells says it is not just the level of funding that needs to change.
"We're living with a whole lot of policies which favour renewables, which impinge on the markets and what we've been forced to do is argue for measures which are specific to carbon capture and storage which is not our preferred way of doing it," he said.
Joseph Romm, a senior fellow at the Centre for American Progress, warns the lack of investment could have serious implications for coal-reliant countries like Australia.
"There is certainly no question that governments and the coal industry aren't serious about this right now," Dr Romm said.
What is carbon capture and storage?
- CCS is a technology that attempts to prevent large quantities of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere.
- The process is based on capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from large point sources, such as fossil fuel power plants and storing it so it does not enter the atmosphere.
- Supporters say there is an abundant energy supply, fossil fuels are here to stay and CCS is the only viable way to achieve the 80 per cent reduction in CO2 demanded by G8 leaders before 2050.
- The technology is unproven and critics contend some of the stored gases may leak back into the atmosphere.
- Find out more about CCS
"I actually think it's suicidal for the coal industry because the coal industry's only hope for the long term is that carbon capture and storage be developed."
Critics point to the fact that no-one has successfully demonstrated a commercial clean-coal plant using CCS technology anywhere in the world.
But Mr Wells is adamant it is not a matter of 'if' but 'when'.
"These technologies do work and will be implemented at some stage - but using them in an integrated way on the scale we want, we need to do that under Australian conditions to satisfy ourselves about the technical viability in Australia," he said.
Global CCS Institute chief executive Brad Page says the technology is close to being proven.
"We have two plants under construction right now: one in Canada, one in the USA," he said.
"You're going to find in the next two years that at very large scale we actually do have those technologies proven, demonstrated and in operation. That's a great achievement that we are now building those plants and they are going to go into production."
However, last year was tough for CCS, with 11 major projects hitting the wall worldwide. Two Australian clean-coal power projects - Queensland's ZeroGen and Wandoan - have recently been scrapped or placed on hold.
One senior industry insider points the finger at the ZeroGen collapse for putting the brakes on the industry.
"There is a disparity in government policy because CCS is going to work in the future, so it's a shame that the momentum has been lost," the insider said.
"The ZeroGen car crash has really taken CCS backwards because it's knocked the confidence out of everyone."
Policy setbacks
The CCS Flagships program originally had deeper pockets, with $2 billion pledged. However, its funding was reduced to $1.68 billion last year.
Four projects have been shortlisted for funding but only two remain viable - the Collie South West Hub in Western Australia and the CarbonNet project in Victoria's La Trobe Valley.
Just $57.26 million has been spent so far but Mr Wells defends the need to move slowly.
"I don't think there is any embarrassment about not spending the money too fast," he said.
"Whilst I'm frustrated because we want to get things done, at the same time we need to balance with that doing it prudently."
But world-leading CCS expert Peter Cook believes the structure of the CCS Flagships program, under which projects compete for funding, has led to poor outcomes.
"It has slowed things down, it has decreased cooperation and that in turn has slowed things down further," Dr Cook said.
"Can we turn this around? Well, I mean the competitions are under way but we need to have a fresh look at this with a view to getting things underway more speedily and cost effectively."
Recent decisions have gone against the CCS industry. The Gillard Government has abandoned a promise to make new coal-fired power plants CCS-ready and the technology was excluded from the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
Behind closed doors, Mr Wells told the Federal Government it was a major blow.
"We've expressed our concern and disappointment," he said.
"We didn't put out press releases but we certainly made our views plain within government that we didn't think that was a good way to go.
"CCS is one of a portfolio of low-emissions technologies that this country is going to need to provide for energy security and meet growing energy demand whilst lowering emissions. The fact that it is left out sends the wrong message."
The Global Institute's Brad Page says while the decisions did not help the industry, CCS faces larger hurdles.
"Would it have been better to have access to the Clean Energy Finance fund? Well, possibly so. But in fact complexity in the business case for many of these technologies at the moment and the issues that businesses face go well beyond those measures."
Resources Minister Martin Ferguson was unavailable for an interview.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article said Resources Minister Martin Ferguson had declined requests for an interview. In fact, Mr Ferguson made himself available for a live interview with ABC1's 7.30 last week, but it did not fit into the schedule. Mr Ferguson declined to do a pre-recorded interview.
- Reporter: Michael Atkin
- Video editor: Andy Saunders
- Editor/Supervising Producer: Nikki Tugwell
- Executive Producer: Matthew Liddy
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, coal, climate-change, australia
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Senate sends Wieckowski safe drinking water bill to Governor Brown
SB 1263 limits the creation of unsustainable small water agencies
Sacramento – Senator Bob Wieckowski's (D-Fremont) bill to limit the proliferation of small, unsustainable public water agencies that are more likely to violate drinking water safety standards, passed the Senate today and now goes before Governor Jerry Brown for his consideration. Senate Bill 1263 will improve the long-term delivery of safe drinking water to many disadvantaged communities.
"Our state has declared that Californians have a human right to reliable, safe drinking water, yet we have small public water districts that simply don't have the economies of scale and staff to reliably deliver safe drinking water over time," said Wieckowski, the chair of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. "This bill targets the small districts where most of the water quality violations occur to increase state oversight and better protect the public health. Rather than increase the number of small unsustainable districts, this bill encourages annexations and consolidations with larger agencies that have the resources to ensure safe delivery."
Most of the more than 7,600 public water systems in California serve fewer than 200 connections. SB 1263 gives the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) a stronger role in ensuring such systems are not approved if they are unnecessary. It requires those seeking permits for new public water systems to meet several requirements, including examining the feasibility of connecting to adjacent water systems. It also requires a cost comparison between a new system and consolidating, annexing or connecting to an existing water system. Applicants must also identify all proposed sources of water for the new system.
"Senator Wieckowski's bill will provide the increased oversight that is needed to prevent the continued growth of unsustainable small water agencies in California," said Kathryn Phillips, director of Sierra Club California. "Too many of these agencies simply don't have the ability to consistently provide safe water."
A 2015 SWRCB drinking water study found that small districts accounted for 68 percent of violations for arsenic in the water and 87.5 percent for nitrate violations.
The SWRCB report concluded that many small water systems lack the ability to meet safe drinking water standards. These failing systems force the residents to either pay the high costs for treatment or for replacement water, and substantial costs when the state ultimately steps in to cover the necessary improvements to the system.
The Human Right to Water law, which was passed by the Legislature in 2012, says it is "the right of every human being to have safe, clean, affordable water adequate for human consumption, cooking and sanitation."
A report, released earlier this year, by the Community Water Center and the Environmental Justice Coalition found that 1,600 California schools between 2003 and 2014 violated drinking water standards. It recommended California ensure safe, robust and resilient community-wide water systems.
In addition to the Community Water Center and Sierra Club California, SB 1263 is supported by Clean Water Action, California League of Conservation Voters, Environmental Working Group, Environment California, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, Natural Resources Defense Council, Union of Concerned Scientists, East Bay Municipal Utilities District, Tri-Cities Ecology Center, Food and Water Watch, and Lutheran Office of Public Policy – California.
Senator Wieckowski represents the 10th District, which stretches from southern Alameda County to northeast Santa Clara County.


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