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Arjen Robben admits retirement is still an option as he waits on the offer of a contract extension at Bayern Munich.
The 34-year-old winger has spent nine years at the Allianz Arena, making over 280 appearances while tasting Bundesliga and Champions League success.
He is, however, approaching the end of his current deal and is due to become a free agent in the summer.
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Robben maintains that discussions with Bayern regarding his future are planned, but has also hinted that he may decide to hang up his boots.
A man with 96 caps for the Netherlands to his name told Bayerischer Rundfunk: "I'm a bit impatient, but unfortunately a decision on the extension of my contract has not yet been made.
"With Karl-Heinz Rummenigge I have agreed that we will hold talks in April, then we will see."
On the chances of him playing on into the 2018-19 campaign, Robben added: "I think that's the hardest part of getting to an age where you know the end is coming closer, making the right decision is always difficult.
"I just have to wait and see what my gut feeling is, how the body feels. You have to take everything into account and then you make a decision in that moment."
Robben has previously suggested that he feels fit enough to play on for at least another two seasons.
He told Sport Buzzer in February: "At the moment I feel very fit, very good and believe that I can play at the highest level for another year or two - that's my goal.
"I have such an open and honest communication with all those responsible here that I am not worried at all. The club will have a plan. And then I and the club have to decide if and how it goes on."


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For our last party of this run, we are thrilled to announce a very special venue debut – Jeff Mills at Printworks! Arguably the space's most-requested artist, we're extremely pleased to release this one. The Detroit Techno icon is joined by an unflinchingly stellar cast of Techno and Electro's great and greater.
In Dark Room we have something extra special. UK Techno progenitor Tony Child AKA Surgeon joins us for his most intimate show for an age, as he debuts the Live incarnation of this year's 'Luminosity Device' album.
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This morning my friend Sabrina, in Bukima Faso for work on sustainable irrigation, circulated this by email:
the horrible terrorist attacks took place in a hotel less than a km away.
I am fine, and have been advised not to go out today, as the office is near an area that was cordoned off for a search for perpetrators.
It's strange to be here in this situation – I am for now confined, but to a calm and lovely guest house, surrounded by trees and birdsong, and yet so close by, there was such unspeakable carnage. Continue reading


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Upcoming Events
This week in New York, I'll be playing at Fabretto's Children's Organization's gala and fundraiser. They are based in Nicaragua and are deeply involved in restoring Managua's communities through education and job opportunities. I am honored to be a part of this event. On Friday, I reunite with a good friend and colleague Victor Rosso Group and Saturday with the Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Bigband at Hostos College.
I'm thrilled to share I'm currently in the studio, recording my sophomore album as a leader with a new trio, which consists of John Benitez on bass and Marvin Diz on congas, and special surprise guest stars. We are cooking something good for you, and can't wait till you hear it. I have arranged Stevie Wonder's music with a Latin tinge.
Today, the Multiverse Bigband received news our recording won Record of the Year from the Jazz Journal Association. This is a huge accomplishment, and I'm happy to be a part of this recording, the "West Side Story Reimagined" project which is led by master percussionist Bobby Sanabria.
Lastly, I'm looking forward to performing at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra space with my Latin jazz group from Chicago called CALJE on May 24th. This is a highlight this year so far and I'm grateful for the opportunity. Stay connected for more news!


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Guozhang Wang wraps up his exactly-once series in Kafka:
When restarting the application from the point of failure, we would then try to resume processing from the previously remembered position in the input Kafka topic, i.e. the committed offset. However, since the application was not able to commit the offset of the processed message A before crashing last time, upon restarting it would fetch A again. The processing logic will then be triggered a second time to update the state, and generate the output messages. As a result, the application state will be updated twice (e.g. from S' to S'') and the output messages will be sent and appended to topic TB twice as well. If, for example, your application is calculating a running count from the input data stream stored in topic TA, then this "duplicated processing" error would mean over-counting in your application, resulting in incorrect results.
Today, many stream processing systems that claim to provide "exactly-once" semantics actually depend on users themselves to cooperate with the underlying source and destination streaming data storage layer like Kafka, because they simply treat this layer as a blackbox and hence does not try to handle these failure cases at all. Application user code then has to either coordinate with these data systems—for example, via a two-phase commit mechanism—to guarantee no data duplicates, or handle duplicated records that could be generated from the clients talking to these systems when the above mentioned failure happens.
There's some good information in here, so check it out.
Pete Warden shares his rule of thumb for how many images you need to train a neural network:
In the early days I would reply with the technically most correct, but also useless answer of "it depends", but over the last couple of years I've realized that just having a very approximate rule of thumb is useful, so here it is for posterity:
You need 1,000 representative images for each class.
Like all models, this rule is wrong but sometimes useful. In the rest of this post I'll cover where it came from, why it's wrong, and what it's still good for.
Read on to learn where the number 1000 came from and get some good hints, like flipping and rescaling images.
Error Handling, Misc Languages, Spark
Manish Mishra gives a few examples of how to handle errors in Scala:
Try[T] is another construct to capture the success or a failure scenarios. It returns a value in both cases. Put any expression in Try and it will return Success[T] if the expression is successfully evaluated and will return Failure[T] in the other case meaning you are allowed to return the exception as a value. However with one restriction that it in case of failures it will only return Throwable types:def validateZipCode(zipCode:String): Try[Int] = Try(zipCode.toInt)
But Throwing an exception doesn't make much sense here since it is not much of a calculation. Although we can take this example to understand the use case. If the given string is not a number, it will be a failure. The value from the Try can be extracted in same as Option. It can be matched
As you write more complicated Spark operations, handling errors becomes critical.
John Mount guest blogs on the Revolutions blog about seplyr:
seplyris an
Rpackage that supplies improved standard evaluation interfaces for many common data wrangling tasks.
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Ben Richardson shows how to use dynamic SQL to create pivot tables with arbitrary numbers of pivot elements:
The headings of the columns are the individual values inside the city column. We specified these values inside the pivot operator in our query.
The most tedious part of creating pivot tables is specifying the values for the column headings manually. This is the part that is prone to most errors, particularly if the data in your online data source changes. We can not be sure that the values we specified in the pivot operator will remain in the database until we create this pivot table next time.
For instance, in our script, we specified London, Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester as values for headings of our pivot table. These values existed in the Сity column of the student table. What if somehow one or more of these values are deleted or updated? In such cases, null will be returned.
A better approach would be to create a dynamic query that will return a full set of values from the column from which you are trying to generate your pivot table.
Click through to see how to build this.
Richie Lee has a new set of functions for dbatools:
There are 3 modules included. I'm going to write a bigger piece about these functions elsewhere, but for now here is a link to the documentation –
Read on for more information and a link to the source code if you're interested in learning more.
Chris Webb points out a new function in Power BI:
It's very easy to use: the first parameter takes a text value, the second parameter takes either a text value containing a single text value or a list of single characters, and it returns the text from the first parameter minus all characters that are not in the second parameter. For example, the expression:Text.Select("Hello", "l")
…returns the text value "ll"
Click through to see an example of how you can use this to filter out punctuation and other unwanted characters.
Bert Wagner has a few tips for improving query performance by reducing the number of reads:
If SQL Server thinks it only is going to read 1 row of data, but instead needs to read way more rows of data, it might choose a poor execution plan which results in more reads.
You might get a suboptimal execution plan like above for a variety of reasons, but here are the most common ones I see:
- Parameter sniffing
- Use of table variables (via Brent Ozar)
- Outdated statistics (via Kimberly L. Tripp)
If you had a query that previously ran fine but doesn't anymore, you might be able to utilize Query Store to help identify why SQL Server started generating suboptimal plans.
Click through for a few more ideas as well.


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The American Indian College Fund offers three fellowships for TCU faculty members. For all fellowships:
- You must be a faculty member at a Tribal College or University (TCU)
- Adjunct/part- time instructors, administrators, and TCU leaders who teach at least one course are eligible to apply. Staff members who meet certain criteria may apply for the Mellon Master's Fellowship.
- Applicants must obtain administrative approval from their TCU administrators to take sufficient leave time to complete all requirements of the fellowship within the fellowship's time limit. (Note, this does not mean a full sabbatical must be granted, just the amount of release time required to ensure successful completion of the program).
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Faculty who are "all but dissertation" (ABD) in a Ph.D. program are eligible to apply. The amount of the fellowship award is $40,000 for a one year period. It is expected that the fellow will be conferred their Ph.D. (or other terminal degree) by the end of this period. The Mellon Faculty Career Enhancement Fellowship deadline is May 3, 2019.
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TCU faculty members and staff members with teaching responsibilities who are likely to become faculty may apply for up to $20,000 in assistance to complete master's degrees. Preference is given to master's study in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. For further information and application materials, check back here for future funding opportunities. The Mellon Master's Fellowship deadline is May 3, 2019.
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Nyswander/Blanchard Pre-Dissertation Fellowship
Faculty enrolled in a Ph.D. program at any level are eligible for this fellowship. The dollar amount of the award varies year to year as it is endowment driven, but ranges from $2,000-$9,000. The Nyswander-Blanchard Pre-Dissertation fellowship deadline is March 29, 2019.
Graduate Hours Program
Provides funding for faculty seeking to complete 18 credit hours in the fields they teach in order to meet recent accreditation requirements for highly qualified faculty (priority will be given to faculty at TCUs accredited by the Higher Learning Commission). Fellowships are awarded for a period of up to three consecutive semesters for each faculty member; the amounts received will be based on candidates' necessary credits (minimum of 6 and maximum of 18), with an upper limit of $15,000.
The Graduate Hours Program fellowship deadline is May 3, 2019.
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Card Brands Service Provider List:
- Visa Global (searchable directory)
- MasterCard (PDF)
- Visa Europe Merchant Agent List
- American Express Service Provider List (PDF)
Other Visa Documents:
- Visa International Operating Regulations (PDF).
- Visa Acquirer Risk Program Standards Guide.
- Cardholder Information Security Program 5.5. (ancestor to the PCI DSS).
PCI SSC Documents List:
PCI Security Standards Council (2010). Documents Library. (This is where you should go first to see if there are updated versions of the documents.)
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard - Requirements and Security Assessment Procedures - Version 3.1.
PCI Security Standards Council (2015). ROC Reporting Template for v3.1.
PCI DSS Designated Entities Supplemental Validation For use with PCI DSS v3.1.
2013 Community Meetings Assessor Slides (document only available to assessors, but with mostly the same information as those in the RSA conference presentation).
Summary of Changes Version 1.2.1 to 2.0 - PCI Security Standards Council.
- Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard - Requirements and Security Assessment Procedures - Version 2.0.
- Summary of Changes from PCI DSS Version 2.0 to 3.0.
Information Supplements:
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- FAQ 1154. Is pre-authorization account data in scope for PCI DSS?
- FAQ 1280. Can card verification codes/values be stored for recurring transactions?
- FAQ 1252. Do all PCI DSS requirements apply to every system component?
- FAQ 1088. What is meant by "adequate network segmentation" in the PCI DSS?
- FAQ 1135. Can VLANS be used for network segmentation?
- FAQ 1146. What is the difference between masking and truncation?
- FAQ 1090. What are acceptable formats for masking of primary account numbers (PAN)?
- FAQ 1086. Is encrypted cardholder data in scope for PCI DSS?
Other Referenced Documents:
- IETF Request for Comments (RFCs)
- Wikipedia
- Open PCI Scoping Toolkit - IT Revolution.
- Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (2015). A database of security breaches from 2005 to the present.
- ZDNet (2015). Anatomy of the Target data breach: Missed opportunities and lessons learned.
- Fortinet (2014). Incident Summary - Target Corp Data Breach - What we, the Industry, know (or think we know).
- Bryan Krebs - Krebs on Security.
- Government of Canada Publications (2011). Social Insurance Numbers: regulating their use (BP-206E).
- SANS Institute
- Verizon Enterprise Solutions (2015).
- Open Web Application Security Project (2006).
- IIA (2013). The Three Lines of Defense in Effective Risk Management and Control.
- PCI Guru (Blog)
- Microsoft SDL Threat Modeling Tool.
- Qualys - Top 10 External and Internal Vulnerabilities.
- Workshop on the Economics of Information Security.
- Web Articles
- Forbes (2013). The 10 Biggest Frauds In Recent U.S. History.
- Forbes (2015). The World's Most Valuable Brands List.
- WSJ Digits Blogs (2014). As the Mac Turns 30, Apple Ponders 'Post-PC' Era - Digits.
- Mashable (2015). Apple iPhone snags 92% of smartphone profits.
- PYMNTS.com (2014). Michael Porter's Five Forces And Payments Innovation.
- Weatherford, Jack (1997). The History of Money.
- Magretta, Joan (2012). Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy. Harvard Business Press.
- Bock, Laszlo (2014). Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead.


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The Magnano castle and apartments within are situated 15 km from the town of Castell'Arquato, on entirely enclosed grounds. It is built on a hill, at 350 m in altitude, in the midst of vineyards and cherry trees, in the heart of the nature reserve of 'Piacenziano'. Panoramic position with superb view of the valley del Chero. Meadow, fruit trees at the foot of the castle. Inside the ramparts, is a large garden. The lived in part of the castle has been completely restored. For shared use: picnic grounds. Private parking. Excursions in the surrounding areas. 4 Mountain bikes available. In a radius of some 100 m, there are several trattorias serving typical dishes and wine tasting cellars. Beautiful, historical castle "Castello di Magnano", surrounded by fields. 25 km from the centre of Parma, 10 km from the centre of Salsomaggiore Terme, 10 km from the centre of Fidenza Village Outlet. Private: garden furniture, barbecue. In the house: internet access, table football. Available: bicycles (5). Parking on the premises. Shop 9 km, shopping centre 9 km, outdoor swimming pool 8 km. Golf course 20 km. Please note: the owner lives on the same property.
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Every fan base has its quirks. It's nothing new, and we're no different. It could be insisting that Matt Holliday wasn't "clutch" (false) or categorizing Matt Carpenter as a "marginal" hitter based on his batting average (just plain goofy).
The latest peculiarity is the itch to move Paul DeJong from shortstop to third base. I can't tell you an exact number, but this is something I hear quite often from fans and some media pals. Transfer DeJong to third base, and go get a smooth-fielding, above-average shortstop to improve the defense there.
Look, if the Cardinals could make a trade for Angels' shortstop Andrelton Simmons, I'd co-sign on the idea of relocating DeJong to third base. Simmons is exceptional defensively, having won four Gold Glove awards in his seven MLB seasons. Simmons has been credited with 184 Defensive Runs Saved since coming to the big leagues with Atlanta in 2012. He's finished first in the majors in DRS in four different seasons, has been second twice, and never ranked worse than third.
Simmons has developed into a respectable hitter, slugging .419 with a .753 OPS and a low strikeout rate (8.9%) over the past two seasons. In the majors only one shortstop, Francisco Lindor, has more WAR (13.4) than Simmons (10.6) since the start of 2017. He's only 29. Simmons also has a team-friendly contract with the Angels, paying him $13 million in 2019 and $15 million in 2020. Simmons can become an unrestricted free agent before the 2021 season. But why would the Angels trade him? They aren't tanking or rebuilding. The Halos are trying to win. They aren't trying to offload salaries in a fire sale.
So for the estimated 96.8 percent of Cardinals fans that are saying "Go get Simmons," it's a fine idea …. well, except for the part that requires a trade with a team that doesn't want to deal Simmons. I've had other folks nominate shortstop candidates to replace DeJong. Except that every shortstop mentioned as a upgrade isn't as good as DeJong defensively. So what would be the point?
In 2018, DeJong was tied for third among MLB shortstops with 14 Defensive Runs Saved. That's an impressive total considering that DeJong missed a bunch of time after suffering a fractured hand on a hit by pitch on May 17. He didn't return until July 6, and played in only 115 games last season. And despite the shortage of innings due to the fluke injury, DeJong had only seven fewer defensive runs saved than Simmons in 2018.
There weren't any real holes in DeJong's defense at shortstop in 2018. According to the Fielding Bible plus-minus ratings, DeJong was a +5 on grounders hit to his right, a +4 on balls hit straight at him, a +9 on grounders hit to his left, a +18 on all ground balls, and a +1 on balls hit into the air.
So what's the problem here?
Even with only 115 games and 490 plate appearances last season, DeJong finished 11th among all shortstops, and fourth among NL shortstops, with 3.3 WAR. That's not surprising considering his power, defense and plus-baserunning. The only two full-time NL shortstops with more Wins Above Replacement than DeJong last season were Trevor Story and Trea Turner. And they had the advantage of playing in 40+ more games than DeJong.
Since coming to the big leagues in May of 2017, DeJong's 6.3 WAR ranks 12th among MLB shortstops — but is second to Carlos Correa in WAR among shortstops that have played in 250 games or fewer over the last two seasons.
In DeJong's two seasons:
* He ranks 10th overall at the position with a level of offense that's 11 percent above the league average.
* He has the sixth highest slugging percentage among shortstops at .482.
* He's sixth among shortstops with 44 homers, and fifth in ISO (.219)
* In his first two major-league seasons DeJong has homered every 19.3 at-bats. That's very good.
In addition, DeJong improved his plate discipline from 2017 to 2018.
His walk rate went from 4.7% as a rookie to 7.3% in 2018.
His strikeout rate — 28% as a rookie — went down to 25% last season.
DeJong's swinging strike rate last season was 11 percent; that was down from 13.3 in 2017.
In his second season DeJong swung at fewer pitches out out of the strike zone (down four percent), improved his contact rate on strikes, and improved his overall contact rate. His line-drive and hard-contact rates went up.
All of that plus the very good defense at shortstop for a player who is still only 25 years old.
The Cardinals can move DeJong to third base if the right shortstop surfaces. But they don't have to slide him over to third.
If it makes you happy, then keep yapping about moving a power-hitting shortstop who plays top-three defense — as if there's something wrong with that. Makes no sense.
Move DeJong? No. Just appreciate him.
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- Camila Carlow sculpts human organs from foraged flora. The result is perfection.
- I must have one of these amazing Rorshach-inspired Ink Blot mugs by We Love Kaoru.
- I enjoyed reading about the intention and technique behind this huge gold leaf painting by Richard Wright.
- I loved Monica Moody's post about her experimentation with printmaking.
- Did you know there is a home swapping site exclusively for artists and designers? I can only imagine the meticulously creative homes in the mix!
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Five days after releasing only a portion of a letter from retired Pope Benedict XVI regarding a collection of books about the theology of Pope Francis, the Vatican Secretariat for Communication released the complete text of the letter.
In a portion of the letter never read at the presentation of the books nor shown in a blurred photograph of it distributed by the secretariat, Pope Benedict expressed his surprise at the choice of one of the theologians tapped to author a volume, Father Peter Hunermann, a retired professor of dogmatic theology at Tubingen University in Germany.
In the letter, released March 17, Pope Benedict said that "during my pontificate" Father Hunermann "led anti-papal initiatives" and that, after St. John Paul II published "Veritatis Splendor" in 1993, Father Hunermann was a major participant in a declaration by theologians attacking "in a virulent way the magisterial authority of the pope, especially on questions of moral theology."
Pope Benedict's letter was addressed to Msgr. Dario Vigano, prefect of the Secretariat for Communication, who had read selected paragraphs from the letter March 12 at the presentation of the volumes, "The Theology of Pope Francis."
The books contradict "the foolish prejudice of those who see Pope Francis as someone who lacks a particular theological and philosophical formation, while I would have been considered solely a theorist of theology with little understanding of the concrete lives of today's Christian," the retired pontiff wrote in the section read by Msgr. Vigano and shown clearly in the photograph.
The communications prefect also read the lines that were blurred in the photograph explaining that 91-year-old Pope Benedict could not write a theological commentary on the volumes since he had not read them and would be unable to do so.
In a statement released with the full text of the letter March 17, the Secretariat for Communication said the earlier excerpting of the letter and the blurring of lines on the photograph of the letter's first page was not intended to deceive.
"From the private letter, that which seemed opportune and relative to the initiative was read, particularly what the emeritus pope affirmed about the philosophical and theological formation of the current pontiff and about the interior union between the two pontificates, omitting some notes relative to the contributors of the series," the statement said.
"The choice was motivated by privacy and not by any intent of censure," the statement continued. "To dispel every doubt it was then decided to make the letter known in its entirety."
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Vavi told a meeting of Cosatu members yesterday that he would announce next week whether he would stay in his position or walk away, the SABC reported.
"To me it looks like I have two choices only. The first choice is to submit. and choose the bad over good, choose a lie over the truth and save myself, my salary and the future of my children. Or I can choose the truth – the struggle of the workers. What they represent. The truth and the good walk next to my shoes. , " he said.
Vavi was speaking at a SA Democratic Teachers Union forum in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. He said there were consequences for whatever decision he would take.
His comments come as the union federation is preparing for a special central executive committee meeting during which he is expected to explain why he boycotted the last meeting of its top brass.
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Vavi is also facing disciplinary action for having sex with a junior staff member. But it appears he might resign before even clearing his name, raising the spectre of a new federation.
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Feb. 15, 1930 – Feb. 25, 2019
Services for Jean Lavaun Hawkins were held on Friday, March 1 at the First Presbyterian Church in Greybull. Jean, 89, passed away Feb. 25 in Powell after a brief illness.
Jean was born in Centerville, S.D. on Feb. 15, 1930, the youngest of the three children of Clarence "Red" and Lenora (Johnson) Olson. When she was 4 years old the family moved to Rapid City, where she graduated from Rapid City High School in January of 1949.
She was married to Dan Hawkins on April 15, 1949. They were blessed with three children: Bob, Barbie and Theresa.
Due to Dan's military service, the family lived in many different places, including Seguin, Texas; Fort Rucker, Ala.; Mineral Wells, Texas; and Rapid City, S.D., before finally settling in Greybull in 1964, where Dan became co-owner of Hawkins & Powers Aviation.
In addition to working in her father's cafe, as a bookkeeper for GE, and in various businesses in Greybull, Jean enjoyed snowmobiling, art classes, crocheting, and knitting. She was known for her wonderful hospitality — at her home in Greybull, on the road in their RV, in their second home in Mesquite, Nevada, and finally at The Heartland in Powell.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dan; her sister, Betty Huttinger; and her son-in-law, Will Murdoch.
She is survived by her brother, George Olson, in California; son Bob and daughter-in-law Becky Hawkins of Greybull; daughter Barbie Murdoch of Greybull; daughter Theresa Hawkins of Powell; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorials in Jean's name can be made to the Jean Hawkins Memorial at the Bank of Greybull, with donations going to The Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting and the First Presbyterian Church.


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Waiting in a queue today to send some Christmas presents abroad, I thought of the post office I staffed as a child, in my room. It was a slick operation. There were pale blue and mint green envelopes; sheets of coral-coloured stamps; officious looking forms and slips to fill in for tots with a mind to claiming family allowances. Sometimes, with daring, I included my real cornflower blue post office savings account book in the game. Where it said "occupation" I had grandly written "student", although I was seven and had never been near a mortar board or a cheese toastie in my life. People brought me back real forms and slips from actual post offices and banks to swell my counter. I didn't, like the heroine of Henry James's In the Cage, have a telegram department, and become far more drawn in to the lives of my customers than is strictly wise but I would have if it had crossed my mind.
In addition to this thriving business, I also kept a grocer's. In the parade of shops near our house there was a store that sold raspberry cream biscuits; the actual biscuit was longer in length and shorter in texture than your standard custard cream, more like a Nice biscuit in reality, and the cream filling was an antique Barbie pink colour and ever so slightly vinegary. Still, I liked to have them in stock, keeping them until they were almost squishy with damp in a small cupboard. Coffee-mate, a product that seemed exotic to me, was the other staple of my store. I would measure out white powder in small spoonfuls, like a miniature drug dealer.
Do our childhood play-businesses have a bearing on our later careers? Stationery and biscuits have been important in my life, for sure, although it's only rarely that I sell them now. But it's part of my identity that I boast a good table. I am proud of my stationery department, the restocking of which is one of my favourite things about autumn. So it adds up in its way.
A brief survey of my friends' "play jobs" revealed interesting results. One pal, a grown-up editor of newspapers and magazines, used to run a whole stable of titles from her bedroom as a girl. Chief among them was The Daily Dad, typed on the eponymous hero's old typewriter and including crosswords, news items, a cut-out-and-keep feature and dispatches from assorted cousins. Tycoon-like, my friend would sit behind the dining room table with the "newspaper" on the music stand so she could get a view of the whole publication and make informed decisions.
A friend who works in film told me of the vast studio complex he ran as a child, with offices and buildings spread out across his sitting room. MGM in its prime had nothing on him: the sound stages, the rehearsal rooms, the costume department.
"Oh how glamorous," I said. "It is as if even then you somehow knew."
"OK OK," he snapped, no longer able to live the lie. "It was just a garage. All right?"
A newish friend, as a child, busied herself with the task of letting people down gently. "I'm terribly sorry" – she'd speak the words out evenly, gazing into the mirror – "but I just cannot marry you." Then, extremely tactfully, she would go into her reasons, sending the fellow off with hope that he might be better suited elsewhere; it really wasn't him, it was her. In later life, it's true, she broke a certain number of hearts but she did it with style and tremendous sensitivity.
Another friend's play-job was receiving Academy Awards, and perfecting her acceptance speeches. She runs her own pub now and stars in a television cookery show. It's all good.
A writer I admire was Robin Hood shooting arrows at the neighbours as a tot. Among my inner circle, there's also a conductor and a bus conductor, a teeny restaurateur, an early years' ballet school proprietor, a supermarket owner who arranged tins on his book shelves and a coal miner. None have made great strides in their early chosen fields but the Robin Hood is bold and kind and writes books with a strong moral thread. The coal miner is a man of great dignity and bearing.
My seven-year-old likes to play at driving a black taxi. Sometimes I test her on her routes. Last year her career plan was to be "the person who licks the pandas".
Next year, who knows?
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Joan P. Chase – Franklin, Mass.
Joan P. Chase – Franklin, Mass.
Joan P. Chase, 87, passed away Friday in Countryside Health Care of Milford. She was the beloved wife of the late Howard J. Chase.
Born in Bell Island, Newfoundland, Canada, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Helen M. (Parsons) Kennedy. She resided in Franklin, Mass., for the past three and one half years previously residing in Cumberland.
She was employed as a secretary and a C.N.A. at the former Diamond Hill Nursing Home, Cumberland, for many years and was also a volunteer at Mt. St. Rita Health Center.
She and her late husband were also very active at all of the many events held yearly at the LaSalette Shrine in Attleboro, Mass. Christmas was her favorite time of year, however she and her late husband also enjoyed dancing which included the "Lindy" the precursor to the Jitterbug. She enjoyed her family and precious grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Gardening, knitting, CNN and politics were some of her favorite pastimes along with her Red Sox and romantic music from the likes of Johnny Mathis and many others. She was a communicant of St. John Vianney Church and a Eucharistic Minister for many years.
Joan leaves three daughters, Vicki A. Chase and Katherine M. Chase, both of Franklin, and Lisa J. Giguere and her husband, Michael, of Georgetown, Texas. Also surviving are four siblings, Marilyn Cumings of Strathroy, Ontario, Bette Kennedy of Toronto, brothers Llewlyn and Gerry Kennedy, both of Vancouver, British Columbia; three grandchildren, Adam Witkowski, Allyson and husband, Jevens Strachan, and Caitlin and husband, LaRue Medlin; four great-grandchildren, Camden and Brody Witkowski, and Will and Sofia Strachan.
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to Joan's Life Celebration to be held Tuesday, Jan. 8, with calling hours from 4 to 7 pm in the J. J. Duffy Funeral Home 757 Mendon Road, Route 122, Cumberland, and continue on Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the funeral home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. in St. John Vianney Church, Diamond Hill Road, Cumberland. Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Cumberland.
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I walk slower now...
...I've noticed.
During the past few weeks, the speed of everything around me seems to be gradually increasing. Now they are whizzing by. But the apparent change in speed of my surroundings hasn't occurred. Rather, I've been slowing down.
For so long, I've been wrapped up in getting things done, my "to do" list became scripture to me. "Oh, crap. I need to get batteries. Siri, where's the closest convenient store?" I arrive, walk quickly to the batteries, check out, get back in my car, on the road again. Life is good.
The other day however, I suddenly woke up. Maybe that's figurative for something deeper, but I literally woke up in a grocery store to the realization that I had been standing in the same spot for two minutes studying the patterns of some succulents on sale.
"What the hell am I doing?"
"I have places to go, things to do!" Then it hit me in the face, equivalent to the force of a four-year-old with a foam baseball bat…. "No I don't. I have time!"
I don't feel so rushed anymore. The responsibilities of a regular job tend to take up more mental space than their actual size. I've made secondary tasks priorities in my daily schedule which have caused me to suffer from a deadly disease which kills more Americans than any other ailment today (that's a total fabrication, I think). I'm recovering from haste, the energy-draining, character-depleting, passive aggressive-fueling, insecurity-building mindset synonymous with businessmen who don't have time for their families and put work before their wives.
I'm only 26 years old. Why do I think that way already? I'm happy to see the first signs of recovery. If I was going to use a cliché to sum up my point I would say, "Stop and smell the roses." I guess that's a familiar sentiment. But the issue is deeper than that. Just walk slower and you might get a taste of what I'm talking about. Appreciate the little things.
Slow down. That doesn't mean that things will take longer to get done, it just means that you'll notice and appreciate the little things along the way. Those are often the most important things to notice, especially as artists. It's immensely important for the artist to slow down. We have to notice the details because the little details are what paint the masterpiece. I'm done with the clichés; I promise.


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5 tips for running a successful model shoot
We share 5 tips for running a successful model shoot with your crew
Running a model shoot with a crew can become quite expensive. That's why you should make sure you get the maximum out of your time and money.
In this tutorial, we share 5 tips that are vital for the successful execution of a model photoshoot. The focus is on getting the most value and the best possible results for your time and money.
We cover the following tips
1. Work out the looks
2. Produce a detailed call sheet
3. Prepare your clothes
4. Sort your rail
5. Get your styling kit
What you need for a successful photoshoot?
1. A rail full of products you want to photgoraph
2. Styling kit
3. A call sheet
1. Work out the looks
Focus on the centerpiece of the outfit
Make sure to not overpower one piece of clothing with another, especially not to overshadow the one you're trying to showcase . All pieces should complement each other.
Prep your neutrals
Get your neutrals ready in advance. A few good pairs of clean and basic jeans, simple, black & white trousers and tops; shoes that work nicely with the outfits you've chosen and that will allow you to get through the rail easily will do.
2. Produce a detailed call sheet
Use the list to organize your shoot
Having a detailed call sheet and distributing that to your crew will help you run a smooth operation and will inform everybody about important details.
For example, everyone will know when they need to turn up and where and what needs to be done throughout the day.
Create an itemized list
Preparing a list of every item you need to photograph is crucial to running an efficient shoot.
Make sure your list is clear, easy to follow, and updated with all the relevant infomration such as style codes and product numbers.
3. Prepare your clothes
Double check goods
After receiving your goods, whether they're straight from the factory or your distributor - unpack and check them against their description. Make note of the colors, any imperfections, sizes and so on.
Preparation is key
One of the essential tools for you to have on set when preparing for your photoshoot is to have your steamer on hand. With it, you can get rid of any creases on your clothes.
Start preparing a day in advance - that will give you enough time to get everything ready.
4. Sort your rail
Put your outfits together
If you have quite a few outfits to shoot, put your looks together in advance. This will help you with the hair and makeup process as well.
Get yourself organized
There is no universal approach to organizing a rail. Consider your shooting itinerary and group accordingly. Pair your outfits in the right order.
5. Get your styling kit
You need a really good tool kit. It's essential to have that at an arm's length at all times so you can jump in and edit a look if needed.
You may want to include the following items in your styling kit: pins, clips, scissors, brushes, lint rollers, double sided tape, tissue paper, masking tape, anti static wipes, a can of compressed air, wet wipes.
Try to get as much of the hassle as possible out of the way in advance so you can have a smooth-running photoshoot and you can have happy, productive people achieving great results, frustration-free.
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When I first moved to Virginia, I had the privilege one snowy day to observe birds of prey close-up from my hotel window. I watched these magnificent creatures for hours, admiring their stealth ability to see great distances as they flew with the precision of flawless acrobats.
They functioned as a cohesive unit partnering up to better their chances of finding food. They would then share what they caught. One would never eat too much, while the other would soar high above protecting and keeping watch until it was their turn. They were seamless and displayed the basic forms of unity, nurturing and compassion it takes for a species to survive. We should pay attention and learn from these lessons.


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Dinghy sailing courses & lessons in Rye, East Sussex
At our dinghy sailing school in Sussex, on an inland lake by the South coast, we offer Royal Yachting sailing courses and private lessons with our team of experienced RYA instructors. Topper Topaz and Laser Pico's make up our fleet of boats with a Laser Magno and Laser Bahia. All course dates can be viewed and courses booked through our on line booking system but if the dates don't suit you do give us a call and we will try and offer alternatives. All our boats based here in East Sussex are available to hire by experienced sailors.
RYA Start Sailing Level 1 – 2 days – £189.00
- You will be shown how to rig a boat
- Sail across the wind and upwind
- Learn how to tack and gybe
- Bring your boat safely ashore
- You will cover all necessary theory and ropework
The RYA Start Dinghy Sailing two day course is for complete beginners, and teaches you all the skills and theory necessary to get you helming a boat confidently on your own. You will learn to tack and gybe, and sail round a set course. During the two days you will spend maximum time on the water, with the instructor close at hand to guide you safely and expertly throughout the day. All equipment is provided including wetsuit and buoyancy aid (just bring old trainers to wear, or if you have them wetsuit boots). On completion of this course our boats can be hired in light winds.
RYA Sailing Improver Level 2 – 2 days – £189.00
- Progress with the Five Essentials
- Balance, centreboard, sail setting, trim, course made good
- Man overboard recovery
- More advanced boat handling skills
- Improve knowledge of rigging and reefing
The RYA Level 2 course continues with the skills you learnt in Level 1. You progress to more advanced techniques and learn the 'Five Essentials' for sailing – balance, trim, sail setting, centreboard, and course made good. When to reef, rope work, and towing are all covered, including sources of weather forecasts, and use of the anchor. By the end of this sailing course you will have the knowledge and skills to get the best performance from your boat in a variety of conditions. The resulting RYA certificate will enable you to hire a dinghy in centres throughout the world.
Fast-track – RYA Levels 1 & 2 – £338.00
- Book onto both courses and make a massive saving of £40
- Progress rapidly with your skills
Book onto both courses and you will progress rapidly with your sailing skills. Some practice is needed between lessons but after your Start Sailing course you can come back and hire on an hourly basis. Go to basic skills course info for more details about the two day content.
RYA Progression Level 3 – 2 days – £199.00
- Helm and crew seamanship skills
- Use of spinnaker
- Introduction to racing
- Improving on the five essentials
On this course we introduce you to helm and crew seamanship skills and theory. Becoming confident in working with another crew member is an essential part of the course. The five essentials are developed and improved on. You get your first opportunity to use a spinnaker. An introduction to racing is another element of the course content.
RYA Seamanship Skills – 2 days – £199.00
- Learn to crew and helm in a double hander boat.
- Use of main sail and jib
- Sailing rudderless
- Rigging of crew boat
The RYA Seamanship course will progress your skills to handling a larger boat with main sail and jib. You will learn to crew and helm in a crew boat, and most of the work afloat will be done with your instructor aboard. The course content includes rigging, launching and recovery, sailing tight circles, and sailing rudderless. Emphasis in the theory section is on building on the confidence of the student to make correct seamanship decisions in moderate wind conditions, and the practical skills to manoeuvre the boat in a seamanlike manner. An RYA seamanship certificate is given at the end of this course.
RYA Sailing with Spinnaker – 4 hours – £105.00
- For students who have completed basic skills or above
- Learn to use an asymmetric or symmetric spinnaker
- Use of trapeze
- Capsize recovery including spinnaker
This course is for sailors who have completed their 'Basic Skills' course or above. Your instructor will teach you how to sail a dinghy/keelboat/multihull rigged with an asymmetric or symmetric spinnaker. Part of the course content includes rigging a boat with spinnaker, and trapeze. To perform spinnaker hoist, gybe and drop as crew or helm. To understand how to sail best course downwind, and to do a capsize recovery including spinnaker.
Private 1.1 lessons
£45.00 per hour – single hander
£55.00 Laser Bahia
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Well, today I finished the last exam of the semester, it was 3 essays in 2 hours, all about 500 to 700 words each. Thats pretty hefty if you ask me. I found it hard to finish. My last essay turned into more of a scrawl of thoughts than anything else. But it had an intro, it had a conclusion, and it had a body, so technically it is an essay, perhaps the marker wont think so if they cant read it though 🙁 .. ohh well, hopefully a pass will rear its head come results time!
Some new features to bloggin bros may be as follows… pictures in blogs, a blogroll(so that you can visit the blogs of my buddies), a voting poll, and some half decent Question and Answers.
Prac is coming up soon, so I dont know how time is going to treat me in the coming weeks, but we can only do our best.
Now it is time to end with a Joke:
Did you hear that a scarecrow won the nobel prize?
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If you don't like shameless plugs, read no further. On the other hand, if you want to see real feedback from real Accepted.com clients, this is the post for you.
One of the real perks of this work is receiving the emails from clients after acceptance. After weeks of working closely with our clients, my staff and I really do care about the outcome of each and every client's application. While I can't say we only hear good news, we do hear a lot more about acceptances than about rejections, and I would like to share a little of the feedback that has come in during the past couple of weeks.
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You help with the essays made a huge difference, both in the quality of my essays and the confidence that you instilled in my writing abilities. I am so grateful.
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Natalie i got the NYU acceptance over a week ago and i had forgotten to write to you about it. I again want to thank you for the hard work with me. As i mentioned i worked with two other people in this process and you were without a doubt the most helpful. I felt your strategy, analysis, and insight were the best. Again i just wanted to say thank you.


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|A Public Right of Way Into Kitty's Wood
First of all, I should explain a bit about the history of Kitty's Wood.
Once upon a time there was a huge industrial complex which provided a substantial amount of employment for the population of Crook. This consisted of a coal mine, a brickworks, coke ovens, a benzene factory an enormous spoil heap and a vast area of railway sidings. This complex had a long history but closed in the 1960's and the landscape was recreated into fields and woodland in the 1970's.
This is Kitty's wood and the locala population of Roddymoor, Crook and Billy Row have enjoyed free access to it ever since. It is crossed by several public rights of way and within it's depths are paths created by usage over time by dog walkers, cyclists, horseriders and people just out for a stroll
It has had issues with off-road trail bikes and litter and yoof bonfire booze-ups and eejits digging dens in the spoil tips and so on, but generally its been a popular resort for innocent enjoyment.
But it's been sold by the County Council and, suddenly, narbed wire entaglements and brush and tree barricades have appeared and general access is now not possible. As you can imagine, the good people of Crook, Roddymoor and Billy Row are a bit miffed about this and there are dark mutterings.
So, I went to see what it was all about.
Me and the dawg walked along all of the rights of way bordering or crossing into and out of Kitty's Wood and Bankfoot woods and found that, apart from some long-standing mapping issues, and some recently disappeared rights of way signposts, all of the public rights of way are open. Indeed, there are some new stiles, some of which were installed last year by Durham County Council work parties, but some seem to be courtesy of the new landowner.
There are three main user-created paths. The first is a high-level path along the Southern rim of the woodland and access to this is completely blocked, except that the barbed wire at the Easter end has been clipped.
|Path baricaded by wire, fencing and cut trees (Not currently a PROW)
The second is a path running up the centre of the wood and this is open at the eastern end but blocked at the Western end.
A third path running through the Western section of the woodland appears to be open and useable.
New fencing has been put up throughout the complex, probably at considerable cost and effort and , it would appear at first sight that litter and rubbish around the place has been cleared. The reduction in traffic seems to have had an immediate effect on the quality of the experience of the place and it suddenly seems much richer in terms of birds and flowers than it did before.
As the rights of way are open , there's no issue the be addressed, except to keep an eye on any developments. Forty or so years of general free access to the woodland and to two of the main paths in particular is an issue, though and below is an extract from the Durham County Council website which seems to indicate a strategy for dealing with this should the citizens of Crook, Roddymoor and Billy Row decide that they want their wood back.
Definitive Map Modification Orders or claims
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 allows anyone to apply to the county council to make an order to change the Definitive Map and Statement if they believe the map is incorrect. These are called Definitive Map Modification Orders (DMMOs) and can be made if evidence is found to show that:
a route that should be shown isn't shown
a route that is shown shouldn't be on the Definitive Map
a route is shown as having the wrong status (for example, shown as a footpath instead of bridleway)
a route is shown on the wrong line
a route should be more precisely defined (for example, have its width recorded)
this evidence may be historical (for example, old maps, tithe plans, enclosure awards) and/or user evidence, where the public have been using the route uninterrupted for more than 20 years
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What happens next? I'm not sure...... Clipping the wire may be an understandable reaction if this was done by a local, but there are legal strategies which ultimately are more likely to be successful. Direct action to clear the blockages would have to be better equipped than with just wire clippers becasue the barricades are substantial and, given the level of landowner investment in capital and in new fencing, a protracted struggle outside the legal means of Definitive Map Modification Claims might well be futile and could be deemed criminal damage. So we'll see.....


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One of the things I love most about museum work is the collaborative aspects of it. You don't need to necessarily agree or disagree. From time to time colleagues will offer to write a guest post about some aspect of museum work, and they will be featured here. They may or may not reflect the views of the site owner, but short of including hate speech, they stand a good chance of being posted whether or not I agree with them. I believe in the freedom of speech and open communication.
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There's mounting evidence that being active as you age has health benefits. A new study shows older people may preserve their mobility and brain function by having a more active lifestyle. Stay active for brain health "Use it, or lose it," geriatric specialist Ronan Factora, MD says. "The more activity you do, the better off your brain function." Researchers from Rush … Read More
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Crow's feet, bags and dark circles can make your eyes look older than you feel. Aging is unavoidable, but you don't have to give in to looking old when you still feel young. Plastic surgeon Raymond Isakov, MD, says the most common problems have simple solutions. Droopy upper lids The problem: The upper eyelids can … Read More


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San Antonio native Reek $avage released a music video for his track "FLIPPIN" yesterday at 2:10 p.m. The track was produced by YungTone as a single release being used to show everyone the versatility of the music $avage and the Dirty3rd are capable of.
"Just wanted to give the people something to jump to, while still maintaining the essence of quality lyrical content throughout the beat." Reek $avage told Sobre Sound. The video itself was shot and edited by XpensiveVisuals from here in San Antonio and created a lot of $avage's and DIRTY3RD's videos.
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