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The Synonymous Company Profile is LIVE
Woo-hoo, finally!
Clearly an about page wasn't enough — I was determined to create a company profile that went a little bit more in depth on who we are, our mission, aesthetic, and ultimate goals. The PDF file features a selection of our designs as well as the coolest, most accurate mood board. After browsing Pinterest, I located photographs that illustrated our aesthetic as closely as possible, creating a mood board we're calling: The Synonymous Signature Aesthetic Mood Board. A befitting name, yes! The entire composition reads Synonymous, wouldn't you agree? A lovely Instagram follower commented on the photo, explaining what she saw and I think she's 100% correct :) We're going to be showing this company profile to potential clients, industry leaders, and as an introduction to business collaborations. Go take a look, friends.
Mood Board Sources: (Left to Right) Chloe Spring 2017 Ready to Wear, Versailles, Door at Le Petit Trianon, NYC photograph from Happy Grey Lucky Blog, Christopher Peacock Kitchens + Cabinetry, Alyssa Kapito Interiors, Men's Fashion Via Pinterest, Laura Hammett, Glasses of White Wine,
Contemporary Bathroom by Laura Hammett, Sophie Paterson Interiors
Oh, I went ahead adding an updated version of a rustic chic dining room I had shared a while back. Love how this design turned out. I know our portfolio is currently composed of wanna be CGI's, jajaja, but they're our way of representing the overall schemes we envision. I LOVE CGI's (Computer Generated Imagery) or in other words, photo realistic renderings, but they take ages to complete, plus are labor intensive, so unless necessary or specially requested, we're currently doing the design boards this way. Still gets the point across, eh?
Bye, bye for now, my lovelies. Hope you like our company profile. Eventually I'd like to update it once we go through an entire rebrand for Synonymous, but for now it is serving us just fine :)


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Software Licensing Management Featured Article
What Adoption of Software Business Models Means for Device Vendors and Software Providers
Here is a question for readers. "Do you believe that next generation value creation and the ability to establish and sustain differentiated competitive advantage is going to be heavily reliant on software?"
Actually, the question is a bit rhetorical. The obvious answer is YES! The reasons are that regardless of location, enterprise size or vertical market, For a long time now, many product or device-oriented companies have understood that their future value is in the software embedded in their products or that enable them to be useful and are transforming away from being product houses to service companies that monetize the value of the software and the information it generates.
This business transformation impacts every aspect of how an enterprise's people, products, services and processes function. And, not the least of which is the need to adopt new software-centric business models that can help create more compelling outcomes for customers while simultaneously increase responsiveness and reduce operations costs.
This need to transition will be the subject of an informative webinar, "From Shipping Boxes to Delivering Software-Driven Value to Customers," to be held June 16, 2016, 11 am EDT/ 3 pm GMT. You are invited to take part in Gemalto's (News - Alert) second Ask the Experts session of the year—part of Gemalto's quarterly webcast series that looks at new trends in the licensing, entitlement, and protection space.
It features Amy Konary, Research VP of Software Licensing and Provisioning at IDC (News - Alert), and Mark Seery, Sr. Director, Strategy and Corporate Development at Juniper Networks. It will look at how cloud and virtualization are expediting the adoption of software business models and what this means for intelligent device vendors and software providers.
Key questions answered will include:
•What are the key forces driving this transformation?
•Which key business model elements must be in place?
•How are software and service supply chains fundamentally different from traditional product supply chains?
•What technology considerations should I focus on to enable this business?
•Who are the top 3 stakeholders within my organization and how should they adapt to this transformation?
A major reason to hear from and ask the experts is because such business transformations require C-level buy-in along with cooperation across lines of business with clear delineation of roles and responsibilities if success is to be achieved. It is a subject that Seery will discuss in detail.
In short, regardless of where your organization may be in transforming into an entity that is correctly positioned for the software-centric world that is already here and accelerating as the engine for next generation value creation, this is a session you should mark on your calendar to attend. In fact, you also may wish to catch the first Ask the Experts session with Frost & Sullivan (News - Alert), "Get Connected To Profit: Embracing Software Propels Growth in IoT Era."
Edited by Maurice Nagle

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The Full-Time Advantage
Students increasingly are pursuing part-time, online and executive M.B.A.s. But recruiters have their doubts.
Part-time, online and executive M.B.A. programs may be growing in popularity, but the traditional full-time degree still rules with corporate recruiters.
In the short run, students who take an alternative approach to a full-time, two-year program are reducing their opportunity costs by continuing to draw a paycheck. But they aren't necessarily getting the degree that will most impress corporate recruiters and jump-start their careers....


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Utah Real Estate
Looking to buy real estate in Utah? The market has changed over the past few years and is going to continue to change over the next few (drastically) and here are a few things you should consider before buying any Utah real estate.
First, the Olympics didn't affect the state as much as people thought it would. Before the olympics, people thought the olympics would bring with it a rise in home values. It didn't.
Second, unlike California, real estate values in Utah have not shot up in the past 10 years. Things have really kept a steady pace of increasing. One of the reasons for this is because of the availability of utah real estate. All over the Wasatch front there has always been a surplus of available land on which to build a new house.
Over the next few years, this is going to change. With new communities being built all over the place, land is becoming more scarce. This is one of the reasons California real estate has gotten so expensive, because there isn't anywhere else to build a new house, you have to buy a house from someone who already owns one. In Utah, and especially in Salt Lake County and Utah County, land is running out so expect home prices to begin to rise more sharply over the next 10 years.
Third, are you planning on buying rental real estate? Be careful of where in Utah you are going to rent. Many markets have been saturated over the past 3-5 years with a surplus of brand new apartments for renters to choose from. Many markets in Utah real estate rentals used to have a shortage of apartments and a surplus of renters (often students) which made building apartments in those areas very luctative to investors.
Recently however, because a lot of investors saw the opportunity at the same time, there are too many apartments and landlords are having a hard time filling them. If you are looking for investment properties, you might want to look at this Utah real estate help site. They have put together a list of resources for people looking to buy real estate in Utah.
Fourth, be careful. Utah is on a major earthquake fault line. Be sure you can get earthquake insurance in your neighborhood. Often it's not an option because insurance companies won't allow it in certain areas. While floods have not historically been a problem, there are many damns in Utah that are aging and are threatening the real estate and populations that lie below them. Be sure to do your own due diligence before you buy any Utah real estate.
John Jonas is an entepreneur and a family man. He has interests in Utah real estate, Utah businesses, and in internet marketing. More can be found out at his Jonas Family website.
Investment Property Part 2 of 2: What You Need to Know Before You Buy
Welcome to the second portion of a two-part series on investment property. In the first installment, "How Not to Become a Slumlord", we discussed a little of what it takes to own and operate a property as well as some of the do's and don'ts of the property management trade.
Residential Property Abroad
It is increasingly common for individuals to own more than one property and in many cases the first investment after the family residence is in a holiday home. Whether you are buying a place in the sun, a country retreat or a city centre apartment, if it is in a foreign country you will be exposed to an unfamiliar legal system and to taxes in the country concerned.
Various Aspects Of The Lease Purchase Business
In a previous article, we wrote why we believe that Lease Purchasing is the perfect home-based business, here we want to briefly touch on some of the actual aspects of operating such a business, the pluses and minuses and why Lease Purchasing represents a win-win situation for the seller, the tenant/buyer and just as importantly, you, as the business owner. One of your goals in operating a Lease Purchase business is to contract for property that you then move to the tenant/buyer.
How To Negotiate A Higher Price For Your House
Negotiation is where many FSBO home sellers really have problems. The wrong attitude or a slip of the tongue could cost you thousands.
Property Investing - Am I Buying for Profit or Prestige?
All of us have emotional preconceptions and assumptions. They are reinforced and fine tuned by our experiences of life, be they traumatic, disciplined or consistent.
Selling Houses Fast: Basics of Design & Color Psychology
Fixing up houses to ready them for sale includes a design plan for needed changes. Save money on transformation costs by choosing design details right the first time.
The Listing Agents Role in Selling Your California Home
Advertising to the "Public"Every home seller likes to be assured that their listing agent and or their real estate company will run ads featuring their home. Newspaper ads range from color photo ads to lots of listings reflected on a page with primarily only copy.
How Can I Stop Foreclosure on My House?
We understand the being in foreclosure is a scary thing. You are probably wondering how can I stop foreclosure on my house.
Maui Realtors: What You Need To Know
Maui is a great place for families of any size. However, before you plan a move to Maui and contact those Maui Realtors, there are some considerations that you should take care of.
What is Tax-Deferred Exchange?
Under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, owners of real estate held for investment or use in a trade or business can swap their property tax-free for "like-kind" real estate. Exchanges are made for people wanting to stay invested in real estate, increase their leverage and to avoid paying hefty taxes upon the sale of property.
Property Auction & Why You Should Run A Mile From Them
That's A Funny Thing To Say About Property Auctions; They're All The "RAGE, Aren't They?"From The Desk Of Colm DillonHello Colm here ..
Home Owner Association Restrictions - Read Before Buying
Many communities have associations for homeowners, property owners, condo owners, or similar associations. The presence of a homeowners association, also known as "HOA", introduces another layer of rules and regulations to consider when buying a home.
Real Estate Negotiation Secrets
When you bought your home, you offered less than you were willing to pay, right? That's the most common negotiation technique. For experienced investors, however, that's just one little secret among the many more powerful ones.
What is a Loft Apartment?
What is a loft apartment? At the most basic level a loft apartment differs from a regular apartment because of the open layout. Lofts are open floor plans with few if any walls separating the living, dining, living and sleeping areas.
Selling Houses: The Basics of Design Psychology
I'm often asked about the basics of Design Psychology, which offers innovative interior and exterior design ideas for increasing profit and shortening market time. In reply, I begin by saying that Design Psychology's strategies go well beyond normal cleaning, painting, and repair.
Real Estate Investing - Finding Cheap Houses
Real estate investing expertise can certainly accommodate the luxury home market. In some ways, the upper end of the housing marketplace produces easier success than the lower end.
How to Own a Dream Home in Spain
Every year hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors travel to Spain to delight in the fantastic weather, stunning natural landscapes, excellent entertainment options and superb Mediterranean beaches. Many of these people dream of one day owning their own property in Spain, in fact Spain is now one of the most desirable second home and retirement destinations in the world.
Real Estate Investing: Sales and Negotiation Skills are Critical
Do you want to build wealth through real estate? You need expertise in two critical areas: specific investment strategies and sales and negotiation skills. But if knowing how to identify good deals is what's really important about investing in real estate, why do investors need to worry about their sales and negotiation skills?"Knowing how to identify good deals is certainly a critical part of real estate investing, but it's not the only part," says Russ Whitney, internationally recognized real estate expert and bestselling author of Millionaire Real Estate Mentor (Dearborn Trade Publishing).
Tax Free Exchanges: Watch out for the New Residence Rules
On October 22, 2004, President Bush signed tax legislation that contained a provision affecting Internal Revenue Code section 1031 (the like-kind tax-free exchange rules).Under this new provision a taxpayer who exchanges under Internal Revenue Code section 1031 into a rental house as a replacement property for a previous investor property and later converts it to his or her primary residence, is not allowed to exclude gain under the principal residence exclusion rules of Internal Revenue Code section 121, unless he/she sells the property at least five years from the date of its acquisition.
Top Tips for First Time Home Buyers
Advice to Help When You're Buying a HomeFirst time home buyers might feel better to know that they're not the only ones who feel confused about the process of buying a home. Nearly all home buyers feel the same way, even if they've bought a house in the past, because it's easy to forget the home buying steps you took to get there once the event is behind you.
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Do you remember Ruby Tandoh from the Great British Bake Off? The poor woman who had to endure weeks of rumours she fancied Paul Hollywood because people are idiots, and finally broke her silence over it in true style when she called him a "peacocking manchild." There is no more apt description.
Well, Ruby has written several cookbooks after Bake Off, but also co-created Do What You Want, which is all about mental health. This produced an invite via Twitter to appear on Good Morning Britain. When researcher Charlotte Sexton asked, Ruby replied brilliantly, because going on that show means sitting near odious pile of bowels Peirs Morgan.
"hi charlotte, i know it's just your job so no hard feelings, but piers morgan is a sentient ham and frankly i'd rather die."
Zing. Obviously no one at Supajam wants to see anybody die, but if Dr Who failed and time was rewritten and Piers Morgan didn't exist we'd be okay with it.


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Pianist Lucy Faridany & Baritone Peter Tuff
Baritone Peter Tuff and pianist Lucy Faridany performed a recital on Wednesday, August 9, 2017, at 7:30 pm at All Saints' Church in Carmel-by-the-Sea. The program featured Robert Schumann's song cycle Dichterliebe, and Ralph Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel. Both Tuff and Faridany are well-known locally for their respective contributions to the performing arts here, and the recital was not the first time Monterey Peninsula audiences have heard them perform together. Their past collaborations here have included recitals of opera, art song, and musical theater selections.
Based on a collection of poems written by Heinrich Heine in 1823, Schumann cast this series of short verses, the central theme of which expresses the joys and sorrows of love, into sixteen songs which Schumann himself termed a 'cycle' (as opposed to a circle or row). The themes of these brief poems cover a range of emotions expressing the happiness felt by new love, to then rejection, sorrow, reconciliation, and forgiveness. The entire work is a personal account of a journey through the many emotional phases of love. The role of the piano in the Dichterliebe cycle remains very close to the changing moods of the text, although Schumann's skillful writing for the piano nearly evolves into independent melodic entities themselves. In fact, Dichterliebe has been described as "a duet for voice and piano" because of the prominent and unique role of the piano part, distinguishing it from other song cycles.
A few specific songs stand out in the cycle. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen/A boy loves a girl showed off Tuff's fine German diction as he emoted a good telling of the story. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen/On a shining summer morning, a contrast in tone and energy from previous the piece, the piano is full of descending arpeggios that evoke the walk in the garden. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet/I cried in my dreams starts on a single note, the sparse and at times silence-filled accompaniment was poignant. The strophic, Allnächtlich im Traume seh' ich dich/All night I see you in my dreams was then more episodically legato in both the vocal and piano lines. Aus alten Märchen winkt es/A white hand beckons was march-like, and is as close as we get to cheerful. At the end, we must leave the dream, back to the disappointment of reality, however, the ending piano tag briefly reminds us of the cheerful dream.
The Songs of Travel is a setting of poems written by the Scottish novelist and poet Robert Louis Stevenson, whose brief three-month sojourn in Monterey County is well-known. The songs reflect the joys, sorrows, loves, and losses of the wanderer-traveler. Set by Vaughan Williams between 1901 and 1904, the original "Songs of Travel and Other Verses" source material from RLS, published in 1896, consists, surprisingly, of a set of 44 poems; another trove into which to explore.
The Songs of Travel set started off elegantly! With brilliant predictable march passages, skilled crescendos and easy dynamic variation, this vagabond stuff is perfect Tuff-ian repertoire. The Vagabond introduces the age-old theme of the wanderer, the mountain man, the unfettered man, the free man. In 4/4 meter and marked Allegro moderato (alla marcia) in the voice, and sempre pesante il basso in the piano, it starts with a distinctive heavy staccato march rhythm, giving us a foretaste of the dotted triplet figures in the voice soon to come, we can see his determined gait down the byway as he describes life on the open road, the first stanza culminating in his booming declaration, "There's the life for a man like me," with a degree of finality on the descending 7th "There's the life for ever." The second verse codifies his mindset with the striking, simple yet powerful line, "Let the blow fall soon or late, Let what will be o'er me." He seeks not wealth nor hope nor love nor a friend, only the heaven above and the road below him. But what if the heaven above is not simply the sky, and the road below is not literal – could these be analogous to death, his wish for either heaven or hell? Let the blow fall soon or late, let what will be o'er me has new meaning…
Right from the first notes of the concert we observed baritone Peter Tuff at the top of his form. As a master of his craft he used the power and expression of his voice, his dramatic skills and his clear immaculate diction in the service of vocal story telling. There is a simplicity and naturalness in Tuff's music making — every sound, every phrase, every gesture seemed natural and appropriate to the music. There was no artifice and there was no exploiting the music for personal affect. It was always the music that was important, and the result was an impressive demonstration of how music can absorb our attention and involve us personally.
Pianist Faridany also exhibited the same straight forward devotion to the music. Her playing seemed effortless, yet never glib. She created many levels of magic in her control of colors, dynamics and the shaping of phrases. When the music demanded technical mastery, it was all there, and as I said, she made everything look very easy (which it certainly isn't). She exhibits a natural grace at the piano, and her skills as an equal partner truly enhanced this recital.
And what would such a song recital be without an encore? Yes, it was I who shouted "Encore!" and the duo so very obligingly obliged. The perennial first-year vocal student favorite, "Silent Noon," also by Vaughan Williams, is beautiful and tear-evoking when done by a man of life and music and travel and love.
The power of the poetry of Heinrich Heine and Robert Louis Stevenson skillfully married to expressive music, such as we heard in this fine recital, suggests to us that there is not enough poetry in our modern day lives. The men and women of the romantic era often turned to poetry to express how they felt, to put inexplicable sensations of mind and heart into relatable correlations, and as an outlet to define experience and individual realizations with a depth of understanding. The aesthetic deficit in society today is the lack of exposure to daily beauty, the soulless pastimes of spending too much time in traffic, in office buildings, in strip malls, watching television, being caught up in sensationalistic news cycles, in vapid conversation. When Heine's poetry emerged in 1823, and Stevenson's in 1896, those who were literate eagerly anticipated the publication of volumes of poetry, stories, novels, premieres of musical pieces, plays, operas. They read, shared and discussed such things. Serialized novels in newspapers and magazines were the soap operas of the day, and forced the average person to use their imagination.
We can elevate our lives through more exposure to poetry and fine literature and music, and expose the children we know to such things. Bored children are the result of bored parents. Ask a grandparent what poetry they were exposed to during their childhood and teen years. Who were the household names in the literary world? Were they required to memorize and recite verse in school? The answers to these questions draw the dividing line between the generations. Why is being versed in pop culture more important than being able to hold your head high knowing something about literature and poetry and music? It is our responsibility to educate the young people in our lives about great poetry, so that they will have the capacity to go to recitals like this in the far future, and be moved, because anything less allows children to be hollow, rewards boredom, and is a disservice to their emotional and psychological development; the tragedy is if one doesn't take children to concerts, or read them poetry, they will never know what they are missing.


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Queens Park Rangers: Ian Holloway admits QPR came up against a 'very good team' in Sheffield United after defeat at Blades
PUBLISHED: 10:00 21 February 2018 | UPDATED: 10:22 21 February 2018
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Rs beaten 2-1 at Bramall Lane on Tuesday night
Queens Park Rangers manager Ian Holloway heaped praise on Sheffield United after suffering a 2-1 loss at the Blades in the Championship on Tuesday.
Richard Stearman and John Lundstram put United in control as they dominated the game, until Luke Freeman scored to set up a nervy finish.
Stearman slotted the opening goal from a 27th minute corner, connecting with Leon Clarke's headed flick-on.
Conor Washington missed two good chances to level, before Lundstram blasted in the second at the back post, bursting into the box late to reach Billy Sharp's low cross five minutes into the second half.
The Blades, looking comfortable, then allowed Freeman space and he punished them with a driven shot that found the bottom right corner just after the hour.
QPR pushed on whilst United continued to drop deeper as they dug deep to hold on.
It was not the result Holloway would have wanted as QPR made it three away games in the league without a win, but the manager was keen to laud opposite number Chris Wilder for the job he is doing with the Blades.
"We played a very good team. Their manager deserves all sorts of credit, their staff deserves all sorts of credit, the crowd deserves all sorts of credit from how far they've come," he said.
"I thought we should've scored first. I thought we started in a good way, but unfortunately that's the story of our season away from home. Even our fans are singing a song about it and it's starting to get on my nerves now.
"Listen, you can't let goals in like we did from a set-play. Someone didn't mark the man at the back post and somebody's played everyone onside and left us wide open.
"You've got to say they were clinical, they looked like they believed they were going to do it. Normally they go on and smash everyone so I'm proud that we managed to come back and make a fight of it."
Wilder, meanwhile, commented: "I thought we played well. We let them back into the game. I said don't be embarrassed about the players you're playing against.
"To win the game of football against QPR is a real good achievement for us and I'm delighted at the way we played. I'm delighted at the end where we had to find a way to see the game out, which we did.
"We would have loved it to have been a lot easier but we're talking Championship football, so I'm not going to be too critical about us winning games at this level of football. We deserved to win tonight, no doubt in my mind.
"I thought the front two were good all night again. I thought Leon was the outstanding player for us, even though he'd loved to have scored. Whether he linked it up or ran down the side, I thought he was great and it was a fantastic performance from him."


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With 200+ active paying members and over a thousand photographers in our online groups, USC's Photo Club is a large and vibrant community. Every semester we host more than 20 events, including workshops, retreats, and networking socials. Along the way, we've partnered with many popular brands to showcase their products at these events and educate our members about them. If you're interested in partnering your company with USC Photo Club, drop us a line in the form below!
Lowepro is a retailer of high-end camera bags and camera protection equipment. They've paired with USC Photo Club to stage giveaways of their products and help spread their brand to the rising generation of photographers.
Canon is a manufacturer of camera equipment and accessories and many of our members shoot using their equipment. In the past they've given us sneak peaks at their most cutting edge products and have helped us run demos of their products.
Profoto is the industry leader in studio lighting equipment. We're working with them to hold workshops about lighting techniques and studio photography.
Joby is a developer of the GorillaPod, camera accessories, and mobile photography mounts. They've paired with USC Photo Club to stage giveaways of their products and help spread their brand to the rising generation of photographers.
The USC Fashion Industry Association is USC's premier professional fashion network and we work with them to stage collaborative events like our Fashion Shoot and Instameet.
Partner With Us
We are always looking for new opportunities to partner with companies to help host events for our members! Please fill out the form below if you're interested, and we will get back to you as soon as possible!


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Posts Tagged 'The Royal Mint'
Discover the coins that built the British Empire
The East India Company is living proof of Sir Walter Raleigh's (1614) prophetic words: "whosoever commands the sea, commands the trade, whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world and consequently the world itself," as they rapidly became a trading force to be reckoned with.
And coins were one of the key ways the company managed trade across the globe.
At its peak the EIC was single-handedly responsible for half the world's trade, including cotton, silk, spices, opium and tea.
Remarkably, the East India Company is still trading today. And they have just authorised a set of limited edition Gold coins paying tribute to the most important coins in their history.
Here is the story behind the coins…
Portcullis Money – 1601 (Throughout the Empire)
Ordered by Queen Elizabeth I to facilitate increased commerce on behalf of the British Crown and to compete against the widely used Spanish Real. These were the first coins issued for the British Empire outside of England's normal coinage.
The Cartwheel Penny – 1797 (Australia)
The Cartwheel Penny was the first British coin to be exported to Australian Colonies. It was introduced to help curb Britain's chronic coin shortage which was impacting economic growth. Specially designed to prevent counterfeiting, and the thick rim and inscription led to the pennies being informally named 'The Cartwheel Penny'.
The Elephant and Castle Guinea – 1663 (Throughout the Empire)
The guinea is regarded as the most successful trade coin, exponentially increasing British and local trade wherever it was introduced. This Guinea was the first British machine-struck coin, and adopted its name from where the gold was mined from.
The Company Rupee – 1833 (India)
The Rupee is one of the world's oldest systems of money. It was adopted by the East India Company upon its arrival in the East, and soon became one of the company's most important coins and means for trade. In 1833 reforms to the Indian weights and measures led to coinage in India changing from the Sicca to the standard 'Company Rupee'.
The Rix Dollar – 1821 (Sri Lanka)
Great Britain sought to develop Ceylon's (Sri Lanka's) economy and increase trade to and from Europe. As a part of this aim The Rix Dollar was struck specifically for use in Ceylon. Designed by Benedetto Pistrucci, who is also responsible for the now iconic rendition of St. George slaying the Dragon which features on British Sovereigns.
The British Trade Dollar – 1839 (The Orient)
To facilitate the trade of their most lucrative commodities, namely tea and opium a trading post in Canton, China was established. During the Trade Wars Great Britain found itself having to rely more and more on its own silver coinage, and this paved the way for one of the most distinctive silver British coins in numismatic history to be struck: the British Trade Dollar.
Hog Money – 1609 (Bermuda)
In order to develop Bermuda's prosperous economy King James I granted permission to mint coins, which resulted in the issuing of Hog Money, inspired by the wild hogs previously introduced to the island, it's the first English coin to be minted specifically for use in North America.
The St Helena Halfpenny – 1821 (St Helena)
In 1815 St Helena's economy benefited from the arrival of the former French Emperor, Napoleon, during his second exile, as the famous prisoner brought with him an entourage of British troops, effectively doubling the islands population and prosperity. As the economy swelled, St Helena's first local coins were introduced.
The Nova Scotia Penny – 1823 (Canada)
Prior to the Canadian Confederation in 1867 many provinces issued their own coinage. However in 1823, without seeking official approval from the Home Office, the province of Nova Scotia ordered the issuing of coins. The coins, issued in denominations of one pennies and halfpennies, contributed to the expansion of local commerce in Nova Scotia.
The 2019 Empire Collection
For this exceptional 2019 issue collectors will be taken on a journey to the far flung corners of the world. Retracing the steps of the East India Company, to discover some of the most significant coins which have helped build an empire stretching across three centuries from 1600 to the Victorian Era.
Finished to an exceptionally high standard, the 2019 collection truly represents the global resonance of The East India Company and these significant coins. There is no doubt the 2019 Empire Collection is going to become a future collector priority.
If you are interested…
Out of a Worldwide edition limit of just 100 we have a small stock of the 2019 Empire Collection available. If you are interested in owning a set – please complete the form below and we will contact you directly.
The United Kingdom coin struck in New York
Today I would like to tell you a fascinating story about a very limited edition United Kingdom coin struck in New York almost 60 years ago.
It is extremely rare that United Kingdom coins are struck anywhere other than in the UK, however the New York Exhibition in 1960 presented a rare opportunity for The Royal Mint to take their minting expertise overseas.
New York Exhibition
Still struggling to recover from post-war austerity, the height of Great Britain as the dominant trading nation of the world seemed a distant memory in 1960.
Britain was desperate to revive its ability to trade internationally and so the New York Exhibition was organised to demonstrate the best of British manufacturing to the American market with the hope of increasing British exports to the United States.
The New York Exhibition Crown
A brand new coin was struck for the occasion and although it was somewhat overlooked in Britain at the time, it stands out today as one of the most interesting Royal Mint coins ever struck.
That is because although just over a million New York Exhibition crowns were minted in the UK, a very small number were struck at the exhibition in New York so that visitors could see the best of British manufacturing before their own eyes.
This limited edition coin was minted especially for the visitors to the exhibition and only 70,000 coins were struck – that is less than 7% of the mintage of the ordinary circulation version!
Could I own a limited edition New York crown?
Although they were struck with a specially polished die, there were no special mintmarks on the coins struck in New York making them extremely difficult to distinguish from the ordinary uncirculated version.
However, as the ordinary uncirculated coin was somewhat overlooked at the time in Britain it too has a surprisingly low mintage – less than a fifth of the 1953 Coronation Crown and less than 6% of the 1965 Churchill Crown.
Some of the unsold crowns minted at the exhibition were brought back to the UK by The Royal Mint, meaning that there are likely to be a small number of rare crown coins which were struck in New York buried in collections across the country.
This coin played a key role in boosting Britain's trade relationship with the United States, and the fact that a very limited number were actually minted at the exhibition in New York makes it undoubtedly one of the most interesting UK coins of the 20th century.
If you're interested…
We are offering collectors the chance to own the New York Exhibition Crown struck in uncirculated condition (who knows, it might even be one of the rare coins that came back from New York!). To secure your New York Exhibition Crown for just £19.99 (+p&p), click here >>
New Peter Rabbit coin breaks the internet – Silver Proof 50p sells out in HOURS
Britain showed itself as a nation of nostalgic coin lovers as the release of the new Peter Rabbit Silver Proof 50p brought the numismatic net to a standstill.
At one point The Royal Mint had over 50,000 people in a queue to access its website and The Westminster Collection also saw record traffic – with all hands on deck to keep the servers running.
All available Peter Rabbit coins were sold out before the newspapers even ran a story – and collectors who got in early were left feeling like they won the lottery.
30,000 coins gone in just a few hours
The pandemonium echoed the release of the 2016 Peter Rabbit 50p, which also caused a collecting frenzy but was limited to 15,000 coins. This year's issue has an edition limit of 30,000 but the demand was also amplified.
The coin was fully allocated across the board by 4pm, but the queues were still long as collectors changed their focus to the Brilliant Uncirculated editions of the coin. Savvy buyers were desperate to bag what will go down in history as one of the UK's most sought-after coins.
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The lucky few that secured the 2016 coin for £55 now own a coin that changes hands for up to £400 on Ebay. This year's coin has already started appearing in auctions, and whatever happens it looks like the £60 retail price will turn out to be a bargain.
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IN THIS ISSUE: Sweet Water Stories - Read about new projects and connections Humans of Sweet Water - Meet Natalie Zepeda Events - Find out what's happening at the Commons Recipes - Think of warmer days with this Basil Walnut Pesto Photos - Take a look at photos capturing the Puppet Show at SWF Spread the Love - Show Your Support for Sweet Water Foundation REGENERATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION Sweet Water Stories Family Day @ Smart Museum: Building Blocks and Sunflower Stalks Read More Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival @ the Commons Read More Working Through S.C.A.L.E. Program Launch at the Perry Ave Commons Read More PEOPLE Humans of Sweet Water Meet Natalie Zepeda...Natalie is an architecture student at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) who has been interning at Sweet Water Foundation (SWF) since December of 2017. After discovering SWF's pop-up shop at the Chicago Design Museum in the Block 37 mall, Natalie found that she fit right in with the Sweet Water family. Natalie has been using her skills as an architecture student to draw designs and build 3D models of various spaces at the Perry Ave Commons which spark creativity and show possibility. She recognizes the incredible impact Sweet Water Foundation is making and hopes to be part of the team for as long as possible. Click here to learn more about Natalie. EVENTS What's Happening at the Commons? RADICAL [RE]CONSTRUCTION OF VALUES: WORKSHOP #4 We invite you to join us for the fourth workshop of a year-long series of gatherings and events that seek to catalyze the Radical [Re]Construction of Chicago's South side. At this session, you will engage in action-oriented dialogue through which we will collectively reflect on the current state of work and begin to articulate the values and actions required to realize our vision of reconstruction. Light breakfast, coffee, and lunch will be provided. Arts and crafts activities will be available for children. RSVP Required. Click here to register. JUNE VOLUNTEER DAY @ THE COMMONS On Saturday, June 9th, SWF will be hosting our second volunteer day of the year. Join the Sweet Water Foundation community as we prepare for the 2018 farming season. Roll up your sleeves and help with clean up, flower planting, transplanting, organization, and more. RSVP Required. Click here to register. Volunteers should wear comfortable clothing and closed toed shoes and bring a water bottle and sun protection. Please note: This event will be canceled in the event of heavy rain. We will contact all registered volunteers to update on the status of the volunteer day. SAVE-THE-DATE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION @ THE COMMONS Save-the-date for the first annual Juneteenth Celebration at the Perry Ave Commons. Join us as we celebrate this important, historical event with live music, arts & crafts, health & wellness activities, and much more. More details coming soon. RADICAL [RE]CONSTRUCTIONS: EXHIBIT @ THE SMART MUSEUM The Radical [Re]Constructions exhibit will connect the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago to Sweet Water Foundation's Perry Avenue Commons. The installation features a large, three-dimensional representation of a house, set against the Museum's central lobby wall and constructed from salvaged materials including wood that SWF apprentices finished with the traditional Japanese shou sugi ban charring technique. The Smart Museum is free and open to the public. For museum hours and directions, click here. RECIPES Basil Walnut Pesto Basil is a flavorful and delicious herb that can be grown indoors throughout the year. The basil plants at The Commons have been growing indoors throughout the winter months, and are almost ready to be planted outside. 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NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Wall Street ended lower on Monday as a bounce in Apple failed to offset growing concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve could raise interest rates sooner than later.
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I couldn't come up with a better title for this post. Sorry! My brain is sort of mushy and I am pretty gosh darn tired!
My second week went well! Yesterday was a hectic day, and that is why I never posted last night. :-O Sorry! I was at school until 12:30 (went to the sim lab to practice my blood pressures). By the time I got home it was 1:00, I ate lunch, did some school work and before I knew it the kiddos were home! Kindergarten Open House was last night 6:30 - 8:00 and Third Grade Open House was tonight from 6:30 - 8:00. Both kiddos are doing great so far! But being out for those hours really messed up my school work schedule!
Yesterday I learned to do a blood pressure. No more fancy machines or dopplers to help me out -- just a blood pressure cuff (SPHYGNOMANOMETER) and a stethoscope. I had a hard time hearing in the classroom which was noisy but once we went to the lab it was much quieter and was easier to hear. Andy gave me a hard time because he learned to do blood pressures in the Dominican Republic last year and couldn't understand why I had such a hard time. So my project manager/architect husband is better than me at taking a blood pressure -- I assure you this is only temporary and it won't be long before my skills exceed his!!! ;-)
I took my first quiz today in 223 -- 86. Not bad. I have decided that 8:00 am is not a good test taking time for me. My brain is not fully awake. The mistakes I made were retarded and I knew the right answers but my brain didn't let me answer them correctly. Maybe more coffee next time? Hee hee. I saw something in Walmart the other day called "40 hour energy". I didn't even investigate it further than the cover of the package because, quite frankly, it scared the crap out of me! 40 hour energy??? Sorry, I digress.
Today was very cool. We got to practice using lifts in the lab. I got to use a Hoyer lift (one of the coolest things ever!), a sit to stand lift (also very cool), an overhead lift, and we got to practice moving a patient from a bed to a stretcher. We worked in our clinical groups of eight and took turns being nurses and patients. This is the stuff that I like!!!! Hands on! It was great fun! We also got to learn how to use a walker, cane, crutches and a gait belt (gives patients a handle!) and we practiced aiding a patient who is falling. All very cool stuff. I love my clinical group and we are all really "gelling" and getting to know each other. It's a great group!
Tonight I am zombie tired. It's 9:15 and I am seriously contemplating going to bed! My brain would like some time off. I just had to pop on here and make sure that I updated for all my devoted followers. Until next week. . .


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Who is the king of the United States? Well, according to Google, it would be Barack Obama.
The Google Answer was pulled from Breitbart, which was a story posted almost a week ago entitled All Hail King Barack Obama, Emperor Of The United States Of America!
Google apparently thought it was true and assigned it to their Google Answers database, potentially filled within their knowledge graph.
Who knows if Google thought of this as an Easter Egg, or they seriously didn't know about it when this went live on their search results. In that case, it could simply be a case of getting it their answers from third party sources.
As of this writing, when I tried it, the Answer box did not appear for me on Google, but I did see the Breitbart article in the search results.


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Advent and the Vulnerability of Hope/
Our relationship with hope changes as we grow older.
When I was a child, the anticipation of the Christmas season filled me with excitement. My heart would dance in joyful wonder in the presence of trees and lights, my tastebuds would water in expectations of cookies and cider, and my mind would swirl with the possibilities of presents and parties. I never worried that these expectations would fail to come to pass.
The hope of Christmas was tangible and good.
By the time we reach adulthood, our experiences of disappointment have stacked into a giant wall. Times we have been left waiting, dreams that never became reality, results that weren't what we wanted, and relationships that have fallen apart, all these come together to form a barricade around our desires. It begins to feel safer to stay inside than to break through. We know all too well how horrible it feels if our expectations aren't met.
Sometimes hope feels less like goodness and more like danger. In a wide open space filled with possibilities, we know that one option, sometimes the most likely option, is that we will be hurt.
Advent is a season of longing for Christ. We travel back in time to wait alongside those who lived before Christ came, and we sit in the present time to wait with the world for Christ who is still coming. We notice the brokenness of this world and the jagged edges of ourselves, and allow ourselves to anticipate the Savior who is coming to make us whole.
At Advent, we enter into a season of hope. At least, we try to.
Because, honestly, it feels like too much to believe sometimes, doesn't it? That God came to earth as a baby? And that He will come again to make all things right? Because He is actually real and He actually loves us?
What if we hope, only to have our expectations dashed once again, like they always are?
It feels safer to sit in the darkness, behind our wall, than to break through and believe in the possibility of the light.
I wonder if part of the waiting of Advent is to hope that we don't have to be the ones to break through. Because at Christmas, God showed us that He is the type of God who breaks through on our behalf. That His love can push through our walls, pull us out from hiding, and hold our hands as we walk in His light towards something new.
Maybe at Advent, God is showing us that in the vulnerable space of hope, we don't have to wait alone.
The risk of hope feels tangible to me this Advent. Come January, I don't have a job. Like a crazy person, I left my current position without a plan for what's next. (You can hear more about that in the message at the top of this page.) In an amazing way, God made Himself tangibly present in that decision, and yet I find it difficult to continue to trust Him here, in the waiting space.
As I've talked with God about what is next, the scariest things to pray about haven't been my fears. The most difficult truths to admit to God are my desires. What if I build up these hopes and expectations only to have them dashed?
Hope pushes us to confront what we believe about God's character. Do we believe that He is good, regardless of our circumstances? Do we believe that He is at work, even when the world is such a mess? Do we believe He cares about our desires?
In Mark 10, when Jesus comes across the blind man Bartimaeus, he doesn't simply heal him on the spot. He starts with a question,
"What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to see." - Mark 10:51
Do we have the courage to answer Jesus question, "What do you want me to do for you?" To answer that question for ourselves and for the world?
Do we have the courage to hope?
Just yesterday, when I was doubting God's presence in this waiting space, when hope was feeling too risky, God broke through and pulled me out from behind the wall. In an amazing way, He reminded me that He is here and He sees me. I am not alone.
The beauty of Advent hope is that though we wait in longing for the Christ who is still coming, we also worship the Christ who has already come. Having eyes to see Christ at work in our present can give us the courage to name our desire for Christ to work in our futures.
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...Of order amidst the chaos! Yesterday I was totally overwhelmed - a true basket case. I got almost nothing done. But this morning I felt a bit more hopeful and am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, although the tunnel is quite a long one.
My exercise plan during this time when my workout room is unsafe to work out in is:
-10 pushups whenever I think of doing them
- shoulder, bi, tri and back exercises with 15 lb dumbbells whenever I think of doing them
- plus the bending, squatting and thousands of steps I am getting walking back and forth throughout the house tossing, moving stuff.
- stretching when I think of it
I was teaching Moppet 1 to make pizza today, and when she was kneading she found some bugs in the flour. So, I drove to Taco Bell.
I am currently sorting through clothes that were in various boxes in one of the closets...so far I have 3 bags to give away, the current fall/winter clothes in one box, and one "save" bin of little girl's clothes and one of boy's clothes.
I am pleased to say that I am getting rid of lots of things I have hung on to for various weird reasons - not just clothes, but all kinds of things. I have LOTS of stuff that I use...I have realized that no matter how cool something is, if I don't use it or it isn't really important psychologically, it is not worth taking care of.
A bit later...
I have not had a single meltdown all day...amazing! And I am even listening to rock music on my record player - Cream - that's probably a once-a-year occurrence!
Only did 10 pushups today, but also only ate about 1700 calories.


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Sweden has an extensive rail network and using the train to get from one place to another allows the traveler to discover the country's natural beauty. Plus, you can always enjoy a meal on board. The trains are modern, making it a delight to choose this method of transportation.
Inter-Regional Trains
The biggest operator is the government-owned SJ . To get the cheapest tickets, go to their website 90 days before your scheduled departure. Point-to-point tickets are quite expensive, so the alternative would be Sweden InterRail pass for the European citizens or the Eurail pass for the non-European citizens.
The inter-regional trains have 1st and 2nd class, as well as a restaurant car. There are special seats for disabled travelers available.
Unlike in most European countries, bicycles are not generally allowed in trains. But SJ lists , on their website, the trains which transport bicycles. And there's a surcharge (149 SEK / €16.62) for a bike.
SJ operates high speed trains which zip you from city to city with the speed of 200 kmph. The high speed trains operate on the following routes:
- Stockholm to Copenhagen, Göteborg, Jönköping, Sundsvall – Härnösand / Östersund
- Göteborg to Malmö, Copenhagen
- Stockholm – Borlänge — Falun
- Stockholm-Karlstad-Arvika
The night trains offer a good way to cover long distances, while sleeping comfortably in a couchette or a sleeper. The trains also have a dining car which serves all meals. Bicycles are not allowed on night trains.
Regional Trains
The companies operating trains within the regions are usually contracted by the counties. So, each region has its network and own operator.
In Scania (Swedish: SkÃ¥ne), the operator is SkÃ¥netrafiken (the site is also in English). You can take the bicycle in the train if there is room left and the train manager is the person who decides how many bikes can be taken on board. Jojo Discount card can be bough for the summer, for 30 days or pay as you go and offers discounts. For example a regular ticket for the Malmö-Köpenhamn (Copenhagen) route is 105 SEK / €11.71 if paid in cash and 84 SEK / €9.37 if the Jojo card is used. The company also operates buses within the same region.
In Mälardalen, Trafik i Mälardalen is the operator. The website also lists both trains and buses. The site is only in Sweden.
In the north part of the country, Connex is the operator offering train connections.
UL serves Uppsala county and they operate both trains and buses.
However, SJ lists all the trains operating in Sweden (along with the operator) , as well as those passing through the country. The prices are listed and you can purchase the ticket directly from the website. On their main page they list the "Best Buy Calendar" which is a very good resource for finding the dates of the cheapest fares on the most popular routes.
Scenic trains
An exciting way to discover new area is by taking a scenic train ride through spectacular places. The Inlandsbanan runs between middle of June to the end of August, from Kristinehamn to Gällivare. InterRail passes are valid on the trains. Ticketsc can be bought for sections of the route. The Inlandsbanan Card is a good options for those who want to explore the are on their own (and don't plan to buy package tours). The single ticket from Östersund to Gällivare is 992 SEK / €111. From Mora to Östersund, the single fare is 427 SEK / €47.63.
Connex operates the Lapland train, which is another scenic journey in Sweden. They allow one baggage and one bicycle per passenger (for 99 SEK / €11.04). It runs from Malmo or Göteborg to Stockholm and stops in Narvik. Interrail and Eurail passes can be used on the Lapland train.


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1/2 cup vegan mayo - Ceres organics have a great option or make your own
2 handfuls coriander
Prepare corn in your favourite way. Boiling for 8 - 10 mins is great or grilling for 10 - 15 mins too. Cool slightly then slice the kernels off and set aside in a bowl.
Slice onion and pepper into thin slivers. Add to corn with drained black beans.
Slice courgette into coins and then those into 4. In a little oil fry the courgette for 5 mins until starting to gain colour. Don't overcook or the courgettes will be mushy. Add to other ingredients and give everything a good toss together.
Finely chop the coriander and stir into the mayo. Dollop on top of the salad bowl and enjoy!


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Crazy? Maybe
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I'm alone in my tiny studio apartment, iMac glowing, fingers on autopilot on the keyboard, dark circles under my eyes, spreadsheets and diagrams strewn across my makeshift desk, open Advil bottle at my side. I'm doing it again. Wasn't once enough? Everyone I know thinks I'm either absolutely crazy or incredibly brave. I think I'm a little bit of both. I'm Aliza Sherman, and I'm an entrepreneurship-a-holic, about to start Business No. 2.
Well, I'm not entirely alone. Thousands of businesses are starting up in apartments, garages and basements as you read this. Can't you smell the angst; can't you feel the pain?
My addiction to sweat equity began in 1994 at the wrong end of a 9 mm gun. True story: My friend and I were held up at gunpoint and kidnapped in Manhattan. We managed to escape, and I fled the city to spend a few months regrouping in Santa Fe, New Mexico. While there, I answered an ad about the "World Wide Web" and took a one-hour, $10 class in HTML.
I returned to New York City with an idea: to start a business combining my marketing background and secret Internet hobby. (I had been online since 1989, after I bought a computer to type manuscripts because I wanted to be a published writer, but that's another story.) My other thought was, "I don't think I can work for someone else anymore. I need to follow my own vision." Maybe my near-death experience affected my perception of work and how I was spending every waking moment. Maybe it was just my time to become an entrepreneur.
The first thing I did was select a name for my emerging Internet marketing company: "Global Link." I quickly discovered a very large telecommunications firm had the same name. Oops. At least I hadn't spent too much money on business cards. Lesson learned: Do a trademark search for your company name.
My strategy was to build a personal Web site to use as my portfolio, then call everyone I'd ever met at my previous jobs in the music business and the nonprofit sector. I still needed a company name, and it came as I prepared my site for its 1995 debut. I decided not to put a photo of myself on it; instead, I drew a cartoon character of myself, added a hot pink cape and a gold "CG" emblazoned across her chest, and voila! Cybergrrl was born! ("Cyber" from William Gibson's sci-fi novel Neuromancer; "grrl" because "girl" sounded too young.)
But I didn't use Cybergrrl Inc. as my company name at first. I was afraid I wouldn't be taken seriously, especially by men, so I used CG Internet Media. Eventually, people started asking what CG stood for, and once they found out, they began calling me Cybergrrl. Lesson learned: the power of a good brand.
After cold-calling people who had never even heard of the Internet, I finally landed a few meetings. Armed with hot pink business cards I had made myself, plus an entire computer--CPU, monitor and all--I walked into offices ready to bring the world online.
I secured my first client through a connection at a nonprofit organization. That led to my next client, which led to my next. Lesson learned: the power of networking.
By this time, I had an intern working in my apartment and needed another, but there was no room for three. So I turned to a friend--the one who was held up at gunpoint with me. He came aboard and helped me move into a modest office space. We both maxed out our plastic to buy office gear (copy machine, fax machine) and a Web server. Lesson learned: Find friends with deep pockets.
Ironically, the office and most of the furnishings came from a small Internet company that was going out of business. Without that easy entry, I'm not sure I would have had the courage to take the office-space plunge. Then again, after staring down the barrel of a gun, it was a piece of cake!
Stay tuned for the continuing saga of "Been There." Next month: How to Be a Real Business (Or Just Look Like One).
Aliza Sherman is an entrepreneur and author of the book Cybergrrl: A Woman's Guide to the World Wide Web (Ballantine Books, $12, 800-726-0600). She is currently working on her next book and new company.


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GSmartControl is a graphical user interface (GUI) for smartctl (from smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk and solid-state drives. It allows you to inspect the drive's SMART data to determine its health, as well as run various tests on it.
GSmartControl supports ATA drives (both PATA and SATA), various USB to ATA bridges and drives behind some RAID controllers (selected models of 3ware, Areca, Adaptec, Intel RAID controllers). See smartmontools USB support overview for an (incomplete) list of supported USB to ATA bridges.
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C:\> choco install gsmartcontrol
To upgrade GSmartControl, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
C:\> choco upgrade gsmartcontrol
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The dust has settled over Beverwijk, as the greatest tournament on the planet is done, and done successfully! This is the aftermovie and we hope it will give you a reason to attend this major Special Needs tournament next year: April 12-14, 2019.
Final schedule for the BENG!XX tournament in Beverwijk (NL)
SNJF have completed the enrollment, poules have been completed and can be found HERE, their volunteer army is briefed and poised to go, and the first guests have arrived from Brasil and Japan.. Brace yourself, for BENG!XX is upon us!
This is the schedule for BENG!XX as published earlier this week. Please subscribe to the specialneedsjudo.nl website to be kept up-to-date on developments.
|Friday evening april 13th 2018
|15:00 – 17:00
|Divisioning workshop (English spoken)
We invite all our judoka and coaches present in NL to attend this workshop, especially the judoka that did not participate in our tournament before, as we will do their actual divisioning during this workshop. Please wear your Gi, it is very interactive!
|17:00 – 18:00
|Referee, Rules and Regulations seminar (English spoken)
|17:00 – 18:00
|Weigh-in for judoka already present
|Saturday april 14th 2018
|Venue opens
|08:00 – 08:30
|Weigh-in for remaining judoka
|09:00 – 12:00
|Special Needs World Judo Games 2018
Levels 1-3
|13:00 – 17:00
|SNWJG Kata Tournament
|17:00 – 18:00
|Coach workshop (Come in Gi!)
|20:00 – 23:00
|Party in Assumburg Castle
|Sunday april 15th 2018
|Venue opens
|09:00 – 12:30
|Ben van der Eng Memorial, morning session
Levels 1-5, judoka under 16yrs
|12:30 – 13:30
|Intermission, with the ladies band 3eigenwijs!
|13:30 – 17:30
|Ben van der Eng Memorial, afternoon session
Levels 1-5, judoka 16yrs and older
|On Saturday, people who do not participate in the contest can be transported by one of our shuttles to the Beverwijk Bazaar (link in Dutch) where you can have fun and maybe score some cheap bargains! The trip costs 2 Euros vice versa, to be paid to the driver.Pickup will take place at about 17:00 in an agreed spot.
Time to apply for a Visa to the Netherlands!
The organisation of the 20th Beverwijk tournament BXX is calling for all participants who need a visa to come to the Netherlands, to apply for one as soon as possible. Processing time for a visa can take up to 60 days. Read the full article HERE.
Registration is open for the greatest Special Needs Judo event on the planet!
The registration for Beverwijk 2018 is open! SNJF from The Netherlands, in conjunction with SNJU will organise the greatest Special Needs Judo event on the planet for the 20th time! And for this special edition, the Saturday of the tournament has been renamed to the Special Needs World Judo Games to emphasise the presence of judoka from all over the world.
This great tournament takes place on april 14 and 15, 2018, in three parts:
- The Special Needs World Judo Games, the top tournament for levels 1, 2 and 3 (14/4)
- The SNWJG Kata tournament (14/4)
- The great Ben van der Eng Memorial Tournament for all levels (15/4)
As always, surrounded by music, seminars and fun!
You can view the information and sign-up pages HERE.
See you in Beverwijk!
World Judo Games 2018 (Beverwijk)
In 2018 the SNJU in conjunction with the SNJU will organise the very first SN Judo World Games in Beverwijk on the occasion of its 20th year anniversary. This event is open every special needs judoka in the world in levels 1, 2 and 3
If you are interested in participating, or in the events surrounding the World Judo Games, then please click HERE to subscribe yourself to the newsletter (preferably using your Facebook account) and select the category "BEVERWIJK 2018 EN"
If you are aware of other interested clubs or persons, then please do not hesitate to point them to this website.
For our friends abroad who are not yet aware of the five-level classification (in use in most European countries, as well as the Special Olympics): A document about this can be downloaded HERE.


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I've been taking riding lessons lately, trying to improve my riding ability and hopefully get myself (and my adorable horse Sadie) a bit more competitive at the shows and maybe even move up a level… Taking lessons is cool. I learn new things and I happen to think that learning new things is very cool. My horse learns new things and becomes more fun to ride. However, in the process of taking lessons I am also rediscovering a fact that is, paradoxically, both my favorite and least favorite thing about riding.
So what is this favorite/unfavorite fact? I've heard it phrased several different ways and I've even told other people this very same nugget:
It's never the horse's fault.
If you can't get your horse to do something, it's usually (always?) because you're doing something wrong.
It reminds me a bit of a line from a Liz Phair song… "If you do it and you're still unhappy, then you know that the problem is you…"
So what did I learn this weekend? Yep. The problem is me. I wanted to take jumping lessons because "Sadie really likes to take off long and launch over jumps" and "Sadie doesn't seem to really understand how to package herself in between jumps" and "Sadie goes way too fast and out of control over a course of jumps." Well… as it turns out, I've been inadvertently telling Sadie to take off long and launch over jumps and go fast and out of control. Miraculously, as soon as I changed a few things about how I was riding, suddenly Sadie was so much more relaxed and happy. Suddenly Sadie was quite nicely packaged in between jumps, and lo and behold, she wasn't too fast or too out of control.
So, why is it my least favorite thing about riding? Well, because it's my fault, dang it! That's no fun! Noone likes discovering they've been screwing things up, for themselves and their adorable horse who is just trying to do what she's being asked.
Why is it my favorite thing about riding? Well, because it's a lot easier for me to fix myself than it is for me to try to fix some other sentient being. If the problem is me, theoretically, I can take care of that. Now I just have to get out there and figure out to control myself so my poor little horse can do her job!
p.s. One more way horses are cute: They try to do what you ask. They forgive you even when you ask them to do things in such a way that makes them harder. And they don't even hold it against you later when you get in some other argument about something else (which you'll eventually figure out was also all your fault anyway).
p.p.s My other favorite riding paradox? Letting go of the reins causes your horse slow down (and its corollary: a death grip on the reins causes your horse to speed up). Now doesn't that just seem backwards? Maybe that's why I have such a hard time with the concept even though I know it's true.
Posted: February 26th, 2007 under horses, jumping, riding lessons.
Comment from maRk!
Time April 2, 2007 at 9:31 AM
The p.p.s. is also true of humans.
I'm just saying.


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The hill above is one...Beinn a Chaisgein Mor. Not having a Corbett book I was blissfully unaware it lay in the heart of the Fisherfield Forest, that huge chunk of empty but spectacular land between Loch Maree and Little Loch Broom. An area sometimes referred to in outdoor books as 'the great wilderness'. I have been in here before of course but in those far off days I was after bigger game. Munros.
Also water words. That is words that prefer to catch their food in wunning water like this example here. A Sandpiper. A Dunlin to be precise.
Anyway. Alex had no time for words of any description as he was now a driven man and had his Corbett hunting hat on just like a certain Elmer Fudd.
It was a 5:00 am rise the next morning as you need to be up very early to catch wabbits and Corbetts.
All I knew back in Glasgow was that we'd be heading north and that bikes would be required. It was a bit of a shock therefore to find Alex parking at the head of the River Gruinard not far from the formally infamous Gruinard Island which used to be heavily contaminated with anthrax. It's supposed to be free of any spores now however. Feel free to go over anytime and find out...or maybe not. I'd read this first.
Alex was not interested in history that morning. He was a driven man and quickly unpacked his bike from the car. It was at this point he cheerily informed me that his hill of choice lay 14 kilometres inland over rough terrain and that it was one of the remotest Corbett's in Scotland. That meant it was also 14 kilometres back.
This came as something of a shock to poor Bobby who imagined cweeping up on said Corbett in an easy relaxed fashion before beating it senseless with a stick from behind. The track started off smooth and flat running inland beside the south bank of the Gruinard River but soon showed its true character.
As a consolation for the frequent ups and downs the scenery became very fine indeed with An Teallach rising up on one side and the Fisherfield and Torridon peaks slowly appearing to our right. After six kilometres we had to leave the bikes chained up off the track and carry on using both hands and feets in places. It was completely trackless for a while up a steep slope until we found a faint path over in the next glen and could regain a semi human aspect of gait. Alex still seems to be indulging in a spot of knuckle dragging here though.
An Teallach in the distance.
Once we had attained the summit we looked out over the Fionn Loch and across to remote cliff ringed A Mhaighdean, the undisputed Queen of Fisherfield and Letterewe, then made our weary way back to the coast.
Luckily the friendly pub at Poolewe sold substantial quantities of liquid anaesthetic to restore our faith in the natural order of things. According to the good book humans hold dominion over the beasts of the land and air. Try telling that to the midges, clegs, sheep ticks and parasitic wasps though. Ah, summer in the highlands. Tis a wondrous thing!
To Be continued.... in this land of dragons. A newt. I used to watch and play with these little guys all summer as a boy in the flooded quarries near my home in Glasgow, finding them flies, worms and insects to eat. Most of the flooded quarries of my youth have now gone, used for household and industrial landfill. A rare species now. Both holes in the ground and newts scarce as hen's teeth. Still here though in the pools of the north.
As an antidote to sore feet and itchy arms and legs here's a vision of utopia without the reality of flying teeth. French chanteuse Emilie Simon and a track from her excellent third album 'Vegetal'. Obviously this video is inspired by Chinese and Japanese art but I've noticed aspects of this one and several other themed tracks off this unique album turning up several times in the past few years influencing British image designs in turn. One of my long time favourites after I saw her singing this song in Paris years ago. Worth watching for the art work alone. Stunning backdrops.


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