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I've been writing books for two decades and since last October, I've published 4 books including Starving Girl – My 30-Day Experience with the Miracles of Intermittent Fasting and Prayer, What Has Your Sister Done – True Stories of Unplanned Pregnancy, The Stolen Bible(historical YA) and My 100 Daughters of India Coloring Book. It's been amazing to be involved in projects that feel so purposeful and passionate to me. Never have I been so focused on my work. Funny how having a 6th baby in your early forties can do that to a gal, but it's just the miracle that my
has brought me. He is nearly the perfect baby and happily
plays in my lap while I work on my projects. His love motivates me on so many
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I also had the opportunity to help write and The Memory Catcher with my mom author Sarah Hinze. In all this time, I've never had a book launch, an open house or even a celebration (other then the happy dance I do in my office while still in my pajamas).
Last month, I published My 100 Daughters of India Coloring Book and while I was out on a run in September, I had the idea to do an open house. Considering my kitchen flooded and is currently just a cement floor waiting to be renovated, I didn't know what to do with an impression like that? An open house certainly couldn't be at my home. Suddenly, my amazing friend's name came to mind – Karen Cox. I had recently been to her new home and there was such a feeling of peace, creativity and love, I knew where I wanted it to be. I immediately called her, told her my idea and she said "Yes, have it at my house." (Thank you Karen, I love you with all my heart.)
Since setting the date of the open house, I've been planning events and sharing My 100 Daughters of India Coloring Book at schools and even hosted a birthday party.
It's amazing how comfortable it is for me to talk about, especially in front of kids. Kids are my people!! I start with sharing my first sketch I drew of a girl from
. The
drawing is awful, but I share it to prove with lots of practice, determination
and patience, hard work pays off, even when you're drawing 100 beautiful girls
from India . India
Way off in the distance was this date for the open house. I knew it was the right things to do, but it wouldn't be in front of kids and this was what started to frighten me the most.
Yesterday, I was a jumble of nerves. To think I'd inflicted this public speaking event onto myself, whoa, I guess I was all in, but once everyone arrived, all people I knew who loved and supported me, I straightened up and did what I felt I needed to do – I talked about the girls of India. When I read the poem My 100 Daughters, I cried (like usual).
Afterwards, there were a few questions, I shared my goal to sponsor 100 girls through Rising Star Outreach with either the sales of the coloring book or donations and everyone left. I was so glad I'd done it.
Karen and I were in the kitchen with my red-headed neighbor's two daughters
(who had been helping me all day with babysitting and preparing refreshments) and I went to grab my bag when I was stopped in my tracks! Inside that bag, were 10 crisp $100 dollar bills!! Somebody has anonymously donated $1,000.
Oh My Gosh!!! I was stunned, shocked and immediately realized I had no idea who had done it. Oh, I wanted to say thank you, thank you so much. How many girls would that sponsor? Almost three, and I have nearly $100 ready to donate from coloring book sales. With the three girls our family already helps and now these three more, our momentum is really taking off. Six girls will have their lives forever changed. Did you know at Rising Star, they teach the kids English? Do you know what it means for a child in
to speak
English? Already, these kids are standing out and Rising Star is the top school
in the area. They will change India . Keep in
mind, Rising Star schools kids from the leprosy colonies. Without Rising Star,
these children don't have a chance. They
will be left to beg and will live in extreme poverty there entire life, but now,
their destiny is forever changed. India
Yes, there is a lot of work to reach the goal of sponsoring 100 girls, but after last night, I feel so much support. I know this project is bigger then me, it is in God's hands and through out the year there will be mighty miracles as He, through the help of others, helps these girls. Did you know in
there is
a wedding tradition to bless a bride to have 100 sons? That's right, because girls are not wanted.
To think God named this project My 100
Daughters is a miracle. These girls desperately need our help. These girls are all of our daughters. India
To purchase a coloring book on Amazon, click here.
To make a donation to Rising Star, call the number found here. Please mention you'd like to donate to the My 100 Daughters fund.


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The Department is so excited to share this recent link from the University of Washington Press with information about Assistant Professor Ursula Lindqvist's forthcoming book Roy Andersson's Songs from the Second Floor: Contemplating the Art of Existence, which will be published in June.
Ursula was featured in an interview about Andersson with NPR's Nede Ulaby on Weekend Edition this past June.
Congratulations, Ursula!!


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In this post, we will be covering SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Performance tuning best practices on Azure with a bit of detail. Do note that we are referring to running SSAS on virtual machines, rather than as a service. Since Microsoft currently offers both PAAS and IAAS, the deployment options are quite flexible.
We already have an article which covers all the best practices for SQL Server 2016 (& 2017) performance tuning. When you are implementing SQL Server on Azure virtual machines, you would still need to follow the best practices that you typically follow for on-premises.
Before you want to get started with installing SSAS, you will have to choose the best VM that can support your performance requirements. Typically, we recommend a DSv2 memory optimized virtual machines for running these kinds of workloads.
1 Instance is isolated to hardware dedicated to a single customer.
2 25000 Mbps with Accelerated Networking.
For low latency, high-throughput (IOPS) we recommend going with the Premium Managed disks. This is critical for running SSAS on Azure VM's, because of its IO access patterns, which is highly demanding in nature. A P30 (1 TB) or P40 (2 TB) disk size should suffice the need for most medium sized SSAS cubes. In case if you want more storage space, go with the unmanaged P4 or the P6 options.
Locally redundant storage is recommended unless it is a business requirement to have multi-region DR planning in place.
Note: The Temp disk on a DSv2 series uses SSD disks. Use it only for caching and not for data.
We recommend "Disk Striping" to achieve more throughput. It is easy to add additional data-disks and use "Disk Striping." However, to determine the number of data-disks, you need by analyzing the number of IOPS and bandwidth required for your SSAS Cube.
We recommend setting the stripe size at 256 KB (262144 bytes) for data-warehousing workloads to avoid performance impact due to partition misalignment. You can set this with PowerShell.
For Caching Policy, set it to "Read Caching" only if you are using premium storage disks.
To capture SSAS performance on your Azure VM, use the following perfmon counters to analyze and detect performance issues if any.
LogicalDisk(*)Avg. Disk Bytes/Read
LogicalDisk(*)Avg. Disk Bytes/Transfer
LogicalDisk(*)Avg. Disk Bytes/Write
LogicalDisk(*)Avg. Disk sec/Read
LogicalDisk(*)Avg. Disk sec/Transfer
LogicalDisk(*)Avg. Disk sec/Write
MemoryAvailable MBytes
MSOLAP$MD16: Memory*
MSOLAP$MD16: Proc Aggregations*
MSOLAP$MD16: Proc Indexes*
MSOLAP$MD16: Processing*
MSOLAP$MD16: Threads*
Processor(*)% Interrupt Time
Processor(*)% Privileged Time
Processor(*)% Processor Time
ProcessData: Works better results with high parallelism
ProcessIndexes: Works better results with low parallelism
Source: Microsoft
To monitor the process Index phase, use the following counters:
Once we have the correct baseline performance counters, we can adjust the following SSAS properties in msmdsrv.ini to speed up the processing.
Increase the available memory for the ProcessIndexes phase in msmdsrv.ini:
You can review AggregationMemoryMax/Min in the "Microsoft SQL server analysis services multidimensional performance and operations guide."
Under the server properties of SQL Server Management Studio and in msmdsrv.ini, you will find the
following settings:
These two settings determine how much memory is allocated for the creation of aggregations and indexes in each partition. When Analysis Services starts partition processing, parallelism is throttled based on the AggregationMemoryMin/Max setting. The setting is per partition. For example, if you start five concurrent partition processing jobs with AggregationMemoryMin = 10, an estimated 50 Percent (5 x 10%) of reserved memory is allocated for processing. If memory runs out, new partition processing jobs are blocked while they wait for memory to become available. On a large memory system, allocating 10 percent of available memory per partition may be too much. Also, Analysis Services may sometimes misestimate the maximum memory required for the creation of aggregates and indexes. If you process many partitions in parallel on a large memory system, lowering the value of AggregationMemoryLimitMin and AggregationMemoryMax may increase processing speed. This works because you can drive a higher degree of parallelism during the process index phase.
Like the other Analysis Services memory settings, if this setting has a value higher than 100, it is interpreted as a fixed amount of kilobytes, and if is lower than 100, it is understood as a percentage of the memory is available to Analysis Services. For machines with large amounts of memory and many partitions, using an absolute kilobyte value for these settings may provide better control of memory than using a percentage value. Also, review this blog post that provides some empiric formula to estimate good values for AggregationMemoryMax
AggregationMemoryLimitMax=ceiling(100/(<number processing cores>-2))
AggregationMemoryLimitMin=ceiling(100/((<number processing cores>-2)*1.5))
Source & Download Link: "Microsoft SQL server analysis services multidimensional performance and operations guide."
Keep in mind that SSAS 2012 or greater use different defaults for the ThreadPool configuration. It is necessary to check the msmdsrv.log file to identify the correct setting.
So my suggestion is to adjust the AggregationMemoryLimitMax/Min according to with your VMs Available Memory and number of cores.
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The University of Utah's National Advisory Council is comprised of a distinguished volunteer corps of prominent alumni and friends. Established in 1968, the council serves the university through its advice and involvement in areas ranging from alumni programs and fundraising to legislative relations and student affairs. Five new members began their terms in April.
Sharee Jack Gallivan has a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Utah. While a student, she was affiliated with Alpha Chi Omega and was active in Panhellenic Council and Angel Flight. The daughter of former U athletic director, Bud Jack, Sharee is a lifelong and avid Ute fan. She is a painter—in oil and watercolor—and devoted to needlepoint arts. Sharee served on the board of Children's Dance Theater and, along with her husband, Mickey, supports the Children's Center, various animal welfare organizations, as well as several U entities. Sharee and Mickey have three children.
Thomas Kearns McCarthey, Jr. is a fourth generation Utahn. He worked at The Salt Lake Tribune for 30 years and owned an art gallery in Park City for 15 years. He is a former member of the University of Utah Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees, as well as an emeritus member of the U's Health Science Advocates. He continues to travel the world and attend sporting events. Tom is married to Mary Schubach McCarthey, has two daughters, Rachele McCarthey and Dominique Aragon, and three grandchildren.
Keven M. Rowe is president and shareholder at Jones Waldo Law. He received his bachelor's of arts degree from the University of Utah in 1983 and his juris doctorate from the S. J. Quinney College of Law in 1986. Keven is the former president of the Alumni Association Board of Directors and served on the U's Board of Trustees. He is a past member and president of the Kingsbury Hall Advisory Board and is an avid supporter of Utah athletics. He and his wife, Susan, have three children.
Paula J. Swaner Sargetakis was raised in a family dedicated to community, ranching, and environmental education. Her family created the Swaner Nature Preserve and Eco Center in Summit County to honor her late father, Leland S. Swaner. Paula and her husband, Joe, created Frog Bench Farms, an intensive urban garden, fully integrated in a residential community. They provide organic produce to local restaurants, and share what they have experienced with local nonprofits and students in the greater Salt Lake City area. At the U, Paula currently is serving her third year on the board of advisors for the Natural History Museum of Utah and as an emeritus member of the Educational Resource Development Council for the Health Sciences.
Jeffrey K. Scott is president and director of Scott Machinery Company, dba Intermountain Bobcat, in Salt Lake City. He has served in leadership roles for several civic, professional, and University of Utah organizations, including as chairman of the College of Social and Behavioral Science Advisory Board and as a member of the President's Club and Crimson Club. He is a past member of the Salt Lake Community College Foundation and Utah Big Brothers Big Sisters. Jeff has a bachelor's of arts degree from the U and holds a master's degree in business administration from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. He and his wife, Sarah Shepard Scott, have three sons.


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Zaluvida a global life science group, announced today the formation of a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to inform the Human Health Research & Development department about the latest research, scientific methods, and opportunities for weight-loss management, and help further technology and product development for the company.
The SAB is comprised of five distinguished U.S. and European scholars with decades of experience in weight loss, nutrition and health science. These include Dr. Arne Astrup from the University of Copenhagen, Dr. Frank Greenway from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Dr. James Hill from the University of Colorado, Dr. Lee Kaplan from Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Ian Macdonald from the University of Nottingham.
Dr. Astrup heads the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen. He also serves as a senior consultant for the Clinical Nutrition Research Unit and department of Endocrinology at the Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg University Hospital. His research focuses on the physiology and pathophysiology of energy, substrate metabolism, and appetite regulation. His research has a special emphasis on the etiology and treatment of obesity. Astrup serves as chairman of Zaluvida's Scientific Advisory Board.
Dr. Greenway is a professor and director for the Outpatient Research Unit at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge. His focus is developing new treatments for obesity, including drugs and dietary herbal supplements, as well as medical foods and devices. His laboratory focuses on identifying food plants that have the potential to aid weight loss.
Dr. Hill is one of the world's foremost experts in obesity and weight management. He serves as a director of the Colorado Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) and is a professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Colorado. Hill has published more than 600 scientific articles and book chapters focusing on the prevention and treatment of obesity and its comorbidities.
Dr. Kaplan is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, director of the Obesity, Metabolism & Nutrition Institute and founding director of the Weight Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Kaplan's research is focused on the physiological and molecular mechanisms of gastrointestinal regulation of energy balance and metabolic function. He is the author of more than 200 scientific and medical papers.
Dr. Macdonald is a professor of metabolic physiology at the University of Nottingham. His current research concerns the metabolic aspects of diabetes and obesity, including the effects of diet composition and weight loss, and the impact of diet on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism and the influence of physical activity and inactivity (including immobilisation) on obesity and diabetes. He has published over 350 peer-reviewed original research papers. He is joint-editor of the International Journal of Obesity and a member of the U.K. Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition. "I'm glad to chair Zaluvida's Scientific Advisory Board because I believe that Zaluvida can contribute to the solution of the obesity epidemic in the United States," said Astrup.
"I respect the company's forward-thinking product development, which is based on serious scientific research and commercial practices. Together we can help people adopt a healthier lifestyle."
"Today, when over 2 billion of the world's population is overweight or obese, and with this number constantly growing, there is a great need for solutions," said Matthias Miller, group chief scientific officer at Zaluvida and a registered pharmacist. "We are honored to gather outstanding scholars in the area of obesity and weight management to help us constantly evolve and pioneer in the weight-management industry. It is our goal to provide effective weight-loss solutions grounded on the latest scientific research."
Zaluvida, the makers of I-REMOVE, is a global, integrated life science group that is pioneering therapies and technologies to tackle some of the most critical challenges in health care, including obesity, antimicrobial resistance, and greenhouse gas emissions. Zaluvida's first-generation weight-management formula, Litramine®, was launched in Europe in 2006, and was soon certified as a Class II medical device. Litramine was the first weight-management formula in the world to achieve this designation. Litramine is sold in the U.S. as a dietary supplement. Zaluvida is led from its corporate headquarters in Switzerland and the company has research and office facilities throughout Europe, North America, and Asia.
I-REMOVE, the number one-selling weight-loss aid in Europe, is now available in the U.S. Clinically tested to help people lose weight and maintain weight loss, it is shown to deliver up to three times more weight loss vs. dieting alone. I-REMOVE can help break the weight-loss/regain cycle by a dual action of fat binding for decreased fat absorption and increasing satiety, which together result in reduced calorie absorption, without undesirable side effects.1,2 In combination with a healthier lifestyle, I-REMOVE has been demonstrated to effectively help boost weight-loss efforts in people 18 years of age and older who are overweight or slightly obese.1
I-REMOVE can be easily incorporated into a busy schedule, but must be part of a healthy lifestyle, which includes eating healthier and moving more. This doesn't mean going on drastic diets of less than 800 calories per day nor spending countless hours in the gym, it means making better eating decisions—even if the occasional slip up happens—and incorporating more movement into a typical day such as 30 minutes of walking. While diets have a beginning and an end, I-REMOVE is meant to help people adopt a healthier lifestyle that they can sustain over the long-term.
Inqpharm NA LLC based in Salt Lake City is distributing the I-Remove products in North America.


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Release date: July 21st 2017. Label: Magic Bullet Records. Format: DD
"I"– Tracklisting
2.Sandstorms 05:16
Band Members:
Ben Carr – Guitars
Larry Herweg – Drums
INTRCPTR is a new band made up of members from Pelican and 5ive. Larry Herweg and Ben Carr combine for an instrumental psychedelic desert/stoner rock band that pays homage to their original bands whilst forging a new musical identity with INTRCPTR. Their debut EP - I - features 5ive tracks that moves from post-rock/post-metal sounds to a more exciting desert/stoner rock sound.
Opening track - Nightrider - may only last under two minutes but the band play an exciting style of instrumental rock. Parts Pelican, 5ive and even sounding like a classic Karma To Burn song. This is a fast-paced song that doesn't let up and brings you right into INTRCPTR's turbo-charged and gasoline fuelled world. You can't deny the talent behind this band as these guys are masters of creating instrumental rock/metal based songs with their respective bands.
Second track - Sandstorms - sees the band opt for a more Kyuss style heavy delivery but merged with the later atmospheric sounds of Pelican. The second half of the song sees a shift in tone and direction of the EP as INTRCPTR add heavier psychedelic sounds.
Third track - Ruby - is the standout song with INTRCPTR opting for a more post-rock/chilled out desert rock sound. There are elements of heavy stoner rock vibes in the background with the cool subtle drumming of Larry driving the song along. Ben plays with a more rugged authority as you can feel that he wants to unleash the heavy riffs that are slowly building upto the surface. This is the song that makes "I" such a captivating release as the band try something different. Especially towards the end of the song when the distorted and ambient sounds appear.
Fourth track - Turbines - carries on the familiar instrumental desert rock jams with a more progressive doomier sound. This is perhaps the heaviest song on the album with Larry and inserts name later playing with more urgency to their music.
The final song - Watchmaker - is the song influenced by Pelican and 5ive the most. As it sounds like both bands merging for a heavier stoner metal sound. That's no bad thing as the song has a great sound of its own. The loud-vs-quiet approach and tone of the song allows INTRCPTR to try different things with their sound.
Twenty one minutes is not enough time for a band's debut release such as INTRCPTR. Hopefully there is a more substantial and longer release from the band within the next year or so. As "I" is a superbly produced affair. The record sounds terrific from the start and it's to the bands credit they leave you wanting more.
"I" is an excellent debut record from INTRCPTR and I can see these guys making a mighty impression not only with long-time Pelican/5ive fans but also within the Instrumental Stoner Rock community.
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to Earsplit PR for the promo. "I" will be available to buy on DD via Magic Bullet Records from July 21st 2017.


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Edit invoice
Edit an invoice to correct your customer's Bill To information, add a PO number, or give the customer more time to pay the invoice.
Recurly Now Saves the Invoice's Historical Name and Company
With the launch of invoice editing, Recurly now saves the first name, last name, name on account (for ach/bank account), and company on the invoice. If you update the account's information, existing invoices will no longer update automatically. To update an existing invoice, use this new edit invoice option.
How To Edit
To edit an invoice in the Admin Console, you must have access to the Customers section and have edit user rights. Those with read-only access to the Customers section will not have access to the edit option.
Find the invoice you want to edit and go to the Invoice Actions dropdown at the top right of the Invoice Details page. You will see the option to "Edit Invoice". This will take you to the edit page. The invoice will not be edited until you click "Save Changes" on the edit page.
Invoices can also be edited via the API.
Editable Attributes
The below invoice attributes are editable.
|Edit Rules
|PO Number
|Always editable if you have access to Recurly's Manual Invoicing feature.
|Due On
|Editable if the invoice's collection method is manual. Must be greater than or equal the post date and less than 999 days from the post date.
Changing the Due On may result in the invoice moving from a pending to a past due state, or vice versa. This will pull the invoice into or out of dunning.
|Customer Notes
|Always editable.
|Terms and Conditions
|Editable if invoice is not a credit invoice.
|VAT Reverse Charge Notes
|Editable if invoice was a reverse charge.
|Bill To First Name, Last Name, or Name on Account
|Always editable.
Note that "Name on Account" is used for invoices issued with ACH (bank account) billing info used as the Bill To on the invoice.
|Bill To Company
|Always editable.
|Bill To Address
|Editable if taxes are not enabled on your Recurly site or if the invoice didn't receive a prior tax consideration.
Editing an invoice will not trigger an email to your customer. To email your customer their updated invoice, resend the last email for the invoice on the Invoice Details page.
Activity Log
When an invoice is edited, an activity is added to the account's activity log and includes what attributes were edited.
If you have very long Customer Notes or Terms and Condition notes, be aware that the activity will only show the first 255 characters. In the event the changed text was after 255 characters, it will not show in the activity, and the activity will only indicate that a charge was made to that field.
When an invoice is edited, a new updated invoice webhook will be sent. Charge invoices will send the update_charge_invoice_notification and credit invoices will send the updated_credit_invoice_notification. If the invoice edited is a legacy invoice (issued before Credit Invoices enabled on the site), the update_invoice_notification will be sent.
Additionally, if the invoice edit moves the invoice from a pending to a past due state, the past_due_invoice_notification or past_due_charge_invoice_notification will go out.
Invoices edited in Recurly will be synced to Salesforce on the next regular sync cycle. Select invoice fields are available to edit in Salesforce as well, with those changes getting pushed to Recurly immediately. These fields can be updated in Salesforce and synced with Recurly:
- Due Date
- Terms & Conditions
- Customer Notes
Quickbooks Online
These fields will be updated in Quickbooks Online if changed on the invoice in Recurly:
- Bill To name, company, address
- Due Date
- Terms
- Customer Notes
Edit Invoice is not supported with our Xero integration. If you edit an invoice in Recurly and need the invoice to be updated in Xero, you will need to edit the invoice directly in Xero as well.
NetSuite will update on the next sync to reflect any invoice changes you make. Note that only fields you have mapped to NetSuite will be reflected in NetSuite.
Will editing the invoice trigger an email to the customer?
No, editing the invoice does not email the customer. If you would like to send the customer an updated invoice, resend the last email for the invoice on the Invoice Details page in the Admin Console. The email will pull the latest invoice information.
Why can't I edit the invoice's Bill To address?
If your site currently has taxes enabled or the invoice had a tax consideration when posted, Recurly will not allow you to edit the Bill To address. This is due to the fact that the address change could require a tax amount change and we do not allow edits that change the invoice amounts. Note that this limitation also applies to invoices that do not have taxes currently applied because the address change might put them in a taxable region that would require taxes.
If you are using a Ship To, then taxes are based on the Ship To. In this case, we still don't allow you to edit the invoice's Bill To. This is just a limitation of our initial release of invoice editing.
Why can't I edit the Ship To on the invoice?
We left Ship To editing out of our initial edit invoice feature because it has a lot of downstream implications, like where you may be sending physical goods. If you would like to edit the Ship To, contact Recurly Support and tell us more about your use case.
Why can't I edit the due date?
You can only edit the due date if the invoice has manual collection. Note that if you issue an invoice with manual collection and then the customer pays with billing info using the hosted invoice Make A Payment button, the invoice converts to automatic collection and due date is no longer editable. For example, if you issue an invoice with net-30 and the customer attempts to pay with their credit card and the transaction declines, the invoice will turn past due immediately and cannot have the due date edited because it is now automatic collection.
I want to edit something you don't support.
Please let Recurly Support know what other invoice attributes you would like to edit and the business case behind it.
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Z Hotels is a fast-expanding brand that aims at central locations and achieves low prices by offering small rooms and limited service. It was set up by Bev King, ex CEO of Thistle Hotels and some business partners, and their knowledge of what works and what doesn't mean the hotels are a pleasure to stay at. I've previously stayed in one on the Strand in London and was very impressed.
The brand has a cheeky persona, which, normally, would irritate me to the point I'd stay somewhere else but, importantly, the attitude – which probably plays well with younger and leisure guests – is also backed up by the sort of quality and service that regular travellers value.
What's it like?
Each of the hotels is very different. This one is a conversion of an office block in Soho with a small reception. There were two people on reception when I arrived at 1710 and both greeted me with a smile, offered to help, took all the relevant details and told me they were already serving wine and cheese at the first-floor café.
All rooms are served by a single lift serving the seven floors. I found this quite slow, and so after using the first time with my bags thereafter just used the stairs (I was on floor 5).
Where is it?
On Poland St in Soho, about two minutes' walk from Oxford Street and five minutes from Tottenham Court Road Underground Station (and new Crossrail station). It's a good location because the one-way street isn't busy and is only 200 metres from Carnaby Street and Kingly Court, with its dozens of restaurants in and around the area. The entrance is next to the Comptoir Libanais restaurant and you might miss it at first. I thought the restaurant with people sitting outside might be a disturbance but I never heard them.
The 121 rooms are on six floors (the ground floor is just the reception). All the rooms are small, ranging from 9-11 sqm. The smallest, and least expensive, are the Z Inside double rooms, which are inward facing and then a Z Double, which have windows. The Queen rooms are the largest.
The corridors have carpet, which is good for sound-proofing. One of my concerns when you have rooms this small is that people tend to spend time in the corridors, especially if they are part of a group, which has booked a few rooms on the same floor. I saw a bit of that, with one girl making a Skype call by the lifts, but otherwise it was very quiet, with windows that kept out the noise of the street.
I was in the larger category Z Double room, which is almost entirely filled by the bed, with the result that if two are sharing, one of you will have to clamber over the other to get out. As I was on my own, this wasn't a problem.
The room has very strong, but quite quiet air conditioning, which is easy to use and control the temperature, and an en-suite shower room with glass partitions, decent toiletries and excellent towels (both hand towel and bath towel). The shower wasn't the strongest but was perfectly adequate and probably saves a lot of water.
There is a 49-inch HD Samsung TV with the complete Sky package including all sports and movies.
The blinds are electronically controlled and were very effective. There is complimentary bottled water, tea and coffee and hot chocolate and a kettle on the good-sized bedside table, along with power points and USBs for charging.
There is no wardrobe, but instead, five hooks and some wooden hangers for hanging clothes. Details such as the pine backboard for the television, a grey padded backboard to the hooks and a padded bed head prevent the scheme from looking too sparse.
The lights can be controlled from a panel with various presets including a reading light over the bed (this could have been a bit brighter, but then, I'm old). There was also a pad and paper. The bed was firm and very comfortable, with good size pillows.
Food and drink
The Z café on the first floor serves wine and cheese and bread in the evening for a couple of hours, and a continental breakfast in the morning. It's a small room and can get quite pressed for room at busy times.
I was nearly barged out of the way of the buffet at one point in the evening, but then realised it was a father rushing to get some water for his child who was choking on an olive. (The child was fine after a bit of coughing – no need for a Heimlich manoeuvre).
The food offering is very well executed, and the chargeable (£9.50) breakfast had cereals and a bacon sandwich in the morning which someone will warm up for you (it was delicious) as well as tea and coffee, Britta chilled and filtered water and orange and apple juice. You can also buy items such as simple food and coffee from here during the day – though with so many options outside you're unlikely to need to utilise this service.
Business facilities
Leisure facilities
The Z Hotels operates a kind of membership club where discounts are available for direct booking through its website. Having stayed in two of them now in London I'd be very tempted to try the other locations as well. It's good value for money and yet you don't feel like you are staying in a budget property. Firmly recommended.
Best for
Great value for money in the centre of town, free wifi, Sky Sports and Movies for a night in.
Don't miss
The wine and the choice of cheeses and bread in the evening.


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Praise for Exploring the Bible: The Dickinson Series
From Scholars and Faith Leaders
Bishop James Hazelwood (Lutheran, ELCA)
"The Exploring the Bible Series . . . creates space for ecumenical dialogue around Christian texts." Read more
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"This is an invaluable gift to the Church of Jesus Christ! How do we bring the Bible to seekers in our de-churched culture? One answer is Exploring the Bible...
Bishop Will Willimon
"I am much impressed by the comprehensive, accessible, and engaging quality of this series. If you have been intimidated by the Bible...
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IFYE – The association after your exchange
After your IFYE-exchange, you will be a part of our alumni association once you've attended your first general assembly. All our members were once IFYEs and together we try to pass on our experience and wisdom to the next generations. At the national meetings, we keep in touch with each other and share what we've experienced abroad. At international meetings, you get to meet IFYEs from all over the world, make experiences beyond your exchange and form friendships for life.
Our motto «once an IFYE, always an IFYE»!
In order to exist as an exchange organization, we rely on our former participants to volunteer for all kinds of different activities: plan general assemblies, organize hiking weekends, etc. The members of the board that organize the exchange all do their work on a voluntary basis.
These are our main branches:
Quality management
IFYE-Swiss is member of Intermundo, the umbrella organization for promotion of youth exchange. Since 2010, we have the Intermundo-SQS-certificate. More information about that can be found here.


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Replacement window installation is that form of home improvement that a lot of homeowners consider for a number of reasons, but don't really understand completely. There are so many options available and some are better suited for some homes than others.
While you're likely contemplating factors like window style and materials, one of the more critical factors to think about is the number of panes you plan to have in your replacement windows. For some homes, triple pane windows might be the way to go.
These are windows that come equipped with three panes of glass positioned next to each other. They are different than double pane windows which only come with two panes of glass. As you can probably guess, they are also a little more expensive than their single or dual counterparts.
So what makes three panes better than one or two and is it worth the extra money to purchase and install them? It always helps to learn all you can about window replacement before you mount any such project around the house and homeowners considering triple pane options should weigh the pros and cons first.
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Triple pane windows use sashes that hold three panes of glass which are constructed in a layered fashion as a means for increasing your home's energy efficiency. Glass is a lousy insulator so your cooled or heated air can easily escape through it. But with three panes side by side that can make it tougher for your climate-controlled air to seep out.
It's not just the three panes themselves that do the trick, triple pane windows contain Krypton gas which is added between the panes and then hermetically sealed inside, providing that important barrier of insulation that your glass window sorely lacks. So while three panes of glass are going to make it tougher for air to escape, the gas is what really does most of the work.
Before long, you'll realize the true benefit of these windows when you notice your utility bills starting to decrease.
Reduced Noise
Another added benefit of triple pane windows is their ability to reduce noise pollution around the exterior of your home. This is particularly advantageous for homes that are located near busy roadways or urban centers with close-knit populations of neighbors.
Triple pane windows have been shown as effective at reducing exterior noise around the home by nearly 75%. That can really quiet things down in those parts of your region that are surrounded by constant noise as a result of heavy traffic or loud environments.
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The Health Care Scene: Contemporary Trends
The Health Care Scene: Contemporary Trends
For your assignment you review the possible topics for your Senior Project located in Week Five of your online course or in the "Components of Course Evaluation" section of this guide, and select the topic your training program will address. If you choose not to select a topic from the approved topic list, you must have your original topic approved by your instructor prior to submitting this assignment.
For this assignment, focus on a specific contemporary trend in health care and be sure to include all of the following influences:
- Changes in client characteristics
- Regulation of the health care industry
- Reimbursement patterns and mandates
- Restructuring of health care organizations
- Impact of technology
- Ongoing social and ethical factors
Address the information above as it pertains to your selected topic, in an eight to ten slide (excluding title and reference slides) PowerPoint presentation. Your presentation should conclude with a summary describing the following concerns:
- Overall, why should health care managers be aware of this change and trend?
- What impact does this trend have on the stakeholder groups involved (e.g., patients, providers, administrators, third-party payers, legislators, etc.) for a specific organization specified (e.g., for profit, nonprofit, hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, etc.).The information in this presentation will later be used as part of your Senior Project to set the context for the audience you select for a training program on the contemporary trend identified here.
Your presentation must include detailed speaker's notes (i.e., at least 150 words) for each slide as well as a minimum of one to two scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library and one to two current, scholarly web sources.
Your presentation, and any citations used, must be in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Examples of scholarly web sources are available in this week's recommended websites. These sources will also count toward the required sources for your Senior Project. Your presentation must be engaging and relevant to your audience. Lines of text on a slide will not be sufficient for this assignment. It should contain images, graphics, and/or multimedia that communicate your training program clearly to your audience.


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Web pages are seldom as simple as they look
I've kept a personal/professional web page on the USQ web site for as long as it has been possible to do so – since the mid-1990s. It has the usual stuff – brief bio, abbreviated CV, list of publications.
Over the years I've done periodic renovations. It started as a set of simple pages, moved to frames when they were in vogue, dabbled with CSS driven tabs when they became fashionable, and progressed to rounded corners and other neat touches when I renovated last year with a newly acquired copy of RapidWeaver. Previously I'd used hand coded HTML, Claris HomePage, and DreamWeaver in various manifestations.
One of the challenges of maintaining such a site is keeping a neatly formatted list of publications up to date with links to copies of papers when they are available. When you realise that the same list needs to be maintained in several other places – EndNote library for future use in writing, full CV, USQ ePrints, and a Faculty/USQ Research Office database used to justify research funding – the whole thing becomes more than a bit frustrating. Surely at least some of those lists could draw from the same data entry.
A few years ago it became frustrating enough that I learned enough PHP to put together a solution that would take a reference exported in a tagged (XML-ish) format from an original EndNote entry, parse and import it into a web page that could produce APA styled lists and documents needed for reporting to the office. When the server I was using for that was retired so was my database and I've been using the ePrints facility for producing the necessary forms. However, that has left me to manually maintain a list on my web site and I'd prefer to pull that from ePrints if I could. In an ideal world the ePrints folk would enable that by providing a simple means to query the database and acquire the desired list. They don't, or at least not that I'm aware of, and what is there is a set of static HTML pages generated each night.
For some reason this bee got in my bonnet over the weekend and I decided to renovate my web site (DreamWeaver and CSS this time) and to look for a way to pull the publications list from ePrints. I figured it might be done using JavaScript and expected to have to suck in and parse the page contents to get what I needed. When I started searching via Google for the snippets I needed I discovered ajaxLoader which seemed to do what I needed and offered the added bonus of an adventure with AJAX. My initial trials on my local Mac using Safari 4 were promising. I was easily able to pull in and display the content of the page from ePrints. When I looked at the code in the ePrints page and saw that much of it was styled using CSS classes I realised that I may be able to hide badging and navigation that I didn't need by overriding CSS classes with "display: none" definitions. It looked as though I had an easy solution.
When I tested using Firefox things began to fall apart with cross-domain security. I worked around by coding an alternative that displayed the whole page in an iFrame if the AJAX call generated an error. When I had that working locally I put the files on the server where it all fell apart again as the other browsers applied the cross-domain restrictions once away from the local host.
I was resigned to doing it all with an iFrame, not so neat with all the unnecessary (for my purposes) badging and navigation, but better than maintaining a manual list. Then I realised that if i saved a copy of the ePrints file on the host serving my pages I could make it work as I wanted. All I'd have to do would be to update that file copy periodically – at least as often as my publication list changes and ideally daily or weekly. Next step is to craft an AppleScript and/or Automator solution to do those updates. For now my publications list is matched to ePrints, though Firefox appears to have some problems with formatting content that includes multiple body tags. I may need to code some parsing yet, either in JavaScript or in the AppleScript that grabs the file.


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27th January 2023
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A Keith man is encouraging runners of all abilities to consider training to be guide runners to enable people with sight loss to keep fit and healthy, and to achieve their ambitions.
Bruce Cruickshank, who works for North East Sensory Services, lost his sight in 2010 and got involved in running with the support of his local Jog Scotland group in order to get fitter and try something new.
In addition to the weekly Jog Scotland sessions, Bruce runs a few kilometres two to three times per week with Personal Trainer, Lisa Morrison. However, Bruce is looking to expand his fleet of guide runners to relieve the pressure off Lisa, who has other commitments, and to enable more people in Moray with sight loss to experience the benefits of running.
Guide running is a very straightforward concept: a sighted runner and a runner with sight loss both hold on to a tether and run side-by-side at the same pace. The guide runner communicates with the runner with sight loss about changes in direction, terrain and other details in order to ensure their safety. Training is available for anyone interested in becoming a guide runner and it's a fantastic way to improve your own fitness whilst enabling a runner with sight loss to do likewise.
Bruce said "I would like to get out running again but due to lack of guide runners in the area I can't get out possibly as much as I would like. I really enjoy getting out there and covering a few km."
Lisa added "I got into the London marathon and decided to raise money for Guide Dogs, so I can only give so much time to run with Bruce due to training. So it would be great to see him out and about with more leaders."
To register your interest in becoming a guide runner, get in touch with Alison Shaw (Regional Manager for Scottish Disability Sport) on 07828 744 848 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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Young parents who are buying their first home may be tempted to go for something in a less than stellar school district. After all, condos and homes in good districts come at a premium, while the price for homes in neighborhoods with lower-rated school districts seem like a steal. But don't make the mistake of buying in an area with a bad school district.
Five reasons to buy a home in a good school district:
- Good school districts attract better teachers, offer nicer facilities, and produce higher test scores. These are not only great perks for children but will ensure faster home sale should you ever decide to move.
2. Many buyers say they only search for homes in good school districts. In fact, a recent survey revealed that 35% of parents of kids under the age of 18 say they want to live in a great school district. So, even if you have an empty nest, your home will be better positioned for resale if it's located in a superior district.
3. Homes in better school districts usually hold their value more than homes in lower-quality school districts. What's more, the amount of time on the market is in reverse proportion to school district ranking. In fact, researchers analyzed home prices compared to test scores of elementary schools across the country. In certain markets, the difference amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars for similar homes in the same neighborhood.
Home improvement guru, Bob Villa, has this to say about desirability of school district relative to home sale, "9% of buyers say they would pay 11% to 20% above budget. Separately, 17% report they'd pay extra to be close enough that their kids could walk to and from school."
4. Your circumstances could change. Whether you are making a lifestyle choice to go childless or you would love to have kids someday but have not been able, as Hercalitus said, "The only thing that is constant is change." So, don't make a home purchase based exclusively on your current situation.
5. People who pay attention to school district have pride in ownership. In Redlands, where my real estate office is located, schools have been designated California Distinguished Schools 26 times. Three schools have been commended, nominated or designated as National Blue Ribbon Schools. And if you drive through neighborhoods in the city of Redlands, you will notice an overriding sense of pride of ownership, which impacts resale value, not to mention quality of life.
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Keller Williams Realtor Candace Cantu McGloin is qualified and willing to help home buyers and sellers across Southern California. A long-time Redlands' resident and realtor who specializes in Sunset Hills, she focuses on the cities of Redlands, Highland, Yucaipa, Grand Terrace, and Loma Linda but has done transactions both on the buying and selling side throughout Southern California. To learn more about real estate in Redlands or elsewhere in the Inland Empire, call Candace directly at (951) 201-2443.


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This year keep the weight off by doing one thing: stop dietiting! A healthy weight loss is one that can fit into your busy yet wonderful lifestyle – if a certain 21 day or 30 day "diet" doesn't fit into that – it's not the one for you.
Check out my healthy lifestyle tips to lose weight and keep it off in 2018!
- Start with S.M.A.R.T. goals. Your overall goal might be to lose a certain amount of weight in 2018, but how are you going to lose the weight? Set specific and measurable smaller goals to help you get to your big yearly goal.
- Use the portion plate trick. Make half your plate non-starchy vegetable at lunch and dinner – it's easier than counting calories! This will keep the carbs and meat to the other side of your plate, keeping calories low and nutrients high. Keep in mind if you don't use your carbohydrates for energy, they will get stored as fat.
- Cut out sugary drinks. This includes sodas, sweet teas and juice. Cutting out two sugary drinks per day could result in losing over half a pound per week. Remember, these count in the carb portion of your plate. Try regular, or infused or sparkling water for best results!
- Schedule your workouts. Write it down in your planner and reschedule if you have to – just like you would a doctor's appointment.
- Eat Intuitively. Recognizing your hunger and fullness queues is the key to overcoming boredom eating. Figure out the best meal timing for you and gain a healthy relationship with food. It's the opposite of dieting and counting calories – it's listening to your body!
- Don't eliminate an entire food group. This is one of the first signs of a fad diet! Eliminating a food group (unless it is for a medical reason) will not fit into your lifestyle in the long term. All foods can fit! Decide what you want that to look like.
- U.S. News & World Report's WORST Diets of 2018: The Keto Diet, Whole 30 and The Dukan Diet. These are all very hard to follow, with lots of rules that make social situations awkward.
- U.S. News & World Report's BEST Diets of 2018: The D.A.S.H. Diet, The Mediterranean Diet, The Flexitarian Diet. These are all healthy patterns of eating (many that incorporate exercise!) rather than "diets."
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Today's business headlines are filled with all kinds of doom saying regarding the housing market. Although agents are such a bliss to those who are struggling to get a property or a price of their interest, but we have to be wise when it comes to choosing an agent. This will result in a total loss for the real estate agent. The Environmental Protection Act has a pretty name but in reality, the act transfers the management decisions you have in your home or property over to the the federal government.
There are two levels of real estate professionals in the United States: real estate brokers and real estate salespeople. The first philosophy calls for and advocates the government owning the maximum amount of real estate, including land. The past five years have seen a transformation in the real estate industry with third party reviews of ESG data becoming mainstream.
It starts with our living database of more than 110 million property – including homes for sale, homes for rent and homes not currently on the market. This rather lengthy text is regarding Leased Land, Real Estate, Private Property, Chattels, Mobile Homes, Homes on Leased Land and a legal dissertation to define, describe and determine the differences.
If you are an agent or a broker, join the Realtors Land Institute and other groups associated with private property and rights in property. GRESB recognized these global trends, and, in 2016, launched the GRESB Health & Well-Being Module as a supplement to the Real Estate Assessment.
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Real Estate Buyer Protection And Recommendations
I would say that Agents are let down frequently by prospective buyers who do not make it to appointments to view properties. This knowledge is important for the seller to better prepare a property for sale.
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Information Technology (IT)
People hire real estate agents to sell homes in Los Angeles and all over the country regularly, however they don't think so quickly about hiring a real estate agent to help them find a home to buy or rent. According to a December 2017 report from real estate website Zillow, the total value of all U.S. homes in 2017 was $31.8 trillion, more than 1.5 times the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the time. My first tip-off that winds of change were brewing came from an interview with a New York City real estate agent back in June.
Obviously, this could be avoided by competent sales agents who understand that those 20 sales already included heavy seller costs and inform their clients of this, but many do not and there is a built in incentive to push prices as high as possible among people working on commission.
External Hard Drives
You might be considering a career change and looking at being an estate agent. Nevertheless, we're seeing a slowdown in existing-home sales —completed transactions across the single family, townhome, condo and co-op market declined 3.4{59b726cd87d3d7be6105af44533008a414f71182086e1199f330c6cc015d29f7} in September over August, and were down 4.1{59b726cd87d3d7be6105af44533008a414f71182086e1199f330c6cc015d29f7} year over year. Therefore personal property, is that which can be easily removed from the real estate, and is not real estate.
Notably, Australia continues to lead the way in sustainable commercial real estate development, where innovation and competition have resulted in some of the most sustainable office spaces in the world. Any sales or presentation tools relative to the property must be relevant and you should know how to use them with exceptional skill.
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We often hear the expression "we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg." The same could be said of the low voltage (LV) network—the part of the electric distribution grid that carries energy from the distribution transformers to end customer meters. And this lack of visibility into distribution LV (secondary) networks could prove problematic in the increasingly dynamic energy environment.
In some regions, the LV system can be up to 10x larger in terms of assets than higher voltage networks. Meanwhile, the influx of new energy sources and devices, coupled with ever-increasing demands on this part of the grid, are changing its day-to-day usage—leaving distribution operators blind to dynamic supply and demand patterns and potential risks to reliability.
For the first time in the history of the electricity industry, there is the prospect of large amounts of data relating to the status of the grid at this level. LV networks are seeing a dramatic increase in telemetry and other data inputs from various sources. With the advent of smart meters, real-time sensors, and even mobile diagnostic SCADA telemetry devices, the amount of available information is growing exponentially. At the same time, opportunities to optimize are changing as the data influx offers greater analytical scope to drive change across operational practices to become more predictive and prescriptive.
Historically, LV networks have lacked visibility. Paper records, static GIS maps, and databases were available to local regional teams or to field crews, but seldom centralized for overall network insights. Yet, the ecosystem changes are straining this part of the grid that was not designed to cope with the variable power flows caused by low-carbon technologies. The rise of distributed energy resources (DERs), and the appearance of new loads such as electric vehicles and heat pumps, are forcing this historically stable part of the grid to change and evolve rapidly and dynamically.
So, distribution operators need a bigger, better picture of what's happening in the LV grid to provide the best service to customers and to make the most of utility resources. With digitization distribution, operators no longer need to make assumptions about power flowing through the network or the quality of service customers receive. At the same time, network information needs to be available to field crews as they are working on the network, enabling real-time visibility as well as the ability to manage and execute their work directly from the field via smartphones, tablets and laptops.
The LV system is the final frontier in automation, planning, integration of distributed resources, fault location and outage management.
Mark McGranaghan - Vice President, Power Delivery and Utilization, EPRI
Recognizing the changes and the related challenges, GE is actively working with customers globally to implement and continuously improve its technology to meet the emerging requirements in the LV environment.
In the face of increasing volume of new objects at the LV level (devices, residential PV, electrical vehicles, batteries/storage, etc.) and increasing outage volumes due to variability and aging infrastructure, GE's Advanced Distribution Management Solutions (ADMS) solution offers situational awareness to:
With a digital solution, utilities gain insights into the real-time operation of the LV network. Continuous monitoring allows electric utilities to rapidly detect power outages and power disturbances, facilitating quick restoration and minimizing interruption time for consumers. With the addition of analytics, utilities can move forward in the journey to more predictive states and help minimize the number of outages. Further, with ADMS enabling collaborative control, what can't be automated via centralized processes can be better handled by remote or distributed teams.
GE's LV management solution also extends modeling capabilities. With the right tools, operators can use the new deluge of information to better manage network resiliency and plan for the future. Enabling active demand and flexible integration with a fully controllable LV distribution grid, facilitates identification of where and under what conditions the network needs reinforcement to operate effectively under new load demands.
With medium- and low-voltage sections of the grid only increasing in complexity, it's time to go beyond the tip of the iceberg and see the LV network with fresh eyes.
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Transcending Race With Dance
Founder Arthur Mitchell teaches children's souls - and learns a hard lesson about today's financial climate. DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM
A SOCIETY must ``develop the souls'' of its children through the arts - or it is neglecting its greatest resource for the future, says ballet teacher Arthur Mitchell. He leans forward on the edge of his chair, and with a palpable sense of urgency, the visionary founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem continues: ``Do we want our civilization to look back in time and see that it was very technologically advanced and very wealthy - but had no culture? This is what is needed today.''
Arthur Mitchell is a prophet with a practical streak. For 22 years, he has taught dance to disadvantaged inner-city children and guided his mostly black classical ballet company (the only one of its kind) toward international acclaim. His goal is to use dance ``to build better human beings.''
On a break between rehearsals here at the Wang Center for the Performing Arts, the first stop for Dance Theatre's new tour, Mr. Mitchell tells of the event that prompted him, after an illustrious 15-year dancing career with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet, to found a ballet school in the basement of a Harlem church: It was the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. On hearing of it, Mitchell says he felt driven to search out young blacks ``and give them some kind of structure and discipline in their lives.''
Today, he feels an even greater sense of urgency. ``Things are changing much faster,'' he says. ``The young people today, particularly minority kids and inner-city kids, they need some kind of motivation as well as compassion. We live in a very technological society. Very few people are spending time to develop the soul.''
Studying ballet instills discipline, self-respect, and self-awareness, says Mitchell, qualities that translate into other areas of a young person's life. Most people do not realize how effective artistic pursuits such as dance can be in combating homelessness, AIDS, even poor academic performance, he says.
``When you have pride in yourself, you automatically take care of the facilities you live in. That awareness of yourself makes you aware of others. You will not stick a needle in your arm, because your instrument is your body. You'll want to read a book, because you're exciting the pleasure of learning.''
About 550 children a year - mostly black, but also Hispanic, Asian, and white - enroll in the Dance Theatre of Harlem school, with some 100 on a waiting list. Many are on free scholarships.
Arts training is not a frill, but a necessity, says Mitchell, for it gives children ``tools with which they can prepare themselves to face all the obstacles of life.''
Mitchell makes sure his dancers abide by this philosophy. They must be role models with social responsibilities, not just entertainers. While on tour, Mitchell and his dancers lead lecture-demonstrations, teaching 10- to 18-year-olds how ballet dancers train, the physical demands of the art form, and how dance relates to athletics. Back in Harlem, monthly ``open house'' programs bring community members into the studios for informal performances.
``If we can create this sort of institution in Harlem, you can do this in any urban center in the world,'' says Mitchell, a kind-faced man with a bright smile.
YET Mitchell is not unmindful of the stark obstacles facing minorities in the dance world at large, nor inclined to shrug off the deep financial crisis that such a successful, well-known company as his recently went through.
According to the National Endowment for the Arts, the number of dance companies in the United States, both modern and classical, increased from 37 in 1965 to 250 in 1990. No records, however, are kept charting the growth of African-American companies. Mitchell, 56, the first black male principal of the New York City Ballet, says ``there is not a proliferation of major minority dance companies in America.'' This is a byproduct of not getting young people involved in the arts, he says.
``We have such a fast-food society,'' he says. ``Everything's got to be television and instant gratification. No one is looking over the horizon to the future.''
Still, as he travels across the country, Mitchell is seeing a larger pool of minority children studying classical ballet, compared to none 20 years ago. But ``if you're getting an inner-city kid who comes from a large family or a single-parent family, there's no money [for him or her to study]. That's why scholarships have to be provided.
``I still feel that the major dance companies in America do not integrate as much as they should,'' Mitchell continues. ``They'll have to. Our whole society is going to a multicultural society, and there's nothing you can do about it.''
Providing greater involvement for minorities in dance may call for more than starting up strictly all-black or all-Hispanic companies, as in the past, he says. ``There are those who still may feel, `Yes, I want to preserve the roots of my people.''' But Mitchell says he works within a much broader framework. ``In the universal sphere, you've got to find a common language. In the final analysis, the arts transcend race, class, creed, or color.''
What seems difficult to transcend, though, is the risk of financial disaster, as Dance Theatre of Harlem discovered early this year. The company derives nearly half its income from touring. So when tour dates in San Diego and England were abruptly canceled by sponsors, Mitchell and his board decided to shut down operations for six months rather than incur a $1.7 million deficit. Donations, including million-dollar corporate and private grants, ensured the company's return.
``It's sort of frightening,'' says Mitchell, ``when you think that today, in this country, where we need the arts and humanities so badly, that a crisis like that could happen to Dance Theatre,'' a neo-classical company with a distinctly ``American,'' eclectic style.
To prepare for future emergencies, Dance Theatre plans to build up both its cash reserve and endowment and to strengthen its board of directors. DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM TOUR SCHEDULE
Performances and highlights of the company's upcoming season include:
Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 30-Dec. 10, at the National Cultural Center.
Principals Christina Johnson and Ronald Perry will appear in the (British) Royal Ballet's ``Nutcracker'' on Dec. 21 in London.
Bermuda, Jan. 11-15, 1991, City Hall Theater.
``Arts Exposure'' program, New York City College, Aaron Davis Hall, March 11-22. Lecture demonstrations for children, senior citizens, and the handicapped.
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center, March 26-April 7. Engagement features world premi`eres by Glen Tetley and Billy Wilson.
Detroit Music Hall, April 9-14.
Cincinnati Music Hall, April 16-18.
``Spring Gala'' in New York's Manhattan Center, May 1.
New York City College Community Concert Series, Aaron Davis Hall, June 4-23 (weekends only).


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Sandwiched between two of the best artisan markets in the country and home to an array of talented independent restauranteurs and sensational occasion destinations alike; London Bridge has long been an established haven for food-lovers. 2017 has been an especially exciting year for the area's culinary scene: seeing the opening of Chef Leandro Carreira's debut solo venture Londrino, Brighton export The Coal Shed and a Tower Bridge branch of London's beloved brasserie, The Ivy.
In celebration of the area's ever growing network of fantastic restaurants and bars, we're excited to share the London Bridge Winter Cookbook. Whether you find inspiration for your own festive feast, or pay the area a visit to sample one of these delicious concoctions first hand; we hope you'll be inspired by the talent and creativity of London Bridge's chefs and mixologists.
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The London Bridge Winter Cookbook was created by Team London Bridge and illustrated by Livi Gosling. Visit Livi's Etsy shop to purchase the 'Christmas Dinner' artwork Christmas cards.


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And now abideth Faith, Hope, Love, these three but the greatest of these is Love. —I Corinthians 13:13
Some time ago I wrote an Ochazuke on "Two Beautiful Words," which prompted me to write some thoughts on today's article: "FAITH, HOPE and LOVE." FAITH is victory. HOPE is expectation. LOVE is devotion.
Faith, according to Funk & Wagnalls Standard Desk Dictionary, has six different meanings, but I have chosen only two. One is "Confidence in or dependence on a person, statement or being trustworthy." Another is "Belief in God or in the Scriptures or other religious writings."
FAITH, HOPE and LOVE are three necessary criteria of life.
Without faith one cannot "win" over a negative attitude.
Without faith, one cannot live harmoniously or victoriously in the present and prepare for the future.
We need family and friends to depend on and give us confidence in knowing "they are there for us." When I was a child, I had faith that Mama would be home waiting for me after school and have my three o'clock snack ready for me. She was always there and never let me down.
Because of Faith, we know there is a LIVING GOD.
We cannot see Him in human form but see Him through His wonderful creations, such as the beauty and realm of ALL nature, the formation of our human body and mysterious circumstances that occur in our daily lives.
Hope is expectations of good things. We need to have hope for survival.
Without hope, life is in vain. With hope we can look forward to a bright and wonderful future.
We hope that all aspects of a physical examination test will prove negative.
We hope that we will receive a letter/telephone call from a friend we have not heard from in a few months.
We hope that we will pass the "probation" period at a new job.
We hope that family and friends will be happy, safe and healthy.
We hope that those who became our friends will stay our friends.
We hope that things we look forward to, such as a trip or party, will not be cancelled.
Love is devotion. It is something we share because we care. It is possible to even love a goldfish, a dog, a cat or a doll as we do a human being.
Love is something we give to another faithfully and hopefully, be it family or friends. It is a matter of "What can I give?" rather than "What can I get?" That is the true meaning of love.
We use the word, "love" in many ways, such as, "I love you," "I love chocolate candy," "I love swimming," "I love watching old movies," "I love reading books and magazines."
The above are distinct examples that fulfill the desires of the heart, giving us pleasure.
It would be impossible to express my complete thoughts on FAITH, HOPE and LOVE in this article, but simply and sincerely, the above are some of my feelings about the three sentiments.
Starting this week, Rafu typist Maggie Ishino debuts her new column, Maggie's Meow. She can be contacted at email@example.com. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of The Rafu Shimpo.


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Why You Should Ditch Google Maps for Apple Maps
By all accounts, Apple Maps was a damned disaster when it debuted in 2012. It was like a botched clone of Google Maps, complete with a laundry list of chromosomal abnormalities -- incorrect directions, no public transit component, and rampant bugs and errors. It sucked so much, key employees were fired and Tim Cook even publicly apologized.
I count myself among the majority of iPhone owners who not only didn't use it, but vehemently avoided it. The interface was so ugly, it made me love Google Maps even more than I had before it existed. But I reluctantly gave it a second shot when Apple unveiled the revamped version of Maps for iOS 9. To my amazement, not only did it not completely suck, but it was good. Like, better-than-Google Maps good. I got cozy with the fresh look and the handful of features that bested Google at its own game, and slowly but surely, it became my go-to navigation app.
Here are a few reasons you might find yourself a convert, too.
The public transportation directions are infinitely better than Google Maps
For me, the most crucial element of the new Apple Maps is its mass-transit integration. If you want the best route from point A to point B, it not only provides multiple train, subway, or bus options -- but goes above and beyond to give you super-specific walking directions to the above-ground subway entrances and underground exits, so you'll know which subway car to get on to make for the quickest trip possible. Pro tip: screenshot your transit details in case you need to retrieve them underground.
You can actually trust Siri to guide you now
There's a reason so few of us ask Siri for directions. It's because as Apple's favorite little AI, she's designed to only route you using Apple Maps, and for so long that meant she was probably going to give you bad intel. Not anymore, though! Take full advantage of her. Talking > typing.
The search feature is faster and more specific than Google
There's no need to be "that guy" holding up sidewalk traffic with his head in his phone searching for a nearby coffee shop. That's because any time you click the search bar, a helpful menu of nearby points of interest pops up, culled into categories like Food, Drinks, Shopping, Travel, and Fun. Tap one and you get a list of the most popular places within walking distance -- but you can then filter even further (i.e., type of restaurant, type of store, etc.) Google Maps offers a vaguely similar feature, but Apple's version is much easier on the eyes, and will get you where you want to go faster.
Get turn-by-turn navigation on your iPhone's lock screen
Tapping in your passcode every time you need to check if you're driving the right way is not only annoying, it's dangerous as hell. Unlike Google, Apple Maps gives you the play-by-play (and allows you to manually tweak your route) without fumbling to get access to your phone.
Get a Superman-esque tour of your city
Even back when Apple Maps sucked, it still offered some genuinely cool and unique features, most notably a 3D satellite view of your surroundings that felt like you were navigating through a video game. The new-and-improved version built upon this, and now many of its maps not only offer several 3D viewing options, but you can also sit back and enjoy 3D Flyover tours of most major cities. These mesmerizing, interactive, hi-def aerial scenes are essentially virtual helicopter tours, slowly jetting you around to notable attractions, while you zoom in and out at will.
Send directions straight from your computer to your phone
If you're headed to dinner or some other event from the office, it's easy to look up the address on your computer at your desk and simply beam it to your phone. Thanks to the Handoff feature, you can save a few seconds and spare yourself the trouble of pecking in an address twice.
Get up-to-the-minute train arrival times
Unless you're oddly charmed by giant rats and garbage, there's absolutely no reason to wait underground for your subway for more than a few minutes. Mercifully, Apple Maps keeps tabs on train schedules, and lets you know exactly when to head underground. Simply tap a particular station on the map itself or look it up in the search bar, and it'll give you the arrival times for the next three trains on any given line that crosses through that station.
Apple improved its data so you can avoid traffic jams and find faster routes
Much like Google's crowd-sourced live traffic data helps to re-route you away from particularly congested areas, Apple Maps has integrated similar capabilities to (hopefully) keep you from flying into a maniacal road rage.
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Joe McGauley is a senior writer for Thrillist. He hasn't deleted Google Maps... yet.


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I've decided to start a new monthly post on the blog where at the end of the month I'll talk about a few random things that I have been absolutely loving! One of those things will always be a playlist of whatever music has been getting the most replays over the month as well. These posts may be random, or the may have a theme, but be sure to let me know in the comments what you think!
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1. Fuzzy Socks
I know, I know, who doesn't love fuzzy sock?! But when I was trying to find a solution for something that would keep my feet warm, and not cause me to nearly kill myself on tile floors, I found out about fuzzy socks with grippies on the bottom. GAME CHANGER. Now I can be cute, comfy, and firmly stuck to the ground when I walk around my house.
2. Trader Joe's Nut Bars
I'm super picky about the kind of granola I like so finding any kind of 'bar' to keep around as a snack has always been a challenge. Finding these bars at Trader Joe's that are nut based, and dairy & gluten-free have made my life so much less stressful. The ingredients are really simple and the chocolate makes it feel like a treat!
3. Baseball Caps
I've always been a baseball fan so caps were around, but generally only in relation to like going to a Mariner game. As they've come around to actually be in 'trend' with cute colors and styles I decided to give it a shot. It's super nice to be able to throw on in the summer during a not-so-great hair day, plus lace detail(like the one I have on in the pic & the one I linked) is really cute!
4. Printiki Photo Printing
This one has a whole blog post dedicated to it! This month got the opportunity to use this photo printing service to decorate my office. I love love love seeing pics from Carefree & Coffee on my walls and on a vision board I made to keep myself motivated. They make it really easy for you. Connect directly to your social media so you get the best of your pics!
5. Friday Favorites-June 2017 Playlist
So many artists & bands have been releasing new music lately! It's actually hard to keep up with it all. A few have immediately hooked me though-the new All Time Low album has essentially been on repeat all day, every day. There's also a mix of my favorite songs from Linkin Park, Katy Perry, and Lorde.
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