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At the end of the year, many people take time to make charitable donations. But caring for those in need is a year-round responsibility—and when it comes to public policy, conservatives have an important opportunity to articulate an effective response to poverty and social breakdown in America.
A half-century into the War on Poverty, liberals can hardly declare victory. But they can claim the dominant anti-poverty narrative: Fight poverty by spending more, by starting another federal program.
Americans seldom look to conservatives for policy answers to the problems of poverty.
That's not to say we don't have answers. To the contrary, we've had important policy successes. The 1996 welfare reform rises to the top. School choice, which allows low-income parents to get their children out of failing and often violent public schools, is another a vital example of a policy that can help lift those in poverty and give them a chance at a different future.
But we've made precious few attempts to string these single notes of success together into something larger. We have yet to popularize a competitor to the prevailing tune about how to meet the needs of our neighbors.
It's time to change that—first and foremost in the interest of our neighbors.
A single mother on welfare may reflexively accept liberal policies. But if we believe that long-term government dependency doesn't do justice to her dignity, we ought to be able to explain that in a way that taps into her aspirations for a better future — particularly for her children. Anyone who thinks that's not possible should consider how low-income parents have clamored for school choice.
In 2012, The Heritage Foundation hosted an anti-poverty conference to bring leaders together from around the country. About 90 policymakers, policy implementers, researchers and program evaluators, service providers and ministry leaders, representatives of philanthropy networks, and communicators gathered. Fourteen leaders of state welfare agencies participated.
Our objective is to help more Americans escape poverty by promoting work, marriage, civil society, and welfare-spending restraints.
The many disciplines represented at that conference on Capitol Hill reflect the complexities of the human needs we seek to meet. But because we work in different disciplines, we might not often think of ourselves as a cohesive anti-poverty movement. And if we don't, that means the public certainly doesn't.
But we share a commitment to principles deeply related to the flourishing of all Americans. Evidence and experience testify to it. Marriage reduces the probability of child poverty by 80 percent. Work-based welfare recognizes that personal responsibility is essential to human dignity. If these realities are not yet widely understood, we owe it to all our neighbors to make that message clearer, appealing to their best intentions and their best interests.
In advancing a conservative agenda to fight poverty, we've got five Big C's to conquer:
Communication. We are being defeated by straw men in the poverty debate. If we don't talk in our own terms about overcoming poverty, our opponents will caricature our position. Conservatives need to go on offense, explaining why the welfare state has not done justice to the poor and pointing the way to upward mobility. That means communicating facts and stories in every possible venue — from op-eds to congressional hearings and town halls to state agency press releases.
Content. Conservatives need to offer a concrete description of our near-term objectives: We want to build on the success of the welfare reform of 1996, which reformed just one of 80 federal means-tested programs that in total are now funded to the tune of $1 trillion annually. We seek to secure the safety net for those truly in need — and to ensure that it encourages work and marriage rather than long-term government dependency. And we look to civil society to transform lives and communities and restore the path to upward mobility.
Courage. Policymakers need conviction, coupled with the confidence that comes from being equipped with the facts and seeing firsthand the life-changing alternatives to the status quo. They need to meet the former addicts restored through Jubal Garcia's work at Victory Fellowship in San Antonio, or the couples who have built healthy marriages thanks to Bishop Shirley Holloway's House of Help/City of Hope in Washington, D.C.
Credibility. Showing up, learning, and listening are top priorities. When the Republican Study Committee launched an anti-poverty initiative this fall, their first order of business was to hold a summit where they listened as neighborhood leaders from across the country — Jubal and Shirley among them — told of challenges and successes in exercising effective compassion.
Critical mass. We need others to join in to begin to change this tune. At The Heritage Foundation, we're committed to linking arms with a growing coalition of leaders to build a conservative anti-poverty movement.
Our challenge is to sound the notes that ring true to human need, to arrange them in a way that reminds listeners of what human dignity demands, and to make the music compelling enough for others to join in.
That's one of our resolutions for 2013 and beyond. Will you join us?
A version of this piece originally appeared in National Review Online.
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California has spent the past two decades learning a harsh, expensive lesson: The state does not have the financial resources to keep pace with the consequences of the hard-line sentencing laws imposed in the 1990s.
The Supreme Court's mandate that California release 33,000 prisoners from its $10 billion prison system confirms the insanity of trying to house nearly 120,000 prisoners at an annual cost of $47,000 per inmate. Politicians have known for years that comprehensive sentencing reform is the solution, but they have largely balked for fear of being labeled soft on crime.
Until now.
Last week's compromise between Gov. Jerry Brown and Republican and Democratic legislative leaders on prison overcrowding creates a rare window of opportunity for California to seriously address the issue.
"It's pivotal," Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg told us last week. "This deal takes the focus away from the capacity of our prison system and creates space for a real debate on sentencing reform."
The challenge will be crafting new sentencing laws that deter crime, provide a fair punishment for criminal transgressions and reduce the state's 65 percent recidivism rate — the highest in the nation. The national average is about 45 percent.
Fortunately, California can look to other states, including Minneosta, as models. Minnesota's approach, which has been endorsed by the American Bar Association, has produced one of the lowest imprisonment rates in the nation, and its prison system costs taxpayers only $457 million a year. Accounting for differences between the two states, this suggests California could save billions of dollars every year by taking a similar approach.
The state uses a permanent commission to monitor sentencing based on fairness and available prison capacity. It makes every effort, for example, to get treatment for non-violent criminals with a history of drug problems, rather than automatically locking them up for a set period of time.
A common misperception is that longer prison sentences reduce the crime rate. The truth is there is very little evidence to prove that keeping someone in prison for five years, rather than, say, four, prevents him or her from committing another crime.
A study released last week by the Stanford Three Strikes Project shows that the 1,000 prisoners released early due to Proposition 36, last year's three-strikes reform law, have a lower-than-expected recidivism rate, saving taxpayers more than $10 million. It's a small sample, but it's promising.
Inmates who receive treatment for drug addiction or mental illness, who remain connected to their families and can find employment, are much less likely to return to a life of crime.
California can't afford to incarcerate all the prisoners its sentencing laws create. The state's prison population, for example increased by 500 percent from 1982 to 2000, an unsustainable rate of growth.
Comprehensive sentencing reform is the logical next step for California to create a sustainable, efficient and just state prison system.

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Bike Tour Buzz, an independent resource that provides reviews, recommendations and other resources on cycling vacations, has unveiled its bike tour user review engine, and is already gaining significant traction with more than 30 reviews.
"We're excited to see the interest in our bike tour review site. The bike tour industry needs a way to capture the feedback, both positive and negative of its clients," said Bike Tour Buzz Founder Ted Chan, "The BTB review site will provide bicycling vacation travelers a place to praise great vendors, and vent about those that don't meet the standard."
The bike tour company user reviews section has the contact information for more than 450 global operators. Users can rate companies on food, accommodations, bike quality, customer service, and quality of the guides. Company reviews can be sorted by overall rank, country, and typical price point.
Though the site is new, it already has a number of meaningful reviews for leading companies and is getting more users by the day. Chan suggest tour operators can take advantage by having their best customers add their reviews.
"As a rider myself, I have had great bike tours and some active adventures that were disappointing. We want to be the TripAdvisor of bike tours, and bring transparency to the cycling vacation market, and reward those who provide the best customer service," said Chan.
Bike Tour Buzz provides recommendations for where to go on a country by country basis, as well as tips for the most popular bike tour regions, such as Tuscany, Burgundy, and Bordeaux. In addition, the site provides all sorts of guidance to riders on how to get the most out of a cycling vacation, such as training tips, packing guides, and travel guidance.
Bike Tour Buzz is an independent resource that provides reviews, recommendations and other resources on cycling vacations. We are run by passionate lovers of global travel, cycling tours and active adventures. Our mission is to help people taking bike tours research their ideal location and trip style, and match them up with the best tour operators. We want to make the cycling vacation industry more transparent, and reward the companies that provide the best experiences and customer service. We are based in Boston, MA, and a minority/woman-owned company. To contact us, use the information below:
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The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.
The Doing Business project, launched in 2002, looks at domestic small and medium-size companies and measures the regulations applying to them through their life cycle.
By gathering and analyzing comprehensive quantitative data to compare business regulation environments across economies and over time, Doing Business encourages economies to compete towards more efficient regulation; offers measurable benchmarks for reform; and serves as a resource for academics, journalists, private sector researchers and others interested in the business climate of each economy.
In addition, Doing Business offers detailed subnational reports, which exhaustively cover business regulation and reform in different cities and regions within a nation. These reports provide data on the ease of doing business, rank each location, and recommend reforms to improve performance in each of the indicator areas. Selected cities can compare their business regulations with other cities in the economy or region and with the 190 economies that Doing Business has ranked.
The first Doing Business report, published in 2003, covered 5 indicator sets and 133 economies. This year's report covers 11 indicator sets and 190 economies. Most indicator sets refer to a case scenario in the largest business city of each economy, except for 11 economies that have a population of more than 100 million as of 2013 (Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Russian Federation and the United States) where Doing Business, also collected data for the second largest business city. The data for these 11 economies are a population-weighted average for the 2 largest business cities. The project has benefited from feedback from governments, academics, practitioners and reviewers. The initial goal remains: to provide an objective basis for understanding and improving the regulatory environment for business around the world.
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Utah Transit Authority lets patrons pass contactless smart cards over electronic readers when boarding buses, trains or light rail cars.
Serving millions of commuters is a big job, especially in a state like Utah. Most of the populace is concentrated in urban areas, and the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) serves six counties over 1,400 square miles, including Salt Lake County, which was home to more than 1 million people in 2008, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The authority deployed a handy payment system to speed fare payment and collection - a system that may be the future of public transportation as we know it.
In January 2009, the UTA announced its electronic fare collection (EFC) system that allows patrons to pass "contactless" smart cards over electronic readers when boarding buses, and train or light rail cars, eliminating the need to pay drivers in person or flash passes. A chip in the card transmits a signal when it's close to the reader.
"The ability to have a card with this technology and be able to board a vehicle, tap a reader and get on makes things a lot more convenient for the customer. It allows them to board more quickly," said Craig Roberts, manager of technology program development for the UTA. "It allows us to collect a lot of information about ridership and trip patterns."
The UTA markets its EFC deployment as a "tap on, tap off" system - riders tap their card against a reader when they board and exit. Buses have card readers at each door, and card readers also are mounted on several locations on platforms at train and light rail stations.
"We've asked everyone to both tap on and tap off, which gives us information about where people board, where they get off," Roberts said. "We will be able to have planning data that shows us complete trips people are making within the system, and that is really valuable to us."
After swiping the card, the electronic reader responds with a colored light and a beep. Green and high tone means the pass is valid; red and low tone means the pass has been rejected, perhaps because the card has been deactivated or reported stolen; yellow and mid tone indicates the rider must take further action like upgrading the pass to use other modes of transportation.
The EFC system currently serves riders with an Eco Pass - a company-sponsored annual pass that employers issue to employees - or an Ed Pass - a school-issued pass. In each case, the company or school has paid for the passes through a contract with the UTA, so patrons can use public transportation for free as long as they're employed by or enrolled in a participating company or school.
The system also accepts contactless credit and debit cards like Visa payWave, MasterCard PayPass and American Express expresspay. Roberts describes this as an open-payment system because users can use bank-issued or other cards instead of UTA-specific cards to pay for rides. This is less restrictive than some other "closed" contactless systems, which Roberts said are typically proprietary systems.
"They're developed with a specific contractor, and the transit agency issues its own card," he said, but with the UTA system, you can use the same card to ride the bus as you would to pay for your groceries.
One "closed" card he compares the UTA system to is the SmarTrip card offered by Washington, D.C.'s Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. It's a plastic, rechargeable fare card with a computer chip that people touch to circular targets on or inside of fare gates to pay for rides. Riders can purchase the card and add money to it as they wish, but transportation is its sole use.
However, open systems aren't found only in Utah. The Octopus Card - a multipurpose card used to pay for public transit and purchases from vending machines, stores and schools - debuted in Hong Kong in 1997. Contactless cards are used for transit in other places as well. The United Kingdom's Oyster card is a contactless offering for travel via public transit, but like the SmarTrip card, is only for transportation.
The UTA spoke with other smart card-using transportation authorities years ago to find out what exactly EFC entails. They included the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the Chicago Transit Authority.
"I was retained by UTA to try the strategy for electronic fare collection," Roberts said. He estimates that he began working for the UTA in 2005 as a contract employee. "Then as we got into it and began to chart the course that we wanted to follow, the UTA chose to hire me as a full-time employee because it became clear that this was going to be a job that would be going on for a good long time."
The authority deployed the contactless cards in a pilot project in December 2006 on the UTA's ski bus service. Roberts and his colleagues put the technology on 41 buses that took skiers and ski resort employees into canyons and tested the system in the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 ski seasons.
"We did it so we could learn how to do it, and we learned an enormous amount," Roberts said. "It really did inform and help us to understand what was involved."
The UTA chose ERG Group as the vendor for the pilot program, the same company that supplied the technology for the public rollout currently under way. The transit authority awarded its second contract to ERG in October 2007 for three years with three additional one-year options.
ERG manages all of the data the cards collect on the back end through a system called eO, or the easy open payment system. The card readers, also called validators, record information the UTA can view through eO, which contains a database of authorized users.
"What's different with our fare collections system and others is we don't have equipment. We have a validator that resides on the vehicle, but that's it. There are no added machines, there are no point-of-sale devices out in the market," said Michael Cook, vice president of open payment systems at ERG. The transactions and ride authorizations are facilitated by software.
When a rider taps his or her employer- or school-issued card to the reader, the information on the card is checked against the available information in the database. The transaction process is similar with debit and credit cards.
"Let's say you had not registered and you're a first-time user. You take out your bank card and that reader will read the bank card information, and it will deliver it to our server where we will then deliver it to the payments network for authorization," Cook said.
Currently authorizations and transactions occur when someone taps on, so it doesn't matter when he or she exits or how long the ride goes, but as data is collected and assessed on transit routes and the time spent riding, payment structures may change.
"In the future, point A and point B will be defined and there may be some distance-based fares, so it will matter where you tap off, and the fares will be calculated after you tap off," Cook said.
He envisions that it may be similar to buying fuel for a vehicle. "If you have distance-based fares, you don't know what the fee will be when you get on, so it's more similar to pumping gas. When you pump gas and you present your card at the pump, it goes through an authorization," Cook said. And depending on how much you pump, your card is debited or charged that amount. He imagines the situation will be similar with the UTA's EFC system.
Of course, people can still pay with good old-fashioned cash. But Roberts thinks that cash transactions will occur less and less, perhaps similar to how paying with checks has fallen out of favor today.
"It wasn't that long ago that all of us were writing checks at the grocery store. And now, somebody who writes a check at the grocery store kind of annoys everybody behind them because they're taking more time than everybody's used to," he said.
The UTA also plans to let people track their travel history online through the transit authority's Web site, thanks to the information collected by eO. Transit authority personnel can also track rider activity, but not by personal identity.
"We have designed the system from the beginning to make sure that no employee of UTA can track somebody's individual movements by their identity. Thus, with our third-party pass program, the schools employers and ski resorts provide to us a list of card numbers," Roberts said. The UTA tracks information by these numbers, not by name.
Cook said the UTA is currently in Phase I of the project. When Phase II is rolled out, possibly in late 2009 or 2010, people can buy additional fare products within the credit and debit architecture, like prepaid passes of varying amounts or gift cards.


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When Alfred Legere, then the warden of the Nova Institution for Women in Truro, N.S., got the call telling him that Ashley Smith had died at another federal prison, he broke the news to his staff and then called an inmate assembly.
The teenager had been at Nova twice the previous year.
Mr. Legere figured some of the inmates would have known her or heard of her; he didn't want them learning of Ashley's death through the media. He also "wanted them to know we were aware and that we cared about their feelings."
All he did was read aloud the official Correctional Service of Canada press release.
One of the inmates spoke up.
She had been in segregation for some of the time Ashley was there. "This wouldn't have happened at Nova," the inmate said. "The staff here did a great job keeping her alive."
She then led the others in a standing ovation for the Nova staff.
Such was the challenge that Ashley posed to her handlers that just keeping her alive — the most fundamental duty of the prison service — was deemed praise-worthy.
Mr. Legere, who has almost three decades in Canadian prisons, on both male and female sides, is testifying at the Ontario coroner's inquest into Ashley's Oct. 19, 2007, asphyxiation death at the Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener, Ont.
For all his experience, he said, he's not met anyone like the kid from Moncton, N.B.
He came to Nova from the Springhill Institution, a medium-security men's prison with 500 inmates, and was "quite astonished at how engaged the women were with staff" at Nova, which has just 80 inmates.
Any prison has two basic functions — control of inmates and assistance to them — but at Nova, there was far more reliance on assistance, on empowering the inmates. The prison was "a very therapeutic environment."
But within a week of her arrival there on Oct. 31, 2006, Ashley was "smearing body fluids" on her cell camera (so she couldn't be monitored), throwing feces and urine at staff through the food slot and effectively had destroyed two of the three segregation cells (she broke sprinkler heads, a window, her bed frame and removed paint from the walls to use to cover the hated camera).
It's apparent they tried hard at Nova: Psychologists and the prison psychiatrist were immediately involved; various plans were developed to get Ashley out of segregation by "shaping" her behavior; Mr. Legere even got around her covering her camera by posting a CO by the rear window, which is outdoors.
Ultimately, they built a platform with a small stepladder to get to it, and posted the guard atop it — and, with the onset of winter, eventually surrounded it with a temporary shelter, with a heater, and limited the length of time the COs would have to spend there.
But though Ashley would take "two or three steps forward", these were always followed by "several large ones backward" and the triggers for her self-harming and destructive behaviour remained opaque.
Mr. Legere made weekly rounds to the seg unit, and spoke to Ashley a couple of times on these visits.
Once, having learned of her fondness for animals, he told her about the program called "Pawsitive Direction," which sees inmates trained to be dog handlers and then actually train dogs rescued from shelters as assistance animals for disabled children.
As Mr. Legere said, "I got used to seeing a group of dogs coming through our front gate, 12-15 of them" and saw the results too, how "women who had never been cared for, or who had never cared for themselves," learned to care for animals and ultimately for themselves.
(One day, he also saw a goat and a yak come into Nova with the dogs; "I was told they were to socialize with the dogs, of course," he said with a grin.)
Ashley seemed interested, he said, but only for about five minutes.
She was at Nova until Dec. 19 of 2006, but returned for less than a month in late July, that stay cut short after another segregation inmate took a CO hostage and held a homemade shiv to her throat.
The incident ended peacefully, but within hours of it, Ashley was on a tear of tying up. The perpetually short-staffed staff was now also traumatized, with 13 COs off in one sweep on worker's compensation.
"This took the therapeutic environment of Nova and changed it," Mr. Legere said sadly, "probably forever."
They'd collectively kept Ashley Smith alive, and now they were utterly out of gas.
In the circumstances, it was probably every bit the victory that the inmate who led the ovation believed it to be.
Mr. Legere soon approved an involuntary transfer to Grand Valley, where Ashley died less than two months later.
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I have seen quite a few venture groups (mostly in healthcare, but some on IT) now start a side incubator. They listen to creative pitches from entrepreneurs and then essentially they have the rights to pursue it in their wholly owned incubator. It is a smart idea, they can get much larger ownership for the same money, but it seems very unfair to the entrepreneurs who lay the groundwork. And, of course, NONE of them are willing to sign CDAs.PRIVATE: Members Only


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Die Attraktivität von SaaS-Anwendungen wie Office 365®, G Suite™, Box und Salesforce® nimmt immer weiter zu, mit ihr aber auch die verborgenen Bedrohungen in SaaS-Angeboten: teure Datenverluste, Compliance-Probleme, Verbreitung von Malware usw. Der SaaS-Sicherheitsdienst Prisma™ SaaS ergänzt Ihre bestehenden Sicherheitstools durch Datenklassifizierung, Prävention von Datenverlust und Bedrohungserkennung – sodass Ihre SaaS-Anwendungen optimal geschützt sind.
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Walking The Walk: Deploying Cortex in Our SOC
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Matt Mellen, Sr Manager, Security Operations
Join this live webinar where practitioners at Palo Alto Networks Security Operations Center (SOC) share how they have deployed Cortex to solve some of the pressing problems in Cyber security. You will walk away with practical tips and recommendations to reduce the number of alerts, streamline vendor technologies and improve mean time to response. Using Cortex XDR and Demisto, Palo Alto Networks has deployed innovative technology to detect sophisticated threats, accelerate investigations and improve the response.
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Cloud Native Cybersecurity: Trends, Requirements, and Best Practices with ESG
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59 mins
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62 mins
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61 mins
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Join our experts as they provide best practice recommendations pertaining to risk, multi-category, and policy actions. We'll show how you can prevent successful attacks when you:
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Kasey Cross, Sr Product Manager; Mike Gotham, Threat Hunter
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48 mins
Clarify360 | Nuvalo| Optimized Channel | Palo Alto Networks | SonicWall
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- Crucial steps companies should be taking as they move data and processes to multiple cloud environments
- Understanding the shared responsibility model in the context of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), software-as-a-service (SaaS), and platform-as-a-service (PaaS)
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- Jo Peterson, Vice President, Cloud and Security Services, Clarify360
- Manon Buettner, CEO & Co-Founder, Nuvalo
- Michelle Ruyle, CEO & Founder, Optimized Channel
- Fred Streefland, Chief Security Officer (CSO) for North & East-Europe (NEEUR), Palo Alto Networks
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Sep 19 2019
55 mins
Matt Helin, Sr Mngr. of security engineering at Wayfair, Rob Sadowski, trust & security marketing lead at Google Cloud
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Not long ago, Wayfair was like most companies – managing co-located data centers full of VMs and physical machines. Today, they've expanded their infrastructure footprint to Google Cloud Platform which houses Wayfair's storefront application and serves thousands of customers every hour.
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- Strategies for securely implementing infrastructure as code and containers
- Accelerating app development by taking a more CI/CD-based DevOps style approach
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The great American musical "South Pacific," for decades relegated to high-school and community theater, shone again in 2008 in a glorious Lincoln Center revival.
The spirit of that production permeates the latest Broadway tour of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, which opened Tuesday night in Orlando.
Officially billed as "based on the Lincoln Center Theater production," this touring show keeps much of what made that revival of the 1949 musical set in World War II so mesmerizing: The inventive set with its tropical blinds that rise and fall on the action; the gorgeous lighting that makes the mysterious island of Bali Ha'i fade in and out of view; the attention to period detail with old Life magazines, smoking and segregated troops.
It's the focus on the racism of the time — remember that "Some Enchanted Evening" notwithstanding, "South Pacific" is much more than a love story — that gives the show its edge, a sense that something more momentous than a tropical romance is going on. Not only was a war being fought to save the world, the world itself was changing in attitude and belief.
In fact, the production's emphasis on the more somber elements nearly overshadows the love story. It's a slight imbalance compounded by a Nellie (Katie Reid) who's appealing with a clear, pretty voice but comes across as more serious than the normal bouncy portrayal.
As Emile, Marcelo Guzzo brings the requisite operatic baritone for big numbers such as his lament, a passionate "This Nearly Was Mine" breaking through his air of detachment. But the mélange of accents — he's a native Spanish speaker trying to sound French while singing in English — often overwhelmed his lyrics.
The standout performer is Cathy Foy-Mahi, a malevolent Bloody Mary, hard and cynical and determined to make a better life for her daughter by finding her an American husband. It's delightfully chilling the way her fierce rasp belies the lighthearted lyrics of "Happy Talk," a number beautifully staged with shadow effects emphasizing the lovely dance by Liat (Hsin-Yu Liao).
Of course, not everything can be replicated from Lincoln Center: The 30-piece orchestra has been reduced to 10, though the musicians create a sound bigger than their number suggests.
Yet the emotional moments remain: Just watch the young men and women marching off to battle to a hushed reprise of the previously comical "Honey Bun" and remember: They were the people who changed the world.
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•Length: 2:55, including intermission
•When: 8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, Dec. 6-9; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10; 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11
•Where: Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, 401 W. Livingston St., Orlando
•Tickets: $38 and up
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How do you make an oil production & exploration company pop? Propose it can double in the next year and highlight it as a possible takeover target to boot.
That's what happened today to Penn Virginia (PVA), which has popped 9.7% to $10 after SunTrust Robinson Humphrey said it was a "top takeover target this year." Oh, they also named it as a top pick, praised its "operational excellence," and cited numerous catalysts.
Analyst Neal Dingmann and Ryan Oatman explain:
Penn Virginia is not only likely to see materially higher production growth from its six rigs drilling continuously improving wells, but the company should see over 25% cash flow growth from drilling production combined with drilling/completion efficiencies. The company should be able to fund the growth not only from cash flow but through asset sales such as the recently announced $100 million sale of its Eagle Ford gas gathering system. Channel checks not only signal continued improving well results, but also numerous drilling efficiencies that should considerably boost production and lower well costs / capital expenditures.
Now about that takeover potential. Dingmann and Oatman write:
Nearby acquisition highlights Penn Virginia's value. Devon Energy(DVN) recently agreed to acquired Eagle Ford Shale assets in DeWitt and Lavaca Counties from private GeoSouthern Energy for $6 billion. The assets consist of 53,000 boe/d and 82,000 net acres with over 1,200 drilling locations all in DeWitt and Lavaca Counties. We calculate the deal at $3.975B for the 53,000 boe/d of existing production assuming recent Eagle Ford deal rates of $75,000 per flowing Boe and $2.025B for acreage or ~$25,000/acre after netting out the production. We calculate that if all acreage was the same, Penn Virginia trades at roughly 25% of the value of the latest acquisition, and nearly as large a discount even after taking into account some acreage differences.
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We are a group of bankers, who have many years of experience working in large wealth management organisations.
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For many of the tasks I have to do day to day, I have a default tool. If I want to edit some text I'll use Emacs; if I want to write an application slowly that runs quickly I'll use C++; if I want to write an application quickly that runs slowly I'll use Perl. And if I have to look after a hundred different configuration files for a hundred different users I'll write a web interface so they can maintain the files themselves.
Ultimately, with any web app I write, anything complex is entered through a
<textarea>. However, I often think that a sufficiently restricted emacs would give the users a nicer experience. If it was for me, I would just add the necessary functionality to dired. However, for a non-IT person, the dired interface is not reasonable.
So, a little experiment – can I make something emacs-based that a non-IT person would be happy to use?
File Selector Design Outline
What I envisage is a file selector that remembers the files that a user has opened before (fairly standard selector functionality right?). When a file is selected it provides a simplified view of the configuration file to the user. When they select save, it will save the full complex configuration file in all its glory.
I can also enforce some policies such as every save will check-in to source code control. Then if my editor doesn't work correctly or the user does something they didn't want to do, I can retrieve an earlier, working version.
File Selector Implementation
I had better give the user some defaults to click on to start with. Fortunately the configuration files are stored in two main areas:
/data/sales and
(require 'button) (require 'derived) (defconst file-editor-default-dirs (mapcar (lambda (e) (concat "/data" (symbol-name e))) '(sales admin)))
I don't want to display any files or directories that the users should not be looking in so I exclude them with a regex.
(defvar file-editor-exclude-file-regex "^RCS\\|^#\\|\\.back$\\|~$")
Each line in the file selector will be a button which enters the directory or opens the file respectively. I've mentioned emacs buttons previously).
(define-button-type 'open-dir 'action 'file-editor-open-dir 'follow-link t 'help-echo "Open Directory") (define-button-type 'open-file 'action 'file-editor-open-file 'follow-link t 'help-echo "Open Configuration File")
The configuration files are based on xml. I want to redefine some of the keys, such as
C-s for save and
C-f for search so I derive a major mode from xml-mode.
(define-derived-mode file-editor-mode xml-mode "File Editor" "Major mode for editing configuration files. Special commands: \\{file-editor-mode-map}") (if file-editor-mode-map nil (setq file-editor-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap)) (define-key file-editor-mode-map (kbd "C-f") 'isearch-forward) (define-key file-editor-mode-map (kbd "C-o") 'file-editor-file-selector) (define-key file-editor-mode-map (kbd "C-s") 'file-editor-save-file))
The directory buttons and file buttons call
file-editor-open-dir and
file-editor-open-file respectively.
(defun file-editor-open-dir (button) (let ((parent (button-get button 'parent)) (dir (button-get button 'dir))) (file-editor-dir-list (format "%s%s" (if parent (concat parent "/") "") dir)))) (defun file-editor-open-file (button) (let ((parent (button-get button 'parent)) (file (button-get button 'file))) (find-file (concat parent "/" file)) (file-editor-mode) (longlines-mode 1)))
When the file selector is first opened, it displays some default directories. Later on I'll extend this to display files that have been opened recently.
(defun file-editor-insert-opendir-button (parent dir) (insert-text-button (format "[%s]" dir) :type 'open-dir 'parent parent 'dir dir) (insert "\n")) (defun file-editor-default-dirs () (let ((buffer (get-buffer-create "*file-editor-dir-list*"))) (with-current-buffer buffer (progn (erase-buffer) (insert "*** Default File List ***\n\n") (dolist (dir file-editor-default-dirs) (file-editor-insert-opendir-button nil dir))))))
I keep the file selector buffer read-only and therefore need to set
inhibit-read-only to t whenever I write to it. I can then get all the files and directories within the current directory using
I skip all the files beginning with a period. A string is a type of array so I can just compare against the first character using
aref. I suspect it is more efficient than using a regex (surely it must be?) but I haven't measured.
I list all of the directories prior to the files.
(defun file-editor-dir-list (parent) (let ((buffer (get-buffer-create "*file-editor-dir-list*"))) (with-current-buffer buffer (let ((inhibit-read-only t) files dirs) (setq parent (expand-file-name parent)) (erase-buffer) (dolist (vec (directory-files-and-attributes parent)) (let ((filename (car vec)) (is-directory (cadr vec))) (unless (or (eq (aref filename 0) ?.) (string-match file-editor-exclude-file-regex filename)) (if is-directory (push filename dirs) (push filename files))))) (insert (format "Current Directory: %s\n\n" parent)) (file-editor-insert-opendir-button parent "..") (dolist (dir (reverse dirs)) (file-editor-insert-opendir-button parent dir)) (dolist (file (reverse files)) (insert-text-button file 'parent parent 'file file :type 'open-file) (insert "\n")) (toggle-read-only 1)))))
file-editor-file-selector opens either the default files/directories or the buffer which should contain the last visited location.
(defun file-editor-file-selector () (interactive) (let ((buffer (get-buffer "*file-editor-dir-list*"))) (if buffer (switch-to-buffer buffer) (file-editor-default-dirs)))) (file-editor-file-selector)
Okay that is probably enough for one post. Obviously I have a fair amount of functionality left to implement. What do you guys think? Am I crazy to even consider using emacs over <textarea>? Let me know in the comments.


text: Fred's career in the dance business started in 1972 as a trainee in Daytona Beach, FL. In that same year he moved to Lakeland to be an instructor in a newly opened independent studio. He was there for a year and then moved to the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Lakeland where he taught for several years. In 1977 Fred opened his own studio – the Elan Dance Theatre in Lakeland, Florida and that studio is still in operation. As he was establishing this studio, he was also teaching classes at the Polk and Hillsborough Community Colleges as part of the continuing education department. He also taught for the YMCA, Elks Lodge, Moose Lodge, and many other private clubs. In 1979 he opened the second Elan Dance Theatre which was in Winter Haven, Florida. This studio was also very successful and was operated for about 10 years until it was sold. Fred has taught social and competitive dancing to hundreds of people in the Lakeland area. He has competed both as a professional and in pro am. Fred and his wife Emma were the 1980 American Champions at the Atlanta Star Ball – dancing both American Smooth and American Rhythm. In 1982 they were finalists in the Rising Star International Standard at the Florida State Dance Championships. Their primary coaches at the time were Michael and Valerie Houseman. Kerry Wilson and Ron and Patty Troy. Over the years Fred has been fortunate to have coaching from many outstanding teachers including Jackie Santoro, Larry Silvers, David Key, Timothy and Michelle Mason,Stephen and Lindsay Hillier, Bobby Mederios and Perri Adair Johnson to mention a few. He has traveled with his students to many competitions throughout the United States and Europe and the students have won many awards. Fred was examined by Larry Silvers and received his certification in American Smooth and Rhythm in 1990. This was through the NDTA. In 2005 Kerry Wilson administered his examinations in International Standard and Latin and Theatre Arts and he received his certification in those areas through Terpsichore. He is a championship certified judge for NDCA and has judged at numerous NDCA competitions. Fred continues to teach, coach and judge and is also involved with his wife in her job as an event coordinator for several major competitions.


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Southwards, the Rift Valley system is another wondrous region where many other attractions are sited. The six or seven Rift Valley crater lakes are home to a large number of bird and marine life. They are also a paradise for nature and water lovers. National parks with their exotic birds, animals and plant life add to the beauty of the Rift Valley region. Beautiful landscapes and natural features are the most enjoyable components of the system. Salt lakes, active volcano sites and caravan routes still number among Ethiopia's great attractions in the Rift Valley.
Further south is the Omo Valley with its popular ethnic treasures. This is where about 50% of Ethiopia's ethnic groups live: the Konso with their terraced agriculture and rituals; the Mursi with their clay lip plates and barbarian life style; the Hamer with their bull-jumping ceremony, which young men must experience in order to qualify for adulthood; and the Karo with their body painting and adornment. Here unusual traditions such as dance, music and rituals from birth to marriage and burial are still observed in their genuine and original forms.
Ethiopia is used to being overlooked as a tourist destination, but the country's unique attractions are slowly taking pride of place in Africa, and today the oldest independent nation on the continent welcomes visitors to experience her mosaic of ethnicity, a long and proud history, and an abundance of stunning scenery.
This is only a suggested itinerary; we are able to offer various activities and accommodation options making Ethiopia very affordable. We specialize in tailor-made holidays so please do not hesitate to contact us if you wish to discuss your own travel ideas with us.
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-Explore the Historic Northern Circuit of early Coptic Ethiopian Cities of Axum, Lalibela, Gondar and Bahir Dar
-Discover the great diversity of bird species along the rift Valley and the great lakes
-Visit the beguiling tribes of painted and adorned people of the Omo Valley
-Hike through the geographically stunning Bale Mountains
-Go beyond the ordinary by visiting the areas west of the Omo River
Combination of Historic Route and Omo valley safari
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Day 1. ADDIS ABABA- Arrival at Addis Ababa Bole international Airport and be welcomed and transfer to Hotel. If your arrival permits, you will have a sight seeing tour of Addis Ababa. Dinner and Overnight at Elda guest House or Kaleb Hotel.
Day 2. ADDIS ABABA-BAHIRDAR- Early in the morning after breakfast, transfer to airport for your flight to Bahirdar. Up on arrival, transfer to hotel for check-in and then start driving some 35km south-east of Bahirdar to reach the small town of Tiss-Abay named after the waterfalls of the Blue Nile. Cross the small lake by boat to reach the panoramic view point of the waterfalls. The water from Lake Tana drops 150 feet to become the Nile in the Sudan almost 500 miles away. P.M. boat trip on Lake Tana to visit one of the most Interesting churches of the area- The Ura-Kidane Meheret and Azwa-mariam Churches. Please note that you have to walk about 25 min per way to reach the church. Overnight at Kuriftu Restot and Spa.
Day 3. BAHIRDAR-GONDAR- Drive to Gondar (175km), the medieval town and capital of Ethiopia from beginning 17th c. In the afternoon visit the castle compound where you can seethe medieval palaces of Emperor Fasildes, Yohannes, Eyassu, David, Bakkafa and Queen Mentwab. Then you will drive to debre Berhan Sellassie Church which is famous by its ceiling and walls paintings. At the nd of the day, you will visit the so called "Bath of Fasildes". Overnight at Goha / Florida inter. Hotel.
Day 4. GONDAR-LALIBELLA- flies to Lalibella and up on arrival you will be transferred to hotel for check-in. Then start visiting The 1st and 2nd group of churches at Lalibella, which considered as the 8th wonders of the world, home of the specially hewned rock churches aged 850 years old and still everyday use for the locals and pilgrimages. Well crafted and designed with unique drainage and drenched systems interconnecting all the rock churches beneath. The 1st group of the rock-hewn churches and the famous Greek shaped st. George with a walk through the villages as old as the churches themselves. Dinner and Overnight Top 12 Hotel.
Day 5. LALIBELLA-AXUM- flies to Axum and transfer to hotel for check-in. on this day, you will visit the historical, archaeological and religious attractions, Museums, St.Marry of Zion Church-a place where it is belived that the Arc of the Covenanat is kept), The stele park, Tombs and ruined palaces of the queen of Sheba. Dinner and Overnight at Sabean Hotel.
Day 6. AXUM-ADDIS ABABA-LANGANO- transfer to airport for your flight back to Addis Ababa. And then drive to Langano on the way visit The three Rift Valley Lakes Ziway, Abyata-Shalla and langano. Visit these lakes rich in birds such as pelicans, flamingoes, storks, hamerkops, Marabou Storks, Herons and More. The lodge is Convenient of leisure and relaxation-here you can water ski and sail, swim or bask in the bazing sun on the slopping sandy beach. Dinner and Overnight at Sabana Lodge.
Day 7. LANGANO-ARBAMINCH-After breakfast, drive towards Arbaminch, on the way the ormomo tribe settlement and the road side colorful tombs that will catch your interest for the longer distance. Lunch en route and continue driving to Arbaminch on the way visit the Dorze people at the town of Chencha. Dore people are famous for their bee hive look alike house styles and staple dining on a plant called false banana or enset. You will see the harvest, fermentation and preparation of this cassava like plant and perhaps you might want to have a bite of this bread. While descending stop for a marvelous view of the twin akes separated by the Bride of God and distinguished with their colors. Reddish is Lake Abaya and Greenish is Lake Chamo. Dinner and Overnight at Paradise Lodge.
Day 8. ARBAMINCH-KONSO-JINKA- In the morning after having your breakfast, you will have a boat trip on Lake Chamo to admire crocodiles(here the crocodiles are some of the longest in Africa with a length of 6m and above); Hippos and Various Birds like African Fish Eagle, Goliath Egret, Flamingos and Pelicans. Then continue driving to Jinka-on the way Visit the Konso people and their village. The konso people are very well known by traditional terracing farming and hierarchal way of life. Dinner and Overnight Jinka Resort Hotel.
Day 9. JINKA-MURSI-TURMI- Drive early in the morning to the Mago National Park to see the musri Villages.Mursi women, on reaching maturity, have their lower lips slit and circular clay discs inserted. The larger the disc, the more desirable the wearer. The disc measures up to ten centimeters (4 inch) in Diamter. Lunch at Jinka and continue driving to Turmi en route visit one of the vibrant and dazzling Thursday Market(Depends on the starting day) at key afer for a visit of the Tsemay, Benna, ari people gathering and Excahniging Goods. Dinner and Overnight at Buska Lodge.
Day 10. TURMI-MURULLE-TURMI- In the morning drive to Murulle so as to see the Konso tribe. They are well known by body painting and fascinating houses. Then drive back to turmi and late afternnon visit the Hammer tribes and their village. Diiner and Overnight at Buska Lodge
Day 11. TURMI-YABELLO- Drive to Yabello via konso en route visit the marvelous landscapes of borena and abundant bird species. Here you will admire the borena oromo people and their typical dressing style on your way to yabello. Dinner and Overnight at Yabello Motel.
Day 12. YABELLO-AWASSA- Drive some 300km to Awassa via dilla on the way admiring the green serenity of the area, the famous Sidama Coffee plantations and the local Sidama people who paints their home with interesting paintings. Dinner and Overnight at Lewi Resort.
Day 13. AWASSA-BALE GOBA- In the morning visit the fish market at the shores of lake Awassa and driving to Bale passing through the Arsi plteau. En route admire the very beautiful sxcnery, farming fields and the local arsi oromo people. Dinner and Overnight at Wabisheblle Hotel.
Day 14. Senate Plateau- Nazareth- In the morning drive to Senate Plateau, which has alpine climate and it's the ideal place to see the Endemic Ethiopian Wolf, Mountain Nyala, Menelic Bush Buck and other mammals. Dinner and Overnight at Adama German Hotel
Day 15. Nazareth-Addis Ababa-Departure- Drive back To Addis Ababa and have more sight seeing tour and shopping time. In the evening you will have a traditional welfare dinner party in one of the Ethiopian Traditional Restaurant with folkloric music and dances. Then transfer to airport for your departure to home with a life time memory.
Starting From USD 2125.00
Price Includes
1. 14 nights accommodation as in the itinerary based on a double bedded room sharing.
2. Meals on half Board basis (Breakfast and Dinner) including hot and soft drinks.
3. 4x4 wheel drive jeep with Gasoil & English Speaking Driver who knows the area well for the omo valley part.
4. English Speaking Local Guide service
5. All Entrance and Village fees as per the itinerary.
6. All Surface Transplantation, transfer in and out from/to hotels and airport.
7. Government taxes and Administrative costs.
8. Domestic Airfare as per the itinerary
Price Doesn't Include
1. Alcoholic Beverages
2. Any Personal Expenses in nature such as telephone, e-mail, laundry etc
3. Customary tips for driver and guides
4. Photographic and Filming fees where and if applicable.
5. Any Expense which is not mentioned in the above price inclusion section.
* The domestic air fare is $ 225 at the time of preparing The Package. Please note that the air fare is subject to change with out any prior notice by the airline.
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Byzantine Icons
Byzantine art and architecture
Byzantine art and architecture, works of art and structures works produced in the city of Byzantium after Constantine made it the capital of the Roman Empire (AD 330) and the work done under Byzantine influence, as in Venice, Ravenna, Norman Sicily, as well as in Syria, Greece, Russia, and other Eastern countries.
General History
For more than a thousand years, until the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, Byzantine art retained a remarkably conservative orientation; the major phases of its development emerge from a background marked by adherence to classical principles. Artistic activity was temporarily disrupted by the Iconoclastic controversy (726–843), which resulted in the wholesale destruction of figurative works of art and the restriction of permissible content to ornamental forms or to symbols like the cross. The pillaging of Constantinople by the Frankish Crusaders in 1204 was perhaps a more serious blow; but it was followed by an impressive late flowering of Byzantine art under the Paleologus dynasty.
Byzantine Art
Byzantine achievements in mosaic decoration brought this art to an unprecedented level of monumentality and expressive power. Mosaics were applied to the domes, half-domes, and other available surfaces of Byzantine churches in an established hierarchical order. The center of the dome was reserved for the representation of the Pantocrator, or Jesus as the ruler of the universe, whereas other sacred personages occupied lower spaces in descending order of importance.
The entire church thus served as a tangible evocation of the celestial order; this conception was further enhanced by the stylized poses and gestures of the figures, their hieratic gaze, and the luminous shimmer of the gold backgrounds. Because of the destruction of many major monuments in Constantinople proper, large ensembles of mosaic decoration have survived chiefly outside the capital, in such places as Salonica, Nicaea, and Daphni in Greece and Ravenna in Italy.
An important aspect of Byzantine artistic activity was the painting of devotional panels, since the cult of icons played a leading part in both religious and secular life. Icon painting usually employed the encaustic technique. Little scope was afforded individuality; the effectiveness of the religious image as a vehicle of divine presence was held to depend on its fidelity to an established prototype. A large group of devotional images has been preserved in the monastery of St. Catherine on Mt. Sinai.
The development of Byzantine painting may also be seen in manuscript illumination. Among notable examples of Byzantine illumination are a lavishly illustrated 9th-century copy of the Homilies of Gregory Nazianzen and two works believed to date from a 10th-century revival of classicism, the Joshua Rotulus (or Roll) and the Paris Psalter.
Other Arts
Enamel, ivory, and metalwork objects of Byzantine workmanship were highly prized throughout the Middle Ages; many such works are found in the treasuries of Western churches. Most of these objects were reliquaries or devotional panels, although an important series of ivory caskets with pagan subjects has also been preserved. Byzantine silks, the manufacture of which was a state monopoly, were also eagerly sought and treasured as goods of utmost luxury.
Byzantine Architecture
The architecture of the Byzantine Empire was based on the great legacy of Roman formal and technical achievements. Constantinople had been purposely founded as the Christian counterpart and successor to the leadership of the old pagan city of Rome. The new capital was in close contact with the Hellenized East, and the contribution of Eastern culture, though sometimes overstressed, was an important element in the development of its architectural style. The 5th-century basilica of St. John of the Studion, the oldest surviving church in Constantinople, is an early example of Byzantine reliance upon traditional Roman models.
The most imposing achievement of Byzantine architecture is the Church of Holy Wisdom or Hagia Sophia. It was constructed in a short span of five years (532–37) during the reign of Justinian. Hagia Sophia is without a clear antecedent in the architecture of late antiquity, yet it must be accounted as culminating several centuries of experimentation toward the realization of a unified space of monumental dimensions. Throughout the history of Byzantine religious architecture, the centrally planned structure continued in favor. Such structures, which may show considerable variation in plan, have in common the predominance of a central domed space, flanked and partly sustained by smaller domes and half-domes spanning peripheral spaces.
Although many of the important buildings of Constantinople have been destroyed, impressive examples are still extant throughout the provinces and on the outer fringes of the empire, notably in Bulgaria, Russia, Armenia, and Sicily. A great Byzantine architectural achievement is the octagonal church of San Vitale (consecrated 547) in Ravenna. The church of St. Mark's in Venice was based on a Byzantine prototype, and Byzantine workmen were employed by Arab rulers in the Holy Land and in Ottonian Germany during the 11th cent.
Secular architecture in the Byzantine Empire has left fewer traces. Foremost among these are the ruins of the 5th-century walls of the city of Constantinople, consisting of an outer and an inner wall, each originally studded with 96 towers. Some of these can still be seen.
See A. van Millingen, Byzantine Churches in Constantinople (1912); D. T. Rice, Art of Byzantium (1959) and Art of the Byzantine Era (1963, repr. 1985); W. MacDonald, Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture (1963); I. Hutter, Early Christian and Byzantine Art (1988).


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A Nature Note Farewell
by Ro Wauer
For all my life I have been writing about nature. As a very young boy I wrote about my surroundings: tropical fish, grasshoppers, lizards, robins, the changing leaves. I continued writing essays about the natural world throughout my college years. And during my 32-year career with the National Park Service, nature guides and articles were a significant part of my work. Then with retirement in 1989, and moving to Victoria, I began a series of weekly Nature Notes in the Advocate. My belief had long been to "Do more than exist – live; Do more than touch – feel; Do more than look – observe; Do more than listen – understand; Do more than talk – say something!" (John Harsen Rhoades)
And so my Nature Notes included every imaginable topic within my understanding, with the help of my very complete nature library. During those twenty-plus years our Mission Oaks yard provided the principal source of topics. I began by introducing plants to attract hummingbirds; I had been an avid birder for almost half a century. But I soon discovered that the flowering plants were attracting more butterflies than birds. Although I already knew all the birds, my new joy was learning butterflies. And like all field naturalists, I kept records of all the species seen in my yard. Since my first yard bird – a cardinal in June 1989 – to the present (Nov. 2009) I recorded a grand total of 182 species. My butterfly list includes 130 species. Also, my yard herp (reptiles and amphibians) list includes 33 species, and my mammal list a paltry nine species.
In reviewing the birds, butterflies, herps, and mammals that I so enjoyed, they include a number of specialties. Most memorable birds included a number of colorful warblers –blackpoll, Blackburnian, prairie and cerulean – buff-bellied hummingbirds became a full-time resident, an eastern screech-owl raised a family, green jays were sporadic visitors, and a visiting zone-tailed hawk, swallow-tailed kite, pileolated woodpecker, and clay-colored robin were also memorable. Bathing red-shouldered hawks and barred owls were also special.
A few of the most memorable butterflies included yellow and white angled-sulphurs, white-M and striped hairstreaks, red-bordered metalmark, an amazing number of julias, an out of range gray cracker that came to sip on homemade brew, zilpa and brown longtails, Erickson's white-skipper, and hammock's skipper. Other invertebrates of note included a variety of dragonflies and damselflies, praying mantises, doodlebugs, leafcutter ants, and garden spiders that weaved amazing webs.
Of the few mammals found in our yard, most memorable were the lone ringtail and the white-tailed deer mother and fawn. We believe that the fawn was actually born in our yard; it was too weak to stand when we first discovered it. But it was soon able to walk away, only to lie down again soon afterwards. Betty and I were able to photograph the newly born fawn and the doe several times when they visited our yard, including the last time when the fawn had lost almost all its spots and had developed tiny knobs where its antlers would soon grow. Our very own Bambi!
Over the years we have received calls from numerous readers to ask about or to inform us about various birds and butterflies seen in their yard. The calls have added immeasurably to the fun of writing Nature Notes on our South Texas wildlife. Purple martins, cardinals, woodcocks, caracaras, green jays, painted buntings, Eurasian collared-doves, and trumpeter swans were some of the subjects of those calls. Butterfly calls of special interest included zebras, a banded orange heliconian, white peacocks, and tawny emperors.
Betty, my wife who has shared our yard and answered so many of your calls, joins me in wishing you all a fond farewell! We are leaving Victoria to move to Bryan. We will be closer to our kids and will be down-sizing from a large house and very large yard. We do plan to install a butterfly garden by spring, and we look forward to exploring new country and finding lesser known places for birds and butterflies.


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Join us for a time of exploration, discussion and fun. Senior Youth, grades 10-12, meet together on Wednesday evenings. Junior Youth, grades 6-9, Friday evenings are your nights. The City @ TMP is all about you, so we explore topics you are interested in. It's an evening focused on growth in our relationship with the God who loves us and cares deeply for us. Any Questions? Contact Peter (Youth Director): firstname.lastname@example.com
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Ranjit leads Accenture's Global Operations Shared Services and Accenture Delivery Centers Infrastructure Services. In this role, he drives the strategy, operations and delivery of large-scale technology infrastructure solutions at scale for clients. Ranjit is an industry thought leader and trusted business advisor on end-to-end strategy and implementation of critical technology infrastructure and business process services projects. He holds a patent in compliance control framework (2003-05) in the area of business continuity.
Ranjit plays a key role in driving Accenture's innovation and automation agenda—helping transform clients' business processes through smarter, leading edge solutions that not only improve outcome, but enable people to be more efficient.
Ranjit joined Accenture in 2003, and was responsible for setting up the Business Continuity Practice (BCP) in India, including strategy, creation and implementation of the BCP framework across engagements. He has led highly skilled and result-driven teams across different leadership roles at Accenture, such as the Avanade team in India, the Accenture Delivery Centers India Operations, Accenture Delivery Centers Asia-Pacific (APAC) Operations and Accenture Delivery Centers APAC Infrastructure Outsourcing.
Prior to Accenture, Ranjit held executive roles at Tata Consultancy Services, COSL and Alltel. He has a bachelor's degree in engineering, specializing in Industrial and Production Engineering from R.V. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India. Ranjit is passionate about wildlife and support animal welfare and wildlife conservation. He is also an ardent sports fan. He lives in Mumbai, India with his wife.


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As one of the largest employers in the region, we offer a vibrant, challenging and friendly place to work. Find out more about why working and living in Wolverhampton is a great choice.
To explore current University vacancies please go to our e-recruitment site, which will offer you as the applicant the ability to:
To assist you in making an application please read through our how to apply section. This includes a list of frequently asked questions which you may find helpful.


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ShutterCo is a Family owned & operated business dedicated to providing the highest quality Interior Shutters & design fittings with over 10 years experience.
What Makes ShutterCo Different?
Unlike other Interior Shutter companies; we have an established, physical showroom showcasing our Shutter collection. Located in the heart of Monkstown village in County Dublin, our gallery features a collection of our Shutters in place. We invite you to come and visit us, where you can physically see and explore the range of options we offer. Different louvre sizes, frame types and styling options are all on display. We will be on hand to go through the merits of the different options available to you.
Family Owned & operated since 2005
ShutterCo is the owned & operated by the Rice family of Dublin, and has been since 2005. Over the years, we have developed a vast knowledge of Interior shutters; from knowing about each and every different style of shutter to having a keen awareness as to what style suits what type of house. Quite frankly, we live and breathe shutters in the Rice household and this is something which comes across to our clients when they deal with us. We have the knowledge and expertise to provide them with the answers and options they need.
Sarah Rice
Sarah Rice is the primary contact for the business. When we started in Shutters back in 2005 from our premises in Ashbourne, County Meath, Sarah visited the United States for research and training in the business of interior shutters. In addition to her extensive knowledge of Shutters, Sarah studied 'Display Design' in DIT, and subsequently designed displays for 'A-Wear'. Sarah has an excellent eye for aesthetics and regularly offers free in-home consultations. To request a home visit by Sarah, please Contact Us.
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Before you get started with Interior Shutters, we understand that you may have a lot of questions about material, style & price, to name but a few topics. Fear not, we are with you every step of the way. If you have any questions about our shutters, (or Shutters in general!), please just ask us. We'd love to hear from you. If you want an estimate, you can send us some rough measurements, and we'll supply you with an approximate quotation.
If you prefer, We offer a free no-obligation in-home consultation, whereby Sarah will call to see you, show you samples and offer design advice and offer quotations. Please call the office on (01) 835 9555 if you would like to book a free consultation.
Once you are happy to proceed, we undertake a full survey of your windows. Each shutter is custom made for you and we measure using state of the art laser measuring devices for guaranteed accuracy.
We install plantation shutters nationwide and our fitters are tidy, efficient and friendly.
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Reiki at Ann's Place
REIKI is a gentle laying on hands, which unblocks and balances the body's energy using light or no touch to help relax 7 reduce stress.
Please use pencil for sign ups!
Please Note...
Due to the large number of clients who are interested in Reiki, and the current availability of Reiki spots (8-12 per week), we have the following guidelines:
If you or a family member are in active treatment for cancer or are severely ill, please feel free to sign up for consecutive Reiki sessions.
If you are further out of your treatment, please limit sign-ups for Reiki to 1 time per month to increase availability for those in active treatment.
We are currently in the process of exploring how to expand our Reiki offerings.
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I have sent my first exchange today, I do hope it arrrives safely.
My son is studying for one semester at University in Wisconsin, USA, he went shopping with his girlfriend the other evening and they bought me the Just Cross Stitch Ornament Magazine, I am so looking forward to reading it.
I am currently stitching a mattress pincushion for the Hooked on Exchanges Too group, I did a practice one as I had never made one before, I will post a picture of it when I get a moment to spare.
Happy cross stitching!
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Sunday, 28 September 2008
First exchange ready to send
I cannot believe it is nearly a month since I posted! I have been really busy at work but I have now finished my first exchange and it is ready to post for the deadline on the 30th September. It is a pinkeep for the Rotation Stitchers group and it is a first for me in a number of ways;
- First group I joined
- First exchange I have ever been involved in
- First time I have stitched on linen
- First time I have made a pinkeep
I am really looking forward to my partner receiving this and I do hope she likes what I have sent her, obviously I cannot post a picture until I know she has received it, but I will show you as soon as I can.
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Sunday, 7 September 2008
First prize again for my sisters quilt!
My sister entered her quilt in another show and won first prize again, I entered the blue embroidery in the previous post and it won first prize and the butterfly embroidery won second prize.
I have also displayed the cross stitch that my Mother entered, The Christmas Visit By Butternut Road, this won second prize, needless to say we were all quite pleased!
Updates on stitching.
I have just finished stitching my first ever exchange, I am quite excited about sending this across to the other side of the world. I have nearly finished my second exchange and I have also signed up for my third - looks like this could become addictive!
Happy stitching everyone and thankyou for reading my blog.
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Finding Good Facebook Applications
There are millions of applications on Facebook. Finding the perfect one for your business's Facebook Page can be a difficult process. Here are some apps that are worth checking out:
RSS Graffiti: RSS Graffiti allows you to easily import news and info from your other sites (anything with an RSS Feed) to your Facebook Page or Profile. The app provides options to define the title of the imported info, and to change the way the text appears when it shows up in your stream.
AppBistro: AppBistro is your one-stop shop for finding apps on Facebook. By viewing your Facebook profile and the Pages you're an admin of, AppBistro determines the best apps for your Page. Come here if you're just browsing and trying to find apps for your Facebook Page.
Lujure: Lujure allows you to build custom Facebook Page tabs in a nice, WYSIWYG interface. Tell it what you want on the tab, and it creates a custom tab for you in a very simple way. This app will help you get something off the ground even if you don't know anything about Facebook development.
SocialToo: SocialToo allows you to post to Twitter from your Facebook profile. Want to just use Facebook's interface? SocialToo allows you to link a Facebook account and Twitter account, and to post status updates, links, and Places checkins to Twitter straight from Facebook. In addition, they have custom promotions packages for your business (such as offering giveaways to people who have liked your Facebook Page). SocialToo provides many other features for Twitter as well.
Group Deals: Group Deals has a lot of potential. It allows you to offer deals to people that have liked your Page on the condition that a certain number of people have signed up for the deal. The more friends a user has invited, then, the more likely the deal is to happen.
Payvment: If you do e-commerce, you'll want to look at Payvment. Payvment gives you simple tools to enable shopping-cart functionality in a social experience. Right on your Facebook Page, you can start selling items from your store in no time, and your users can see the items their friends are most interested in to help them in their purchase choice.
Slideshare: Do you do a lot of presentations? Slideshare can be a great way to show off your presentations right on your Facebook Page. Just add the app to your Facebook Page, and visitors can see your latest presentations right in a simple link on the left of the Page.