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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., April 29, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) will present at the Deutsche Bank 35th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at the InterContinental, Boston, Mass., beginning at 9:20 a.m. Eastern Time. Senior Vice President of North America Commercial Operations Jim Daly will present. Live audio of the presentation will be available over the Internet and can be accessed from Amgen's website, www.amgen.com, under Investors.
Information regarding presentation time, webcast availability, and webcast links are available on Amgen's Investor Relations Events Calendar.
About Amgen
Amgen discovers, develops, manufactures and delivers innovative human therapeutics. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen was one of the first companies to realize the new science's promise by bringing safe and effective medicines from lab, to manufacturing plant, to patient. Amgen therapeutics have changed the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other serious illnesses. With a deep and broad pipeline of potential new medicines, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives. To learn more about our pioneering science and our vital medicines, visit http://www.amgen.com/.
CONTACT: Amgen, Thousand Oaks
David Polk, 805-447-4613 (media)
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Dear Beloved Community,
We are very happy to share that today Thay has been celebrating his 93rd birthday at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, his "Root Temple" where he first entered the monkhood aged sixteen.
Over the last few days, Thay's monastic students from across Vietnam have been gathering at Từ Hiếu Temple to celebrate his "continuation day." Brothers have come from nearby Từ Đức Temple, and sisters have arrived from the South. To celebrate this special day, the monastics have created an exhibition of Thay's books in the Full Moon Meditation Hall. Thay has been coming out in his wheelchair every day to admire the preparations and savor the joyful atmosphere. Today, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate and offer their best wishes. The monastic community can feel the strength, peace, alertness, and vitality of Thay's presence, and the warmth and harmony he is bringing to Từ Hiếu.
These are the last few sunny days before the rains arrive. Despite the heat and humidity of recent months, Thay has coped very well, perhaps because this is the climate of his youth. (For some of Thay's attendants, the hot weather has been much more challenging!) From time to time he has a chance to visit the beach for a few days, just thirty minutes from the temple. Thay's health remains fairly stable overall, although from time to time he faces challenges with appetite, sleep, and physical discomfort. Thay continues to receive regular treatments from acupuncturists and physiotherapists, which are very beneficial.
Earlier this year in July, Thay made remarkable progress with his bilingual (Vietnamese-English) speech therapist, who had begun to help him in San Francisco in 2015, and with whom he has a very good connection. It seems that the mechanics for speech are still there, but that it will take a lot of training for Thay to recover the capacity to speak. Thay eagerly made swift progress over the course of two weeks of therapy, but following his great efforts his body became exhausted. Once he had rested, Thay made it known that he preferred not to continue with the speech training to conserve his energy for offering his presence in and around the temple.
This marks almost a year since Thay first arrived at Từ Hiếu shortly after his birthday last October, in time for the Ceremony of Sweeping the Ancestral Stupas. There have been many highlights, including his first Tết (Lunar New Year) at the Root Temple since the 1960s in February; the start of huge renovation works on the main shrine hall in March; and the official visit of a delegation of 9 US Senators in April. Students and followers of Thay have been visiting from around the world to pay their respects. Last month, Thay was awarded book prizes in Vietnam for his new children's books The Hen and the Golden Eggs, and Each Breath, a Smile. Internationally, Thay has been honored with the Luxembourg Peace Prize, and in July, with the Gandhi-Mandela Peace Award.
To celebrate Thay's birthday this week we have released a new Plum Village website, with inspiring information about Thay's life, and richer resources on his teachings for environmentalists, peace-makers, teachers and business leaders. We've also released a new series of images of Thay's Life in Photos and told the fascinating story of his Life in 12 Books. Those who wish to go deeper can explore his letters, interviews, and calligraphies, and see our reader's guide to his books.
Knowing that we are Thay's continuation, we are coming together as a Sangha to support worldwide efforts to incite change and protect the Earth. The Earth-Holders network of sanghas has put out a call to support the student climate strikes. Recently, in Bordeaux, a large group of monastics and lay friends, attended the school strike for Mother Earth, and this joyful and compassionate action was echoed in many of our centres around the world. In August, we had our biggest ever Wake Up Earth retreat, with over 500 young people gathered in Plum Village from all around the world, including a delegation from Palestine and 10 young members of Extinction Rebellion who were sponsored to come and join the retreat.
As we all know, Thay put great emphasis in his last years of teaching on sharing how our community can contribute to change in the world by bringing back the spiritual dimension, and showing how, together, we can fall back in love with Mother Earth. For our three-month Rains Retreat this year, we have taken the themes of nourishing Bodhicitta (the mind of love), taking care of Mother Earth, and building enduring, sustainable communities; all crucial aspects of bringing about the collective awakening we need. As a community we're committed to continuing to explore how best we can support and engage, always keeping the Plum Village tradition relevant and up to date.
Next year's 21-Day Retreat in June will explore how Thay's Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings can be a light for our times—offering a radical, engaged, ethical and spiritual way forward, both individually and collectively. With these trainings as a guide, we will discuss how our community-building practices can establish firm foundations for long-lasting human and planetary sustainability through the challenges that lie ahead.
We take refuge in Thay's courage, his tenderness, his spirit of never giving up; and in the wisdom of our ancestral teachers.
With love and trust,
The Monks and Nuns of Plum Village
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Today, August 12, is World Elephant Day!
World Elephant Day focuses on raising awareness to help elephants. African and Asian elephants face many threats including poaching, habitat loss, human-elephant conflict, mistreatment in captivity, and more.
According to the World Elephant Day site:
World Elephant Day asks you to experience elephants in non-exploitive and sustainable environments where elephants can thrive under care and protection. On World Elephant Day, August 12, express your concern, share your knowledge and support solutions for the better care of captive and wild elephants alike.
What can you do to help elephants?
- Learn about elephants and the important role they play in the ecosystem. (See our article, African elephant, to read more.)
- Participate in eco-tourism whose operators treat elephants with respect. Boosting Africa's economy through eco-tourism helps placate local residents who view elephants as pests.
- Never buy, sell, or wear ivory.
- Write to your politicians to speak out against poaching. (Americans can write a letter to the Secretary of State on the Wildlife Conservation Society website.)
- Encourage the ethical treatment of elephants in captivity. Boycott circuses, whose unethical treatment includes chaining elephants up by their feet and trunks, as well as beating them frequently. Urge zoos to create environments similar to African elephants' native habitat.
See the World Elephant Day's page, How to Help Elephants, for more ideas.


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Tau protein and amyloid beta 42 peptide test, Alzheimer disease biomarkers
This test checks for proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to help healthcare providers diagnose Alzheimer disease. It helps tell the difference between Alzheimer disease and other forms of dementia. CSF is the fluid surrounding your brain and spinal cord. A low level of a protein called beta amyloid and a high level of a protein called tau may be linked to Alzheimer disease.
You may need this test if you have symptoms of Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer disease causes changes in thinking and behavior. Symptoms include:
Memory loss
Changes in mood and personality
Decreased ability to do daily tasks
No test can definitively indicate Alzheimer disease. Testing for protein levels in your CSF along with physical and mental exams help healthcare providers diagnose Alzheimer disease. You may also have a brain scan to make images of your brain.
Test results may vary depending on your age, gender, health history, and other things. Your test results may be different depending on the lab used. They may not mean you have a problem. Ask your healthcare provider what your test results mean for you.
If you have symptoms of Alzheimer disease, low levels of beta amyloid protein, and high levels of tau protein, your healthcare provider may suspect Alzheimer disease.
This test requires a sample of CSF. It's taken through a lumbar puncture in your lower back. During this procedure, you either sit up and lean forward or lie down on your side. A healthcare provider inserts a needle into your spine and draws out a sample of fluid to be analyzed at a lab.
A lumbar puncture is a safe procedure, but there are some possible risks. The most common risks are:
Back pain
Discuss these risks with your healthcare provider before the procedure.
Depending on where your testing is done, your results may be different from other people's results. That's because this type of testing is still new, and research needs to be done to standardize test numbers and techniques.
You usually don't need to prepare for this test. Tell your healthcare provider if you have a history of bleeding. You may need to lie down for a while after the test. Ask how much time you should allow for the test and recovery. In addition, be sure your provider knows about all the medicines, herbs, vitamins, and supplements you are taking. This includes medicines that don't need a prescription and any illegal drugs you may use.


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This profile reflects detailed comments on an earlier 'trial balloon' version from about a hundred Usenet respondents. Where comparatives are used, the implicit 'other' is a randomly selected segment of the non-hacker population of the same size as hackerdom.
An important point: Except in some relatively minor respects such as slang vocabulary, hackers don't get to be the way they are by imitating each other. Rather, it seems to be the case that the combination of personality traits that makes a hacker so conditions one's outlook on life that one tends to end up being like other hackers whether one wants to or not (much as bizarrely detailed similarities in behavior and preferences are found in genetic twins raised separately).


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September 30: Aspiring toddler is a growing start-up focused on early literacy and early childhood education for babies aged 0-3.
The company develops easy, effective, and 100% screen-free programs. The programs help parents access the naturally present child's inborn creativity, physical ability, musical ability, memory, drama, ability to learn fast, language, etc.
The co-founding Mother and son duo Radha Somasekhara Reddy and her son Hemanth Started their journey in 2018. Hemanth fulfilled his mother's dream of starting a kindergarten. They watched the performance of those kids in kindergarten from close quarters. Some kids were doing well, and some weren't And realized there is excellent potential in all the kids. However, they are still lying in them untapped. To explore those kids' hidden potential and talents at a very young age, they started researching and found that the first 1000 days are the miracle steps and foundations for a child's health, wealth, and well-being. They developed a blueprint and started implementing it, and the results they observed were outstanding. Babies began to crawl at three months instead of at eight months, photographic memory at 18 months instead of at three years, and Early reading at two years instead of at six years. This mother and son started helping parents to unlock the hidden potential and talents in 0-2-year-old babies with their blueprint programs.
Hemanth, the co-founder of aspiring toddlers, says, "babies have a deep desire to grow and learn fast. We don't believe in putting any pressure on them. Each individual is born with unique talents and abilities. We help parents of 0-3-year-old babies explore and nurture the hidden abilities and talents they are born with and fulfil their deep desire to learn".
Parents have to spend only 10 minutes every day with their babies to implement the blueprint and absolutely zero screen time for babies. Radha Someshekhar says that "early Education and early literacy can make a massive difference in the child's future, and they will be able to focus on their core strength."
Today Aspiring Toddlers programs are appreciated by parents across different countries in the world. They aim to achieve more accessible, faster, and mind-blowing results to boost the child's inborn talents and potential. Check out their work at www.aspiringtoddlers.com
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I'm back. Well, sort of, writing this post from my phone standing in the kitchen.
I just whipped this up, and it's so good I had to share.
I've been getting too many leeks and not enough potatoes in my farm box, and it's totally thrown off my "use all the damn leeks in potato leek soup" method of getting rid of them. Right now I have 10 leeks washed, chopped, and frozen sitting in my freezer just waiting for me to do something with them.
I'd been playing around with this idea for a month or so, so when I got three more leeks in my farm box this morning I knew something had to be done. Other than just add to the bag in the freezer.
(Much thanks to Baker Bettie, who after much internet scouring, had the best adaptable quick bread recipe I found. I used to do all my quick breads by feel, but needed an actual recipe to get back into the swing of things)
- 1.5 cups AP flour
- 1 tsp, heaping, baking powder
- .50, heaping, tsp kosher salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup 2% milk
- .25 cups extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup chopped leeks, greens and whites
- 1 tbsp honey
- Preheat oven to 350
- Oil bread pan (I used canola, but butter would be fantastic)
- In medium bowl mix wet ingredients except for honey
- In large bowl mix dry ingredients except for leeks
- Mix wet ingredients into dry
- Fold in leeks and honey
- Pour into bread pan and grind a little fresh pepper on top
- Bake for approximately 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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Granddaddy of boro's outdoor concert series, Celebrate Brooklyn returns for its 34th year
Outdoor concerts have long been a staple of summer in Brooklyn, alongside the trips to Coney Island, open fire hydrants, barbecues and that incessant ice cream truck jingle coming through our windows.
After 34 years, the free open-air concerts at Prospect Park are one of the longest standing of these musical emblems of summer.
Every summer the Prospect Park Bandshell hosts a slew of artists, famous and not, including big names from across the musical spectrum: from Café Tacuba to Philip Glass, Kid Koala to Goran Bregovic, to Brooklyn´s own KRS-ONE, Norah Jones and They Might Be Giants. Every year the space also hosts many theater, dance and orchestral pieces, including the Brooklyn Philharmonic.
This year's lineup is no different. The series will feature 32 shows, 25 of which are free, including concerts by Hot Chip, Wilco and Sigur Rós. Two ballet companies and a screening of Saturday Night Fever will also play the bandshell this summer. Organizers say the ticketed shows help finance the rest of the season, which opened last month with a two-hour concert by reggae legend Jimmy Cliff.
Concerts in Prospect Park began in the late 1970s and, organizers say, helped catalyze a revitalization of Prospect Park. Free concerts featuring local artists, many from the Brooklyn music scene, were held at night as a way to increase a sense of safety in the park, which was then suffering from decades of budget cuts.
"The park was in bad shape," said Celebrate Brooklyn Executive Producer Jack Walsh, "it needed love and care and Celebrate Brooklyn was a way to bring people back into the park."
"We wanted to activate an under-utilized — and in the case of the bandshell, derelict — public space to bring people back into Prospect Park," Walsh explained. "Then, the park was definitely not a place you would think about going to at night."
Annual visitors to the park have increased four-fold from the two million visitors per year in the late '70s. The Celebrate Brooklyn series alone brings nearly 250,000 attendees to the bandshell each summer.
"It's the most exciting show in our hometown," said Ditmas Park native Nick Panken, whose band the Spirit Family Reunion, playing an infectious, foot-tapping modern take on string-and-jug Americana, takes the bandshell stage on Saturday, Aug. 4.
Spirit Family Reunion has played many times in Prospect Park, said Panken, but until now only at the farmer's market at Grand Army Plaza. August's show will be an opportunity for Panken and his bandmates to take the same stage on which they've seen some of their favorite acts, like Dixie Hummingbird and Bob Dylan.
The bandshell, renovated multiple times since its construction in 1939, lets concertgoers spread out a blanket and eat, drink and listen to shows in Brooklyn's biggest park. For the artists, it's an opportunity to play a more laid-back, outdoor venue, with a better-than-usual sound system.
As for the big picture, Walsh saw holding concerts in the park as a way to take back public space after what he calls "the bad '70s — a time of massive budget cuts and crime."
"It wasn't just the park," he added, "it was all of Brooklyn — the concerts were part of a strategy to keep the borough from slipping over the edge."


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Setting Up Online Storage
After purchasing Online Storage, you set up your account and specify preferences, such as whether you want to associate your Online Storage with your email account. Once the setup is complete, it may take up to 30 minutes for your Online Storage account to become active.
When you've finished setting up your account, you can start using your Online Storage. For information about logging in to your Online Storage account, see Accessing Your Online Storage Account.
To Set Up Online Storage
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Online Storage.
- Next to the account you want to use, click Manage.
- Select your new Online Storage account, and then click Create.
- Complete the following fields, and then click OK:
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Ensuring that your home it is fully secure is one of the most important things you can do for yourself and your family. Start protecting it with home insurance in West Sussex. Home insurance is there to make sure your property gets fixed or replaced in a timely manner at little cost to you.
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Insurance policies in the UK are meant to protect your property or the person insured. Home insurance is meant to protect your home and its contents in the case of damage.
The financial burden of rebuilding your home or replacing your possessions can be avoided if you have home insurance. Most mortgage lenders prefer that their clients have home insurance. This helps guarantee that the mortgage payments will continue if the client's home gets damaged.
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Crisis regimes and emerging social movements in cities of Southern Europe
Athens 7. – 9. February 2013
An international workshop titled "Crisis regimes and emerging urban social movements in cities of Southern Europe" will take place in Athens from 7th to 9th February 2013. The workshop is organized by Encounter Athens, INURA Athens and the Public Policies and Government Institute of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. It is supported by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning of the National Technical University of Athens and it is funded by the Antipode Foundation.
The intention of the workshop is to provide an opportunity for exchanging experiences concerning the impacts of the current crisis in Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish cities and explore alternatives for radical action.
Activists and scholars from Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain who are involved in social movements in their cities or who conduct relevant research have been invited to present their experiences about crisis in the cities of Southern Europe along three workshop themes: a) ultra-neoliberal urban development projects, b) housing in crisis and c) the local as a reference for new mobilizations, solidarity networks and actions. The workshop will also include presentations and discussions about the crisis regimes in South European countries and fieldtrips in Athens. Moreover, Margit Mayer, professor at the Free University of Berlin, and Boaventura de Sousa Santos, professor at the University of Coibra and Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will reflect on the workshop's topics.
Activists, scholars and other interested individuals or groups are welcomed to join the workshop and contribute to the discussions with their experience and comments. If willing to attend, please fill the attached registration form and send it to: encounterathens.mail.
More information: http://urbanrise.net/
Looking forward to seeing you in Athens!
The organizers:
Encounter Athens
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Sky's the limit for Peak and Senior Engineering Manager, Ronak Goyal
Ronak has over seven years of extensive experience in the development and deployment of packaged product solutions, automated logistics, marketing and business intelligence. As a Senior Engineering Manager at Peak, Ronak is responsible for creating and maintaining a cross-functional global Engineering team, along with the implementation of innovative development techniques designed to assure the seamless deployment of Peak's Decision Intelligence solutions, at speed and scale. In conjunction with that, he plays a key technical leadership role in the product team by creating on-demand scalable workflows and workspaces for the strategic development of new product features.
1. Can you tell us about the projects or work history that shows your progression to the position that you occupy at present in Peak?
In the past, I have worked with multiple product startups in industries including ride-hailing, logistics and e-commerce. I joined Peak in 2017 as a Technical Lead, and after four years of hard work and two promotions, I became the Senior Engineering Manager.
I'm responsible for hiring, training and creating the workflow for the engineering team, which now numbers more than 40 people in our Jaipur and Pune offices. Peak's software platform enables companies to embed artificial intelligence (AI) across their business. This commercial application of AI to optimize business performance is known as Decision Intelligence; by making AI accessible to more businesses, and more functions within a business, Peak has succeeded in growing exponentially, with revenues more than doubling over the last year thanks to new customer wins in Europe, the USA, Middle East, and India. For me and my team, this means that we will be increasing our headcount and bringing in top-tier talent to assist us to deliver to our varied customer base, not just in terms of industry but also in terms of geography.
2. Explain an instance in which your team at Peak encountered an application problem that amounted to a "fire drill" emergency. What strategies did you and your team employ during that trying time? Is there anything you would have done differently if given the chance?
Peak has in place a robust set of policies to ensure we respond quickly and appropriately in an emergency situation. These have been developed in conjunction with the wider team, and are regularly reviewed. Thankfully, we have not yet had an emergency situation which required these policies to be implemented.
3. What is your technical stack and what development tools do you use at Peak?
As a Decision Intelligence company, we are developing a software platform that empowers customers to make great commercial decisions with AI. Peak has a mixed architecture in engineering. The main feature that stands out is that we are serverless, which gives our customers a highly available and reliable system. In terms of languages, we use Node, Golang, Java, and Python. We utilize around 50 plus AWS services, both SQL and NOSQL for business metadata, and data processing with Redshift, Snowflake, Athena, Spark, Kafka, Druid and K8s etc. For more details, please look at our stack share profile – https://stackshare.io/peak-ai/peak-ai
4. What have you done to promote gender equality at Peak?
At Peak we believe in equal opportunities for all, which means all candidates, regardless of their gender and ethnicity, are given an equal chance to prove their proficiency. Our hiring process consists of three stages: interview, test assignment and a final stage with the founder. All of our teams are diverse and we have a number of women in leadership roles in the Peak India team, currently our ratio of male to female colleagues is around 1:4.
5. What threats and challenges do AI Companies face and how has Peak been able to overcome those hurdles?
A lack of understanding is a key barrier for many businesses when it comes to implementing AI, and this is especially true in the case of Peak which is pioneering a brand new category with decision intelligence.
Peak has a very strong culture and brand, and we make efforts to ensure we are not overly technical when communicating what we do, both internally and externally, to ensure our platform remains accessible to multiple people within a business, not just those with a data science background.
6. What are the AI-related business prospects in India? How much of an influence has Peak had on the country's AI scenario?
Peak's platform is used by retailers, CPG, direct-to-consumer and manufacturing businesses to drive transformational results, including examples such as a 5% increase in total company revenues, a doubling of return on advertising spend, a 12% reduction in inventory holdings and a 5% reduction in supply chain costs. These gains are adding millions to the top and bottom line of these companies. Customers include Nike, PepsiCo, JSW Cement, KFC, Superdry and CJ Group. Currently, we are concentrating on enhancing our software platform with more capabilities that will allow our prospects to create and configure new applications for any other business process.


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Next Meeting: August 9th
The next meeting of the Grand Rapids chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society will be Wednesday, August 9th, at 7pm at Baker Book House near the corner of 28th Street and East Paris in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We will discuss chapters 6-9 of Thomas Merton's book Contemplative Prayer. Here are some suggested questions to … [Read more…]


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Welcome to Mt. Rushmore Telephone Company
Mt. Rushmore Telephone Company is over 100 years old. Our parent company, Hanson Communications is one of the top 100 telephone companies in the United States and provides service to around 30,000 customers in several, rural Midwest communities.
Currently, Mt. Rushmore Telephone provides telephone and internet service to several communities in the southern Black Hills area.
Mt. Rushmore Telephone's mission is to provide our valued customers with superior service, ongoing business relationships by maintaining the highest standards of quality customer service.
We value our customers and try in every way to make them happy. We try to solve their problems in a timely, accurate & professional manner.
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Debbie has loved nature and drawing since early childhood, and spent a lot of time drawing and coloring - mostly animals, and visiting art museums, encouraged by an artistic and nature-loving mother. At age 11 she won an art scholarship of a year's free lessons at the Montclair Art Museum.
But Debbie veered away from art in her teen years. Her interests lay in more classical drawing, and more representational interpretations, all of which were totally out of vogue, and totally untaught, in those teen years. In her 20s she turned to quilting, and spent many years making quilts, primarily her own original designs.
But she still missed drawing, painting, and the fine arts, and in 2005 began to pursue this passion again. She discovered pastels and finally found an art medium she could love.
From 2005-2011 she continued to take lessons with Master Pastelists – first Alex Piccarillo at the Montclair Art Museum (Life drawing, figurative art) and later with Christina Debarry (still lifes and landscapes) at her home studio. Debbie owes a huge debt of gratitude to both Alex and Christina, to their fine teaching skills and warm personalities.
Debbie is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of New Jersey, and served as their 2nd Vice President and Exhibitions Chair. In 2011 Debbie moved to northeast Florida where she just completed a 2-year term as President of the Art Guild of Orange Park, is a member of the First Coast Plein Air Painters, and also currently serves as the Webmaster of the First Coast Pastel Society , as well as a board member of the St. Johns Audubon chapter.


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Pads contain 50 sets of 1 each white and yellow copies. Most farriers give the white copy to the customer and keep the yellow copy for their records. Also features handy wrap-around cover, with place to note the date of the invoice copies for future filing.
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Hello everyone, though I would try a bit of crafting this morning, have to say not really back into the swing of things, minds still fuzzy from all the hectic Christmas activities and the body's less than willing. The need for a holiday seems to be high on the daydream agenda, although the reality is it's not a likely option......... but I can dream of warmer climes. My ideal year would be November to February somewhere nice and warm like Egypt or Florida, oh if only.
To finish butterflies and three roses made from matching paper, some punched laves and a border using Fiskars Threading Water punch.
So back to reality and a card using one of the stamps I chose as part of my Simon Says win at the Penny Black blog hop a few eeks ago. It's Inkadinkado 93075X which I stamped with versafine black and embossed with iridescent embossing powder then colourd with a wash of Twinkling H20's.
I stamped swirls down one side with Inkadinkado 97632 and Hero Soft Peach, then laid over a swirl cut from a Sizzix border die on my Big Shot Express.........Santa delivered this on Christmas day.........a conspiracy between my hubby and the Stampalot guys.......and it is a dream to use, just hold the button and it cuts, not cranking or turning, just wonderful and easy.
To finish butterflies and three roses made from matching paper, some punched laves and a border using Fiskars Threading Water punch.


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Meet the Stars from the Fosters, Shadowhunters, Stitchers & The Bold Type @ D23 Expo 2017
BURBANK, Calif., May 12, 2017 – Fans can meet their favorite stars from Freeform's hit series The Fosters, Shadowhunters, and Stitchers, along with cast from the new series The Bold Type at D23 Expo 2017, taking place July 14–16 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Members of The Fosters family, as well as cast from the sci-fi series Stitchers, the saga Shadowhunters, and the new series The Bold Type, will appear throughout the weekend in the "Talent Central" autograph area, located in Hall A. Following is the appearance schedule (subject to change, times and cast to be announced at a later date), plus more information on each series.
The Fosters
The Bold Type
Shadowhunters returns for the second half of season two with Shadowhunters and Downworlders reeling from what happened at the New York Institute in the winter finale. As the rift between the two sides grows larger, the team and their Downworld friends and lovers are put in the middle of the dangerous divide. Torn between the Clave's rules and what they feel is right, Clary, Jace, Alec, and Isabelle struggle to help forge a new beginning. Relationships will be tested, a new Shadowhunter named Sebastian will join the fray, and the Seelie Queen will step out of the shadows in the summer season. Shadowhunters is produced by Constantin Film and executive produced by Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer, McG, Michael Reisz, Matt Hastings, Mary Viola, Martin Moszkowicz, and Robert Kulzer. The series stars Katherine McNamara, Dominic Sherwood, Alberto Rosende, Emeraude Toubia, Matthew Daddario, Isaiah Mustafa, and Harry Shum Jr. Shadowhunters midseason premiere will be MONDAY, JUNE 5, at 8 p.m. EDT.
On the upcoming season of fan favorite Stitchers, Kirsten and the Stitchers team hack into the minds of the recently deceased to investigate diverse and unusual cases spanning from international relations to within their own families. New relationships will develop while others will end, and the true purpose of the Stitchers program will be revealed. Stitchers is executive produced by Jeffrey Alan Schechter, Jonathan Baruch, and Rob Wolken. The series stars Emma Ishta, Kyle Harris, Ritesh Rajan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Allison Scagliotti, and Damon Dayoub. Stitchers will return for its third season on MONDAY, JUNE 5, at 9 p.m. EDT.
The Fosters returns for its fifth season. Winner of a Television Academy Honors Award and GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series, The Fosters follows a multi-ethnic family mix of adopted and biological teenaged kids being raised by two moms. The drama's fifth season will include the milestone 100th episode. The Fosters is executive produced by Jennifer Lopez and created by Bradley Bredeweg and Peter Paige, who also serve as executive producers and writers, along with Joanna Johnson. Greg Gugliotta, Elaine Goldsmith Thomas, and Benny Medina also serve as executive producers. The series stars Teri Polo, Sherri Saum, Hayden Byerly, Noah Centineo, David Lambert, Maia Mitchell, Danny Nucci, and Cierra Ramirez. The series is produced by Nuyorican Productions, Inc. in association with Freeform. The fifth season premiere of The Fosters will be on TUESDAY, JULY 11, at 8 p.m. EDT.
The Bold Type, inspired by the life of Joanna Coles, chief content officer of Hearst Magazines, reveals a glimpse into the outrageous lives and loves of those responsible for the global women's magazine Scarlet. The rising generation of Scarlet women leans on one another as they find their own voices in a sea of intimidating leaders. Together they explore sexuality, identity, love, and fashion. The series stars Katie Stevens, Aisha Dee, Meghann Fahy, Sam Page, Matt Ward, and Melora Hardin as Jacqueline, editor in chief of Scarlet Magazine. The Bold Type is executive produced by Sarah Watson, David Bernad, Joanna Coles, and Ruben Fleischer. Holly Whidden is co-executive producer. The series is a Universal Television and The District production. The Bold Type will have a special two-hour premiere on TUESDAY, JULY 11, at 9 p.m. EDT.
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D23 Expo—The Ultimate Disney Fan Event—brings together all the worlds of Disney under one roof for three packed days of presentations, pavilions, experiences, concerts, sneak peeks, shopping, and more. The event, which will take place July 14–16 at the Anaheim Convention Center, provides fans with unprecedented access to Disney films, television, games, theme parks, and celebrities. For the latest D23 Expo 2017 news, visit D23expo.com. Presentations, talent, and schedule subject to change. To join the D23 Expo conversation, be sure to follow DisneyD23 on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and YouTube, and use the hashtag #D23Expo.
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Think about it. You weigh your bet by reading the lyrical tasting notes on the whisky container or back of the bottle that are invariably attributed to the master blender. They read like the bad poetry of a lovesick high school nitwit. Such puffery is about as reliable as the declarations of luv of the aforementioned high school Shakespearean.
Like the scotch nut that you are, consulting other sources is a compulsion. A must. Hell! A categorical imperative! So, you scour the internet for 'tasting notes,' 'reviews' . . . oh hell anything that might give you an insight or reveal a 'tell' as to what the scotch really tastes like. You even check out a purported 'bible' of scotch reviews. The tome reads well and seems informative, until you decide to test its reliability by flipping to some bad whisky, only to behold yet another glowing review.
But . . . in the end, doesn't it sometimes just come down to the attractive shape, heft, appearance of the bottle, packaging, and maybe the reputation of the distillery or brand? So, you just push 'all-in' pre-flop by paying the price and going home, pouring a dram to see if you 'hit' on the flop.
At least that was how it was for me when I first learned that Diageo (the company which owns the iconic Johnnie Walker brand) announced the test launch of a new extension to the Johnnie Walker brand: Johnnie Walker Double Black. I read everything I could and most of it was the same press release from Diageo, but reworded by the spirits press and whisky websites.
Initially, the 2010 release of Double Black was limited to just six exotic duty free stores of certain international airports around the world: Dubai, Beirut, JFK, Bangkok, Singapore, and Sydney. Needless to say, I do not go in and out of those airports, so I knew I had to wait. If sales were good, Diageo would expand distribution to broader markets. So, two years later, I was able to procure a bottle once it became more widely available in North America.
So, what's it taste like. Did I go bust by buying this or double up? Let's see:
Nose (undiluted)
Sophisticated but subtle. Kinda like Miles Davis using the mute on his trumpet early in his recording career. Sweet. Seaweed, iodine and fishing nets drying in the afternoon sun. Pinewood fires.
Palate (undiluted)
Smooth Lapsang souchong tea, sweet Ceylon black teas, pine needles and a smoking camp-fire at dusk.
Finish (undiluted)
Unmistakable Islay finish of wood smoke, Atlantic ocean salt, gingery green seaweed, and a subtle sherry warmth spreading across the chest. A feeling of heat and safety envelopes you. Great length of flavors on the finish.
Is Double Black Similar to Black Label 12 yrs?
The packaging describes this spirit as "a blended whisky created in the style of Johnnie Walker Black Label but with a rich, more intense, smokier flavour." Reading that sentence, one would surmise that if they are a Black Label fan, then they will certainly enjoy Double Black.
I am not so sure.
I agree that Double Black is smokier than the standard Black Label. Moreover, there is a house style common to all Johnnie Walker products and Double Black is no exception. The similarity is in the languid, rich mouth feel. The grain whiskies behave well. Double Black is smooth, no burning or raw alcohol. But, that is about it for similarities with the standard Black Label.
The reason I am unconvinced that Black Label fans may be enamoured with Double Black stems from the fact that Double Black entirely lacks the spicy caramel, cinnamon, and malty brown sugar that is much of the backbone of this classic blend. The 12 year old Johnnie Walker Black Label at the mid-palate point, becomes smokier with Talisker. It wonderfully compliments the caramel, brown sugar and citrus/malt notes.
By contrast, Double Black is just peaty and smoky.
Yes, there is some black tea action going on, coupled with seaweed and maybe a bit pine needles. But, the smoke and peat dominates those flavors. As a result, Double Black's smoke and peat has no interplay or call and response with other flavor notes like you experience in the standard bottling where burnt cinnamon toast and caramel have a tug of war with the smoke and peat of Talisker and other Islays.
Accordingly, the standard Black Label is . . . dare I say . . . better? Yeah, I'll say it. I like the Black Label better than Double Black. This is not to say that the Double Black is a poor blended scotch. Quite the contrary. Double Black is a luxuriant, smooth blend, but with a heavy emphasis on the Islay region to the exclusion of all other flavors.
Where Black Label seemed to be firmly in Speyside with some smoke from Islay, Double Black packed up its bags and moved out of Speyside and set up a tent in Islay.
Remember the Pepsi Challenge?
Let me put it another way. Are you familiar with Highland Park 12. If so, compare it to Highland Park 18. In many ways, Highland Park 18 is the 12 on steroids. Everything in the little brother 12 is found in the 18, but punched up a couple of notches, mind you in the most elegant and brilliant of ways. The 18 stands on the shoulders of the 12. You can trace the genealogy of the 18 easily back to the 12 in the tasting.
The same sibling rivalry cannot be said of Johnnie Walker Black 12 yrs and Double Black when they go head to head in a Pepsi challenge or G-d forbid: a whisky death match. They are not brothers or even distant cousins.
Johnnie Walker Scotch Whisky Global Brand Director, David Gates has been quoted as saying Diageo wants the consumer to perceive Black Label and Double Black as 'brothers.'
"We want consumers to recognize that they are brothers."
That may be the intent, but this is one rare instance where Diageo has failed in its execution. Black Label and Double Black have little in common other than being brands owned by the same company. The former is caramel, citrus, toffee and spices, with some smoke, while the latter has none of the aforementioned flavors (except for smoke), and instead is dominated by the tastes of peat, smoke, black teas and a wee sherry/malt on the finish. (Note: Apparently Double Black does not use any sherry casks in the blend, but I am tasting something akin to sherry on the finish anyway.)
I suspect that Diageo positioned Double Black as a 'brother' to Black Label in order to capitalize on the well deserved reputation of the latter. Do not be fooled by this marketing slight of hand. Double Black and Black Label are very different scotch whiskies. Both are good, but different!
Another reason Diageo may have tried to link these two expressions as brothers is due to the strong brand loyalty of blended scotch drinkers. Consumers who regularly consume blended scotch tend to be loyal to their 'brand' and are less likely to experiment with single malts and other brands. Such blended scotch drinkers very much identify with a particular brand all their life. If Diageo can convince some of their blended scotch customers to pay more without an age statement, it could be very lucrative, as has been the case with Blue Label.
Price Point Analysis
Johnnie Walker Double Black is substantially more expensive when compared to Johnnie Walker Black Label. In Canada, specifically Ontario, Double Black is $69. A price point that is inhabited by more than a few good Islay single malts. Bowmore 12 is $10 cheaper. Talisker 10 is about $6 more. Go to the United States and you can pick up Black Bottle for 1/3 of the price of Double Black. Bottom line: Double Black is very expensive. Not a value for money play by any means.
So, why the high price?
The high price functions to assure the consumer that he or she is drinking a whisky that takes no chances in offending you. No bite, raw alcohol or bitterness when you pay full retail on this whisky. This is exactly what the brand loyal blended scotch whisky consumer expects and is prepared to pay a premium for. Diageo know their market, and have targeted their blended scotch consumer very well. They are unconcerned with the opinions of scotch aficionados (like me) because they are not targeting that segment of the marketplace. One must remember that over 85% of all single malts produced are for blended scotch consumption. That's the largest segment of the market and where the money is.
A Gift?
If you are reading this post because you are considering purchasing this as a gift (and unconcerned with value for money matters), you will be on pretty safe ground. Double Black delivers smooth waves of peat and smoke over black tea flavors. Totally inoffensive and quite pleasant. No sharp or bitter flavors.
Here's the one significant weakness of this blended scotch. Given the expensive price, serious scotch whisky consumers will expect to be 'wowed' a little. Complex flavors that dance on the palate. Not here.
The first sip is probably the best. It exhibits some intricacy. A wee little spice and nuance. But, the whisky does not stand up to repeated sips. It becomes too rounded, sweet and gentle to make you sit up and admire any complexity. There should be more here for the price.
And the winner is . . .
Not me. (Not that Diageo care because I am not the loyal blended scotch drinker segment of the market they target with Double Black.)
I paid too much for what I got. I keep thinking that this tastes a lot like Black Bottle. While Double Black is somewhat better at about three times the price, it's not that much better.
I like it. I enjoy it, but just not at that price. I don't mind paying a lot for scotch whisky, but it better be good.
Double Black is the kind of scotch whisky that I will buy only on sale (at a steep discount) at Duty Free or on sale if I am in the greatest whisky land in the world: New Hampshire (due to their low taxes). So, I guess I hit the flop, but didn't make much of a hand!
Jason Debly


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Adel Murad
The Library of Alexandria:
Echoes of A Great Past
Professor Mohsen Zahran, manager of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, or the Library of Alexandria, has no doubt about the symbolism of the structure. "The library symbolizes the rising sun; it expresses universality. It also has the appearance of a microchip". The building indeed looks futuristic and timeless.
It is some 2,300 years ago since the Pharaoh Ptolemy built the world's first great library in Alexandria. It soon became the center of knowledge in the old world, before it burnt down in 48 BC. Many mathematical theories were conceived in the old library and, at one time it was considered the intellectual memory of the ancient world. Although, no physical trace of the old library remains, the power of its knowledge survived through the generations.
The new library is hoped to be a landmark as much as the old one was. The project was conceived more than 10 years ago, with a declaration from an international group that included renowned personalities such as President Mitterrand of France, Queen Sofia of Spain, Melina Mercouri of Greece and Mrs. Susan Mubarak of Egypt. UNESCO and some Arab states helped in funding the project, at a cost of $ 200 million.
Five of the eleven floors are below sea level, with novel solutions to guard against flooding. The competition to design the building attracted 523 entries from 77 countries. The winner was a Norwegian company called Snohetta. The theme of the winning design is said by the company to take the viewer into the past and the future. Balfour Beaty, a British construction company, built the library in a joint venture with Arab Contractors of Egypt.
The design presented many challenges to the construction team, including mounting 20-ton beams on slender columns, and positioning skylight panels so as to exclude direct sunlight. The concrete cylinder rises at an angle of 16 degrees on the Mediterranean shore. The outer wall is clad in 4,600 light grey Aswan granite panels engraved with letters from the world alphabets. Inside, the polished parquet floor is made from American white oak, the desks and tables are made from Norwegian wood. Seventy-five miles of computer cables have been installed and more than a million books have been placed on the shelves.
The library includes a planetarium, science, calligraphy, and archaeological museums, conference and exhibition halls, and conservation and restoration labs. The complete project will create a world-class research library specializing in the civilizations of the eastern Mediterranean. The stock of books will ultimately total eight million, with space for 50,000 audio-visual items. There are some 3,500 seats inside and the library will be capable of accommodating 10,000 visitors per day.
The project is not without its critics in Egypt. Some argue that the concept of a library of books is becoming obsolete in the age of the internet. Others point out that the money spent on the library could have provided for 15 hospitals. However, the project Bibliotheca Alexandrina remains a source of pride to most Egyptians, maybe as much as the old library was to the people of ancient Alexandria.
Diving Adventures to Cleopatra's City
The sunken archaeological site in the harbour of Alexandria, named Cleopatra's City, is opening up for non-scientific divers for the first time since its discovery in 1992. There are more than 4,000 artifacts on the underwater site scattered beneath shoals of reef fish. Ancient statues, headless sphinxes and massive blocks engraved with hieroglyphics, surround parts of the lighthouse of Pharos, which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Divers will be accompanied by a marine archaeologist who will point out objects, helping to make sense of the undersea treasure. A good briefing before diving will also help divers draw a mental map of what to expect. The first trips to the site will be offered in the summer of next year (2002) by a UK based company called Regaldive (www.regal-diving.co.uk) and will combine the experience with highlights of Cairo and Alexandria.
Egyptian Customs:
Instead of waiting for the tooth fairy, Egyptian toddlers throw their milk teeth in the direction of the sun, and sing a song asking the sun to take away the ugly tooth and replace it with a beautiful one. Some say the habit goes back to ancient times.
Types of Travel to Egypt by Jimmy Dunn
Neil Bush Family Visits El Gouna by Hazel Heyer
Party Time in Ancient Egypt by Ilene Springer
Camel Trekking in the Sinai by Joyce Carta
Nuweiba by Jimmy Dunn
Egyptian Hajj Painting by Sonny Stengle
Where Have All the Pharaohs Gone by Anita Stratos
Marvelous Melokiyah by Mary Kay Radnich
Exploring Isis by Catherine C. Harris
Never Mind, Just Crossing the Moon by Arnvid Aakre
Editor's Commentary By Jimmy Dunn
Ancient Beauty Secrets By Judith Illes
Book Reviews Various Editors
Hotel Reviews By Jimmy Dunn & Juergen Stryjak
Kid's Corner By Margo Wayman
Cooking with Tour Egypt By Mary K Radnich
The Month in Review By John Applegate
Egyptian Exhibitions By Staff
Egyptian View-Point By Adel Murad
Nightlife Various Editors
Egypt On Screen By Carolyn Patricia Scott
Restaurant Reviews Various Editors
Shopping Around Various Editors
Web Reviews By Siri Bezdicek
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Wolvesmouth @ Beer Belly (Los Angeles, CA)
Beer Belly
532 S. Western Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90020
Dining date: 6/28/11
I first went to a Wolvesmouth dinner in January and have been itching to return. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to – it continues to get more and more popular and, thus, seats are even harder to come by.
As a way to reach more people, Wolvesmouth (Craig Thornton) and team did a one-night dinner at new Koreatown bar Beer Belly. It's an ideal match – the bar is closed Tuesdays (i.e. an available kitchen), and there's plenty of brews to pair with the food. The set-up: two seatings of 28 people each sold first-come, first-served online; 6 courses for $50.
In addition to the beers offered at the bar, a unique set-up wherein wines purchased from Domaine LA were discounted and delivered straight to the bar, waiting upon arrival. Pretty sweet.
Bread from Bread Lounge started off the meal, as well as a barley malt butter.
Corn Soup crab, corn fritter, jalapeno, cilantro, buttermilk, lime
I do not hesitate in saying this was the best corn soup I've had. Probably the best corn-centric dish I've had. Seriously. The corn lent a mild sweetness, as did the crab. The lime, paired with the crab, really elevated the dish for me by adding some light acidity – a perfect complement to the creamy corn soup. Really well-balanced, for sure.
Black Truffle Risotto chive, parmesan
I had heard rumors of this dish and was really looking forward to it. For a six-course meal at $50, I wasn't sure this could really be pulled in.
The rice was al dente, while the onions gave a slightly acidic taste to it. The risotto itself was executed well. The truffle flavor was fairly subtle; if anything, I would have preferred to pay a little more for some additional truffle flavor to bring it to the forefront.
Blue Lake Beans yellow wax beans, summer squash, peach, cider, salted yogurt, granola
Craig made it a point to note these were not French haricot verts; rather lesser-known blue lake beans. These had a buttery flavor; all of the vegetables were warm, contrasting the cool fruit. Speaking of fruit, the peach was notably juicy and delicious. I thought the tart yogurt did a good job of counteracting the sweetness inherent in the fruit, while the granola added a sweet, earthy flavor.
Lamb potato puree, dill, horseradish, lingonberry
Maybe the most anticipated dish of the evening – this did not disappoint. The lamb was very tender (cooked rare/medium-rare) and not at all gamey, while the horseradish and lingonberry added a spicy and sweet accompaniment, respectively. The potato puree was excellent as well, with a little bit of a tart note (creme fraiche or sour cream added?).
Cornbread Ice Cream fig, brown butter short bread
This tasted exactly as advertised, with just a little sweetness. I thought this was pretty tasty with the crunch of the brown butter shortbread, while the fig added a slightly sweet, fresh flavor.
I was disappointed for this dish to come since I didn't want the meal to end. The pound cake soaked up much of the sweet strawberry juice, working well with the mildly sweet panna cotta. A little bit of pop rocks added an extra fun texture to the dish.
This dinner exceeded expectations. I try not to rave about a meal unless absolutely warranted, but I really liked this one. I was afraid that maybe it would be a "diluted" version of Wolvesmouth for the masses, but it wasn't. It was true to the Wolvesmouth style, just abbreviated to six courses. Perhaps not quite as creative as my last meal, but I didn't mind (the restraint was welcome). It was unique enough, executed well and quite delicious – again, I'm already craving a return visit. Given the success, I wouldn't be surprised if this is just the first of many Wolvesmouth meals at Beer Belly.


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University of Denver Men's Ice Hockey Game, 1990 January
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's ice hockey goalie Lucien Carignan (30) blocks a shot on goal attempt.
- 1990 January
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Sophisticated dining! They have great charcuterie boards and several delicious entrees like their lamb, filet and tilefish. They're only open for dinner and I'd make a reservation. They currently have a dine-in menu, order pick-up AND delivery!
Planet Pizza | Downtown Orlando
Counter served pizza in Downtown Orlando - fun vibe and great pizza!
They had me at goat cheese brushetta! Mattison's has several delicious entrees and several locations around Sarasota and Bradenton. I just found out they cater weddings and special events too!
Eastside Bistro at Avalon Park
This place has some great flatbreads and their blue cheese chips are wonderful too!
Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse - Sarasota
Wagu beef. Don't need to say anymore! Delicious meal and a beautiful setting. I'll be back!
Fun sports bar to catch your favorite team. They serve a good buffalo chicken dip and a devil crab appetizer that are both delish.
We just went for cocktails, but it didn't disappoint! Fun place to grab a drink. Staff is very friendly.
Thai Wasabi is a full-service spot perfect for lunch or dinner. They've got a separate sushi menu too. I really like their tuna tataki app!
Located in Downtown Orlando, The Abbey is a multi-use venue that features cabaret performances, films, comedians, concerts, and several off-Broadway productions. Convenient location and some great shows!
All of the seafood at Lucky Lobster is shipped in fresh daily. Lots of fun dishes like a lobster BLT or their pizza with shrimp and lobster. They've got and patio for outdoor seating and they often feature live music. Yum!
This Channelside Italian restaurant serves up a variety of Italian dishes including beef short rib and braised pork in Bolognese sauce, seafood risotto, and more. Nice staff!
Fun restaurant vibe, offering American cuisine in beautiful Anna Maria Island. It's a hip, casual dining experience with good eats. Open for dinner starting at 5 p.m. and they offer delivery too.
Strandhill Public | W Palm Ave
This is more than a traditional Irish pub. You'll find elevated dishes and a variety of artisan libations. Great patio area for outside dining!


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The twenty-first of July is the Belgian National holiday, and on that day a Te Deum is always sung at Ste Gudule in honor of the foundation of the dynasty. The whole city was en fête, the black, yellow and red flag of Belgium—the old flag of that Belgium which for one short year at the time of the French Revolution was a republic, Les Etats Belges Unis, modeled after the young United States of America—was flying everywhere. The boulevards were thronged and the old streets of the lower town were filled with the Brussels crowd that is at most times so spontaneously, so almost naively, gay. From early morning long queues had stretched away down the streets before the theatres, that day opened freely to the public. The trains were crowded with people seeking the shade of Le Bois dc la Cambre, or La Forêt de Soignes, or en route to that great field at Stockel where the aviation meet was in progress that week. There, too, were great crowds in La Place de Parvis, before Ste Gudule, waiting for a glimpse of the royal family. "Uniforms and decorations," the Minister for Foreign Affairs had said, which meant for me the ordeal of evening-clothes in the bright glare of noonday.
The old cathedral or, to be more exact, since Brussels is not the seat of a bishopric, the old church (the collegiate) of St Michael and Ste Gudule, was crowded again for one of those scenes it had been witnessing for eight centuries. The soft light that fell into the nave that morning touched the brilliant uniforms of the representatives of the army, the Government, the Diplomatic Corps. There were judges in their scarlet robes, and priests and bishops in their sacerdotal garments; there were tonsured monks, and here and there the white robe of a Dominican friar or the brown of a Franciscan monk, his bare feet in sandals. From the entrance to the transept in the Treurenberg there was a double hedge of grenadiers in their tall bearskins, and a broad crimson carpet that led up to the altar; and at all the gray old pillars of nave and transept there were trophies of flags and banners. There was the stir and rustle of a happy throng, elated by all that light and color, a pleasant exhilaration, suppressed to a gravity by the place and the scene. Not only were all the personalities of the town there, but there were the mysterious presences of those historic characters that in other days had trailed their fleeting glories there.
We had taken our appointed places in the choir; there were the usual greetings, smiles, handclasps, the customary gossip. Then suddenly the drums began to roll, the trumpets blew and through the lofty arches there rang a voice in a military command, hard, like steel:
"Presentez armes!"
There was the sharp rattle of the muskets as the grenadiers came to "present arms." And then the unisonant cry:
"Vive le Roi!"
Their Majesties, accompanied by their suites, came slowly forward and up the steps into the choir, pausing for the reverence at the altar, then for the ceremonial bow to the representatives of the nations of the world, then to the representatives of Belgium, and passed to the two thrones placed for them on the right of the altar. The great organ began to roll, the three priests at the altar, in their gold chasubles, began to chant the Te Deum.
The royal family made an interesting picture; the King, in the Lieutenant-General's uniform he always wears, tall, broad-shouldered, tanned somewhat from his outing by the sea—they had just come from Ostend—behind the thick lenses of his pince-nez the King's intelligent eyes were taking in the scene, noting who were there; the Queen, frail, delicate, with the unconscious appeal of sweet girlish eyes, and the delicate, sensitive mouth, had the three royal children beside her: the two princes, Leopold, the Duke of Brabant, and Charles, the Count of Flanders, grave, fair, slender boys, in broad batiste collars and gray satin suits, and the Princess Marie José, with her pretty mischievous little face and elfish tangle of crispy, curling, golden hair— the child that all the painters and all the sculptors of Belgium have portrayed over and over.
I stood there and watched that most interesting family, a very model of all the domestic virtues, in its affection, the sober good sense of the young parents. And I thought of the other kings and queens and princes and princesses that had stood in that very spot: the two Leopolds, father and son, the first of this short dynasty, so unlike each other, so unlike the King who stood there on that July morning. Maximilian had been married at that altar, the Duchess of Parma had knelt there, and there Charles V had been crowned. ... I looked at that grave, slender lad, Prince Leopold of Belgium, Duke of Brabant, etc., etc., etc., gazing out of those wide, boyish, curious eyes at that scene of splendor; what were the thoughts just then in that child's mind; were there any conceptions of the tragic mutations of Belgian history? Would he one day, in other scenes like this, when others should have taken our places, stand there where his father stood, while priests sang Te Deums in his honor?


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Track small business cash flow without spreadsheets
Still tracking income and expenses on a spreadsheet? Here's why you should make the switch to low-cost alternatives.
Small business cash flow
Money in, money out. Cash flow is one of the most important measures of your business's health. But how do you monitor it?
It sounds simple to track sales on the one hand and expenses on the other – then compare the two. But a huge proportion of failed businesses say they closed down because of financial mismanagement, including issues such as lack of cash flow visibility. In other words, they didn't know if they were making more than they were spending.
Why are people losing sight of cash flow?
Everyone knows a business needs to stay in the black. It's not a new idea. So it can be hard to imagine why a business would lose sight of cash flow. Until, that is, you're in business yourself. It's then that you realise tracking small business cash flow isn't as easy as it seems.
You have to:
- keep track of all your expense receipts (which gets really tricky if there are multiple people making purchases)
- record all your sales revenue (making sure to account for discounts you might have given)
- enter everything into your cash flow Excel spreadsheet or Google Sheet (including double and triple checks to make sure everything is entered correctly)
You may have to rely on employees or business partners to supply a lot of this information. Their paperwork will sometimes have scribbled notes in the margins, requiring a follow-up phone call. It takes a lot of time, patience and energy before you're even ready to punch the numbers into a spreadsheet.
Data entry slows you down
Your cash flow Excel spreadsheet or Google Sheet is probably a monster. The number of columns and rows will have grown substantially since you first set out on your own. Plugging in the numbers takes time, and a lot of it. Unfortunately it's not a job you can rush because you need the spreadsheet to be as accurate as possible.
The large amount of time required results in two common issues:
- The task gets pushed back repeatedly so you go for long periods without knowing your cash flow position
- Because there are gaps in your data, you're not able to see how the business performs from day to day
Mistakes creep in
No matter how much you slave over your spreadsheet, there'll be mistakes. Up to 90 percent of spreadsheets contain data entry errors. You'll find the big ones because the numbers will look wrong and so you'll trawl through to find the cause. It'll be slow, frustrating work but you'll probably weed them out in the end. The smaller mistakes are more likely to sneak through, where they'll add up, bit by bit, to undermine your data. It's not great for your confidence.
Cash flow information is old before you see it
Even if you're vigilant, there's a lag between when a sale or expenditure happens and when it's entered into your cash flow Excel spreadsheet or Google Sheet. And you still won't see it until you create charts or graphs from those spreadsheets. In this scenario, you're taking a series of snapshots of your cash flow, and there can be big blind spots in between.
As business picks up – with more sales and more expenditure happening all the time – those blind spots become more significant.
- More things happen in between each cash flow snapshot
- Cash flow snapshots get further apart because you're too busy to update spreadsheets
Cash flow is about more than red and black
There are many reasons why you need to know your cash flow situation. Obviously you have to understand if you're making money or losing it. That's the most basic form of cash flow visibility. But there's more to it than that.
If you can see your cash flow in detail, you can spot opportunities, or troubleshoot problems before they become too big.
If you're seeing profit spikes during certain periods, you could:
- bring in more employees to help maximise those opportunities
- think of ways to cross-sell or upsell those customers
- consider marketing campaigns that will bring those customers back during slow times
If revenue is flat during certain periods, you could:
- run sales promotions
- experiment with different products or services
- reorganise employee schedules to lower your expenses during those times
Cash flow visibility is a strategic advantage. By understanding how revenue and expenses change from day to day, you can tweak your business model to find what works best for your situation.
Step away from the spreadsheet
Spreadsheets are remarkable tools. They're by far the world's most common accounting software. And for micro-businesses with relatively limited activity, they're a good fit. But as you perform more transactions with more customers and vendors, they get in the way of cash flow visibility, cutting off your view of the business's health.
To see if spreadsheets are fit for purpose in your business, ask yourself these questions:
- Are they getting hard to maintain?
- How confident are you in the data that's been entered?
- Do you actually know what your small business cash flow looks like?
There are cost-effective alternatives. Accounting software will eliminate the data entry and give you a daily view of small business cash flow – on your desktop or phone.
Accounting software automatically calculates your cash flow, showing a summary of money in and money out. It will even tell you what you're owed and which bills are coming due.
Here's how it works
Cloud accounting software is generally sold on a flat monthly subscription. You don't need to download anything and you can run it easily off your existing laptop, desktop or smartphone. You just sign up online and get started.
- It can link to your business bank account (and point-of-sale system) to track sales and expenses as they happen, with no data entry from you
- Because the data comes straight from the bank, it's clean and accurate
- Smart accounting software will also send out your invoices, so it shows what you're owed
- The system pools all the data to create a dashboard of your financial situation, which is automatically updated every day
Accounting software probably only needs to save you one or two hours a month to pay for itself. In reality, it will do that many times over.
Getting started
As easy and intuitive as online accounting software has become, you may prefer to have an accountant or bookkeeper set it up and/or run it for you. They can then share the dashboards with you.
Or you can do it yourself by starting a free trial and following the how-to videos.
Small business cash flow is everything
Money in and money out is the ultimate measure of business health and sustainability. You should watch it carefully, even if that means manually updating your cash flow Excel spreadsheet or Google Sheet. The effort is well worth it.
If, however, you'd rather spend the time on other parts of your business – or with your family – take a look at cloud accounting software. It can automate the process for you. That's why 98% of users of accounting software recommend it to others.
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