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I am English and came to Hydra with my Mum on holiday when I was 10 in 2000. We loved it, so we stayed. I was educated in Hydra and so I am fluent in Greek. I grew up around animals and always knew that I wanted to work with horses and dogs.
My Mum put me on my first pony ride when I was only eighteen-months-old and I started riding lessons when I was three. After graduating from High School in Hydra, I had a three-year gap off the island when I joined the British Army. I returned home to think of ways that I could incorporate my love of the outdoors and work with animals. In 2014, I launched Harriet's Hydra Horses.
My horses are my pets and are my family, so I treat them as gently as I do my friends.They work hard, especially in the summer, and I rest them in shade with water and a bit of food in between treks to make sure that they are happy and enjoy my horse treks as much as my riders do.
My horses are medium-sized, sturdy, with good stamina and perfect for mountain trails as they are all surefooted. I don't use larger pack animals for my horse treks because they don't cope with the terrain as well as smaller, nibble horses, or as safely with regards balance, especially if they are being ridden by novices.
Chloe stands 1.47 meters, is 5 years old and was born in Ermioni.
I met Chloe when she was a foal. She belonged to my physiotherapist. It took me a while to convince her to sell Chloe to me. Chloe was lucky because she had a very good start in life and had never 'worked'.
Eventually, I brought her to the island and started breaking her in and training her myself. Chloe and I have a very special bond.
Chloe is particularly good with young children as she is very gentle, 'interested' and is very trusting of humans!
She is also a confidence builder for novice riders because Chloe knows what she is doing with very little need for rider input.
Melina stands 1.37 meters and is 8 years old and was born on the Peloponnese.
Melina was my first rescue horse.
Unfortunately, she didn't have a very kind start as her previous owner beat, starved and overworked her!
Although she is, naturally, a lot more cautious about making new friends than my other horses, she has responded well to kindness and is a very safe horse.
She won't want to give you a kiss like the other horses do, but Melina is utterly reliable, bombproof and loves working with the team.
Dennis stands 1.34 meters, is 9 years old and was born on Hydra. He has always been well-treated and didn't come to me with any bad habits other than him being inquisitive to the point of being nosy! He likes to join in with everything.
He is a cheerful horse who is the smallest of the team but thinks he is the boss. He is very proud to lead the treks and also works as my bridal horse for weddings.
Dennis is cheeky but gentle and safe. He is always the favourite of children who have nick-named him 'Dennis the Menace' and he loves posing for 'selfies' with you!
Roulis stands 1.50 meters, is 4 years old and was born in the Peloponesse. He is my second rescue horse and sadly had his tail docked. He was starving when I first got him and took a while to put on weight. But his character is amazing, he loves the other horses, doesn't like being on his own and loves working as a team. Within a short time of me having him, I trusted him enough to give the reins to riders who don't want to be led.
Roulis is turning out to be the best of my team. Fortunately, he hadn't been beaten, so he is always interested and confident around people.
Zeus stands 1.45 meters, is 6 years old and was born on the Peloponesse (2013). He is a pretty little horse with a very distinctive blond mane and tail. Zeus was the pet of a friend who didn't work him and treated him very kindly. This happy horse is wonderfully mellow and has an excellent temperament. Zeus works very well with the team and is an easy ride.
Coco stands 1.45 meters, is 15 years old and was born in Galatas.
Coco joined originally as a temporary member of the team to give the other's a rest. Now the team has grown and he is a permanent member.
He is a sturdy, reliable and friendly horse with years of experience of Hydra's mountain trails.
The well-being and happiness of my horses is a priority, and because there is no equine vet on Hydra, I am grateful to the team of volunteers from GAWF (Greek Animal Welfare Foundation), who visit Hydra annually, for their advice and reassurance so I can look after minor ailments myself. I particularly appreciate my first lesson in dentistry from Equine Dentist, Garry Draper. It's wonderful to be self-sufficient as it would awful for any of my horses to have to wait a year with tooth-ache!
Harriet's first equine dentistry lesson with Garry. Anyone who is scared of the dentist, probably shouldn't have the sound switched on as the rasping noise is really ..... umm loud!Posted by Kelsey J Edwards on Monday, 19 October 2015
Surprisingly, for an island dependent upon equines, there are many children on the island who have nothing to do with horses and are a bit afraid of them. But now I regularly have 'little helpers' at the stables and I actively encourage positive appreciation and care of horses with sessions at the local school.
Rather than being cooped up in stables during the winter months when it is quieter in Hydra, I take the horses to our home in Palamida where they have lots of space to roam, graze, kick up their heels and enjoy themselves! They work hard during the high season, and they would be bored if I left them standing in their stable, so they deserve a holiday especially when the weather is nice.
My husband Vasilis, is a builder by trade and didn't have a connection with horses until I launched Harriet's Hydra Horses.
He built our stables, repairs them and has extended them as our team has grown. He's even good a mucking out and feeding. Although he doesn't ride, he loves the horses as much as I do.
He supports and encourages me, and he frequently joins us on treks up the mountains, so together we can enjoy the countryside that we both love so much.


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SOSIOHUMANIKA: Jurnal Pendidikan Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan.
This journal, with print-ISSN 1979-0112 and online-ISSN 2622-6855, was firstly published on May 20, 2008 in the context to commemorate One Millenium of National Awakening Day in Indonesian. The SOSIOHUMANIKA journal is published twice a year i.e. every May and November. For period 2013 to 2018, the SOSIOHUMANIKA journal has been accredited by Ditjendikti Kemdikbud RI (Directorate-General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia). Since firstly issue of May 2008 to date, the SOSIOHUMANIKA journal has been published by Minda Masagi Press as a publishing house owned by ASPENSI (the Association of Indonesian Scholars of History Education) in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.
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April 4, 2010
On Easter Sunday Orthodox Russians walk around saying to each other, "Кристос Воскресие," Christ is Risen. When a child comes to your door and says it you give them a little treat. Maybe an apple, maybe a piece of candy. It's like trick-or-treating. Except in April/March.
The Russian word for Sunday is Воскресение, which translates literally as "Resurrection." (I think) This is another of those moments in which language charms me. Implicit in the word every time a Russian says "Sunday" is Resurrection. A resurrection every week, not just on Easter.
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JAGTAG Receives Patent for Intelligent Ad MMS
JAGTAG recently announced that they have received a patent for intelligent ads to mobile devices via MMS. JAGTAG and its customers are able to intelligently target content to unique user requests… exclusively.
"Intelligently targeted content is also much more likely to be shared and will provide marketer's QR strategies with an amplifier effect that will increase purchases and improve unaided brand recall," said Ed Jordan, CEO, JAGTAG.
By layering ambient conditions, such as geographic location, weather and news, and data onto requested content, JAGTAG can intelligently target content to their consumers. Thus, the more and more JAGTAG is used by an individual, the more intelligent the ads become.
While I definitely see the appeal to marketers, I'm wondering if consumers will be on board. Would you scan a JAGTAG over a QR code when most smart phones already come with QR code readers and QR codes do not use MMS? Personally, I might… if there was a good incentive in it for me. Let us know what you think about JAGTAG having a patent on this technology and if you forsee it becoming a part of your life by commenting, or posting to our Facebook or twitter pages.


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Deep from the depths of northern Canada international touring award nominated road poet Gordie Tentrees performs nearly 200 concerts a year in North American, Europe, UK/Ireland & Australia. From Celtic Connections(Glasgow, Scotland) to National Folk Festival (Canberra, AU) this master story teller and multi-instrumentalist holds the audience inside his hands weaving melodic messages while juggling the dark with the light. Unexpected performances hit the stage solo armed with words, acoustic guitar, bottleneck dobro, harmonica, porch board bass and snare tambourine or joined by legendary Canadian sideman/songwriter Jaxon Haldane on musical saw, cigar box guitars, banjo, mandolin and brotherly harmonies. After 6 solo records 2018 brings the release of "GRIT" a duo album with Jaxon Haldane perspired by 550 concerts on stage together since coming together 3 years ago. It was captured over 5 nights in Western Canada with by esteemed engineer Scott Franchuk (Corb Lund, Old Reliable) giving audience members the real deal they feel bearing witness to the magic moments created each night. Songs were written in advance including Haldane/Tentrees co-writes "Armand", Junior" born from the road, and hilarious Fred Eaglesmith/Tentrees co-write 'Craft Beards & Man Buns", as well as cover tunes 'I Don't Have a Gun" Wil Kimbrough/Tommy Womack" and "Willie's Diamond Joe" Willie P Bennett savored by Haldane who claims Bennett as his mentor. Tentrees reels us in with " Lost" inspired by his wife, 'Wasted Moments", 'No Integrity Man", "29 Loads of Freight", "Sideman Blues" bring high end poetry delving into his relationship with the road while the heartfelt "Bottleneck to Wire" touches on the loss of friend to cancer, legendary guitar player Aylie Sparkes. He kills you with humor on "Holy Moly" designed as a mating call from one northern prospect to another. All songs contain one integral ingredient"GRIT", the ability to overcome adversity.
Gordie was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the product of a colorful broken home raised on a family farm, then bounced around foster home homes finding focus in sport, even becoming a golden glove boxer. From the ring to the stage with stops in between as a school teacher and youth worker, grateful for every moment. "I feel fortunate to have had such unfortunate moments that have enabled me to become who I am on stage, or off, it's that healthy therapeutic high I was lucky to find" says Tentrees. "I got to write out my past, let go and define my future all through songs"
Not until the age of 24 when he moved to the Yukon did he start writing songs or perform. "I was always comfortable with words in a family of writers/poets that started with my grandmother 70's west coast poet Rosemary Hollingshead and further enhanced by the stellar songwriting musicians den in Whitehorse. "My evolution with songwriting, guitar, harp playing is directly related to my focus as a boxer, I knew it would take 10,000 hrs to learn finger style guitar much like it took to throw the perfect hook in the ring" He explains. "Breaking down the process into small parts then building it up over endless repetition hooked me on music. Not having that previous experience training to be a fighter I would not have know this and likely quit, but I have no quit, essential for any folk singer today. Being in the ring in front of an audience I was very comfortable performing music right away, the challenge has been learning how to be a musician which will never end for me" states Tentrees.
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If you are considering obtaining an Internet Service provider, you should l considering these two choices: dial-up and the DSL option.
The dial-up Internet connection is just an approach that was very popular, in line with the overall number of subscribers who spend-by-month. When the DSL and cable connection methods rose to recognition, the dial-up began to lose its shine.
You should consider some components first before you make up your mind on what Internet providers to select from the available options. For inexperienced internet users, only something that is not complicated is needed. But when you are not experienced in today's technology, then you need to be quite cautious. You might be lucky and obtain an offer for a free Internet services.
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Sarcastic Video Take on BMW Owners.
There are two kinds of people, the one that love BMW and the one that don't. We all know about the stereotypes and the offensive jokes about who is riving what, and who own cars sporting the famous badge that looks like a propeller on a blue sky. So this is how it turns out. These colors represent the colors of the Free State of Bavaria.
So a group of young and interesting people decided to go out and visualize some of those stereotypes and make this amazing video parody about BMW owners. Some of the jokes are better than the other but overall we love this two-and-a-half video.


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OneVision Goes On the Road to Share Proven Processes, RMR Resources
OneVision Resources, is going on the road beginning in March 2018 to share strategies for conquering the service problem. Recently, OneVision was chosen as a managing service partner for ProSource as part of their key initatives.
"We've come to the same conclusion that this is an existential threat to the industry," Joseph Kolchinsky, OneVision's founder and CEO. "If the business model doesn't change and if integrators don't adopt a scalable and sustainable level of services and support, they will have trouble navigating nearby storms as well as thriving in a scenario where customers have come to expect this kind of experience."
OneVision Emphasizes Education at 18 Events in 10 Cities this Spring
From the OneVision blog to informative sessions at conferences across the country, OneVision has always focused on education. Not only does OneVision's comprehensive platform empower HTPs with the services, processes, and technologies they need to provide round-the-clock support, but OneVision has developed a comprehensive playbook highlighting exactly how HTPs can convert service from one of their biggest challenges into one of their biggest opportunities.
"Over a year ago, we explored service and RMR on our own. After a year of trying and struggling to get traction, we partnered with OneVision. I only wish we would have made that decision sooner," said Jimmy Nay of Control Freaks in Hawaii. "They've clearly been down many paths and have a firm grasp on what works and what doesn't when it comes to service and RMR."
Beginning with the ProSource Summit in March and culminating with the Southern California Technology & Business Summits in May, OneVision's schedule is jam-packed, with the team traveling coast-to-coast to show technology professionals how to avoid employee burnout and establish recurring revenue streams by delivering the service today's consumers demand.
"At the core of our platform is a proven operational playbook which contains years of primary experience, research, and study. We use it to transform each one of our partners into effective and profitable service operations. Now, we're opening the book to share parts of it with the rest of the industry," said Kolchinsky. "We believe that service represents both a massive challenge and an even bigger opportunity for this industry and we are excited to get on the road and share these strategies with HTPs all over the country."
Learn the Basics of Superior Support and RMR with OneVision
In OneVision's series of seminars, to be held at buying group conferences, manufacturer rep summits, and dealer summits from Philadelphia to Southern California, the OneVision team will describe the challenges inherent in marketing, selling, and delivering service as a core part of an HTPs value proposition. OneVision will also highlight the ways their platform can help HTPs address these challenges successfully. Even for HTPs who opt not to use the OneVision platform immediately, these seminars will provide valuable tips HTPs can use to reduce the burden of service on their team, improve company profitability, and enhance the client experience.
OneVision Resources Spring 2018 Schedule of Events
- ProSource Summit — Just completed
- March 3 – 6, 2018 (Nashville, TN)
- Texas Technology & Business Summit
- April 3, 2018 (Houston, TX)
- April 5, 2018 (Dallas, TX)
- HTSA Spring Conference
- April 3 – 5, 2018 (Orlando, FL)
- ProSource Spring Meeting
- April 16 – 20, 2018 (San Antonio, TX)
- Azione Unlimited "Philosophically Phocused" 2018 Spring Conference
- April 23 – 25, 2018 (Philadelphia, PA)
- Tampa / Sarasota / Fort Myers 1-1 Tour - Visiting Integrators
- April 30 - May 1, 2018 (Tampa / Sarasota / Fort Myers, FL)
- Florida Technology & Business Summit (CASTLE Summit)
- May 1 - 3, 2018 (Ft. Lauderdale / Miami, FL)
- Denver 1-1 Tour - Visiting Integrators
- May 7, 2018 (Denver, CO)
- Origin Acoustics Dealer Summit
- April 10-12 (Las Vegas, NV)
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- May 29-31 (Las Vegas, NV) (Las Vegas, NV)
- Seattle 1-1 Tour - Visiting Integrators
- May 14-15, 2018 (Seattle, WA)
- Portland 1-1 Tour - Visiting Integrators
- May 16-17, 2018 (Portland, OR)
- Southern California Technology & Business Summit
- May 22, 2018 (Los Angeles, CA)
- May 24, 2018 (Irvine, CA)
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Austin Romine has seen his share of disappointments. Once one of the Yankees' top prospects, he's spent nearly a decade in professional baseball, paying his dues in the minors, waiting for his brief forays into the major leagues, never quite good enough or impressive enough to stick around for long.
He was cut on the last day of spring training last year, losing his spot to then-Yankee John Ryan Murphy. This season, the 27-year-old was nearly outgunned for the backup spot by a 23-year-old, the Yankees' heir apparent at catcher, Gary Sanchez. So when Romine says he'll take every possible opportunity to prove that he can hit — to make his mark before his time runs out — he means it.
"I went home in the offseason and said I'm done not doing the best that I can," he said Saturday. "You get passed up by a job by another catcher . . . [And] it just makes me step back and realize what I needed to do, and that was hit. It comes down to the same thing. I've got to hit. I've got to show them I can hit up here, show them I can hit off big-league pitchers and continue to show them I can catch."
Memo: Romine can hit.
On Saturday, he made that clear against Red Sox ace lefthander David Price. Romine, a righthanded hitter, doubled in the Yankees' first run in the third inning and added another RBI double against reliever Sean O'Sullivan in the eighth. He went 3-for-4, and even his out, a fly ball to right, was a good sign, Joe Girardi said.
"I thought he stayed on it," Girardi said. "I thought he had a tremendous day, a big day for us . . . He's been through a lot, too. He's been through disappointment and he's continued to persevere and fight and fight and fight. At times he'd come to spring training with a chance to make the team and he wouldn't perform the way he was capable of. But I thought he made some big strides offensively last year."
The Yankees never doubted Romine's ability behind the plate, but his bat was considered too much of a liability to install him as the backup on any sort of permanent basis. In 169 major-league at-bats before this season, he had a .201/.244/.278 slash line with one home run and 11 RBIs.
But Romine has had something of a renaissance in 2016. He hit .289 in spring training, far outstripping Sanchez (.091) and his other competition, Carlos Corporan (.167), and Romine has more or less sustained that level of production this season. He's 8-for-23 (.348) in 12 games as Brian McCann's backup.
The difference, Romine said, is "just being able to slow the ball down."
"I couldn't tell you exactly how I did it. I just know I have an approach," he said. "When I stick to my approach as I did today, good things tend to happen."
It also helps that he's been around. At this point, Romine — who was drafted in 2007 and whose father, Kevin, played for the Red Sox — knows his limitations and tries to work them to his advantage. He understands what pitches he can handle, he said, and knows when to jump when they come around.
"It was just something I decided what's going to happen," Romine said about his improvements. He's worked with hitting coach Alan Cockrell on his mechanics and with assistant hitting coach Marcus Thames on his mental approach, he said.
"I'm still learning," he said. "If you stop learning, this game is going to pass you up."
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Top 10 Strategies to boost sales on your local businesses website!
If you own a local business, small business, brick and mortar and you have or want a website, this blog post is for YOU! You sell at your shop but if you're not also selling on your website, your losing out on opportunities to increase sales! If you are still reading this, thank you! as we are about to dispense the top ten BEST strategies to boost sales on your local businesses website!
This list goes from "Profitable" to "MOST PROFITABLE"
1. Crowd Funding
This is a new phenomenon that generated $#100s of millions of dollars to eager entrepreneurs. This varies based on your audience and cause. You can either simply ask for donations to your local business through your website using paypal's donation button or you can use a crowd funding site like indiegogo or kickstarter. The more compelling the project, the more attention it will receive. This is a real coin toss, you can either make a lot of make nothing, this why we put this first and HIGHLY suggest you read further. Remember the last one is the MOST profitable way to make money with your local business's website.
2. Affiliate Marketing
By creating a membership program for your customers, not only do you make them feel more special but you create customer loyalty. The membership program could offer discounts or be reward based. A few good examples of businesses that use this are Speedway, Barnes and Nobles and Starbucks.
3. Build an Email List
Create and place an email list sign up form to your website. We recommend www.Mailchimp.com because its very user friendly. You can get people to join by saying "receive coupons, discounts, to free bees." Once you grow a good email list following begin to send out blasts directly to your email subscribers list and potentially trigger them to act to buy.
4. Offer Coupons
A lot of people will decide to buy on price! Some people will even buy something they are not even interesting in, just because the deal is to good to resist. With your coupons you can offer discounts, buy one get ones, act a get something free and many more ideas.
5. Pay Per Click Ads (Google AdSense)
Google AdSense is the quickest and easiest way for you to make extra money on your website. Simply sign with your gmail account to Google Adsense you or your web designer will grab a code and paste into your sites code. This will play an advert controlled by google. You could gain pennies, dollars to thousands depending of your websites traffic.
6. Sell Sponsored Ad Space
If you own a local business with your type of market. Industry related business will want to buy sponsored ad space on your website. This time you get to set the price and decide where you want the add to be placed. You must have a way of them being able to contact you either through email or phone. The more traffic you receive, the more you can charge.
7. Sell Physical Goods
Sell products related to your local businesses website. There are many ways you can go about this. First way is to go to a site like www.customink.com and have them make the product for you but you won't receive the lion share of the profit. The better way is to find a brand re-labeling company and sell what's related to your industry. You can buy an e-commerce platform like www.shopify.com to sell your products, you can sell them on http://www.ebay.com, www.etsy.com or http://www.amazon.com but they will be re-directed off your site which hurts your bounce rate. The ideal way is to have your site custom coded by a professional and to build out an online shop for you. We highly recommend www.imagidigital.com
8. Offer a Membership Program
By creating a membership program for your customers, not only do you make them feel more special but you create customer loyalty. The membership program could offer discounts or be reward based. A few good examples of businesses that use this are Speedway, Barnes and Nobles and Starbucks.
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SharePoint solution that adds some custom UI elements on field edit pages for field properies that can be used in SharePoint, but has no UI and can be updated by code (for example, JSLink property).
Tha pack consists of SPMeta2 model and js-file
Can be used in SharePoint Foundation 2013, SharePoint Server 2013, SharePoint Online, SharePoint Server 2016
Install-Package spf-fieldsettings -Version 1.0.3
dotnet add package spf-fieldsettings --version 1.0.3
<PackageReference Include="spf-fieldsettings" Version="1.0.3" />
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Release Notes
*Added support of JSLink property
*Updated dependencies to SPMeta2 and sp-cmd-deploy
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- SPMeta2.CSOM.Foundation (>= 1.2.40)
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Barbour International Waxed V Tech Jacket In black, A waxed cotton jacket with full front two way zip opening concealed by a Barbour press stud fastening flap and a stretch ribbed collar in black. A large hood with black elastic drawstrings and an adjustable press stud fastening tab on the reverse. Long sleeves with adjustable press stud fastening cuffs and an elasticated drawcord waist and hem for a tightened fit. Four press stud entry flap pockets on the front of the coat with the left chest pocket at an angle and two additional side entry pockets above the waist flap pockets
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You are entering payments and you receive an error that says, "Duplicate transaction, wait at least 480 minutes before trying again."
This is a back-end fraud tool designed to detect and block duplicate transactions. The system uses the last 4 digits of the card number and the transaction amount to determine if a duplicate transaction has been submitted during the specified time period regardless of whether or not the previous attempt(s) were approved.
If you receive this message and are certain the attempt is not a duplicate, you can simply call ClientPay Support at 855-299-0476 and notify them of the error. We will temporary remove the tool and add it back as soon as you are finished processing payments on that card.


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Researchers look to fire ants for sources of biodiesel feedstock
02 January 2014
Researchers at the University of Mississippi are looking to imported fire ants (IFA) (Solenopsis sp.) as a source for oleaginous microorganisms or enzymes supporting the digestion of raw sugars for the production of oil to be used as feedstock for biodiesel.
In a paper in the journal Fuel, they note that the yield of ant oil is 16% dry weight and contains most of the fatty acids also found in other biomass resources. Thus, the unusual amount of oil extracted from the imported fire ant (Solenopsis sp.) may be an indication of the presence of oleaginous microorganisms, they suggested.
Black (Solenopsis richteri) and red (Solenopsis invicta, Buren) imported fire ants (IFA) were introduced to the United States form South America by the early 1930s and now represent a considerable nuisance to humans in both rural and urban settings. Various chemical and biological methods for IFA control were developed, but few attempts have been made to utilize the ants or their associated chemistry and microbiology for practical applications.
One study of the lipid composition of IFA determined that 65-75% was composed of hydrocarbons. In these studies, only the cuticular lipids were extracted by dipping the insects briefly into hexane. This dipping method effectively enriches the extract with non-oxygenated hydrocarbons and piperidine venom alkaloids, but leaves behind more polar fatty acids and mono-, di-, and tri-glycerides. In contrast, exhaustive extraction of the IFA produces an unprecedented large amount of oil which contains significant amounts of fatty acid related components commonly used in the production of biodiesel.
… Very little information concerning the internal microbial flora of IFA is available; it is possible that symbiotic microorganisms reside in association with the IFS providing digestion support for a variety of materials including processing raw saccharide into lipid. Such a symbiotic relationship between microbes and ants has already been observed in the case of the fungus growing attine ants which cultivate a fungal crop to provide food for its colony.—Bowling et al.
After collecting ants from several IFA colonies, preparing them and extracting the lipids, the researchers found that purification of the crude lipid extract produced an amber oil of 16% overall dry weight. This is slightly lower than the yield reported for soybeans (18%), but the amount could reasonably increase or decrease, the researchers suggested.
Heat of combustion for the ant oil was 133,000 BTU/gal—comparable to typical soybean oil and soybean biodiesel.
Our investigation highlights a potential route for the development of a more affordable fuel. The development of a high capacity method for production of oils from lignocellulosic material or even simpler carbohydrates could reduce the materials cost of producing biodiesel. Investigation of a microbial source for thie extraordinary amount of oil production in IFA or insects that digest plant matter (i.e., termites, carpenter ants) could lead to improvements in bioenergy production.—Bowling et al.
John J. Bowling, James B. Anderson, Kevin L. Armbrust, Mark T. Hamann (2014) "Evaluation of potential biodiesel feedstock production from oleaginous insect Solenopsis sp.," Fuel, Volume 117, Part A, Pages 5-7 doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.08.058


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While I personally have quite the sweet tooth my husband, Todd, has more of a take it or leave it attitude when it comes to dessert. He is a savory guy for the most part and TBH I don't really mind that he could care less about the sweet stuff because that just means more dessert for me. However, when it comes this Gluten Free Apple Fritter Bread all bets are off because we are BOTH obsessed!
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When I say obsessed I'm not kidding! Todd has literally been taking inventory of how much apple fritter bread is gone every morning before he leaves for work and then comparing how much is left when he comes home in the evenings. While I am glad that this dessert crazed behavior is not his norm it kind of, sort of feels like the ultimate compliment when he is grilling me about how many slices of Gluten Free Apple Fritter Bread the kids and I ate during the day.
This apple fritter bread is the perfect blend of sweet and savory. I knew if I was going to be eating slices of fritter bread with my coffee in the mornings I needed it to be a not-too-sweet treat. The vanilla scented bread itself has a nice crumb that is layered with pockets of cinnamon sugar laced Stemilt Granny Smith Apples, and a thin layer of sweet cider icing. A slice of this Gluten Free Apple Fritter Bread is just sweet enough to start the day off right but not so sweet that you'll have a sugar crash later in the morning.
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Basics with Robert Royston
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Left side pass
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WCS 101 with Erik and Anna Novoa
And here's a nicely detailed video on how to step and flow to West Coast Swing music.
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After spending much of the 1940s and 1950s as a matinee idol, Cornel Wilde focused much of his attention behind the camera starting with Storm Fear in 1956. From there, he balanced duties as writer, actor, producer, and director, making appearances in both film and television as well. From his time juggling these many roles came The Naked Prey, a harrowing and thrilling tale of survival loosely based off of a real life incident from the 19th Century. Criterion has revisited their early DVD release of this movie with a Blu upgrade.
The Production: 4.5/5
In colonial South Africa, a group of hunters on a safari come across a Nguni tribe and the leader rebuffs the natives when they expect to be bought off with gifts, despite the advice from the head guide (Cornel Wilde). That decision comes back to hurt the group when the tribe captures them and kills them, except for the guide; as a sport, they strip him of nearly everything and hunt him across the vast veldt. It'll take everything the guide has to survive against all odds in the unforgiving landscape.
Loosely based upon the real life experience of trapper John Colter and the Blackfoot Indians in the early 19th Century, Cornel Wilde transposed the action to colonial-era Africa (likely due to budget reasons) and, in the process, brought a sense of realism that largely unseen in the survival movie genre. Clint Johnston and Don Peters' script probably has the fewest spoken lines of any movie since Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times but the movie doesn't necessarily need them; you can basically figure out the intentions and thoughts of the characters through their actions more than any other movie in the genre – an impressive feat that earned the movie an Oscar nomination for the script. More impressively, Wilde did nearly all of his own stunts during the movie, again showing off both his athletic ability (he was a former Olympic hopeful before entering the entertainment business) and the realism that the movie requires in order to be convincing; it's all the more impressive when you learn that Wilde was 52 year old during filming and sick for much of the production, again lending a degree of realism that, up until this point, Hollywood movies tended to avoid when making movies about Africa. But Wilde the actor is matched by Wilde the director as well; he's maintains a steady yet feverish pace that rarely lags, even in quieter moments when he's not being chased or when footage of wildlife in the veldt is transposed to symbolize the harsh cutthroat nature. This is movie that takes many risks in showing the brutal nature of man along with making it an exciting yarn free of pretension, but not only does it meet them, it surpasses it with all the speed that a leopard has in chasing its prey.
Video: 4.5/5
3D Rating: NA
The original 2:35:1 aspect ratio is faithfully preserved in this new HD transfer of the movie that surpasses the original Criterion DVD release transfer in terms of quality. Grain is film like and fine, with some heavier instances in the case of the stock footage used for the wildlife sequences. Colors are vivid, with fine details and shadows strong with minimal instances of scratches, dirt, dust, speckling, and tearing; another quality effort from Criterion.
Audio: 4.5/5
The original mono soundtrack is faithfully presented in the monaural DTS-HD Master Audio track. The few line of dialogue spoken here are strong and clear with the instances of sound effects and music performed having both clarity and strong fidelity that's not overpowering. Again, another great job done by Criterion as the film probably never sounded better on home video.
Special Features: 3.5/5
The original special features that accompanied the initial 2008 DVD release of the movie have been ported over here.
Commentary by film scholar Stephen Prince – The track contains plenty of information in regards to the film production as well as some analysis into the greater themes of the movie. I can't pick out one particular tidbit that stood out above the rest, but I will share that the track was, insightful, enlightening and interesting throughout.
John Colter's Escape (4:57) – The account that formed the basis for the movie is presented with visual accompaniment and narrated by actor Paul Giamatti.
Original Soundtrack Cues (28:35) – The complete soundtrack, all 18 cues, are presented with some visual accompaniment along with a brief written statement by the film's musical director Andrew Tracey, which is presented separately.
Theatrical Trailer (3:14)
Booklet featuring an essay by Michael Atkinson & an excerpt from a 1970 interview with Cornel Wilde
Overall: 4.5/5
While the movie came and went without too much fanfare during its initial release, Cornel Wilde's The Naked Prey has gone on to achieve the status of a minor classic. Criterion's first DVD release of the movie helped bring about a wider exposure of the film, but they've bested it with a better audio and visual presentation on this Blu-ray upgrade. I wholeheartedly recommend this upgrade of the movie, as it probably represents the best the movie has looked on home video.https://www.amazon.com/Naked-Prey-Blu-ray-Cornel-Wilde/dp/B07FMQ2H51?keywords=the+naked+prey&qid=1539799790&s=STRING%28movies-and-tv_44751%29&sr=1-1-catcorr&ref=sr_1_1


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Australians are drinking less booze, it's true. According to recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the nation's average rate of alcohol consumption is at its lowest since 1961.
Back then, Resch's was the highest-selling bottled beer, women weren't allowed in public bars and the Tommy's Margarita was still three decades away from invention. Drab times indeed.
Why is Australia drinking at a rate not seen since Dinner Ale was a thing? That's a three pipe question, Watson. Certainly there's greater appreciation for quality booze over quantity, in line with the popularity of gourmet food culture. The rise of healthy lifestyle choices and the "wellness" movement may have had an impact, too.
Experts on such matters also point to a cultural trend where young people are choosing to visit restaurants to socialise, rather than hit the pub and sink beer like it's Powerade.
The result is a line between bar and restaurant that's fuzzier than ever before. Smart operators know that niche venues are risky business – a safer bet is the multi-purpose establishment, offering cocktails, dessert and everything in between.
Sure, it's possible to run a successful bar where cocktails are the focus, but such places are becoming a rare breed. In our national Top 20 Bars for 2019, 14 entries provide brilliant food and at least nine also work as a restaurant.
And yes, there are a lot of natural-wine-loving venues on the list, but, for now at least, the bars championing minimal-intervention drops also seem to have the most delicious snacks and a level of service beyond "how's your day been?".
Maybe bars pouring Wynns and Wolf Blass will be Where It's At again in five years' time, who's to say? (Admittedly, that's an unlikely scenario – we're far from peak natural wine – but more classic labels next to natural wines on lists would be wonderful to see.)
Anyway, cin-cin and all that. Please enjoy Australia's top 20 bars. These are the gin joints, watering holes and wine bars most loved by the Good Food team over the past 12 months. Some are old, some are new. All of them nail service, drinks, vibe and decor while making the nation's bar scene more electric and rich.
Australian Capital Territory
Bar Rochford, Canberra CBD
Wine, beer and cocktails are afforded equal and thoughtful consideration at Nick Smith's slick boozer, which provides produce-driven dishes, bottle-green booths and choice vinyl on the turntable (You Am I, Grace Jones or Motown, perhaps). A graduate of the former three-hatted Sepia restaurant, Josh Lundy leads Rocco's modern kitchen, with gruyere gougeres for snacking and confit duck sharpened by cumquat for lush sessions with Sicilian wine. Capital City here we come.
We also love: Molly, Canberra CBD; Bacaro, Braddon.
New South Wales
The Baxter Inn, Sydney CBD
A much-loved subterranean whisky nirvana featuring more than 800 single malts, blends and ryes. Eye-watering whisky collections have become A Thing around the country, but few places also boast expert staff able to shake a daiquiri while explaining the complexities of Port Ellen cask strength versus Sullivan's Cove. It's easy to have a swell time here if spirits aren't your thing, too – beer and hijinks are plentiful.
Bulletin Place, Circular Quay
Almost seven years after it opened, Bulletin Place remains more vital and magical than ever. The charming bolthole pumps at weekends when head bar bloke Evan Stroeve does lovely things with seasonal fruit and Paige Aubort sets a gold standard for service. Most of all we enjoy the new Meet the Grower menu, celebrating a different local citrus producer each month. (More of this in bars everywhere, please. Fewer house variations on the negroni.)
Cantina OK!, Sydney CBD
We're pretty sure this is the only bar in Australia pouring mezcal fermented with a wild coyote carcass. Cantina co-owners Alex Dowd and Jeremy Blackmore (also behind Tio's Cerveceria) and general manager Alex "Happy" Gilmour spent a year touring Mexico's dusty, crazy agave country to bring tequila rarer than chooks' teeth to this shipping-container-sized laneway bar. Full marks for innovation, can-do attitude and zippy cocktails. No tables, no chairs, no worries!
Continental Deli, Newtown
Although Continental's CBD offshoot is objectively excellent (all hail the french-dip sandwich), there's a cornerstore charm to the original which invites regular visits for tinned fish and canned martinis. The neo-trad deli is in its element on sunny afternoons, when you can grab an outdoor chair on leafy Australia Street, say hello to passing dogs and put your feet up with culatello and manager Michael Nicolian's smooth chat.
Squish burger at Scout. Photo: Supplied
Scout, Surry Hills
Whirrrrr, thwip, fizzzz. The top level of Maurice Terzini's Dolphin Hotel is a now a sexy science centre where Scout leader Matt Whiley and bar manager Josh Reynolds serve innovative drinks full of fruit-forward flavour. House-made banana wine fermented with macadamia and wattleseed, say, or calvados and cinnamon myrtle combined with burrata whey rescued from The Dolphin kitchen. Now with a bonus pizza list and "squish" burger, huzzah.
We also love: Double Deuce Lounge, Sydney CBD; Earl's Juke Joint, Newtown; Love, Tilly Devine, Darlinghurst; Maybe Sammy, The Rocks; Monopole, Potts Point; Supernatural Cellars, Byron Bay; The Unicorn, Paddington.
Inside Brisbane's high-celinged bar The Gresham.
The Gresham, Brisbane CBD
With a high-ceilinged heritage room covered in photographs of XXXX-drenched Brisbane in its heyday, the Gresh is a Queensland state treasure. Visit any given Friday and you can find students knocking back Rodenbach tins, office workers sniffing Michter's rye (there's a lot of whisky here) and maybe a hens' night on its third round of martinis. A national landmark with one of Australia's best bar teams.
Honto, Fortitude Valley
Lobster katsu sandos and cult Italian orange wine? You had us at hello and "would you like a glass of Radikon?", Honto. The crew behind pan-Asian street-food house Longtime opened this black-on-binchotan bar and restaurant in a Valley back alley last year and the James Street clique can't get enough. Sustainable wine shares a carte with rare whisky and sake, while Kill Bill-referencing cocktails bring the ruckus. Check out Bud's Margarita featuring silver tequila, shiso, lime juice and matcha.
We also love: 1889 Enoteca, Woolloongabba; Death and Taxes, Brisbane CBD; Maker, South Brisbane.
South Australia
Clever Little Tailor, Adelaide CBD
Classy place, this. Exposed bluestone walls meet nutmeg-brown leather banquettes and finely tuned cocktails rest on marble and timber. It's a bar that encourages civilised imbibing, which might take the form of a mandarin highball spiked with fino sherry or late-night vieux carre and Ortiz mission. Clever Little Tailor (pictured right) inspired a new breed of savvy Peel Street bars when it opened in 2013 and nearby sister venue Pink Moon Saloon is also worth visiting for gin cocktails and local goat's cheese.
Lost in a Forest, Uraidla
Taras Ochota makes bloody lovely grape juice and there's nowhere better to experience it than at the legend's own wine lounge, a converted Adelaide Hills church slinging grenache, wood-fired pizzas and killer margaritas. A record player spins anything from David Bowie to Minor Threat, the West End Draught is ice cold, and blankets are on hand if you fancy a relaxed innings on the lawn. The most fun you can have getting lost.
We also love: Hellbound Wine Bar, Adelaide CBD; La Buvette Drinkery, Adelaide CBD.
Lucinda, Hobart CBD
Kobi Ruzika's original plan for his small, slick, set-menu restaurant, Dier Makr, was to build on the dining room out back. Instead he's expanded forward, adding this casual wine bar, where it's all about prog-rock wines drunk around the big communal table along with deliciously potent Welsh rarebit.
Sonny, Hobart CBD
Love the crisp Italian moves of Templo but couldn't land one of its 20-odd seats? Order the same fresh wines and fun vibes at the team's equally tight wine bar. Six menu items do a big job: prosciutto loaded on herb-oil-slathered toasts, fried bread with wallaby crudo shrouded in a pecorino blizzard, and salty cacio e pepe. It all makes ordering another bottle of Tassie pinot a must.
We also love: Evolve Spirits Bar, Hobart; Tom McHugo's, Hobart; Willing Brothers, North Hobart.
Angel Music Bar, Melbourne CBD
Con Christopoulos has always set a scene. The European and City Wine Shop bring old-world elegance while Supper Club and Siglo are legendary keepers of the late-night flame. Now, Angel Music Bar brings the noise – literally. A brilliant, expensive sound system, constantly changing roster of DJs and music genres, open-air courtyard at the back and hidden Dance Bar upstairs collide with well-constructed cocktails and high-low bar food such as lobster mac-and-cheese or anything from the all-night Butcher's Diner next door. Woof.
Bar Margaux brings New York supper club vibes to a CBD basement. Photo: Chris Hopkins
Bar Margaux, Melbourne CBD
Hold onto your bootstraps for the latest from Michael and Zara Madrusan, the bar tsars behind the Everleigh and Heartbreaker. Glistening subterranean Margaux is either a sophisticated late-night party bar, or a restaurant with loose morals. You decide. Three-sip martinis drop at the table frosty, followed by, what? Krug and oysters? Sparkling pet nats and Lyonnaise salad? Duck frites or a flouncy raspberry souffle? It's all possible, right up until 5am.
Di Stasio Citta, Melbourne CBD
Technically it's a restaurant, but this city-based barolo-slinging, spaghetti-twirling offshoot of Ronnie Di Stasio and Mallory Wall's St Kilda stalwart covers ground that goes far beyond eatery, and even bar. This is the definition of an engine-primer. Take your seat at the cool, stately marble bar, where video projections get your blood up, and summon a filthy martini (with the neatest nest of olives on ice) and potent deep-fried anchovies, cocooned in sage for extra vim. Sweet excess as its best.
Gerald's Bar, Carlton North
Wine bars come and wine bars go, but lacy-curtained Gerald's has proved tricky to oust from its ruling roost. Old-school service means solo drinkers are introduced and your drink can be ordered with just a look. Vinyl and memorabilia provide constant stimuli. There's zero faff – there is, instead, charcuterie, dark bread, maybe a proper lamb chop, and a global wine list defined by fastidious winemaking. Owner Gerald Diffey isn't against earthy practices but he doesn't stock "science experiments".
The Seddon Sling Cocktail at speakeasy-style bar Lay Low. Photo: Josh Robenstone
Lay Low Bar, Seddon
The room is hidden, the food is high-quality gyros from the friendly neighbours next door, and the cocktails are innovative deep-dives into sustainable skin-to-pulp practices and low-booze offerings. Lay Low sweats the delicious details big and small, landing firmly on the side of supporting local liquor-makers, so your vermouths are special-batch Maidenii, and your curacao isn't blue, but a punchy orange liqueur from Marionette. This is drinking on the cutting edge minus any insufferable smugness. Magic.
We also love: Arlechin, Melbourne CBD; Marion, Fitzroy; Neighbourhood Wine, Fitzroy North; Romeo Lane, Melbourne CBD.
Western Australia
Bar Liberte, Albany
Since taking over the historic London Hotel kitchen five years ago, Amy Hamilton's cooking has become a magnet for food tourists in a port town better known for its heritage walks. Albany rock oysters and bracing cocktails are essential in the front bar (pictured), before settling into a Belle Epoque-channelling dining room for dishes combining the punchiest flavours of France, Vietnam and modern Australia. A nifty drinks list champions Great Southern producers – Brave New Wine and Wilson's pale ale, ahoy.
Madalena's Bar, Fremantle
A sustainable seafood bar and so much more. Inspired by the botecos of Sao Paulo, husband-and-wife team Joel Rees and Danielle Christina de Almeida opened Madalena's in sleepy South Freo in January. Andrew McConnell alumnus (and brother of Joel) Adam Rees treats West Australian seafood with smarts and class – whole Esperance-caught nannygai is enhanced with camomile butter, while razorback prawns are fashioned into crudo. Post lemon tart, there's plenty of well-chosen, minimal-intervention juice to crack open while live Brazilian jazz welcomes the sunset.
Wines of While, Northbridge
A 29-year-old assistant surgeon opening Perth's first natural wine bar may not have been the most foolproof recipe for success on paper, but one year later Dr Sam Winfield's intimate boozer and bottle shop is jumping. A handsome, white-walled room is routinely chockers with young locals guzzling organic grapey things from the Savoie, Swartland and Alsace. Solo drinkers are well served with Si Vintners by the glass, Noble Rot mag on the bookshelf, and Perth's most comforting sourdough and pork terrine combination. Just what the doctor ordered.
We also love: Lalla Rookh, Perth CBD; Petition Beer Corner, Perth CBD.
Good Food Guide Bar of the Year finalists
The Good Food Guide 2020 Bar of the Year will be announced September 30 at the Good Food Guide Awards in Brisbane.
The finalists are:
Bar Margaux, Melbourne
Bar Rochford, Canberra
Bulletin Place, Sydney
Madalena's Bar, Fremantle
Sonny, Hobart
The Good Food Guide 2020 is now available to pre-order at thestore.com.au/gfg20, $29.99 with free shipping.


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Behold a candle, how it gives its light. It weeps its life away drop by drop in order to give forth its flame of light.
Sometimes I want to ask God why He allows poverty, famine and injustice when He could do something about it, but I'm afraid he might just ask me the same question.
The time has come for humanity to hoist the standard of the oneness of the human world, so that dogmatic formulas and superstitions may end.
If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men.
Strive with all your hearts, raise up your voices and shout, until this dark world be filled with light.
Let us have love and more love; a love that melts all opposition, a love that conquers all foes, a love that sweeps away all barriers, a love that aboundeth in charity, a large-heartedness, tolerance, forgiveness and noble striving, a love that triumphs over all obstacles.
Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that the sun of everlasting joy arise from the dawning-place of heart and soul, shining brightly.
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The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord.
Fighting, and the employment of force, even for the right cause, will not bring about good results. The oppressed who have right on their side, must not take that right by force; the evil would continue. Hearts must be changed. The rich must wish to give! Life in man should be like a flame, warming all with whom it comes into contact. The spiritually awakened are like to bright torches in the sight of God, they give light and comfort to their fellows.


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On the afternoon of 11/29/19, an off-duty Lakewood Police Department Agent was in Fort Collins when she recognized the van and trailer of a suspected serial rapist in Lakewood. The Agent immediately …
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Darrell Wall is suspected of luring transient and homeless women to his trailer and then allegedly sexually assaulting them in the Lakewood area, according to law enforcement.
He was arraigned in a Jefferson County court on Dec. 9 and formally charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of invasion of privaxy for sexual gratification.
Wall, age 49, was arrested after an off-duty Lakewood Police officer recognized his van and trailer in Fort Collins on Nov. 29, according to a release. The officer called 911, and with assistance from the Fort Collins Police Department, Wall was arrested and transported to Jefferson County on multiple felony warrants, including Sexual Assault and False Imprisonment. Lakewood police say he is widely known to go by "John" and has been known to frequent areas near 8th and Quail and along Colfax near Wadsworth in Lakewood.
Lakewood Police say there is reason to believe that there may be additional victims in the case. Wall is being held on bond for $250,000.
If anyone has any information on other possible assaults, contact Detective Paisley at 303-987-7025.
"If you see something, say something. This is something we preach to the community," said John Romero, a spokesperson for Lakewood Police. "The (officer) who spotted the suspect's vehicle is a shining example of that mantra. Even while off-duty, she was aware of her surroundings, and it resulted in the arrest of a potentially dangerous suspect."
Wall is suspected to have been involved in numerous kidnappings, sexual assault and strangulation incidents that took place in 2018 and this year. A Nov. 25 affidavit reads that there are at least eight identified victims of those alleged crimes. The majority of those incidents allegedly took place in Lakewood, while one was in Arvada. Additionally, two unidentified potential victims were discovered through a cell phone video. All of the alleged victims share a similar pattern and demographic of a marginalized homeless female, according to the affidavit.
"At the present time, none of these criminal cases have come forward with criminal charges due to similar circumstances of homeless victims struggling with alcohol or substance abuse (and) not being able to be located for additional information. It is clear that based on the reports read by this detective, suspect Darrell Wall is targeting a specific population," the affidavit reads.
Wall has an extensive felony criminal history in Indiana, Utah, Florida and Georgia, according to the affidavit.
"It is of great concern that suspect Darrell Wall has the potential to be a serial rapist. Of additional concern is the changing of the weather, as Darrell's pattern is to confront homeless women and lure them to his trailer in hopes they will stay warm inside and not freeze outside," the affidavit says.
According to the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative's 2019 point-in-time survey, a count of sheltered and unsheltered people on a single night, there were 201 homeless women found on Jefferson County streets. One study published on the National Center for Biotechnology Information's website found that 13% of homeless women reported being raped in a period of 12 months. Half of those women were raped at least twice.
"The fact is that women experiencing homelessness are vulnerable to violence, sexual assault and are vulnerable to life's challenges, given their inability to protect themselves as someone in a house is able to do," said Tina Hageman, division director of Family Tree, a nonprofit headquartered in Jefferson County that works with people affected by child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness.
Charges were filed today in the sexual assault of a 28YO woman in a motor home in a parking lot in a Lakewood Walmart. @LakewoodPDCO https://t.co/CD0Oed8HLX pic.twitter.com/EtVOLtZS4P— DA Peter A. Weir (@DA1Colorado) December 9, 2019
Charges were filed today in the sexual assault of a 28YO woman in a motor home in a parking lot in a Lakewood Walmart. @LakewoodPDCO https://t.co/CD0Oed8HLX pic.twitter.com/EtVOLtZS4P
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Review: Philosophy at the drawing board
Re: Working Eisenman by Peter Eisenman, Academy Press, pp 208, £35
Future Systems by Martin Pawley, Phaidon Press, pp 156, £19.95
Architects who do not get much built are often the ones who have the
most to say. However, architectural theory is not like physical theory or
even literary theory, rather it is a callow, unformed discipline under which
you can head off in any direction with little or no reference to the work
of others. The two authors who describe architectural practices in these
books are poles apart but they are not engaged in a constructive dialectic.
They merely represent isolated factions within architecture today.
Peter Eisenman's book is, among other things, an attempt to explain
why architecture can never be reduced to a matter of technological and functional
formulas. The publisher's blurb states that Eisenman is conducting a 'methodical,
almost scientific investigation into architectural thinking,' but there
is no real science here.
The melange of essays contains a few by other writers. Some of these
are virtually unreadable and most are littered with voguish philosophy and
semiotic jargon. Eisenman's own writing stands out as lucid but it is still
riven with contradiction. He is better at analysing the handling of space
by Mies van der Rohe than at describing his own aims. And there are moments
of breathtaking pretension. It takes quite something to turn a commission
to design a door knob into a 'crisis of reality'. 'Today,' writes Eisenman,
'the crisis of reality can be seen in the proliferation of this nostalgia
for truth.'
On this point, at least, Eisenman and Jan Kaplicky, of the group Future
Systems, would agree. The two architects then diverge rapidly. Eisenman
writes: 'Traditionally . . . to propose a design that followed a rational,
factual programme was thought to be an authentic act. Such a response would
produce a functional building.' Kaplicky would still follow this credo.
But Eisenman believes this is no longer enough.
On the other hand, the projects described in the book Future Systems
– a prescription as much as a practice name – 'make possible a new belief
in the creative potential of advanced technology architecture at a time
when most architects have fled from the leading edge into irrationality
or the imagined safety of the past'.
Kaplicky is a sort of architectural Zelig, who contributed marginally
to iconic monuments, such as the National Theatre on London's South Bank
and the Pompidou Centre in Paris. His central belief is that the building
industry is the laggard of the 20th century and could benefit from the materials
and construction techniques of cars and aircraft. This is not a new idea
and, like some other architects, Kaplicky aims to make this technology transfer
as much to energise the look of buildings as to make them more efficient
to run and pleasant to occupy. In this respect he is like Le Corbusier when
he declared that 'a house is a machine for living in.' As Eisenman points
out, Le Corbusier did not mean this literally but figuratively, 'so they
built an ordinary house with all the ordinary functions and made it look
like a machine'.
Interestingly, Eisenman reckons architecture went off the rails even
earlier, not when it failed to keep pace with the Industrial Revolution
but when it stopped absorbing new philosophy in the wake of Immanuel Kant
and Georg Hegel. The thinking of Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger and
Daniel Derrida has not been sufficiently exploited to enrich architectural
Nevertheless, Kaplicky is more committed than his peers to the idea
that buildings should really benefit from technology, rather than just look
high-tech. The monocoque structural skin construction that the graph Future
Systems dreamed of taking from aircraft and using in houses are more efficient
than traditional materials. There are other examples in the book where it
is clear that such an approach would have brought real benefits, although
Martin Pawley occasionally protests too much, and there are one or two white
lies told in order to sustain the romance of a technological architecture.
But despite a track record of genuine high-tech projects, including
work on the ill-starred space station and other NASA projects, Future Systems
has yet to make its mark on Earth. For, as Pawley writes, it is only in
space that 'there could be no aesthetic objection, no conservative retreat.'
Hugh Aldersey-Williams is a freelance writer on design and architecture.


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So, how does your state stack up when it comes to imposing tax burdens relating to entrepreneurship, small business and investment?
The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council just published the Small Business Tax Index 2014, which ranks the 50 states based on 21 different tax measures, including income-based tax rates, property and consumption-based tax burdens, death taxes, unemployment levies and energy taxes.
Which states rank best? The top 10 best state tax systems, in descending order, are those those in Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, Washington, Florida, Alabama, Ohio, Colorado and Alaska.
A few key points are worth noting about these states.
To start, the top five states impose no income-based taxes whatsoever — that is, no personal or corporate income and capital gains taxes or individual taxes on interest and dividends. For good measure, Florida and Alaska impose no personal income and individual capital gains taxes or individual taxes on interest and dividends. Ohio has no corporate income and capital gains levies. And Alabama has the lightest property tax burden. In addition, nine of the top 10 states (except Washington) impose no state death taxes.
Which states rank worst? They are, in ascending order, Connecticut, Oregon, Vermont, Maine, New York, Iowa, Hawaii, New Jersey, Minnesota and California.
These states impose substantial and numerous tax burdens, including high income-based taxes nearly across the board. Nine of the 10 states impose death taxes.
The bottom-10 states obviously have a great deal of work to do in making their tax systems more competitive. But the top-10 states can't afford to lose competitiveness and should be looking to make further improvements. Standing pat, even for those ranked best, really is not an option, especially given the tax woes at the federal level.
Some states have made changes to their tax systems that have resulted in substantive improvements in their competitive positions. As highlighted in the Small Business Tax Index 2014, Kansas is in the midst of phasing down its individual income and capital gains tax rates. Arizona, Indiana and New Mexico are reducing corporate income and capital gains levies.
But the big story in state tax reform of late comes from North Carolina.
On the 2013 index, the state ranked 38th, or 13th worst. But on the 2014 Small Business Tax Index, North Carolina ranks 22nd.
Why the improvement? A major tax reform effort. First, the top personal income, capital gains and dividend/interest tax rate dropped from 7.75 percent to 5.8 percent. Second, the corporate income and capital gains tax rate declined from 6.9 percent to 6 percent. Third, the state death tax was fully repealed.
That's a dramatic, positive shift in tax policy in North Carolina. There's more to come as the personal income, capital gains,and dividend/interest tax rate is scheduled to drop to 5.75 percent next year, with the corporate income and capital gains tax rate also declining to 5 percent. For good measure, if revenue targets are hit, the corporate tax rate would then decline to 4 percent in 2016 and to 3 percent in 2017.
What does North Carolina tell us? North Carolina says that if your state ranks poorly on the Small Business Tax Index, all is not lost. Real change and improvement is possible. All that's needed is the economic wisdom to understand the ills of high taxes and the political will and leadership to do something about it.