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Montreal, July 28, 2016 – The Segal Centre is proud to announce the 18 person cast of their upcoming world premiere, Prom Queen: The Musical written by Kent Staines with lyrics by Akiva Romer-Segal and music by Colleen Dauncey. This original Canadian production will be directed by Marcia Kash and is developed in association with Producer Mary Young Leckie. Inspired by the incredible, true story of Marc Hall, the Ontario teenager who took his Catholic School Board to court when they refused to let him attend prom with his boyfriend, the highly-anticipated new musical will feature both fresh and familiar faces at the Segal Centre from October 27 to November 20, 2016.
"I am beyond excited to have the opportunity to choreograph for a brand new, Canadian musical and to be working with such outstanding young talent," said So You Think You Can Dance Judge and Choreographer, Sean Cheesman. "I believe audiences are in for a real treat and will be getting a glimpse at major future stars."
Youth theatre entrepreneur Alessandro Costantini stars as Marc Hall.
Sudbury's Alessandro Costantini is a star on the rise, making his Segal debut as Marc Hall, the teen who fought for his right to bring his boyfriend to prom. Costantini is used to making waves. At 16, he approached the mayor of his hometown to start a theatre company so that he could put on Hair, a production he knew his high school would not approve of. Costantini's company, YES Theatre (Youth Entertaining Sudbury), is now going into its 8th season and produces theatre that is meant to inspire and engage their young audience and artists. He has also starred as James in Young People's Theatre's production of Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach.
"I was waiting to perform at a benefit for a friend of mine in my hometown. My agent texted me because I had missed her call… I started to cry because of the joy that came over me! I called my best friend Alyssa, then I went on stage, sang my tune, and felt wonderful!" – Alessandro Costantini
Kolton Stewart and Sydney Scotia, stars of Some Assembly Required, among fresh faces making their Segal debuts.
Stars of the YTV series Some Assembly Required, Kolton Stewart and Sydney Scotia will join the cast as Marc's classmates Boomer and Carly. The pair has been known to showcase their singing and dancing talents on their YouTube channels and have been performing together for years. Up-and-comer Jonathan Cullen (seen in the 1st National Tours of The Book of Mormon and Billy Elliott) will take on the part of Marc's closeted boyfriend, Jason.
"I was so excited when I found out that I got the role of Boomer in Prom Queen: The Musical! I watched the movie back when it came out and fell in love with the story. Now that I get to be a part of this amazing and inspiring story is unbelievable." – Kolton Stewart
They will be joined by Stephanie Sy (the 1st National Tour of We Will Rock You) as drama geek Kristal, Hailey Alexis Lewis (recent Sheridan graduate) as her friend Tiffany, Zachary Counsil (The 39 Steps) as techie Triple X, and Lucas Meeuse (West Side Story) as their devout classmate, Otis.
"This show is not only about a Canadian hero, but a story that is so important and relevant for us to hear right now. I'm beyond honoured to be part of a show that encourages us to proudly love whoever it is that we love." – Lucas Meeuse
Popular French Canadian artists, Katee Julien and Sylvain Scott, pair up as Marc's parents.
Following a successful run in Juste pour rire's production of Mary Poppins, Katee Julien (previously seen in Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables and Roméo et Juliette) takes on the role of the faithful and loyal Emily, Marc's mother. She will be paired with Sylvain Scott (seen in Juste pour rire's productions of Hairspray and La Mélodie du bonheur) who will play Marc's stoic father, Audy.
"I so badly wanted to be a part of this story. Love is equality. With all the fear/anger/hate in this world, it is love that needs to be welcomed and fought for. I feel very grateful to be part of this new work with this exceptionally talented team." – Stephanie Sy
Montrealer Jamie Mayers and Funny Girl's Gabi Epstein back at the Segal!
Jamie Mayers and Gabi Epstein are no strangers to the Segal stage. Mayers has grown up at the Segal, first in the Academy and then starring alongside the late Theodore Bikel inLies My Father Told Me. He will be appearing as Marc's videographer friend, Napoleon. Epstein, who recently channeled the great Barbra Streisand in last season's Funny Girl, will take on the role of Miss Lawrence, Marc's favourite teacher, among others. They will be joined by other familiar Montreal faces: Mike Melino (Segal Centre's production of Guys and Dolls), Alexia Gourd (Funny Girl and Mary Poppins) and Patrick Park (Beautiful City Theatre's recent production of Punk Rock).
"I am ELATED to be returning to the Segal Centre to be part of a brand spanking new Canadian musical whose music happens to be written by two of my dearest friends! In light of recent events, the message of the show rings even more true and I am proud to be able to help get that message out there. Fear does not shut people up. As the show states, 'the more they try to silence us, THE LOUDER WE GET!'" – Gabi Epstein
Perennial stage and screen actors round out this dynamic Canadian cast.
Warrick, the stern and disapproving principal who bans Marc from the prom will be played by Dora Award nominee and THEA Award winner Stuart Dowling (Of Mice and Men, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, West Side Story). Jonathan Whittaker (Open Heart, The Kennedys and Chicago) will appear as Paul Vincent, the school board's tough lawyer. Last but certainly not least, David Silvestri (Kinky Boots, Les Misérables,and the Stratford Festival productions of The Pirates of Penzance and 42nd Street) completes the cast as he takes on the role of Lonnie Wynn, Marc's vainglorious lawyer.
"I am excited to go on this adventure with characters who don't take a back seat in their lives when the going gets tough, but rather they press on and take a stance… AND considering that I did not go to my own high school prom, I am super stoked to be attending this one!" – Hailey Alexis Lewis
Marc Hall had this to say about cast of Prom Queen: The Musical:
"This has been an absolutely surreal experience. I never imagined my battle to take my boyfriend to the prom would lead to something like this! It's a strange feeling to see a list of actors who are going to play you, your family, and your friends but I am extremely excited and look forward to meeting the cast! I am just thrilled that so much positivity has come from my experience."
Tickets for this world premiere musical will be on sale on August 1st and tickets are expected to go fast. Regular tickets will go for $65, but Segal Subscribers can save up to $24 per ticket by subscribing to the full season. Details at: http://www.segalcentre.org/subscribe/2016-2017-theatre-season/
About the Segal Centre for Performing Arts
The Segal Centre for Performing Arts is a not-for-profit theatre company dedicated to nurturing, producing and presenting world-class English-language theatre and to showcasing the best professional artists from Montreal and beyond. Founded in 1967, the Segal Centre has expanded to become a nationally recognized venue for the performing arts with a focus on creation, innovation, diversity and cross-cultural collaborations. Driven by a belief in the power of the arts to strengthen and connect communities, the Segal's programming emphasizes original interpretations of popular classic and contemporary works, new Canadian musicals and engaging productions with universal appeal. www.segalcentre.org
Group, Senior, Student and Under 30 discounts available.
MARC HALL – Alessandro Costantini
JASON – Jonathan Cullen
EMILY – Katee Julien
AUDY – Sylvain Scott
BOOMER – Kolton Stewart
CARLY – Sydney Scotia
LONNIE WYNN – David Silvestri
TRIPLE X – Zachary Counsil
WARRICK – Stuart Dowling
MISS LAWRENCE / LUCINDA PILCHER – Gabi Epstein
ENSEMBLE – Alexia Gourd
TIFFANY – Hailey Alexis Lewis
NAPOLEON – Jamie Mayers
OTIS – Lucas Meeuse
HANK – Mike Melino
ENSEMBLE – Patrick Park
KRISTAL – Stephanie Sy
PAUL VINCENT – Jonathan Whittaker
*The actors above, except Mr. Costantini, shall all be playing multiple roles; the listed role(s) represent their primary character(s).
BOOK BY Kent Staines
LYRICS BY Akiva Romer-Segal
MUSIC BY Colleen Dauncey
PRODUCED BY Mary Young Leckie
BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF Marc Hall
DIRECTOR Marcia Kash
MUSICAL DIRECTOR Mark Camilleri
CHOREOGRAPHER Sean Cheesman
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER John C. Dinning
LIGHTING DESIGNER Luc Prairie
HEAD OF SOUND Peter Balov
October 27 to November 20, 2016


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On 27 August 2016, the company Rocamora Teatre premiered the new show Identitats (Identities), in the Auditori Cal Sitjes of Artés (Barcelona). The audience was pleasantly surprised by the originality and uniqueness of the scenic proposal, where a marionette naked, faceless, born and dies on the stage. During its ephemeral existence adopt different larval masks, each of which mark the way to be and do, thus assuming the identities that are prefigured by these. The purest essence of the marionette entered the audience into an exciting and surprising dramatic search for its existence, which evolved under various contemporary choreographies, with electronic music, light environments and video backgrounds.
Identitats (Identities) is a medium-format show, indoor, without words, for the young and adults, played by one actor and one marionette of twenty-seven strings with six masks.

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Germany's national football team defeated Georgia 2-0 in their fifth EURO 2016 qualifying game. The win in Tbilisi sees Joachim Löw's team back on track after two straight qualifying disappointments.
Following a loss to Poland, a home draw with Ireland and their average showing mid-week against Australia, Joachim Löw's team will be pleased have returned to winning ways on Sunday night. It was no stellar performance, but the Nationalelf did enough to win comfortably against a weak Georgian team in the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena.
Germany started positively when Marco Reus smashed his first shot on goal off the crossbar after just five minutes. Reus also skewed another early attempt left of goal. The Germans dominated the the first period of the game, but their shots were mainly off-target until late in the half.
In the 39th minute, Mario Götze pushed forward towards the edge of the penalty area, before the ball fell to Reus. This time the Dortmund star hammered it into the bottom left corner to break the ice.
Things were so quiet for Germany's national team keeper Manuel Neuer that he even managed a throw in, in his typical sweeper-keeper style.
Before the break Thomas Müller doubled Germany's lead with his 28th career goal for Die Mannschaft. His strike, which deflected off a defender, left Georgian keeper Giorgi Loria with no chance.
Germany consolidates
The second half was without any major chances either for the guests or the hosts, aside from a clear opportunity for Marco Reus, who again hit the woodwork.
Despite the potential importance of goal difference in what is a tight group D, the world champions seemed content to settle for a 2-0 win, and the game petered out.
Neither Lukas Podolski nor Andre Schürrle, both substituted on by Löw late, added any punch against a defensively-oriented Georgian side. Indeed, the second half was notably mostly for the number of (fortunately clothed) spectators who invaded the pitch to give players a hug.
Speaking after the game to German broadcaster RTL, German captain Bastian Schweinsteiger said he was pleased that the team kept a clean sheet.
"In the end it was important that we got the win," Schweinsteiger said. "That's the most important thing against a team like this, that plays with passion."
"We still need to improve against the other opponents in our qualifying group. But we have time to do that and I'm confident we will."
Germany are level with Scotland on points in Group D, behind Poland, who visit the Republic of Ireland in a late match.


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THIS IS A SHOCKER! The Chief Washington Corespondent for Fox News left the network because of several allegations of harassment. It was announced before Christmas that Rosen who had worked for the network for 18 years would be leaving. It was a mystery until now that he would suddenly leave Fox News…
We would like to know what you think about this and other recent cases of "alleged" sexual harassment. It's getting so men shouldn't be alone with female coworkers or clients. VP Pence doesn't look so bad now after he said he's never alone with a woman who isn't his wife. What do you think? We think it's so strange that some of the top conservative reporters for Fox were the ones who had "allegations" against them. Think about it…O'Reilly, Bolling and now Rosen.
NRP reports:
On the Friday before Christmas, Fox News confirmed that its chief Washington correspondent, James Rosen, had left the network. He had worked there for 18 years and become something of a legend. The U.S. Justice Department under the Obama administration was so frustrated by his reporting on U.S. intelligence about North Korea that it conducted a leak investigation into his sources.
The network cited no reason for Rosen's exit and did not announce it on the air. According to Rosen's former colleagues, however, he had an established pattern of flirting aggressively with many peers and had made sexual advances toward three female Fox News journalists, including two reporters and a producer. And his departure followed increased scrutiny of his behavior at the network, according to colleagues.
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This story is based on interviews with eight of Rosen's former colleagues at the Fox News bureau in Washington, D.C., just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. Rosen declined to comment to NPR after it set out in detail what it intended to report.
Rosen's behavior was drawing attention from Fox News at a time when its controlling owner, Rupert Murdoch, declared there had been no allegations of sexual misconduct at the network since the ouster of the late Fox News chairman and CEO, Roger Ailes, in July 2016.
Current and former Fox News Washington journalists characterize the Washington bureau as retaining something of a Mad Men ethos, with some male reporters frequently sending racy "topline" notes through the network's internal messaging service.
The accusations against Rosen, who is married with young children, are more severe than that. He developed a reputation as a talented and ambitious journalist called "the professor" on the air by former political anchor Brit Hume for his interest in Watergate (Rosen wrote a book focusing on the life of former Attorney General John Mitchell that argued for a kinder reassessment of his role in that Nixon-era scandal). Rosen has sent such messages, according to his former female co-workers. But in three instances he made overt physical and sexual overtures, according to the accounts of numerous former Fox News colleagues who heard about the incidents contemporaneously.
In the winter following the September 2001 terrorist attacks, a female Fox News reporter joined the bureau from New York. In a shared cab ride back from a meal, Rosen groped her, grabbing her breast. After she rebuffed his advance, Rosen sought to steal away her sources and stories related to his interests in diplomacy and national security. That's according to four colleagues who say she relayed the episode as a warning about Rosen's behavior. The reporter declined to comment for this story. (NPR has decided not to name the women in this article as they have not granted permission to do so.)
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In a subsequent episode several years later, a female producer covering the State Department alleged that Rosen had directly sexually harassed her. A foreign national, she subsequently accepted a deal from Fox that enabled her to extend her stay in the U.S. in exchange for not making her complaint public, according to several of her former colleagues. The producer, who now works for a foreign-based news organization, is abroad with family and did not respond to several detailed messages left by email and phone seeking comment.
Late last spring, Rosen turned his attention to a younger female reporter, according to two colleagues who say she told them of the incident shortly afterward. Returning from a lunch together, Rosen physically tried to kiss her in the elevator ride back to the office, and once refused, attempted forcibly to kiss her again. According to a colleague, he then asked the reporter to keep the approach quiet and offered her unsolicited help in getting more time on Bret Baier's nightly political newscast, Special Report. The female reporter declined to comment for this story.


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San Jacinto
LAKE HEMET: The first DFW trout plant of the season is set for this week. A few holdover trout continue to show for anglers at the dam and along the USFS shore access area, with early morning the best time to fish. PowerBait or small jigs have been the best bet. Fair to good action on small bass, and fair action on small bluegill. Carp bowfishing is allowed Monday through Thursday but bow fishermen must check in first. Information: Lake Hemet campground (951) 659-2680 or lakehemet.org/fishing_conditions.php.
LAKE FULMOR AREA: No recent DFW trout plants at Fulmor Lake or Strawberry Creek. Information: (951) 659-2117.


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Happi China's PCT Summit Attracts More Than 700
Date Published:7/2/2018 02:07:20 下午
Personal Care Technology Summit & Expo wrapped up today in Shanghai.
More than 700 beauty industry executives from China and throughout Asia attended the Personal Care Technology Summit & Expo in Shanghai this week. The annual event is produced by Ringier, Happi's partner in China and publisher of Happi China.
During the two-day event (June 28 & 29) attendees could visit with more than 80 exhibitors of raw materials and equipment to the cosmetics industry. Actives, functional ingredients and preservatives were just a few of the product categories on display in the exhibition hall.
The conference includes sessions on novel raw materials, sustainability, whitening and anti-allergy, anti-pollution, regulations and testing issues.
"This is a great opportunity to meet your peers. In addition to more than 60 presentations, it is a great place to do business," explained Michael Hay, president, Ringier. "There is a lot of opportunities for interaction between delegates and exhibitors. We even help delegates find the suppliers they need. It's all about learning, it's all about networking and it's all about doing business."
Personal Care Technology Summit & Expo also includes the prestigious Ringier Technology Innovation Awards, which honors leading suppliers in several categories including effective ingredients, functional ingredients, packaging, testing, and production and processing in skin care, color cosmetics, personal cleansers and other categories. This year's winners include:
Effective Ingredients (Skin Care)
Bloomage Freda Biopharm: 4D Hyaluronic Acid
Rahn AG: Defensil Soft
Guangzhous Qiyuan Biotechnology: Silk Protein Hydrolysate with sericin
Kewpie: HAbooster
Shanghai Greaf Biotech: Gwhite multi-herbs
Shenzhen Winkey Pharmaceutical: WKPep Brightin
Wuxi Cossen: 100% Pure Natural Active Collagen Filamen Balls
Hunan Silok Silicone: Dimethiconol Meadowfoamate
Shanghai Huiwen Biotech: Dendrobium Candidum Polysaccharide
Angel Yeast: WallTer Screen
IFF/Lucas Meyer: Boréaline Expert
Wacker Chemie: CavaMax W8/Retinol Complex
CLR: JuvenEye CLR
Shanghai Jayu: Extracts of Haematococcus Pluvialis HPEs
Shenzhen Winkey: WKPep SuperRepairing Multi-Peptides
Shangai Huiwen Biotech: Dendrobium Candidum Polyphenols
Effective Ingredients (Color Cosmetics)
Interpolymer: Sytran Red A and Black A pigments
Effective Ingredients (Personal Cleansers)
Guangdong Longhu: Vitacel CS exfoliants
Vitamin C60 Bioresearch: SunGuard Fullerene
Effective Ingredients (Hair & Scalp Care)
Seppic: Xylishine
Provital: Keranutri
Other Effective Ingredients
Axialys Innovations: Optimealth 10W
Spec-chem: SpecKare EyeS100
Shanghai Jayu Bio-Tech: Gentian Anti-Irritation Factor
Guangzhou Tinci: PCA Ethyl Cocoyl Arginate (Amin CAE)
Cargill Beauty: Actigum VSX 20 texturizer
Qingdao Hyzlin Biology: Low heavy metal, low endotoxin, high viscosity sodium alginate
Shanghai Syntec Additive Ltd: Veetec Nano
Uni Powder: Marshmallow Hydrophobic & Lipophobic Powder & Slurry
Sensory Enhancer
Sasol Chemicals Pacific: Titanel Fischer-tropsch wax
Ingredion China: NativaCare 5600
Functional Ingredients (Preservatives)
Guangzhou Nago Biotechnology: A91
Guangzhou Honsea Sunshine Biotech: NatGuard Natural Antibacterial Blend
Thankful (Guangzhou) High-tech Materials: Thankful TF-2229A
Functional Ingredients (Delivery Systems)
Sethic Innovation Labo: eMask
Other Functional Ingredients
Evonik Specialty Chemicals: Tego Solv 90
Packaging (Equipment)
Linx Printing Technologies: Linx 8920 continuous ink jet printers
Packaging (Material)
S&F Science (Shanghai) Co.: Eucalace
Packaging (Design)
Topfeelpack Co: Multifunctional Makeup Pan
Foshan Huihong Plastic Mold: D35 Tube in Tube
Testing (Facility)
Ohaus International Trading: MB120 Moisture Analyzer
Shanghai Yikuan Industry: MoistureMeter EpiD
Testing (Technique)
Ashland (China) Holding Co: Assessing models for anti-pollution of cosmetic ingredients
Production and Processing
Shanghai Chengxing M&E: CX-Ermes
Source: Rodman Media.
Date Published: June 29, 2018
Author: Tom Branna, Editor
URL: https://www.happi.com/contents/view_online-exclusives/2018-06-29/happi-chinas-pct-summit-attracts-more-than-700/


text: My Eid-ul-Azha OOTD! On day 1 I was wearing Agha Noor with my hair curled as I always do for any occasion. My tights were from Limelight and my dupatta was a plain chiffon dyed in hot pink. On the second day my dress was from the Sana Safinaz Eid collection. My eye makeup was


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Nothing makes a bit of information more titillating than knowing that you were never supposed to see it. This, as much as any actual revelation so far, is the power of the ongoing document dump from the Hillary Clinton campaign, which WikiLeaks is in the middle of doling out.
The files, said to be illegally taken from the email of Mrs. Clinton's adviser John Podesta, are available to all. Which means anyone can determine, on the fly, their own personal standards for journalism — newsworthiness, context and documentation, ethics.
Weaponized data dumps like these present a challenge even for full-time journalists, who are assessing hundreds and thousands of documents every day in real time, under both competitive pressure and the intense press-watcher scrutiny of an election.
Throw in an internet hive of document-scourers, some of them interested parties, and you have a recipe for indiscriminate sharing, invasion of privacy and disinformation, at too great a speed and in too great a volume to be vetted.
As Zeynep Tufekci, a professor of information science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has ably pointed out on Twitter, the WikiLeaks dump revealed a campaign staffer's near-suicide and produced misleading viral shares that took quotes from emails to Mr. Podesta and claimed they were Mr. Podesta's own words.
Maybe these tweets will contain a link to the original document, or not. Maybe you have the time and inclination to go read the original source for accuracy, or, probably, you don't. Either way, view after online view, the damage is done, the impression is created (conspiracy! scandal!), the e-genie is out of the bottle (And in some cases may not even be an actual genie; fake WikiLeaks documents have been circulating too.)
None of this is to say that WikiLeaks' revelations should be off-limits or that they don't matter. I'd be a hypocrite to say that, given that I work for a publication that reported on the Pentagon Papers and Donald J. Trump's taxes. Some of the most important news stories are the result of news media outlets' getting their hands on information they weren't supposed to have access to.
The Clinton files, too, contained genuine news. Whether you consider the transcripts of her paid speeches to bank executives damning or innocent, for instance, they were an important campaign issue, and their release is in the public interest.
But there's a difference between treating a piece of information as newsworthy even though it was hacked and treating a piece of information as newsworthy because it was hacked.
There's been plenty of the latter in the Clinton campaign emails. Mainstream journalists have been tweeting out tidbits — look, John Podesta's advice on cooking risotto! — like shoppers showing off their finds at an estate sale.
Online press critics, meanwhile, have taken emails from reporters (including some at The New York Times) seeking quotes or confirmation for stories — a process otherwise known as reporting — and spun them as evidence of hidden coziness and perfidy.
In part, that's confirmation bias at work: People who want to see things in a certain way will find reason to. But the power of context and framing is important here too.
When you're told that a piece of information is a secret document, that you're seeing raw information that was kept from you, there's an unconscious signal that it's unsavory. It was exposed, after all. And exposure is what happens to bad things. Who ever heard of anything good being exposed?
So when you see an excerpt tweeted or shared online, introduced with "BREAKING" and a key sentence or two highlighted, it sets off a conditioned reaction before you even read. These are the goods. This is the smoking gun right here — I've seen enough highlighted documents on "60 Minutes" to know what a smoking gun looks like!
But viral journalism, like old-fashioned journalism, requires consumer awareness and skepticism. Where there's a smoking gun, there isn't always fire.


text: It would be nearly impossible for me to overstate how much I admire the blog 2 or 3 Things I Know. Its author, Cerré, has an astonishing curatorial eye for beauty, and her text is so restrained and smart that the more prolix and babble-y amongst us can really only gape and adulate. The whole thing is utterly pleasing and elegant. To show you what I mean: though I've been reading it for years, all the images in today's post are drawn from posts currently on just the first page of her site (so to track them back to their sources, just click the link above and scroll down)--such a rich wealth of great content! Not to mention, none of it is the stuff that everyone else is blogging and reblogging this week (no small feat in our current era of tumblr, pinterest, and so forth).


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18:51 < sumedhghaisas2> Atharva: Hi Atharva
18:52 < Atharva> Hi Sumedh
18:52 < sumedhghaisas2> just saw your mail regarding the tests
18:52 < sumedhghaisas2> thought I would rather catch you on IRC
18:52 < Atharva> Yeah
18:53 < Atharva> Of course, I didn't see you connected and saw you reply on github so I just sent a mail.
18:54 < sumedhghaisas2> yeah. Actually I am back to India and went to visit couple of my friends in Bengaluru over the weekend
18:54 < Atharva> Oh nice!
18:54 < Atharva> Are you from Bangalore?
18:54 < sumedhghaisas2> Mumbai. Currently there. you are from Mumbai as well right?
18:55 < Atharva> Yeah my parents live in Nagpur, so I am here for the holidays
18:55 < sumedhghaisas2> I stayed in Banglore for a job before I went to Masters
18:55 < Atharva> Okay
18:56 < sumedhghaisas2> ohh... is it too hot there?
18:56 < sumedhghaisas2> Mumbai is bleeding...
18:56 < Atharva> It gets about 45 here
18:56 < sumedhghaisas2> although Mansion has started. that brings peace
18:56 < sumedhghaisas2> ohh my god
18:56 < Atharva> yeah that does
18:57 < Atharva> I have been out of my house 3 times in 7 days
18:57 < Atharva> I avoid going out unless it's really important
18:58 < sumedhghaisas2> That is just annoying... I love spending my time outside. I prefer working from a cafe or something
18:58 < sumedhghaisas2> okay sorry if I taking a lot of your night time. :P
18:59 < sumedhghaisas2> okay so about the tests...
18:59 < Atharva> No it's totally fine
18:59 < sumedhghaisas2> firstly I would suggest, if the implementation is done. Send in the PR without tests... and we will keep updating it
19:00 < sumedhghaisas2> this way, I can start taking a look at the code and will even help me in suggesting tests
19:01 < Atharva> Okay, what about the KL divergence, i tried implementing it in the sampling layer itself but i dont think thats a good idea
19:03 < sumedhghaisas2> for now, there seems no other place to put it. I agree with you that there should be an abstraction over this.
19:03 < sumedhghaisas2> haven't had a chance to talk to Ryan yet. @rcurtin
19:03 < sumedhghaisas2> unless he is free right now :)
19:04 < Atharva> Ryan isn't generally active on weekends I think, maybe tomorrow
19:04 < sumedhghaisas2> if Normal Distribution is a go... the cleaning of sampling layer won't be a massive task.
19:04 < sumedhghaisas2> true
19:05 < Atharva> Yeah
19:05 < sumedhghaisas2> so let's just go ahead with the current setup with a heavy heart :(
19:06 < sumedhghaisas2> anyways... when do you think you can send in the CL?
19:06 < sumedhghaisas2> wait sorry... I meant PR
19:07 < rcurtin> sumedhghaisas2: you are lucky, I happen to be looking at IRC right now :)
19:07 < sumedhghaisas2> rcurtin: Hey Ryan
19:07 < sumedhghaisas2> how was the weekend?
19:08 < rcurtin> pretty great, I went hiking at this place: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudland_Canyon_State_Park
19:08 < Atharva> sumedhghaisas2: I will do it first thing tomorrow morning
19:08 < rcurtin> it's unusual to see such cliffs in my area, it is mostly small old mountains to the north
19:09 < rcurtin> I hope the weekend was good for all of you also :) though I guess I have an advantage because it is still Sunday afternoon here
19:09 < sumedhghaisas2> Atharva: Sure thing, currently have you included any tests?
19:10 < sumedhghaisas2> rcurtin: looks great... I recently did South Dawns trail in South Dawns national park in UK
19:10 < Atharva> I tried to add a test for forward sampling, but I don't think it's concrete enough, i will push that too
19:10 < sumedhghaisas2> wait... let me share you the album you may like
19:11 < rcurtin> definitely, I would love to look
19:11 < sumedhghaisas2> https://photos.app.goo.gl/yGWl33lcqZZ3LkER2
19:12 < sumedhghaisas2> Atharva: Sure thing. I will take a look tomorrow itself, and have some comments on the tests.
19:12 < rcurtin> that is really nice, I like the big open fields
19:13 < rcurtin> I did not take any pictures on my hike though :(
19:13 < sumedhghaisas2> regarding backwards, let's have numerical gradient test for now. I will take a look at the code tomorrow and try to suggest some tests if it's possible
19:14 < sumedhghaisas2> rcurtin: It was much of a walk than trail, although we decided to live on our own, I mean cook and everything
19:14 < sumedhghaisas2> so the bag pack got too heavy...
19:14 < Atharva> Also what about the backward of KL, should I implement that too in sampling
19:14 < sumedhghaisas2> mine was about 19 kgs
19:15 < rcurtin> 19kgs, wow... a lot of gear I guess :)
19:15 < sumedhghaisas2> except for that, wasn't a very difficult trek, much like a loooooooooooonnnngggg walk
19:15 < sumedhghaisas2> yeah... cause the third person had a back problem so we had to share some of his material
19:16 < sumedhghaisas2> Atharva: yes, the KL and the backward part will go in the sampling layer
19:16 < rcurtin> it looks like a lot of fun :)
19:17 < rcurtin> I have to step out now, I'll be back in a little while... I think maybe there was a design question you wanted me to look at? I can look maybe later today or tomorrow if you like
19:18 < sumedhghaisas2> rcurtin: Sure thing. Not a very urgent one. let me know when you are free again, if I am awake, sorry to ruin your weekend :P
19:18 < Atharva> Okay, I will open the PR tomorrow at about 12.
19:19 < sumedhghaisas2> Atharva: And nice we got the Softplus working :)
19:19 < rcurtin> no problem, my weekend is not ruined at all :)
19:19 < Atharva> sumedhghaisas2: Yup it was good to have it
19:19 < rcurtin> I'll send you a ping tomorrow or later tonight and we can sync up
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Fri 25 Sep 2009
Review: A. A. FAIR – Crows Can't Count.Posted by Steve under Reviews
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ERLE STANLEY GARDNER writing as A. A. FAIR – Crows Can�t Count.
William Morrow, hardcover, 1946. Paperback reprints include: Dell 472, mapback edition, 1950; Dell D373, McGinnis cover art, September 1960; Dell 1625, September 1972 (all shown).
Not one of the better books in the series of cases solved by the well-known amusing pair of private eye detective partners, Donald Lam and Bertha Cool, I wish I didn�t have to say. Bertha Cool is the humorous one, although she doesn�t intend to be, but in terms of figuring out who a killer is, she�s shrewd enough when it comes to money, but otherwise she�s not the brighter one of the pair.
No, that�s Donald Lam, who tells all of the stories, but he tells them so close to the vest that if a reader ever tried to figure out what he�s thinking and why, it would be like climbing a wet noodle fastened to a sky hook on the other end � the imaginary kind — and greased all the way up with the finest grade of cooking oil.
This one has something to do with emeralds, and a trust fund with two trustees and two beneficiaries, one male and one female, the latter of whom is very good looking and calls one of the trustees Uncle Harry but kisses him as though he weren�t a relative, which he isn�t, I don�t think. Donald Lam also gets in the way of the lady�s kisses too, so it isn�t as if she were playing favorites.
There is also something to do with a crow, and as crows tend to do, this one is attracted to bright shiny objects. This particular one, as the title also suggests, is not very good at math. But crows do what they do, and what they do makes sense, even to non-crows.
But I could not, while reading this book, figure out why the characters in it did such incomprehensible things, not including Donald Lam as one the characters, but since his reaction to such strange behavior was so minimal, I shrugged my shoulders (figuratively) and said that the author, Mr. Gardner, must have had a bad few weeks when he was working this one up.
Turns out, ha-ha on me, that the incomprehensible behavior (as far as I was concerned) was what tipped Donald Lam as to (eventually) what kind of scheme was going on. Here�s where Lam not having a Watson comes in. Bertha�s as much in the dark as to what was going on as I was, but at least I didn�t stand there sputtering and saying �Fry me for an oyster.�
I think in detective stories there should be some discussion going on between the would-be solvers of the mystery, to consider this possibility and then that, bringing up red herrings and false trails to make the tale more complicated with an wide array of suspects, means, and motives — and puzzling over them. Lam talks to no one in this book, and by the time he headed off to Columbia, the South American country, I�d given up on figuring out the case on my own as a lost cause.
That Bertha also ends up in Columbia is where a lot of the humor I mentioned above comes in. It�s hot, she doesn�t speak Spanish, and she�s been sold a bill of goods that would have been totally unnecessary if Lam had told what little he knew or guessed or had a hunch as to what was going on.
The case is essentially solved when on page 188 a giovernment offical for the country of Columbia named Ramon Jurado snaps his fingers, which he follows up on page 196 when he sends Lam a telegram consisting of a name and address, to which Lam goes and proceeds to the apartment of one of the players in the story to tell her exactly what had happened and when. That it takes 10 pages of small print to tell her tells you something about how complicated this story was, and it�s still not over � there is something like 15 more pages of explanation to go � but how on earth Lam did know all of this?
Other than what I've said so far, I have no idea.
7 Responses to "Review: A. A. FAIR – Crows Can't Count."
David Vineyard Says:
September 26th, 2009 at 2:03 am
Honesty I don't think I really read these for the mystery plots. I read them for the fun of watching Donald operate and get in and out of trouble. The mystery solution never really seemed the point, so much as a device so Donald could shine and Bertha be her crotchety self. They often seemed overly complex because the more complex and convoluted they were the faster Donald had to talk and think.
I don't think Gardner gave a fig for the fair play part of the game.
Granted some of the plots are better than others, but over all the appeal for me was Donald's fast talking and fast thinking. And to be honest that was a lot of the appeal of Perry Mason too. Not the actual mystery, but how he operated.
With Donald it was the fun of seeing the lamb turn on the wolves, while with Perry it was seeing the individual take on and defeat the system, but I can't say I read either series for the mystery plots, though Gardner could do them perfectly well when he wanted.
In that sense I think Gardner, Spillane, Fleming, Leslie Charteris, and John D. Macdonald wrote books that were as much fable as mystery. I'm not sure the plot or the puzzle was ever the point in their work as it was in Christie, Sayers, or Queen. I think at times we are doing them a diservice when we compare them to writers whose goals were so different.
I have a feeling reading a Donald Lam book looking for a fair play mystery is somehow missing the point.
Max Allan Collins Says:
September 26th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Lovely reply.
Stout uses the device of Wolfe keeping things from Archie for various questionable reasons. I have read (or listened to) every Wolfe novel at least three times, and I almost never remember who did it. The mystery serves as this thread to pull you through the book, but all you really care about is watching Archie and Wolfe. Lam and Cool seem much the same, though I've read only a few of those novels, though I hope to remedy that, since I read every Mason by Gardner.
Steve Says:
September 26th, 2009 at 11:12 am
I think you're right, Max. Stout also wasn't an author whose major intent was to play fair with his readers. Who actually "did it" wasn't a major issue in his mysteries and you can read them over and over again and get the same amount of enjoyment from them.
On the other hand, if you (the reader) can't keep up with Wolfe's detective abilities, his actual train of thought makes sense in the end. (Or that Stout does a fine enough job in this regard that it seems to.)
Even if Wolfe is awfully obscure in what he does along the way, including withholding things from Archie, all is revealed in the end.
And Archie's puzzlement is as much ours, as we get to mull things over along with him. That neither he nor we have all the facts doesn't seem to matter.
So to reply to David, the lack of "fair play" wasn't exactly what I was unhappy about in CROWS CAN'T COUNT. It's simply that there's next to no explanation of how Lam learns everything he does and when he learned it — or even how he could have learned it. There are little bits and pieces here and there, but that's all.
David Vineyard Says:
September 27th, 2009 at 3:15 am
Your points about Wolfe and Lam (now there's a detective agency name for you) are well taken, but again, I don't think it ever bothered me if Donald made some leaps of logic in getting to the solution since that wasn't really why I was reading them.
I love Simenon and Maigret, but I admit I can be halfway through a Maigret novel before I remember I have read it before, and even in some of the books I've read several times the killer' idenity doesn't really stick with me.
But what does stick is the pleasure of Maigret's company, a glass of Calvados, a bottle of Pernod, the way Maigret always seems to always have on too heavy a coat in some overheated apartment, the way Paris seems in the rain, those surprising moments when the slow and careful Maigret shows a touch of violence or anger when a suspect is ruining his own life.
Odd as it may be to say, in a genre that is built around puzzles and plots and who-dunnit, some of the most entertaining works don't always offer much in that department, but they do offer us a world we enjoy visiting and returning to — and people whose company we like to keep.
With some writers the crime and mystery and detective element are just an excuse to spend a few hours with a clever friend, even if sometimes you might admit that things could have held together a bit better if a little more effort had been made toward the detective element.
I don't think I ever came away from a Lam and Cool exploit impressed by the clever plot or solution — I just came away with a smile at the fun I had along the way.
Steve Says:
September 27th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
I'd say that the plot of CROWS CAN'T COUNT is impressive enough that it's one that I'm going to remember for a while.
And after thinking about it last night, I'd even go go far as to say that it has too much plot. A lot of things went on in the dead man's office that day, some of which contributed to his murder and some of which didn't.
There are also a lot of possible suspects, all acting as guilty as anything, and many of them are. Guilty, that is, of something, but not necessarily the murder.
So as I said, too much plot, and not enough connective tissue in the solution, or the working out thereof.
Gardner's always been one of my favorite writers — over 50 years now — and when I said in the first sentence of my review that I didn't think that this one is one of the better ones in the series, I meant it when I later added, "I wish I didn�t have to say [it]."
David Vineyard Says:
September 28th, 2009 at 12:55 am
How any of us feel about a book is how we feel about it, and I'm certainly not arguing that. I will admit my first reading of the article left an impression you thought it should have been more fair play, but I see that isn't what you meant.
To clarify my point the complex plots of Gardner's books and the fact that all the little twists and turns don't always pay off were a minor issue for me, even in this one. I was reading more for the company of Mason and Lam than the plot.
All I am saying is why what bothered you in this one didn't bother me. Horse of another color and all that. Neither of us is wrong and both are right — from different takes on the same thing. Your point is a valid criticism, my point is it didn't effect my enjoyment of the book.
Considering Gardner used to dictate three or four books at a time (plus articles on everything from law to hunting and fishing) it's a wonder he holds together as well as he does. In 1946 he was doing at least three series — Mason, Lam and Cool, and Doug Selby.
Supposedly his secretaries used to hope they took the dictation for the book they started on with him so they could see how it ended.
I just wanted to see what kind of fast talking Mason or Lam were going to do when the heat was on. I'll confess while reading them some of my more critical facilities were turned off in ways they might not have been with other series and writers. Like popcorn I prefer the cheap movie theater variety to the gourmet kind. These were literary popcorn.
I agree, that Stout was more careful on this count in following Wolfe's logic, but he was playing a slightly different game than Gardner, or at least another variation on it. For me both men succeeded at what they meant to do most of the time — even in this one.
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Hiked this right after Christmas 07 with three teens and a labrador. We had a nice time and only encountered one person the whole day - a mountain biker on the Forest Service road.
Directions were good although there is a parking area closer to the trail intersection with the Forest Service road that you drive in on.
The initial climb from the roadway to the ridge is a bit steep but fortunately pretty short. We missed the turn off from orange blazes to blue and had to back track a bit after we started to decend on the other side. Be careful as soon as you see that both blue and orange marks on the same tree. It's a sharp right. The ridge line is still deep in leaves which makes footing slippery and slows travel speed a bit.
I enjoyed this walk - especially the views of the winding Shenandoah River. Don't recommend it for anytime the leaves are on the trees though as there are really no decent clearing/ view points and a summer hike is going to be behind a solid wall leaves.
A good walk for a winter day. A good dog trip too.


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Hardware-assisted debug tools gain Eclipse supportJan 23, 2007 — by LinuxDevices Staff — from the LinuxDevices Archive — 2 views
Macraigor has joined Eclipse.org, and is offering free plugin-based GNU toolchains that support its low-cost JTAG probes. The "Macraigor Eclipse + GNU Tools Suite" includes ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, and x86 toolchains, sample programs for popular boards, and an optional, tested Eclipse 3.2.1 IDE for Windows… hosts.
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Macraigor's Eclipse suite supports its USB2Sprite (left) and USB2demon (right) debug tools
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Additionally, Macraigor has joined the Eclipse Foundation at the "Plug-in Provider" level, it has announced.
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10 Tips For An Awesome Market Stall Experience
Setting up a market stall in a neighbourhood or weekend market is a great way to get your store and products out there to a new and vibrant audience. It's also an enjoyable way to make a sale while enjoying a bit of fresh air.
A market stall can be an enjoyable venture but to make it a truly profitable venture take a look at these tips for what you should do before market day, on market day and during market day. Following these ten tips can help make sure that your market stall is a good experience for both you and your customers.
Before The Market Day
1. Be able to put up your market stall quickly.
The most basic component of your market stall would be a sturdy gazebo under which you can set up shop. Make sure that your gazebo is easy and quick to set up.
Familiarize yourself with your gazebo. Know the parts and label them so you can easily locate what you need when you need it. Practice putting the gazebo up and putting it down so market day itself, you don't get confused.
Gazebos Australia offers a variety of easy to assemble outdoor gazebos in different sizes that can be used for market stalls.
2. Try and get a space with a lot of foot traffic.
Believe it or not, one of the best places to set up your market stall would be in the vicinity of the public toilets. The reason for this is: Most market go-er's will go to the toilet at least once that day – and on their way to or fro from there, this is your chance to attract them to your store.
If you don't want to have your stall near the toilets, you can also try to get a space that is near the food areas or near an entrance or exit – these are also areas that generally get high traffic.
Before you participate in the market, it might be a good idea to attend it yourself. Try and see which are the high traffic areas. You can also ask the opinions of veteran vendors.
3. Use the power of social networking.
Use your social network to spread the word of your participation in the market. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest – social network sites are great ways to not only let people know where you will be offering you items but also to spark their interest.
Think about teaser posts. Set up a schedule of small daily posts leading up to market day. Show a photo of an item that you're going to be offering, a countdown to market day and – of course – a reminder of where and when market day will be.
You should also do social networking the old fashioned way – by word of mouth. Make sure to tell all your friends about your market stall and ask them to spread the word.
During The Market Stall Setup
4. Make your stall weatherproof.
In general, your market stall needs to be a sturdy structure with plenty of room to house you and your wares. It should also be weather proof.
Rain or shine, you want customers to be able to enjoy their visit to your market stall, so you need to prepared for whatever weather market day will have.
Make sure that your market stall gazebo is waterproof in case of rain. You might also want to have optional wall installations that you can use to keep more water out and also shield you from the rain. These wall installations should be easy to set up and take down.
Even if the sun is out, you still want to be able to easily weather-proof your stall. Choose a gazebo that has ample shade and even a bit of UV protection. A nice shady area can entice passers-by to stop and encourage them to browse. You can use sunshades to increase the amount of covered area around your market stall.
5. Make your stall stand out by being visually interesting.
Your stall should be eye-catching and attractive. It should look different from all the others standing around it.
By making your stall stand out, you can make people pay attention to it and spike their curiosity as to what they might find in it. Having a visually interesting stall can also help people find you and your wares. Make sure that there is something that can serve as a landmark which people can take note of.
Take inspiration from the market stalls of others. Here is a gallery of beautiful market stalls found all over the world.
6. Arrange your items for sale so that they are easily accessible.
A stall that encourages browsing – makes it easy – will hold people's interest and translate that interest into sales. You want to make sure that the items you are offering are placed at a level that makes it both accessible to the eyes and hands for easier browsing.
Raise items up in creative ways. Instead of placing baskets or trunks on the stall floor, arrange the basket on a table or shelf or place an open trunk on top of several trunks. Not only does it make your stall set up more interesting, it places the items at eye-level and within easy reach for browsing.
Layer the items. Taller items should be placed at the back, while smaller ones should be placed at the front. Arrange all items in a way that ensures that they can all be seen clearly.
Here are some creative market stall displays to draw inspiration from.
During The Market Day
7. Use the market stall as a branding opportunity.
Market day is not just a day to sell, but it's a day to make your business known. You need to make sure that people coming to your stall know who you are and what you provide. Make sure that your market stall reflects your business identity.
Have clear signage. Make sure people know whose stall their visiting and give them an idea of what they might find inside.
If your business has a logo, now might be the time to make sure the public can see it. Place the logo not only around your stall but on your items and packaging. You want people to be able to remember who and where they got an item from.
8. Have business cards.
While much of your market day sales will come from impulse buys – they see it, want it, buy it – keep the door open to future sales.
Few people come to a market with a set idea of what they will buy and take away at the end of the day. Many come simply to browse and while these browsers may not become daily sales, you want to retain their interest.
A business card that browsers can take away with them is a good way to make sure that you and your items remain on their mind. Make sure to provide them with an address of a physical or online store and how they can contact you when they make up their mind to make a purchase.
Another less formal alternative to a business card would be a flyer or brochure. This could also feature an item or price list to remind the customer of what you can offer.
9. Offer Freebies
Everyone likes to get something for free and offering a freebie is a way to make sure that visitors to your market stall walk away feeling good about your encounter.
Business cards, flyers and brochures can count as freebies but it might also be better to offer something a little less formal and a bit more fun. Try offering stickers or button pins with your store name and contact info.
Discount coupons are another freebie you might want to consider. You can have someone hand them out at the entrances of the market to encourage people to look for your stall. You can also hand them out to people who've already made a purchase to encourage them to come back.
10. Be friendly!
A great way to encourage market goers to be interested in what you have to sell is to get them interested in you. To do that, you need to build a rapport with your stall visitors.
Smile, it is the quickest and surest way to leave a good impression. When someone comes into your stall, smile in greeting. If someone asks a question, make sure you answer with a smile. When they leave your stall, make sure they leave with a smile.
Learn how and when to make small talk. Have a few stock anecdotes about your business or about the items you have for sale. Make sure they know that they can approach you with questions.
Teach yourself to use sales talk with the tips mentioned here.
These tips would surely make your market stall selling a one remarkable and perhaps an unforgettable experience. You would not only let you set up your stalls with ease and convenience, but also make your market stalls stand out from the rest and attract your customers.


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3 Day Cod Hole and Ribbon Reefs 24
The weather was finally looking good with the forecast staying good for the next 3 days, which was fantastic news to everyone's ears.
The crew welcomed the excited guests on board and introduced them to the boat and the rest of the crew.
Straight out we did 2 check out dives on Norman reef on a site called Troppos, the passengers came up stoked after seeing turtles and sharks along with Nemo's friend Dory.
Once everyone was back onboard we started the overnight steam up to Ribbon Reef 3 to have a first class day on the reef.
To start the day off on an old favorite Steve's Bommie. Where they saw turtles, nudi's, leafy scorpion fish. Followed by a recent reopened dive site Clam Gardens, then onto another coral gardens called Google where they saw 4 cuttle fish in a mating ritual, then onto an afternoon and night dive at Challenger Bay, where they had sharks, eels, trevally and red bass all hunting by their torch light, they also had a close encounter with a fully grown marble ray.
On the 3rd day we started of the day with 2 pinnacle dives where they saw green turtles cleaning themselves and an olive green snake hunting in the reef. We then moved the boat up to Cod Hole for the highlight of the Cod Feed dive. We had 3 cods swimming around us for the whole of the feed.
We finished off the day with a site called Snake pit where they had a rare sighting of a guitar shark.
We finished off the trip with a sun set BBQ at Lizard island.
We had a great tip and the crew would like to thank the passengers who participated on this trip.


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Dr Markus Barth
Dr Barth is the Medical Director of Animals First Clinic and graduated from Leipzig University in Germany in 1996. Dr Barth also completed externships at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Iowa State University and Oregon State University. Dr Barth has been practicing for 22 years. He has two dogs named Jackson and Bourbon and a cat named Moses and recently acquired a bearded dragon named Sparky
Dr Renee Scott
Graduated from Western College of Veterinary Medicine in 2004. Since graduating Dr Scott has worked 2 years at a mixed animal practice in New Zealand, 1 year at mixed animal practice in Pincher Creek, 4 years in Emergency and Critical Care clinic in Calgary, and 2 years at a small animal practice in Calgary. "Along this journey I have acquired an Kangal named Stryder, Gizzy the Jack Russell and three horses named Annie, Jesse and Trigger." Dr. Scott joined Animals First team September 2013.
Animal Health Technologists
Animals First Clinic is comprised of veterinary technologists who are graduates of an accredited Veterinary Technical College and are members in good standing of the Alberta Association of Animal Health Technologists.
Erin O
Animal Health Technologist and graduated from NAIT Fairview in 2005 with honors. Erin was one of our original team members with AFC in November 2007. She has 2 dogs, Diesel and Jade, and a couple cuddly cats!
Dana J
Animal Health Technologist graduated in 2008 from NAIT Fairview with honors. She currently resides outside of Grande Prairie with three cats (Figaro, Frankie and Beans).
Deserae N
Animal Health Technologist graduated from Fairview College in 2001. Deserae has a cat named Oreo.
Anje P
Anje joined Animals First Clinic in 2014 upon graduation from Olds College. Anje grew up in Utah USA. She has 5 dogs – Dakota, Jasper, Cricket, Tucker and Gryffin. Anje also has 3 cats Angel, Tory and Ty.
Tara M
Tara graduated from Fairview in 2012 as a Animal Health Technologist. Tara went to college for other careers in the past, but her love for animals made her choose this path! She has one dog at home; a Belgian Shepherd named Mya.
Rae E
Rae graduated in 2010 from Lakeland College in Vermillion, Alberta. She grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan and has a passion for all animals but mainly horses. Rae has 2 dogs; Bo and Austrailan Shephed and Atka a husky mix. She also has a cat who was adopted from the SPCA named Zahra.
Jelicia E
Jelicia graduated in 2018 and joined Animals First after graduation. Jelicia has one cat named Shady who is 17 years old. Jelicia has 3 Corn snakes – Severus, Peine and Salazar. She has a Ball Python named Nagini, 2 dogs named Libby and Black and numerous other rescue animals and fish.
Bridget S
Bridget joined out team from Edmonton. She graduated in 2015 from Lakeland College and has a keen interest in pet nutrition. Bridget has one dog named Snoopy.
Administrative and Clinic Assistant
Vanessa S
Vanessa has come to us from Edmonton where she worked at "Off the Leash Pet Care" and a wildlife shelter. Vanessa has 3 dogs – Akuma a Jack Russell Corgie cross, Jack aka Meathead a Pitbull Mastiff cross and Jeffery a Doberman . Mortimer and Dennis are two cats she rescued. Vanessa also has Koa a Blue Tongue Skink.
Cassie G
Cassie began with Animals First in September 2019. Cassie is currently attending Grande Prairie Regional College in sciences and plans to become a Veterinarian in the future.
Lynda B
Lynda is our most recent hire and joined Animals First in October 2019. Lynda is well known in the Grande Prairie community for her love of all animals and particularly the Australian Shepard. Lynda had her own puppy training school of which she supported pet owners to socialize and train their new puppy's to be well behaved.
Mersades S
Mersades joined Animals First Clinic after participating in our volunteer program. Mersades is our Clinic Assistant and has plans to become a Veterinary Technician in the future.
Practice Manager
Lisa Nesbitt
Practice Manager of Animals First Clinic. Lisa graduated from SIAST – Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology in 2000. Lisa was our first employee and is a great asset to the team. Lisa has three cats and one dog.


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Issue 140 of Nintendo Power featured a special dust cover with Spider-Man's logo on the outside. The main cover featured Spiderman in his traditional red and blue costume.
This issue resumed where Nintendo Power volume 139 left off on their abridged Banjo-Tooie strategy guide. The coverage began on page 40. It covered the remaining worlds: Terrydactyland, Grunty Industries, Hailfire Peaks, and Cloud Cuckooland. The guide included all worlds except Isle o' Hags and Cauldron Keep. The coverage ended on page 48.
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This event has been canceled. Event will resume May 1,2020.
Show will take place in the San Juan College Planetarium with a stargaze to follow, weather permitting. This is a free event! Planetarium show offered at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. with stargaze at 8:30 p.m.
San Juan College Planetarium offers a free public show and stargaze event once per month. The exact Friday every month often depends on the phase of the Moon, the nearest night to the first quarter phase will usually be the AstroFriday night. The program schedule may change. Seating is limited.
Show times for May, June, and July AstroFridays are at 7:30 & 8:30 p.m., with a stargaze utilizing the college's telescopes following at 9:30 p.m. All other AstroFridays, unless otherwise indicated, are at 6:30 & 7:30 p.m., and stargaze afterwards (weather permitting) is at 8:30 p.m.
August 9 - The Astronomy of Harry Potter
September 6 - Exoplanets (fulldome)
October 4 - The Aurora Explained
November 1 - Field Trip to the Moon
December 7 - Luminaria Stargaze
December 13 - The Star of Bethlehem
January 31 - Navajo Skies (fulldome)
February 28 - Back to the Moon for Good (fulldome)
March 27 - The Astronomy of Harry Potter
April 24 - Apollo 13: Houston We Have a Problem
May 29 - Sunstruck (fulldome)
The planetarium reserves the right to substitute shows. It is also possible (though not probable) for there to be a change in a show's date due to unforeseen circumstances.
We hope you enjoy the many things there are to see and do in the Farmington area! Start exploring today with these helpful links:
Order your Free Vacation Guide
Where to Stay
Where to Dine
Where to Shop
Where to Play
This facility is temporarily closed.
The Sherman Dugan Museum of Geology is located in the San Juan College School of Energy and features a fascinating collection. This is a must-see for fossil lovers and rock hounds.Learn More »


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Obverse: Lion capital of Ashoka Pillar with value
Reverse: Bust of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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5 Rupees
Dynasty/Ruler: King George V
Shape: Round
Metal: Copper Nickel
Weight: 9 g
Mint: Mumbai
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Contest, career decision awaits servers
Everybody knows Lucy and Ethel and their shared adventures. Fans still get star crossed eyes over a classic Betty and Veronica comic book. Cagney and Lacy always got their man together. Media darlings, dynamic duos, colleagues, best friends, buds--these tandems of long-time friendship are historical.
"Schlemeel, Schlemazeel, Harry's Seafood Bar & Grille."
You got it, Gainesville has its own dynamic female duo in Harry's Seafood Bar & Grill servers Ami Santos, image right,and Kelly Faulkner, image left. And these servers are going to do it "their way."
A little over a year ago, Ami and Kelly met each other as new servers at Harry's. They also have become roommates and best friends. Both have recently graduated from college, and they are making plans for starting their own downtown late night food service for hungry 'late shifters,' and the most exciting thing is they have sent a video to ABC's Amazing Race producers hoping to win a part in next years' television show the Amazing Race-around-the-world contest.
"It's really incredible," said recent Pembroke Pines, UF Criminology and Business graduate Kelly Faulkner. "We both started working at Harry's close to the same time, and we both needed new roommates, we moved in together and we have been friends ever since."
Being a server at Harry's wasn't Kelly's first waitress experience: "Ever since high school I have worked serving customers in one form or another." Kelly said. "Working at Harry's has been special for me. This is a good restaurant with an excellent reputation," she hoisting a giant tray full of seafood, burgers, and pasta entrees. "More importantly to me the Harry's staff works like a team. We all know our responsibilities, and we work together to do great things."
"Kelly's right," Ami added. "Most of us at Harry's are friends. We play organized sports together, things like kick ball and softball against other restaurant teams. We hang together after work, and we are having a Harry's staff cook-out this weekend."
Ami was seriously considering joining the Air Force after graduation until, in a late night conversation with her roommate, they decided downtown Gainesville needed an alternative late night food spot.
"Of course anyone would be a customer, but we are thinking that two working girls like us and a café called 'Kegs, Legs, and Eggs' could feed downtown's late night masses," Ami said, smiling about her idea.
With a new biology degree under her apron, the Destin, FL, biologist is ready to try out some new occupations. "I like the interaction of meeting new people, and making new friends," Ami said. "It would be fun for Kelly and me to be partners in a successful adventure.
Late night customers are a different breed of patron but these girls are ready." When I was working one evening at Harry's, I went to pick up a customer's plate thinking he was finished, and he stuck my hand with his fork," Kelly said with an amazed look in her eye. "'I'm not done with that plate young lady,' the customer said with a challenging look," Kelly added.
While it may sound like a fast track to new business worlds and exciting life experiences, they are in no hurry to give up their current jobs.
"We want to be sure this is the right thing to do," Kelly said. "Besides if we win, and join the Amazing Race contestants next year to travel the world, all other projects get put on hold.
"We were watching TV when the announcer said they were accepting applications and videos from people who wanted to be on next year's Amazing race," Ami said.
"So we put on our uniforms, turned on the video camera and proceeded to tell the producers that our friendship, life skills, and college experience would make us the best contestants they will find." Kelly said wide eyed..
With so many plans and ideas, the obvious final question is what does the future look like for these idea-driven soul mates.
"Being on TV would be fun, and working with Kelly for 'Keg, Eggs, and Legs' would be a blast," Ami said. "The important things is, we're friends forever, nothing will ever change that."


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Standards, Values and Scouting
March 28, 2012
Hosted by Dr. Valerie Anne Kirkgaard
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CW and Doctor Val talk about the outrageous conduct of the New Orlean's Saints giving their players bounties for injuring members of the opposing teams and for the deterioration of values in sports in America. We also remind ourselves where good values are expresses in Scouting and the Republic for the united States of America. Join us for a provocative conversation on the possibilities of America. We thank our sponsors - Sir Jason Winter's Tea, LA Life Style, El Pinto Restaurant in Albuquerque and Emergency Management Solutions Global One - (Emsgo.org), Tad Patterson's - You Have The Right & StarDoves for making our programs possible.
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Go beyond rhetoric and tune into America's premiere experts; scientists, athletes, celebrities and world leaders in public and spiritual realms as they discuss the issues of today. A veteran interviewer, Dr. Kirkgaard brings you knowledgeable, entertaining and unpredictable guests like Deepak Chopra, Jean Houston, John Denver and US Ambassador for Nuclear Disarmament Thomas Graham. No matter what happens, Dr. Kirkgaard keeps her cool and shows you a side of her guests that you've never seen.
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If you want people to look into your site it is important that you web design it effectively. If you browse through internet, you can find many web designing companies. Be aware of amateur designers. Always go in for experienced person. Web designing is divided into two: design and style. Both are inter-related to each other. There is a very thin line between both which may be difficult for you to identify. Design is related to function and accessibility. If a person is able to operate the website effectively and easily, it is considered good design. Style can create a brand.
Good web designers can give a nice look and feel to the website. First they create a layout with the help of CSS (Cascading Style sheets). If the website is user-friendly, users can surf the website easily. A website will have a good look with visuals and media. Designers generally create template to support the website which is shown to the client before building the website. When designers work with specialists they usually do the layout and template which has basic features of the website. But if the designer works by him they he/she will have to be able to finish the website. Web designers should be well versed in Photoshop, fireworks and other multimedia functions like Macromedia flash. They should also have knowledge about html and CSS as it will help them in creating websites.
Tips for web designers
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- Stay away from all browser-specific functions.
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- Always use plain vanilla fonts like Arial, Verdana, Tahoma and courier.
- Always use Java as a utilitarian programming language, not as a graphics front end for your photos/images.
- One more important thing to consider is Meta tags. By applying Meta tags, it can make a lot of difference between your users coming to your site and going to your competitor's as they can't find yours. Search Engines like Google and yahoo mostly rely on keywords and Description Meta tags to populate their search database.
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DOT Installs Flood Barriers
AquaDam protecting US-17
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 BY MATT LONG (South Carolina Radio Network)
South Carolina's Department of Transportation is working to install flood barriers across U.S. Highway 17 in Georgetown in an effort to prevent the area from being cut off by expected floodwaters later this week.
However, Transportation Secretary Christie Hall warned the barriers will likely only buy time if waters do reach the forecasted levels.
"We are anticipating the city of Georgetown to flood," she told reporters during a briefing in the Port City. "And we're basically trying to take the construction activities as fast as we can and as far as we can to keep the road open for as long as we can in time."
Deputy Secretary of Engineering Leland Colvin said crews are installing AquaDams along Highway 17 bridge over the Waccamaw River to raise the elevation floodwaters would need to overtop the roadway. The inflatable dams will be atop two rows of barriers.
"It's a water-filled barrier to create additional height over the roadway to protect U.S. 17, that lifeline," Colvin said.
Highway 17 is the primary route for residents in the Pawleys Island and Murrells Inlet areas of eastern Georgetown County.
The National Guard is also erecting a temporary ferry platform to potentially move supply vehicles across the Waccamaw if the main highway becomes impassable.