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It fast approaches. The first college football game of the new season is Thursday! Tomorrow look for a round up of USC camp and the upcoming Arkansas game.
For now though, in anticipation of the season Kirk Herbstreit has released his preseason awards (This year compared to last year).
Some disrespect. Is this really the same guy who repeatedly called last year's USC team the best ever. Hell, there's even a drinking game for it.
Rule No. 4: "The Greatest Ever." If any contemporary player, team, or game is declared "The Greatest _________ Ever," everyone takes one drink, except The Runt, who gets to punch anyone who is a fan of the player or team, or who watched the game, being touted as "The Greatest Ever." If the discussion of "The Greatest Ever" involves an interview with Pete Carroll or a Southern Cal player, everyone must finish his drink, except The Runt, who gets to punch everyone in the arm once.
Calvin Johnson & Jeff Samardzijajakdgyu better than Dwayne Jarrett? Lawrence Jackson all the way down at the #4 defensive end? Kirk better look back at those All American lists. Not a single USC LB on the list?
Okay, okay, those really are small silghts. On the list, C.J. Gable is the number one most promising freshman (I don't know about that actually but, nice to hear). And of course USC gets props for turning out during GameDay (I did my part during the 2004 season). And Pete Carroll gets his due…but com'n Kirk, you have to move Lawrence Jackson up and put at least one member of the country's best linebacking corp on your list.
Whatever happened to USC-phant Kirk?
"No, I'm pretty sure the Trojans won the Rose Bowl."


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Definitely No !
No art college Brian for me, my Dad, bless him, insisted when I was fifteen I had to have a proper job as he would put it. Serve as an apprentice earning a living with responsibility and not dependent on the State in any way.
He taught me perspective and encouraged all of us children to follow a pass time of some kind or another, but to go to art school he considered a 'cop out' from the main aim in life for a grown up, he considered that was to provide for his family and children with a proper job.
My Dad always had encouragement for us all though in what ever we did, with me it was my music, my dancing and also the sketches I did even as a child. Both my parents insisted we all went to church every Sunday which involved choir practice for me, this of coarse introduced me to the choirmaster at that time, his name was Mr Wraight and he played the organ at St Marks church in Pysons Road offering to my parents one day to give me lessons on the piano which Dad found the money for one way or another.
I remember what we all called Wraight's Alley off Chatham Street (Eagle Hill, you would know it by) he was, I believe the owner or manager of a large coach works down there.
Mr Wraight's hobby was oil painting, which he carried out in his front room where the piano was. His paintings were unbelievable, I have often wondered as I got older where all his pictures went, but I remember the piano lessons 'went out the window' so to speak when he found I was more interested in art than music at that time. So you could say I was schooled by a Master, which he definitely was.
I never told Dad and I don't think he ever found out that my lessons were taken up with drawing and sketching instead of doing scales on the piano. Ever since those heady days I can't be without a sketch pad and pencil something my dear wife has learnt to live with, what that truly talented man gave to me as a foundation, has given me so much pleasure over the years adding to my very full life, the relaxation and calmness it creates has given me a peace in times of intense pressure from every day life that only immersion in a subject that needs to be studied gives you.
Thanks for your interest Brian; I hope this explains things a little more.
Thanks for stopping by.

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This is a teaching module I designed for my course, "Contested Histories of Colonial Indochina" at Brown University, Fall 2019. [See below for full teaching module or Download Teaching Module>] I connected with an ambitious, award winning project "Virtual Angkor" which brings the 13th century Cambodian metropolis of Angkor to life through virtual reality and 3D simulation. Led by the talented team of Tom Chandler, Adam Clulow, Bernard Keo, Mike Yeates, and Martin Polkinghorne (SensiLab, Monash University, UT Austin, Flinders University), Virtual Angkor allows students to experience and pose questions about Angkor's social life, trade networks, structure of power and kingship, as well as architectural layout.
Leo Selvaggio and Kelly Egan at Brown's Multimedia Lab kindly helped to provide an Oculus Rift and space for my VR teaching module.
How I Integrated Virtual Angkor into a 20th Century Indochina History Seminar
Firstly, I am not a specialist of 13th century Khmer empire. My research and teaching focus is 19th and 20th century Southeast Asia, with a specialization in colonial Indochina and 20th century Vietnam. However, I was ecstatic to see and support an important project for teaching and researching Southeast Asia. Furthermore, I was eager to integrate new pedagogies of embodied learning into studies of history far and distant from the students' contemporary realities.
Since my course "Contested Histories of Colonial Indochina" focused on the 19th and 20th century Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, I developed a teaching module around critical analysis of different multimedia representations of Angkor (13th and 20th century text, photography, VR). Prior to the session, the student's background was grounded in 19th and 20th century Cambododge–the French colonial constructs of 'Angkor' as a lost civilization and as the foundation of Cambodian national and ethnic heritage. This module was taught towards the end of the semester and at this point the students had read most of Penny Edwards' Cambodge book. Most of my students were juniors or seniors, but had little to no background knowledge of Southeast Asia prior to this course.
To ground the discussion, we referenced the following texts which were covered in previous weeks:
- Penny Edwards, "The Temple Complex: Angkor and the Archaeology of Colonial Fantasy, 1860-1906," in Cambodge: The Cultivation of a Nation 1860-1945. (University of Hawaii Press, 2007).
- French travelogue A Pilgrimage to Angkor by Pierre Loti (1921)
- On the day of the VR experience, we also collectively analyzed the Chinese travelogue A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People by Zhou Daguan (1296-1297).
The primary goals for the module include the following:
- Practice textual and visual analysis
- Critically analyze different historical sources and representations of Angkor (20th century French colonial travelogue, 13th century Chinese travelogue, virtual reality simulation)
The types of guided questions I posed for students during and after the VR experience included the following:
- What was your experience of Angkor through the virtual reality simulation? (Observe the shapes, colors, subject matter, objects, sounds).
- What surprised you? What was confusing or curious? What did you want to know more about?)
Lessons from Teaching VR or How VR Transforms Teaching and Learning
Throughout the course, we had practiced critical analysis of colonial representation, historical archives, and provenance. However, it was different to speak theoretically about these manifestations of power. Virtual reality provides a much more active, embodied experience of knowledge formation based on visual, experiential, and vocalization of understanding as an individual and social practice. In other words, in VR students must create meaning through their sensory experiences in combination with conceptual knowledge of history and culture. "Meaning" and "significance" is not immediately apparent nor can be simply explained through conceptual lecture. Instead, students self-direct their own learning by following their visual and affective curiosities: "What is that I see or hear? Let me move closer to examine. Oh it is X, I think? I wonder if it is used for Y."
I guided their experience with both open ended and focused questions and encouraged students to vocalize what they were seeing, feeling, and thinking. Thus, students also made their learning a process a conversation between what they saw and its significance.
To teach in this present, experiential way challenges me as an instructor to think through the many levels and steps of 'understanding.' A student can hear a lecture and understand an idea conceptually through examples. They can see how the idea manifests in primary sources such as texts and photographs. However, they are still removed from the actual process of 'understanding' because they are told and directed how they should understand. VR challenges the one-directional system of knowledge dissemination to a sensory based, multi-directional, and non-linear exploration. In other words, one sees and feels in order to learn.
Besides the immense pedagogical contributes of VR to learning, might I also add that VR is incredibly fun? Based off the genuine excited responses from my students, teaching with VR is extremely engaging and sparks a deep sense of curiosity and commitment to discovery.
How to Integrate Virtual Angkor into Your Classroom
The Virtual Angkor team was such a joy to work with and are excited to see Virtual Angkor used in different ways. I can imagine using Virtual Angkor as a module to discuss a wide range of interdisicplinary topics, themes, and methodologies such as the following:
- a comparative of early modern Asian urbanism, metropolis, and high density urban environments with other cases
- archives and sources: historical, literary, and archaeological evidence
- digital humanities and virtual environments
- Asia and the world, early kingdoms
- environment, agricultural development, social infrastructure
- Southeast Asia polities, kingship, Buddhist and Hindu building projects
- Cambodian history, role of Angkor Wat and national narrative
The Virtual Angkor interactive website provides detailed teaching modules, 360 videos, and helpful background information for instructors. For those interested in SensiLab's work of modeling and visualization, see their project page here.
This teaching module is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
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Module: Analyzing Representations of Angkor
Activity Goals: In this classroom activity, students will learn to critically analyze different multimedia representations of Angkor. They will learn how to identify important key visual aspects (clothing, colors, architecture, space, sounds, etc) and interpret their historical and cultural significance. They will compare their own experience of a simulated virtual reality simulation with two textual first-person historical travel narratives. After this session, students will develop a strong grasp of visual analysis of different media and apply this technique for their final research project.
Recall the previously read and discussed texts:
- Penny Edwards, "The Temple Complex: Angkor and the Archaeology of Colonial Fantasy, 1860-1906," in Cambodge: The Cultivation of a Nation 1860-1945. (University of Hawaii Press, 2007).
- Travelogue A Pilgrimage to Angkor by Pierre Loti (1921)
CLASS SESSION PART 1: REVISITING ANGKOR AND CLOSE READING OF TEXT [10 minutes]
- Primary Textual Source:
- "Chapter 6 The People" from Travelogue A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People by Zhou Daguan (1296-1297)
The instructor will guide the students to recall previous weeks' discussion on Angkor from 19th-20th century colonial sources. The students will then read a short excerpt of Zhou Daguan's 13th century travelogue independently and then answer the following questions in pairs:
- What was your experience of Angkor through reading the travel text? (Reflect on the words, tone, and word choice. What surprised you? What was confusing or curious? What did you want to know more about?)
The instructor will then facilitate a shared discussion on the above questions and provide historical context for the source from Peter Harris' introduction and David Chandler's forward for the text.
CLASS SESSION PART 2: GUIDED VR EXPERIENCE AND VISUAL THINKING EXERCISE [21 minutes]
- Visual Media:
- Virtual Angkor: https://www.virtualangkor.com Virtual Angkor project (SensiLab, University of Texas, Monash University, Flinders University) is an immersive virtual reality and 3D simulation of 13th century Angkor metropolis. (ongoing)
Students will take turns using the VR headset (3 minutes each) to explore separate visual media scenes in Virtual Angkor. During each scene, the instructor will ask guiding questions to the group drawing from the Visual Thinking Exercise questions. Order of scenes: 1) Road 2) Marketplace 3) Sculpture Workshop 4) Village 5) Wat Gate 6) Map 7) Wat Residencies
Visual Thinking Exercise
Step 1: See and Describe (without Interpretation)
- What is going on?
- What do you see that makes you say that? (Specific details which support your observation. Observe shapes, colors, textures, mood. Note the position of people and objects in relationship to each other.)
- What more can you find?
Step 2: Interpret and Make-Meaning
- How is Angkor represented?
- Who is the subject matter (architecture, humans, nature, objects, etc)? Why is this important?
- What is not represented?
Step 3: Further Investigation and Visual Evidence
- What is the historical, political, and economic context of the source?
- Who produced this source?
- Why was this source created?
- Who is the primary intended audience?
- What was the historical context in which this was produced? (Consider historical events, global politics, economic concerns)
- What does this visual source reveal that is different than textual sources?
- How does this visual source differ from other visual sources (VR and photographs)?
CLASS SESSION PART 3: CRITICAL INQUIRY INTO REPRESENTATION & ANALYSIS [9 minutes]
After the VR experience we will regroup to discuss the following Critical Analysis Questions.
- VR Experience:
- What was your experience of 13th century Angkor through VR?
- Reflect on the feelings of embodiment, the sounds, the sights, the depth. Think through the thoughts that came up. What surprised you? What was confusing or curious? What did you want to know more about?
- Comparative Media: Text and VR
- How does reading Zhou Daguan's travelogue text differ in experience than VR embodiment?
- How does VR world and the experience of embodiment transform your understanding of 13thcentury Angkor?
- Critical Thinking:
- What is absent in the virtual world of Angkor? What is not represented in the Zhou Daguan and Pierre Loti travelogues?
- How does your own first-person experience of Angkor compare with Pierre Loti's and Zhou Daguan's first person travelogue account of Angkor?
- What does each source reveal about history of Angkor, colonial Cambodia, and colonialism?
Supplemental Primary Sources:
- Travelogue A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People by Zhou Daguan (1296-1297)
- Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-Lu (Veritable Records of the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644) http://epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/
- Photographs from Angkor: An Introduction by George Coedès (1931)
Supplemental Reading:
- Roland Fletcher, Damian Evans, Christophe Pottier and Chhay Rachna, 'Angkor Wat: An Introduction,' Antiquity 89, no. 348 (2015): 1388-1401.
- Tom Chandler and Martin Polkinghorne, 'Through the Visualisation Lens: Temple Models and Simulated Context in a Virtual Angkor,' in Old Myths and New Approaches: Interpreting Religious Sites in Southeast Asia, ed. Alexandra Haendel (Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Publishing, 2012).
- Google Arts & Culture "Visualising Angkor: Part 1 – Envisioning a Living City" https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/DAKCaZFzDpVCKw
- Google Arts & Culture "Visualising Angkor: Part 2 – A New Reconstruction of Angkor Wat" https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/UwKSRNSRibIZKg
Photographs and Video footage by Leo Selvaggio and Eric Kim.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.


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• Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned from his visit with President Trump to a boost in approval ratings — and an internet meme of their uncomfortable handshake.
Complicating matters even more, North Korea claims its recent launch shows progress toward long-range nuclear capabilities.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada is visiting Washington to discuss trade and jobs. Up next is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, on Wednesday.
• Michael T. Flynn, the U.S. national security adviser, resigned after it was revealed that he had misled the White House about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States.
The retired Army general, who had served in the job for less than a month, stepped down following days of reports that he had discussed American sanctions with the diplomat, weeks before President Trump's inauguration.
Today's episode of The Daily podcast looks at Stephen Miller, the 31-year-old behind many of Mr. Trump's most contentious executive orders. Listen here if you're on a computer, here if you have an iOS device or here for international access on an Android device.
• More harrowing details about the suffering of civilians in the Syrian city of Aleppo:
Canisters of chlorine gas, a banned weapon, were dumped on residential areas at least eight times late last year in the final weeks of the battle to retake the city from rebels, Human Rights Watch reported.
And a separate analysis drawing on satellite images, security videos and other data indicates that Russia, contrary to its repeated claims, bombed a major hospital in the city multiple times.
• Dozens of people employed by Xiao Jianhua, the influential Hong Kong billionaire who was whisked to China last month, are being stopped from leaving the mainland — another sign that Beijing is enforcing one of its most far-reaching crackdowns on a private Chinese conglomerate.
Above, Mr. Xiao's Tomorrow Group building in Beijing.
• A California dam's spillway appears to have stabilized, but evacuation orders remain in place for more than 180,000 people as state authorities try to make emergency repairs before more rains come.
Gov. Jerry Brown warned that the situation at the Oroville Dam, the tallest in the U.S., was "complex and rapidly changing."
• Spiky limestone cliffs known as karsts support strange and rare species across Southeast Asia, from Vietnam to Borneo. But they are vanishing as surely as the region's forests, often pulverized for cement.
The loss is particularly acute in Cambodia, with limited government regulation and a scientific base still recovering from the trauma of the Khmer Rouge.
• Peugeot, the French automaker, bought India's most iconic car brand, the Ambassador, from Hindustan Motors for $12 million. The "Amby," sometimes described as a bowler hat on wheels, was first made in 1948.
• The U.S. Senate confirmed Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary. The ex-Goldman Sachs banker will seek to overhaul the tax code and financial rules.
• Our tech reporter considers the affinity Asia tech titans have for Mr. Trump and weighs whether they can fulfill their pledges to bring jobs to the U.S.
• Japan is enjoying its longest period of growth in three years. But the pace of expansion has been slowing, and questions persist about how Japan's exporters will weather the Trump administration.
• China's inflation quickened to to 2.5 percent in January, the highest rate since 2014.
• U.S. stocks rose. Here's a snapshot of global markets.
In the News
• In Pakistan, a bomb killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 100 at a protest by pharmacists in downtown Lahore. Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, a Taliban-linked group, claimed responsibility. [The New York Times]
• New Delhi's latest bout of air pollution is drawing attention to widespread toxic air in the country. [India.com]
• A rising hope in France's presidential race is Emmanuel Macron, the 39-year-old former minister of the economy, who will face Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Front. He claims to transcend parties, but risks being seen as a candidate who stands for nothing. [The New York Times]
• Australian firefighters are still trying to contain remaining bushfires in New South Wales, while many residents returning to scorched areas find nothing left. [ABC]
• A photo essay looks at a community on the outskirts of Bangkok where migrant workers from Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos live with their children in stacks of shipping containers. [The Diplomat]
• A bomb scare at Hong Kong Disneyland, which led to the evacuation of more than 500 people, was set off by a suspicious package containing batteries and wires that turned out to be a child's toy — possibly a malfunctioning Buzz Lightyear. [Hong Kong Free Press]
• Japan, with the world's highest proportion of people 65 and older, is a global model for how to adapt to an aging society, including when it comes to "one of the greatest joys" — eating. [The New York Times]
Smarter Living
• Want to stay focused at work today? Remember to take a break.
• At age 100, this man still plays, teaches and conducts. Like the music, he keeps going.
• Recipe of the day: Impress your sweetheart with this easy-to-make chocolate fudge.
• Modern goddesses ruled the Grammy music awards. Adele swept the top awards at the Grammys, but paid tribute to Beyoncé, who delivered a showstopper celebrating motherhood. Here's the complete list of winners, and a look at the red carpet.
• And the Kochi-Muziris Biennale is one of the largest exhibitions of contemporary art in India. Our 360 video follows an artist as she installs her work "The Dance of Death."
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Valentine's Day isn't the only holiday celebrating love today in the U.S.
It is also National Donor Day, a government effort encouraging Americans to register to donate organs, eyes and tissue.
Fifty years ago in South Africa, Dr. Christiaan N. Barnard performed the first human heart transplant. The patient survived just 18 days, but his use of a donor who was brain-dead was heralded by other doctors.
"It was a monumental advance," one said, "more societal perhaps than medical, because it applied to all organ transplants."
Dr. Barnard's second transplant patient lived for 19 months. The surgery was also notable because the donated heart came from a biracial man, a provocative decision during apartheid rule.
Kidneys are the most frequent organ transplanted. The first operation to transfer a kidney that is considered to have been successful took place in Boston in 1954 involving a brother and his dying twin sibling.
Tiff Fehr, a colleague of ours at The Times, saved a fellow journalist in December. She has this advice to anyone considering the brave act: "Donating a kidney was a kind of faith: in people, health care, hospitals and more. I'm gratified it went well on all fronts."
For information on how to help, here is a list of organizations.
Sean Alfano contributed reporting.
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UCCS volleyball tabbed 7th in RMAC preseason poll
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs volleyball program received 142 points to rank seventh overall in the 2019 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference preseason poll, announced Wednesday by the conference office.
Colorado School of Mines is the preseason favorite after receiving 214 points, edging No. 2 Colorado Mesa University with 209 points.
The coaches' poll was voted on by all 16 head volleyball coaches. Coaches could not vote for their own institution.
UCCS closed the 2018 season owning a 12-15 overall record and the seventh best mark in the league with a 10-8 record. Head coach Chrissy Elder led the Mountain Lions to the RMAC Tournament for the fifth straight season before falling to No. 2 seed Dixie State University in the quarterfinal round, 3-1.
UCCS will return five of their six starters from last season and 12 letterwinners.
The 2019 season will begin Sept. 6-7 in Golden, Colo. at the Colorado School of Mines Oredigger Invitational. The Mountain Lions will return home Sept. 12-14 to host 12 matches at the 2019 Mountain Lion Invitational.


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Mindfulness has been on my mind a lot lately. In the past couple of years, I've developed a growing interest in ideas surrounding mindfulness and other related activities, such as meditation.
It's increasingly in the news, and the practice is spreading to sports teams and major companies such as Google.
A Google news search turns up more than 100,000 articles on the topic, and New Republic has a recent article called "How 2014 Became the Year of Mindfulness." There are countless articles, books and opinions to delve into.
By definition, mindfulness is "the practice of maintaining a nonjudgmental state of heightened or complete awareness of one's thoughts, emotions or experiences on a moment-to-moment basis."
Full disclosure, and it's probably obvious, I am no expert on any of this. But I hope this column will take me (and readers) through an interesting evolution of ideas and learning.
I plan to speak to teachers and other experts to unravel as many facets of mindfulness and related ideas/practices as possible and write about what I learn monthly.
That's what to expect from future columns, but first a bit about how I came to want to explore all this.
My journey
It's possible all the media coverage of the topic had a subconscious effect on me, but I didn't purposely seek out mindfulness because it had become trendy. Some of the foundations of mindfulness have been part of who I've always been and who I want to become.
Growing up, I watched my mother practice and value meditation and yoga. Ideas that I would now identify as being mindful were always present in my home, if only at a relatively small level.
And, although I'm not religious, I've been attracted to some principles of Buddhism, which is where the concept of mindfulness originated.
I really latched on to the practice of mindfulness after my longtime friend and co-worker Sean Phipps introduced me to Eckhart Tolle's writings "A New Earth" and "The Power of Now."
"A New Earth" really resonated with me. I've listened to the audio book countless times and read it at least twice.
I started reading more about mindfulness and meditation, then joined the Center for Mindful Living, located at 1212 McCallie Ave.
What I've learned so far (I am not my thoughts.)
I used to be one of those people who thought meditation was an impossible task, at least for me.
I have generalized anxiety disorder, and a racing mind is just part of who I am. It's part of what causes me anxiety, and it's the opposite of being mindful.
The idea of stopping my neurotic, obsessive mind seemed impossible, but I'm often desperate to do just that.
Upon reading Tolle's work, I had a major personal revelation: I am not my mind; I am not the thoughts in my mind.
Whoa. That was a powerful epiphany.
The moment I realized that I am something beyond all my thoughts-many of which are anxiety-inducing and some of which seem insane, frankly-I felt empowered and free.
And I wanted to know more about mindfulness, meditation and ego, which Tolle writes a lot about as the source of many problems.
I also recently realized something else new, which is that mindfulness and meditation is a practice. The key word here is "practice."
And obsessing about whether my mind is completely clear or whether I'm always perfectly aware of my thoughts and how they impact my life is totally contrary to the practice.
I'm a runner and former high school athlete, so when I put mindfulness in the perspective of my sports training, something clicked. I didn't start playing basketball and just know how to make a 3-pointer. I couldn't even make a layup when I started.
I didn't start running by signing up for a marathon. I had to practice.
I practice yoga. I practice writing. And when I started thinking about mindfulness in the way I do these other things, it felt much more achievable.
In preparation for this column, I interviewed local acupuncturist Dr. Yong Oh, who also practices and explores mindfulness and meditation. I learned that sometimes during retreats he meditates for hours on end. He also shares articles about meditation and mindfulness, as well as personal details (such as the fact he's now at a retreat in South Africa), via a Facebook page called Mindful Chattanooga.
There was something that struck me about him. His presence was very calm. It was almost unsettling to me because my natural state doesn't have that same energy.
More often, people are conforming to social norms, tuning out of the current moment while plugging into technology and filling awkward silences or avoiding them. All those actions give off a very different feeling than what I got from Oh.
He was very present. He paused before responding to my questions. It felt like he was totally in the moment.
By contrast, my mind was listening to him, obsessing about what I was going to say next, worrying that my phone wasn't recording properly, tormenting myself for nearly interrupting him, wondering if the coffee I was drinking would keep me up late and indulging countless other random thoughts.
Practicing mindfulness can only encourage the ability to be more present. I'm thinking that might be a step toward contentment and happiness.
And isn't that what we're all looking for?
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When guitarist Bill Frisell, who grew in Denver and is now based in Brooklyn, was beginning his career as a professional musician in the early '80s, he played a solo show for the first time and told himself he never wanted to do it again. But the next year he did another solo gig and one the year after that, and it gradually became easier.
"When I first started to do it, there was this sort of feeling of panic," Frisell says of playing solo. "Like I would play something, and then I would be terrified of the space, and I'd feel like I had to play something else right away to fill it in. But as I've gotten older, I've gotten better about it, like, 'Okay, I'm going to play this phrase or this idea, and it goes out in the air and then 'Okay, just let that sit there for a minute,' and then I'll play something else. It's been a long process of getting more and more comfortable with playing by myself."
The chameleonic Frisell clearly knows how to get inside whatever music he's playing, whether it's jazz, Americana, country, folk or many other music traditions that he's worked into one of the most distinctive guitar voices in the last few decades. Music IS, Frisell's first solo album in a decade, shows just how wide his scope reaches.
To prepare for Music IS, he took a big pile of sheet music of his own songs to a weeklong solo stint at the experimental music space The Stone in New York City and played different songs each night. Some of these songs were newer compositions that he hadn't played yet, or older songs he had never performed live, like "In Line," from his 1983 ECM debut of the same name.
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"So I'd dig up some old thing and I'd start looking at it," Frisell says. "It's like, 'What is it?' I didn't even know what it was. That was an intense kind of revelation, to look at things I had written long ago. It's way past the point where I could remember what I was thinking when I wrote it. And I'm looking at these songs after all these years of playing other stuff. And I see things in it that I never would have, like certain possibilities I would see in the music now that I never even knew were there back then."
While the sixteen-track Music IS has some stunning new songs, like "Thankful" and "What Do You Want," Frisell also puts fresh solo takes on older songs like "Rambler," also from In Line, "Ron Carter" and "The Pioneers." Frisell recorded the album with longtime collaborators Lee Townsend and Tucker Martine, and he says making it was sort of like playing a gig in slow motion.
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"When I do a gig, I don't have a set plan, but whatever happens last is what dictates what is to happen next, I guess," Frisell says.
Frisell says there's an incredible amount of freedom in playing solo, in that he can play whatever comes to his mind, but he sometimes has that same kind of freedom playing with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston, who will join him at his Boulder Theater show on Wednesday, June 13.
"We've played a lot, the three of us, for I don't know how many years, either as a trio or duo," Frisell says. "I've played tons of duos with Thomas, and I've played duos with Rudy. And then we've played with Thomas and Rudy, and then with Petra Haden or Eyvind Kang, and all these other things. It's the same kind of freedom, like I can't tell you what we're going to play. It's the same thing. We just start playing. We don't have a set list. It starts going. Those guys know better than I do my own stuff. That's what kind of crazy. I'm so lucky."
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Establishing a well-balanced portfolio now will prepare moldmakers for future retirement.
With an unsettled economy, an abundance of political spending and retirement anywhere from seven to 20 years away, aging baby boomers are starting to wonder if they will be able to retire in the style they once thought possible. Studies show that 41 percent of baby boomers worry about having to return to work during retirement to make ends meet. Since many baby boomers have invested heavily in mutual funds and with more than 88 percent of mutual funds failing to beat the S&P 500, many baby boomers fear they won't have enough money in their retirement years. So what's an investor to do? Consider this, instead of loading up on fixed income investments, a better choice to reduce risk is to establish a well-diversified portfolio, which offers baby boomers the right balance of growth, income and safety.
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The old school of thought was to invest heavily in CDs and bonds as you got older, but what people fail to realize is that in the past those safe investments were still fairly lucrative. Today, after factoring in inflation and taxes, a 3 percent bond or CD will actually be a poor choice and will not produce the income needed for the longer retirement most boomers are anticipating.
It's important to diversify your portfolio. Many people don't know what true diversification means. Diversification is a word loosely thrown around in the investment community; however, few financial advisors take the time to define true diversification. To have your investments last, it's so important to get the right balance between risk and return, yet most investors have no idea how to accomplish that. In many cases, investors may think they are diversifying. But in actuality, they are not. For example, an investor's portfolio may include a fund like Fidelity Magellan, a technology fund and additional investments in the S&P 500. This investor may think he was diversifying, but these funds are likely to hold the same companies, such as Microsoft, Cisco and Intel. Investing in three large cap funds is not diversification. If you are investing in a variety of funds, make sure there is minimal or no duplication in the companies held within the funds.
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Lowering your portfolio's volatility is also important. For example, choose investments with dissimilar price movements. Invest in a variety of different holdings that move in different directions and magnitudes to reduce portfolio volatility. One method, known as the index-fund strategy can be used for stock portfolios. The guidelines are straightforward:
- Invest in a globally diversified portfolio.
- Don't try to "beat the market." Choose low-cost, no-load stock index mutual funds of dissimilar price movementÑtypes of stocks that don't all go up or down at the same time or at least not by the same amount.
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x percent in fixed income investments; x percent in total U.S. Market, like the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index;
x percent in U.S. large cap fund;
x percent in U.S. small cap fund;
x percent in international large cap fund; and x percent in International small cap fund.
- Don't manage the funds. Instead, rebalance the portfolio yearly or at a pre-determined interval to keep the intended percentage mix, because if you don't rebalance your investments, a particular asset class may grow to dominate the portfolio.
The theory behind passive investing is that if you can't beat the market, join it with a logical and low-cost index approach.
When measured against active management, passive investing seems very logical, and it's successes are proven. However, many investors choose not to follow this strategy. Why? There are several theories: People think they can beat the market and though the method is academically based, it's not taught in most college finance courses; plus, if the financial media didn't write about new, hot stocks and investment ideas each month, what would they have to report?
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- To help preserve your assets for as long as possible, spend all of your non-IRA money before your IRA money. Take your spending money from non-IRA assets. That way, no federal tax has to be paid, and the only income taxes you pay are on the distributions you take to live on.
- A well-diversified portfolio will produce better returns and limit risk more efficiently than opting for a portfolio heavily weighted in fixed income.
- It's important to understand what a diversified portfolio really means.
- To help your assets last for as many generations as possible, take advantage of the stretch IRA. The stretch IRA is not a financial product, but a planning strategy that allows for the deferral of tax on the assets accumulated in your IRA. This is accomplished by allowing the IRA's required minimum distributions to be stretched out over the owner's lifetime and possibly the beneficiaries' lifetimes, before all the assets in the IRA are required to be distributed.
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Welcome back to our series detailing the different electrode arrays that you may come across in your work. This is the seventh article in our series exploring 11 electrode arrays and methods. We've covered some of the standard arrays that will cover most of your bases. In the last post, we've started talking about some lesser known arrays. Today, we're discussing another non-standard electrode array—the Square Array.
If you're interested, we've also covered the following:
Part 2: The Schlumberger Array
Part 3: The Dipole-Dipole Array
A quick refresher on electrode arrays (in less than 30 words):
Electrode arrays are different arrangements of electrodes used to perform geophysical resistivity measurements. Electrode arrays were developed in order to make field measurements more efficient and data interpretation easier.
What is the Square Array?
The Square Array is a special case of the Equatorial Array. The name derives from the electrodes forming the shape of a square—with the four sides of the array being of equal length. This array is used most frequently in determining anisotropy, or the resistivity in different directions of a geological formation. Instead of expanding the electrodes, in Square Array surveys, the square is typically turned 15 degrees around its center point for each measurement.
The apparent resistivity for the Square Array depends on what ABMN geometry (K) you use. Below is the generic formula for apparent resistivity to get you started.
Benefits, Considerations, & Applications Of The Square Array
Benefits: As with the Equatorial Array, an advantage of the Square Array is that you are able to penetrate deeper into the ground than when using the Dipole-Dipole Array (assuming the length along the survey line is the same). As mentioned above, it is a good array for determining anisotropy.
Consideration: With the development of 3D arrays, the need for the Square Array has diminished over the years. It's often not used much in the U.S. anymore, though it still has some popularity in other countries. With a 3D array, you could easily see clearer data than what is provided by the Square Array. That said, the Square Array is the cheaper option of the two. The Square Array is usually only used if the field conditions are right and if the survey operator has some base knowledge of fractures.
Applications: Square Array resistivity surveys would be a good fit for identifying environmental problems. Specifically, preferential flow paths and the way spills will flow and follow fractures.
Let's say you're a hydrogeologist that needs to survey a rock body with a fracture system. You'll want to locate the general fracture direction. Taking a number of readings through the square array, you can determine which direction is more conductive and thus the main direction of the fractures.
Furthermore, if you needed to see deeper to gain more information on fractures in the rock body, you could expand the size of the square and repeat the same procedure. It may, for instance, show that the fracture changes direction at a particular depth.


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I have been using Expeditions online crosstalk estimation extensively to indicate traces and areas where I may have crosstalk issues.
However, I just found out the hard way that one of the limitations of the tool is that it ignores segments shorter than 2.54mm (100th).
This may not seem like a big issue, but when routing signals with rise-times below 100ps (newest generation FPGAs) on adjacent layers in thin multi-layer boards, it can become a big issue quickly.
I use one layer for X-routing and the adjacent layer for Y-routing but then I have to tune the traces to adjust for timing and during this tuning some segments may route directly on top of one another. I noticed this and that the crosstalk estimation seemed a bit off, so I made a simple test-design to play with.
The design has 0.1mm between routing layers (normal for impedance controlled boards) and use 90ps rise-time with 1.8V swing as in the latest generation Xilinx FPGAs.
I have two identical sections with two traces each. If I route the traces directly on top of each other in one of the sections, I get a reported crosstalk of ~380mV. In the other section I also route the traces on top of each other but add a little jog-out every 2.5mm. This reports no crosstalk but things gets really crazy when I start removing these jog-outs - if I leave some of them in place with something like 11mm trace in between, the crosstalk from each section seems to add up so that I can get a total reported crosstalk of 1.3V. If I remove all jog-outs I'm back to 380mV as in the untouched section.
According to support this 2.54mm segment length is a limitation of the tool so I wonder if anyone else has encountered this behavior and maybe have a solution or a work-around for it.


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The 2016 three time CCMA(Canadian Country Music Award) nominee "Jess Moskaluke" was in a secret location in Toronto(July 21st 2016)filming her music video "Elevator". It was also my birthday so as a surprise for me, I was invited to appear in her video. Though it ended up being a very late night and there wasn't enough time to film my cameo we did make time to record an interview about her video "Elevator" and some other "surprises". jessmoskaluke.com/


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Good Tuesday, folks. We have very steamy and stormy weather continuing across our part of the world. The scattered storms are back today, but it's the heat index numbers for our 4th of July getting most of my immediate attention.
Our Independence Day may be the hottest feeling day we've had since the summer of 2012. Ouch! I will have more on that in a moment.
Let's talk about the scattered storms today. Any boomer that goes up may be strong and produce locally heavy rains. Outside of the storms, the heat index may reach 100 degrees.
Here are your Tuesday storm tracking tools:
Let's turn our attention to the 4th of July. High temps range from 90-95 for most of the state, with a heat index topping 105 during the peak heating of the afternoon.:
A storm or two will develop in the heat and humidity, especially in the afternoon and evening hours. For those planning to be outdoors on the 4th, and most of us are, plan on taking a lot of water breaks.
Thursday may feature triple digit heat index numbers once again, but more clouds and scattered storms should keep things under what the 4th delivers.
Those storms then really ramp up on Friday as a cold front drops in from the north:
Strong storms and torrential rains may accompany this boundary, with much cooler air by the weekend:
Make it a terrific Tuesday and take care.


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based on 16 nights & selected experiences
* Pricing is a guideline only and excludes special offers. Travel over peak periods (e.g. Christmas, New Year and other public vacations) can affect prices considerably, as can exchange rates, flight class and room type.
Internal flights
Private transfers
Selected experiences
Price based on 2 people sharing.
Become immersed in the traditional Balinese Village at Amandari
Aman is very true to its meaning of peaceful
Enjoy a slightly alternative beach experience on Amankila's black, volcanic sand beach
You will not be able to take your eyes off the view of Borobudur Temple from your Suite at Amanjiwo
Amanwana is home to pristine reefs boasting a rich array of sea-life
Straddling the equator, Indonesia tends to have a fairly even climate year-round. Rather than four seasons, Indonesia has two – dry (between May to September) and wet (between October to April) – and there are no extremes of temperature between winter and summer. In most parts of Indonesia, the wet season falls between October and April and the dry season between May and September. December and January see Bali at its most humid and rain tends to come in sudden tropical downpours, but it can also rain for more prolonged periods.
Enjoy an unforgettable journey experiencing some of the finest accommodation options Indonesia has to offer. Starting in the remote private island retreat of Bawah, the itinerary takes you east to Bali to stay in one of Ubud's most indulgent hotels and then onto Sumba to experience the spectacular eco-lodge, Nihi Sumba. This grand adventure comes to an end of the famed coastline of Bali in one of the island's more luxurious beach properties.
Upon arrival in Singapore, you will be met by your guide and driver and driven to your hotel in the heart of the city. Enjoy one night your leisure to explore the city or unwind as you wish.
Today, travel by a mix of car, ferry and sea-plane to the extraordinary private island retreat of Bawah. With five days here at your leisure there is plenty of time to experience all this one-of-a-kind luxury island has to offer. Spend your days exploring its thirteen beaches, enjoy snorkeling and water sports amongst its lagoons and head off along a number of walking trails to discover the local wildlife. In the evenings, enjoy start-gazing, watching a film in the open-air cinema or simply just relax with a delicious dinner.
Your journey continues east across Indonesia to the famed island of Bali and its cultural heart of Ubud. Here, stay at one of Ubud's most scenic hotels next to the river, home to its own temple and rice paddy field.
During your stay, we have included an excursion to meet with a local Brahman for a series of unique Balinese activities including woodcarving, preparing local dishes and a traditional blessing ceremony. The rest of your time in Ubud is at your leisure to explore the town and lush countryside as you wish, heading off of cycle rides and hikes, browsing Ubud's upscale boutiques or unwinding at the hotel.
From Bali, it is a short flight to the island of Sumba where you will spent the next three days at the extraordinary Nihi Sumba.
Back to mainland Bali for three nights at Amankila on the tranquil east coast of the island. Traditional life can still be found in this scenic, peaceful area and the scenery is stunning, with Mount Agung rising in the background. The views from the three-tiered pool at Amankila are second to none, with panoramic views out over the bustling Lombok Straits.
Cycling is one of the best ways of exploring Ubud and its surroundings as the roads are quiet and there are some beautiful routes through paddy fields and villages. If you're lucky you might come across a local festival!
Head out with Amandari's trained guides for a hike or trek through local paddy fields, across streams and up hills to enjoy what is some of Bali's finest scenery.
Not only is white-water rafting an exhilarating experience, it also allows you to see a different side of Bali. Head down Ayung River to see the black glistening gorge walls or travel along the gentle rapids of the Telaga Waja River.
Amankila's beach club offers complimentary activities such as hobie cats, paddle boards, boogie boards and fishing rods. Head down there for the morning or afternoon and make the most of this exhilarating beach location.
Aman XII and Aman XVI are traditional boats that take inspiration from original Jukungs, which are Balinese outriggers. Cruise, either early in the morning or later in the afternoon, along Bali's glorious eastern coast.
Make use of Amankila's fully suspended mountain bikes today. The trip starts with a short drive to a carefully selected site, and from here you'll cycle along quiet rural roads and paths with your guide.
Eastern Bali is fantastic for diving and there's numerous dive sites for you to explore. Head to Blue Lagoon/Tanjung Sari, Nusa Peninda, Gili Mimpang or even Manta Point. The experts at Amankila will recommend the best depending on your experience.
Enjoy an exhilarating rafting experience on Telaga Waja River in Karangasem, perfect for those wanting a fast paced activity.
Bali is renowned for its spectacular surf breaks and year round accessible waves. Enjoy a surfing experience at Amankila that's suitable for all levels from beginners to advanced.
The hills surrounding Amankila are completely unspoiled and provide a perfect location for trekking, whether you are looking for a short walk or a much longer trek. Your guide from Amankila will accompany you.
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This temple enshrines Bhagawati, the mother Goddess, one of the most popular deities in Kerala. The temple is located in the town of Aruvayi, Pazhanji near the city of Kunnamkulam. The annual festival here is celebrated on the second Sunday of Kumbha (February). Over thirty five committees are involved and over seventy five elephants participate in this festival.
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There's a Healing Gemstone in the Rollerball of This Fragrance
If you've spent any amount of time poking around this website's fragrance section, then you know I'm a sucker for niche scents—and if they're made from natural ingredients, even better.
So it was kind of a given that I'd be drawn to the perfumes from Saje, a wellness brand from the west coast of Canada that's now expanding into Ontario (and also sells its wares online).
Because Saje's philosophy is all about the healing power of plants, these scents are 100 percent natural and derived from essential oils, in a jojoba oil base. So they're non-synthetic and have no weird rancid PUFA oils (a gripe I have with Tata Harper's sunflower seed oil-based Love Potion).
There are five to choose from, and each one comes in its own faux silk drawstring bag:
How sweet, right?
But what's REALLY special about these is that each one features a different gemstone rollerball, to add an additional dimension of healing beyond the actual aromatherapeutic scents.
You heard that right. Gemstones! (Which are another one of my hippie obsessions. I have a rose quartz necklace and I swear it does things. Specifically what, we'll get to in a sec.)
Basically, these rollerballs allow your skin to come into contact with the gemstone, at your pulse points, to harness its unique properties more deeply.
Here's what each one is meant to do:
- Shanthi (Serene & Tranquil): "This beautiful, complex, balanced blend of rich flowers, herbs, spices and citruses is sweet and comforting and yet, simultaneously exotic." Gemstone: White Marble
- Ananda (Confident & Whole): "Clarifying and cleansing sandalwood and juniper, blended with sweet, uplifting citruses and euphoric florals help to calm the mind and open the heart to feelings of joy." Gemstone: Tiger's Eye
- Goddess (Fulfilling & Heartfelt): "This gorgeous blend was formulated to connect us with our femininity, to uplift the spirits and to instill feelings of love, happiness and even euphoria. Our very popular Goddess blend includes notes of sweet florals, uplifting citruses and rich vanilla." Gemstone: Rose Quartz
- Tantra (Loving & Abundant): "Luxuriate in the rich, exotic, health-enhancing benefits of this warm and tantalizing personal fragrance that gets you in the mood for love." Gemstone: Jade
- Yoga (Mindful & Grounding): "Another Saje favourite, this calming personal fragrance contains a powerful union of grounding, earthy, citrus, and sweet floral Essential Oils." Gemstone: Amethyst
Saje let me pick a couple to try, and I knew immediately that I wanted Goddess, based on both its description and the ingredients, which are:
Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil; essential oils of citrus tangerina (tangerine), citrus aurantium amara (neroli), jasminum officinale (jasmine), rosa damascena (rose otto), cananga odorata (ylang ylang), vanilla planifolia (vanilla) alcohol infusion and citrus aurantifolia (lime).
I also liked the sound of Tantra, which includes:
Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil; essential oils of pogostemon cablin (patchouli), citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel, michelia champaca (champaka), lavandula angustifolia (lavender), vanilla planifolia (vanilla), cymbopogon martini (palmarosa), aniba rosaeodora wood (rosewood), santalum album (sandalwood) and zingiber officinale (ginger) root.
Both are subtler than normal perfumes, and need more frequent re-application, but I'm totally okay with that. They're also less complex, but I've never claimed to be a highbrow fragrance person. No surprise, Goddess is very "me"—anything with ylang-ylang, jasmine, neroli and vanilla, I just love. I like Tantra too, which is warmer and woodier; I actually like layering them both for daytime.
You'd think the gemstones would make these scents crazy-expensive, but nope. At $30 apiece, they're actually quite reasonable considering the quality of ingredients you're getting (just compare with Strange Invisible's prices and you'll see what I'm talking about). And I like that they're purse-sized instead of big spray bottles, so you can pop one in your handbag and bring it with you.
Where To Buy
Find Saje Natural Fragrances at Saje.ca or search for a store location here.
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Got up early for breakfast: I don't like marmalade. First up, a tour of the estate and then a 2 and a half mile walk up the hill and right round past both dairies and down the D-road mudslide. At the top, Grandad said can you read the roadsign pointing to the next village. It was 2 and a half miles so I had trouble construing the digits: Bud put his hand over the 1/2 and said can you read it now. I confidently read it as 2. Then the 1/2 fell off in his hand, honest, yerronner. This is clearly vandalism of council property and we couldn't glue it back on so from now on, an official Dorset roadsign is a lie. We laughed at him.
Took a trip into town to visit the charity shops that were closed yesterday and bought 2 skeins of wool for Jof - is this what we have come to etc. Then we did the playpark that has a decent skatepark with lots of boys showing off their scooter moves to the uninterested girlies and I did the obstacle course.
Then we approached the hospital outside of official visiting hours, and with heads down, we walked confidently through the ward corridor, quietly but quickly, making no eye contact, speaking to nobody and looking like we knew what we were doing, a classic infiltration move.
|Shhh.... don't tell anyone
We reached our objective due to being invisible and had said goodbye to Grandma before we were rumbled by the nurse and had to go. This is valuable secret agent training, he didn't tell me where he was taught this.
Home via delays caused by 2 accidents on the motorway, it kept raining on and off (Mexican carwash). We got home in time for swimming and big hugs with Jof.
Incidentally, should anyone disbelieve that this is me, here is another picture of me on the same bed aged 5 months.


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Our Christmas Party on 20 December at Crookes Social Club was a fantastic evening and we'd like to say thank you to everyone who came along . We raised just under £400 but more importantly nearly 70 people attended including quite a lot of people who would not normally go to live music events but felt that our event was accessible for them. Some people were known to us but others found out about the event through our various mailings and networks. It would be great if we were able to find a free venue where we could hold some more DJ and live music events during the year, as you told us that you'd be up for coming to more events!
Special thanks to Morris from Crookes Social Club who is a star and so generous offering us the venue for free; to Pitball Panda and Yo Dymo for offering their time and fab music for free and not forgetting our favourite DJs Tom and Mark, thank you both for helping to make the party so memorable.
Pop over to our Facebook page to seethe photos!
All profits raised from ticket sales will help us to continue to provide our services and projects in 2020 so thank you again to everyone involved for all your support.


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The Environmental Health Services (EHS) office is closed to in-person visitation until further notice, however we remain open for business via www.slocounty.ca.gov/ContactEHS or by telephone at (805) 781-5544. Please visit www.slocounty.ca.gov/CurrentEHSOperations for EHS COVID-19 guidance documents.
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This service allows you to request an inspection of your public pool and/or spa facility operated within San Luis Obispo County.
Anyone can use this service.
Annual Health Permit fees are required for Public Pool and/or Spa Facilities regulated by the Environmental Health Services Division. The fee provides one routine inspection and one reinspection. Additional chargeable inspections may be required if compliance is not achieved during the routine and first reinspection. No fee is required for an initial consultation to determine if a health permit is required. Please refer to our Fee Schedule or contact our office at (805) 781-5544.
Inspections are performed throughout the year during regular business hours except during scheduled holidays.
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Lending to Municipalities Webinar
This webinar has been developed for banks and bankers who are aware of opportunities to serve their community through credit services to municipalities and other local government or quasi-governmental organizations (i.e. volunteer fire departments, emergency health care providers, political subdivisions, etc.).
Webinar Description and Audience
This webinar has been developed for banks and bankers who are aware of opportunities to serve their community through credit services to municipalities and other local government or quasi-governmental organizations (i.e. volunteer fire departments, emergency health care providers, political subdivisions, etc.). Extending credit to municipal entities requires legal, tax, accounting and credit knowledge and analysis that can be quite different from conventional commercial lending decisions. There are many issues involved. Governmental entities provide financial information, often using unfamiliar fund accounting. Budgeting constraints have a direct impact on how credit requests are structured. Lease financing is frequently needed. Commercial customers may need financing for contracts with local government entities. Since 2008, municipal bankruptcies have risen, but overall the default risk on municipal bonds is low and interest paid by municipalities and related types of entities is often tax free to the bank.
Covered Topics:
•Governmental use of bond financing
•Impact of frequent long-term financing needs on bank credit evaluation and profitability
•Basics of fund accounting
•Effect of different forms of municipal government: mayor/council, council/manager, or commission
•Importance of relationship in municipal lending (all politics are local)
•Collateral and lien documentation
•Lending/credit opportunities (needs)
•Profitability and federal income tax-free interest income
•Benefits beyond profitability
Who Should Attend?
Loan officers, credit analysts, note and credit department personnel, internal auditors, loan review and compliance personnel or any banker involved in the lending function.
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INCLUDES 7 DAYS OF UNLIMITED ONDEMAND PLAYBACK! With this option, you will participate in the webinar live, via the internet. You will login to the webinar on your PC to view the PowerPoint presentation, and you have the option of using your PC speakers or a telephone for the audio. You can type and send your questions to the instructor. Many companies are now running their PC through an LCD projector allowing many employees to participate at the same time. And don't worry if you miss the webinar, you can still view it for up to seven days after it takes place!
With this option, you will receive an e-mail that contains a link to the PowerPoint slides (to download, print, and copy) as well as a link to the media player where you will view and hear the entire webinar just as it was delivered, featuring the full-color PowerPoint presentation with audio. You can pause, fast-forward and rewind as needed, which makes it a very effective training tool. The OnDemand Video will be available to you (and anyone else in the company) for six months and can be accessed 24/7 as many times as you wish. Delivered via e-mail the day after the webinar takes place.
If you do not have internet access or want to make the webinar part of your training library, the CD-ROM Recording is a great option for viewing a webinar. You can pause, fast-forward and rewind as needed, which makes it an effective training tool. With this option, you will receive a download of the PowerPoint slides and a CD-ROM Recording (featuring PowerPoint presentation with audio) of the webinar via regular mail. Mailed 7 to 10 days after the webinar takes place.
Webinars can be scheduled and offered exclusively for your company. They can even be customized to best fit your needs. To find out more, please complete the in-house request form found in the Schedule and Registration Information section below.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم & السلام عليكم
hello visitors; family, friends & strangers!
welcome to atnur's world!
hello visitors; family, friends & strangers!
welcome to atnur's world!
Special mission: The secret circle
Agents of S.C.O.T.C.H., this week the chairman wants you to equip your new camera and trap 50 Secret Ghosts within the next 3 days. If you can do that you will receive the following reward: 50 Uncut lenses, 25 Secret eye green, purple and yellow, CQ.4, FB.4, PEM.2, 5 Ghost plasma, 5 Gourmands, and 1 De-augmentator. Good luck to you!
Time left to complete this mission: 35 hours and 31 minutes
Catch any 50 raid ghosts
Your progress: 50 of 50 ghosts
(Doppelgaenger: 3)
[Objective status: Completed]
Congratulations, you have fulfilled all objectives. Click the button below to finish this mission and claim your reward.
Success! The reward has been added to your inventory. Click here to head back to camp.
20th of May 2012, 18:29
You have successfully accomplished the special mission 'The secret circle'. Your reward has been added to your inventory.
my setup :-
Mechanism: Celestial Knight
Magic Circle: UV Light
Contract: Countess Wilhelmina
Companion: Ghost Crab - level 5
Crystal: Mighty Chrono Crystal
Cauldron: Cauldron
Bait: Nessy's Golden Reserve
Location: Glenluck Abbey
Badge: Rainbow
Camera: Steven's Wooden Cam


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35 Marine Terrace
Sleeps 8
This apartment is a lovely bright modern 4 bedroomed unit on Marine Drive. It has a large balcony with beautiful sea-views. The main bedroom en-suite has a bath and shower, the 2nd bedroom en-suite has a shower and the 3rd and 4th bedroom share a shower and toilet.
The apartment is air-conditioned, it has DSTV and under cover parking. There is a pool in the grounds.
The apartment is serviced daily except on Sundays and Public Holidays.
Umhlanga is close to all sporting facilities and shopping centres. In the Village there are numerous places to eat, something for all tastes. The popular promenade runs for 2.5km from the Breakers to Malindi in the South and is great for a gentle stroll or a more energetic jog.
This apartment is well worth the visit!


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Mar 18, 2020 12:00 PM
Online Program - Rais Bhuiyan, World Without Hate
While our in-person meetings are suspended due to the State of Emergency in Washington, our club leaders are hard at work finding ways for Seattle 4 Rotary to continue to provide quality programming and opportunities for connection for our members. We are excited to present an online program in lieu of our March 18th luncheon. This video will be released on our YouTube and Facebook pages at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, March 18th.
Right now, at this moment, while all of our lives have turned upside down and inside out, it may seem impossible to look at something like the coronavirus pandemic and see anything but catastrophe. Yet, the human capacity to rise above, even in the most difficult of times, always has a way of shining through. We all face difficulties, not to be destroyed by them, but to help rediscover ourselves and extract the inner strength we are often unaware of having. During Wednesday's virtual Rotary program, fellow Seattle 4 Rotarian, Rais Bhuiyan will share his experiences and inspiration as we navigate through this incredibly uncertain and frightening time together.
Shot by a white supremacist ten days after 9/11, Rais Bhuiyan not only survived this brutal hate crime, he went on to forgive his assailant and worked tirelessly to try and save him from death row. Rais later created the non-profit, World Without Hate (WWH), the manifestation of his death-bed promise, dedicating his life to disrupting hate and violence through storytelling and empathy education. To date, Rais has engaged with more than 250,000 people globally, from classrooms, college campuses, maximum-security prisons, refugee camps, religious forums, to town halls, city councils, and conferences. More information can be found at www.worldwithouthate.org.